Chapter 250
The concept of this formation was for any army to become one—not to the extent of sharing thoughts but to the extent where the mana in everyone partaking runs in the same route. At the same time, the army would be able to use themselves as runes to achieve different effects.
For example, when the formation is deployed, and a rune for healing is drawn, for an extended period, you would have an undying army that can still fight as long as their head isn’t taken off. The mana energy everyone is sharing would push the healing effect of the rune to its highest, meaning a soldier who lost an arm could immediately get a new one by paying the price of lesser energy.
The most important requirement for this formation is the generals, who are the focal points of the energy build-up. While they are the focal points and most important, they are also the ones in the most danger.
Remembering a scene from the past, Erik frowned. Out of desperation, when the formation was conceived, there was no time to test its credibility. Everyone just wanted to see another sunrise, so they used the formation.
Erik was no stranger to gore, but the scene of another being’s blood and flesh being squeezed together with a sudden pop sound and shower of blood everywhere can be hard to take in.
The huge amount of energy built up had a huge requirement on the constitution of those at the focal point. If the general is unable to bear the strain from the energy, the pop will happen.
If the number of soldiers is limited to reduce the energy build-up, another problem arises: the mental burden on the general. If even a moment of weakness is shown, the energy will twist the bodies of everyone in the formation, like squeezing cloth to drain it of water.
At the time of life and death, all elves seemed to have become geniuses as ideas were being thrown out to solve the problem until one was decided upon.
This solution involved the general at the focal point bonding with an artifact. Artifacts are called what they are for a reason which is why it is required to share the energy with the general to reduce the strain. At the same time when the formation is applied, the artifact is placed at the center where every soldier will fight hard to ensure it remains untouched.