The Fourth Calamity never believed in the steel torrent!

Chapter 113 The Cambrian Empire's Spell Disadvantages

Through a violent coup, the current emperor of the Black Hawk Empire overthrew the rule of his predecessor and launched a bloody purge of the country.

At the same time, the other side is not only greatly increasing the civilian faction in the army and establishing more professional and lower-threshold military academies, but more importantly, the other side has been massively promoting the popularization of magic.

Although Maxim was a reclusive mage who preferred to study magic on his own before joining the army and didn't really care about the outside world, he had heard about the Black Hawk Empire's magnificent magic academy.

The emperor showed no mercy to the sorcerers in the country, killing a large number of them under the pretext of suppressing a rebellion, while also seizing some of their magical treasures.

After acquiring these items, the emperor began to establish magic academies, allowing anyone who was found to have magical talent to enroll.

As a result, the Black Hawk Empire has now become the country with the most mages, provided that their mages can still be called mages.

Recalling the Black Hawk Empire mages he had encountered in previous battles, by Maxim's standards, these guys couldn't be considered mages at all; they were just a bunch of baboons who knew magic!
Most of them failed to deeply understand the principles of magic, nor did they carefully study how to control and change their own magic, and some even failed to learn more than a few spells in total.

The training requirements for these guys at the Black Hawk Empire Magic Academy don't require them to become well-rounded, true mages capable of exploring the mysteries of magic; they're just elite war machines.

Besides meditating and cultivating their magic and spiritual power, their only remaining task each day was to memorize a limited number of spells according to the formulas.

Therefore, most of these mages probably only know one or two or three spells in total.

In terms of actual combat ability, the mages of the Cambrian Empire could easily crush these guys!
In reality, in small-scale magical clashes on the battlefield, it was the Cambrian Empire that was truly defeated.

There's no other reason than that the opposing team has far too many mages!

They not only have dedicated special operations squads composed entirely of mages, but they can also send mages into the army on a large scale, using them as support forces similar to artillery, and inserting them into certain elite units.

On the battlefield, when they clashed with the Cambrian Empire's mages, they always emphasized fighting as a legion.

Perhaps this group of mages only knows one spell in total, but when they all cast the same spell together, the effect of the attack is simply unavoidable.

All defenses crumbled at the slightest touch, and any attempt to retaliate was utterly suppressed, leaving them unable to even raise their heads. Furthermore, the opposing side even had mages who were proficient in defensive spells, working in conjunction with offensive mages for support.

Under this tactic, almost at the very beginning of the battle, a large number of Cambrian Empire's court mages were hunted down, so much so that the few remaining mages could only hide and could not easily show themselves on the battlefield.

That's why Andrei had been wondering why the Cambrian Empire's magical power hadn't appeared.
In reality, it was because the Cambrian Empire had too little magical power and a very short lifespan on the battlefield.

The other soldiers didn't know that Major General Maxim's gloomy expression was because he was contemplating the future of Cambrian Empire mages; they thought he was simply blaming himself for having his shield destroyed by the enemy.

There's no time to think about that now. Although their Tesla cannon was destroyed, they did manage to take down one of the enemy's Brandenburg airships!

It should be noted that only two of this type of airship have been destroyed since the start of the war, and this time they destroyed the third one!
In the underground command post, Lieutenant General Matvey cheered excitedly upon hearing the news that one of the enemy's Brandenburg-class airships had been destroyed.

"Great! This is fantastic news! The Black Hawk Empire has suffered heavy losses!" "By the way, has the enemy retreated?"

Upon hearing the lieutenant general's question, the officer who had rushed over to report shook his head.

"I'm sorry, Lieutenant General, the enemy airships haven't retreated yet. They seem determined to launch a large-scale bombing raid on us!"

Upon hearing this news, Lieutenant General Matvey frowned slightly, wondering what these Black Hawk devils were up to.

Logically speaking, shouldn't the other party, having suffered such severe losses, be rushing back to lick their wounds?
Aren't they afraid that there might be a second giant cannon lying in ambush in the city, which could shoot down one of their Brandenburg-class airships?

Just then, a burst of intense gunfire suddenly rang out outside the headquarters. Less than a minute later, a new messenger rushed in, shouting frantically:

"Commander, our position has been exposed! A traitor has lit a signal flare outside; we need to relocate immediately!"

Upon hearing this news, all the officers in the headquarters were stunned.

Immediately afterwards, Lieutenant General Matvey shouted at top speed:

"Quick, run! Take the battle maps with you!"

"Take as much as you can, and if you can't take it all, run!"

Lieutenant General Matvey was stunned by this sudden turn of events. He never expected that his headquarters, which he had kept hidden for so long, would be exposed at this time!
He set up the headquarters here not because he intended to hide it from too many people, since so many officers and messengers coming and going would inevitably expose the location; there was no way to hide it.

But at the very least, the combination of such a remote command post and the target located at the other end should be enough to prevent the enemy from bombing this place.

However, despite all his calculations, he never expected that there would be a traitor in this city!

Damn it, there was actually a traitor who betrayed them!
Having found a suitable spot, Andrei, who was observing the sky with his binoculars, also saw that the enemy airship seemed to suddenly turn in a certain direction.

At first, he thought that these guys were trying to escape after one of their airships was shot down, but to his utter surprise, the enemy's airship formation actually turned towards the headquarters!

He quickly pointed his binoculars in the other direction and saw the bright red smoke grenade, and immediately understood.

Sometime during the day, a traitor somehow got close to the headquarters and set off a smoke bomb!

"Damn it! What are those guards doing? Do they really think their job is just to guard the gate?"

(End of this chapter)