1075 Sealing the Hole Part 1 (2/2)

It's up to the magic cannon to seal the place, then. Regardless of how many of them rush out of the place, one shot would finish them off, wouldn't it?

”I'll have a temporary magic tower constructed and we'll use the magic cannon for the job for the time being. Everyone take turns to guard the hole. I think those things will just keep attacking. So long as...”

Saleen did not continue. He too knew that so long as Jalin remained inside, that Area of Doom would continue to work, attacking anything within range. With time, there would be more and more fossilized gods being awakened, until level 10, 11, and 12 ones emerged.

There would be no other way but to escape the region by then.

But how is the army up to a million in the city going to run? Daliang City had been raised 500 meters from the ground. The city walls were directly connected to steep cliffs leading to the ground. There is just no way for conventional troops to leave the place!

The best way to go about it is to build ramps and have the army desert the city before any more powerful fossilized gods emerged, but when the ramp is finally constructed, the army of the Tribunal will probably show up at our doors.

With three head inquisitors waiting outside, the army will still have to face the tribunal. Jalin really caused us a huge headache. I hope she'll just end up dead inside, Saleen prayed within his mind.

Boom, boom!

Loud ramming noises came from within the hole of the ear. Even the fossilized dirt wall was unable to prevent the sound from reaching outside. The sorcerers were frightened. Saleen unleashed 24 ancient figures calmly and had them armed, standing in front of everyone.

It was fortunate that Saleen had gone on another trip to the Imperial City of the Abyss. If he did not have the figures with him, he would have had no choice but to desert Daliang City. The number of fossilized gods was simply too huge. Even though the place was a narrow one, it was still unable to keep them in.

Saleen felt like his head about to burst. Just how many fossilized gods are there inside an eggshell like that? The statues were packed to the brim. The density at which they were arranged far exceeded how conventional armies were organized. What he saw was simply the ones his Elemental Eye had allowed him to see.

Would there have been fossilized gods of even higher levels in there? If that was so, there was no way he would be able to resist their attacks, even if he completed the construction of all 80 thousand ancient figures.

Sika returned soon enough, bringing 12 magic cannons with her. Saleen calmly instructed the Stone Statue Soldiers to install the cannons onto their rigs and fossilize the earth. The sorcerers retreated, helping Saleen build a temporary magic tower.

Due to being incapable of gathering elemental energies, the power of mages would be weakened by 90 percent without a magic tower.

Saleen had schematics and materials with him. The steel rocks were cut to size. The mages needed only to stack them to construct the much needed crude tower.

It was a seven-floored tower with two additional basement floors. It was considered a peculiar structure, as no magic towers had basements. Due to being incapable to draw elemental powers where they were, however, those floors were made into foundation for stabilization purposes.

The magic tower had seven magic power furnaces installed in it. The furnaces were originally made to be used within warships and, as such, were not very big ones. Without the furnaces, the tower would have been useless.

The fossilized gods eventually bust through the hole of the giant's ear. The ancient figures standing guard outside rushed at them.

One side was still building a tower while the other side was fighting a fierce battle. While the ancient figures did not suffer much loss, the fight nonetheless had Saleen feeling very nervous. There were times where some fossilized gods penetrated the blockade of the ancient giants and rush at the tower that was being built.

Sika and Gusion dealt with them calmly, while Saleen kept replenishing the numbers of the ancient figures.

A turret was finally set up and Saleen had a sorcerer take the turret, aiming for the hole and firing.

Hundreds of fossilized gods were targeted in the narrow hole. However, without being able to draw power from elements, the power of the magic cannon was weakened. Most fossilized gods suffered only flesh wounds and only the ones at the very front were blown to shreds.

Saleen got even more restless. If the killing was continued at such a rate, there was no way he could kill the fossilized gods off even if all of the cannons were to be rendered to scraps from firing too many rounds.

”Try using the magic fire shells then.” Saleen was at his wit's end. He summoned the Tempest Dragonmights and had them lob magic fire shells at the gods. The shells were attachments carried by the metal flyers.

All metal flyers stayed put at the palace. Sika gathered more than a thousand of them. She was rather afraid of having them blow up in her hands, given how many of them she was actually carrying.

When all 12 magic cannons were set up, Saleen had lost more than a hundred ancient figures. It was fortunate that there were ways to repair them so long as their souls remained intact. Saleen retrieved the broken figures one by one.

The Tempest Dragonmights began lobbing magic fire shells, which went accurately into the hole of the giant's ear. The shells, which were filled with fire oil of extremely high viscosity and added with magic powder, exploded.

Their flame could only be extinguished by magic, as water would prove useless against them.

The magic cannons stopped firing, and the hole was practically boiling. The fossilized gods walked out from the fire, actually smiling in glee.

Saleen was at a loss. The fossilized gods did not fear pain. The burning of the magic fire shells had instead made them feel as if they were freed. If only we can die from the fires!

The souls of gods were frozen inside the fossilized bodies and were unable to die. Glee was actually found their mangled faces twisting in pain, which unsettled Saleen.