Chapter 266: Icons and Special Operations
While Ciri and Seaman were busy researching the [Juggernaut] operation system, the battle between the Divine Grace Realm and the Magical Realm was gradually heating up.
The longer the two sides have been fighting, the more regular personnel or resources have been consumed, and the other side has no follow-up means. So the two sides began to exchange their own hole cards for their opponent's hole cards, and the two sides are now fighting which side can not support first.
During this time, the wizarding world was in a passive situation, and the battle line had moved to the edge of the first frontline cities. Over the years, the churches in the charismatic realm have been at war almost all the time because of their fighting with each other. On the contrary, because of the management of the City of the End, there has not been a major battle in the wizarding world for a long time.
The long-term war has led the Church to develop a number of methods of warfare, and the "icon" used by the charismatic side today is one of them.
The "icon" is essentially one of the divine artifacts made by the church. This kind of magic item is different from ordinary props, it does not have direct attack ability, it is a large-scale combat power all-round enhancement type item.
The process of making the "icon" is very cumbersome and expensive, and it is correspondingly of great practical value. The "icon" is the appearance of a statue of a member of the Church or an object of the Church, and its blueprint must be well-known in the Church or even in other churches. For example, a certain weapon of the gods, a certain canon of the Holy See, a great Holy Spirit that has appeared in the history of the Church, or simply the image of the god himself.
The common denominator of these matters is that they are well known, and people unconsciously connect their beliefs to them. After being processed by the special methods of the Church, these "icons" will transform the belief that the original image gathers into strength, and bless the surrounding Church fighters.
Each "icon" has a very long range of effect, enough to cover the entire battlefield space. And all the "icons" have an unusually large increase in the clergy, especially the lower clergy.
Even the ordinary "icon" can temporarily increase the strength of the priest and the chanting clergy by one level. Fortunately, the effect of the "icon" decreases with the increase of strength, and it cannot be stacked, and the "icon" is not common among different churches, otherwise each "icon" may directly change the battlefield.
In addition to the strength amplification effect, the high-level "Icon" will also have some special effects. Generally speaking, the most powerful "icon" of the Church is the "icon" of the god himself. This "icon" is also known as the "Shadow of the Gods", and the "Shadow of the Gods" of powerful gods can unconditionally upgrade the clergy of any level below the Divine Servant, and will directly restore all spell slots of all Holy See personnel at the moment of activation.
The "Shadow of the Gods" may not be as good as other "icons" for low-level clergy, but for high-end combat power, it is unimaginably helpful. The special effects of other "icons" are different, such as restoring all the magic of a certain level, directly adding a magic to all personnel, increasing the power of group magic skills, greatly reducing the preparation time for casting magic spells, or removing the restriction of magic positions for a single magic for a short time.
During this time, although the "Shadow of the God" level "Icon" has not yet appeared, thousands of "Icons" have appeared on the entire battlefield. The special effects of each "icon" are almost different, often catching the wizarding world off guard. Coupled with the greatly enhanced effect of the low-level combat strength of the "Holy Icon" itself, the entire battle front of the two realms has been constantly moving towards the side of the magical world, until it has now reached the edge of the defensive city agglomeration of the magical world.
The wizarding world hasn't come up with many new means during this time, but the City of the End is not without action. During this period of time, the City of the End has secretly summoned many academic mages from the Colin plane, covering various fields and covering all aspects.
As the pioneer of the new era of the [Logic Module] system, and as the chief advisor of the Special Events Processing Group, Xi Rui is one of the official personnel of the Colin Plane, and is also among the invitees.
At that time, the person who came to invite Xirui was an old man, and he didn't know what his strength was, at least it was much higher than himself. The old mage explained his intentions as soon as he came, but he did not make it clear what he was going to do. This part of the story is classified, and it is impossible to know the details until Ciri agrees.
The old man called himself Marven, and according to him, this operation did not require high or low combat effectiveness, but mainly required knowledge and authority in all fields. As a rapidly growing new knowledge system, the [Logic Module] system has attracted the attention of the vast majority of people, so they will come to Xirui, the founder, to participate in this mission.
Ciri didn't agree to the request after thinking about it, because Juggernaut's program was at a critical time at the time, and he didn't want to interrupt his research to do anything else. However, he did not directly refuse, after all, Marven claimed that this operation was about the battle between the Divine Grace Realm and the Wizarding Realm, and Ciri also wanted to contribute to the Wizarding Realm.
Ciri told Master Marven about his current situation, and Marven understood very well, and told Ciri that he could return to the City of the End to reserve a place for Ciri, and once Ciri's side was almost busy, he could participate in the operation through Osvid of the Special Events Handling Team. After the agreement, Marven didn't stay long, and left directly.
Marven's words still reveal some information. This covert operation was supposed to be an exploratory operation, so it required a lot of knowledgeable academic mages. The action is related to the charismatic and magical realms, and should affect the outcome of the battle. This operation should take a long time, so Master Marven will allow Ciri to participate in the operation after completing the work at hand.
Master Marven also revealed that in addition to the academic mages of the Colin plane, the special incident handling team is also one of the main forces of this operation, so it is likely that the things to be dealt with in this operation are not ordinary.
Shortly after Marven left, there was another piece of news that made Ciri know a little more about the operation. The City of the End has announced that it will ban parts of the Eternal Night Plane in the near future, reminding adventurers that it is best to change some of their plans regarding the Eternal Night Plane as soon as possible.
Many people felt a little strange about this decision, but everyone's main attention was on the battle between the two realms, and the Eternal Night Plane was not rich in products, except for some dark mages who protested, the media did not pay much attention to this matter.
Combined with the time that Master Marven invited him, Ciri immediately realized that this operation must have something to do with the plane of eternal night. For the strange plane of the Eternal Night, where all the truth is still in the fog, it is not surprising that so many academic mages and special event handling teams have been summoned.
The City of the End must have made a discovery, which is why this large-scale operation was taken against this special plane, which had not been taken much seriously.