Chapter 516
Starwood City had once been considered a mountain city . People here used to rely on the mountain for their livelihood in the past . Yep, in the past…
"With a huge boom, just a single boom, the entire mountain range was leveled . "
"Yeah, and the whole sky lit up as well . Not the usual light outside like normal, it was more like having countless oil lamps on top of the clouds . The entire sky was so bright . "
"Oil lamps is such an under-exaggeration . I felt like there were countless suns, and that golden flower was so scary . "
Although everyone was facing war, and it was deep into the night, adventurers would never be bored of gossip, especially with such an astonishing explosion happening right next to them . While it made everyone anxious, they also had high hopes .
"I heard that our side created that . "
"Of course, idiot . Our enemy is the undead . How could they possibly create Holy Light?"
"Hmph, I heard from our temporary command center that the undead should have arrived this afternoon . But with this explosion, not only did the undead suffer serious losses, all the mountain paths were destroyed, and the undead won't be able to arrive today . We've gained at least an entire extra day of time to prepare . "
Most of the time, people would only hear good news before the battle . Any good general would never release any information which would affect the morale of his soldiers . And, any major unexpected victory would naturally be exaggerated as material to motivate everyone .
After hearing the news of the explosion, Salima unhesitatingly sent spies to loudly spread stories in the taverns and streets about the victory . But when she considered the scary number of zeros in the reward on Roland's wanted poster, she could only claim that it was due to the assistance of a master of Holy Light randomly passing by .
Starwood City had now been reinforced several times over, barely counting as a mid-level city in defenses . Its walls had now been forcibly brought up to twelve meters tall, with a thick layer of steel covering . Although these walls still wouldn't be able to stand up to behemoths like bone giants or bone dragons, the walls would easily be able to deal with low-level skeleton seas as long as there were enough defenders .
And right now, that so-called "master of Holy Light" that everyone viewed as their savior was also in a tavern . But, I wasn't happy at all to hear everyone praising me . I was actually feeling annoyed .
"I lost so much this time . "
I was sitting in a small private room in a tavern and sullenly drinking some alcohol while hearing outsiders brag about my achievements . Yet, I was only annoyed .
That Seeds of Holy Light forbidden spell was a brand-new theoretical invention . Nobody knew just how strong its effects would be as it hadn't been tested yet . But, its first ever appearance earlier this afternoon would likely make it famous in history .
"Pure Holy Light actually had such powerful destructive force . It would seem that this is worthy of future research . "
The combat results were quite excellent as every single undead within its explosion radius was completely eradicated . The shock wave and extra Holy Light actually managed to reach Starwood City and kill off many aerial undead troops .
As for the mountain range which I still couldn't remember the name of, this place was likely going to have its name changed in the future . Perhaps something like the Plains of Holy Light would be a more suitable name as the entire mountain range had been flattened . It would be a joke to continue calling this place "mountains" .
"A single explosion wouldn't possibly have achieved such a powerful effect . This is probably a special effect of Holy Light synchronization or a chain reaction . The specifics require more research . "
The silly cat was actually quite happy . She obtained plenty of research data from that explosion, and apparently came up with some new ideas . Nothing else would be more attractive to a bottlenecked archmage than acquiring new knowledge .
Perhaps it was also thanks to Estrada's support that this great explosion of Holy Light was far stronger than expected . I had only wanted to stall for time, and this spell completed that task wonderfully . With such powerful Holy Light, even Conservation's Legend-ranked Winter Demons were instantly evaporated . There was no need to even mention the lower-level undead, as the entire mountain range had been flattened . It would be impossible for weak skeletons to survive .
Although the undead army of a Death Plane was nearly limitless, such a large-scale loss would hurt even an Undead Emperor . At the very least, Conservation would need to reorganize her army, and the living would gain precious additional time to prepare . The more time gained, the more advantageous it would be for the living .
However, I was annoyed because I also lost a significant amount .
"The energy level is only at 14% . Where am I supposed to find enough mana to recharge this?"
The unexpected power also meant an unexpected energy expenditure . As all those flowers of Holy Light bloomed, Yongye City's energy level dropped at an astonishing speed . It was already fortunate that we hadn't crashed into the ground . However, the battle wasn't over yet, and where were we supposed to find enough mana to recharge?
That wasn't even the most important part . My biggest loss was my nice little Mars of War . As an obedient child who listened to his father, he died for my cause on the rear defense line while hunting down the undead that had escaped . But, Mars was an undead as well, and he still wasn't far enough from the explosion…
Alright, the rest was self-explanatory . At such a close distance, Mars was also instantly evaporated by the Holy Light . Luckily, he was an amalgamation of a collective will, so he didn't truly die . Although it wasn't necessary for him to do something like reincarnate through the Cycle of Reincarnation, I would be unable to use Mars in battle again for a while .
"There will be another battle soon, and a sufficient amount of souls will strengthen any undead's soul . Mars will recover quickly . But, there really isn't any method to help replenish the mana battery . "
Right now, Yongye City was one of the most important aces up my sleeve . Facing an Undead Emperor and her entire army by oneself would be utmost foolishness . Super tactical spells required an enormous mana expenditure . And, any mage tower that didn't have sufficient mana reserves would be as useless as a mage without any mana .
"Shall we go catch all the magic swordsmen and steal their magic swords and small batteries?"
"That won't be enough . Even if we steal from every one of them, it probably won't provide us with even 10% energy . "
"Use Timlad's small battleships' engines and energy sources?"
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