Chapter 285 Why Are You Looking at Me?

The airship floated in the blue sky, getting closer and closer to its destination.

Crown stood in front of the viewing window and looked into the distance. At this moment, he could already see the outline of the cult's base.

Without the help of any equipment, when he releases his super vision, his detection range is comparable to that of a falcon.

In the world covered in silver, that scarlet area is so conspicuous.

The airship continued to move forward, and after a while, Crown was able to see the tall towers inside through the layer of light.

Flanders put down the telescope and said in confusion:

"That layer of red light should be considered a magic array. Logically speaking, it is not worth spending so much money to build a magic array for a temporary territory."

Cavendish said, "Could it be that the cultists are building a permanent city to serve as a bridgehead for the attack? This place is very close to the flat mountainous area outside, so we can attack or defend."

Crown smiled and said, "If that's the case, the enemy has miscalculated. We are a team with air units."

During the holy war in the last era, humans did not have the technology we have today. The tools they used were still simple bows and arrows, swords, spears and other weapons, and their smelting skills were also far behind.

If the evil god did not have the bug-level pollution ability, human troops should have the advantage against the evil god's followers.

According to the experience of Earth civilization, war is the best catalyst for technology.

He thought for a moment and continued, "The popularization of education has enabled these ordinary people to play a huge role in the war. I think it is necessary to compile more professional teaching materials to liberate people's productivity."

Factories need more skilled workers. If the workers' education level is too low, it will affect production efficiency.

Unless the war enters the street fighting stage, it is still a battle of logistics and foundation.

No matter how powerful a superhuman is, if he does not have the right weapons, he will be defeated by ordinary people's troops equipped with artillery and guns.

Flanders shook his head slightly: "When the evil god descends into the material world, ordinary people can only hide in the sanctuary and tremble in fear. This is the revelation brought to us by the last holy war.

This is why I didn’t think highly of ordinary people’s creations before. At the final moment, the competition was between high-level extraordinary beings, shining silver warriors and holy gold-level gods.

Perhaps these creations can help us fight against low-level evil gods’ followers much more smoothly, but after the evil gods come, these creations become potential threats.

Even if you are in a sanctuary, if you are too close to the evil god, ordinary people’s dreams will be invaded by spiritual pollution.”

Lannister handed the telescope to Yennefer behind him and said, "In the beginning, ordinary people were too weak to see the truth of the world, and they were not aware of spiritual pollution. Ignorance and stupidity became their umbrella of protection.

When the evil god came, everything changed again. The evil god's spiritual pollution rose to a higher level, and the weak spiritual power meant that there was no resistance to the spread of the evil god's pollution.

Ordinary people have become an unstable variable. For the church, these people can provide the power of faith, making the sanctuary you built more defensive, but the sanctuary cannot prevent ordinary people's thoughts from being polluted."

He secretly despised it in his heart, thinking that this knowledge must be in the scriptures of the church, but Klauen's abilities were obviously all in breathing techniques, otherwise it would be impossible to explain how a warrior could reach the silver level so quickly.

Clown did not reply. The golden talisman water could drive away evil spirits. If the golden talisman was attached to ordinary people, the gray fog would not harm them.

With the advancement of the Golden Light Mantra, the effects of all talismans are further enhanced.

If ordinary people don't have the means to resist pollution, then create one. Just because there wasn't such a means before doesn't mean there won't be one in the future.

Hundreds of years ago, the ancients would never have imagined that humans would be able to fly in the blue sky with the help of tools.

Flanders noticed that the distance to the cult base was only four or five kilometers, and ordered:

"Notify the pilot and find a flatter place to land."

"Yes, sir," Harry agreed immediately and left quickly.

Soon, the airship began to circle and descend, and finally hovered in a valley full of rubble.

The accompanying troops equipped with flamethrowers climbed down the rope ladder and cleared an area for landing.

After the airship landed, Crown walked out and found that the snow here was more than two meters deep. It should be because the strong wind blew the snow from the hillside and piled it up here.

There are a total of three airships coming to carry out the mission today, two small new airships and one large transport airship.

One of the new airships with the fastest speed and thickest armor was responsible for luring the enemy. The large airship carried a large amount of baggage in case of emergency.

Airships landed one after another, and more and more soldiers got out of the airships to clear the snow.

The gravel ground turned muddy, and the soldiers used flamethrowers to dry it out.

When everything was ready, Flanders asked, "Who is willing to go and lure the enemy?"

Silver-level transcendents are also unable to fly and can only use magic power (holy power) to simulate wings for gliding, and combat can only be carried out on the ground.

The reason why a silver-level warrior was used to lure the enemy was to prevent the airship from reaching the designated location to land in case a very fast silver-level two-headed chimera appeared.

Lannister knew that he was here to work, so he said directly, "Count me in."

Crown also raised his hand and said, "I'll go."

My two seniors are here, so it’s best for me to do this kind of thing myself.

The airship's skin is reinforced with a double layer of magic array, and its speed is fast enough, so luring the enemy is not a very dangerous thing.

The archbishop nodded and said, "The sooner you go, the sooner you will return."

Crane and Lannister boarded the airship, and Geralt accompanied them.

After the airship took off, Flanders ordered:

"Notify them, the combatants will stay behind, the small airships will be on alert in the air nearby, if the decoyed airship returns successfully, they will immediately move away, the large airships will also move away now."

. . . .

The airship headed northwest. Lannister asked:

"Do you know how many times the airship you were on suffered from the two-headed chimera's attacks last time?"

Geralt shook his head slightly and said uncertainly:

"We were inside the airship and sensed seven or eight attacks from the vibrations of the attacks, but I'm not sure exactly how many times, because Yennefer said that the Chimera's acid spray might not cause the airship to vibrate."

"It's okay, I'm just taking it as a reference." Lannister turned around and discussed:

"The airship they are riding on only has one layer of magic circle on its skin. If we encounter a two-headed chimera, we can use the airship as bait to consume their magic power. This will make the battle much easier."

Clown nodded slightly: "Okay, but don't take it too far."

If the airship crashed, he and Lannister might be fine, but the others would most likely be doomed.

In addition, airships are very expensive. They are war resources within the Rhine Diocese, and it would be painful to lose one.

"Don't worry, I won't risk our lives. I'll be cautious. I'll go to the cab and instruct the driver myself."

Lannister smiled and left.

Geralt was a little worried and said:

"Wouldn't it be a bit risky? The last time we came here, visibility was low due to weather conditions, and there was only one Chimera chasing us.

The weather is fine today, and if we are chased by multiple flying units, things will be troublesome."

Clown comforted him, "Don't worry. How can a silver-level warlock be so incapable of knowing one's limits?"

The airship flies at a low altitude and very slowly, so it would be best if the roaring sound could lure the enemy. That way they wouldn't need to fly over the cult's base and the safety factor would be higher.

Crown leaned on the railing, released his super vision, and observed the enemy camp.

He could see the cultists coming and going in the base and that they were building a lot of things, and they really seemed to be preparing to stay there for a long time.

I don't know if the red light shield can isolate the temperature difference. Many of the cultists were naked from the waist up, with only half a piece of animal skin covering their lower body, revealing their muscular thighs.

His gaze moved and met the eye demon on a stone tower.

It looks a bit like an octopus, with its tentacles wrapped around the stone tower, and a huge head covered with scarlet eyes.

The Eye Demon seemed to be extremely sensitive to gazes. All its eyes turned immediately and stared straight in the direction of the airship.

Crown could feel that the Eye Demon was looking at him.

There is no mistake in the poem, post, content, and read the book on 6, 9, and bar!

He immediately felt his scalp tingling, not because of fear, but a natural physiological reaction.

"Shit, I found it at a glance. The distance from here to the Eye Demon is about three kilometers."

Enduring the discomfort, he opened the small window of the observation room. Fortunately, this was a slowed-down airship, otherwise he would not have dared to open the window.

In his right hand there was a metal longbow as tall as a person, with a bronze bow body and a silver bowstring.

"You little brat, you have such a big reaction after just one look. Why don't you let me reward you with a big one?"

Clown whispered to himself, and a two-meter-long light golden arrow appeared in his left hand. It was a fine iron arrow stained with golden light, with a three-edged arrowhead, a blood groove on the arrow body, and an extremely thin silver metal feather at the tail.

The arrow is hollow inside, which reduces its weight and allows it to be shot farther.

He thought about it and felt uneasy, so he filled the inside of the arrow with Sunfire Liquid. The Eye Demon estimated that the arrow was the size of a small car, and relying solely on the magic-breaking metal might not cause enough damage.

"I can draw a bow like a full moon, look northwest, and shoot you."

Klauen muttered, calculated the wind speed and air humidity, and shot the arrow of death.

A golden line appeared in the sky and headed straight towards the Eye Demon.

As if sensing the danger, the Eye Demon's gaze left Clown and moved along with the arrow.

Clown saw the arrow spinning across the vast space, blasting the eye of the eye demon, tearing its flesh and blood, and completely sinking into its body.

Then, the Eye Demon exploded magnificently, like a watermelon with a powerful firecracker inside.

Red, green, and gold. Brilliant fireworks blossomed from the stone tower.

Geralt saw the arrow fly out and asked in confusion:

"Sir, what did you shoot just now?"

"A monster with eyes."

The death of the Eye Demon was like stirring up a hornet's nest. Two-headed chimeras and some large falcons, which were the cultists' pets, flew out of the cultists' camp one after another.

In the cockpit, Lannister couldn't help but swear when he saw the Chimeras taking off one after another and rushing towards the airship.

"Fuck, what's going on?!"

He took a quick look and found that three Chimeras had already flown out, and there might be more to come.

Lannister knew the meaning of the phrase "When you see the enemy, it means the enemy can also see you". He quickly estimated the speed of the Chimera and hurriedly gave the order:

"Return, turn around and return immediately, full speed ahead."

The airship slowly turned around and then accelerated.

Lannister rushed to the end of the passage and observed the number of two-headed chimeras chasing them.

"One, two, three, four"

He was just talking to himself when Crown and his companion walked in.

"How many chimeras followed?"

"Ba Tou, it's not good to lure the enemy too perfectly. If these beasts catch up with us, the airship may not be able to withstand it."

Even if the double-layer magic circle was attacked by the eight-headed chimera, it would not be able to hold out.

When the Chimera flew out of the cultist camp, Crown also estimated the enemy's speed. The burst speed of these alchemical creatures was not much slower than the fastest speed of the airship.

"Then hurry up."

"I had already ordered the driver to go full speed when I arrived."

"Not bad," Crown nodded slightly. In this way, even if the airship was attacked, it would not be attacked many times, but they still couldn't take it lightly.

The two-headed Chimera was chasing the airship closely, and some falcons followed closely behind it, with the closest one only four or five hundred meters away from the airship.

Crown borrowed a rifle from the guard, checked the condition of the gun and the bullets, and opened the window.

Lannister was suspicious: "What are you doing? Do you think the bullet can penetrate the tough skin of Chimera?"

"Give it a try. I have nothing to do anyway."

Klauen said perfunctorily. Through Geralt's introduction, he understood that bullets would have no effect if they hit the Chimaera's membrane.

What he had to do was to shoot the Chimera's eyes. Logically speaking, this distance shouldn't be difficult, but the Chimera was a third-level creature after all, with keen intuition, so he might not succeed.

Holding the gun steadily, he extended the barrel out of the window.

Without deliberate aiming, his chance was only a moment. The more advanced the creature, the more inexplicable its intuition about danger.

Crown calculated the position of the airship. After a while, when the fastest two-headed Chimaera was only two hundred meters away from the airship, he suddenly turned his eyes to the first place.

He immediately found the target's eyes and pulled the trigger at the same time.

"Bang, bang", two shots fired in succession.

Both shots are used to determine the position where the target's eyes and bullets meet after it flies in its current state. Chimera has two heads, and it will not die if one is blown up, so both must be blown up.

Extreme shooting skills are his confidence. No matter how powerful a creature is, its eyes are a vulnerable part.

With the special effects of dynamic vision and precise etiquette, the possibility of missing the target is low at such a close distance.

After the gunshot, Lannister's eyes suddenly shrank, because he saw one of the two-headed chimeras stopped flapping its wings and rolled down.

(End of this chapter)