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Hearing Roland say this, the team members standing behind the captain made some noises, but because of the captain's previous words, their way out had long been completely cut off, and the same was true for the people in front of them.
Therefore, there is no room for negotiation now.
The captain then gestured to the others with his hand hidden behind his back, and gave Roland a cold snort.
"Whether you're related or not, who cares! If you die, they die too. This is the association's instruction, and it must be carried out!"
Upon hearing his words, the magicians present, who had initially felt a glimmer of hope because of Roland's words, knew that there was no point in negotiating.
Roland also frowned.
"Isn't your Magic Association a bit too domineering? Don't you have any sense of reason at all?"
"We are the reason, we are the reason! Let's take action!"
As the captain spoke, the magicians behind him had already prepared when he gave the gesture, and now they directly projected the long-range spells they had prepared in advance towards Roland's direction.
However, as these projectile attacks approached Roland, a fissure resembling a black lightning bolt opened in front of him, swallowing all of these ranged attacks.
Imaginary number magic...!
Whether it was the captain or the other team members, they all frowned after seeing Roland's skillful imaginary number magic.
They looked at the enormous shadow on the ground, whose function was currently unknown, and then thought about this imaginary number magic trick. They knew that this mission was probably going to be a bit troublesome.
At this moment, Roland addressed the other magicians.
"Everyone, I'm sorry. I only invited you in to discuss business, but I didn't expect it to turn out like this... I can explain to the Mage's Association, but their attitude... sigh!"
Upon hearing Roland's words, the magicians present exchanged glances.
Many of them inherited the wicked personality trait characteristic of magicians.
But a significant portion of them are not stupid.
They had only been in Einzbernburg for a short time when the Magic Association's punitive expedition came knocking on their door. You might say it's a coincidence... that could indeed be a coincidence, but they don't believe in coincidences!
They felt that this was a trap set by Einzbern or some Far East Magic Association!
But what can we do?
Roland has already asked them very clearly.
The Magic Association wants to wipe them out completely!
They have no other choice now. If they want to survive, they can only stick together. And Roland Lu's move was very powerful. Now, even if it's just to save their own lives, they have no choice but to stand on his side!
They certainly didn't believe Roland was as naive as he appeared.
But Roland at least put on an act. We don't know what they really think or how they feel, but the fact that he's still putting in the effort to act means that they still value them.
The Magic Association simply stopped performing and stopped treating them like human beings!
Then
"It's alright, sir. It's not your fault. It's the Magic Association that went too far!"
Some smart people have started to take sides.
Then the others realized they had no other choice and quickly chimed in.
"Exactly! They have absolutely no ability to discern right from wrong; they're a complete bunch of useless trash!"
"Sir, since they all consider us to be on your side, why not just make it official?"
After realizing what was happening, these guys immediately sided with Roland. With the Mage Association members still making moves, they were all prepared for battle, fearing they might die in the conflict.
Roland smiled, looking touched.
"Thank you. Alright, since that's the case, let's join forces for now, just to save our lives. Let's solve the immediate problem first. If you don't want to join us later, I understand, and we'll find a way to get you into a safe place."
Hearing Roland say this, the magicians began to have doubts again.
Many of them are quite intelligent.
So after hearing Roland's words, they were actually a little unsure about everything.
It wasn't that they believed Roland, but rather that if Roland really did that, it would contradict their initial assumption that Roland's goal was to win them over!
But these things need to be observed further, and it's best not to rush into a statement before things are clear... So they didn't respond to Roland's second half of his statement, but instead shouted that in order to survive, they gathered directly around Roland, asking him to use imaginary number magic to protect them, preparing to directly engage in battle with the magicians of the Mage's Association! The battle that took place in the newly built huge reception room in Einzbern was actually being observed by the people of the Far East Mage's Association.
Aozaki Touko and the others were surrounding a huge crystal mirror that looked like a lake.
The mirror reflects the scene in the living room.
"Shouldn't we go help?"
Sajō Aika, a new member of the God Group, asked this question, while Rin Tohsaka, who knew her, simply shrugged.
"That guy with the gold drill and Sakura probably realized it by now and should go help, but actually these guys don't need any help at all."
Rin Tohsaka looked down on the team sent by the Mage Association.
She participated in the battle to annihilate Gilgamesh.
So she'd already seen much bigger scenes; this one... was too insignificant!
“If Roland wanted to, he would have killed all these invaders long ago... or if Roland didn’t want to let them in, they wouldn’t even be able to get close; they would have been surrounded and wiped out on the other side of the forest.”
"So there's nothing to worry about regarding Ai Ge."
"Roland did this simply to gradually draw the representatives of those magic families to his side, and then take the opportunity to reveal the various rules of the Far East Magic Association that we had researched..."
"You have to trust him, because it's all part of his plan."
....
58. Aspiration is the furthest distance from understanding.
Something is wrong!
As the battle raged on, the captain felt increasingly uneasy!
When he first saw these magicians join forces with that imaginary number magician, he didn't take them seriously at all!
After all, they were a punitive force sent by the Mage's Association—everyone of them were magicians skilled in combat!
But not all magicians are good at fighting.
Most of the guys present weren't from any prestigious magic families, so even though there were a lot of them, taking them down wouldn't be a problem at all!
They should have crushed the other side!
In the actual fight, apart from the initial chaos, the opponent seemed to quickly reorganize their formation under the command of that imaginary number magician, and then began to counterattack in an orderly manner!
This situation, combined with the magic of imaginary numbers, makes the battle situation in ranged combat increasingly unfavorable for them!
At this point, he also began to try to get his team members to step into the dark shadow, and then the effect of the shadow became apparent.
Those who step inside will become increasingly sluggish.
Sometimes they might even suddenly freeze, standing still while a fireball is thrown at their head and set on fire, remaining motionless until they are burned to death!
This kind of magical effect has a huge impact on combat!
Then, just when they were already at a disadvantage, the head of the Edfeld family and her sister came to their aid!
Edelfelt was already difficult to deal with as the master, but what was even more terrifying was that her unassuming sister was also an imaginary number magician!
When did imaginary numbers, such a rare property, become so common?!
The captain doesn't know the answer to this question.
But he knew that the arrival of the Edfeldt sisters was almost a fatal blow to their side!
If they continue playing like this, they might lose!
The captain breathed a sigh of relief upon realizing this.
To be honest, the faction behind him is known as the hardliners in the association. If he were to lead only his own faction this time, he would definitely fight to the bitter end!
However, this time it was a joint operation by multiple forces.
It wasn't that he was afraid that if these other factions suffered heavy losses here, it would be difficult to explain when they returned.
Even if he were to use any means necessary to implement his tactics, these magicians from other factions would not listen to him and would simply go to their deaths.
So, given how things have turned out, we've essentially lost!
Thinking of this, he sighed.
"withdraw...!"
He somewhat regretted cutting off his own escape route from the very beginning.
But now we have no choice but to retreat.
Their original plan was to purge a group of members of the Far East Magic Association before Bai Ji arrived, thereby reducing the enemy's manpower and preventing any from escaping after Bai Ji's arrival.
Moreover, once this matter comes to light, the Magic Association will be able to find a reasonable excuse to sever ties with Hakuhime.
For example, they originally came for the Far East Magic Association. Hakuhime was in Northern Europe before, and she was probably attracted by the magicians' war here. So after they found out that Hakuhime had come, even though they had a grudge against the Far East Magic Association, they still came back to help. It's just a pity that they came too late.
After all, the fact that Hakuhime could be guided was only recently discovered by the Mage's Association, and there had never been a similar case before. So unless there was solid evidence in front of them, other magicians probably wouldn't have thought of this.
But now we've failed at the very first step.