Chapter 496 496 Tornado? That could work

Chapter 496 496 Tornado? That could work

496 496 Tornado? That could work

With the announcement done, Wolfe waited for the first wave of complaints to roll in, but they never came. At first, that didn't make sense, as he had felt the spell stop a number of incidents before he could tie it into the Spire's Mana Gathering Array to run autonomously, but then he realized that the villagers just weren't telling him about the incidents, and they were working to find out WHY the spell had interfered.

Since he had told them that it had to be more serious than a fistfight, which Wolfe saw a few of as the locals tested the theory that they could still spar or play rough, the villagers that the spell had stopped were getting some serious questions about their intentions.

That was nearly the best-case scenario. Everyone was sorting out their own problems and not demanding that he alter the spell to allow more violence.

A group of the stronger Witches were gathered around Wolfe, ready to give him the morning updates and check on the status of everything going on with today's schedule.

"How far out does the effect reach?" Priya asked once the crowd had begun to disperse to go about their morning activities and work duties.

"About fifty kilometres in every direction. It's near the Myrrh Coven border on the west side, so they might be in for a shock when they first come across the border. The spell should do something similar to the Fae Forest's defences and redirect extremely hostile and aggressive monsters away from us, so it might end up pushing them toward the border guards in Myrrh Coven, now that I think about it." Wolfe replied.

"Yeah, we should probably warn them about that. They'll likely want one for the village as well if you can recreate them for sale." Priya agreed.n--0velbIn

"I can. It's not easy, and it will take a considerable amount of time per Inscription, but I can make more of them."

Priya nodded, and Ella took over the conversation. "The first planes have already taken off for the morning, each with one of the Rank Three Witches on board and a helper strong enough to easily move the cases. They're enchanting them with [Slow Fall] to drop them near the villages, and with all four of the twin-engine planes on the go at the same time, we should be able to get to most of the villages within a hundred kilometres before lunch.

After that, we are going to need more ammunition, but I wasn't sure if you wanted us to search for more villages on our own or if we should skip to the Eastern Border and work our way back."

"I think it's best if we go to the Eastern border and arm them first. Who knows what the Grand Dutchies are going to try when they realize that not interfering in the Frozen Wastes includes their resource-gathering attempts as well.

For all we know, they might think the message was targeted directly at them because they don't know what we have been doing over here." Wolfe explained.

"We can get a load ready for the helicopter by this afternoon. Will you be going with them to drop it off?" Priya asked, holding a clipboard with the estimated production numbers.

"I will go with it. They are expecting me to be there, at least for the first shipment. Make sure that there are food provisions and clothing in the shipment as well. They need more than just ammunition out there." Wolfe agreed.

"Got it. I will get them on it right away. Is there anything else that we need to make sure we have stockpiled?" Priya asked.

"If we can get more of the shelf-stable ration packs, they will be appreciated by all of the scouts and warriors once combat starts. It's hard to get fresh food on the front lines, and the villages didn't have all summer to stockpile like they usually do."

That would be a big issue for every village that didn't have a magical garden yet. Most of the villages in the East had just started theirs, so they wouldn't have had much time to stockpile anything, which was why Wolfe wanted to send them more, but mostly, he was afraid that the Grand Dutchies would launch an all-out offensive to protect their resource fields.

Wolfe took breaks from his studying to enchant the munitions that were brought up in stacks of six crates at a time today, but most of his focus was on the next group of spells that he needed to know.

These were considered essential Combat Spells for the second year of training. Mostly, they were simple ones, but more intricate to cast than the first batch. Spells like [Lake of Fire], [Raging Stream], [Caustic Snow] and [Tornado] were all among this batch. Wolfe didn't have much luck with the water spells, but he wrote them out so that the Witches could learn them. [Lake of Fire] and [Tornado] were brilliant spells, though.

One was designed to melt the ground and create a puddle of molten rock, a literal lake of fire, and the other was pretty much self-explanatory. According to the description, the caster's rank determined the force of the tornado as well as the size.

At his rank, he could create an EF-5 Tornado, sustaining winds over 350 kilometres an hour with a footprint 5 kilometres wide. If he sustained and guided it, the spell would easily level a small city, wipe out an armoured column or devastate a large portion of farmland. Compared to the basic Elemental Magic he had learned before, this was somewhat terrifying.

But what was more terrifying was what came afterwards, when he started to research the ways to optimize the Tornado.

The disruption caused by the Tornado would naturally cause lightning, which would enhance lightning magic. So, the [Tornado] spell was quite compatible with both [Lightning Storm] and [Nether Lightning] spells. Together, he could combine the Wind and Lightning to create a massive [Storm Front] array, up to fifty kilometres wide and spawning multiple [Tornados] at once with constant lightning.

The Mana usage for such a thing had to be completely ridiculous, but in theory, it was possible for him to sustain it alone, at least for a little while.