I Created Scientific Magic

Chapter 300: Chapter 288: The Desperate Nobles of the Capital

It must be coincidence!

The dense raindrops fell from the sky, soaking Mortan’s hair and robes, yet even so, he could not believe that this young-looking male witch could achieve such a miracle-like scene.

The other party must have calculated that it would rain tonight and intentionally put on such an act to fool them…

“Thunder!” Lynn paid no heed to the astonished crowd and spoke again.

The dazzling lightning began to appear in the clouds, and the electric charges intertwined to form lightning, gradually converging together. The violent sound of thunder, although blocked by the soundproof barrier, could still be felt for its terrifying power by the people atop the tower.

At the same time, countless magic runes emerged on the tiles of the mansion’s floor, with one node being this towering tower.

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“Fall!” Lynn slowly uttered the last word.

It was a light more brilliant than the blazing sun! As if the clouds were torn asunder, a massive incandescent bolt of lightning streaked across the night sky and struck directly toward the tower!

The sound of thunder echoed through heaven and earth, and the so-called soundproof barrier shattered into pieces the moment the lightning struck!

A colossal pillar of lightning stood between heaven and earth, its scattered electric arcs illuminating the entire royal capital as if it were daylight!

This was divine punishment! The gathering of nobles shuddered to their cores, their faces only showing despair and terror.

The speed of lightning was even faster than their thoughts. In the blink of an eye, it struck the top of the tower!

Thin, interconnected copper wires, enveloping the top of the tower, formed a Faraday cage, channeling the powerhouse of the lightning throughout the mansion.

The incandescent electric arcs, like whips, spread in rings throughout the entire mansion. Several guards grimaced, about to brandish their swords to cut down a guard, when the violent lightning wrapped around them… In an instant, everyone’s motions froze at that moment, limbs flew, brawny bodies were baked into lumps of charred flesh by the high temperature, and then turned to ashes under the dancing plasma…

The raging force of the lightning did not distinguish friend from foe, wreaking havoc inside the mansion, and the battle on the ground came to an abrupt halt. The nearby guards had no time to react and vanished, melting into the electric light.

Those further away could see the terrifying electric whip arcs coming toward them but had no chance to run, only to watch helplessly as death descended…

Cries and screams rose and fell, but were quickly drowned out by the even fiercer sound of thunder, as if the god of thunder was unleashing his rage, the accumulated lightning striking down from the clouds again and again, not aimed at the tower this time, but scattered everywhere, turning the entire mansion into a unique thunderstorm area… The lightning and heat evaporated the rainwater, and even solid iron armor was quickly melting away…

The nobles inside the tower had already been scared stiff, sitting huddled on the ground, with a faint strange stench of urine lingering in the air…

“Thunder, thunder…” Mortan’s lips trembled, his face pale as paper, but he was so stammering he could hardly speak clearly.

“Is this the power of legendary magic?” Anthony muttered to himself. Although he had developed many thunder-related magic spells, none could compare to this.

If it were himself caught in it now, he surely would have been dead…

With this thought, Anthony couldn’t help but look at Lynn beside him. He never expected that merely a magical entity could summon thunder and cast such powerful legendary magic.

The might of a legendary wizard truly exceeded his imagination…

However, what Anthony didn’t know was that Lynn was also deeply shocked. Although he had created this chain magic, it was the first time he had actually used it, and all he had done was to initiate the first link…

To avoid completely messing up the situation, he had Pearce and the others prepare a fail-safe just in case. It seemed now that it wouldn’t be needed…

Lynn, feeling reflective, quickly noticed the subtle changes in the air’s hydrogen and oxygen content caused by the electrolyzed rainwater.

This was within his expectations, of course, but the severity and power of the situation seemed likely to exceed his previous estimates.

“Anthony, use the most powerful protective magic at your disposal. The big one is about to hit!” Lynn said with a grave expression.

Huh? What big one?

Anthony was immediately puzzled, but seeing Lynn’s solemn expression, he quickly cast the strongest protection spell he knew. Magic power surged, and illusions shaped liked scales layered on top of each other, forming an inverted shield that protected the entire tower within.

Almost the very second the shield was formed, another bolt of lightning struck from the sky, hitting inside the estate and instantly igniting the swirling hydrogen and oxygen…

The whole capital shook violently. The fierce explosion even drowned out the peals of thunder, and flames, accompanied by powerful energy waves, scattered in all directions, sweeping up clouds of dust and flattening everything inside the estate!

Anthony’s protective magic rapidly began to splinter, and he had to create three identical barriers in succession to barely fend off the assault…

The explosion lasted for over three minutes, only gradually subsiding after the floor tiles inscribed with lightning runes were all shattered.

Only after the scale-like protective shards disappeared did the true state of the estate become visible to everyone.

No, it wasn’t quite right to still call it an estate. In truth, it had become nothing more than a heap of ruins…

Thousands of imperial guards and the church’s priests and bishops were now reduced to nothing, buried under piles of rocks along with their armor, which had melted into pools of molten iron…

Luckily, Lynn had already instructed Hattar to evacuate all non-essential personnel, leaving only a few guards as bait, most of whom had been nearly wiped out earlier.

As for Johnny, Pearce, and the rest, along with Anthony’s apprentices, Lynn had left them with a double safety net.

As long as they followed instructions, they would naturally come to no harm, but if someone decided to court death, there was nothing he could do, as after all, this “magic” was not something he could control…

But to blow up someone’s estate just like that, wasn’t that a bit improper?

Lynn turned to Hattar with an apologetic glance and spoke. “This magic turned out to be stronger than I expected, and it seems to have caused some additional damage… I hope you don’t mind, right, Prince Hattar?”

At this moment, Hattar wasn’t doing much better than anyone else. The explosion that rocked the capital had thrown him to the ground, covered in dust, and he barely managed to get up. Facing Lynn’s benevolent inquiry, he swallowed hard.

“No… I don’t mind…”

Could he even dare to say he minded?