Elite Mages’ Academy (Web Novel)

Chapter 256: Priest Shaman

At such a close range, Xiao Lin had no way to dodge the streak of electricity, but as he was struck and a surge of numbness coursed through him, he could not help but feel elated.

Jackpot!

The orc in front of him was not just a simple commander; he was an orc priest!

Orcs were naturally strong, allowing their race to wield incomparable strength, but Planet Norma was fair. With their immense strength, they also had an extremely poor affinity for the elements. However, there were a small number of orcs that lacked the strength, and instead had magical abilities that rivalled other races.

Those orcs were often priests, and on Planet Norma they were called priest shamans. Shamans were what the orc magicians were called, while priests represented a high rank in orc society.

The fact that the troops were being led by a priest shaman completely surprised Xiao Lin, causing him to change his initial intentions. Killing the priest would only cause the troops to scatter, but if they captured it alive, then Dawn Academy would have another asset in the war.

Xiao Lin had greatly increased his knowledge of the orcs thanks to the various NPCs on the warship and the fortress. No matter how inexperienced he was in war, he still understood that he needed to know as much about the enemy as possible, which was something Xiao Lin was far ahead of compared to everyone else.

Shamans were extremely rare among the orcs, with their numbers far below what the humans had. There was also a rumor among the orcs that priest shamans were able to communicate with the dead, and even look into the future. Of course, Xiao Lin viewed that information with a grain of salt, believing to be an exaggerated myth, but it was still clear how much importance the orcs placed on the shamans.

Capturing a shaman alive was definitely much more valuable than killing one!

Xiao Lin had wanted to inform everyone else, since he felt that he would need help to capture the target alive. At the very least, he would need help preventing the other orcs from interfering.

However, that shaman did not give him a chance to as he continuously fired bolts of lightning at Xiao Lin. If not for his Phantom Steps, Xiao Lin would probably have been crippled by that point.

The feeling of being hit by lightning was not pleasant. Putting aside the pain in his body, his entire body was numb, affecting his movement. That was the most annoying thing, which led to him taking a few hits that he could have easily dodged.

He was wearing a Bronze-ranked armor that he had picked from the warehouse in the fortress. Even though it was quite ugly, the quality was decent, reducing quite a bit of the damage that he had taken.

Other than the numbness from the orc shaman’s lightning, Xiao Lin actually did not sustain too much damage. The dragon blood that Song Junlang fed him before had given him a basic resistance to magic, allowing him to have a 20% resistance to F-rank spells and a 10% resistance to E-rank spells.

Xiao Lin estimated that the shaman’s lightning bolts were only F-rank, which meant that the damage was not really significant after a 20% reduction.

Flame Sword Aura!

Xiao Lin decided to quickly finish the battle, not caring about the massive burden that the flame sword aura had as he waved his sword around. Two flaming blades started to dance around his body as the intense head pushed away the orcs that were rushing toward him. Since he did not know how much the shaman could take, he did not dare guarantee that the flame sword aura would not kill it instantly, which was why he was using it on other orcs.

Realizing that an extremely rare priest shaman was in command did not stop Xiao Lin, and when the other acting monitors started to realize that they had caught a big fish, they started to rush over to help.

Xiao Lin was worried the others would make a mistake, so he hurriedly shouted, “Don’t kill that orc. Try to capture it alive, it will be very useful to us!”

However, it was not clear how many of them actually heard him in the heat of battle. Following the change in everyone’s target, the orcs also started to head toward their direction, and the chaotic battle quickly shifted its focus into that area.

After the initial chaos, the orcs’ bloodlust had slowly been rising. Even though Xiao Lin’s side had managed to eliminate quite a few orcs, the opponents still held the numerical advantage. Now that the battlefield had shrunk, it would not be good if they were surrounded.

The priest shaman seemed to have the same thought as well, using himself as bait to attract most of the humans here. Furthermore, after the number of people surrounding him started to increase, it started to use Chain Lightning spells. That was an area of effect type spell, and much more devastating that his earlier spells. It was powerful enough to strike down upward of ten people with each cast.

The acting class monitors wanted to concentrate the attacks, but it seemed to have backfired. They had fought hard to seize the advantage despite their numbers, yet the shaman’s Chain Lightnings had managed to cause dozens of the students to sprawl on the floor. Even if the damage was not fatal, the other orcs would quickly kill them off with their axes.

There were at least twenty orcs surrounding the priest shaman. They possessed strong bodies and top-notch armor and equipment. Those orcs had never participated in the defense of the camp, quietly standing next to the shaman, which made it obvious they were the bodyguards for the priest shaman.

The few students who managed to get close were easily cut down by those bodyguards, causing a great deal of fear. Normal students would not be able to get close easily, but the monitors and instructors were busy dealing with the shaman’s Chain Lightnings, especially since the numbness would greatly affect their maneuverability.

The orc shaman seemed to be quite mentally taxed, signifying that it could not continue with its use of the Chain Lightning spells.

However, if the situation continued, it was quite possible that the students would not be able to break through the surrounding orcs.

That was why the moment the priest cast Chain Lightning again, Xiao Lin did not hesitate to activate his Replicate skill, which marked the first time he had used it in the examination; he never found the right time to use it.

[Replicating priest shaman, replicating skill Chain Lightning, grade E+!]

When the skill succeeded, Xiao Lin obtained all the information he needed about it. It was just like he expected: such a destructive spell was definitely at rank E!