Chapter 260: Echo Bomb
As Vlad and the legions of the Xaos Kingdom charged forward with a might that seemed capable of sundering oceans, the forces of the Azarin Empire braced themselves for the onslaught.
Soldiers lined the battlements, spells hummed in preparation, and the air crackled with anticipation as the military might of the empire prepared to unleash its full fury on the invaders. Yet, while all eyes were fixed on the impending clash to the south, a third party moved silently on the capital’s northern edge.
Positioned away from the battle’s center were Jormungandr, Amara, Golten, and Kira. Their expressions betrayed the toll the past seventy-two hours had taken on them. Exhaustion hung heavy on their faces, yet their resolve remained unbroken. Failure to achieve their goal would have cost the lives of hundreds of their comrades, so it was not an option.
None of them had rested a single moment over the last three days, as the success of their mission required constant vigilance and precision. However, despite the utter exhaustion, there were smiles on their faces as they had succeeded.
The moment Vlad crushed the crystal, signaling the start of the final assault, Jormungandr’s sharp eyes glinted. The A.I. Chip embedded within his soul projected a map of the northern wall, highlighting thousands of small metallic spheres concealed within its structure.
These spheres were intricately carved with lightning and fire matrices, and placed outside anyone’s field of view. For three days, Jormungandr, Amara, Golten, and Kira had covertly planted these spheres along the northern walls.
Infiltrating the heavily fortified locations of the capital like the imperial palace or the Church of Glory would have been impossible, but the northern wall, overlooked as the empire focused its defenses on the south, east, and west, was much easier. The Xaos Kingdom had deliberately kept their distance from this part of the capital to avoid suspicion, and it had worked flawlessly.
There was no hesitation in Jormungandr’s eyes as he initiated the sequence. The metallic spheres, known as Echo Bombs, had been a project on which the small yellow cat had worked for months. Each sphere only carried the explosive power equivalent to a low-tier Mortal spell, which was extremely weak but made it nearly undetectable by most scanning force fields.
Of course, Jormungandr hadn’t spent half a year developing an artifact just to deliver weak explosions. The true uniqueness of the Echo Bombs lay in their ability to synchronize. When two or more Echo Bombs exploded together, their power amplified exponentially. The more bombs that detonated simultaneously, the more catastrophic the blast.