Chapter 394 - Apocalyptic Flame (1/2)
“Regroup now and get on with the defense!” the Iron-Blood Alliance commanding officer decreed as the approaching army of Empyreal Dragon and The Aristocrats were pushing strong.
Currently, if the entire battlefield was a painting, it would be a touching scene that rivaled the scene of Spartans attacking. The army that had an advantageous number was being forced to be on the defense while the little army was on the offense!
The Iron-Blood Alliance commanding officer made the decision to go with the flow. There was nothing he could do when the enemy had a Forbidden Spell in hand. Twilight City players may have won in number but they lacked the resolve and the morale to fight and repel the enemy. Prolonged, they might even lose the war before the enemy even used their trump card.
“Hmm. The enemy commander must have never seen an actual Forbidden Spell before!” Billy Boy laughed. If he had witnessed how Isabella used her “partial” Forbidden Spell, the enemy commander would never have had his army be so tightly grouped together.
However, Billy Boy’s thoughts was not entirely accurate. Even though Iron-Blood Alliance was playing on the defensive side, the commanding officer was smart enough to move his army into a valley and not remain in an open field. If he had, he would be lining his army to the slaughter house.
( B oxnovel.c om ) On the other hand, if he had chosen to spread his army out, it would minimize the total damage done by the Forbidden Spell. However, it would only give the enemy a chance to weed out the weak ones.
Then again, in that battle field, dying would not result in players losing their level or even dropping their equipment. Hence, the Iron-Blood Alliance commanding officer came up with a plan. He was planning to sacrifice one large group of players to take the hit of the Forbidden Spell and to retaliate after that. Since the black dragon could only use its Forbidden Spell once, the Iron-Blood Alliance commanding officer had concluded that he could still somehow make a comeback with his army of numbers.
It was indeed a good idea for Iron-Blood Alliance. However, the problem was that Isabella was not the only one who could use Forbidden Spell.
“Front army, take a knee and prepare for a massive assault!” said Billy Boy when they were roughly 500 meters away from the enemy’s base camp.
Billy Boy turned to Little Rain and sent him a private message.
“Rejoice, my boy. I could see that you have been suppressing your urge for so long. It is time for you to show the world what you’re capable of!”
At this moment, only Jiang Fei, Seven Star Warrior, Billy Boy, and Zhao Feng knew about Little Rain’s Forbidden Spell!
“Hehehehe!” Little Rain laughed. He had been trying his best to keep the secret of the Forbidden Spell to himself. Not even his own little sister, Gale Eversummer, knew about him owning a Forbidden Spell!
After all this time, he could finally unleash the devastating power of his Forbidden Spell!
Apocalyptic Flame: Summons the flame from the heart of the world. Choose anywhere within 1,000 meters. Deals 1,000% magic damage to an area of 100 meters diameter. Inflicts Burn, dealing 5% maximum health points as damage per second to all targets within the effective range. Lasts for 30 seconds. Cast time: 5 minutes. Mana Cost: 60,000
The potency of Little Rain’s Forbidden Spell was not as strong as Isabella’s. First, the skill’s area of effect was only a circle of 100 meters in diameter. Even if the enemy were all grouped up like sardines in a can, the skill would only hit a maximum of 50,000 players. Isabella was able to hit over 200,000 players!
Secondly, the damage dealt was far weaker as well. However, against a player, 1,000% magic attack was strong enough to instant kill a tank!
In the surface level, the two Forbidden Spells were on a whole other level. However, a player’s Forbidden Spell had growth potential unlike NPC’s.
First and foremost, players would be able to further enhance their Forbidden Spell through equipment enhancement. Some higher tier equipment had a special effect to increase the range or even area of effect of a Forbidden Spell. This sort of growth potential was non-existent for NPCs.
Secondly, a player’s Forbidden Spell did not have a cooldown period! Even though their Mana cost was absurdly high, a player would only take up to 1 hour or 30 minutes to fully recover one’s Mana gauge. An NPC would have to wait for several hours or even a week to wait for the cooldown to end!