Vientiane Throne of Civilization

Chapter 1884 Gargamel's Target
The goblin driver's face turned deathly pale instantly after being attacked by the vengeful spirit's 'soul impact'.

During this process, the goblin driver was completely unaware of what was happening.

The sudden headache, coupled with the constant shrill wails surrounding him, sent a chill down his spine.

Fortunately, he managed to calm himself down and steady his hands on the control stick, preventing the Ripper mech beneath him from going out of control during the charge.

The goblin driver couldn't help but feel a sense of relief at having narrowly escaped death.

In contrast, Gargamel, hiding under the yellow sand, felt more helpless.

Aside from converting and manipulating more undead, most of a necromancer's spells are either supportive or disruptive in nature.

Under this premise, soul-based spells are directly affected by the quality of the soul.

To be honest, the quality of goblin souls is quite low.

This also means that when necromancers collect souls and transform them into vengeful spirits, the effects of their soul spells are often less than satisfactory.

That 'Soul Impact' might be enough to interrupt a few mages' spellcasting, but it's clearly far from enough to take down a goblin piloting a Ripper mech.

Fortunately, he had another trick up his sleeve, but if he did that, the losses would probably be quite significant...

Under Gargamel's control, the vengeful spirit, which had just unleashed 'Soul Shock', pounced directly on the goblin pilot's face.

This time, the goblin driver finally noticed the presence of these vengeful spirits.

Looking at those twisted, wailing figures, and recalling the constant shrieks ringing in his ears, the goblin driver's hair stood on end.

However, before he could even cry out in alarm, he noticed that the shrieks of the vengeful spirits in front of him were becoming increasingly frantic. Amidst the almost shrill shrieks, the ethereal figure exploded completely!

[Soul Explosion!]

This attack did not produce any loud explosion, nor did it cause any physical damage.

Without a sound, accompanied by the vengeful spirits detonated by the spell, the goblin driver, whose face was filled with terror and who seemed about to scream at any moment, suddenly lost his color in his eyes and his head, which had lost its support, slammed into the control panel in front of him with a thud.

The Ripper mech, which was rampaging through the undead forces and wreaking havoc, quickly came to a halt.

Low-ranking undead soldiers are in a daze and have no idea what is happening. They only follow the simplest commands.

Upon seeing the Ripper mech stop moving, they immediately swarmed forward, about to completely engulf the mech in the blink of an eye.

This situation naturally attracted the attention of the goblin forces.

Without time to think, the goblin infantry immediately coordinated with the heavy machine guns to provide fire support, while at the same time, the Ripper mechs next door rushed over at top speed.

Just like bowling pins hitting bowling pins, the undead soldiers who had quickly gathered because of the stopped Ripper mech were instantly knocked away in swarms.

However, before he could take any further action, the vengeful spirits that roared out had already come for him.

In this round, Gargamel was decisive, starting with 'Soul Blast'.

On this increasingly chaotic battlefield, this was a sudden and devastating blow to the goblin forces, making the situation even worse. The Ripper mech went out of control during its high-speed charge and crashed into a distant military tent, creating chaos at the scene.

This was just the beginning. Soon, the goblins discovered that more and more mechs were going out of control, which made them start to pay close attention to the matter.

They eventually discovered that their goblin pilot seemed to have been attacked by something that was barely visible.

Anyway, after that thing exploded, the goblin pilots didn't make a move.

"Is this place haunted?!"

Looking at the densely packed undead skeletons in front of them, the goblin officer on this side of the camp suddenly felt that hauntings were not so unbelievable after all.

This opponent looks pretty strange!

"Where's the backup driver? The backup driver!!"

The fate of the goblin pilots on those Rippers is currently unknown, but such important military equipment certainly cannot be equipped with only one pilot.

The most important thing right now is to quickly defeat those skeletons, regain control of the Ripper mechs, and make them their fighting force again.

To be honest, once the goblin army grew in size, its combat effectiveness was quite impressive.

Even with the Ripper mechs temporarily disposed of by Gargamel's methods, the Undead forces were temporarily helpless against them.

Having noticed this, Gargamel continued to exert his power, using the vengeful spirit as a medium, and released the remaining vengeful spirits from the vengeful spirit staff, which quickly attacked the goblins who were operating the heavy machine gun.

After a moment's hesitation, Gargamel gritted his teeth and unleashed his strongest attack at the moment, 'Soul Blast'.

The principle of 'Soul Blast' is to use magic to directly detonate vengeful spirits, creating a soul-level attack on the target.

However, in return, this explosion destroyed the vengeful spirits he had carefully cultivated, and the souls of those killed by the 'soul explosion' also dissipated.

For a necromancer, this move would result in a significant loss.

However, this obviously did not stop Gargamel from making a big splash.

He wasn't going to think about what would happen next. His current task was to lead the undead forces to fight the goblin forces until reinforcements from the main force arrived.

As long as he can hold out until the main force arrives, his mission will be complete, and what happens after that is no longer his concern.

During this period, other necromancers also kept vengeful spirits, but their scale was negligible compared to Gargamel's.

The main problem is the limited number of souls. Other necromancers are basically given a few souls to practice with, while the rest of the souls are concentrated with Gargamel.

In this situation, Gargamel simply handed over the task of mobilizing the undead army to the other necromancers, while he focused on controlling the wraiths and casting 'Soul Blast' to deal with the goblin pilots and goblin machine gunners.

But he soon discovered that machine gunners were practically worthless in the goblin army, or rather, the use of heavy machine guns didn't require much skill. He could take one down with 'Soul Blast' and the enemy could immediately replace it with another machine gunner.

At this rate, putting aside whether he has enough magical power, the number of vengeful spirits is simply not enough.

(End of this chapter)