Chapter 224 : Chapter 224

Chapter 224: Combined Holy Relic, War Fortress

With Minian's off-key remark, all of us looked up.

The unique appearance of the dwarves was looking down at us curiously.

“Ah? Why isn't it the Blood Clan guys?”

The leading dwarf suddenly uttered this first soul-searching question.

“Friends, since we are not the Blood Clan you are looking for, can you please leave? After all, you are disturbing the normal proceedings of our tea party,” Tan Han said at this moment.

From her tone, we could naturally tell that Tan Han hoped to avoid a battle.

After all, this was the first contact between witches and dwarves.

Tan Han wanted to probe whether this long-isolated group of dwarves had any inclination to join forces.

If not, it would be best not to make enemies, as Tan Han also felt that the Witch Academy's current situation was not very good.

If other academies were to join forces, it would be a considerable trouble for the Witch Academy.

“Tea party! What tea party! Don't think we don't know that you witches are already in the lead! We won't let you continue to be complacent!”

The dwarf's words directly severed that sliver of possibility of not making enemies.

So Tan Han didn't waste any more words.

As one of the most influential speakers in the Witch Academy's group at this stage, if she showed any sign of backing down, she would become a laughingstock.

“Then I'll have to ask you to leave.”

Tan Han directly cast a Transformation Spell, left the protective shield, and leaped up to confront the opponent.

“You guys guard the tea party, I'll go up and take a look too.”

I put down the tools in my hand and the apron on my body.

Although it was only a short delay, Tan Han had already exchanged several rounds with the opponent above.

“What's the situation? Is the opponent tough?”

After coming up, I spoke directly, but the scene outside at this moment completely shocked me.

The entire upper level of the ancient castle had been violently destroyed and leveled at this moment, and that super-huge thing in front of me was almost right in my face.

“Another witch, but it's all the same!”

At this moment, the fully armed dwarf glanced at me contemptuously and even forced back Tan Han, who had already used a Transformation Spell.

“The opponent's weapon… is a bit terrifying…”

Tan Han said.

The Transformation Spell she was using now was a very conventional one, generally used by her to deal with ordinary enemies and to probe the strength of unfamiliar enemies.

Now it seemed that the opponent's set of equipment was indeed a bit tricky.

“Hehe, come and experience the crystallization of forging wisdom—the power of a Holy Relic!”

When the dwarf saw that Tan Han was forced back, he directly took the opportunity to rush over here, while Tan Han also quickly cast a summoning spell to fight and entangle the opponent.

“Holy Relic, is it similar to the Wizard Academy's Wizard Tools?”

I asked Tan Han.

“Not sure. They are fundamentally different things, but their functions are similar. However, Wizard Tools emphasize methods and are auxiliary to wizardry, while Holy Relics are more like simple equipment, and their functions and effects are…”

“Analogous to our spellbooks?”

“There's no problem in saying so. Attack, defense, protection, enhancement… It's just not as convenient as a spellbook. But dwarves have strong physical fitness and their own transcendent energy has wide applicability, allowing them to better utilize the power of their so-called Holy Relics, and also…”

As Tan Han spoke, she looked at the big guy behind the dwarf.

It could be said that the dwarves had done something crazier than any other academy; they dismantled the Forged Ancient City and refined it into such a mobile fortress!

“That big guy behind them is also a Holy Relic?”

“What are you witches talking about among yourselves! You think you can tie me down with just a summoned creature?”

The dwarf angrily came towards us after dealing with the summoned creatures with some difficulty using his Holy Relic.

“Let me try.”

I reached out to stop Tan Han, while on my other hand, a fireball that was slightly different from a normal Fireball appeared.

“Mhm.”

Tan Han nodded and said nothing more.

And I also aimed at the dwarf and shot the fireball directly at him.

“Fireball! You have the nerve to bring this out! Die!”

The enraged dwarf watched as I casually threw the fireball at him.

He didn't even think of dodging and directly slapped his shield-shaped Holy Relic on his left hand towards the Fireball spell.

“Boom!”

The terrifying explosion and huge impact directly passively triggered some kind of ability of the Holy Relic.

An energy shield shot out, protecting the holder's entire body.

Even so, the terrifying impact and high temperature curled the opponent's hair, and he tumbled backwards.

“Pah… what the hell? A single fireball is this powerful? You're launching a sneak attack, aren't you?”

“Alright, I admit that guy's Holy Relic is a bit tricky,” I said to Tan Han with a shrug.

“You! The way you witches talk is really infuriating! But it doesn't matter, we will crush you along with your so-called Witch Tea Party!”

After suffering a setback, I thought they would continue to clash with us head-on, but I didn't expect them to be so cautious as to choose to retreat.

“Let's see you taste this!”

When they decided to retreat, to prevent us from launching a sneak attack, they deliberately threw a spherical object at me, probably something like a one-time use Holy Relic.

“Be careful!”

“I know.”

Even without Tan Han's reminder, I directly buffed myself with body strengthening and a shield.

If the shield couldn't hold, I would run the next moment.

Whatever they threw at us must be something that could stop us, or even cause us great harm, like a grenade or something.

But soon I knew what it was.

It was a Holy Relic with a powerful magical effect sealed inside.

After it unfolded, the internal attack directly broke through the restrictions, and a terrifying crescent-shaped energy was released.

Even though I saw it, I had to momentarily avoid its edge.

But this attack still struck my shield, shattering it directly.

“A Holy Relic can do this?”

After barely dodging this terrifying attack that was like an instant cast, the attack made a terrifying sound behind us.

I finally understood how this ancient castle was destroyed.

“The opponent probably doesn't have many of these.”

“Who knows?”

I quickly went forward and picked up the now-damaged Holy Relic.

I saw traces of runes on it.

In other words, a ritual.

Runes are very common.

They form spells and can also form spellbooks.

They are also an indispensable means of alchemy.

Perhaps dwarven forging is also a way of mastering and using runes.

As expected, runes are a very important subject.

“We admit that you witches have some tricks up your sleeves, but no matter how powerful your fireballs are, how will you deal with our war fortress?”

“War fortress? Are you talking about this big lump? By the way, is this thing also a Holy Relic you forged? Completed in one day… that's quite a huge workload.”

“You witches know nothing about the forging techniques of our Dwarf Academy! That's right, this is the Holy Relic we forged, and it's a combined Holy Relic!”

“Aren't you afraid we'll dismantle it? By the way, you just came out of the Forged Ancient City and you're using our Witch Academy to establish your might. Do you know what you're doing?”

I questioned loudly.

“Dismantle? Dismantle it if you have the guts! Of course we know what we're doing. The Witch Academy is ranked first, and the individual student rankings are not low either. Isn't it a great target to establish our might!”

As the dwarves activated their massive war fortress, the huge and exaggerated mechanical structure began to turn.

But from the smoke coming out, it seemed they had found some kind of energy core in the Forged Ancient City, using transcendent power combined with a Holy Relic to just boil water.

Of course, when I said boiling water, I was just referring to their method of movement.

The Holy Relic itself was still driven by transcendent power.

And they said this big guy was a combined Holy Relic.

Actually, even if they didn't tell me, I could see it through Spirit Vision.

The outer layer of this big guy was entirely covered in protective Holy Relics, with almost no blind spots, and the combined parts were even more tightly protected.

As expected, transcendent power is convenient.

I was originally thinking of finding its core and weakness to defeat it in one fell swoop, but it seems there's no shortcut.

It's like facing a Transformation Spell.

To destroy the opponent's core, the first thing is to have the means to break through their minimum defense.

This big guy in front of me, I'll tentatively treat it as a War Fortress Transformation Spell.

The opponent's core, from the perspective of Spirit Vision, is as dazzling as a big sun.

As long as I can break through its local defenses, I can destroy the core.

“Big Sis Tan Han, Big Sis Xiao Han, need help… Whoa! What is this thing?”

At this moment, the few people behind us also climbed up, ready to support us.

After all, in their impression, both Big Sis Tan Han and Big Sis Xiao Han were very fast at dealing with enemies.

Moreover, they were facing the Dwarf Academy, an academy that had never been taken seriously.

So, not having seen the actual situation, they didn't have a very acute impression of the dwarves.

“This… what a huge fortress. Did the dwarves move the Forged Ancient City here?”

“Protect yourselves.”

“You're all up here! Good, good, good! Then die together under the crushing might of our war fortress!”

“No more nonsense. Tan Han, shall we do it together?”

I asked.

“Mhm, I'll go check for any weak spots on this big guy.”

“No need to look. It's completely covered by protective Holy Relics, no obvious weak spots. Just break through the local protection with me.”

After I finished speaking, I headed towards the big guy.

“Overconfident! Let's see you taste the power of thermal weapons propelled by Holy Relics!”

“Thermal weapons? Thermal weapons are just a means of competing with resources, not a representative of a threat of strength! At least in the world of the transcendent, such rules have been rewritten. Clumsy things should have been eliminated long ago!”

I went directly to the place closest to the core.

If that huge water-boiling thing was destroyed, this would be an immobile iron tortoise.

And when they retreated into this so-called war fortress, their fate of failure was already sealed.

Even in modern society, something like a tank requires coordinated infantry and tank operations.

This war fortress is so huge, do they really think that being fully covered by protective Holy Relics makes them invincible?

At least in my book, it's too early to call it invincible.

At this moment, I started with the Flame Fairy Transformation Spell and the Protection of the Elemental Spirit of Fire.

This could concentrate the attack to the greatest extent.

And their cannons also extended at this time.

Tan Han also did not show weakness.

A powerful Evocation Spell directly bombarded the same spot as my attack.

“The defense of this protective Holy Relic is a bit strange.”

“It's probably a structure dismantled from the original Forged Ancient City. This defensive strength is a bit off the charts,” I also nodded and said.

“But no matter how powerful the attack, it cannot resist an attack concentrated on a single point.”

At this moment, even if I didn't use those Flexible Learning and Application Spells, I could still think of some inspiration.

Concentrating a spell attack on a single point was indeed a good direction.

The spells I possess now seem numerous, but up until now in the exchange competition, I've found that my methods are becoming increasingly insufficient, especially when facing something I can't break the defense of.

My most commonly used attack spell is the basic consumption Evocation Spell.

Even with the Protection of the Elemental Spirit, those transformation spells and summoning spells have become means of horizontal development, rather than vertically developing destructive power.

Even the Protection of the Elemental Spirit has become a buff spell for my Evocation Spells, used to enhance my elemental affinity and improve my control over the elements.

“Little Han, step aside, let me try other methods.”

“Mhm.”

I nodded and stepped back.

Tan Han has many more spellbooks than I do, and she definitely has many powerful offensive spells.

Although she can't mod spellbooks, the power of those high-consumption spellbooks cannot be underestimated.

After all, my so-called modding is essentially just raising the power of a low-consumption spellbook to the level of a high-consumption one.

Compared to the time-consuming and laborious process of modding spellbooks, it is more cost-effective for Tan Han to obtain more powerful spellbooks.

And if my modded spellbook doesn't have a breakthrough in conversion rate, the consumption will also increase.

Sometimes, or rather, most of the time, the power and effect might not even be as good as a high-consumption spellbook of the same level.

Of course, no one can deny that this effort is useless.

At this moment, as I retreated, I was also thinking about another method for Evocation Spells besides “Floating” and “Resonance”—a technique to concentrate the power to erupt at a single point.

Although I haven't figured it out yet.

This is not the same principle as the so-called compressed fireball, but compression can also achieve a similar effect.

But this doesn't meet my expectations.

Compression has its limits.

What I need is for the spell's effect to be concentrated on a single point of eruption from the very beginning.

“Haha! Watch us blow you to bits! Don't hide!”

“Flies that only know how to scurry around! Using this on you is like using a cannon to shoot a mosquito!”

“Are you having fun?”

I stood at their window and asked with a smile.

“You! When did you climb up here!”

“I've been here all along. You've just been playing with my clone.”

“Damn it! You're wasting our resources, but so what! You can't break our defense! This is the ancient forging technique of the Forged Ancient City!”

The dwarf was still being stubborn, but the next moment the entire fortress started to move, and a huge repulsive force sent me flying.

“Little Han, I've almost torn open the protection there. Behind this…”

“Behind this is the thing they use to boil water. If we smash it, they'll be stuck here forever,” I said with a smile.

“Is that so?”

Hearing my words, Tan Han also became eager to try.

Although she was curious why Little Han was staring at this spot, knowing it was the core meant it was the right place to attack.

She didn't care why Little Han knew; at a time like this, she couldn't possibly be lying to her.

“How is that possible! Focus fire on that witch! Don't let her get near there! Quick, perform an emergency replacement! Strengthen the protection!”

“Oh? So you admit that's the core of your lump?”

“You! You witch, you're tricking us!”

“So what if I am?”

I smiled and looked at them through the energy shield of the protective Holy Relic.

Although I already knew, it was nice to piss them off a bit at this moment, to mess with their mentality.

And at this moment, after using the Flexible Learning and Application Spell and the Unity of Knowledge and Action hint, I had a preliminary grasp of the application of what I named “Point.”

The specific name could only be officially given after trying out the effect.

After all, the techniques or skills I've mastered for Evocation Spells are “Floating” and “Resonance.”

If the next one was simply called “Point,” it would sound a bit unpleasant.

“You deserve to die! Witch, don't think I'm afraid of you just because of this! Just wait to be buried!”

“It's you who should be buried.”

I stretched out my hand, made a pistol gesture, and pointed it at their viewport's protective Holy Relic.

“Bang”

I playfully provided the sound effect, but before they could even start mocking or trash-talking, a thin, fiery line shot out from my fingertip.

Then this spell directly collided with the protective Holy Relic.

In just a short moment, the shield of the protective Holy Relic emitted a piercing, cracking sound.

Then the Holy Relic shattered.

The power of the attack had not yet been offset, and a muffled sound came from within them.

“Looks pretty powerful. Let's call it 'Focus Point'.”

I casually named this technique.

It was simple and clear, meaning to concentrate firepower on one point.

“Now, try barking like a dog for me again.”

I reached out and grabbed the neck of the guy inside.

He was almost scared stupid by the terrifying cracking sound just now.

If that attack had been a little bit off, he would have died!

How could he not be stunned?

Even if death in the Dream State meant resurrection, the body's instinctive fear of death would not disappear.

Before he could say anything, I dragged him out.

After all, this was the cockpit.

From here, the space was quite small.

It seems that in order to make this so-called war fortress move, and to have various functions that I haven't seen yet, they have made considerable compromises.

And at this moment, their war fortress suddenly underwent a terrifying change, and a loud explosion sounded from within.

“Little Han, the inside has been destroyed.”

“Alright, thanks for your hard work,” I said with a smile.

After hearing this bad news, the dwarf's face showed a look of disbelief.

But they were too familiar with the war fortress; they knew what this kind of abnormal movement meant.

Then, the dwarf I had captured looked ashen-faced.

“You… you guys! What did you do! You took the war fortress we worked so hard to assemble… and… and…”

At this moment, the dwarf was so out of breath he could barely speak, truly fainted from anger.

“I admire your masterpiece. Before enrolling, you must have been very passionate about this sort of thing, right? I respect your interests, so we used the most respectful way to destroy your creation.”

“You… you understand?”

At this moment, the dwarf seemed to regain his energy after hearing my words.

“You just said you admired our masterpiece, right! You said it was a masterpiece, right!”

“Uh… yes, it's great, breathtaking, but it needs improvement.”

I hesitated for a moment, then went along with it.

I felt like what I just said was quite something.

I swear I was just giving a small compliment.

After all, besides being a bit ugly, this big guy was indeed magnificent.

“Yes, exactly, it needs improvement! But… but we… probably won't have the chance…”

The Dream State Exchange Competition was a rare opportunity.

The composition of most students enrolling in the Dwarf Forging Academy was probably revealed at this moment.

But speaking of improvement, it was obvious that in the current situation, they seemed to have no chance of turning the tables.

Last night, they led the charge with their war fortress and completed the ritual, suppressing the Angel Academy.

Even the Wizard Academy had to temporarily retreat from their edge.

Now… they had finally stumbled.

“Little Han, something's wrong. Stop chatting, guys from other academies are here.”

At this moment, Tan Han's words pulled me back to the current situation.

I directly let go and disarmed his Holy Relic to prevent any resistance.

“Other academies?”

“It seems our ritual has stirred up a hornet's nest, and we're about to face the worst-case scenario.”

“The worst-case scenario?”

I directly took out my broom and flew into the sky.

Once my field of vision widened, coupled with enhanced vision, I saw figures in the distance.

“Why are the Holy Angel Academy and the Wizard Academy together?”

“They probably ran into each other on the way. In this situation, they must have temporarily teamed up due to the pressure of our ritual.”

“So that means the final battle is coming early?”

I asked with a smile.

“The worst that can happen is just abandoning the ritual. It doesn't count as the final battle. With two points as our foundation, we have the capital to give up.”

“Hey, hey, hey, Tan Han, don't say such discouraging things before we even fight. We're both Reserve Witches with Super Consumption Spellbooks, you know.”

“But facing so many people, a Super Consumption Spellbook might not be able to…”

“No, Tan Han, did my one hit give you a psychological trauma? The power of a Super Consumption Spellbook is not as weak as you imagine, okay?”