The Wizard World - Chapter 259

Chapter 259
"Got it . " Reyline stepped forward raising his longbow . He did not use an electric arrow this time but pulled a strand of blonde hair off his head and turned it into a lengthy metal string of a golden hue instead .
Reyline nocked the metal string onto the bow and the black spiral rune appeared in his right eye .
*CHI*
The metal string turned into a ray of golden light and was released from the bow .
*Dang*
The two Cloud Bees were charging toward Reyline, trying to attack him with the stingers . The metal string penetrated one of the bees’ abdomen easily .
For some reason, the bees’ force shields failed to stop Reyline’s strike .
The other bee increased its speed and shot two stingers toward Reyline .
*CHI*
Another golden metal string penetrated the bee’s body .
*BAM*
The two Cloud Bees fell onto the deck, still struggling .
Reyline grunted . He held his right shoulder tight as his face turned pale . If he had not leaned to the left after seeing the stingers flying to him, his chest would’ve been penetrated just like the two dead wizards .
Several thin layers of white frost were expanding from his wound but Reyline stopped them right away with blue electric pulses .
"Are you alright?!" Angele ran to Reyline quickly .
Reyline’s cousin, Robin, created a white flame over her palm and tried to apply it to the wound .
*CHI*
The flame did nothing to it at all . Worse thing was, the white frost was beginning to climb up her hand .
"So that’s the Cloud Bee’s poison? Let me help him!" An old man with goatee stepped forward . He created some light green smoke by rubbing his hands and applied it onto Reyline’s shoulder .
*CHI*
It sounded like meat being grilled .
Reyline’s face turned pale, showing how it must be a painful experience . Angele could see the sweat dripping down his chin .
The expanding white frost was finally under control .
Angele tapped on the amulet with his left hand .
The barriers around the three airships were activated again within seconds .
He turned around and walked to the Cloud Bees that had already stopped moving . Several wizards had already gathered around the bees and started observing . No one was smiling . It seemed that they encountered some trouble .
Hikari stood up as she saw Angele walking toward them .
"Not good," She spoke in a deep tone, "I checked the bees’ bodies with several other wizards . Their mentality and body are very strong . Their energy barriers are stronger than the ones used by the average wizards . I think we can all agree that they’re strong fighters . After all, they just took out two of our members . "
"Their only weakness is the intelligence and the way they initiate the attack," a female wizard added .
"Based on the result of the fight, our team can handle a maximum number of 20 Cloud Bees . However, there will be at least 50 Cloud Bees in their patrol team…"
"We need to figure out a way to hide our airships from them . " Angele shook his head .
"That’s impossible . They will detect us easily with their compound eyes . " Another female wizard joined the conversation . It was Coach, who was part of Perry’s crew . She was initially interested in Angele before the competition, but her interest in him was replaced by fear after the fight .


"The best way to fight them is by using close combat skills but it’ll be hard for us to dodge their stingers . " Baron walked to Angele . "Reyline said that the Cloud Bees’ barriers were only strong against ranged attacks . "
"How’s his condition?"
"Not a big problem . The wizard named Daren is good at treating wounds like that . The poison has stopped spreading after the dead muscle tissues were cleaned out," Baron answered in a low voice . "However, Daren said that he did not bring enough materials to the airship . He can only cure two more wounded wizards . "
Angele nodded and gritted his teeth .
"When will he recover from the injury?"
"At least 15 days . The wound is fine, but the stinger damaged his nervous system . It’ll take some time . "
"That’s worse than I expected…" Angele rubbed his temples . "I want to increase the airships’ speed since the barriers will be able to protect us for some time . We must change our plan . I don’t want to spend the energy on the offensive matrix . We need to hurry, or else we’ll just die to the Cloud Bees…"

"Master Angele! Come here, please! Hurry!" A voice came from behind .
Angele turned around quickly and saw a young male wizard with a pyramid-shaped red crystal in hand . He was staring at the crystal with a serious expression on his face .
"What happened?!" Angele walked to the wizard and looked at the crystal .
Images were shifting on the surface of the crystal .
A large swarm of Cloud Bees was flying over the sea of trees . They were rushing to a certain direction at full speed .
"What the hell?" Angele was surprised . There were more than 100 Cloud Bees in the group . His heart almost stopped for a second .
"They’re coming for us . At this speed, we will encounter them by tomorrow afternoon . It’s the Cloud Bee’s hunting team and there are 128 of them!" the male wizard reported in a shaky tone .
*HA*


The wizards heard his words and gasped .
Angele pursed his lips and glanced around . There were 28 wizards on the deck but only several of them were good at fighting, and they could probably kill several Cloud Bees by themselves .
20 Cloud Bees would be fine, but it was impossible for them to win the fight against 128 of them .
Angele could kill around four Cloud Bees without getting hurt, but he needed to fully activate the signet and use petrification . If the Cloud Bees surrounded him and shot the stingers at the same time, his metal shield would have a hard time blocking all the attacks .
A Cloud Bee had a Stamina over 8 and Strength over 11 . Their stingers were hard to dodge at the close distance and they had high resistance against ranged attacks . In addition to that, their high mentality increased their defense against the damage spells .
There were too many things to consider when fighting with the bees . Angele doubted that he could survive a rain of the bee stingers .
Cloud Bees were like a group of formal wizards that focused on one single damage spell . They were the master of that spell so the damage the spell could do was horrifying .
Angele considered the possibility of using the energy bombs, but the damage of the explosion would be greatly reduced by the Cloud Bees’ talent skills and energy shields . It would just be a waste of resources and energy .
"Master Angele! Another group of Cloud Bees is coming for us!" someone shouted .
"A group?! How many of them can you see?" Angele’s skull numbed .
"About…32…" The wizard replied in a shaky one .
"32?!" Two Cloud Bees had already killed two wizards and injured a team captain . Angele needed more time to figure out a viable plan .
The altitude of the airships was around 1,000 meters . Although it was possible for them to jump off the airship and land on the ground safely, there were countless mutated beasts in the mountains . Rumors had said that those beasts could kill a rank 2 wizard .
Angele hesitated, then he looked at Baron, Hikari, and the man in a black hood . They were already preparing for the incoming attack .
"Baron, Hikari, and you, stay with me . The rest of you, listen to me . Go to the railings and start putting up energy barriers once the defensive matrix is broken!" Angele walked to the main mast and shouted .
"We’re the only people that can actually kill the Cloud Bees, I think . " He turned around and looked at the three . "Go help the wizards by the railings if they’re in trouble . "


"There’s only so much I can do . " The man in black hood pursed his lips .
"We live together, or we die together . The Cloud Bees will destroy the airships, but you can test your luck in the mountains if you want to . " Angele shrugged .
"How long till they get here?" he asked the wizard who had detected the bees .
"12 minutes, master!" the man responded right away . "I have a question, master . Is our defensive matrix…still good?"
Angele shook his head slightly and looked at him . "The matrix can only protect for about one hour . "
"Alright, get ready everyone!" He pointed at Reyline who was still lying on the floor . "Carry him down to the cabin first . "
Wizards were selfish, but they were smart . No one questioned Angele’s decision . They quickly finished the tasks allotted to them and moved to their designated positions on the deck .
Only four people were still standing by the main mast .
Hikari returned to her room and carried a huge black pouch to the deck .
"That’s all the summoning potions I have . We need to summon them all right away . "
"It won’t work . Elementals are much weaker than Cloud Bees . They’ll perish in the stingers within seconds . " Angele shook his head .
He picked Reyline’s silver longbow from the floor and pulled the bowstring slightly .
‘An electric enchanted longbow . The electric arrows will do around 30 degrees of damage . I can use it shoot regular arrows, too . ’ Angele checked the bow . He saw Baron putting on a pair of white gloves .
If Angele could fully activate the illusion signet, he could probably deal with more than ten Cloud Bees, but he decided not to take the chance until the last second . There were talented wizards on the airship and some of them could probably recognize Angele’s signet .
He needed to use everything else he knew to fight for his life .
Angele took a deep breath . He thought this would be the most difficult fight he would have to date ever since he became a formal wizard .
He raised his head as he heard the noise made by the bees’ wings . There were 36 tiny light dots flying toward the airship in front .