As we all know, the changes in the phases of the moon are related to the sun's radiation and its orbit around the planet.
According to the observations of wizards of the prophecy school, the cycle of the moon's replacement in this alien world is about 30.25 days, which is approximately equal to one month.
No, maybe it should be said the other way around. The number of days in a month is determined by the cycle of the moon phases! But June 15th of each year is a special case. On this day, not only will the moon be full, but it will also shine brighter than ever before, and even trigger a magic tide. That's why this day is called Moon Day!
It is also a unique astronomical landscape on this planet.
According to the date, it is still around April, and there are still two months until June 15th. This year's Sunday is unexpectedly advanced...
"Has this happened before, Speaker Aurora?" Lin En looked at the legendary witch beside him. When it comes to the observation and recording of stars, the School of Prophecy naturally knows the most.
"This is the first time. In the past, Sundays were always very punctual. They have never been early or late." Aurora said with certainty. They have been observing the stars for decades and there is no way they would make a mistake on such a matter.
"Could it be related to that false god?" Raphael's mind moved, and he couldn't help but speak out. "If I remember correctly, she seems to be the goddess of the moon?"
Lin En had naturally thought of this a long time ago, but he had not connected the two before.
After all, the moon is still a celestial body. If it is small, it is only compared with the planets. Its mass can only be calculated in trillions of tons.
In his impression, [Ella] was at best a native of the planet, just a stronger legendary wizard. How could he have such a great influence on such a celestial body?
However, Lin En did not refute it, because it was indeed strange when he thought about it carefully.
In the Bible of the church, [Ella] is the Creator, the God of Creation, the eternal existence, and the origin of all cause and effect. Each of these titles is incredibly high in quality, except... the title of the Moon Goddess!
Why not the more elegant Sun Goddess?
In the minds of ordinary poor people in the empire, the sun hanging high above their heads, providing light to the world, should have a higher status than the bright moon and be more likely to attract faith.
But this name is the most widely circulated.
A group of great wizards were also thinking about this problem.
"How about we go up and take a look?" Harov suddenly thought.
In order to verify Lin En's planetary theory, he flew to an altitude of tens of thousands of meters, which had already reached the limit that a great wizard could bear. Now he believed that he should be able to fly even farther.
Lin En rolled his eyes. According to his calculations, the distance between the earth and the moon is more than 400,000 kilometers, which is about ten times the circumference of the planet beneath their feet.
Even if the legendary wizard could fly at the speed of sound, it would still take him 400 hours, or 17 days of non-stop flying, to get there, and he would also have to calculate the moon's orbit in advance.
Where is the time now?
"Even if the change in the moon phase is related to Ella, so what? We have already reached the city. Are we going to give up all our efforts?" Aurora suddenly interrupted the discussion and said indifferently. "Can she make the moon fall from the sky and kill us all?"
That would not be a legendary battle, but the real end of the world! Lin En nodded. It was useless to think too much now. All the answers would be known tomorrow.
Sunday? Vittorio, who had not spoken, was also looking at the sky, but he did not participate in the discussion about the moon phases. He was still thinking about the information he had obtained from Gustav's mind.
But the news was too shocking. Vittorio was not even prepared to make it public before confirming its authenticity. He was a little worried that Gustav was just deliberately fooling him.
The origin of wizards... Vittorio murmured to himself until Harof shouted a few words, then he reacted and temporarily suppressed his doubts in his heart.
In view of the inexplicably early arrival of Sunday, the wizards of the parliament were on high alert.
However, contrary to their expectations, the night was very peaceful, nothing happened, and the church did not send anyone to attack them at night. Perhaps, as some wizards had guessed, the main force of the empire had been killed or injured!
At seven o'clock in the morning, as the sun rose, the Kingdom Army, which had just rested, officially set off.
Although they were carrying a lot of ammunition and supplies, the speed of full mechanization was not slow. This was thanks to the highways built by the church between the cities of the empire, otherwise there would definitely be a lot of armored vehicles breaking down along the way.
At around 11 o'clock in the morning, the border of the holy city was already in sight.
Raphael and others who arrived here for the first time were amazed at the size of the city. The area was almost five times that of the royal capital. The city walls, which were more than 30 meters high, were as majestic as mountains, and the walls were covered with the brilliance of divine magic.
The midday sun shone through the sky, and under the influence of the force field magic, it formed a golden halo surrounding the entire city.
As for the interior of the Holy City, it was shrouded in the realm of the Kingdom of God, and only the melodious hymns could be vaguely heard floating in the wind...
"The result of hundreds of years of work by the church is not bad!" Although Harov could not see the specific scene inside, he could imagine how much divine protection the church had set up here.
This is also the reason why they have not launched an offensive against the Holy City yet. No one dares to say that they are completely sure of capturing it!
"It's just that the walls are higher and the city is bigger. Give us a few years, and any big city under the kingdom will be more prosperous than this holy city!" Lin En shook his head.
Such a huge and magnificent city in this alien world is indeed shocking, but it is nothing to him.
The wizards present also recovered from the shock brought by the huge city in front of them. No one questioned Lin En's words. After all, everyone saw the rapid changes in the kingdom.
What the kingdom has, the church may not have. From this perspective, this holy city is merely bigger and higher.
And after today, this holy city will probably disappear!
While they were discussing, the kingdom's army had already arrived about two kilometers away from the holy city. The church had no intention of sending troops to stop them or fight them along the way. It was obvious that they were preparing to hide in the city and not leave.
"Since they don't come out, we will break this turtle shell!" Harof said coldly.
The advancing torrent of steel immediately split up, revealing hundreds of electromagnetic cannons in the rear, ready to test the defense strength of the holy city first.
Lin En had experimented with this once before, but because he was just an avatar, he was killed by Ella's avatar soon after, and the information he obtained was very limited.
One after another, special projectiles were loaded into the muzzle under the control of the artillerymen and calibrated by the wizards.
The next second, with a deafening sonic boom, hundreds of electromagnetic cannons exploded at the same time.
Harov and the others were not surprised by this, because the key lies in the second strike...
Hundreds of special projectiles that had been deflected exploded again. Under the powerful shock wave generated by the explosion, the fragments of the projectiles flew in all directions at a speed of more than two thousand meters per second.
The second and third rounds of electromagnetic cannons are ready to go.
The sound of gunfire continued to ring out, and after five minutes, the special ammunition was completely used up and finally stopped.
"Did it work?"
Raphael hurriedly looked inside, and then a look of disappointment appeared on his face, because the towering walls of the holy city still blocked the way ahead.
However, many wizards noticed that the city wall had some more tiny dents than before, which obviously meant that their attacks were not completely ineffective.
Lin En nodded. This was the same as he guessed. The force field protection protecting the holy city was not like the gravitational field of the planet, which extended from the inside to the outside. Instead, it created a semi-circular shield of curved space-time in an area of about 300 meters surrounding the holy city. The thickness of the shield was about ten meters. As long as they could break through this area, they could successfully launch an attack into it.
And what they just used was the advancement method.
First, an electromagnetic cannon is fired into it. At a speed of more than ten times the speed of sound, even if the flight trajectory is deviated due to the influence of the force field, it can still move forward for a distance. Then, with the impact of the second blast, it can move forward for another distance, followed by the third blast...
Relying on such a relay to break through the protection of the force field magic is the first solution given by Lin En.
Unfortunately, from an actual combat perspective, although it barely achieved the expected effect, after several explosions, its power was far from sufficient. After all, each explosion required the abandonment of most of its mass, and in the end only a slight mark was left on the city wall.
You should know that the city wall also has a projection of the Kingdom of God covering the entire city as a second line of defense.
"Sure enough, my new creation is still needed!" Vittorio said with a smile, and then asked someone to push up a behemoth over five meters high.
It was like a super-enlarged version of the electromagnetic railgun. Harof and Aurora had naturally noticed this big thing a long time ago, but Vittorio had always said that it was not finished yet. Even during the attack on the kingdom, he was still modifying this semi-finished product. He couldn't even guarantee that this thing could work, so he suppressed his curiosity.
At this point, Vittorio no longer intended to hide it and proudly introduced it to everyone.
"I call it the Sunfire Cannon. As long as it has enough nuclear fuel, it can release the [End - Atomic Breath]!"
Upon hearing this, Harof's eyes suddenly lit up. He never expected that Vittorio could actually use alchemy to recreate this horrifying magic.
Even though these legendary wizards can cast [End - Atomic Breath], they don’t even need nuclear fuel.
But the trouble is that their magic power and energy reserves are limited. Casting this magic consumes more than 70% of their magic power. It can be said that once used, their strength in the next battle will inevitably be greatly reduced.
Lin En was also a little surprised. He could only say that Vittorio was worthy of being the legendary alchemist with the title of "Magic Creator". It took him only a short time to create such a heavyweight thing based on the magic model he gave.
No wonder he was specifically asked before whether he had any materials that could temporarily withstand a nuclear explosion without being damaged.
"Then how many times can it be used?" Aurora asked a very crucial question.
"According to my estimation, it should be two or three times. It will require several great wizards to control it, and the power may be slightly weaker." Vittorio said thoughtfully.
The launching device of the Yangyan Cannon is made entirely of mithril and magic stone, and the core material is graphene.
If it weren't for this magical substance created by Lin En, he would never have been able to find anything that could withstand the power of a nuclear explosion.
Even so, after launching three attacks, the launch device will be severely deformed and damaged and can no longer be used.
"Three times? That should be enough!" Harov said admiringly.
The power of [End - Atomic Breath] is more concentrated than that of a large nuclear explosion. Although it will also be affected by force field magic and most of its power will be weakened, even that part of the power that escapes can still cause considerable damage.
He didn't believe that the other party could sit still when the Holy City suffered a series of attacks.
If you are lucky enough to destroy the core of the magic array, you can directly destroy this protective magic.
Vittorio couldn't wait to control the Yangyan Cannon to fire a shot, but was stopped by Lynn.
"There's no need to waste it like this. Since the Yangyan Cannon can provide legendary-level magic support, it might be used in more critical places!" Lin En paused and continued. "As for how to break this turtle shell, I already have a more energy-efficient idea!"
"The defense of one place may be very weak. We can break through from there!"
"You mean..." Vittorio thought for a moment and quickly reacted.
Since it's not the sky or the four sides, it can only be underground! "Sneak in from underground? That's a good idea." Aurora smiled. The force field magic that Ella personally set up can surround the entire city, but it can't be effective underground.
This is a point that is easily overlooked.
"No, it's too dangerous to sneak in. No one knows how many traps they have set for us in the holy city." Lin En shook his head, and then casually mentioned a horrifying method.
"I mean to explode a nuclear explosion underground and directly destroy the entire holy city!"
Underground nuclear explosion?
The wizards present all took a deep breath, but had to admit that this was indeed a good idea.
Directly blow a hole in the city's underground, and most of the city will collapse directly. At that time, naturally, no protective magic will work! "We'd better start now, and let the artillery continue to bombard and provide some cover!" Lin En shrugged.
It is not an easy task to dig into the underground of the holy city. The construction team may have to spend more than half a month. However, if a few legendary wizards dig by themselves, it won’t take long to make an underground passage that is suitable for one person to pass through!
In this way, only a few dozen kilograms of uranium-235 reserves would be consumed, and they would not need to actually take action to ensure that the holy city would be destroyed, which is very energy-saving.
(PS: It’s not over yet. After dealing with the church, I will start to explain the general situation of this different world. I will explain the previous foreshadowing one by one. There are still many experimental theories that have not been written.) (End of this chapter)