I Created Scientific Magic

Chapter 369: Chapter 357: This is the Power of Laser Magic, the Annihilation of the Griffin Knights!

Chapter 369: Chapter 357: This is the Power of Laser Magic, the Annihilation of the Griffin Knights!

The speed of light?

Alec shook his head blankly; he only knew that light was everywhere during the day, reaching every corner of the world.

Wasn’t it supposed to arrive instantaneously?

Did it actually have a speed?

“The speed of light is 299,500 kilometers per second, which is enough to circle the continent beneath our feet eight times!” Glenn explained as he cast his gaze toward the Griffin Knights speeding toward them in the distance.

In high-speed flight and under the cover of night, only fleeting shadows could be seen in the darkness, making them difficult to aim at…

However, Glenn wasn’t worried.

He quickly cast a third-tier magic—Heat Perception!

The world instantly changed in Glenn’s eyes.

The darkness around remained, but the incoming Griffin Knights were now strikingly visible, appearing as red dots.

This sorcery, capable of perceiving heat, was their latest achievement in the study of light, allowing casters to see something named “infrared” by that star of magic…

At that moment, the roles of hunter and prey reversed.

Glenn raised his hands, and a scorching orb of light immediately materialized around him, followed by a circular reflective layer surfacing around the orb, eclipsing all the light…

By now, the distance between both sides had narrowed significantly.

The leading Vid could even clearly see the uniformed figures on the airship as well as feel the fluctuations of magical power.

“A Wizard?” Vid pondered to himself, but without a trace of fear.

Their agility in the air far exceeded that of those devilish believers.

The opponent’s magic might be powerful, but it was useless if it didn’t hit its target—they were all just live targets!

A cold smile formed on Vid’s lips, but in the next instant, a sense of alarm suddenly surged in his mind.

A powerful beam of light, not much thicker than a finger, shot out from an airship not far ahead.

It punctured the Divine Protection laid out before him at a speed far beyond his reaction limit, carving a splendid arc through the sky…

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Such fast light…

Vid’s mind barely managed to entertain the thought before his body was sliced in two, along with the Griffin beneath him whose head was severed…

The same scene unfolded in various places above the capital.

One hundred and fifty airships intentionally formed a semicircular array, encircling the incoming Griffin Knights, followed by a massacre!

One after another, intense beams of light lit up on each airship.

Before the Griffin Knights could register the danger, dense beams of light had already arrived before them…

The attack came so fast that in an instant, hundreds of Griffin Knights were bisected, tumbling from the sky with expressions of blank amazement or joy still on their faces.

Only after their comrades were struck did the remaining Griffin Knights realize what was happening, though they also became disoriented amidst the chaos.

Some Griffin Knights who witnessed their just fine comrades beheaded by the laser were terrified; they wanted to scatter and flee, but the beams of light quickly swept toward them.

After powering up, the effective kill range of the laser magic was around one hundred and twenty meters.

Alec and others at the center felt as if they were holding a hundred-meter-long sword in their hands, one with absolutely no weight.

Using the formula for arc length, moving the laser by just one degree could sweep over a large area, not to mention there wasn’t just one airship in the sky.

One hundred and fifty laser beams interwove with each other, forming a net of light beams covering the entire region…

The once formidable rulers of the skies had now become birds caught in a net, with no means of escape.

Screams of agony and roars of anger rose and fell.

Under the cleansing of the grid of light, the entire region turned into a charnel house as countless Griffin Knights were cut into pieces, their blood spattering across the skies.

More and more Griffin Knights realized that escape was futile, and they began shouting “For the glory of the Lord,” “God is with us,” before launching a frenzied suicidal attack.

Although the Divine Arts mastered by most of the Griffin Knights were merely at the level of Priests and wouldn’t break through the magic protection on the airships anytime soon, their numbers were simply too many!

This time, for the campaign against the kingdom, Edwell had brought a total of eight hundred Griffin Knights!

Even after excluding the unfortunate ones who had died under the White Phosphorus Fire and the Thunder Net, the entire Griffin Knight troop was present.

That meant each airship had to face five opponents.

Under the suicidal charge of the Griffin Knights, still, about twenty or so airships were consecutively hit by Divine Arts and plunged into the royal city below…
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As the battle in the sky ensued, the fighting within the royal city had also reached a fever pitch.

“Don’t panic, hold the line!” Old York bellowed hoarsely, his face filled with sternness and panic.

Previously, when he was dispatched to assist in the defense of the royal city’s slums, Old York had actually felt regret, as being in a safer place meant he was losing the opportunity to climb ranks through battlefield achievements.

Who would have thought that after the battle started, the enemy would pop up from nowhere, appearing right inside the royal city.

The Hidden Guard in black they could just about handle; after losing the protection of the shadows, when faced with several rounds of musket fire, the enemies didn’t dare to show their heads easily.

However, when those godly knights, who could be described as humanoid beasts, arrived on the battlefield, the previously stabilized front line was breached within a few short minutes.

They had already retreated time and time again, and the number of their fallen comrades, along with the Guard, had exceeded two thousand people.

Under such adversity and severe casualties,
Old York had no choice but to continually comfort everyone, reinforcement was on its way, they just needed to hold on, just a bit longer!

The incessant musket fire rang out in the streets, every second a fusilier who had used up his bullets would wave his bayonet and charge, using his life to slightly impede the enemy’s advance.

As time ticked by, those holding on finally awaited the reinforcement they had hoped for…

only, the number was much less than Old York had imagined, just over a hundred people, led by Ailoke and Lydia.

“Lord Ailoke, is it that no more men could be spared from within the royal city?” Disappointment was written all over Old York’s face, but he also understood that battles were raging everywhere, and the Wizards, no doubt, couldn’t be freed that easily.

“Indeed, it’s only us!” Ailoke nodded, and Lydia confidently added by his side,
“But it is already enough!”
Their numbers were few, but they were equipped with the most advanced firearms and had also brought along three superweapons.

Originally intended for support on the front lines, but upon knowing the urgent situation here, Lydia immediately led people over…