Chapter 173: Fall of a Nation (2)
Rumble—
A sound like rolling thunder echoed as the air violently twisted.
A colossal teleportation array appeared above the complex in front of the Astrology Tower.
As the array's light gradually outlined its form, a brilliant radiance surged into the sky. At its center emerged a massive wizard tower bathed in glowing particles.
As the light dissipated, the wizard tower gradually solidified.
The moment the wizard tower fully materialized, it crushed vast stretches of the buildings beneath it, kicking up massive clouds of dust along its flanks.
The deafening roar shook the entire city.
Behind Lynn, Dulan's pupils constricted. A trace of terror and envy flickered in his eyes as he recognized the structure—a wizard tower!
The spire of the massive wizard tower already reached higher than the peak of the Astrology Tower.
The ground collapsed, plunging countless people in the buildings below straight into eternal silence in their sleep.
The deafening roar shook the entire city. Jolted awake from the silence, countless people climbed to their attics or stepped outside their doors, staring up in shock at the incredibly conspicuous structure that had suddenly appeared in the city center.
A building that did not seem to belong in this era had materialized out of thin air right in the heart of the city.
By the time more than half the city had awakened, the surface of this six-sided pyramidal spire had begun to shimmer with a cold gray luster.
Along one of its faces, a black Broken Horn slowly rotated, wisps of dark lightning weaving around it.
On another face, a dark green pupil stared down at the entire city.
Meanwhile, a thick mist billowed outward like a sea of clouds.
As the mist continued to spread, the city's streets and alleys were quickly choked with thick white fog.
People near the city gates attempted to flee, only to find that the gates—previously visible to the naked eye—had transformed into a solid wall.
The city had been completely sealed off!
Lynn's gaze remained indifferent. With a single thought, the doors at the base of the wizard tower shifted like building blocks, rolling, reassembling, and locking together until an entryway cleared.
Immediately afterward, the heavy rumble of footsteps echoed from within.
The ground trembled slightly.
A giant nearly forty meters tall, with jet-black skin and a web of red lines tracing its blood vessels, strode out of the wizard tower with its head held high.
The moment he looked directly at the giant, Dulan's mind nearly shattered. As an astrologer, he was naturally sensitive to such things.
So upon seeing the Fallen Titan, he was practically staring directly at its existence and essence.
For an Apprentice with mental energy so weak they hadn't even reached the level of an official wizard, such a direct gaze was practically fatal.
In an instant, Dulan nearly went mad.
Fortunately, Lynn saved him at the critical moment. If he were allowed to go mad just like that, wouldn't it be too easy?
"Are you going to... destroy this city?" Dulan's voice trembled. "There are still many ordinary people here."
"Having enjoyed the spoils of a victorious war, there are no innocents. Don't worry. As a kind-hearted person, I will leave their souls a chance at reincarnation," Lynn said calmly.
Dulan pressed urgently, "But you are a wizard! Does a noble wizard lord really need to attack ordinary civilians?"
"When you used the plague to wage war last year, crushing the Erdolu Kingdom and plundering massive amounts of wealth, these citizens of the royal capital provided taxes and soldiers for your armies. Why didn't you consider your identity as a wizard apprentice back then?"
A cruel smile suddenly surfaced on Lynn's face. "In that case, take this as my declaration of war against your kingdom! In the name of the wizard Lynn!"
Inside the wizard tower, a vast horde of fully armed goblins surged outward.
The dark mass of goblins looked like a tidal wave, stretching as far as the eye could see.
Simultaneously, a massive flock of ravenfolk poured out from another door.
The ravenfolk took to the sky, swiftly seizing air superiority while systematically sniping the leaders of the city's resisting legions.
"Have you prepared yourselves for war!" Lynn said.
Dulan's face went pale. "Wait, I know where the wizard who created the plague is! I know where he is. If you capture him, can you kill fewer people?"
"No need. How do you think I found you?" Lynn asked playfully.
Hearing this, Dulan's face grew even paler.
No wonder. No wonder he had been found.
It turned out this man had already found Nuss a step ahead of him.
Slaughter erupted across the city. Admittedly, as the most powerful nation among the surrounding kingdoms, the Moduo Kingdom's military possessed genuine competence. Though their overall strength was average—with many soldiers possessing only Tier 1 transcendent power—their assembly speed was genuinely impressive.
Moreover, the unique coordination of human military formations allowed them to recover swiftly from their initial panic.
Even without the advantage in equipment and numbers, they managed to form a counter-encirclement against the goblins.
Lynn watched the scene with indifference.
Humans were dying, and goblins were dying.
Yet the goblins who survived would become elites! And elites were all he needed.
Over the past two decades, those initial few thousand goblins had multiplied explosively. If not for his strict control, their numbers could have easily gained a few more zeros once their natural predators and food shortages were resolved.
Boom! The Fallen Titan brought down a fist.
The ground shattered as if struck by ten thousand tons of explosives. The street's paving stones buckled like massive rolling waves, stretching far into the distance as surrounding buildings collapsed outward.
Soldiers wielding muskets and lances were sent flying, entirely powerless to resist.
"Kill!" Countless soldiers swarmed like a tidal wave toward the Fallen Titan.
Yet no matter what weapon struck the Fallen Titan, it couldn't even break its defense.
Countless people watched the scene, a bitter thought rising in their hearts.
Could this terrifying giant really be killed?
When weapons hacked against its body, they melted right away.
Elsewhere in the city, hidden wizard apprentices prepared to flee.
They were not about to stay behind and throw their lives away like these ordinary people.
They knew this situation was far from simple.
Ordinary people might think this was just a simple giant, but as wizard apprentices, they knew far more. They knew this fallen giant was incredibly terrifying—definitely a legendary existence far beyond their ability to handle. Even weaker wizards might not stand a chance against it.
Furthermore, the massive structure that had materialized in the center of the city was absolutely a wizard tower!
Right now, a wizard was initiating a massacre within the city.
Several figures rose from the city, flying through the fog toward the distance.
"Kill!"
Suddenly, volleys of arrows rained down from the sky. Caught off guard, one wizard was pierced through by the arrows and turned into a pincushion.
Another wizard apprentice was about to be riddled with arrows when a faint halo of light appeared over his body. This barrier protected him, deflecting all the incoming projectiles.
The next moment, however, a streak of dark red lightning shattered the halo. Before the wizard apprentice inside could react, he was scorched into charcoal.
In the nearby sky, a ravenfolk with twin black wings and a cold expression lowered his Rattan Magic Staff. It was Xiaoyu, the leader of the ravenfolk followers. As an elite of the ravenfolk tribe, he had followed Lynn and studied magic over the past few years. Although Lynn mostly took a hands-off approach to his teaching, sniping a wizard apprentice remained effortless work for him.
After sniping the Apprentice, Xiaoyu gave his black wings a slight flap, transforming into a streak of black thread as he shot toward another sector. The wizard had given strict orders this time: not a single fly in the city was to be spared.