I Created Scientific Magic

As a follower of the Lord, I could never possibly wield the power of the devil!

Until the final moment, Mod suddenly came to his senses and halted his actions.

No, no, this is the devil's temptation, a challenge to the Lord's authority!

The staunch faith in the Moon Goddess allowed Mod to break free from confusion and doubt, his back drenched in cold sweat.

I almost fell into the witches' trap—if these techniques were some kind of curse activation ritual, that would be the end of me.

"Send someone to immediately collect all the flyers scattered throughout the city and burn them, and if anyone dares to hide or discuss the contents of the pages, no matter their status, treat them as a follower of evil!" Mod's gaze swept coldly over everyone present.

"Yes, Lord Mod!"

The priests and bishops also pressed down their doubts and quickly took their leave of the church to gather the flyers; they weren't fools and naturally understood the impact allowing these pages to spread throughout the town would have.

But the flyers, with their bold and enlarged headlines, seemed to mock the futile efforts of the people.

Because now it was too late. In the domain of Badass, thousands had already picked up the flyers from the ground.

Among them, there were illiterate paupers, noble merchants, and city guards...

Either way, locking down the spread of information had become an impossible task, and scenes like this were playing out in almost every city of the kingdom!

The truth... can never be killed!

...

Elsewhere, in the skies above the empire's border, Lydia had completed delivering the flyers to three cities and was now rapidly heading towards her final destination—the Holy City!

This smooth journey gave Lynn some relief.

No one understood more clearly than him the importance of controlling the public narrative, not to mention they were exposing the truth. Even if it were false, with repeated propaganda barrages, it could still shake the thoughts of some people.

Just wondering if any of the church's bishops might actually try out the methods he had suggested...

Lynn's lips curved slightly, but the smile quickly dissipated.

Because ahead, the magnificent Holy City was already in sight.

"I never imagined there would be such a large city within the empire's borders!" Lynn's face showed a hint of surprise.

Looking from afar, the walls of the Holy City were about thirty meters high and covered an area of perhaps more than a hundred kilometers.

Just like the scouts reported before, the entire city was shrouded by the Divine Kingdom's projection, and only the vague outline of a huge statue in the city center could be seen, marked by various strange patterns, with a unique power circulating on it.

A statue of [Ella]?

Thinking so, Lynn then spoke, "Lower the altitude, prepare to dive, and activate the shield!"

Lydia nodded without asking why and immediately complied.

The war machine soon tilted downward, and its speed increased to over three hundred kilometers per hour, the fierce winds scraping against them like blades.

As the distance closed in, the melodious hymns began to echo in their ears...

Lynn took out a copper sphere he had prepared earlier from the war machine, aiming it at the huge statue, ready to test the Holy City's defenses.

Streaks of lightning quickly appeared around him, and after charging for about three seconds, the copper sphere shot out propelled by electromagnetic force.

The speed was extreme!

The colossal sonic boom made the entire warplane quiver involuntarily. Lydia gritted her teeth against the buzzing in her head, clutching the joystick fiercely to prevent the aircraft from capsizing.

Under Lynn's watchful eye, the copper ball, traveling over fifteen times the speed of sound, shot straight towards the Holy City.

To cover a distance of one thousand five hundred meters took only zero point three seconds!

However, just around three hundred meters from the Holy City, the copper ball, streaking across the sky like a crimson comet, made an incredibly sharp turn without any deceleration.

It was akin to the refraction of light entering water.

But the difference was that the copper ball's flight path was curving. If left unhindered, it would have simply whizzed over the city from above.

Lynn knew this wasn't a sudden change in the direction of the copper ball but rather that the space outside the Holy City had been distorted, similar to his Deflection Field that redirected incoming attacks to another direction.

Another test was absolutely necessary.

Lynn's expression remained calm as he slowly spoke, "Explode!"

The copper ball, speeding along at extreme velocity, immediately burst apart, with countless shards flying outwards in every direction. Their flight paths were bizarre, some even inverted, giving one the chills just by looking at it.

The good news was that this deviation was not absolute. If one could calculate the curvature of space and had enough speed, a successful strike might still be possible.

Like a skilled fisherman with a harpoon in hand, relying on adept skills to hit a fish under the water at an angle that seemed impossible...

For instance, a few copper fragments from the explosion managed to breach the protective field and enter the range of the Holy City, only to be annihilated in less than zero point one second. If Lynn hadn't had excellent vision and concentration, he might not have noticed them at all.

Clearly, the Deflection Field covering the Holy City was just the first line of defense.

If the Big Nuclear Explosion Technique were used here, its power would be greatly diminished by the Force Field Magic, and any remaining energy and shockwaves would be whittled away layer by layer. The extent of its effectiveness was uncertain.

It seemed that after enduring two different levels of nuclear explosions, [Aira] had also come up with some countermeasures.

Lynn wasn't surprised by this. For a wizard, aside from the actual gap in realms, the levels of knowledge and information about magical techniques were crucial!

Against enemies of the same level, often only the first use of a new technique could achieve the element of surprise.

Lynn frowned as he pondered possible solutions.

The first was certainly to wield Force Field Magic to break through the defense, or to restore the twisted space back to its original state. However, such widespread Divine Arts were most likely the work of [Aira] herself, and it would be incredibly difficult for Lynn alone to reverse engineer.

If Harrov and Aurora completed their promotions, they might try combining their powers.

The second was to go for the miraculous, using a hydrogen explosion of one million or even ten million equivalent megatonnes for direct bombardment. With such force, even if only one thousandth of the energy dissipated into the area, it could result in devastating destruction!

Whether the close-range "Doomsday - Atomic Breath" was effective remained to be seen...

Lynn swiftly thought of several strategies, but before he could delve into the details, a sudden sense of danger washed over him. Almost instinctively, he jerked his arm sharply, slamming the fight stick of the warplane.

The warplane, in a steep dive towards the Holy City at maximum speed, immediately tilted almost ninety degrees out of balance. As the pilot, Lydia was so frightened that she was about to speak out in alarm.

Before she could, however, an immensely intense laser beam shot out from within the Holy City, aimed at the airborne fighter jet!

It was originally supposed to hit the cockpit, but because the plane had swerved, it struck the tail instead. A deep scratch was left on the mithril layer of protection, penetrating the steel underneath!

Lydia paled, her mouth agape, too shocked even to close it.

Then Lynn realized the source of the ominous premonition—a person below must have been using a Focusing Magic.

"So she's learned Laser Technique too? It seems her time in Fire Oil City wasn't wasted," Lynn muttered to himself, but it dawned on him that it was probably just a mimicry, an extreme version of focused reflection.

Otherwise, even from such a distance, a fifth-level laser's power would have instantly severed the rear of the fighter jet, instead of merely cutting through the protective layer...