novelraw Chapter 660 439: Wall of Holy Light, The First Half's Hunt
Chapter 660 439: Wall of Holy Light, The First Half's Hunt
The snow beside them was almost about to bury the tracks and was level with the driver's seat.
It was clear how heavy the snow was today.
Zong Shen watched as they drove the Burden-Bearer Mecha towards the residential area and the direction of the Magic Hall.
The powerful tracks pushed through the snow, along with the snowplow at the front, shoving the snow to either side.
They managed to carve out a wide passage through the snow.
This level of snow essentially cut off most Lords from traveling.
The upper layer was snow, and the lower layer was solid ice, making it challenging for ordinary warhorses or riding beasts to advance in such an environment.
Unless you had a large Magic Energy Mecha, a Flying Mount, an Icefield Riding Beast, or some large riding beast like Zong Shen, walking a hundred meters was a luxury relying solely on two legs or conventional means.
After waiting for about ten minutes, Luna and Wenresa carried back a cart of warriors to the central district.
During this gap, Zong Shen collected a batch of resources from the Moon God Spring and Magic Spring, and re-cleaned, extracted, and refilled the glass bottles recycled from yesterday.
The expedition setup for today remained unchanged, still the same team as yesterday.
When the two Burden-Bearer Mechas came to a halt, the Holy Light Deacon Aisha eagerly jumped out of the cargo hold, trudging forward in the snow to Zong Shen's side.
"My lord!"
She seemed excited, hastily waving and calling out to Zong Shen.
The gust made her voice sound ethereal.
Seeing her in this state, Zong Shen stepped forward to meet her.
"Aisha, what happened?"
He came to Aisha's side, pulling her in front of him, using his body to shield her from the howling cold wind, and asked in a loud voice.
"My lord… I've successfully comprehended my fifth Holy Light Skill!"
A look of joy filled Aisha's face, her excitement apparent despite the harsh cold.
"The fifth Holy Light Skill?"
Zong Shen repeated, somewhat puzzled, then he recalled.
Previously, when Aisha advanced to become a Tier Four Holy Light Deacon, a countdown appeared in her skill bar, with an indication that she would master a new skill once the countdown ended.
The fifth skill Aisha mentioned should be referring to that.
A Tier Four Holy Light Deacon is theoretically able to master a standard Tier Four Holy Light skill.
In the mainstream level division of magical skills, Tier Four is already considered high-level skills, usually with considerable power and effect.
"My lord, it's the Wall of Holy Light!"
"This is a famous Holy Light protection magic among the Tier Fours!"
Aisha eagerly said, and Zong Shen squinted his eyes, beginning to carefully examine her new skill.
[Wall of Holy Light lv10 (Condenses Holy Light Power, summoning a spherical protective field with a diameter of 10 meters, possessing 5000 Durability Value, 50 Armor Value, and Magic Resistance, lasting 20 minutes, cooling time 2 hours, the Wall of Holy Light also has a passive counterattack ability, summoning Holy Light Arrows to retaliate when attacked)]
This is a powerful group protection skill, possessing a Durability Value of 5000 and 50 double resistance at just lv10.
This further solidifies Aisha's role as a support for the team.
A ten-meter range is enough to shield a team of dozens.
In short, this skill will further enhance the pressure resistance ability of the expedition team.
"Congratulations, Aisha."
"This is an excellent skill."
"With it, we can gain additional protection."
Zong Shen said with a smile, and the smile on Aisha's face became even more pronounced.
She turned around, sticking her tongue out playfully at Tasuya on the Burden-Bearer Mecha behind her, making a taunting face, to which the latter snorted coldly and turned her head away.
"Alright, return to the team quickly."
"We must seize the time and complete a round of hunting before noon."
"You will get some rest time in the afternoon."
"I understand, my lord..."
Zong Shen took out the Wind-Fire-Thunder Trident, thrusting it into the ground, staring into the distance against the gust.
He activated the Golden Circle Mark, filtering the Frosty Snow Beasts within the range of 10 to 15 kilometers.
After fulfilling her moment of pride, Aisha contentedly returned to the Burden-Bearer Mecha.
Zong Shen retracted an unused Burden-Bearer Mecha. Just as yesterday, he and Katis each piloted one, heading 10.3 kilometers north towards the territory.
...
In a flash, it was half-past eleven in the morning.
By then, the gust had ceased, and after three rounds of hunting and two rounds of rest, they were on their way back to the territory.
During these few hours, Zong Shen's main force had hunted a total of 14 Frosty Snow Beasts.
Two Wolf Cavalry were met with unforeseen incidents, as the Wargs beneath them were struck by an Ice Arrow.
The LV40 Ice Arrow had a 3.0 times magic damage multiplier, causing the Wargs to lose over 300 Life Value in a single blow.
One Warg's right hind leg was nearly completely torn apart.
Another Warg suffered severe head trauma, leaving it critically injured on the spot.
Even if treated, these two Wargs would be left with irreversible disabilities.
Fortunately, the Wolf Rider Warriors were unharmed, and to consider their feelings.
Zong Shen took out a spare Transport Sled from the Storage Grid, had it dragged by the Burden-Bearer Mecha, and brought the two injured Wargs back to the territory with them.
In this short half-day, three members of Zong Shen's legion were lost.
All were killed by Frosty Snow Beasts.
Today's snow was much thicker than yesterday's, further slowing the speed of the Burden-Bearer Mechas.
By the time Zong Shen responded to the call for help and arrived, those territories had already been utterly destroyed.
Zong Shen could only collect the legacy they left behind, a modest amount of resources.
It's also a way of challenging and eliminating the Lords.
Meanwhile, other legion members also started battling with Frosty Snow Beasts one after another.
Basically, they could fight and win, though some losses were inevitable.
When Zong Shen returned to the territory, Doris had also returned ahead of him.
In these two days, Doris had been very cautious. They killed a total of 6 Frosty Snow Beasts today.
Although the number killed didn't match Zong Shen's main team, it was stable.
No casualties occurred in their sub-squad today.
In a way, she did better than Zong Shen.
Now, with damages in Wolf Rider Squad One, two Wolf Rider Warriors lost their Wargs.
Once they returned to the territory, the two injured combatants immediately received Life Recovery treatment from the Sharp Claw Druid.
Zong Shen fed them some Moon God Spring, shaved the fur around their wounds, and applied Hemostatic Bandages to the Wargs.
It saved the lives of the two Wargs, but they would never return to the battlefield.
Without wolves, the combat effectiveness of the Wolf Cavalry was halved.
This was a problem he needed to solve.
Besides, back in Odu Village, among the warrior prisoners rescued by Wenresa,
there were also over a dozen Wolf Riders who had lost their Wargs.
These warriors were still in the residential area, unable to recover their combat effectiveness.
Their sabres, leather armor, and helmets were relatively easier to obtain, but Wargs were indeed a problem.
They rode Tier Two Grassland Giant Wolves, equivalent to the small leaders of the Grassland Wolf packs.
Their attack power and size were greater than the average Grassland Wolf.
He looked at the two Wargs whimpering softly and fell into contemplation.
Suddenly, he thought of a building!
This building was acquired along with the Magic Hall.
Because it required a lot of resources to build, mainly intermediate materials, it had not been constructed. Now was the time for Marie to start preparing for the construction.
Additionally, the Hundred Kilometer-level Teleportation Array also needed to be expedited.
Last night, when checking the Storage Box, he found that there were many more rune-type materials.
Evidently, Marie had put a lot of thought into the construction issues of the territory.