Deep within the Griffon Mountains.
To give everyone an intuitive impression of the golems' Combat Strength, under the gaze of the crowd, 432 Iron Golems stood in three solemn ranks under the control of Braska, Anthony, and the other controlling Mages, awaiting orders.
"Braska, begin your performance," Li Wei said, floating in midair.
Seeing that Li Wei had given them permission to begin the test, Braska nodded to his assistant, Anthony.
Anthony took a nervous deep breath and, following the Ultramarines' custom, shouted their signature slogan:
"Saturation fire!"
"FIRE!!!"
As the controlling Mages conveyed their commands, the Iron Golems all raised their right arms. From beneath each heavy arm sprang a suspended cylindrical metal tube as densely packed as a beehive. With a rapid clang-clang-clang-clang-clang, they began spinning furiously, producing crisp collisions of chains and gears.
"That's it?"
Just as Warriors like Skard, who had never witnessed this before, were voicing their doubts—
A blinding burst of light and heat suddenly erupted before the multiple metal ammunition belts. Countless spell-light streams resembling Scorching Rays were hurled out like a raging storm, carving scorching trails through the sky before raining down upon the tranquil snow-capped mountains.
For a second, the world seemed to fall still.
Then everything on the snowy mountains began to melt away as swiftly as if it had been drenched in boiling oil, exposing the black mountain rock beneath.
The ice sheets above the snow line, which had covered the mountains unbroken for countless tens of thousands of years, instantly lost the support beneath them and began collapsing in vast swathes.
An avalanche.
Even from two kilometers away, they could still feel the tremendous impact as tsunami-like masses of snow crashed against the foot of the mountains, along with the distinct trembling beneath their feet.
The shield warrior