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 .
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