The Dongri State's vehicle group encountered a sudden and violent attack outside the expected range of artillery fire, and dozens of vehicles were lost on the spot.
Even the many sergeants and low-level warlocks on the vehicle turned into fireballs in mid-air and fell among these nameless hills.
At the first moment of the attack, the Dongri Kingdom's army and the mid- to high-level mages in the mage army, who could be transferred through the world of origin and spirit, immediately responded in a fierce way.
They actually appeared at the ambusher's position in an instant, and launched a counterattack from the sky, on the ground, and underground.
Those staying in the sky are high-level mages, those on the ground are late-middle-level mages, and there are higher-level earth spirit mages underground. In an instant, a pattern of complex three-dimensional strikes is formed.
High-level mages can stay in the air for a short period of time, which undoubtedly forms a condescending natural suppression on the ambushers on the ground. Therefore, countless medium and large spells are dropped like rain.
Countless huge logs roared down from the sky;
Dense and huge rocks, with howling sounds, fell from the sky;
Like raindrops densely packed together, all kinds of ice arrows and ice picks as thick as an arm, pouring down like a torrential rain;
The mid-level and high-level mages who appeared on the ground also threw various fierce spells at the nearby ambushing troops.
The mid-to-high-level earth spirit warlocks underground are constantly changing the terrain, using the squeezing and collision of rocks, the thrust of rock thorns, and the bombardment of falling rocks to attack the ambushers who are caught off guard!
In the unprepared ambush position, a large number of Murong's offensive and defensive troops were immediately engulfed by countless solar explosions, magma techniques, and thermonuclear radiation.
Various negative auxiliary spells, such as slowness, dullness, suffocation, rust, thorns, decay...prevented the last chance of escape for those sergeants and low-level warlocks.
The mid- to late-stage mages who had no ability to stay in the air also launched an intensive and saturated spell attack on the ground ambushers caught in the encirclement.
This is almost an indiscriminate crushing and killing of the ordinary soldiers and low-level warlocks by the late middle-level and high-level warlocks below. The ambushers below have no power to fight back.
Finally, the high-level earth spirit mage in the mage army used several large-scale earth spirit magic "geographic deformation" to turn all the ambushers into the buried.
The war lasted only a moment, and both sides suffered heavy losses.
Murong suffered the largest battle damage since the invasion. A large number of city defense devices were destroyed and soldiers were buried.
On the other side, the Dongri Kingdom lost more than half of its vehicle fleet. The low-level warlocks and sergeants who went into battle would lose their physiology as long as they were hit by artillery fire.
In the volunteer mage army, as long as they are unable to move through the world of origin and spirit, if they appear on a destroyed vehicle and cannot change their body state in time, they can be declared dead.
Faced with such huge casualties, the commanders of both sides instantly became red-eyed.
The Murong clan immediately dispatched all the late-intermediate and high-level warlocks who were originally preparing to garrison in Okamoto City.
Using the same method of arriving almost instantly, they started the first magic and magic war between the Eastern Earth Empire and the Western Xuan Federation with the opponent's mid-level and high-level mages who suddenly appeared at the ambush point.
As soon as the two sides came into contact, the war became intense.
Every shot made by every warlock and mage on both sides has a spell ability of intermediate level or above.
Such an overwhelming array of medium and large spells were all concentrated in a very small area. The resulting psychic storm caused huge damage that no one had expected.
Since no one has ever encountered or imagined it, there is no past experience to draw from.
Even the warlocks on both sides who participated in the war at that time did not consider whether they needed to consider the layout of the formation, the combination of different spiritual attributes, and the offensive and defensive cooperation between personnel with different abilities.
So, at that moment, it was as if a nuclear bomb from the Great Annihilation Era exploded here, the heaven and earth shook, and the dazzling light seemed to break that space.
The main reason why such a tragic situation developed was that the medium and large spells were too dense in an instant, and the energy in the source spirit world was concentrated and extracted in a short time. The five source spiritual powers almost immediately formed a siphon effect.
Even if the energy of the source spirit world spills out a little, it will cause huge damage to the surrounding power, not to mention such an instantaneous siphon!
Regardless of whether we are the enemy or not, as long as you are stationed in a slightly denser position, no matter how capable you are, facing this chaotic intensive offensive and energy impact that is as powerful as God, the result will only be instantaneous death.
Most of the warlocks on both sides did not understand how they died, and their bodies were collapsed by the intensive spells and rampant spiritual energy.
Even if there were warlocks who carried various divine protection talismans, they would not have time to use them.
In fact, after the analysis by experts, at that moment, converting into an energy body was far more realistic and faster than using the God's Protection Talisman.
However, even if you transform into an energy body in time and encounter such an energy storm impact, whether you can keep your energy body from being shattered by the impact is still a question.
Even if you are lucky enough to maintain your energy body, if you are attacked by an enemy force using energy weapons, your energy body will still be dispersed, and only your mental power will remain, slowly dissipating.
There may be some late-stage mid-level warlocks from both sides who suddenly encountered intensive mid-level spells and had nowhere to escape. They entered the world of source spirits without hesitation, but then discovered that there was no anchor point for return, so Lost in time and space.
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This battle, in a short period of time, subverted all tactics, and also gave rise to some new principles in the wars between warlocks and mages that followed.
For example, junior warlocks and mages are just like cannon fodder in such a magic war, just like ordinary soldiers.
For example, even if you are teaming up with your own warlocks and mages, you still need to keep a sufficient distance.
For example, mid-level mages carrying energy weapons are the most threatening in this situation.
For example, no matter how familiar your warlocks and mages are with each other, they still need to practice an integrated offensive and defensive strategy in advance.
For example, as long as both sides have high-level warlocks and mages, they can dominate the local battlefield.
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Fortunately, the commanders of both sides understood this truth in time at that moment, and unanimously chose to withdraw their troops and return to defense.
The Murong family fell into the darkest moment because of this short battle of Okamoto Castle.
The whole Murong family was dressed in white, and Murong Shancang became very haggard overnight.
The Dongri Kingdom is not much better, and the battle damage has exceeded their expectations. If there are a few more such attrition wars, they may not even have the high-end forces to garrison Luben City in the future.
After the first battle, both sides lost a total of nearly two thousand low-level warlocks and hundreds of mid-level and high-level warlocks. As for the weapons and sergeants, they could be ignored.
The battle of Okamoto Castle caused severe pain to both sides in one fell swoop.
What's ridiculous is that the Battle of Okamoto Castle did not take place in Okamoto Castle, but on an unnamed hill twenty kilometers outside the city.
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After the Battle of Okamoto Castle, both the Murong family and the Dongri Kingdom fell into a state of extreme caution.
This basin of cold water directly killed half of Murong's spirit, and also extinguished the enthusiasm of Dongri State and the volunteer mage army.
Subsequently, the scale of all battles became very small, and they basically used small teams to attack, trying to kill the opponent's effective forces as much as possible.
The Tonichi Kingdom gave up the initiative to attack Matsuo Island and returned to the core and largest Shikamotohara of the Tonichi Kingdom, guarding against several large cities in the Shikamotohara.
In terms of people's hearts, the Tonichi Kingdom has fallen into complete depression. It seems that taking back Matsuo Island is already a luxury, and the fall of Kusanagihara and Hokumahara seems to be inevitable in the future. Even if the Tonichi Kingdom can defend Kamotohara, It's lucky.
Everyone in the Ying tribe knew that volunteers from the great empire to the west had not yet arrived to join the war, but almost half of the volunteers from the Federation had been removed.
Therefore, on the balance of victory prediction, you can imagine which one is more important and which is less important.
The news was sent back to the empire, and the Imperial War Department and General Staff Department paid full attention to and interpreted this small-scale battle.
Imperial University, Imperial Military and Political University, and Jixia Academy have all proposed new ways to deal with the new warlock-mage war. Almost all warlocks are paying attention to the new war methods in the future.
Various discussions, hypotheses, and tactical judgments have become topics that all Imperial Warlocks are happy to participate in.
The news spread back to the Xixuan Federation, and more and more intensive demonstrations and anti-war rallies were held, which made the top officials of the Federation anxious.
Almost no one mentioned the oracle issued by His Majesty the Pope not long ago, and it died before it could be implemented.
Even if someone wants to bring it up again, they can't bring it up within the federation.
Under such circumstances, the Ministry of Rites and the Ministry of Xuan of the empire issued a proposal, clearly proposing that the mid-level warlocks among the citizens of the empire, if they feel about the current situation and future of the Murong family, can participate in the war in their own name, mainly To protect those innocent people affected by the magic war.
The empire has made it clear that there is no need for junior warlocks to join in the fun.
This news is undoubtedly a shot in the arm for the Murong family, and it is a heavy blow to the country of Dongri.
It didn't take long for various so-called experts, scholars and peaceful people in the Xixuan Federation to speak out to the Empire and the Murong clan through the Imperial Supervisory Group in the City of Glory.
They hope that the war should not affect natural people, low-level sorcerers and sergeants.
At the same time, they also appealed that based on the light of humanitarianism, high-level warlocks are not recommended to directly participate in wars. Top warlocks and super warlocks must not participate in mundane wars.
The empire's tradition has always been to turn a deaf ear to such unilateral appeals, but this time the empire's Ministry of Rites and major enchantment systems responded positively.
The empire basically agrees with the appeal of the Xixuan Federation, but it only agrees that top warlocks and super warlocks cannot participate in ordinary wars.
Top warlocks and super warlocks are like nuclear bombs before the great annihilation. Their greatest purpose is to serve as a deterrent.
To put it bluntly, in fact, both sides have a tacit understanding. Whenever there is a war, it is best for high-level warlocks to be the leaders and mid-level warlocks to be the main force. If they fight life and death, not too many people will die.
Of course, if you can't beat the mid-level ones, you can go to the high-level ones, depending on who has more high-level warlocks.
In the void where the "Nine Sons Monthly Meeting" was held, the Nine Sons of the nine major prefectures and cities of the empire, under the auspices of Ling Yuzi and Envoy Junzi, established that they would immediately use the core computing power of each major barrier to develop virtual warlocks. Battle system.
The first thing to do is to collect various abilities of the Warlock, conduct digital assessment of strike power, control various variables, and influence parameters of environmental variables...to carry out detailed weighted calculations and summaries, and to simulate the balance of strength.
Once the empire's "Qianlong Project" is online and running, a virtual martial arts hall will be opened in the "Jixia Academy". All the empire's warlocks, as long as they have military development intentions, must participate in systematic training and overall improvement. The war literacy and abilities of Imperial Warlocks.
On the last day of March, Emperor Ji Tianlong ordered that the empire implement a major disarmament.
The number of traditional sergeants in the major legions in the nine major counties has been reduced by 40%, and they have been switched to other professions to develop areas of the empire that too many citizens have not set foot in. The saved military expenses will be used for various expenses of Warlock War.
Perhaps, from the beginning of the Age of Divine Enlightenment to the 113th year of the Divine Enlightenment, the Age of Magic truly became the master of the world.
The curtain of the era of magic on the home planet is slowly opening.
