Super Righteous Player
Chapter 657 - 198 Weren’t We Supposed to Take a Prisoner Alive_1

Chapter 657: Chapter 198 Weren’t We Supposed to Take a Prisoner Alive_1

The massive shockwave, accompanied by flames, had directly shattered the wooden walls of the second floor. Splinters of broken wood and glass shards rained down like a torrential downpour, spewed out along with billowing smoke.

——It was actually a rather small explosion.

It was only because the ignition point was attached right to the wall that the blast sounded so clearly outside.

This wooden building was fortified with soundproofing barriers, defense barriers, fireproof barriers, and detection avoidance barriers. Otherwise, it wouldn’t have been able to withstand Jiu’er’s charge; there wouldn’t have been a need for them to enter at all, as they could have simply set a fire at the door or used long-range sonic attacks or Soul Snatching School curses to manipulate someone to open the door.

But the person who had set up the defensive barriers never considered an impact coming from inside. And the soundproof barrier, originally meant to guard against Soul Snatching Spells, also prevented the high-level fallens upstairs from providing immediate support.

That’s why Jiu’er was able to smash the wall open with a single ax blow.

As the exterior walls, load-bearing walls, and pillars were detonated, the weight of the building itself was enough to completely destroy its structure.

With many of the key load-bearing walls fractured, the building sagged straight downwards—in the midst of creaking groans, the third floor directly obliterated the remaining walls of the second floor. The immense mass and the momentum of the fall created an impact force that even destroyed most of the third floor’s flooring and walls——and then it continued falling downward, smashing directly onto the first floor.

The collapsing building made a heart-shaking thunderous noise.

It was a roar loud enough to cause ear ringing and dizziness in those nearby... But sadly, there wouldn’t be anyone close by.

Barely making it out of the range, Jiu’er and Lin Yiyi even felt their hearts pounding violently——

That was a tension and fear they would never encounter in a fight with a formidable enemy.

Even against the mightiest foes, one could still consider "I also possess Transcendent abilities" and regard them as a challengeable target, an obstacle.

But the scene before them was different.

If one were to describe it... it was a natural disaster.

Pure destruction.

The building collapsed right before their eyes——Lin Yiyi might still be okay. Even though Jiu’er knew that she wouldn’t die even if trapped under the rubble, she still felt fear.

It was a fear that came from "common sense."

Because Destroyer hadn’t initiated the explosion right from the middle of a second-floor room. He was controlling the explosive runes, etching them onto the beams and walls——and detonating them all at once.

——This is called "Explosive Rune".

It was able to save as much as possible of the cursed energy, executing wall breaching in the most efficient way.

Added to that, the directional blasting technique Destroyer learned from the Earth’s network... he controlled the runes to adhere to the concave parts of the building. With just three spells, he successfully blasted this rather solid building apart.

The Explosive Rune is a signature spell of the Destroyer School. Almost every silver-ranked Destroyer Wizard reserves a spell slot to learn this spell.

Because it is truly practical.

The Destroyer Wizard must preset a phrase for this——it must be at least five syllables long. Then as long as they etch this rune anywhere, as long as they are within sensing range, they can detonate the rune by reciting the phrase or using another spell, causing an explosion.

The explosive power isn’t very strong.

It is actually used to make tools like "Explosive Collars" to control captives, or it can also be used for clearing paths, destroying mazes. Its explosive power is enough to blow off a head, or blow up a wall... but that’s about it.

And Destroyer had actually used three spells.

One was the Explosive Rune, another was the Instant Spell he used when detonating the rune, [Complete Detonation]...

This spell could detonate all explosives within the sensing range and amplify their power. Whether it was a bomb lacking a detonator, someone else’s set Explosive Rune, or other interactive magical creations.

It is actually used to set off the grenades in an enemy’s hand, or to detonate the gunpowder inside a gun barrel. The excessive explosive power can instantly cripple an opponent’s firearms, or cause their guns to misfire.

And as a Destroyer, he could learn an exclusive spell called "Wandering Rune". It was the third spell used by the Wizard.

He could prepare five runes in advance, storing them at his fingertips. With an instant action, he could release the stored runes, moving them with his thoughts to anywhere within his sensory range.

Strictly speaking, this wasn’t actually a Destroyer spell.

It was closer to the unique trickery of the "Rogue" profession.

Rogues above the bronze tier could use trickery to create duplicates or thick fog, remotely control the movement of objects, or disarm traps or spell traps set by others.

When this trickery skill combined with his own creations... it compensated for the biggest drawback of Destroyer Wizards: the "lack of flexibility" in their spells.

If there was anything still not perfect about it,

... it was probably that the fragments of the buildings had been blasted outside.

After all, he wasn’t a professional.

Even with completely directional explosives, he still wouldn’t calculate the exact amount needed for the explosion—the good thing was that he wasn’t actually a student specializing in demolition. He didn’t need to worry about having too much explosive.

Just blast and be done with it.

Of course, the issue of injuring allies remained unsolved...

But the Wizard thought this was quite normal.

A regular Destroyer Wizard could injure allies with a fireball too. So rounding up, almost burying your teammates in a collapsed building was pretty much as common as throwing a fireball...

Considering that his teammates hadn’t been actually buried—it was a lot safer compared to throwing fireballs!

Watching the Wizard, coolly strutting out of the building with gloves in hand, the startled expressions on Lin Yiyi and Jiu’er’s faces hadn’t faded.

"Damn it, that scared the hell out of me..."

Lin Yiyi said, touching her chest, still frightened.

She couldn’t help but curse out loud and punched the Wizard hard.

"You little brat..."

"Hold on," the Wizard said discontentedly, "I was saving the day, sis!

"Us spellcasting professions rely on scene damage for food! Do you see the scene damage wasn’t enough? I’ve already got over twenty kill notifications, and if we’d waited for them to come down from upstairs, we might’ve been the ones getting overturned..."

Unlike the doormen and laborers downstairs,

the fallen ones upstairs weren’t low-leveled.

They were at least bronze tier and above... and with the advantages of the early stages of the Road of Corruption and their unpredictable combat styles, it wasn’t certain that they could be defeated if they came downstairs.

"I have only one question..."

Lin Yiyi hesitated, "Weren’t we supposed to take captives, little brother?"

The Wizard’s body stiffened upon hearing this, silent for a moment.

"...Don’t panic, let’s go check for any written records or letters."

He answered, attempting to remain calm.

"—You did forget, didn’t you!"

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