Chapter 45 One Person, One Day, One City

  Did Meddy really do nothing in the first two days?

  Of course not.

  From Lancer's point of view, from a military strategic perspective, there may not be any notable deployments or actions. However, in these two days, Midgard has been making preparations for a decisive attack, and his trump card is Fiona Hamilton and Alice Otterloose.

  With Joseph's Fort as the center, the Fog Witch explored and mapped out all the magical veins within a radius of several hundred kilometers in these two days. She set up a spell array to divert the flow of magic, concentrating all the magical energy in the entire area onto this high ground where the military camp was located.

  While Middy and Feena were not idle, the reborn Middy had transcendent insight beyond his time, and as an elementalist, Feena had perfect control techniques. The two collaborated, and in just two days, they drew a large-scale magic circle composed of seventeen different parts that could perfectly condense magical power and make it subject to Feena's control.

  It was like this that, by the fog witch, the future bullet queen, and Midia's three people working together, finally brought about today's frightening attack that shook the entire kingdom of Bellmard.

  Previously, in the surprise attack on Yorkshire, Fiona also fired magic bullets with a range of over 1.5 kilometers, but their power was still far from frightening, and they could only knock down wooden watchtowers, temporary checkpoints, or produce explosive shockwaves that killed a dozen soldiers at most.

  From a macro perspective, it's more of a tactical restraint and intimidation, but not a magic that can cause large-scale damage. Otherwise, how could General Akatsuki have the guts to lead 4,000 troops and surround Fina with cannon fire?

  In front of a castle established by generations of an earl's family, that magic bullet was even less impressive.

  To know, the bricks used to build a castle are not ordinary bricks, but have undergone certain processing, which is extremely strong and resistant to fragmentation, and also has a certain resistance to magic. An attack that can create a large pit on the ground, hitting the wall of a lord's castle, may only shake off a few bricks.

  But this time it's different.

  What was under Feina's feet wasn't just a ring snake spell that could only absorb a little magic power from the air, but a real seal array that gathered all the magical veins within hundreds of kilometers!

  An ordinary elementalist can't control such a huge power, even a dozen elementalists wouldn't be enough.

  But Fiona could, the petite body of the red-haired girl seemed to hide endless power, easily suppressing the frantic dragon in the seal array, and apparently still had spare energy.

  And thus, the compression degree of the magic bullet, its shooting speed, accuracy, and explosive effect all reached an unimaginable extreme.

  The first shot hit, without calibration, without adjustment, and directly shattered a large piece of city wall, shaking the entire castle!

  As for the result, preparing the next magic bullet probably only takes about ten minutes.

  These ten minutes weren't because Fiona needed a rest, but because the magic array had been drained and needed to draw power from the land again, creating an interval.

  It can be imagined that if magic is really infinite, Fina's attack will reach a kind of terrible momentum.

  But even with a ten-minute interval, this firepower was sufficient.

  "Where's our next target?" Ten minutes later, Fiona stretched her limbs and asked neatly.

  Midi didn't hesitate and directly pointed out the target: "The front gate."

  The red-haired girl didn't say a word, directly gathering her magic power and raising her hand for another earth-shaking strike!

  In the midst of a deafening roar, on the heavily fortified steel gate of Joseph's Fort, a brilliant flash of flame burst forth like the sun. The high-speed flying bullet struck the metal and suddenly slowed down, then began to deform.

  If it were an ordinary magic bullet, it would probably explode immediately and release the magical energy evenly. However, this Fina-made magic bullet was different. Although it was thoroughly deformed in the powerful impact, as if melted, the magical energy contained within did not burst at that moment. Instead, with a "puff" sound, it penetrated the steel gate, transformed into a scorching hot stream of magical energy, and shot directly into the castle!

  Although the speed of this magic shot was greatly reduced compared to the initial attack, its momentum and the energy contained within still triggered a terrible explosion in the castle.

  When the smoke of the explosion dispersed, the castle was in a mess, with the dead and wounded everywhere.

  The steel gate, which could originally withstand the battering ram for a long time, now has a hole with a diameter of more than one meter, and its edges are still glowing red due to high temperatures.

  The entire Fort Joseph was silent.

  There was no screaming, no wailing, because everyone was stunned, from the servants to the nobles, from the knights to the old soldiers, every single person who witnessed this attack was left with a blank mind.

  Even if it were a dragon's attack, I suppose it wouldn't be any more than this? But that army on the other side, the red-haired girl standing on the high ground, seems to not even be level 30, yet she was able to pull off something like this so easily?

  And it's not just one shot?

  Fear thus spread silently and took deep root in the heart, impossible to dispel.

  There is a fear of failure, a fear of death, and a fear of the unknown mystery, but mainly, it's the despairing fear when facing an overwhelmingly powerful force.

  "General, please get into the city immediately to take cover. This attack... if we don't hide, it won't be good..." The pale-faced deputy general finally remembered something and hastily grabbed Lanster's arm, urging him on in a confused manner.

  However, this old general of the Joseph family shook his head bitterly and with difficulty.

  All the previous pride, caution, overall control, calmness and so on were all crushed by this unparalleled majestic power.

  Lanster is now considering when the city will be broken and how he, as the greatest loyal minister of the Quin family, will face the outcome of the city's fall.

  But Mideer on the opposite side certainly wouldn't wait for him to come up with a result.

  Ten minutes passed, and the third demonic bullet pierced through the air, followed by the fourth, fifth...

  The steel gate has been thoroughly destroyed, leaving only a large and ugly hole, making the entire Joseph Fortress look as if it had lost its front teeth, looking exceptionally ridiculous.

  Josephstadt had been defended for over a hundred years and collapsed in less than an hour.

  However, facing the castle that had lost its defenses, those elves who were arranged in a defensive formation did not take any action and stood steadily outside the range of the bed crossbow, as if they came here not to fight but just to show off their fully armed posture.

  It's a very simple truth: if you can directly eliminate the enemy with remote attacks, why bother launching a melee battle and letting precious spirit warriors suffer losses?

  Most generals would lose their composure when they saw a castle that had lost its main gate, but for Middy, who had already won countless victories in the previous life, he remained extremely calm and always saw the best option.

  It's not just for profit, but also for the lives of these spirit warriors who go to battle with me.

  Like in his previous life, Midoriya would no longer do things that would lead to the collapse of Team Todoroki at all costs for the sake of victory.

  What's the difference between victory and defeat if there is no companion to share it with?

  So everything remained unchanged, Fiona's magic bullet continued to hit the castle at a steady pace of one shot every ten minutes.

  The powerful ballistae set up on the prominent towers were destroyed one after another.

  The catapults hidden behind the city walls were pierced together with the shelters and turned into debris in the explosion.

  Occupying an arrow tower with a large number of roaming gunmen, the base was hit and collapsed directly, and the falling tower body stirred up a large piece of dust.

  If a castle were to be described as a war beast that devours flesh and life, then at this moment, under Fina's magic bullets, the armor covering its body was being shattered piece by piece. Not only that, its movable tail had been severed, its sharp limbs broken, and even its biting teeth had been plucked out one by one, leaving behind nothing but a completely defenseless torso.

  When the last arrow tower also collapsed, the Joseph garrison, which had been hiding in the castle, finally reacted.

  A team of knights emerged from the main gate, which had already turned into ruins. They were wearing heavy armor and awkwardly climbed over the broken walls and then raised a white flag.

  The defenders of Josephstadt surrendered without firing a shot or shooting a single bullet.

  One man was injured, and within a day, Middy had taken down an entire castle.

  "Although other magic is also mastered well, I have to say that Miss Feena is simply the queen of bullet magic." Sigumund, who had no chance to appear from start to finish, couldn't help but exclaim.

  "Indeed, Bullet Queen." Lillian, who was standing beside her, had also completely run out of ideas, whether it was for the red-haired girl she had been following for many years or for the black-haired boy who came up with this attack method.

  "Gun Queen... how does that sound, Middy?" The red-haired girl swung her long hair back with a flourish and turned to ask.

  "Not bad." Midei nodded and looked at the black-haired girl beside him who was still silent, "It's a title that is opposite to the Fog Witch."

  Just like the previous life, Fiona indeed got the title of Bullet Queen. From then on, Middy didn't have to just call her "Future Bullet Queen" in his heart, but the real Bullet Queen, who could break through a city with one person's power, the strongest elementalist in the entire Kingdom of Bellmard.

  As for Alice, she didn't seem to be surprised at Feena's destructive power at all, just shrugged her shoulders and stood up, which meant that everyone should stop chatting and get down to business.

  She nodded in understanding of the attitude behind every move made by the Witch of the Fog, and Midy also nodded, redirecting her gaze towards that castle which was already battered and bruised.

  "Let's go see Count Joseph." The black-haired youth said so and walked forward with big strides.