Otherworld Advance Team
Chapter 1224 - 1217: Magic Crystal Cannon

Chapter 1224: Chapter 1217: Magic Crystal Cannon

Luo’er was very anxious but didn’t know what to say. He didn’t know if it was because he hadn’t touched a gun for three years that he seemed increasingly benevolent and naive, always feeling that the Scouring Sky Beast wouldn’t harm them and that the encounter was merely a misunderstanding.

However, he wasn’t the captain after all, so he couldn’t understand the pressure Reimer was shouldering. For Reimer, he had to ensure the safety of every person aboard the ship, thus he couldn’t risk betting on the off chance that the creature displayed even the slightest hostility, he would eliminate it without hesitation, and not for anything else but for the hundreds on the ship.

"Fire!" At Reimer’s roar, the Helrandum began to tremble violently, artillery of various types unleashed deafening roars, barrage after barrage pounding on the back of the Scouring Sky Beast, blasting waves of air one after another.

Fighter jets screamed past, and under the superb piloting of the dwarf pilots, carved beautiful arcs through the sky, while dropping two bombs filled with napalm.

The bombs just touched the back of the Scouring Sky Beast when they instantly turned into a ball of intense flames, spreading rapidly in all directions. The high heat seared the Scouring Sky Beast, causing it to let out a loud cry of agony, its body struggling repeatedly.

Even under intense artillery fire, the Scouring Sky Beast’s focus was clear. It suddenly raised its head, attempting to hit the Helrandum with its sturdy, inverted triangular head from below.

The confident dwarf pilots immediately maneuvered the ship to climb, while tilting it to the left, narrowly avoiding the Scouring Sky Beast’s bottom-up attack at the last moment, as the lower deck’s artillery continued to bombard the beast relentlessly.

Such drastic maneuvers caused everyone on board to lose their balance, tumbling to one side as the ship moved. The pilots and communication officers sitting in their chairs fared better, but those like the Advance Team who had come to the bridge to see the action were thrown into a corner, squashed together.

"Everyone alright?" Reimer yelled without looking back.

"We’re fine," Luo’er said as he stood up with Baiyue, who had fallen into his arms, and rubbed his joints.

"Damn, it seems conventional artillery isn’t working on it," Reimer said, slightly relieved, but he quickly frowned and cursed.

The Scouring Sky Beast was covered in wounds, with flames still burning fiercely on its body, but this didn’t seem to cause it much harm. Although it looked frightening, it was merely skin-deep.

"Captain, should we try the Magic Crystal Cannon?" the first officer suggested from his side.

"That cannon is just experimental, could it..." Reimer hesitated.

"Now’s the perfect time to test it," the first officer said excitedly.

"Hmm... alright," Reimer pondered for a moment, then nodded solemnly, turned his head, and inquired, "How much Magic Crystal power do we have left on board?"

"I’ve just calculated it. We have enough Magic Crystal reserves for one shot, but after that, we won’t have enough Magic Crystals for the ship to ascend," the first officer replied, looking down at his notes.

"Good, charge the cannon. Prepare to fire!" Reimer nodded, then ordered loudly.

"When did Magic Crystal Cannons become so energy-consuming?" Cheng Ziang couldn’t help but frown as he questioned after hearing the conversation between Reimer and the first officer.

If they remembered correctly, the Magic Crystal Cannon should have been a standard artillery piece on the Ronisca warships. During the Second Otherworld War, the High-peak people used these cannons to fire pure compressed magic energy, killing many from Earth’s military.

After the Second Otherworld War, having witnessed the powerful Earth artillery, the High-peak people began equipping their warships with Earth’s guns, while abandoning the Magic Crystal Cannons they had once considered their main armament.

Of course, the Magic Crystal Cannons didn’t fade into history, as they were capable of firing magic energy. Though limited in lethality against those from the Otherworld, they were extremely deadly to Earth’s military. Therefore, no matter how the Ronisca’s warships were equipped with Earth artillery, they always left one or two spots for Magic Crystal Cannons.

"Apparently, it’s a new type of Magic Crystal Cannon," Zhuyan Yu thought for a moment and said, "When I proposed the theory of binary particle entanglement, the High-peak people once came to gather information. If nothing unexpected happens, this Magic Crystal Cannon should also utilize the particle entanglement theory."

"Isn’t that just like our Origin Submachine Gun?" Luo’er asked excitedly.

"Do they have the capability to manufacture such a thing?" Hu Daoke couldn’t help but ask softly.

"Hard to say," Zhuyan Yu shook her head, "After the atomic bomb was created and used in warfare, the speed at which other countries researched the atomic bomb increased rapidly. This isn’t because the technological level of those countries was as advanced as that of the United States, but simply because it proved the atomic bomb theory was feasible, which is enough."

"The source entanglement theory is the same. Whether Ronisca can produce a source weapon doesn’t have much to do with their technology level. As long as they can prove the source entanglement theory to be viable, they would sooner or later manufacture source weapons," Zhuyan Yu continued.

"But is it really okay to let Ronisca have such powerful magic?" Upon hearing this, Cheng Ziang couldn’t help but express his concern.

"The biggest disadvantage of Ronisca compared with other countries is their low birth rate, leading to their national scale always being limited. With fewer people and weaker strength, no matter how advanced their technology, they are destined to remain a small country. Unless they can develop a god-level civilization, even if their technology reaches the level of Earth now, they would still find it hard to resist an attack from a populous nation," Luo’er analyzed, frowning.

"That’s why headquarters spares no effort in supporting Ronisca; because they are easy to control with their sparse population, they wouldn’t dare create big trouble," Zhuyan Yu nodded in agreement.

As everyone was talking, the Magic Crystal Cannon aboard the Helrandum had completed its charging. At Reimer’s command, in the blink of an eye, the Magic Crystal Cannon fired the invisible projectile, which pierced through the body of the Overturning Beast in an instant.

The moment the projectile hit the Overturning Beast, a visible shockwave instantly spread, a disturbance caused by the magic power, so when the shockwave swept over the ship, everyone could feel the significant magic influence.

After being hit by the cannon shot, the Overturning Beast let out a piercingly high shriek, louder and more shrill than ever before.

However, this seemed to be its last cry; with the screech abruptly ending, the Overturning Beast lowered its proud head, and its massive body rapidly began to fall toward the ground.

Accompanied by a thunderous noise, the beast, over two hundred meters in length and of immense size, slammed into the earth like a meteor, flattening and tearing the dense vegetation on the ground, carving out a trace of destruction through the dense forest.

"Luo’er, are you all right?" Feeling the shockwave pass over him, Tangmo was suddenly alarmed and quickly supported Luo’er, asking.

"My body has long since recovered; don’t worry about me," Luo’er replied with a smile and a wave of his hand.

"Are you really okay, you’ve tricked me too many times, and I’ve become somewhat reluctant to believe you," Tangmo said with a sense of grievance.

"I am really okay, I didn’t lie to you..." Luo’er’s smile turned into a bitter one.

The battleship was only shaken for a few moments by the shockwave and was not affected by the magic disturbance that followed. Watching the giant beast—once an impediment—now defeated and plummeting into the earth, Reimer took a deep breath, his heart that had been beating wildly slowly calming down.

"Is everyone okay?" he asked, looking toward Luo’er and the group, concerned.

"We’re fine, all fine," Luo’er replied.

"Good, good," Reimer nodded, then continued with his command, "Flagship, maintain position; recall the fighters, reconnaissance aircraft to keep watching; other warships to regroup, and reform the traveling formation."

After firing, the magic crystal reserves on the Helrandum were insufficient to continue forward, leaving it to hover in place, waiting for the magic crystal resupply from the supply ship.

For Reimer, firing that shot needed careful consideration because they had come from afar with limited magic crystals. A few more shots and the Helrandum wouldn’t have enough magic crystals to fly back.

Of course, there are always alternatives. In such a situation, the advice from Ronisca was to keep abandoning supply ships, consolidating the magic crystal reserves, allowing them to plunge into the sea, and ensuring the safe return of the Helrandum at all costs.