Chess Mage of Faerûn

Chapter 322 Void Mask
At this point, Burke couldn't care less about continuing his incantation. Not only was his shield shattered by the successive waves of ranged attacks, but it was also destroyed by a star-studded arrow and a roaring gunshot. The aftershocks of the collisions shocked him, even interrupting his spellcasting.

Enough, we can't linger any longer. Despite his resentment and anger, Burke maintained the rational judgment of a spellcaster.

If it were just a matter of the shield being broken, it would simply be a matter of using some scrolls to replenish it. What is truly frightening is that the demon whose demonic fire has been extinguished and who is wounded but is still pressing forward step by step, and even more so, the stone giant who has already stood up and whose fists are covered in blood.

He had exhausted all his trigger spells, and even his trump card, the Gem Reversal Shield, was depleted. He couldn't gamble on whether his opponent could use the previous spell-like ability again, nor did he want to use his own force field shield to test how hard the stone giant's fist was.

Without hesitation, and without any threats, Burke took out a gem, glanced at the young mage as if trying to etch the image into his memory, grasped the gem, and parted his lips slightly to utter the command to leave the area.

Using the perspective of the chess pieces, the blind man Zhang Yuan recognized the gem at a glance. Besides its dazzling and eye-catching brilliance, the key point was that he himself also had one.

A gift from the teacher, the vessel for the Gem Jump spell—the Thief's Stone!

If the other party had taken out the gem and run away earlier, Zhang Yuan would have been somewhat relieved, but what was the situation now?
After several rounds of fighting, both sides used all their tricks and trump cards, and even Zhang Yuan himself lost his eyes. Now he wants to just pack up and run away?

Who is Master Zhang?
They eat everything to avoid being taken advantage of, and they're not about to give up easily. But the Gem Leap spell is expensive for a reason.

Ordinary dimensional anchor spells are no match for it, and more importantly, the casting is simple and quick. Just like the one in Zhang Yuan's hand, it can be activated as long as one is on the verge of death or holds it and says a single byte of the command.

Judging others by one's own standards, even if one has backup plans, it's probably too late to take action and it's all meaningless.

Huh?
Burke chanted the commands repeatedly, but to no avail. The gem in his hand continued to shimmer, but the inner spiritual light showed no sign of erupting.

Burke was no longer the composed man he had been feigning. His forehead was slightly damp, and he was muttering to himself like a broken record. He gripped the Thief Stone tightly with his white knuckles, almost squeezing it until it was oozing toad urine.

That behavior was strikingly similar to the scene of people using "feeding" to perform sex more than ten years ago in his previous life, leaving Zhang Yuan completely bewildered.

Gem Jump requires casting time? Is the Thief Stone in this old man's hand a defective product?

Or…

Is a higher-ranking spellcaster interfering?

Regardless, such a good opportunity should not be missed. Zhang Yuan pointed, and a purple figure rushed out from behind him, heading straight for Burke, who was still searching for the signal in various ways.

Xiao Xiao also came over to help, and with her palm, which was as big as a small house, she held up the purple shadow and threw it. A purple meteor instantly streaked across the sky and flew toward the target.

Despite his panic, Burke wasn't stupid. Although he was momentarily anxious and agitated, he regained his senses the moment he caught a glimpse of his opponent's actions.

This place is no longer safe. Even gem jumps can be disrupted. Either the opponent has prepared a countermeasure to block it, or there is a powerful spellcaster behind the scenes.

Given his current situation, he'll suffer no good outcome with any of them.

Upon seeing a humanoid object flying towards him, Burke quickly cast a Mirror Image spell on himself. Just as he finished casting the spell, he saw the purple figure fall to the ground.

Boom~
A powerful shockwave swept across the area in a ring, carrying air currents that blew away almost everything movable within range, including the unsuspecting Burke.

The magical barrier worked, eliminating the dizziness and damage caused by the small throw. Burke, who had activated the Feather Fall spell on his boots, landed smoothly. As soon as he turned his head, he saw a strange person who was all purple, with a face shaped like a pair of briefs and only a mouth.

What is this ghost?

Out of caution, Burke turned his ring to become invisible, only to see the strange man before him spread his arms and then lose consciousness. No, that's not quite accurate; rather than losing consciousness, it's more accurate to say that Burke's thoughts were frozen in that instant.

A hemispherical barrier appeared out of nowhere, seemingly dividing the area into another world. The air currents swirled and rotated like a vast galaxy, illuminated by a deep blue light. The original surface was no longer visible, and Burke, standing within it, seemed as if he were about to fall into another boundless universe at any moment.

Burke was unaware of all this; his expression remained wary, and his fingers were still lightly tracing the surface of a ring.

Time Barrier!

The Void Faceless's ultimate ability has finally been revealed in this world, its power to divide the flow of time directly imprisoning all possible countermeasures of the opponent.

only…

Why is there anyone else?
In the independent spacetime that has been carved out, all those who hide have nowhere to hide.

Not only Burke was shrouded in the time barrier, but also a ghostly figure, its entire body luminous and emitting a faint glow.

Surprised as he was, Zhang Yuan still decisively ordered Void Mask to take action to avoid any accidents. He swung his spiked hammer at Burke's head, knocking him unconscious first. Killing him would be considered bad luck for the truck driver.

Burke, whose illusionary clones had been destroyed by the earlier small throw, could only pitifully withstand the Void's hammer with his head. Fortunately, the Void's attack power was only one star, so it wasn't too overpowered. In addition, the Stone Skin spell on Burke's body provided some protection, so he was lucky not to be turned into a tofu.

Three and a half seconds later, the time barrier dissipated, and the blocked river continued to flow as if nothing had ever happened.

Of course, Burke, who was inexplicably beaten into a pig's head, with blood gushing from his nose like a tap, and his arms tied behind his back by the purple-skinned monster, certainly wouldn't think that way.

The overall situation is settled; now it's just a matter of dealing with that strange ghost.

After ordering Void to escort the enemy mage back, and with Doom and Little going to meet them, Zhang Yuan took out a True Sight.

In the previous rounds of detection spells, Decree and Invisibility Detection were used in turn, but some still slipped through the net, so we simply used a continuous True Sight spell.

Before the scroll could even be unrolled, a familiar voice was heard in my ear.

"Put the scroll back; that's not the enemy."

It's my own teacher, what's he doing here?

"Teacher, what brings you here? And who is that?"

"He's a real character."

"..."

"We needed to understand your situation before taking action, so we just stopped by to check on things."

Teacher, this route is a bit roundabout...

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