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In the thousands of years of history of the Five Rings Tower, there is a record of a Morning Star wizard who cleverly used his mental power to manipulate mana to create a lever-like effect, summoning a small meteorite that orbited the wizarding world and destroyed most of a city. Since then, that magic has been listed as forbidden magic and strictly prohibited from use in the wizarding world.
The scene then was similar to this moment, but how many "shooting stars" do they see now?
—It must be illusion-based witchcraft.
Pale-faced, Holdana tried to comfort himself, but his steps unconsciously began to retreat. Protected by the Wizard Tower, yet also trapped inside, the wizard apprentices could not escape and could only watch helplessly as thousands of "meteors" fell overhead.
A light ten thousand times brighter than the midday sun instantly captured the attention of all the wizards below.
Wizarding Civilization: Chapter 775 Rays
In conclusion, Earth civilization overestimated the unit defense of a five-ring tower, while Wizard civilization underestimated Earth civilization's instantaneous output.
While it is certainly impressive to have a defensive field with a radius of fifty kilometers supported by the power of a wizard tower, it is unrealistic to expect the defensive field to be very strong when limited power is spread out to such an extent, especially when the master of the wizard tower is not present.
Admittedly, given that a great wizard could withstand a direct volley of 25mm machine gun fire, if this wizard tower had activated all its defensive magic to protect itself, it might not have been easily destroyed even by weapons of nuclear caliber. However, the Morning Star wizard in charge of the defense chose to protect the entire Bauhinia Wizarding Academy.
……
When the first missile landed on the surface of the defensive position and detonated, the Morning Star Wizard who was presiding over the spell became aware of the anomaly.
The high temperature of tens of thousands of degrees and the impact force of hundreds of tons have reached the level of some Morning Star magic with slightly less destructive power. The defensive position spread over a range of 100 kilometers is obviously unable to withstand such an attack on a single local area. This is a wizard tower without the protection of the Moon Wizard, not the Sun Wizard, and certainly not the Holy Spirit Wizard. As the missile detonates, the local defensive position begins to distort.
And this is only the effect of the first one.
But when the second, third, and fourth bombs detonated simultaneously, the Morning Star Wizard, who was stationed inside the Five Rings Tower, was already somewhat pale. The Wizard Tower's energy was not inexhaustible, and he often needed to replenish it. One or two extractions were still within the Morning Star Wizard's tolerance, but resisting the continuous attacks of the Morning Star level in less than three seconds had clearly exceeded his tolerance.
When the fifth missile fell overhead, the Morning Star Wizard could no longer bear it. With a roar, he decisively disarmed the defensive field that covered an area of one hundred kilometers.
What is 1500 minus 5?
The Bauhinia Wizarding Academy answered this question.
From the sky above Wizarding Continent, one can clearly see the point of light that suddenly "lit up" in the western corner. It is not constant, but rather it repeats the "flickering" of dimness and brightness at a relatively high frequency. This "flickering" lasted for more than two minutes before slowly disappearing...
ground.
The space mothership "Prometheus" slowly emerged from the edge of the sea and officially appeared within the view of the Wizarding Continent. However, at this moment, no wizard had the energy to pay attention to the intruder.
Surrounding the wizard tower that emitted faint magical fluctuations, the entire Dual-Striped Wizard Academy was razed to the ground—or even worse. Smoking craters appeared on the scorched black earth, with the unburnt material at the edges carrying a dim, weak light, radiating outwards to form this scorched earth covering an area of more than fifty kilometers.
There was no trace of life left on this land. While it was partly due to the fact that the people staying on the outskirts were all lower-level wizards, the “superior” and “efficient” killing and destructive power still chilled the hearts of every high-level wizard who had escaped by hiding in the wizard tower.
Wizards developed various spells to deal with enemies from other lands, but they never tried to develop weapons to deal with their own kind. However, when they first faced such weapons designed to kill humans, they were inevitably shocked.
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The fact that the defenses of the Five Rings Tower were breached so easily surprised the expeditionary force on the Prometheus. However, after reacting quickly, they propelled the space carrier toward the land. The humans on Earth, who did not yet have a detailed understanding of the Wizard Tower, could not determine whether such a large-scale defensive field could be restarted in a short time. If it could, allowing them to restart it in this gap would have rendered their previous attack futile.
As Prometheus approached, the first vanguard descended from the sky, which was more than 3,000 meters above sea level, after Prometheus entered the land area, and approached the Wizard Tower along the scorched black earth that still radiated high temperatures.
……
Piloting the eight-meter-tall Knightmare, Mu Yusen used the cover of night to approach the easily visible Wizard Tower in the distance, while cautiously observing any unusual movements that might occur around him.
As one of the few Knightmare assault team members from Earth, Mu Yusen had heard a lot about the "wizards" who posed a huge threat and caused casualties to the expeditionary force after the Earth Alliance officially entered the wizarding world. He even participated in a three-month-long exercise six months ago, with the hypothetical enemy being the "wizards." He just didn't expect to encounter them so soon.
However, it seems that he doesn't need to worry for the time being.
"...Under this kind of firepower, even someone made of iron wouldn't survive."
Amazed by the suppressive fire from the fleet on the sea, and after traveling a considerable distance without finding any trace of life, Mu Yusen relaxed slightly and sent a message to the other team members.
Before long, members of the commando team also sent back feedback one after another, with no one missing.
"All that's missing is that tower."
Adjusting Knightmare's field of view, magnifying the towering columnar outline in the distance as much as possible, even those accustomed to skyscrapers on Earth would be awestruck by the sight of something so magnificent in another world. Moreover, these were not created by humans using machinery, but rather by some mutated "humans" who built them up through their own abilities... In this medieval wizarding world, calling it a miracle would not be an exaggeration at all.
While reflecting on this, Mu Yusen, who had changed the default locked target to the Wizard Tower, noticed something unusual.
On the tower, which is three thousand meters high, a faint red dot suddenly appeared at a height of about eight hundred meters. Then a second, a third... In less than a few seconds, the number increased to multiples. He couldn't determine the exact number with his eyesight, but the Knightmare he was piloting provided the data accurately.
-103
103?
Mu Yusen was subconsciously surprised: Wasn't that the total number of members in the assault team?
Under the pitch-black night sky, Lin Yi, standing on the edge of "Prometheus," looked down at the scorching rays that suddenly shot out from the wizard tower. The highly concentrated energy and the excessively fast burst speed were only enough to leave a residual image on the human retina, and disappeared in the blink of an eye. However, what followed was a series of 103 explosions in perfect unison and a dazzling flash of fire.
Before the commander inside "Prometheus" could react to this sudden turn of events, a piercing alarm sounded.
Looking eastward towards the location of the Wizard Tower, a ray even more intense than the previous 103 scorching beams combined left a lingering image in my eyes.
The next second, a huge tremor came from beneath our feet.
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Wizarding Civilization: Chapter 776 Knightmare
Starting from the point of contact with the incandescent ray, the deep red "veins" rapidly spread from the lower layer of "Prometheus". The entire process of heating up to tens of thousands of degrees Celsius from the point of contact took less than three seconds. As layers of reactive armor were melted and torn apart, the lowest layer of the space carrier was completely detonated.
[Sectors Z74, Z75, and Z76 have lost contact.]
[Anti-gravity engines No. 16 and No. 18 have malfunctioned, resulting in an 11.2% reduction in power output.]
[Warning: Dangerous radiation detected. Should the damaged area be cordoned off?]
……
Pressing his temple, which had been injured in the tremor, Zhang Longshao immediately issued a loud command to the artificial intelligence aboard "Prometheus": "Blockdown, allow separation if necessary, and stop the spread of radiation at all costs."
[Instructions confirmed, seal off areas Z73 and Z77]
Only then did Zhang Longshao have time to pay attention to his surroundings. Looking around, he saw figures lying on the ground, groaning softly. The Wizard Tower's attack came without warning, giving them no time to prepare before hitting them directly. Fortunately, the power was not exaggerated. Although it penetrated the three-layer, one-meter-high reactive armor of "Prometheus," it only detonated the bottom layer, rather than sinking this epoch-making technological creation of mankind in an instant.
Most of the people in the command center were injured in the tremors just now; there shouldn't be many who were actually killed.
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Just as Zhang Longshao had predicted, as the "Prometheus" blockade was completed, those who had lost consciousness in the previous impact gradually regained consciousness. They were not only surprised that the Wizard Tower had broken through the "Prometheus" defense so easily, but also felt a strong sense of apprehension towards the tall tower in the distance. For a moment, they dared not let "Prometheus" get any closer.
After a brief emergency discussion, it was ultimately decided to proceed according to the original plan.
Before long, except for the completely sealed-off bottom level, the exits of the other levels of "Prometheus" opened one after another, and one after another, Knightmare aircraft carrying full power broke into the night sky under the cover of night, approaching the Wizard Tower from the sky to the ground from all directions.
This time, the expeditionary force abandoned its previous cautious approach. It turned out that the Wizard Tower possessed detection methods that they could not understand. Even Knightmare's equally groundbreaking stealth technology could not escape being discovered and wiped out in one fell swoop.
Rather than letting the soldiers sacrifice themselves in vain, it would be better to have them attack the wizard tower directly from a certain distance. A single Knightmare might not be able to penetrate the main structure of the wizard tower, but what about a thousand or ten thousand? Even a mosquito is still meat, and even if they can't penetrate it, just depleting the wizard tower's energy pool would be enough.
After realizing the expeditionary force's "ant tactics," the Wizard Tower reacted promptly. Instead of foolishly hiding in the Wizard Tower and letting the outside attacks continue to deplete the remaining energy pool of the Five Rings Tower, they directly mobilized many of the official wizards who were originally stationed in the Wizard Tower.
Because they were within the radiation range of the Five Rings Tower, these official wizards were not easily torn apart and killed by various high-powered armor-piercing weapons like they were on the West Coast. Instead, they used the amplification ability of the wizard tower to fight back and forth with the Knightmare mechs that were over eight meters tall. For a time, the two sides were indeed locked in a stalemate.
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"hokeyi—!!!"
The ancient wizarding language vibrated the omnipresent "mana" in the air, transforming into a cloud of white smoke that approached the enormous alchemical creation that was unleashing its firepower in the distance.
The chaotic and exploding artillery fire on the battlefield became the perfect cover, and taking advantage of this environment, the wizard managed to cover the heavy and massive alchemical construct with "white mist" without any major incident.
Watching its smooth shell gradually corrode in the white mist, I breathed a sigh of relief, but also felt a strong sense of curiosity.
This is an enemy that wizards have never encountered before.
They were just ordinary mortals, incredibly fragile—even less so than the mortals in the wizarding world who could only be herded and raised like livestock. At least the mortals in the wizarding world gained some bloodline power (the Knight's Breathing Technique) under the radiation of the wizard's great power, and had the possibility of transforming from ants into strong ants. But these humans from the West Coast, with the same appearance, were nothing but ordinary mortals.
However, these fragile mortals, whom we know so well, have managed to threaten and cause casualties to the wizards with these massive metal weapons. Now, even the Five Rings Tower has to be cautious in the face of their provocations.
Take this alchemical creation, which is over eight meters tall, as an example.
Its own thick armor is enough to withstand any magical attack from non-great wizards. Even if a great wizard tries to break through it head-on, he will have to expend a lot of effort. Under normal circumstances, wizards are more accustomed to using mental interference magic to deal with such a powerful opponent. However, these mortals have been endowed with a strong will through unknown means. So strong that even a great wizard cannot forcibly control it.
That alone wouldn't be much for wizards, since wizard civilizations had encountered similarly terrifying races during their long expeditions to other lands. But what was even more terrifying about these "humans" from the west coast, besides their terrifying defenses, was their "attacks"... or rather, their "weapons."
A piece of metal, nearly half a person's height, was ejected under electromagnetic acceleration. The speed of over 5000 m/s brought a terrifying impact that even a great wizard dared not easily touch. If your thick armor shell is terrifying, then the power of this weapon is simply terrifying.
Not just wizards, imagine any creature made of flesh and blood willing to withstand this level of energy penetration. If hit, it's not a question of whether it will penetrate or not, but how much of it will be left.
After more than fifty formal wizards, including two great wizards, who were attempting to connect their mental powers to unleash large-scale war magic, were reduced to ashes by this terrifying weapon, not a single wizard dared to expose themselves to their sight again. Instead, they tacitly chose to hide and use their magic to disrupt and sabotage, just like he is doing now.
Even so, when he occasionally witnessed the fates of those formal wizards who had been exposed due to accidents or attacks, he couldn't help but feel fear.
With the will of the wizard above all, when did those two-legged sheep become so terrifying?
Wizarding Civilization: Chapter 777 Collapse
Despite the losses on both sides, the ground battle was generally progressing in a direction favorable to the expeditionary force. This conclusion relieved the anxious commanders aboard the "Prometheus".
The power of wizards has always been a mystery. This was true of the Twin-Striped Wizard Tower on the West Coast, let alone the Five-Ring Tower now. Until the main body made contact, no one could guarantee whether they possessed the means to fight the expeditionary force. Only now can a basic comparison be made.
A wizard tower... no, it should be called a wizard academy. Even without a tower master of the level of Qilingba (a high-ranking official in the Five Rings Tower), the expeditionary force could still suppress it with some casualties. On the surface, this expedition to the Wizarding Continent seems quite unsatisfactory, having only gained "a little" after suffering such heavy losses. However, compared to what was obtained from the Five Rings Tower, what the Earth Alliance needs more is intelligence about wizards.
Compared to an opponent who is completely unknown, this kind of enemy, which is powerful but also has weaknesses, is what Earth's civilization is good at dealing with. Imagine that after this war ends, relying on the data collected about wizards, Earth's civilization will use its thousands of years of history of wars against humans to find weapons to deal with these "kindred spirits" who are highly similar in appearance and physiological structure.
But all of that comes later; right now, there's only one thing that's most important.
[Main Gun Charging]
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As the ground battle progressed smoothly, the Wizard Tower in the distance had to focus more on defending against attacks from the Knightmare on the ground. Faced with the approaching space carrier "Prometheus", it was no longer able to retaliate. After several probing attacks, the commanders, who had experienced many interdimensional expeditions, made a decisive decision and ordered the main cannon of "Prometheus" to be activated and directly attack the main body of the Wizard Tower.
Standing on the edge of the deck of "Prometheus", Lin Yi heard the heavy sounds and vibrations of the machinery running beneath his feet. Looking down, he saw a "cannon barrel" with a diameter of more than three meters slowly protruding from the lower deck, its ferocious shape reflected in the firelight of the distant battlefield.
[40%……50%……60%……]
Energy from the Sakura Stone was extracted and poured in in large quantities. Inside the "Prometheus", circles of blue light with electric arcs surrounded the "barrel", which was almost two-thirds the length of the "Prometheus". A narrow "projectile" at the bottom was pushed into the barrel and stuck in place.
[70%……80%……90%……]
Under the rapidly rotating magnetic field, the instantaneous temperature inside the "cannon barrel" was intensified to a terrifying level exceeding 30,000. Even though it used a special, active metal from another world, it showed signs of distortion and melting under such high temperatures.
[…100%, main gun fire.]
Beneath their feet, the "island" suspended in the sky suddenly pushed back more than five meters, and the arc at its top vanished in an instant. If it weren't for the terrifying temperature remaining in the air and the pungent smell from the other side, one might even doubt that what had just happened was merely an illusion.
Of course, as the direct target of this attack, it is impossible for them to regard it as an illusion.
The Morning Star Wizard inside the Wizard Tower noticed the moment the main cannon of "Prometheus" fired, but noticing it didn't mean he could react in time—from the moment the energy that even the Morning Star feared appeared until it hit the Wizard Tower, he couldn't even mobilize the Wizard Tower's energy for a fixed-point defense.
The projectile, launched with an initial velocity of 30000 m/s, traversed the more than 10000 m straight-line distance between "Prometheus" and "Bauhinia Wizard Tower" in less than 0.5 seconds. After contacting the defensive field on the surface of the wizard tower, it lingered for 0.03 seconds before penetrating it. The terrifying energy instantly caused the area from the 331st to the 336th floor of the wizard tower to "vanish without a trace." Through the "gap" dripping with molten lava, one could still vaguely see the night sky behind the wizard tower from the "Prometheus" side.
A few seconds later, the terrifying sonic boom finally erupted, but by then no one cared about the aftershocks. Every wizard stared blankly at the wizard tower that had stood there since the dawn of their consciousness, which began to sway and tilt along the "gap."
"By the will of the wizard..."
"My God, this is impossible..."
"The Five Rings Tower—"
……
--collapse.
"boom--------!!!!!"
The tower, over a thousand meters tall, crashed to the ground. This meant that the area around the Wizard Tower had already been "washed" clean, otherwise the impact of the fall alone would have caused heavy casualties among the wizard apprentices below. However, compared to the casualties caused by the fall of the Wizard Tower, the impact of the collapse of the Five Rings Tower was hundreds or thousands of times more severe.
In the wizarding world, a wizard tower symbolizes much more than just a weapon of war. For the lower-level wizards, it is also a place where wizards can live, grow, and learn. A wizard tower can exist without wizards, but if they want to move forward, then a wizard tower is indispensable.
This gave rise to a mutually beneficial relationship between the Wizard Tower and the wizards. In exchange for allowing the wizards to receive radiation and obtain various resources for advancement within the Wizard Tower, the wizards had to complete various tasks assigned by the Wizard Tower and protect the Wizard Tower when it was threatened: that was also protecting their future.
Every wizard signs a contract with a wizarding tower when deciding to join a wizarding organization. The stronger the wizarding tower, the better assistance they will receive, but if the wizarding tower is destroyed...
"Do not--!!!"
Watching helplessly as the distant tower plummeted, a wizard let out a desperate howl. But the next second, his smooth, delicate skin rapidly became loose, and his appearance, which was not yet forty years old, instantly turned into that of a frail old man. In the following seconds, he struggled and died because he could not withstand the strain of his heartbeat.
The deeper the connection with the Wizard Tower, the more severe the consequences will be after the Wizard Tower collapses. And every wizard who is still protecting the Wizard Tower has some connection with it.
The expeditionary force on land was surprised to find that they had won. With the collapse of the wizard tower, half of the wizards lost their ability to fight, and the other half lost their will to fight. They either broke out in different directions or gave up resistance. The living wizards that they thought were impossible to capture were captured in such an easy way.
Wizarding Civilization: Chapter 778 Ice Age
The inner side of the Five Rings Tower.
The moment the Wizard Tower was breached, the Morning Star Wizard, who was stationed on the 300th floor, had his pupils shrink instantly. However, as the tower swayed beneath his feet, the huge shadow in front of him slowly fell as it tilted. The Morning Star Wizard seemed to have given up on something and slumped to the ground.