Witch Punk 2840

Chapter 305 Charging——
Lightning Spear (Baal Pillar Magic)——
Condensing lightning and starlight in the hand, a 1.57-meter-long lightning spear is formed. The lightning spear can be thrown or held in the hand as a weapon. If thrown to attack the target, the maximum range is 50*10^3 meters. If held in the hand, the maximum duration is 50+30 seconds.
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There is no limit to the number of times it can be used, but each time a lightning spear is condensed, an additional amount of magic power of the person who made the contract [1] is consumed.
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No matter how it is used, the Lightning Spear has extremely destructive power against [Moth Beast and ■■] because it is the weapon of the [Witch King]. From then on, the story of hunting ■■■■■■■ begins.

This is the main clause of the current "Lightning Spear" contract.

Since activating the big head given by Tang Yue, the three witch contracts of the "Baal" column system on her body have been upgraded to different degrees, so Xia Ye no longer needs to buy contracts from Victoria. Of course, the magic required for the upgrade is still inevitable, and it is automatically deducted from her overdraft limit when the new contract takes effect.

Now, the "Lightning Spear" has been upgraded to level 3.

Compared to the first-order contract, the biggest change is the range of the "Lightning Spear", which has increased 1 times from the previous 500 meters to a full 99 kilometers.

Recalling the first time he signed the contract, Xia Ye was surprised that, as a "melee weapon", the improvement in the throwing range of each level of "Lightning Spear" was so exaggerated. But now it seems that the numerical design of this clause is indeed of great significance. It is like a piece of a puzzle. After being combined with several other pieces of the puzzle, its true usage is finally revealed.

Xia Ye raised his arms and recited the syllables of "Lightning Spear" in the witch language. The lightning in the pupils of the huge head suddenly became bright, and lightning spears appeared one after another in the air.

Like her companions, Saniya looked up at the sky. This was not the first time she had seen this contract. They had already tested "charging" during the sea trial, but seeing it again now, she still felt an inexplicable feeling in her heart.

That "fear" and "desire", a combination of two completely opposite emotions. I heard from my companions that other contracts also have similar effects, such as "Witch's Flame", but the degree is much milder. Some people say that the principle behind this can be traced back to the origin of the power of the contract, but Saniya doesn't really care about these things. She is thinking about these things now just because she is nervous. She needs to think about something to distract herself...

The huge head began to turn slowly, its eyes swept across the deck, and finally stopped on Saniya.

The two lightning spears in the air suddenly disappeared, and when they reappeared, they were already right above Saniya. Before the girl could prepare herself mentally, one of them had already pierced down and accurately inserted into the bond contract mark on her chest.

The lightning spear with a total length of 1.57 meters penetrated nearly one foot in the first few seconds, but the speed soon began to slow down. As more and more of it penetrated into the body, thin lightning threads began to appear on the girl's short white hair. Soon afterwards, the same electric arcs appeared on the surface of the body. They twisted and twisted in a disorderly manner, and could only last for more than ten seconds at most, but new ones soon appeared.

In fact, "charging" hardly causes any physical pain. Most people will only feel numbness and slight tingling. Only a few people will feel a more painful tearing sensation, but it will not reach an unbearable level.

More discomfort comes from the psychological aspect, because during the "charging" process, they will completely lose control of their bodies. When the Lightning Spear is pushed into the body, a very small amount of energy will leak out from the body surface in the form of electric arcs. Overall, this will make the person being charged feel like a container that is constantly being filled with water and is constantly leaking, as if it could burst at any time due to being unable to withstand the pressure...

But in fact, no cat witch has ever been injured because of "charging". When the first lightning spear was almost completely immersed in Sania's body, the second and third companions around her had already started charging. Because of some restrictions that Sania didn't know, the number of people entering the charging state at the same time never exceeded 4, and it took about 10 minutes to charge two lightning spears, which meant that it would take at least half an hour for all 12 strike witches in three formations to enter the charging state.

About ten minutes later, the No. 2 formation completed the charging first. The engineers ran up and pushed Saniya and another team member to the ejection position, connecting the ejection frame with the shuttle latch. After the engineer completed the last check before takeoff, Saniya put herself into the "synchronous enhancement" state, and then Xiuji's tentacles wrapped around her, ejecting her and her companions one after the other.

Her legs felt a vibration, and the thrusters successfully entered ram mode. Saniya and her companions completed the formation and began to circle around the "Moby Dick". After a moment, the remaining two team members ejected from the deck and joined them to complete the formation.

But the No. 2 formation did not rush to set off, but just patrolled back and forth in front of the "Moby Dick". Ten minutes later, the No. 3 formation completed the catapult, and the two formations formed a larger goose formation; ten minutes later, the No. 4 formation also took off smoothly and joined them.

Saniya waved her arms, signaling everyone to follow her. Due to the lack of a contract that allows communication in the aether sea, the Strike Witches can only communicate through shouting and gestures. In this regard, Nana's loud voice is particularly advantageous, while Saniya, who has a naturally soft voice, can only rely on gestures. But fortunately, Lord Xia Ye has just updated the supplementary terms of "communication debt". Now "communication debt" can send voice. Although it cannot achieve real-time calls, it is undoubtedly much better than gestures to convey more complex information.

"Change the formation to an inverted triangle, with Formation No. 2 on the left front, Formation No. 3 on the right front, and Formation No. 4 at the rear. After the formation change is completed, follow my gesture to turn on the afterburner, increase the speed to 500 knots, and then turn it off. When the distance to the target is 25 nautical miles, I will give the order again, Formations No. 2 and No. 3 will throw the first lightning spear first, followed by Formation No. 4..."

Saniya issued a series of instructions through the "communication bond", and soon, the team members raised their hands to indicate that they had received it. Since they had practiced many times before, they quickly completed the formation change. Just as Saniya was about to give the order to turn on the afterburner, another voice message suddenly appeared in the "communication bond". She clicked it, and Nana's voice rang out:

"When you launch the attack later, throw the Lightning Spear strictly according to the order of the acting captain. It is strictly forbidden to throw it prematurely and it is strictly forbidden to disrupt the formation."

Saniya was stunned: "Captain Nana, do you have any new discoveries?"

she asked in the communication debt.

A few seconds later, the reply came: "No. We found about ten wakes. Judging from their length, they should be white whales, but we cannot confirm it because the distance is too far."

Nana seemed to be worried about something... but there was no time to think about it. Saniya gestured to remind everyone to read the content in the communication debt, and after confirming that everyone had received it, she gestured to turn on the power.

Soon, 24 crimson flames lit up in the ether sea—the tail flame in the afterburner state was originally golden, but the charging changed its color.

Charging also increased the cruising speed of the thrusters - this was also a phenomenon that Chris could not explain with magical dynamics. The three formations of Strike Witches passed over the sea of ​​clouds, dragging long red lights. They quickly accelerated to 500 knots and then turned off the afterburners. The red tail flames dimmed a little, but did not disappear. Instead, they were like beautiful streamers, trailing behind them.

Although she was very nervous before takeoff, Saniya found that she was not so nervous as she got closer to the target. However, she kept looking around along the way, hoping to meet Nana returning home.

But her wish did not come true in the end. The aether sea was too vast, and the probability of the two formations meeting by chance was extremely small. About fifty minutes later, Saniya found a short white line moving slowly near the horizon in the distance. She gestured to the people beside her, and soon her companions confirmed that it was indeed a wake.

Charging can increase the Cat Witch's field of view to about 50 nautical miles, and the distance of those contrails should be exactly within this range.

Saniya quickly calculated in her mind and soon confirmed that these wakes should be the group of white whales discovered by Nana. She then shouted:
"Target spotted! About 50 nautical miles ahead, moving north!"

The thin voice penetrated the roar of the thrusters and only reached the ears of the two closest companions. But this was not a big problem, as the Strike Witches were flying in a dense formation. The companion who heard the "shout" repeated Saniya's words, and by passing the message one by one, everyone soon noticed the subtle trails.

Saniya raised her hand and gestured "turn on the power" and "keep formation". The red tail flames behind the girls became brighter again, and they maintained a neat inverted triangle formation and accelerated towards the target.

(End of this chapter)