Chapter 3361 Advantages and Limitations of War Spells
"Do you think war spells are goods on store shelves that you can choose at will?"
Currently, Yongle City is equipped with four major war spells, namely [Wide Area Detection], [Wide Area Restriction], [Light of Annihilation], and [Realm Protection] which was just deployed and can withstand the attack of [Light of Annihilation].
Among the four major war spells, only [Wide Area Detection] can take effect regardless of distance, but it is also true that the farther the distance, the more interference and the lower the accuracy.
Of course, it is not difficult to cover the entire Northland. The biggest problem is just the lack of manpower.
The effective range of [Light of Annihilation] is second only to [Wide Area Detection]. Although it can theoretically hit any position within the plane, in fact, the farther the distance, the higher the excitation energy level, and the more difficult it is to control accurately.
Because the [Light of Annihilation] currently on Yongle City uses dual-field interference, multiple focus points are formed through the interference of two fields for precise strikes. The advantage is obvious, that is, the effect is far more precise than that of a single field.
The precision here not only means hitting the target accurately, but also the ability to control the area, point, line, surface, and space covered by the light of annihilation, and hit wherever you want.
This is also the technical basis for Candela to summon the Light of Annihilation to clear the way. The Light of Annihilation strike system can be understood as a set of high-precision CNC machine tools, and the Light of Annihilation is equivalent to an indestructible cutting head.
As long as it can provide an accurate strike range, Yongle City's Annihilating Light strike system is enough to support such a strike. The current accuracy is enough to support strikes below millimeters.
The advantages are so obvious, but there are also many disadvantages. The biggest disadvantage is that the requirements for computing power are extremely high. Generally, precise strikes must have timeliness requirements. It is impossible to call for an attack today and the attack will come a month later.
To generate a focus area (actual strike area) through field interference, it is not just about inputting a coordinate. The process of accurately calculating field interference must be used to concentrate the focus range on the strike area.
The higher the timeliness requirements for attacks, the higher the computing power support required.
As for the control personnel, it is secondary. The main purpose of Xia Duo setting up so many control personnel is to arrange for the surplus high-level mages. Although there is no surplus at present, they still need to prepare for the future.
Another purpose is to avoid excessive concentration of risks caused by too high a degree of automation. Once the enemy overcomes the system's defense line, a higher degree of automation will make it easier for the enemy to control it.
Therefore, in the design of the use of war spells, Xia Duo added a lot of human control links at the beginning, and the previously completed design will not suddenly be changed just because of current needs.
Therefore, for him currently, the biggest problem is actually the lack of people. In terms of computing power, although a magic computer is the right way to go, a computing power pool can also be used as an alternative.
If it were anyone else, they might have worries about computing power, but Xia Duo definitely didn't. As long as he needed it, he could always call on the surplus computing power resources of the computing power pool.
Since it is dual-field interference, the more focused areas you want to generate, the more complex the calculations required. In the future, multi-field interference can be used to reduce the difficulty of focusing calculations.
The most ideal situation is of course to equip every target with dual fields, but this is obviously impossible unless Yongle City is filled with the light of annihilation.
In addition, the farther the distance, the higher the energy level and the higher the frequency, the greater the pressure will be on the light of annihilation itself, which actually makes it more difficult to achieve.
If it is only used to burn glass, it can indeed cover all unrestricted areas on the main plane. Restricted areas refer to places such as mystery locks and abnormal areas of the magic network. Attacking these unconventional areas requires additional support.
But it is very difficult to accurately hit any range of the main plane. Instead of trying to hit the precise range, it is better to strengthen Yongle City's mobility and hit closer if it cannot hit.
This is also the greatest significance of war spell vehicles like the Floating City.
As for now——
It is not difficult to carry out precise strikes covering the entire Northland. On the contrary, there are various problems besides strikes. For example, why do people allow you to strike in areas covered by mystery locks, and whether unauthorized strikes will be blocked.
Even counterattack.
The light of annihilation is indeed very powerful. It is so powerful that Xia Duo has only discovered the [Realm Protection] spell that can resist it. Of course, in theory, there must be more than this one. He knows at least two more.
Unfortunately, it cannot be realized for the time being, and it only exists in theory.
The [Realm Protection] spell was obtained by Shado from the Illuminati during the Metril incident. The Illuminati member's apparent identity is exactly the city lord of Metril City.
In this case, Xia Duo does not think that his [Light of Annihilation] can cover everything. At least Yeerlan has a high probability of having a boundary protection spell that can resist the Light of Annihilation, or even other spells with better effects.
It's just that [Mythra] is more powerful and can strike uninterrupted, but the elven world also has war weapons. Even these war spells of Sha Duo actually come from the elven world and have been translated and improved.
It's just that some are from the projection plane, and some are directly active from the main plane of reality.
Mythra's combination of war spells is undoubtedly more advantageous than spellcasters' manipulation of war weapons, but it is still a bit too optimistic to say that an absolute generation difference has been formed.
Perhaps a single-person portable strategic weapon such as the "Missing Robe" is truly an epoch-making product, forming an absolute generation gap with other individual weapons of the same era.
However, its biggest advantage is just its portability. It is invincible when used in single-player scenarios. Only legendary artifacts can resist it.
But if used in war situations, it may not be any better than Yongle City.
Just like now, unless Xia Duo lends [Missing Robe] to Candela, the other party can only borrow the power of Yongle City, but cannot borrow the power of [Missing Robe].
This is also the limitation of single-player weapons.
Of course, it is impossible for Xia Duo to lend the [Missing Robe] that he has given to Niya to others. If he wants to use it himself, he still borrows it from Niya!
As for now, Candela's request for forbidden spell support actually refers to the remote support of the war spell [Wide Area Restriction]. After all, war spells often appear in sets, including detection and strike spells, and naturally there are also forbidden spells.
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It's a pity that although the range of [Wide Area Restriction] is much larger than [Region Protection], the gap is still very obvious compared to the range of [Light of Annihilation], let alone [Wide Area Detection].