I Pioneered Scientific Magic

Chapter 357: The Power of Laser Magic, Annihilation of the Griffin Knights!

The speed of light?

Alec shook his head in confusion. He knew light was everywhere during the day, illuminating every corner of their world. But did it have speed?

"The speed of light is 299,500 kilometers per second, enough to encircle our continent eight times!" Glenn explained, his gaze shifting to the approaching Griffin Knights in the distance.

High-speed flight under cover of night made their figures elusive in the darkness, challenging to aim at...

Yet, Glenn wasn't worried. He swiftly activated a Tier Three spell - **Heat Perception**! Suddenly, the world changed for Glenn. The darkness remained, but the incoming Griffin Knights stood out vividly, becoming bright red dots.

This ability to sense heat was their latest achievement in understanding light, enabling the caster to see something named infrared by the magical luminary...

At that moment, the roles of hunter and prey shifted. Glenn raised his hands, conjuring a blazing sphere around him. Then, a circular reflective layer appeared around the sphere, obscuring all light...

As the distance between both sides closed in, the leader, Veed, could clearly see the figures in uniform on the airship. Simultaneously, he sensed fluctuations of magical power.

"Wizards?" Veed pondered to himself, devoid of any fear.

Their aerial maneuverability surpassed the devilish followers by far. Despite the adversaries' formidable magic, missing the mark turned them into easy targets!

A smirk crept onto Veed's lips. Yet, a sudden warning surged within him. Immediately, a powerful beam, as thick as a finger, shot from the airship's vicinity at a speed beyond his reaction limit. In an instant, it pierced through his earlier magical defenses, carving a splendid arc in mid-air...

"Such fast light..." Veed's mind barely processed the thought before his body was cleaved in two, along with the Griffin beneath him...

Similar scenes unfolded across various locations in the capital's sky – 150 airships strategically positioned, followed by a massacre!

Intense beams illuminated each airship. Before the Griffin Knights sensed the danger, a barrage of beams reached them...

The attack was swift. In an instant, over a hundred Griffin Knights were severed, plummeting from the sky, expressions ranging from confusion to joy on their faces.

Only after their companions were attacked did the remaining Griffin Knights react. But chaos ensued.

Some witnessed their erstwhile comrades, just moments ago in good spirits, decapitated by the laser. They attempted to flee in panic, only to face the beams sweeping toward them.

After charging up, the effective killing range of laser magic extended to about 120 meters. Those at its epicenter, like Alec and his companions, felt as though they held a hundred-meter-long sword, weightless and potent.

By utilizing the formula for arc length calculation, a slight adjustment of the laser could sweep through vast areas. With 150 intersecting beams, a lattice of light covered the entire region...

The once domineering aerial rulers were now trapped birds in the net, nowhere to escape. Echoes of screams and roars reverberated. Beneath the grid of light beams, the land turned into a battlefield. Countless Griffin Knights were dismembered, blood staining the sky.

More Griffin Knights realized escape was futile and fervently cried out, "For the glory of the Lord!" "God is with us!" before launching into suicidal attacks...

Although most Griffin Knights wielded only priest-level spells, incapable of breaking through the magical protection on the airships, their sheer numbers overwhelmed!

For this conquest of the kingdom, Edweil brought a staggering eight hundred Griffin Knights! Even after accounting for the unfortunate casualties from phosphorus fire and lightning, the entire Griffin Knight battalion was present – meaning each airship had to face five opponents.

Under the Griffin Knights' suicidal assaults, over twenty airships succumbed successively to consecutively cast divine spells, plummeting into the capital below...

Meanwhile, as the aerial battle raged, conflict within the capital had escalated into a frenzy.

"Don't panic! Hold the line!" Old York shouted hoarsely, his face a mix of solemnity and panic.

Initially regretful about being assigned to defend the slums in the capital, Old York had realized that safety in the rear meant losing opportunities for promotion based on military achievements.

However, once the conflict broke out, the enemies appeared seemingly out of thin air, directly infiltrating the capital.

The dark-clad shadow guards were manageable, but after the arrival of those human-like, monstrous Punishment Knights, the previously stable lines were swiftly breached.

They kept retreating, with casualties exceeding two thousand, including fallen comrades and the royal guards. Amid such adversity and heavy casualties, Old York could only reassure everyone, promising that reinforcements were on the way, urging them to hold out just a little longer.

The streets resounded with the relentless firing of rifles. Every second, riflemen, out of ammunition, wielded bayonets, using their lives to stall the enemy's advance.

Time passed, and the persevering group finally received the anticipated reinforcement - albeit much fewer in number than Old York had hoped for. Merely a hundred soldiers, led by Elok and Lydia.

"Elok, have we run out of available manpower in the capital?" Old York's disappointment was evident, though he understood that amidst ongoing battles everywhere, the wizardly elite might not be available immediately.

"Indeed, it's just us!" Elok nodded, with Lydia confidently adding, "But it's enough!"

Though their numbers were few, each was equipped with state-of-the-art rifles, and they brought along three super-heavy weapons initially intended for frontline support. Upon learning of the urgent situation, Lydia promptly led the contingent to reinforce the capital...

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