How come this arcanist is invincible?

Chapter 59 Reunion with an Acquaintance

As a city with a population of nearly one million, the seven districts of the war city naturally disperse the city's population in various places.

However, municipal resources are not distributed evenly.

For example, the sewer system is densely distributed in the first five urban districts.

The sixth and seventh urban districts only have a few main roads, which can only meet basic drainage needs.

At this moment, the dark sewers were filled with dampness, odors, and a fishy smell, and the ground was covered with puddles of varying depths.

Led by Reed, Kane, Sienna, and the others entered the sewers through an entrance in the Fourth District.

Holding a torch, they explored forward along the narrow path at the edge of the canal.

"It stinks..."

Sienna couldn't help but cover her nose, her brows furrowing.

The others also showed expressions of unbearable discomfort to varying degrees.

Kane smiled when he saw this and handed her a specially made "mask".

Having experience making parachutes, sewing a mask wasn't difficult for him.

"Put it on."

Sienna was taken aback, then her eyes lit up with surprise:

"Was this prepared for me?"

But in the blink of an eye, she saw Kane handing the same mask to other people as well.

Seeing everyone putting them on, she gave a soft hum and said nothing more.

Kane put on his mask and followed Reed.

After walking for about twenty minutes, they arrived at the designated meeting point, but there was no one there.

According to the mission plan, the Lantern Bearers' professional squad should meet them here.

"Reed?"

Sienna looked at the captain with an inquiring gaze.

Reed frowned—his arm was still bandaged, but it didn't affect his mobility.

"The Lantern Bearers may have different ideologies than us, but they are not an organization that breaks its promises."

Kane bent down and carefully examined the ground in the dim light, then frowned.

Something's not right.

"What's wrong?" Reed asked.

"The footprints aren't right," Kane said in a deep voice.

Reed looked puzzled, and Gavin the Wanderer also looked closely, but in such dim light, he could hardly make out the traces.

Kane explained:

"I used the magic trick 'water manipulation' to sense the water around me."

"When we walked smoothly, the splashes were even; but if we ran, the splashes would be irregular, and..."

He paused, then didn't continue.

There were also some scattered but dense water stains, like those left by a group of other animals passing by...

He looked up at Reed and said:

"The one carrying the lantern may have discovered something in advance and went down the fork in the road ahead."

Reed gazed into the thick darkness, pondered for a moment, and whispered, "Let's go, let's speed things up."

Reed quickened his pace, and the group followed him deeper into the darkness.

……

Meanwhile, the Lantern Bearers are getting into trouble.

Shar is running for her life in the sewers with her teammate Serena, a halfling wanderer named Pippen, and a male ranger.

Behind them, a large group of abnormal "giant rats" were in hot pursuit.

These rats are enormous, with adults reaching about half the height of a human. Their backs are hunched, and their bodies are sickly bloated, as if their skin is filled with putrid pus.

Its cloudy eyes gleamed with a dark red light, and its body was covered in rotting flesh and filth.

"Pippen, watch out!"

As Shar shouted, he drew his bow and shot an arrow that pierced a rat that pounced forward.

The half-human Pippin swiftly drew his dagger and plunged it into the vital spot of another giant rat.

But then, even more rats squeaked and swarmed in.

Serena, a warrior, and the ranger fought valiantly, wielding their swords and drawing their bows, killing them one by one.

But the rat swarm seemed endless, growing more frenzied the more they were killed.

Shar put down her longbow, drew her dagger, and engaged in close combat, slashing down a giant rat with a single blow, its blood splattering onto her armor.

But the next moment, another mouse suddenly leaped up and bit her arm hard!

"Ugh!" She winced in pain and released her grip, the dagger falling to the ground with a thud.

Another giant red-eyed rat took advantage of the situation and pounced on her throat—while her hand was still being held firmly in its jaws.

In that critical moment, countless fragments of memories flashed through Shar's mind, spinning like a revolving lantern.

However, the expected fatal bite did not occur.

The fallen dagger suddenly flew up out of thin air and slashed through the red-eyed giant rat's trachea with a "whoosh." The rat screamed and fell to the ground.

Shar opened her eyes in a daze, only to see the dagger spin in the air, then shoot out again, accurately piercing the rat still biting her arm, before flying back into her hand.

She gripped the dagger, stunned.

"The Mage's Hand...?"

She had only seen this spell used once before, when she was escaping from the Dark Forest, on that person.

But that person should already be dead...

Just then, a series of footsteps sounded.

A familiar figure emerged from the darkness and reappeared before her.

"Kane...?"

Shar stared at him as he reappeared, stunned. She instinctively reached out her hand, a torrent of emotions churning within her.

Surprise, shock, loss and recovery...

She opened her mouth, but for a moment she didn't know what to say.

Kane slowly approached, looked at Shar who stood frozen in place, and calmly spoke:

"Shar, it's been a long time."

"However, let's deal with these rats first."

Shar snapped out of her daze, mumbled an "Mmm," and gripped the dagger tightly again.

Her teammates, who were fighting nearby, were all taken aback when they saw her like this.

Kane, outwardly calm, was also experiencing turmoil within, but he simply turned to his captain:

"Reed, it's up to you now."

"good!"

Reed nodded, extended his bandaged hand, and chanted a short incantation:

"Blazing Orb"

As soon as he finished speaking, a fireball five feet in diameter shot out in the direction he indicated and crashed into the swarm of rats.

In an instant, many giant rats were engulfed by flames, rolled and struggled, and soon died in the stench of burning flesh.

The remaining rats, still struggling with Shar's teammates, were startled and squeaked as they jumped into the sewer drain, attempting to escape into the sewage.

But Reed spoke again:

"Contamination Techniques".

The canal water suddenly turned black, spreading like thick ink. A layer of oily, poisonous film floated on the surface, and the bubbles released a pungent odor when they burst.

In just a moment, the more than twenty giant rats that had escaped into the water floated to the surface belly up.

They had already been poisoned to death.

Under the two spells of this second-tier spellcaster, the swarm of giant rats that had been giving the Lantern Bearers a hard time was easily wiped out.

Kane's eyes flickered slightly.

This is Reed's strength: captain of the Night's Watch, a second-tier spellcaster.

If I were to face such an enemy, how would I win?

However, given his immortality, he might not be afraid of such instant-death spells.

The dust has settled.

Shar looked at Kane, sighed softly, and stepped forward:

"you……"

A thousand words welled up in my mouth, but I couldn't find the words to say.

Kane turned his gaze to his comrade-in-arms, with whom he had escaped from the demonic cult, and smiled slightly:

"I'm back."

"……Um."

Shar lowered her head.

Her teammates were even more surprised, seeing that Shar, who was always decisive and ruthless, was showing such a reaction.

Meanwhile, the expressions on the Night Watch squad's faces also became subtle.

Just then, a tall figure stepped forward.

She stood between Kane and Shar, her emerald green eyes filled with suspicion.

"Hello, I'm Sienna from the 13th Night's Watch, Kane's teammate. May I ask who you are?"

Sienna was unceremoniously looking at Shar with scrutinizing eyes.

Shar's expression turned serious, and she also looked at Kane.

Kane, under the intense gaze of the two men, suddenly felt a headache coming on.