I Created Scientific Magic

Chapter 342: Chapter 330: Why don’t you try my laser anti-aircraft cannon?

Under the watchful eyes of everyone present, Lynn remained composed and spoke casually. “Any magic has the possibility of being cracked, and White Phosphorus Fire is no exception.”

It was precisely because of this that after entering the Wizard Land, he had been very careful in keeping the information about White Phosphorus confidential all along.

This stuff was only good for bullying those uneducated bishops within the Sekas Empire; if dared to be used on a large scale in Wizard Land, it wouldn’t take long for a wizard to replicate it.

After all, phosphorus isn’t difficult to manufacture, and in order to achieve mass production, he had even shared the technique with a few trustworthy wizards within the alchemical research institute.

In fact, after breaking through to Grand Wizard, the importance of White Phosphorus had greatly diminished for Lynn because it wasn’t quite sufficient in battles of that caliber. Not to mention, a single vacuum domain could significantly reduce its power. Even if White Phosphorus Fire were produced on a large scale, it would only be equivalent to the power of fourth- or fifth-tier magic.

The properties of White Phosphorus also determined that its potential wasn’t too high…

However, that did not matter. Among the many terrifying weapons recorded in the intelligence, White Phosphorus incendiaries could only be described as unremarkable…

The main reason he chose it as the first option was because it was relatively easy to produce.

“Exactly these days I have already conceived a new, more powerful flame magic, and it’s also time for it to be phased out…” Lynn said with a sense of nostalgia.

White Phosphorus Fire had once served as his trump card, solving many problems for himself, but now it was somewhat unable to keep up with his growth.

As a Grand Wizard, he could easily achieve many things that were previously impossible, such as creating chemical elements of more complex composition…

For other wizards, creating a powerful new magic wasn’t an easy task. It was often a matter of spending years or even decades, but for Lynn, looking through the data stored in the intelligence always sparked some inspiration.

Rafael and the others twitched at the thought that there was a flame magic more powerful than that hellfire, deeming it preposterous already.

Lynn had no intention to elaborate further but instead tapped the conference table with his hand, shifting everyone’s focus away from White Phosphorus Fire as they had more important matters to attend to.

“Based on the intelligence gathered by the pilots using telescopes, the invading imperial army this time should exceed thirty thousand troops. In addition to the Griffin Knight Corps, there is also a special unit of about five thousand men, all clad in bright silver armor, which does not look simple.”

“And their leader is a man wearing an iron mask and a robe of red gold; his face is hidden, and his age is unknown,” Lynn said solemnly.

Although the two had faced each other across the sea at the port town, Lynn did not have such good eyesight back then, so he knew that someone had summoned the phantom of a goddess, stopping the spread of White Phosphorus Fire, but he did not know who it was.

“The one leading them should be Edwell, a cardinal of the church who is rumored to be highly valued within the church and even has the potential to become the next Judgement Chief…” Harrov explained.

He often stayed in the Wizard Land and had not gone out much, but that did not mean that the council did not have spies within the empire; he was clear about such basic information.

Last year, Greenrill City was almost destroyed by those fanatical doomsday cultists. With a painful lesson learned, Harrov invested even more in the intelligence system,

Yet now it seemed to have had little effect, because three days prior, his spies had told him the imperial forces should still be gathering in the east. In contrast, they had already turned and entered the kingdom’s territory. Had it not been for Lynn’s airships constantly monitoring the border, they might still be in the dark.

Harrov paused before continuing, “As for those silver-armored troops, they must be the Holy Armored Troops from the church!”

Lynn frowned; he had certainly heard of this most elite corps of the church. There were rumors that every member of this legion had received the blessing of the gods and were incredibly valiant in battle, the elite of the elite.

“This is likely just a vanguard unit!” Aurora reminded everyone.

They had taken over the entire kingdom, and the battle at the capital had revealed some of the strength of the “Secret Magic Society.” Even if the church was arrogant, they wouldn’t send such a small force here. Even if it was an elite unit, it was the same.

The continuous stream of bad news had the council members looking worried. The Holy Armored Troops on the ground weren’t too much of a concern; no matter how elite they were, with the more advanced firearm squads, they still had a fighting chance.

But the Griffin Knights in the sky were a difficult problem that wasn’t so easily solved. As long as they existed, the airships couldn’t take off to bomb, and their magic would hardly hit the Griffon legion in the sky, which was very fast and responsive.

It couldn’t possibly be that they had to resort to airships self-destructing every time, could it?

The intelligence was clear: this time the Griffin Knights aimed to take control of the airships, capturing the pilots alive, which was a great opportunity. Otherwise, they could have just used Divine Arts from a distance to destroy them outright.

“Maybe we can consider having some Shaping Wizards transform into flying magical beasts to protect these airships,” one of the senior Wizards suggested.

“Have them fight the Griffins in high altitudes—are you crazy?” Sanchez rebuked the impractical idea vehemently, which was practically a jest at the Shaping Wizards’ lives.

Once a magical transformation was complete, the Wizard would lose some of their spellcasting abilities. It was very difficult to defeat such powerful magical beasts as the Griffins one-on-one in the sky, not to mention the Griffin Knights who could coordinate and cast Divine Arts.

“Do you have a better way to deal with this?” the senior Wizard asked with a sneer.

His idea would undoubtedly lead to significant losses but still served as a strategy…

Sanchez was at a loss for words for a moment, and after some thought, he hesitantly proposed that they could keep the airships grounded, giving up air superiority. If those Griffin Knights dared to attack close to the ground, they would hit back hard with firearms and magic.

“Why not try lasers?” Amid the discussion, Lynn suddenly spoke up.

The appearance of these Griffin Knights had somewhat surprised him too. Developing new types of flying machines was obviously already too late. Instead, they might as well try laser defense systems!

“Laser?!” Aurora looked at Lynn in surprise, then quickly caught on. “You mean that new type of Beam Magic?”

Harrov and the others felt a glimmer of hope; this was indeed a good idea.

Those Griffin Knights were fast and agile, weren’t they?

But could they be as fast as light?

That was a laser traveling nearly three hundred thousand kilometers per second, fast enough to circle the continent seven and a half times!