Lord of the Sky City-Chapter 814 - 796: Go for Broke

Chapter 814 -796: Go for Broke

The ten full squads of Void Magic Warriors unleashed a combined volley, using the highly powerful beam machine guns. The result was as devastating as expected.

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The Heavenly Ancestor Church’s Void Magic Corps had already advanced close, reducing the distance between the two sides to less than a hundred meters. However, faced with the overwhelmingly fierce suppressive firepower of the beam machine guns, the Heavenly Ancestor Church’s Void Magic Warriors immediately suffered heavy casualties.

Sandro managed to stay calm and waited until the enemy approached within the hundred-meter range before ordering the attack. His reasoning was clear: he knew better than anyone the potency of the beam machine guns. He was also the most experienced warrior on this battlefield, so he understood that they must never let the enemy realize the beam machine guns’ overwhelming firepower too early. Otherwise, the enemy would avoid direct confrontation and opt for dispersed guerrilla tactics. If this happened, the Void Magic Corps’ advantage of intensive firepower and cohesive offensives would be nullified. More importantly, if guerrilla warfare broke out, their side wouldn’t just lose its numerical superiority—they would also be outmatched in individual combat strength. In that situation, the outcome of the battle would be unpredictable.

Considering all this, Sandro waited for the enemy to close in before initiating the attack. In doing so, he ensured that the enemy wouldn’t even have the chance to retreat. Of course, this strategy carried significant risks since, if the beam machine guns proved less effective than anticipated and failed to inflict devastating damage promptly, the formation he commanded could be overrun in an instant, plunging Backhill Village’s Void Magic Corps into a dire crisis.

Fortunately, the newly developed beam machine guns did not disappoint. As torrents of beams rained down on the enemy, the Heavenly Ancestor Church’s Void Magic Warriors deployed their defensive nets immediately. However, the high firing rate of the beam machine guns, combined with the much greater destructive power of the magic energy beams compared to magic energy bullets, overwhelmed the nets. The defensive webs shattered repeatedly under the relentless barrage, and one Void Magic Warrior after another was struck out of the sky in swathes.

In response to the dire situation, the Heavenly Ancestor Church’s subsequent Void Magic Corps scattered immediately to evade the bombardment. Yet despite this, they still suffered heavy losses, with at least five squads of Void Magic Warriors felled in the first round of attacks—losing a quarter of their forces.

As the enemy dispersed, Sandro promptly ordered a formation adjustment. The original snake-like single-line array split in the middle, forming two rows that pressed tightly back-to-back. These two rows aimed their guns at the scattered enemy forces.

Under such formation adjustments, the Heavenly Ancestor Church’s Void Magic Corps had virtually no place to flee. Their only option was to retaliate as best as they could amidst the relentless onslaught.

To their credit, the enemy was doing their absolute best under the circumstances. Ordinary Void Magic Warriors engaged in long-range exchanges with Backhill Village’s troops, while the squad leaders utilized the superior capabilities of their special armors to charge forward, attempting to break open the formation and even change the tide of the battle through individual combat prowess.

This highlighted the Void Magic Warriors’ biggest advantage over warships: no matter how advanced a warship might be—even the pinnacle War Steed with its cutting-edge technology—it couldn’t single-handedly turn the tide in a battlefield. But Void Magic Warriors could, a fact Rocky and other Void Magic Warriors knew well, and which the Heavenly Ancestor Church’s Void Magic Corps clearly intended to exploit now.

However, while the idea was sound in theory, it couldn’t hold up in practice, especially when it came to dealing with elite squadrons. Backhill Village had those too!

True, top Void Magic Warriors like Rocky, Liliya, and Monte were no longer at Backhill Village, but Sandro, Dusa, and Robin were. Downplaying their contributions would be a grave mistake. In terms of combat experience, they were in no way inferior to anyone. Their armors, which integrated the first-generation White Demon Armor, were equally formidable. Hence, their combat abilities matched or even exceeded their adversaries’.

When the enemy attempted to disrupt the formation with individual combat, Sandro and Dusa immediately charged out to intercept them. Following closely behind, Robin and the other squad leaders joined the fray.

With this, the enemy’s last sliver of hope was extinguished.

The Heavenly Ancestor Church’s squad leaders were indeed strong, but Sandro and his team weren’t weaker. On top of that, while trying to fend off Sandro and the others, these squad leaders also had to face the concentrated firepower of Backhill Village’s ten full Void Magic squads. Under such dual pressure, how could they possibly hold up? After all, they weren’t equipped with White Demon Armor.

Not long after, the Heavenly Ancestor Church’s squad leaders began falling one by one, plummeting from the sky like angels with broken wings. Witnessing this, the remaining squad leaders had no choice but to retreat, leaving them with no alternative but to engage in guerrilla skirmishes against Sandro and the Backhill Village Void Magic Corps.

Although this forced Backhill Village’s Void Magic Corps into a reactive posture—they couldn’t fully exert their strength—the Thunderhawk Armor wasn’t yet powerful enough to completely disregard the enemy City Lord’s influence. Even so, Felly’s fleet didn’t particularly need their assistance.

While the Void Magic Corps clashed, the primary fleets of both sides did not cease fire. In fact, noticing their Void Magic Corps trapped in a difficult fight, Goodley immediately ordered his fleet to accelerate forward, forcing the battle from long-range exchanges into a melee phase. Through this maneuver, he attempted to disrupt Felly’s formation and minimize their firepower.

Even so, it was still futile.

The Rune Battleships’ individual combat prowess posed no fears against any form of close-quarter battle. When melee fighting broke out, Goodley realized his miscalculation: he had assumed the enemy’s combat strength would drop as their formation collapsed. Yet reality proved otherwise. In fact, the Rune Battleships revealed their true potential only after entering this stage of battle.

During the previous phase, with the fleet in a phalanx formation, collective firepower was indeed powerful, but individual Rune Battleships didn’t operate at their fullest potential. For example, some rear-positioned battleships could fire their main cannons, yet their secondary cannons remained idle. Once melee combat started, once the battleships came under enemy encirclement, those previously-unused secondary cannons began fulfilling their roles.

Each Rune Battleship initiated all-out attacks after deploying its defensive net, eliminating the need to maneuver positions. Faced with enemies coming from all directions, the battleships merely needed to fire at full capacity.

Yet, it must be acknowledged that despite this, Goodley’s fleet still maintained an overwhelming numerical advantage. Though his forces had taken considerable damage earlier, their numbers remained dominant.

As time passed and the melee persisted, Goodley finally caught a glimpse of hope for securing victory: Rune Battleships had begun suffering losses!