Astartes of the Bear School

Chapter 2033 2005. Meteor Shower

【Shattered Star General】Ratan, one of the demigods related to the Golden Dynasty, is also known as the 'strongest demigod'!
[Red Hair] Rdagan, as his father, gave him the heroic golden royal bloodline.

[Full Moon Queen] Renara, as his mother, bestowed upon him extraordinary intelligence and magical talent.

He is a product of the 'Covenant of Gold and the Moon' during the perfect period.

During his childhood, he studied in the magical town of Seria in Gelid, learning gravity magic from the white king with stone skin, an extraterrestrial race that arrived at the border with a meteorite.

In his youth, Seria faced the risk of being directly struck and destroyed by a meteor, but he single-handedly shattered the meteor outside the town! He earned the title of "Starbreaker".

Later, he went even further and used unprecedented gravity magic to seal off the entire starry sky of the world!
Let those meteor disasters never fall to the ground again!
To put it in a more sci-fi way—he is a planetary-level, all-encompassing outer space defense system all by himself!
And now, this guy is heading straight for Rodel!
"How could he have arrived today?!"

Even with Sir Hundred's usual composure, calmness, and even ruthlessness, he couldn't help but exclaim in surprise as he stood on the towering, wide walls of Rodel.

At this moment, a large number of meteors rose beyond the horizon, burning, releasing heat, and producing black smoke due to friction with the air.

The heat and flames turned the sky above the horizon into a deep orange-red!
And as those meteors headed toward Rodel, the once peaceful sky over the entire Yatan Plateau was now being visibly encroached upon by a burning orange-red!
Ratahn has not yet shown up.

But even the prelude before his appearance was like setting the entire sky and earth ablaze in the flames of war he ignited!
Now, Gideon Ofnir was even somewhat grateful to the venerable knights who had lined up outside Rodel City early this morning, putting the city's defenders on high alert ahead of time.

After Lann went down and talked with Malenia about something, and then left together, the Venerable Knights retreated back to their Sacred Tree camp in the distance.

But with their retreat, the defenders on the walls of Rodel could not afford to relax their vigilance.

The city gates remain tightly closed to this day.

Now, this has actually saved a lot of time for the royal city's defense system to be deployed.

"What's happening here?!"

On the city wall, Baglem and Dolores ran from two directions toward Gideon Ofnir, who was commanding the middle section of the wall, pointing to the sky in surprise as they ran.

"Didn't they say that it would take Ratan's legion at least half a month to reach the Yatan Plateau?!"

Sir Hundred-Minded looked up at the meteors that were burning the sky and said in a deep voice, "It's Rataen."

"what?"

“It’s Rataen!” Baizhi repeated, responding to Dolores’ question. “He used gravity magic, bringing his entire legion like shooting stars!”

After saying that, without paying any attention to the other two stunned Faded Ones, Gideon Ofnir's bubbly voice roared out!
"Everyone! Prepare for the attack! Immediately!"

The Rodel Knights were well-trained, and although it was their first time witnessing such a scene, their instincts kicked in and they followed their commander's orders.

They put down their equipment and tools, and everyone leaned against the wall, curling up as much as possible to lower their center of gravity and reduce their exposed area.

There was absolutely no time for preparation; it happened after just five breaths.

"Bang!!!"

The meteor shower that burned across the entire sky fired its first 'ammunition' at the walls of Rodel!
The earth trembled! The obsidian outside the city walls, which had just solidified, was crushed by the sudden pressure!
The stones shattered and flew away like crystals!
On the walls of Rodel, the sacred and powerful force of prayer, under external pressure, revealed a visible outline.

The 'meteor' in the sky streaked across the huge spirit banner standing on the battlefield outside the city and crashed into the illusory light screen extending from the city wall.

Despite the considerable commotion, the outer walls of Rodel have only suffered one defeat since their construction.

A 'shooting star' the size of a human figure couldn't even budge it.

But what Ratahn sent was his Red Lions Legion!
Since it's a legion, how could it only consist of one person?

"Boom boom boom!"

The very first impact was just the beginning!
After that, a continuous barrage of powerful impacts rained down on Rodel's city wall shield!

The impact of the first 'meteor' alone was enough to make the surrounding earth tremble.

The subsequent countless impacts made the ground outside Rodel City look like a boiling cauldron!
The plots of land were shaken, crushed together, and became more fluid because they were so fragmented.

—The ground outside the walls of Rodel was directly 'liquefied'!

The ground was liquefied; the soil and rocks, which were clearly wet enough, behaved like quicksand!
This is a very dangerous sign of geological activity, meaning that the energy surging underground is already terrifying, and the ground has completely lost its ability to stabilize and support itself!
This geological phenomenon often begins below the surface and spreads towards the ground.

Because the energy for geological activity mainly comes from the movement of continental plates underground, or more specifically, from the activity of the Earth's core.

However, the liquefaction of the ground outside Rodel City is now spreading from the surface to the underground!
The soldiers of the Red Lion Legion crashed into the walls of the royal city from the sky, and the aftershocks alone caused a huge disaster, like geological activity!

The immense energy generated by the impact propagated through the air, manifesting as heat. What had recently been covered by a lava lake by Lacadab has now solidified into a vast expanse of obsidian.

Now, those dark stones are starting to shine!
At first, it only glowed slightly, but as the impacts continued, the energy caused the temperature to surge!

They started to turn red and soften!

The obsidian was blasted back into lava!
Looking down from high above, a dense swarm of meteors bombarded Rodel's city wall shield continuously, with each impact...

Outside Rodel, the vast obsidian beaches that contrasted sharply with the pristine white walls would be melted back into a ring of lava spreading out from the point of impact.

As the impacts became more frequent and intense, the scattered lava lakes gradually merged into a large expanse, and their area also increased!

"Isn't this over yet?!"

As the 'meteor' struck, the knights on the walls of Rodel roared and asked!
The fierce storm, the shaking of the ground, the aftershocks of the intense heat... even with the protection of the city walls, it was enough to make one feel like they were about to be crushed to death!
Normally, under the impact of a meteor shower of this magnitude, even without directly facing the impact force, the harsh environmental factors would be enough to kill.

The vibration of the air alone is enough to kill a person!

But Rodel's walls were not just for show; the knights under their protection still had their eardrums intact and could still shout to each other.

Gideon Ophniel, like the other two Faded Ones, huddled under the battlements of the city wall.

However, unlike the others, Sir Hundred Wisdom began counting in his mind from the moment the first impact came.

11,037 impacts!

This data is very important.

Because when they were discussing how many legions the inevitable enemy Rataen would bring from the Galid Plains, they had already estimated the range of their numbers.

The border regions no longer enjoy the bounty of the Golden Law, so logistics and supplies have become important again.

Or rather, the nature of warfare in border areas has finally returned to normal.

Therefore, it became feasible again to estimate the number of troops the enemy might bring based on factors such as the consumption of supplies, distance, and time.

And now the number of impacts has reached the middle of their previous prediction range!

Suddenly, amidst the relentless, rain-like impact, there was a brief pause.

In that instant of sensing that moment, Gideon Ofnir roared, "Prepare for the impact! Rataen..."

"boom!!!"

Before he could finish speaking, the outer walls of Rodel were hit by the most powerful wave of impact since the ancient dragon battle!
The howling winds soared into the sky, and the tremors from the previous ten thousand or so impacts could at most reach half of the Altai Plateau.

However, this meteor's impact caused avalanches even in the snow-capped mountains further north of the Altai Plateau!

In just a moment, even though Rodel's city walls had greatly reduced their destructive and impactful power.

But the soldiers, knights, and even the faded ones on the city walls, amidst the tremendous roar, were scattered and scattered like ants from the towering and magnificent walls, tumbling down onto the vast plains of the inner city.

Gideon Ofnier, Bagleym, and Dolores were also among the crowd who were thrown down by the shockwave.

However, compared to those who truly had no power to resist, they seemed to have found a quick way down the city wall.

After all, they had all seen it while they were falling through the air.

—The gate of the outer wall of Rodel... has now been smashed open with a large hole!
Because of the city walls, the area outside Rodel City had been transformed into a burning sky and earth by the impact of meteor showers.

But within the city walls, the glorious capital still shone with the light of the golden tree.

Now, in the deep archway of the city gate, the lower half of the two large doors that together formed a golden tree pattern have been completely destroyed.

The red glow of burning lava and air shone through the city gates.

The damaged hole did not fully reveal the outside world.

Because a magnificent and imposing figure stood amidst the dust and smoke rising from the damaged gate!

[Shattered Star General] - Rataen!

(End of this chapter)