Mage Manual-Chapter 282 - 243 Heroic Soul Invincible

Chapter 282: Chapter 243 Heroic Soul Invincible

Chapter 282 -243 Heroic Soul Invincible

This must be the third time I’ve personally entered combat, Demilo thought to himself.

Although Commanders are supposed to sit back at headquarters and command the troops, when the troops are wiped out, Commanders naturally have to enter the battlefield to complete strategic tasks because even if they die in battle, the Divine Lord would awaken them again from their memories; even the Merits earned in their past lives would accumulate.

For the Divine Lord, suitable army Commanders are scarce resources. Not all Mage projections qualify to become a Heroic Soul—most Mage projections can’t discover any command talents, and even if they do have command talents, they might not align with the faction; for instance, a Mage who excels in “commanding Necromancy units” would be pointless in Star Hall, as there are no such units there.

Different Mage projections possess different command-related talents, but since command is not yet recognized as a distinct Magic Faction by Void Realm, it receives no assistance from Void Realm and relies solely on the Commander’s own talents.

Commanders like Demilo, who had cultivated the “Logistics Skill” over centuries, are precious assets that the Divine Lord would never abandon. There are only a few logistics Commanders in Star Hall, and each one can accelerate the collection of resources for Star Hall.

If he were to flee… there is no option to flee. When Commanders realize that death in battle is more cost-effective, none would choose to escape. After all, they are but a group of puppets with memories, following a straightforward single-track thought process without executing any extraneous commands.

—But ever since he met this group of Mages, he had been executing extraneous commands.

Demilo looked at the giant bow he held in his left hand, symbolizing that he had assigned himself the role of a “Star Archer.” Just like knowledge creatures, Commanders, when assigned a unit type, undergo different mutations due to their inherent traits—since he possessed the “Savage Tyrant Disaster Bow” and “Diamond Fragment Arrow,” his “Star Archer” also mutated accordingly; a normal Star Archer wouldn’t have such a large bow and flashy arrows.

Additionally, compared to knowledge creatures, Commanders have an undeniable advantage.

They can overlay multiple units of the same type onto themselves.

For example, Demilo now had the power of eight “Star Archer” followers all accumulated onto himself. Doing this didn’t increase his damage, but the armor could indeed be stacked, and although each Star Archer’s armor has only two layers, stacking it eight times resulted in 16 layers.

This numerical increase not only signifies a higher armor health, but it also means a significant increase in the armor’s damage reduction coefficient!

The higher the number of armor layers, the greater the damage reduction of the outermost layer, naturally requiring more damage to penetrate a layer.

If each armor layer has 100 health points and one layer provides 10% damage reduction, then shattering one layer would require 112 points of damage; but if there are two layers, the outer second layer provides 14% damage reduction, then shattering the second layer would require 117 points of damage!

The damage reduction with each armor layer is unique, and each layer’s reduction is increasing!

While the coefficient can’t increase infinitely, with 16 layers of armor, Demilo’s outermost armor achieves nearly 50% damage reduction. The iron monster’s impact, which would normally penetrate three layers of armor, could only tear through his 16th layer, followed by the 15th, 14th…

This illustrates why soldiers are more important than followers—given enough soldiers, even if all the followers perish, a Heroic Soul alone can form an army!

In the previous two “Six-Nation Grand Seal Wars,” Demilo had once layered 300 units of Star Archer power onto himself, standing at the tactical vantage point, and had effectively suppressed multiple enemy legions, earning the “Invincible Heroic Soul” medal and receiving three times the Merits as a special reward from the Divine Lord.

Before his armor shatters, he has plenty of time to methodically execute these Mages.

Drawing his bow fully, Demilo aimed at the iron beast charging towards him.

Hum!

Suddenly, a shrill screech of tire friction sounded—a sports car, just before impact, sharply braked and drifted, drawing a donut-like skid mark, sliding eerily before Demilo.

Trying to disrupt my shooting accuracy, which means this iron monster also can’t withstand several of my shots… In an instant, Demilo analyzed the opponent’s intention and weakness, but at this moment, the opposing Mage suddenly popped out to observe!

Clang!

Though Demilo reacted extremely quickly, his opponent seemed to be intentionally luring him, popping up only to duck back down, tricking Demilo into wasting a shot. Simultaneously, the race car bit fiercely into Demilo again, stripping away his 15th layer of armor.

Cunning man.

Demilo revised his combat strategy, no longer trying to shoot at the Mage but focusing on destroying this iron beast. However, as the iron beast ran circles again, Shepherd Star suddenly realized he had fallen into a trap.

Even after leaving the cave, the iron beast’s rear continuously released poison fog, which dissipated quickly in the open air; yet after several rounds, the concentration of the dark green poison fog had become dense enough to affect visibility!

If he wanted to engage in long-range shooting, even if he could shoot three arrows simultaneously, most likely only one would hit. Given the iron beast’s extraordinary speed, its unpredictable path, and the impact on visibility, it wasn’t certain that Demilo could explode their mount before his armor shattered.

That is to say, to increase his shooting accuracy, Demilo was left with only one choice—

Buzz!

As the race car darted out of the fog and crushed its enemies, Demilo, who had been waiting long, also released his bowstring!

Direct, hard clash!

Only when the iron beast ran up close did he shoot, ensuring that each arrow achieved its full value!

Demilo was absolutely certain that before his armor shattered, the opponent’s beast would first be torn into fragments by the arrows!

In theory, that was indeed the case.

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Unless someone interfered.

Just as Demilo was thrust open by the blade a moment before, several threads, like flowing water, shot out from the race car, wrapping gently around his waist!

Then, with a fierce pull!

Demilo couldn’t escape from the grasp of the threads, nor was he knocked away by the race car, forced to stay intimately close to the evil blade. He wasn’t panicked, just a bit puzzled—the horror of this iron beast wasn’t the blades that could easily sever the soul but the powerful inertia enhanced by speed.

Now, being pulled by the threads, he was indeed subjected to continuous damage from the blade, but compared to the previous collision damage, the current pain was as trivial as being attacked with a nail clipper.

However, being controlled indefinitely was not a solution. Just as Demilo was about to use the Diamond Arrow to cut the threads, he found that the iron beast had already pushed him out of the poison fog.

Why would he willingly give up the advantage of visibility? In an open area, they have no capital to contend against me.

Could it be…

Feeling a premonition, Demilo looked back and found the wall of the cave right behind him!