Roaring Heroes Battle the Overlord (Ainz)

Chapter 96: The Night of Sorrowful Rain

"Hey," old Tony chuckled when he recognized the face before him. "Isn't this Jonathan Griffin from the North? You must be really honored to come all the way to the capital for me at your age."

"You're not getting any younger yourself," the old man said, his staff glowing as he leaned on it. "I want to see just how capable the guildmaster of the Adventurer's Guild really is."

"So," old Tony barked, "you three are teaming up to ambush me?"

He raised his wand sharply, unleashing a bolt of lightning from its tip, shooting upwards like a thunderclap from the ground to the sky.

The electric serpent struck something in the sky, and a muffled cough echoed through the air. The smell of burning lingered for a moment before being washed away by the rain. Clearly, someone up there had taken a hit.

Eddie looked up in terror and noticed a wizard hovering above them, using "Levitation." No wonder his uncle told him to ditch the umbrella—"Watch out for the dragons in the sky."

The hovering wizard had been well hidden, blending in with the storm clouds, but now had to light up a defensive spell around himself.

"Kid, if you want to ambush someone, you should act faster," old Tony laughed. He glanced at the defensive spell in the sky and assessed that this flying wizard was a Mid-tier wizard capable of using 3rd Tier magic.

Despite old Tony's effort to appear relaxed, he knew the situation was dire. The enemy had two high-level wizards and a flying Mid-tier wizard, while they had only one high-level wizard and a mage apprentice.

"Eddie, step aside," old Tony commanded. "They're here for me."

"No... Uncle, I want to fight alongside you..."

Before Eddie could finish, the robed men and the old man on either side of the street unleashed their spells, with swarming electric serpents on one side and dense ice spears on the other. Attack spells from high-level wizards closed in on them from both directions.

Lightning and ice spears collided with the protective magic barrier, resulting in a violent explosion that knocked Eddie back, sending him crashing into the rain-soaked ground.

Eddie scrambled to his feet and released two "Ice Spikes" towards the old man, but the slender ice spikes were shattered into powder before they could even come within five steps of him.

At that moment, he realized he was truly useless in this fight, only a burden to his uncle. He suddenly resented his own laziness. If he had been more diligent before, his uncle wouldn't be left to face this alone now.

Old Tony stood straight amidst the ice shards, raising his hand to launch an ice spear at the robed man. He also pulled a scroll from his spatial ring and tossed it behind him, releasing the encapsulated magic to create a sturdy "Crystal Barrier" separating him from the old man.

He ran towards the robed man, calling out to Eddie, "Run, follow me to break through!"

Countless metal spikes constructed from magic erupted from the robed man's feet, wriggling towards them like a spiky caterpillar.

Old Tony had to stop and use "Disintegrate" to destroy the dense, sharp metal spikes at his feet. Behind him, the solid crystal barrier began to crack and pop, sounding like a glacier melting. The old man clearly had a plan for this.

A low, murmuring chant drifted down from above, and old Tony perked up, recognizing a few syllables. The hovering wizard was trying to cast a lengthy "Spatial Confinement."

If he completed that spell, it would be a big problem. Old Tony raised his wand, casting "Silence" to interrupt the chant, then followed it up with a 2nd Tier spell, "Scorpion's Touch," hitting the target perfectly.