A Core Ship From The Start
Chapter 619 - Chapter 619 Chapter 459 Difficult to Make Progress _1

Chapter 619: Chapter 459 Difficult to Make Progress _1 Chapter 619: Chapter 459 Difficult to Make Progress _1 “What’s happening?”

The advancing Herman Soldiers were startled by the sudden appearance of this black figure. It made sense that they would be. They had been on edge, shields at the ready for a bloody battle, only to have a strange figure eerily appear beside them. It was terrifying enough.

When the Herman Soldiers turned their heads to look, they saw that the figure was as black as a shadow. But in the next instant, it opened its stark white eyes and revealed snow-white teeth, and roared at the Herman Soldiers like a pack of beasts trying to tear their throats apart!

“Wha–!”

Seeing these terrifying shadows, the Herman Soldiers instinctively raised their weapons and started swinging!

In an instant, the frontline troops were thrown into disarray! All the soldiers began swinging their weapons, slashing at the sudden black shadow creatures beside them, trying to obliterate them. What they hadn’t expected was that these black shadow creatures seemed completely impervious to their attacks, their longswords had just been swung down when the shadow creatures dispersed like thick smoke — However, right after that, a blade flashed towards them, followed by another soldier dashing from their flank, slashing directly at his comrade!

“Stop it! Stop!”

A panicked platoon leader shouted while defending against an attack by his comrade.

“These are just illusions, don’t hit…”

His words were cut short, however, when a shadow suddenly appeared beside him. The gleaming shadow longsword passed by him, and in the next instant, the platoon leader’s throat spurted blood, his eyes bulged as he collapsed and lay motionless.

Witnessing this scene, the surrounding soldiers became even more terrified.

Indeed, perhaps these strange creatures did not appear very resilient, but they could kill just the same!

That was terrifying enough!

Atop the city wall, looking at the scene before them, people like Wu Luze were also dumbstruck. Conversely, Manaria seemed accustomed and took this as routine.

“Wow, her magic is still so insidious.”

“I don’t like this kind of magic…”

Looking at the disorganized Herman Army below, Manaria’s students began to comment. Upon hearing their words, Wu Luze and Kierdi moved closer, intrigue piqued.

“Excuse me, what exactly is this magic?”

“Ah, it’s just a kind of Phantom magic.”

“Phantom magic…?”

Receiving a reply, Kierdi frowned.

“So, it’s just an illusion?”

“No, no, no. Her magic isn’t that simple.”

Hanna chuckled lightly, then stretched out her hand to point to the girl next to her.

“Do you see the match she is holding in her hand?”

“……”

Wu Luze and Kierdi followed Hanna’s pointing finger and looked, then nodded, They indeed saw the girl holding a lit match, standing there, watching the battlefield below. This was something that puzzled them, as in their understanding of the world, magic was something that needed to be chanted and then released. In fact, they had never seen a case like this girl, who simply lit a match to release her magic.

“It’s actually very simple. What she is releasing now is a kind of Phantom magic. In simple terms, when the matchstick she holds burns, the light it emits shines on the bodies of the Herman soldiers, and as you know, where there is light, shadows are cast. This girl… is manipulating those shadows with her magical power. Simply put, these soldiers are actually fighting their own shadows.”

“…… That’s possible too?”

Hearing this, Wu Luze and Kierdi were both dumbfounded. They had never heard of such bizarre magic.

“Of course, magic can do a lot. And that girl’s ability isn’t limited to this. If the conditions are right, she can even transform the whole environment into phantoms. However, her magic also has flaws; it can only be used at night or in dim light. If it’s daytime, it’s not so easy.”

After all, it’s shadow magic, without a shadow, the effectiveness is naturally greatly reduced.

But in such a chaotic night, it was the best strategy.

Shadows cannot be completely killed unless you kill the person casting the shadow. Otherwise, even if you kill a shadow, another one will appear after a while.

Although these shadows are as fragile as paper, their attacks are just as terrifying. If you slash at them: they die. If they slash at you: you die too.

There’s no way to fight this!

As a result, the soldiers in the front lines began to retreat quickly. The rear army, unaware of the situation, also began to delve into chaos. Luckily, the Phantom magic still had a range limit. After the front-line soldiers moved away from the walls of the Bonn Fortress, those black shadow creatures that had been following their bodies also disappeared.

Kriolleiv was somewhat surprised after learning about the situation, but of course, he couldn’t possibly give up so easily. Therefore, he tried several more times, but after losing soldiers in vain and making no progress, he had no choice but to temporarily retreat… The soldiers’ morale was already low, if he pushed further, they might just desert the battlefield.

People from this world, like Kierdi and Wu Luze, were stunned.

“Who would have thought, magic is actually so powerful…”

Wu Luze also couldn’t help but marvel. She knew that magic was powerful, but she didn’t expect these strange magics to be this potent. Not to mention, the illusion magic that the girl used was perfect for nighttime operations.

She yearned to visit that country…

Wu Luze had previously heard Duanmu Huai introduce Manaria. As a kingdom more powerful in magic than Seth, yet not having any oppressive system towards Second Class Citizens like Seth, she found it quite surprising. She always wanted to visit that country, perhaps she could learn some experience from them to help govern Seth.

So she decided to talk to Judge after this adventure was over.

With that, a night passed. When the sun arose the next day, Kriolleiv rallied the soldiers once more, launching another attack on Bonn Fortress.

Since it was daytime, the illusion magic obviously wouldn’t work. So now…

“Leave the rest to me!”

A girl, dressed like a magician, jumped up to the city wall with her wand and top hat in hand. Facing the oncoming Herman Soldiers again, she showed no fear. Instead, she raised her wand.

“Magic Power Infuse!”

Upon her call, an array appeared in her hand, quickly covered her wand in an intricate series of lines. Soon, her wand started to glow brightly. Then clumps of earth rose up from beneath her feet, rotating around her. With a graceful spin, she pointed her wand forward.

“Answer my call, appear, O Loyal Shield, guard your master until you are shattered!”

Following her words, the ground beneath her trembled violently. Two dust golems, larger than the walls of Bonn Fortress, emerged from the earth. With raised arms and wide-open mouths, they roared.

“What… what is that?”

Seeing the suddenly appearing Dust Golems, the Herman Soldiers panicked. The girl simply raised her wand, pointed it forward, and fragments of the earth quickly attached to the golems, forming a set of impregnable armor.

“Crush the enemy, Dust Golems!”

“Roar——!”

Upon the command of the Flower Magician, the two Dust Golems charged at the Herman Army.

“How are we supposed to fight this?”

Seeing this, the Herman Soldiers were completely dumbstruck!

“Attack! Attack! They’re just mud, don’t be afraid, take them down!”

Despite being fired up to attack the Dust Golems, they were just too enormous. The Soldiers’ strength was not enough to completely resist the two massive Dust Golems. However, it seemed the golems were not invincible. With much struggle, the Herman Soldiers managed to break the golems apart, although it left them heavily injured. This battle alone resulted in seven or eight hundred of them being injured.

However, they didn’t notice that the girl atop the city wall was simply watching them and once more raised her wand.

“This is just the beginning. Let us reveal the true power of alchemy… Come forth!”

“Boom!”

Before the frontline Herman Soldiers could take a breather, the ground started shaking and split open again. A Mud Dragon, crafted from the earth, emerged from the ground. It glared at its enemies and opened its mouth wide.

In the next moment, a terrifying Dragon Roar echoed throughout the battlefield.

“Damn it, this is impossible to fight!”

By the time Kriolleiv and his soldiers managed to kill the rampaging Mud Dragon, it was already evening. The First Legion suffered heavy losses in this battle, with hundreds dead and a thousand more injured. And on their enemy’s side…they had likely not even scratched their skin!

What’s more important is, they had never seen such magic, nor did they know how to deal with it!

“Shall we continue, sir?”

“Of course…”

Clenching his fists, Kriolleiv also panted for breath – when killing the Mud Dragon, he was hit by its tail, almost losing his breath. Fortunately, the Mud Dragon was not a real dragon, so Kriolleiv managed to survive.

“A frontal assault seems unviable now, so let’s send scouts and assassins into Bonn Fortress instead!”

As far as Kriolleiv was concerned, there was no better choice.