CHAPTER 741: CHAPTER 45: REMARKABLE RESULTS

The form of warfare on the front battlefield differs from that on the edge battlefield.

In edge worlds like the Wilderness World, due to the issue of legion quality, most filler legions of the edge world can only defend and cannot attack.

All offensive tasks are the work of elite legions, while the filler legions truly only fill the line.

However, this sight does not exist on the front battlefield.

In such a high-density battlefield zone, elite legions cannot move as freely as in edge battlefields. A massive sea of insects can easily entangle a legion and then gradually wear it down with overwhelming numbers.

On this battlefield, almost all wars eventually become wars of attrition.

Under these circumstances, filler legions, being numerous, become more cost-effective.

On this battlefield, the role of elite legions is merely to strike at critical moments and be more combative in wars of attrition.

The numerically superior filler legions are truly the main force.

...

At the Earth Vein Node, a massive wizard army and Galaxy Mayflies are engaged in a tug-of-war.

The wizards have already occupied the Earth Vein Node, with Civil Engineering Wizards setting up large magic arrays at an astonishing speed and constructing a fortress based on them.

And around them, a wizard army exceeding a hundred thousand has encircled them, intercepting the insect swarms coming from all directions.

"Distance thirty, High Tier Ice Mist Arrows, seven-eight in large formation, three-round burst."

"Distance thirty, Lightning Chain, two-four-five-six in large formation, delayed focused shot."

"Distance thirty, Shield Shock, one-three in large formation, one-round focused shot..."

The legion’s commander’s orders were issued methodically, spreading through the legion’s mind network, almost instantly reaching the corresponding teams.

Upon receiving the orders, the wizards collectively wielded their magic wands, with magic power flowing through the energy cycle into the rune array of the standard magic wand, then converting into a gravitational pull to attract elements.

Water elements gathered at the tip of the magic wand, forming into mist-like ice crystals.

Within less than a second, the tiny ice crystals connected with each other, transforming into a semi-transparent ice cone.

On this battlefield, wizards particularly favored stable elements like water and earth elements.

The past disdain for these elements was due to their difficulty in forming elemental storms, but in the front battlefield, numerous elemental gathering nests exist within the Mayfly Army along with corresponding mutated Mayfly clusters.

The usual wizard’s weapon of choice, the elemental storm, simply cannot appear here at all.

Under such circumstances, water element magic and earth element magic become particularly useful.

Moreover, due to the stability of these two elements, they can perform focused shots without disabling the legion shield.

Whizz, whizz, whizz!

In a blink of an eye, two thousand ice mist arrows pierced through the legion barrier, heading towards the Mayfly Army under the effect of force fields.

At the same time as they were shot out, the large formations one-three, responsible for shield shock, also simultaneously began casting. Eerie energy waves spread from the tip of the magic wand, merging together and eventually forming a nearly visible shock wave.

Under the interference of this energy wave, the thick energy shields of the Mayfly battle groups instantly became turbulent.

Some Mayflies responsible for defense modules even died on the spot due to errors in their energy cycles caused by the shield disturbance.

Bang, bang, bang...

Two thousand ice arrows, trailing an ice crystal path, fell at the forefront of the Mayfly cluster. The moment they touched the energy shield, these ice arrows burst instantly, forming an ice mist barrier kilometers long.

The characteristic of energy shields dictates that they cannot intercept low-speed objects, otherwise dust, air, and even free elements would be blocked outside the shield.

If these things were intercepted, they’d slowly accumulate on the energy shield.

Substances might be fine, but those free elements would cause significant disruption and damage to the foundational structure of the energy shield.

This is something that neither the wizard’s nor the Mayfly’s shield can overcome.

The spreading ice mist passed through the energy shield’s protection and immediately froze the outer layer of the Galaxy Mayflies stiff, but both parties understood these were just appetizers.

Within the Mayfly cluster, the Mayfly General’s orders spread swiftly through the mind network like lightning.

They were very familiar with their old opponent’s tactics, decisively abandoning the outer layers and the disturbed energy shields, promptly reorganizing formations to establish a new defense behind the front.

At the moment of their defensive reconstruction, the wizard’s Lightning Chain struck into the ice mist.

The lightning danced like a swarm of snakes within the ice mist, and without the second line of defense, it could have shattered the Mayfly cluster’s shields in an instant.

Buzz!

Almost as the Lightning Chain arrived, the Galaxy Mayflies’ counterattack was also brewing. The besieging Mayflies were also subspecies, so their attacks had a clear bias.

Deep purple light spears shot out from the cluster, with an astonishing power reaching 50,000 Power Level.

And this was merely the beginning.

Buzz, buzz, buzz...

Accompanied by the buzzing of energy vibrations, purple light spears shot towards the Wizard Army like a continuous barrage.

Although the Galaxy Mayflies and Wizards both fought as groups, their approaches were entirely different.

Wizards tended to use area damage magic, whereas Mayflies preferred high-intensity attacks.

The Galaxy Mayfly combat group, however, with its vast numbers and the energy nest, possesses energy far above that of the Wizard if you consider the sheer quantity.

This gives the Galaxy Mayfly combat group an extremely strong burst combat power and defensive capability.

But success comes from quantity, and failure also comes from quantity. Even with the energy nest, the Galaxy Mayfly combat group can only carry a limited amount of energy at one time. The vast number of the swarm ensures their energy consumption is greater than that of the Wizards.

If they fall into a war of attrition, the Galaxy Mayfly will quickly experience a shortage of energy circulation, turning the vast swarm into a paper tiger.

Wizards, however, are different. Though limited in number, Wizards have very abundant individual reserves of magic power, and with the aid of magic stones and magic potions, Wizards do not fear wars of attrition.

Boom!

The light spear exploded on the legion shield, causing waves to surge. The subsequent rain of light spears made the legion shield appear precarious and on the verge of shattering at any moment.

Once the legion shield shatters, the Wizard army beneath it would be instantly drowned in light spears, leaving no bones behind.

Yet the legion commander remained unflustered.

He inquired within the dedicated mind network of the legion commander: "Karak, how soon can the magic array be completed?"

"...Damn it, stop rushing me! Almost, almost done, with more than twenty more to go in a bit!"

As he spoke, a sudden surge of energy erupted from the center surrounded by numerous legions. Immediately, an energy barrier rose above the heads of the legions.

With the continuous supply of magic power from the earth vein node, this energy barrier became incomparably solid within moments.

The light spears from the Galaxy Mayfly combat group could only cause slight ripples on it.

Looking at the sudden rise of the barrier, a legion commander remarked with slight admiration: "Composite magic shield is truly bloody genius; as long as there’s enough energy, not even the World Master could break this thing."

The rise of the energy shield marked the end of this tug-of-war, but also the imminent birth of a brutal meat grinder.

The Mayfly army responsible for contesting the earth vein nodes and the Mayfly army responsible for assault are configured entirely differently.

Since the node had already been fortified with a stronghold, the next attack would be launched by the assault army.

Watching the ebbing tide of the Galaxy Mayfly combat group, a legion commander ordered within the mind network:

"Report to the command center that earth vein node No. 12 has been seized."

"Yes, legion commander."

...

"Sir, this is the summary report on the new tactics."

In the Battle Zone Command Center at West Eleven, Qing Guang Great Wizard looked at the latest summary report, feeling slightly relieved.

"The new tactics indeed yield remarkable results; my judgment was correct."

The report showed that in the past seven days, the West Eleven battle zone had experienced twelve earth vein node contests, achieving quite notable outcomes.

Even though a few were not successfully contested, the losses during combat were reduced by nearly ten percent.

This sufficiently proves the efficacy of the new tactics.

However, Qing Guang Great Wizard quickly noticed something amiss.

He looked at the report, shivered suddenly.

In these battles, theoretically, he had not made any substantial deployments as the command center of the battle zone. He merely chose one from the schemes proposed by the Staff Department according to Richard’s instructions.

But even so, the legions achieved rather remarkable results.

Does this mean he, the commander, is essentially dispensable?

Qing Guang Great Wizard had no doubt that even if he initially chose another scheme, the final outcomes would not differ much.

But if that’s the case, then the consequences of broadly promoting these tactics are self-evident.

Since the Staff Department can handle the battlefield tiers well, should the command powers of most Great Wizards, who lack significant command abilities, be revoked?

On the positive side, even if not revoked, would the command authority of Great Wizards be significantly reduced?

The Truth Council has long been dissatisfied with the retreat of the front line; if these tactics catch the sight of the Crown Throne of the Truth Council, then...

Qing Guang Great Wizard looked at the report, cold sweat broke out on his spine.

He seemed to be caught in something tremendous.

"...Really unfortunate," Qing Guang Great Wizard murmured to himself.

"Sir, sir, the report is on fire."

The secretary’s voice woke Qing Guang Great Wizard from his thoughts; in his hand, the summary report had already caught fire due to his unconscious grip.

Qing Guang Great Wizard extinguished the flame expressionlessly and then said to the secretary beside him: "Oh, write up another one... no, send it to the command."

"...The same wording as before?" the secretary asked cautiously.

The scene earlier indeed made him somewhat nervous.

"Of course... no, do not send the summary." Qing Guang Great Wizard suddenly altered, "Send the specific battle details, we don’t need to compile a summary.

We are merely experimental assistants, let the command judge the outcomes."