Strange Stones, Mana Bombs Are Going to Be Heaven-Defying!

The commander of the Defense Army remained expressionless and raised a hand toward distant Eagle Nest Mountain. "Our scouts found a strange kind of stone there."

"Hm?" Lucina instinctively wanted to ask what that had to do with Mana Bombs, but the words reached her lips before she suddenly realized that he could not possibly be saying something meaningless. She immediately grew curious. "A strange stone?"

"It is a strange stone with a dense texture, hard composition, and usually gray or black coloring. When broken open, it reveals a shell-like fracture surface." A look of disbelief appeared on the commander's face as he pulled a small stone from his robe. "Feel it for yourself."

Lucina accepted it and examined it carefully, but she could not see anything special about it. "Rub or strike it with anything, then sense the fluctuations of magic power. If I remember correctly, you are a High-Order Mage?"

Magic-power fluctuations?

Striking this stone could produce magic-power fluctuations?

Her first thought was that it was impossible! Absolutely impossible!

Everyone knew that magic power required a caster to be activated. The activation of magic power was connected to the mental strength of intelligent beings. How could a stone possibly activate it?

But this was a battlefield! Would a general really joke about something like this at a time like this?

Though she was filled with confusion and found it utterly inconceivable, Lucina still held the stone in her hand and casually tapped it against her armor. In an instant, her expression changed dramatically. It really could activate magic power!!!

Such a miraculous creation actually existed on Eagle Nest Mountain?!

"Does it seem unbelievable? I find it unbelievable too. Although I have no talent for magic, I know that up until today, everyone believed that magic power could not be activated by nonliving objects. Yet that is the truth. And rubbing or colliding two such stones together produces an even better effect. Because of that... one of our unfortunate Mid-Order Mages is still lying in bed."

With the two nations about to go to war, the scouts he had sent out had become increasingly capable, naturally including some extraordinary individuals.

Not long ago, his scouts encountered some Tiele Chiefdom guards in that area. Their men used ranged weapons to attack the other side with nearly crushing force. Perhaps having been beaten too badly, and lacking any effective ranged weapons, the Tiele Chiefdom soldiers simply started hurling stones at them!

Then something strange happened.

When one of those stones struck a Mana Bomb, the Mana Bomb... actually exploded!

How could a Mana Bomb possibly explode just like that?

Everyone was utterly bewildered.

One had to know that there were two necessary conditions for a Mana Bomb to explode. Many people had once refused to believe it. There were even rumors that legendary knights had violently struck them. Yet even when Mana Bombs were smashed to pieces, they could not be detonated. In the end, they could only admit defeat and confirm that the things could only be triggered after magic power was fed into them.

With his mind full of disbelief, that Mid-Order Mage began searching for the differing variable after killing those enemy soldiers... In the end, he proved that the stones were special. For that, he had also taken several direct hits from Mana Bombs...

Listening to the commander of the Defense Army, Lucina stared in astonishment. "You only need to strike a Mana Bomb with that kind of stone to detonate it?"

"You do not even need to strike it. Regardless of size, as long as this kind of stone receives an impact, it will trigger a Mana Bomb." The commander of the Defense Army took a deep breath. "If this stone and a Mana Bomb are placed together and struck at the same time, then could it perhaps..."

"It will definitely explode, as long as the impact is strong enough!" Lucina said with absolute certainty.

After confirming the properties of the stone, that had been her first thought as well. Combine highly sensitive Mana Bombs with these stones and place them in specific locations. The instant someone stepped on them, the Mana Bombs would explode directly?!

"That was my thought too." The commander of the Defense Army nodded slightly. "In fact, our mages have already tested it. It can indeed be successfully detonated... Though according to our tests, only someone weighing more than three hundred jin could trigger it by stepping on it."

"That is enough for now, isn't it?" The corners of Lucina's lips rose slightly. This commander of the Defense Army truly was reliable. "Do not forget that when the time comes, forces like the minotaur tribes' War Giant Bull Knight Order will definitely be charging at the front. Three hundred jin? Even a thousand jin would be easy for them... Later, we can have Viscount Rost and the others make a batch of more sensitive Mana Bombs. Wouldn't that lower the requirement even further?"

"This... the sensitivity can be adjusted too? Also, regarding Viscount Rost... do we need people from the royal capital to communicate with him?" The commander of the Defense Army was somewhat concerned.

Although Viscount Rost was merely a viscount, he had risen like the blazing sun in recent days. It was said that many great nobles were currying favor with him, hoping to invest.

But that was hardly surprising. So long as they had money and resources, Rost Territory could mass-produce Mana Bombs and Ray Guns. It was said that their territory even possessed a formation that could automatically charge energy modules!

It was simply unbelievable!

Far more unbelievable than those strange stones!

"I will communicate with the royal capital. Even without the royal capital, I believe Viscount Rost will definitely help us accomplish all this." Lucina smiled. "Because he is a fanatical believer of the Technology God!"

The commander of the Defense Army was somewhat puzzled.

He did not know much about the Technology God, but since this wolf general said so, there should not be any problem.

"Alright. According to the information our scouts sent back, the Tiele Chiefdom army will arrive before noon tomorrow. Let us lay some of them out first. Low sensitivity has its advantages. We can easily deal with ordinary enemies, but the War Giant Bulls will not agree to that. They are exactly what we want to blow up."

Whenever war was involved, whether new-fashioned or old-fashioned, Lucina always displayed extraordinary ability.

Setting traps composed of these special stones and Mana Bombs was not particularly difficult. Under Lucina's and the others' command, large numbers of them were quickly laid in the natural gap not far from Twilight City.

This was practically the only route between the Dawn Kingdom and the Tiele Chiefdom. Twilight City had been built here precisely to guard this natural passage formed by two mountains.

And this passage was called—Eagle Nest Pass!

The Tiele Chiefdom marched slowly, and the War Giant Bull Knight Order led by Ragehorn could not move too quickly either. However, their assembly point had not been far from the Dawn Kingdom to begin with. At this moment, they could already see from afar the two mountains that formed Eagle Nest Pass.

As he watched the enemy draw closer and closer, the burning heat in Ragehorn's eyes grew more intense. As long as they captured Twilight City, they could drive straight in and enter the heartland of the Dawn Kingdom... There would be endless food and treasure there!

Just as his imagination ran wild, a small bird flew over. In the sky, it suddenly began to speak. "Great Chieftain Ragehorn, the High Priest summons you... regarding a miracle of the War God..."