Reed was right again!
The magic array on the Midas ship was strong. It quickly fired many fireballs and shells at the target. Though not very accurate, it still caused trouble in the Earth base. Many buildings were destroyed and some people got hurt. But this didn't last long. The Earth army soon fired back hard!
Countless shells and rockets kept shooting from the Earth base, exploding all over the Gundam like firecrackers.
The battlefield was too messy for the Gundam to move and dodge. It wasn't very nimble to begin with! At first, its magic shield blocked some attacks. But soon the shield couldn't handle so much damage and failed.
The Gundam's big body couldn't take such heavy hits either. After only two or three shells, it was badly damaged. Finally, a rocket explosion turned it into smoking scrap metal.
This crushed the empire army's fighting spirit, which had just begun to rise with the Midas ship.
But it wasn't over. A group of tanks then rushed out from behind the empire army. They sped towards the infantry lines, crashing through the enemy ranks like no one was there!
"Damn it! Don't look down on us. I'll show these iron beasts!" shouted someone who looked like an empire general. He jumped onto a tank and started trying to break it apart with his bare hands!
This guy seemed to be at least level six. He was really strong, probably one of the empire's top fighters. First, he used his weapon to cut off the tank's gun. Then he started attacking the armor!
But he didn't know how thick tank armor is! The empire general kept hitting it hard, but it didn't work well. He only did a bit of damage.
His weapon seemed worn out, so he threw away his broken sword and tried to tear open the armor with his hands!
Wow, now he's trying to break the tank with just his hands? He managed to make a big hole in the tank. Suddenly, gunshots came from inside the hole! The empire general fell to the ground, screaming and holding his face.
It seems the shot hit his eye. Bad luck! Someone that strong usually wouldn't die from one shot. But a shell might be different...
Other tanks quickly aimed at the fallen general. After ten seconds of non-stop shelling, only bloody body parts were left in the deep crater.
"Now... now the empire soldiers must give up, right?" I felt sick seeing such a bloody scene.
I have to admit, the level six general's death was partly bad luck. But his death really scared the empire soldiers. Unlike northern countries like Astralrealm that always fight monsters, the empire doesn't have many strong fighters like him. Almost all of them have high positions and are very important! Now the remaining strong fighters didn't dare to step up, and no one could stop the tanks anymore.
The battle was much worse than I imagined. Countless empire soldiers died trying to reach their goal. Bullets mercilessly killed everyone in their way. Blood turned the ground red around the base. Since the fight started, not one empire soldier had managed to cross the barbed wire and reach the Earth people!
Finally, the back of the army started to lose control. People were getting scared. Even when the commander kept shouting things like "For glory!" and "Protect our land!", it didn't help. I even saw a commander on horseback cut off the head of a soldier who ran away first, to scare others. But people still kept running away.
"Is it all over? They have no fighting spirit left..." Adrian stood with me on the high cliff. We saw everything from start to finish. He couldn't help but sigh deeply.
"Maybe not yet. Those empire people might try one last desperate move! But..." Mia suddenly pointed to the far back of the empire army. She noticed something strange.
There was an open space that looked like the empire army's command center. On the ground nearby was a huge magic circle. About ten human magicians were standing in the circle, chanting spells in an orderly way. They were clearly preparing some big magic!
"That's a Forbidden Spell! But I've never heard of a Forbidden Spell with so many people... If they can cast it successfully, they might still have a chance to win!" Reed nodded and warned us worriedly.
"But using such a big Forbidden Spell might mess up the elements in the battlefield even more! Don't forget, this place is near the portal connecting two worlds. Elements from this world are always flowing to the other world through the portal. The element balance in this area is already broken! If they risk using a Forbidden Spell now, it could cause very serious problems we can't predict. The portal might keep getting bigger, or space might collapse. That would be a legendary disaster. Those empire magicians must have thought about this!"
"But they have no choice left. The empire army probably wants to make a final, desperate fight. It's their last chance, but it might destroy the whole continent too!" Adrian frowned and suggested, "We should stop them right away. If something goes wrong with this world because of this, no one can take responsibility!"
"I'm afraid it's too late. The magic circle for the Forbidden Spell is about to start!" Mia shook her head anxiously, pointing at the magic circle for us to look carefully.
We saw faint red light coming from the lines of the magic circle on the ground. This means the Forbidden Spell these magicians are casting is probably fire magic. The glowing lines show the magic circle is about to start!
At the same time, a strange red cloud appeared very high in the sky above the battlefield, making the whole world look red! Looking closely, we could see small rocks with fire falling quickly from the red cloud. According to records, this is the sign of the highest-level fire magic "Doomsday Fall" being cast!
"Doomsday Fall" is the most powerful attack magic known. It's so hard that even one human magician can't cast it alone. At least two or three people are needed to do it!
But what the empire army is casting now isn't just one "Doomsday Fall". It's a Forbidden Spell made of many "Doomsday Falls" cast together, with about ten people doing it!
If this Forbidden Spell is cast successfully, it will be incredibly destructive. At the very least, the whole battlefield area will be destroyed! And that's not including the big disasters that might happen later because of unbalanced elements and the portal getting out of control!
As time passed, the falling rocks quickly got bigger, becoming the size of footballs. These "meteors" had no aim at all. They crashed randomly all over the battlefield. Both Earth and empire armies were badly hit!
But the falling rocks didn't stop growing. In theory, the final attack of "Doomsday Fall" can make meteors over 100 meters wide. And this is a Forbidden Spell!
A Forbidden Spell means at least about ten 100-meter meteors will hit the ground at the same time. The world can't handle a disaster this big!
"Bang! Bang! Bang!"
Just when it seemed hopeless, we heard several sharp gunshots from the forest nearby. The magicians standing in the magic circle fell down one by one. Soon, more than half of them were down!
With the spell interrupted halfway, the almost-finished Forbidden Spell broke apart. The red light in the sky slowly faded, and the sky went back to normal.
"That was..." My face changed. I was sure those were sniper rifles! It seems the Earth people also noticed something strange here, and they acted before we did!
Of course, with the Forbidden Spell broken, the empire's final attack officially failed! The remaining soldiers had no spirit left to fight. They ran away in groups in all directions. The empire army was completely defeated!
"Since you all saw that, let's quickly hide. We don't want to be found!" Reed looked at the battlefield, turned away sadly, and flew into the sky towards the distance.
I understood what she meant. The Earth army had sent snipers, which could be dangerous for us too! Even if we're strong enough to dodge bullets, facing high-power long-range weapons like sniper rifles is risky. If we're not prepared and suddenly get shot, it would be really bad!
But...
Looking back at the bloody scene below, with rivers of blood and piles of bodies, even though I've seen many bloody fights since coming to this world, I still felt very uneasy and guilty...