"Boom! Boom! Boom!..."
Although these students' spellcasting was still relatively unskilled, insufficient spell damage could be completely compensated by quantity!
The reason Elashia arranged for these students to come up from the middle of the city walls and run toward both sides had only one purpose—these students had only studied for over half a year, their cultivation level and energy were insufficient, so they could only cast spells two to three times per day.
The city walls had stairs going down every hundred meters.
This way, as long as students cast spells while running and used up all their energy, they could orderly leave the city walls through the stairs without causing congestion.
Watching the students gradually charge onto the city walls, Elashia hovering in midair again released [Courage Anthem].
...
"Ha!"
As one of the students who volunteered to participate in battle, Alice gave a delicate shout and released the [Flame Explosion] spell she had recently learned at a [Goblin Giant] one li away!
Instantly, an explosion engulfed that [Goblin Giant's] head!
That massive [Goblin Giant] fell to the ground as if it had lost all its strength.
Countless goblins beneath it were crushed into meat patties by its huge body.
"Good!"
Seeing her spell have a huge effect on the battlefield, Alice excitedly shouted and immediately released [Flame Explosion] at the next [Goblin Giant]!
"Good!"
Just like before, the massive explosion directly killed that [Goblin Giant], making Alice even more excited with such results!
After continuously releasing two advanced spells, even as one of the outstanding students, she felt extremely exhausted.
Even due to continuously using advanced spells, her body ached everywhere like needle pricks...
However, inspired by [Courage Anthem], she still longed to cast one more spell...
After all, Her Majesty Elashia, who had given her the opportunity to stand out and given hope to herself in darkness, was right behind her!
"Ahhhhhhh!"
Roaring with all the strength in her body, mobilizing the magic essence within her again, Alice used all her power to release [Flame Explosion] once more!
This time's effect was the same as before—another [Goblin Giant] was directly killed by her spell!
However, after completing this spellcasting, her body fell backward uncontrollably as if it had lost all strength...
Her body ached as if tearing apart...
Her consciousness began to blur...
She knew this was the consequence of overusing spells that was mentioned in class...
Overusing spells would not only cause muscles to lose strength for a long time but also cause serious internal injuries.
However, Alice, whose consciousness was still blurry, showed a satisfied smile.
Having performed so excellently just now, she should at least earn a glance of praise from Her Majesty...
In her daze, she saw her long-deceased mother fly to her.
Her mother stroked her little head with girlishly delicate hands.
Then all the pain in her body immediately disappeared.
Her mother touched her head and said to her in an extremely helpless voice:
"Sigh... being brave is good, but don't be so desperate... if it weren't for me being here, you would have been in danger..."
?
Why would mother refer to herself as "me" (using the imperial "zhen")?
But Alice had no energy to think about these things. In her mother's warm embrace, she soon fell into deep sleep...
Elashia looked at the girl sleeping deeply in her arms and couldn't help but show quite admiring eyes.
She had only studied for half a year yet could progress to this level!
Just now Elashia used the system to check this girl's information and found her mage level was actually already a full six levels!
This was already the average level of mages in that past era!
This was called a beginner?
How hard had she worked!
Thinking of how she had coasted through four years of university in that world, learning almost nothing, Elashia's face couldn't help but flush slightly.
Erin, seeing Elashia fly to Alice's side, also flew over.
After taking Alice from Elashia's arms, Erin said somewhat surprised:
"Your Majesty, this is the first time I've heard you use such a formal self-address."
Elashia smiled and said:
"After all, I normally don't manage anything and can be casual with you all, but I should still be formal when facing them."
...
If someone were suddenly transported to this battlefield, they would definitely think they had come to purgatory.
After enduring spell bombardment from over a thousand students and more than two hundred professors, almost all high-level goblins on the entire battlefield had been wiped out...
After students charged onto the city walls and again poured out firepower with all their might, this time the soldiers didn't leave any chance for enemies who had charged into striking range.
On the contrary, after seeing such unprecedented spell bombardment, soldiers with even higher morale had firing speeds even more terrifying than before!
Below the city walls were almost entirely goblin corpses, especially within a hundred meters of the walls.
Goblin corpses piled together had almost formed a high wall.
This high wall told the goblins that this city truly couldn't be captured...
No matter how they fought, it couldn't be captured...
"Gua! (What are you waiting for! Quickly count how much combat power we have left!)"
Looking at the [Goblin Emperor] beside him with bloodshot eyes, grabbing a [Goblin King] and roaring like a madman, the strategist felt unprecedented fear...
But after fear came more confusion...
Why had things become like this...
It seemed he truly... couldn't become a hero capable of turning the tide...
In the past, like those young people of Elasia, he had wanted to become a hero of Elasia.
To gain recognition from those around him, he could use any means.
He practiced hard and finally entered Elasia's knight order.
He thought that afterward he could become a great hero admired by thousands.
However, reality wasn't as he had imagined.
Elasia's military was full of corruption.
His pot-bellied superiors didn't even know how to respect him, ordering around a knight like him as if he were a servant.
That was bad enough, but national resources were only open to those with connections, while no matter how outstanding he was as someone of common birth, no one cared.
For someone like him who was unwilling to be subordinate to others, this was extreme torture.
Suffering like this, he accepted the invitation of comrades planning rebellion and joined the bandit gang.
The gang leader and brothers all respected him and had almost absolute trust in him.
There, he first experienced the feeling of being a "hero."
They had indeed defeated the Elasian Imperial Guard that came to suppress them under his guidance.
At that time, he felt that not being Elasia's hero wasn't unacceptable—being the brothers' hero was also good.
However, the good times didn't last long. After the [Goblin Emperor] arrived, his brothers all died in battle, leaving only him to survive.
At that time, he had also wanted to fight the [Goblin Emperor] for his brothers' sake, at least preserving his dignity.
However, he ultimately couldn't muster the courage.
In the end, he became the goblins' strategist.
Breaking down completely, he thought—if worst came to worst, being the goblins' hero seemed acceptable too.
However, reality once again shattered his already rather pitiful dream.