35: The terrifying power of meteor shower

At this moment, David, who had clearly heard Arthur's words, immediately showed a look of surprise. In his mind, there were only the words “Ninth-level Fire Magic Scroll.” As for the gold coins Arthur mentioned, he didn't care at all.

After all, the market price of a Ninth-level Magic Scroll was only a little over a million gold coins, which he could afford.

But now, it was a life-saving item!

Moreover, this item was too difficult to acquire. Fire magic was synonymous with destruction. Even an Earth Knight hit by Ninth-level Fire Magic would at least be severely wounded, and a Gold Knight would likely die without a complete corpse.

After the initial surprise, David had lost interest in assembling the army. He temporarily handed over command to someone else, instructing them to continue gathering the troops, then quickly added:

"Arthur, you truly keep surprising me. Thank you so much! I'll take this scroll. How about two million gold coins?"

"No problem!"

"That's great! What kind of magic is on your scroll, single-target or area-of-effect? Here are two million gold coins, quickly take it out and let me see!"

In the current situation, David naturally hoped the magic scroll was an area-of-effect type.

After all, Ninth-level Magic was already overkill against Gnolls, whose strongest were only Earth Knights.

So, even a single-target magic with more terrifying attack power was unnecessary. Instead, an area-of-effect magic that could cover a larger area and cause more casualties to the army would be best.

Seeing David's eagerness, Arthur no longer delayed. After receiving David's two million gold coins, he purchased the item he had drawn in his first month from the Portable Shop: the Ninth-level Magic Scroll: Meteor Shower.

The next moment, a magic scroll, entirely red and emitting a faint glow, appeared in Arthur's hand:

"This scroll is inscribed with the Ninth-level area-of-effect magic, Meteor Shower.

You've paid for it, so it's yours to use!"

Looking at the red-glowing scroll, David took it and examined it carefully, his excitement growing even more. He murmured:

"It's Meteor Shower, the most famous Ninth-level area-of-effect fire magic!

Haha, it seems we have a chance to turn the tide this time!"

Having said that, David excitedly looked at the group of Gnoll experts who had not yet dispersed a few hundred meters away.

One Earth Knight, a dozen Gold Knights, and over a hundred Silver Knights.

Normally, one Meteor Shower would at most kill ten thousand ordinary Gnolls, plus a few of those experts.

For the Gnolls, who had an army of over a hundred thousand, the impact wouldn't be very significant.

But as the saying goes, 'what makes you, breaks you!'

The Gnolls' act of concentrating their experts to launch a surprise attack did indeed breach the South City Wall, but their act of gathering their experts together also ensured they would be easier to annihilate.

Without these experts and leaders, the remaining Gnolls would be vulnerable.

Thinking of this, David's eyes grew brighter, and his right hand, holding the Meteor Shower Scroll, began to tremble slightly.

He then no longer hesitated, injecting Battle Qi into the scroll while controlling the magic's impact point.

As the fiery red scroll suddenly dissipated, fire elements began to rapidly gather several hundred meters above Northern Bulwark City.

A few seconds later, over a hundred fireballs, each a meter in size, floated above Northern Bulwark City, making Northern Bulwark City, which should have been night, appear as bright as day. Even the temperature became like summer, making the ordinary soldiers sweat profusely.

"Advanced Magic!"

Feeling the terrifying fluctuations in the sky, Kenchi, the Gnoll, guessed what it was!

Gnolls couldn't use such a method, so it must have been cast by humans. Thinking of this, a chill ran down his spine, and he quickly roared:

"Disperse quickly!"

Unfortunately, it was too late. The hundreds of fireballs, which had gathered in just a few seconds,

In the next instant, they smashed towards the Gnoll experts where Kenchi was, at supersonic speed.

Ninth-level Magic could cover a range of five hundred meters, and at such extreme speed, those Gnoll experts had no escape.

Each fireball was like a cannonball, creating a shockwave and heat covering tens of meters in radius upon impact with the ground.

Three hundred fireballs plowed the five-hundred-meter area several times over.

After the firelight dissipated, the hundreds of meters of scorched earth were left with countless craters constantly emitting heat, with even magma flowing in some, indicating the extreme temperature of the fireballs.

The hundreds of Gnoll experts and thousands of ordinary Gnoll warriors who were previously in that location had all turned to ash.

Such a terrifying sight left even David, who had personally unleashed it, dumbfounded, let alone everyone else. The battlefield was completely silent.

Everyone was immersed in the immense power of the Ninth-level Magic.

And after Arthur saw this terrifying sight, he felt a bit of regret. He regretted that he shouldn't have given the scroll to David to use earlier.

He hadn't even used such a magnificent item himself, yet he let someone else use it first!

After everyone recovered from their shock, two opposing emotions quickly emerged: the people of Northern Bulwark City began to cheer!

The Gnolls, who had been high-spirited just minutes ago, now completely lost their fighting spirit.

Having lost most of their experts and leaders, the Gnolls even began to spontaneously fall into disarray.

David, naturally unwilling to let go of such a heaven-sent opportunity, immediately prepared to press the advantage and exterminate as many of the remaining Gnolls as possible.

But suddenly, a discovery made David pause his command: in the area covered by Meteor Shower, a patch of earth began to rise upwards.

Then a figure leaped out from the earth mound; it was Kenchi.

At this moment, Kenchi was covered in blood, with multiple burn marks on his body, and most of his previously smooth fur was gone. He was severely wounded.

Speaking of which, Kenchi's survival in the Meteor Shower attack was mainly due to the magic not being personally cast by a Magister or higher-level expert, so the fireballs couldn't precisely target him.

This allowed Kenchi, who had the strength of an Earth Knight, to evade the direct impact of the fireballs, but even the peripheral damage left him seriously injured.

But even if Kenchi was lucky enough to survive, most of his strength was gone at this point.

So David was not very surprised, but instead looked at a middle-aged man beside him:

"I'm counting on you, Knight Karei!"

"I will not fail you!"

Karei, David's guard captain, who also possessed the strength of an Earth Knight, immediately charged towards the severely wounded Kenchi after swearing his oath.

In this situation, as long as Kenchi was killed, the Gnolls, without their backbone, would scatter at a single blow.

The Gnolls, having just seen a glimmer of hope, naturally wouldn't let the humans kill their leader. They immediately regrouped and charged towards the human side.

In response, Arthur immediately made the most advantageous decision for the current situation: he ordered two Mountain Giants to join Karei in killing Kenchi!

Kenchi was already severely wounded; how could he possibly hold out against three Earth Knights?