mesbooks Chapter 30 Deadly Strike and Clash
Chapter 30 Deadly Strike and Clash
"Boom! Boom!" Flames shot into the sky, and thick smoke obscured the moon.
The farm groaned, twisted, and collapsed in the explosion; the screams and crashes mingled with the crackling flames, playing the final symphony of death.
In the darkness of the distant fields, Miao Meng carefully analyzed the trajectory of the fire crystal he had just shot out, comparing it with the coordinates provided by the three magic arrays, and continued to make corrections.
After locating the opponent's banquet hall using triangulation, he was calculating when he noticed chaos breaking out in the manor. This gave him the opportunity to fire three crystals in quick succession.
Since there's no notification of experience gain from the network, it means I haven't killed the Black Earl. Therefore, the right thing to do is to continue bombarding him before he can react.
Miao Meng had originally planned to bombard the Earl while he was asleep, but after inquiring, he discovered that the Earl's bedroom had several separate residences, and he might not be able to hit the target accurately while he was asleep.
That's why Miao Meng launched a deadly attack during the other party's banquet. Of course, he didn't expect that more than one group of resistance forces would think the same way as him.
Fortunately, this instance is quite large, unlike the previous two smaller instances where the faction was relatively singular.
Everyone here has their own interests and needs, and the arrival of a count is unacceptable to them. Even after several years, they will still launch assassination attempts from time to time.
"It's no use. Blind firing is no longer accurate. Once they recover from the bombing, they'll definitely hide. Wide-area detection activated!"
He fired two more fire crystals, but gained no experience. Miao Meng felt a chill and realized that the opponent must have reacted, or perhaps most of the soldiers had been killed by the explosion.
Now that you understand, you can unleash your reconnaissance spells and properly begin mental locking to prevent the opponent from wandering off in the distance.
However, when that invisible spiritual perception probed from a very, very far distance, Miao Meng discovered a powerful energy fluctuation rushing toward him at an alarming speed.
"You've only just found my location? Too late! Freeze Crystal, Wind Pressure Sword, Petrification Trap, activate, activate, activate everything!"
When facing high-speed targets, control is more important than output, so the originally loaded restraint magic cannon also began to exert its power, trying to restrain the rushing figure.
However, to Miao Meng's surprise, neither the ice crystals that could shatter more than ten meters high nor the wind pressure sword that could propel a sailboat had any effect on the rushing figure.
A ten-meter-high block of ice can be smashed to pieces with a single punch; an air blast compressed to its maximum can only mess up the opponent's hair; and a petrification trap, which is highly anticipated, can only freeze the opponent for a fleeting moment.
Faced with the menacing Black Earl, Miao Meng tried firing two more cannonballs, but to no avail. He had no choice but to step onto his skateboard and take off.
However, on this small hillside, there was still a figure standing there. This dummy made of psionic illusions was the Golden Cicada Shell that Miao Meng had prepared long ago.
"You scoundrel! How dare you bully me!"
The Black Earl, who had charged forward at terrifying speed, was now covered in dust and dirt, his previous calm and elegant expression completely gone. His earl's robes were tattered and stained with dust and blood.
For Count Black, he had spent several years cleaning up the names of his men and winning over a few new elites, only to have it all wiped out in the time it took to eat a meal. How could he not be angry?
As the Black Earl grew enraged, the soft, flabby flesh on his body quickly solidified and receded, and layers of blood vapor rose from the fat, revealing the monstrous muscles that had been hidden beneath.
The figure on the hillside was still chanting incantations. The Black Earl simply tossed a stone at it, easily scattering the figure and even creating a large crater in the ground.
After the figure disappeared, the Black Earl did not feel deceived; on the contrary, a cold glint flashed in his eyes.
"Up there, I caught you by the tail!"
At this moment, Miao Meng was already 800 meters above the ground. A normal person would not be able to see him in the darkness, but for Count Black, it only took a few more seconds.
During the flight, he did not forget to pay attention to the Black Earl's movements, so when he discovered the Black Earl's black skull spell, he immediately chose to dodge.
[Witchcraft - Mechanized Mind]
After recognizing the skull as a spell to scare away fear, Miao Meng did not hesitate at all and used a mental resistance spell to avoid being overwhelmed by fear and forced to jump down and commit suicide.
Even though they were nearly 900 meters apart and had been given a mechanized mental spell, when Miao Meng was hit by the light from the black skull explosion, he was not struck by the fear spell, but his whole body still stiffened and he trembled slightly.
Fortunately, the Martian skateboard beneath his feet did not slip out of control, carrying his body rapidly upwards and escaping the subsequent magical attacks.
"Thump~ One kilometer isn't enough, we have to fly higher. As expected of a class specializing in fear magic, their range far exceeds the limits of ordinary mages."
After emerging from his stunned state, Miao Meng continued his attack, bombarding Black Earl with various elemental crystals one after another.
The Black Earl on the ground was not without power. The stones and branches blasted out of the ground around him were more ferocious than javelins in his hands, flying straight into the sky with a whistling sound.
However, the quality of these makeshift weapons is questionable. Under the opponent's powerful force, they can indeed fly thousands of meters into the air, but they can no longer cause any significant damage.
Even if the repulsive shield that Miao Meng was supporting was ineffective, the stones and branches that were already at their limit could not pose any threat to him in his ship girl form.
"No, this guy is too tanky. If he gets away, the 1/10 of his health that we managed to take down will recover in no time."
Flight time is limited; even with pre-stocked flight ammunition, it can only last for two minutes, and with endless ammo pouches and psionic bars, it can only last for an extra minute.
Therefore, when he saw the other party rush out, his health bar had dropped by less than 1/10, and Miao Meng felt that the assassination attempt was likely to fail.
It's impossible to use all three minutes for attacking; at least one minute should be reserved for escaping. But now, 30 seconds have passed since I took off, and I've only dealt 1% damage to the Black Earl. There's not enough time.
It could even be said that if they weren't in ship girl form, the ammunition for those magic cannons would be powered by the Mind Cube, and just maintaining the current bombardment frequency would be enough to empty the ammunition pouches.
"It seems this probing can only end here. When we get back, we must disassemble the manufacturing plan for the Belka-type ammunition and make several sets of spare ammunition, instead of combining it into the magic cannon as it is now."
The escape was merely a pretext for a more powerful next attack; after all, the disparity in strength between the two sides was too great, and they needed to find some reinforcements. Hopefully, the undead brought by the ghost ship will appear on the Day of the Dead in November.
After having the idea of retreating, Miao Meng's attack frequency did not decrease, but instead became more and more ferocious. If he didn't hurt his opponent, it would not be an easy thing to escape from the Lord of Fear.
However, the focus of the bombardment shifted. Various types of restricted ammunition continued to bombard the Black Earl, while destructive fire-based ammunition was directed at the manor.
Of course, the purpose of these fire-based munitions was not to kill people. To medieval lords, people were the least valuable thing, so the main targets were buildings.
Especially in heavily guarded buildings, whether it's a library, a treasure vault, or the Black Earl's bedroom, as long as it makes the other side feel sorry for you, then it's considered useful.
Miao Meng used his aerial advantage to attack from high and low, long and short. The Black Earl was so angry that his face was distorted on the ground, but he could only rage helplessly, unable to reach his opponent at all.
Especially after Miao Meng bombed the main buildings of the manor and flew away in a flash, leaving not even a glimpse of his back to Count Black, Count Black was so angry that he almost fainted.