Chapter 56

Gongsun Murong quickly found the mage disguised as a warrior, or rather, one who was originally a warrior but had learned some magic, with a good talent.

The Forbidden Magic Field is a chaotic space of magic and battle energy fluctuations formed by multiple accessories influencing each other.

All related energy within the space has changed from its original normal state, making it impossible to use or even dare to use.

It has a similar effect to the War Accessory used by Mike, but it is not entirely the same.

Its target is more comprehensive and relatively more stable.

Similarly, the consumption far exceeds that of Mike's War Accessory.

According to the books, Gongsun Murong learned that the cost is calculated by area, with at least one gold coin required per cubic meter.

It doesn't sound like much; only ten thousand gold coins for a range of ten thousand cubic meters.

But to affect a range of one thousand meters in length, width, and height, that's one billion cubic meters, which would cost one billion gold coins.

How large is the current area? It's estimated to be at least one hundred billion cubic meters.

One hundred billion gold coins, according to Narasha's thinking, how much water would that be?

The Principality of Gers couldn't come up with that much cash, unless they sold several provinces permanently.

Of course, Gongsun Murong also knew that the Forbidden Magic Field wasn't a one-time use item. As long as there were crystal cores, it could be used continuously.

In other words, investing one hundred billion gold coins to create a set of Forbidden Magic Field accessories, and then using it based on the duration of use in the future.

"Rich, rich." Narasha ran over, looking at the device in Gongsun Murong's hand that had stopped running, and excitedly called out.

She had also learned from books that the consumption of the Forbidden Magic Field during use is much less than the cost of creation.

Usually, to affect a cubic meter for twenty minutes, it only consumes one copper coin of crystal core.

For such a large area now, one million gold coins would be enough for twenty minutes.

"One million, one million, sigh~!" Narasha sighed, she couldn't even come up with ten thousand, unless she sold the good things she got from the desert.

But that would be a foolish thing to do.

Those precious beast crystal cores are for enhancing the strength of Moses and the others, and the materials are for making good weapons for them in the future.

"It seems we can confirm that the attack on us was from an empire. If we hadn't appeared, they could have eliminated the DuBois Principality's team, including the substitutes, for one million gold coins. Forty young geniuses, quite a bargain."

Gongsun Murong said what everyone had already started to consider.

The people of the DuBois Principality looked fearful and sorrowful.

Almost all the spaceships needed major repairs, and so many people had died.

The only consolation was that the young ones were alive. They had important tasks, participating in the empire's selection, then another level of selection, and finally the continent's final competition.

If they died, everything would be lost. Which of the children sent through layers of selection would be inferior?

Twenty-five thousand gold coins absolutely couldn't buy such a child, especially a mage.

The people of the DuBois Principality looked at the Principality of Gers with gratitude. They had helped their side.

They never expected that the people their principality usually looked down upon would have such strong combat power.

And the weapons they had? What were they? Metallurgical weapons? No, metallurgical weapons also require magic and battle energy to guide them.

Their weapons could ignore the effects of the Forbidden Magic Field and were long-range.

More powerful than bows and arrows, the trajectory and shape of the projectiles couldn't be seen, and only when they hit the shield and fell off would you realize it was a metal lump.

******

As Gongsun Murong stopped the Forbidden Magic Field, the mages were reborn.

They regained their powerful combat abilities.

The leader of the DuBois Principality was a ground mage. He forced himself to put aside his grief and planned to thank the person leading the opposing team.

But just as he took off, he noticed the two people, one big and one small, quickly searching and picking up things around the area, completely ignoring other matters.

Just as he was at a loss, he saw someone fly out from the Principality of Gers and come straight to him.

"I am the leader of the Principality of Gers' team and the first ship captain, James. I express my anger and condemnation for this attack. Their target was the children, our hope. Please put aside your grief and continue leading the children who survived the attack to the capital."

"Yes, thank you for your help. In our most critical moment, you saved us. We will find a way to repay you. I am the leader of the DuBois Principality's team, Hewlett."

The two had a brief exchange and then went their separate ways.

The DuBois Principality suffered significant losses. Out of twenty spaceships, only three could still fly. The rest had to be left behind, with a few people guarding them, waiting for others to come and tow them.

Many people had died, and many had fled. This loss could only be borne by themselves or receive some consolation from the emperor.

In contrast, the Principality of Gers seemed to have suffered no losses. The spaceships only had some dents when they landed, and some unsecured items inside were broken.

All the combat personnel and children were unharmed.

The cost was their mood, physical strength, and bullets.

Bullets were cheap, and physical strength was cheap.

As for their mood, the children had experienced a real battle scene, the bloody slaughter, which might even be a kind of harvest.

The proud ones among them finally understood what combat was.

It wasn't like on the stage where everyone was prepared, shouted "begin," and then started the competition.

It was a no-holds-barred fight, with no fairness. The dead wouldn't protest or curse at you.

Thirty-seven children looked at Narasha, who was still picking up treasures.

Initially, they had seen Narasha bully others on the stage, first hitting a young mage with a stick before the other could even finish speaking.

Secondly, she could have instantly cast a fireball but insisted on reciting the incantation. Before she finished, the fireball had already taken the opponent down.

At the time, they thought she was despicable and even shameless.

Now they understood that she had held back. If it had been today's battlefield, the two children who had stood on the stage with her would likely have been dead.

Not just fallen off the stage.

When the Principality of Gers was ready to continue, Gongsun Murong and Narasha had collected all the accessories.

There were ninety-two accessories in total, ninety-three including the control one, with a variety of shapes.

There were square, round, octagonal, hexagonal, and trapezoidal ones.

These accessories, when used together, formed the Forbidden Magic Field.

"Rich, rich." Narasha kept muttering.

The accessories themselves were already very valuable, and there were still unspent crystal cores on them. Judging by the consumption, they would last for another hour.

That's equivalent to three million gold coins.

"Put them in the manor when we get back." Gongsun Murong played with the accessories and said happily.

"Sure." Narasha nodded vigorously: "Brother Murong, make more guns and the cannons we saw, just small ones, and distribute them to the people in the manor. If someone attacks our manor when we're not home, we'll activate the Forbidden Magic Field and see who dies!"

Lucia looked enviously: "There aren't even any in the palace."

"You can live with us and not go back to the palace." Narasha said enthusiastically.

She actually knew what Lucia meant, but she wouldn't give the good things to the palace. What would they do if they gave them away?

Lucia stuck out her tongue and didn't feel right continuing to persuade them. After all, the palace had many guards, and her grandfather was very powerful.

Not only Lucia, but everyone was very fond of the Forbidden Magic Field and wanted to have one. It was a very practical tactical support weapon.

The DuBois Principality team, which had suffered significant losses, also understood what the two children were picking up. Hewlett took a moment to come over and discuss.

He hoped that the leader of the Principality of Gers would show the items to the people in the capital. If the investigators from the capital didn't return them, he was willing to have the DuBois Principality make a similar set.

The wealth of the DuBois Principality was evident at this moment.

James didn't dare to agree; he had to see the attitude of the two people from the Gongsun family.

Gongsun Murong and Narasha were very easy to talk to and nodded directly.

This surprised Hewlett. He realized that the leader of another principality had to consider the opinions of two children, suggesting they were not simple and might come from a powerful noble family.

He wanted to inquire, but James just smiled without answering.

He couldn't reveal their biggest trump card for the selection so easily.

Half an hour later, the two teams set off again, ten spaceships together, cautiously flying low towards the capital.

******

At a place along the original route of the Principality of Gers, a group of people were hurriedly dismantling the Forbidden Magic Field they had set up.

They had received intelligence that the fleet of the Principality of Gers was about to pass by but suddenly changed direction and took a detour.

At the same time, they realized that the route they took after the detour was the same as the one their side had used to ambush the DuBois Principality.

After a period of worry and waiting, they received no signal of a successful ambush.

Clearly, the ambush team had failed.

The ambush team, originally intended to deal with one principality's team, had encountered two principality teams, and the result was not good.

Their side had to leave immediately, or the capital would send a powerful combat group to encircle and annihilate them once they reacted.

"What went wrong? We planned everything, calculated the routes and speeds of the two principalities, and set up a strategy for a simultaneous ambush. This was supposed to be a classic ambush, so why did it fail?"

The leader of the ambush muttered to himself, looking very frustrated.

He knew that this ambush on two principalities was crucial. The DuBois Principality was wealthy, and the Principality of Gers guarded the border of the Rexlar Empire.

First, use the ambush to disrupt the moods of the two grand dukes, then attack the Principality of Gers. The DuBois Principality's support would also be affected.

But now, it seemed that the two principality teams had not suffered significant damage. Did they need to adjust their previous arrangements?