LGHTNOVELBOOK Chapter 73 - 73: Overwhelming Firepower
Chapter 73: Chapter 73: Overwhelming Firepower
Emi, who was protected by a Four Circle Magic Shield, finally won a chance to catch his breath after the massive depletion of magic power during the recent chase.
But he dared not rest for too long. The Rock Solid Shield, lasting only three minutes, couldn’t protect him indefinitely, and since this was a Vampire stronghold, the longer he delayed, the smaller his chances of escaping became.
He focused his attention on his ultimate survival skill,
Three Circle Magic—Shadow Jump
Shadow Jump: Allows long-distance instant teleportation through the Shadow Plane, consuming 150 points of magic power.
This skill, learned after becoming a Shadow Priest, allowed him to teleport randomly within a twenty-kilometer radius and was considered an unsolvable escape method.
However, the casting time for this skill was a lengthy one and a half minutes.
And because the final destination of the teleportation couldn’t be determined, there was a great deal of randomness. He could end up in the den of wild beasts or on top of a cliff, so Emi would only use it as a last resort.
Teamed with the Four Circle Magic—Rock Solid Shield, he had absolute confidence he could escape.
If the enemy wanted to break the Rock Solid Shield with Four Circle Magic, it would take at least 3 to 4 minutes to prepare. That time was more than enough for him to flee.
Furiously glancing at Lide in the sky, he ignored him, closed his eyes, and began channeling magic power into the Three Circle Magic of Shadow Jump.
Lide held the last vial of Magic Blood in his mouth—just now, in less than ten minutes, he had consumed two vials.
This was the third.
The Magic Blood, the result of the Bloodline God’s remains soaking for hundreds of years, was an incredibly potent magic potion for the Bloodline.
One vial could accelerate recovery speed by 1000%, but this was not the limit. Continued consumption could stack the effect to 1500% the second time and to the ultimate limit of 2000% the third.
Although stacking three times had reached the limit and only lasted a brief two minutes, after which it would slowly decrease, falling back to 1000% after five minutes,
during those two minutes of stacking three times, Lide’s magic recovery speed would be a terrifying 20 points per second.
And to cast the Small Fireball Skill five times in one second consumed merely 15 points, meaning his magic power would overflow during this time.
That is, he could maintain full firepower for five minutes straight.
Rock Solid Shield? Four Circle Magic?
If anti-magic stone that could resist Four Circle Magic could be melted by the Small Fireball Skill, who knew how many minutes this Four Circle Magic could withstand?
Magic power was furiously channeled into the improved magic model for the Small Fireball Skill; a faint blue light flashed, and within less than 0.2 seconds, all magic nodes were activated. By the time the Small Fireballs left his hand, precisely 0.2 seconds had elapsed.
The Real Fireball Gatling was activated.
Da da da da da~
A long stream of fire snaked from Lide’s hands.
If, at the Crimson Mage Tower, attacking anti-magic stone had been merely a magical experiment, then now, with full firepower unleashed, Lide experienced for the first time the terrifying damage and attack power of magic.
And a high-frequency barrage of Small Fireballs was definitely a more daunting presence than Four Circle Magic.
Boom boom boom~
One Small Fireball after another exploded on the Rock Solid Shield, the ripples from the Four Circle Magic growing larger and larger.
The originally transparent shield turned red after the fiery explosions of the bursting fireballs, and the temperature in the entire space climbed at an unimaginable rate.
In less than a minute, over two hundred Small Fireballs had struck the same spot.
The central temperature was already showing a purplish-blue flame, soaring to several thousand degrees.
The Rock Solid Shield, a Four Circle Magic, was now constantly subjected to the baking of several thousand degrees of heat, with the magic power sealed in the magic scroll being consumed at a dreadfully rapid rate.
Emi, having completed more than half of the Shadow Jump, abruptly halted as the powerful magic fluctuations from outside caused his already panicked spirit to waver, and the input of magic power was directly interrupted.
After the interruption of magic power, the magic model for Shadow Jump instantly collapsed, causing a severe pain to echo in Emi’s mind.
Burning with anger and despair, he abruptly opened his eyes, but the first scene that greeted him was the fiery and brutal blaze arcing above the Rock Solid Shield.
Terror spread from his head to his toes in that instant.
The Rock Solid Shield blocked all magic energy transfer, yet it was unavoidable that the temperature within Emi’s space continued to rise. Within just a few seconds, it climbed to over 70 degrees.
Encased by the high temperature inside the shield, Emi suffered from severe breathing difficulties. The air, hot as if on fire, made it impossible for him to continue casting.
How could this be?! This is a Four Circle Magic!!
How could it face collapse in such a short time?!
What sort of existence is that Vampire outside?!
Emi’s heart was filled with the bitter ale of despair, thinking that the only way to quickly break through a defensive Four Circle Magic would be to collide it with a higher-leveled spell.
But that Vampire outside actually wore down his Four Circle Spell with the Small Fireball Technique, a low-level spell typically used by novice Mages.
His belief in magic nearly crumbled at that moment, his concepts shattered to pieces.
Less than ten seconds after Emi’s spellcasting was interrupted, with a snap—
The sound of glass shattering echoed.
The Solid Rock Shield broke just one minute after being cast.
Bang—
An unimaginably scorching wave of heat erupted.
The terrifying blast was so powerful that it collapsed over a dozen houses nearby
And Emi, at the center, the Shadow Priest known as the ‘blasphemer,’ was engulfed in the heat wave, with his Mage Shield collapsing instantly.
In a matter of seconds, he was on the brink of death.
His clothes were completely singed by the high temperature.
It was not until now that Lide stopped casting spells, surveying the area from the sky several times. He didn’t go down immediately but instead cautiously flew a distance of fifty meters away.
Snap—
With a snap of his fingers, Mage’s Hand appeared.
The giant Mage’s Hand instantly transformed into chains and, under his control, firmly bound Emi’s hands and feet.
Even a warrior, restrained by the Mage’s Hand with the strength of hundreds of pounds, would take some time to break free, let alone an elderly Priest.
No matter how renowned the opponent was, they couldn’t escape the physical limitations of the Magic Professions.
With this, the sudden battle drew to a close.
Lide emerged victorious in this battle in a way outsiders could hardly imagine. His adversary, the boss known as the ‘blasphemer,’ was powerless to fight back throughout the encounter.
The only offensive spell released was a Second Circle Magic, Thunder Burst.
A battle where the ‘blasphemer’ was crushed by the Small Fireball Technique.
Soon after, other Bloodline members arrived at the battlefield, Harrison standing behind Lide, his eyes filled with admiration.
“Clan Leader, your radiance is more blinding than that of the Divine, praise to You!”
Right after the fight began, Lide had him seal off Dawn City, and he was aware that a battle of this caliber was beyond the scope of a Mage like him, who hadn’t learned any offensive spells. Lide controlled the situation without involving the Bloodline members, so he and the rest of the Bloodline became spectators.
It was precisely because he was a spectator that he was fortunate enough to witness the scene of Lide descending like a god… those ceaseless Fireballs were like the scorching sun.
The powerful and majestic Ancestor, praise the Night Goddess, no, praise the Holy Spirit, for bestowing upon us such a mighty Ancestor.
“Go and take him down, be careful not to let the opponent pull a fast one,”
Lide waved his hand and paid no mind to this guy.
Several Bloodline members moved forward to restrain Emi, shackling him with cuffs containing a large amount of magic-blocking material, stripping him clean save for his underwear.
Now, even if the opponent tried any tricks, it would be impossible to stir up any further trouble.
Lide retracted his bat wings only after witnessing this scene, the excitement from the battle still present on his face, slowly returning to calmness.
Though he managed to keep his composure even after defeating the boss known as the ‘blasphemer,’ a thick smile now spread across his lips.
The system notification sounded at this moment.
“Ding~ You have defeated the Shadow Priest who blasphemed the Knight God, gaining +10 favor with the Knight God.
Purchases at the Knight Temple will receive a 20% discount.”
“Ding~ Your improved Small Fireball Technique has been optimized by 10% automatically after being used with high intensity and frequency, increasing the casting speed.”
“Ding~ After a hard-fought battle and intensive use of magic energy, your Magic Power has increased by 10.”
“Ding~ You have defeated a Level 14 Shadow Priest, gaining 200 Experience points.”