Mana Bombs Show Their Might, Legendary Mage Stunned

"Get the soldiers ready for battle!"

Lucina spoke rapidly. "All noncombatants in the castle must evacuate immediately. Herick Castle... may not hold."

House Herick was, after all, a family skilled in warfare.

Even though they had been driven into a desperate corner, they still mobilized swiftly. All able-bodied fighters and military supplies in the city were quickly sent to the walls, while the noncombatants gathered at the south gate and began evacuating.

Before long, a cloud of black dust rose again from the northern ridge. The overwhelming pressure made it difficult for the soldiers on the wall to breathe.

They could even feel as though the nearby mountains were being corrupted...

"Perhaps today will be House Herick's final battle... At least we held on until the very end!" Lucina watched as those monsters entered her sight. "Knight Bruno, it seems I won't be able to fulfill what I promised you."

"No, it is my honor to witness all this!" After performing a standard knight's salute, Bruno also turned his gaze into the distance.

On the walls, the exhausted warriors forced themselves to stand once more and returned to their posts.

The area around the cracks in the wall was packed with melee soldiers.

They had already prepared themselves for the worst!

Through the gaps, they could clearly see countless White Walkers rushing toward them in wave after wave.

The scent of the living was like a beacon, drawing them in.

The knuckles of Lucina's hand gripping her staff had turned white.

As she silently waited for the monsters to enter attack range, a voice suddenly came from beside her. "Countess Herick, it seems I arrived at just the right time."

"Archmage Wilton!"

The instant Lucina saw his calm, unruffled face, delight appeared on her own. Then worry followed. "You may be a Legendary mage, but facing so many White Walkers alone..."

"I brought some good things!" With a wave of Wilton's hand, a huge pile of crates floated down from the sky. "These are all Flame Vortex Mana Bombs. Each one can unleash a Flame Vortex. There are fifty thousand in total..."

Perhaps worried that Lucina did not understand, Wilton quickly explained the principles and usage of the Mana Bombs. He even activated one himself, using mana to launch it into the distant horde of White Walkers.

Hiss—

Lucina could not help drawing in a sharp breath at the sight.

To be honest, Flame Vortex was quite good among low-tier spells, but it was nothing special to mid-tier mages, much less to her or on a battlefield like this... But there were fifty thousand of them!

Even if they drained every mage in the city dry, they could not possibly cast five thousand of them!

And against so many White Walkers, quantity seemed more important than power!

Lucina's mind raced. The White Walkers were already close, and she had to arrange everything properly as quickly as possible.

One plan after another surfaced in her mind, only to be rejected and refined. Then she began issuing orders, distributing the Mana Bombs across different positions.

The whole process took no more time than it took the White Walkers to advance two kilometers... When they all entered attack range, Lucina's powerful voice rang out. "The enemy has entered the attack zone! Mages, activate the Mana Bombs! Trebuchets, prepare—three... two... one... fire!"

With the sound of winches releasing, countless small trebuchets sprang into motion. Fist-sized Mana Bombs replicated by the Dawn Kingdom traced perfect arcs through the sky!

The next second, explosions erupted.

Flame Vortexes formed below one after another.

Countless flames surged upward.

It was somehow even more shocking than legion magic!

Even low-tier spells could produce terrifying results when there were enough of them.

Whirlpools of flame continuously appeared, while waves of heat mixed with a rancid stench spread outward like a storm.

Excitement could not help appearing on Lucina's face. "Keep firing!"

Stirred by her command, the surrounding soldiers finally snapped out of it and hurriedly began tightening the winches again...

These soldiers had no idea what Mana Bombs were and had never even heard of them before. But now, they understood what kind of weapon this was. Their hearts pounded wildly, blood rushing through their bodies. As they looked at the sea of fire below and the White Walkers struggling within it, every face was filled with exhilaration and disbelief!

The kingdom actually possessed such a deadly weapon!

They were saved!

The second wave of Mana Bombs was launched, followed by another round of explosions. The flames became even more scorching, and they could not help wondering whether the monsters below would be roasted alive...

"Keep firing! Archers, prepare!"

Lucina's voice rang out once more.

By then, the White Walkers were no longer far from the castle. Arrows carrying Mana Bombs shot through the air, and they should be able to wipe out most of the surviving monsters... Of course, beyond that was an even closer line of defense: the throwers...

Trebuchets, archers, and throwers all hid behind the walls, hurling Mana Bombs out one after another.

If Mana Bombs did not require mana to activate, and if the number of mages in the castle—including Apprentices—were not so limited, then even fifty thousand Mana Bombs might not have been enough to throw!

Wilton watched the scene, the corner of his mouth twitching slightly.

To be honest, this kind of attack certainly could not threaten a Legendary mage like him. Yet for some reason, he found himself thinking that he never wanted to face an army like this head-on.

Standing atop the walls, Lucina and the others watched as the monsters gradually became thinner and weaker under the tide-like bombardment. Even the corruption began to stall, and the magical attacks launched by some White Walkers had grown extremely feeble. They could not help letting out long breaths of relief.

These terrifying attacks, attacks that could have easily crushed them, had been dealt with so effortlessly.

At the very least, the main force had been eliminated.

"Archmage Wilton, do you know where these White Walkers came from? How many are still behind them? We used up rather too many Mana Bombs, so we may need more..." Lucina finally had time to ask the question that had been troubling her all along.

"Don't worry. I just came from Watcher's Wall. Watcher's Wall has already repaired itself, and there will be no more main forces behind them—at most, a few scattered stragglers." Although Wilton smiled, the corner of his mouth could not stop twitching. More? Were they trying to kill him?!

Even as a Legendary mage, even though he was responsible for transporting supplies from the royal capital to the northern border, he still had to produce them frantically in every spare moment. They had nearly drained him dry!

As if to conceal his awkwardness, Wilton hurriedly added, "Based on the information we have, it was most likely caused by cultists blowing open a breach. But we still have not figured out exactly what they were trying to do!"

Inside a tavern in a small town near Watcher's Wall.

Several cultists gathered together, their expressions exceedingly grim. "Why did it fail so quickly? This is not what we were promised!"

"Archbishop Kahn, this is not our fault. The Dawn Kingdom is now using Magic Net Rings for communication everywhere, which has greatly reduced the time it takes to transmit information. And they have also brought out a magical item called the Mana Bomb, which can instantly cast low-tier spells... Across all war zones, they deployed at least one hundred thousand of them!"

"Hmph, all excuses! The Fallen suffered considerable losses this time to cooperate with you. You will need to compensate them."

Kahn's expression was stern, but his mind was already turning over what Magic Net Rings and Mana Bombs were. He had only been undercover at Watcher's Wall for two months, so why did it feel as though he had missed an entire era...?