God-level Hero-Chapter 92 - 89: Infiltrating Behind Enemy Lines
Chapter 92: Chapter 89: Infiltrating Behind Enemy Lines
The final strategy was completed, and the two Little Banshees took the time to eat and rest. Catherine returned to the cockpit and began piloting the Magic Energy Wind Sailing Flying Ship toward the target location.
Da Fei used a Skill Point obtained at level 26 to learn Phantom March, then assembled the Phantom Crossbow Cannon in the Gun Cabin as part of the pre-battle preparations.
This operation was mainly a special forces infiltration mission with warship coastal cannon support as a backup. The NPCs had helped as much as they could; it was up to the player, as the Commander, to decide the tactics and troop deployment. It was time for this master to show his expertise and showcase his strategic prowess.
The Phantom Crossbow Cannon was assembled, and its legendary glory finally appeared in the world! This was a crossbow cannon so dazzling with magical light and bejeweled brilliance that it was difficult to look at directly. Those unaware might think it was a luxurious limited edition made by a tycoon to show off, but those who knew understood that it indeed was a luxurious limited edition made by a tycoon, but not for show.
Other than the material differences, the Phantom Crossbow Cannon’s structure and components were no different from an ordinary crossbow cannon, which meant that physical damage was the same as a regular crossbow cannon. The difference was in the crossbow arrows.
Da Fei took out a special crossbow arrow from the machine bag.
—Phantom Crossbow Cannon Special Arrow: Enchanted with Master Level Ice Pillar Magic, adding 30 points of Magic Power to the arrow.
Now, Destruction Magic finally appeared. Let’s briefly introduce Destruction Magic here.
As the name suggests, Destruction Magic includes spells like Fireball, Lightning, Ice Pillar, Meteor Shower, and Chain Lightning. You need to master Destruction Magic Skills to learn them. It is divided into Single-target Attack Magic and Group Attack Magic.
Since a hero’s attributes and skills can affect the entire army, it stands to reason that the hero’s attack skills could also affect the entire opposing army. Therefore, Single-target Attack Magic doesn’t just hit one soldier; it hits an entire tactical position, which means an entire troop type! For example, a gunner with 10 health and no Magic Resistance would be annihilated by a single 100-damage Lightning spell, killing 10 gunners.
Players might object: “What’s the point in that? I worked hard for days to gather 10 soldiers, and they’re gone in one shot!”
Don’t worry. The reason a hero is a hero is because they have the power to rally people’s hearts and unify them. If magic attacks the entire army, then the damage is also borne by the entire army. If a player has 11 gunners and encounters a 100-damage Lightning spell, the result isn’t that only 1 soldier remains alive but that 11 soldiers with 0.9 health each are left. The 100 damage is distributed among 11 soldiers, leaving each with 9.1 damage. If there are wounded soldiers in the unit with less than 9 health, then that wounded soldier would become a casualty. This setup prevents situations, typical in traditional games, where a Magic God player could challenge an entire legion, use a Meteor Shower to decimate countless troops, and then make a stylish escape.
In short, you have to bring more soldiers when facing a mage. One enjoys the thrill of striking, while the other is at ease taking the hits. In the early stages of the game, where players are running single heroes without any damage-sponging cannon fodder, getting one-shot by magic is not feasible.
Since it attacks a tactical position, a problem arises. For example, if a player has 10 gunners and hides 9 from magical attacks in a room, and 1 gunner goes out to reveal themselves to the mage, if a 100-damage Lightning spell strikes, what happens? The answer is that one gunner is killed, while the other 9 remain unharmed.
And the power of magic increases with the hero’s Magic Power and the Skill Level of magic skills. Taking Ice Pillar Magic as an example, the damage calculation at each skill level is as follows:
Basic Destruction Magic: 60+12×Magic Power, consuming 8 points of Mana.
Intermediate Destruction Magic: 72+12×Magic Power, consuming 9 points of Mana.
Advanced Destruction Magic: 84+12×Magic Power, consuming 10 points of Mana.
Expert Destruction Magic: 96+12×Magic Power, consuming 11 points of Mana.
Master Destruction Magic: 108+12×Magic Power, consuming 12 points of Mana.
This means that the Master Level arrow Da Fei held, with an additional 30 points of Magic Power, dealt magical damage of 468. Considering that the Hell Race commonly resists fire and fears the cold, the actual damage might be near a thousand!
Of course, it was just the basic damage enchanted onto it. Even 468 damage is not particularly impressive. Destruction Magic also has sub-skills like Frost Master, Fiery Fire Master, and Storm Master that can significantly boost spell damage, as well as composite sub-skills with other abilities. A magic hero becomes undoubtedly powerful in the later stages when they resolve the issue of mana sustainability. At that time, war would be a tycoon war where a fireball could wipe out a whole army of cannon fodder. Group attack magic, of course, targets multiple tactical positions, with Chain Lightning being the most notable example. Although its power isn’t very strong, it indeed affects the entire army without exception.
Looking at this arrow, Da Fei’s inner shock was imaginable. How many miscellaneous soldiers could be blasted to death with one shot? Of course, killing enemies wasn’t the remarkable part, but the fact that the crossbow cannon’s range exceeded that of any mage! It was a strike beyond visual range! When could I develop a Phantom Crossbow Cannon myself? By then, with 32 Phantom Crossbow Cannons in my luxury battleship, a row of shots would make the magic explode everywhere, wahaha!
A sailor reported: “Captain, we’ve reached our destination!”
Da Fei took a deep breath, placing all the special crossbow arrows in the backpack into the ammo box, then patted the sailor’s shoulder: “Do your best work!”
“Yes, Captain!”
The Flying approached the boundary of the barrier and hid its massive form behind a forest of tree roots. Then, the Flying lowered the landing craft, and Da Fei, along with a rowing sailor, quietly rowed a small boat to continue forward. At this moment, two Little Charm Emperors quietly flew over the small boat in Stealth.
Seeing the golden barrier’s light curtain, the small boat stopped. Da Fei activated Stealth and Phantom March, and under the effect of dual skills, Da Fei’s entire figure blurred like a shadow. As for the Little Banshees, they didn’t have shadows at all; Da Fei could barely see they existed.
Great! Just the effect needed. This time, Da Fei, as the commander, personally came to the front line to enhance their God-level skills. If the action failed, Da Fei was ready to sacrifice himself, but he had to distract the enemy to buy time for the two Little Banshees to escape.
To the Captain, if he were to die in battle, he would resurrect back in the Captain’s cabin. If all the sailors perished, they would only return to the city.
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Da Fei silently slipped off the small boat into the water, carefully diving toward the barrier. The lake water of the Pool of Radiance might be terrible strong acid to Demons, but for a good person like Da Fei, it posed no problem at all.
All actions aimed to approach the target without the knowledge of ghosts or gods. Even to avoid being detected by Demons’ detection spells, the Spell blessings strongly requested by Selvia were not added.
He reached the shore without being discovered. Da Fei still didn’t dare go ashore, staying motionless in the water.
Da Fei began to direct the two Little Banshees to fly out through the barrier and quietly observe from the air. When soldiers are under a hero’s leadership and command, it means that their vision is shared with the hero.
Two teams of mobile patrol soldiers made up of Nightmare Beasts and Hellhounds appeared. Hellhounds! Da Fei immediately took a breath and submerged. Yes, Hellhound noses are incredibly keen, and only by hiding in the water could he avoid being detected. This was the reason Da Fei was soaking in the water and not going ashore.
The two patrol teams passed by. If not now, then when? As if emerging from water, Da Fei crawled through the barrier, crawling past the 0-level Demon Infant workers who bounced around with effort. If my God-level skills combined with Stealth were discovered by these weaklings, there would be no justice!
At last, he followed the pre-battle planned route and crawled into a construction puddle left by what seemed like a Siege Car on the shore. Oh yeah! Success! In the puddle, Hellhounds wouldn’t detect him.
Now was the time to show off this master’s skill in troop control.
Da Fei directed the two banshees to cautiously fly near the observation window of a newly completed Magic Tower, peeking in with their half-transparent faces. More accurately, this kind of tower should be called a Magic Watchtower; it couldn’t compare to the true Magic Towers that Grand Mages studied in, of course, nor to their cost, otherwise it wouldn’t be affordable for mass production.
Inside the tower room, various masked mages were adding potions, casting Spells on Arrays, transporting spell materials from boxes, lecturing imps, flipping books, busy with hectic activity. Damn, there were a lot of people, but their flustered, unpracticed appearance indeed didn’t seem like veterans, probably Mage Apprentices, as Deirdre had guessed.
The room was lined with various apparatuses emitting lights and bottles filled with strange boiling liquids, intricate-looking, inciting a strong desire to cause chaos. However, it wasn’t the right time to act.
So, Da Fei sent a Little Charm Emperor to see the first floor below the Magic Tower. The first floor appeared to be a storage warehouse, with various imps and Demon Infants rushing up the spiral staircase, carrying boxes upstairs. Watching those imps trembling as they carried boxes, Da Fei sighed; it was clearly inviting me to give it a helpful nudge!
Da Fei immediately directed the Little Charm Emperor toward the frontmost box on the staircase, lightly stepping on it! The box tilted that way!
An imp shrieked, “Wow!!!”
Clang! The box slipped, tumbling down the stairs, crashing into the boxes behind it, amidst shrieks and clangs, like a toppled row of dominoes, the entire stairway cargo line collapsed in chaos, instantly alarming the mages upstairs.
—”You idiots!!! Those are precious materials!!!”
Some mages went downstairs, others turned around—now was the moment, infiltrate!
Da Fei directed the upstairs Charm Emperor to fly into the room, hiding beside a shelf full of instruments and bottles. Excellent, unnoticed. Then let’s sabotage this shelf.
The Little Banshee quietly flew to the top of the shelf, then—push! Creak—creak—the shelf swayed slightly, damn! Didn’t topple!
Da Fei immediately directed another Charm Emperor to fly to the upstairs window. The room was still in chaos. Excellent, continue infiltration! Two working together!
Creak—creak—creak—
The creaking from the shelf startled the mage in the room. As he turned, he saw the shelf toppling like the sky falling, exclaiming in horror, “Ah!!!”
Crash!!! Boom!!! The shelf collapsed with a crash, glass bottles exploded violently; smoke from fallen dust and exploded fumes filled the room with pandemonium!
Great opportunity, retreat!
—”Idiots!!! What now!” yelled the angry mage’s voice from downstairs!
At that moment, the Magic Array flickered uncertainly in the room, while the crystal ball, wrapped in demon light outside the watchtower, flickered like an old fluorescent tube before finally dimming!
Oh yeah! It worked! Now it was time for the battleship to deploy! As long as it was ready before the tower recovered, I could blast open a breach.
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