Chapter 208: The Beast Tide (III)

“Come on! You beasts!”
Faced with a swarm of sea beasts that were just over ten feet away from him, Donald remained calm. Seizing the perfect moment, he unleashed his innate spell, Storm of the Tornado.
Months later, the Storm of the Tornado struck again. Having grown stronger, Donald’s control over this innate spell had improved even further. Even level-six magical beasts could hardly survive such a fierce attack. Only those with silver-tier strength or giant sea monsters could endure it. But which of these sea beasts had silver-tier strength?
The storm lasted nearly a minute, leaving widespread devastation. Thousands of sea beasts died directly or indirectly from its power. A few walruses, due to their size, managed to escape, though the storm still inflicted serious injuries on them.
After reaching the mid-silver tier, Donald no longer ran out of mana instantly when using this powerful strategic spell equivalent to level seven. With the power absorbed from the Enchanting Demon, his mana capacity had increased to a level comparable to that of a gold mage. He used only one-seventh of his mana to cast the Storm of the Tornado.
The fourth wave of sea beasts was stopped by Donald’s powerful spell outside the stone wall before they could reach their goal. The voice in the distance seemed angry, letting out another loud howl.
As the howl echoed, waves suddenly surged on the distant water’s surface. Another wave of sea beasts emerged from the water, roaring as they charged toward Leyton Port.
Among this wave was dozens of sea beasts that appeared different from the rest. They were generally larger, and the lower-tier sea beasts avoided approaching them, seemingly fearing them greatly.
Donald noticed these special sea beasts right away. He immediately understood their purpose.
“Giving up the mass attack and going for elite forces?”
“If that’s the case, I’ll deal with you scum all at once!”
With that, Donald activated the projection of the Book of Truth and selected a heroic spell ability from it.
Apart from obtaining his fourth innate spell from the Book of Truth when he first reached bronze tier, he had since reached the mid-silver tier but hadn’t chosen another innate spell yet. His soul level was still high, meaning he still had four more innate spells available. This time, needing a powerful, sustained attack, Donald first thought of the ultimate spell of the Moon Priestess—Starry Fall!

When Donald began casting this spell, countless energy dots suddenly appeared in the air. It seemed as though night had fallen; spheres of colored energy plummeted from heights of hundreds of kilometers like meteors. Within a one-kilometer radius, all the sea beasts were struck by this meteor shower. The weakest ones died within a third of the time after the first wave of meteors fell, while the rest were severely injured. Wave after wave of meteors continued to fall, and the sea beasts ordered by the powerful ones behind them to charge toward Port Leyton acted as if seeking death, rushing into this deadly area one after another. Even giants like walruses couldn’t withstand the attacks of the meteors and collapsed within five or six strikes. Soon, a thick pile of corpses—all sea beasts—accumulated in front of the stone wall. Only those few dozen special sea beasts, relying on their thick skin and strong vitality, managed to withstand the meteor shower and attack from above Donald’s position. Naturally, these somewhat intelligent sea beasts were furious at Donald, the human who had killed their kin, and attacked him in large numbers. The biggest flaw of this spell was the restriction of not being able to move during its casting. Otherwise, such a powerful spell, without any limitations, would be invincible—casting it on any human city would likely destroy most of it quickly. Faced with the attacks from those sea beasts of level five and above, Donald still didn’t dodge. Unperturbed, he continued to unleash the energy rain. As long as his magic didn’t run out, he could maintain it for over a minute, enough time to kill a large number of the sea beasts’ fighting forces. As for the attacks from these higher-level sea beasts, Uther, who was always by his side, took care of them. The silent paladin immediately raised a sacred shield in front of Donald the moment the sea beasts attacked their master, wielding sword energy filled with sacred attributes. In just a few breaths, seven or eight sea beasts of level five and above fell before the master and his servant, torn apart by his sword energy. A few sea beasts that tried to bypass Uther and attack the detestable human from behind were entangled by Kaelthas’s Fire Phoenix from behind, allowing Uther, now free, to easily deal with them. Within dozens of seconds, almost none of the sea beasts that dared enter this area remained. This energy-based meteor shower lasted for over two minutes, killing at least 30,000 sea beasts.

Although Donald couldn’t yet fully unleash the power of this innate spell, and the spectacle of falling stars could only be recreated in his golden age, even these low-level sea beasts with average levels of 1 to 3 couldn’t resist it. The dozens of high-level elite sea beasts that charged at them also suffered heavy losses; within hundreds of meters around, the ground was covered with dead sea beasts. Seeing these corpses, Donald suddenly realized that they were all money! Although the materials from low-level sea beasts were very cheap, the sheer quantity meant that tens of thousands of them together could fetch a price of thirty to fifty thousand gold sols. As for those high-level sea beasts above level 5, their larger size compared to land-based magical beasts often made their prices even higher. Each intact level 5 sea beast corpse, including its magic core, could sell for at least two thousand gold sols—or that was just the price offered by unscrupulous merchants; the actual selling price after dismembering them could be nearly double. With this in mind, Donald, before the sea beast herd in the distance could regroup, quickly summoned dozens of gargoyles and combat puppets. Together with himself and Uther, they quickly gathered most of the corpses of sea beasts above level 4. After collecting the most valuable ones, Donald thought further: “I have a few griffins in my manor, plus the dozen or so dragons I recently summoned. All of these require a large amount of meat. Since most of these sea beasts are low-level magical beasts with abundant energy in their flesh, wouldn’t they make excellent fodder?” “Moreover, it is said that the powerful kingdom forces on the continent like to feed their elite warhorses feed mixed with the essence of magical beast flesh. This can enhance the warhorses’ endurance and even cause ordinary warhorses to evolve over time, granting them some abilities of magical beasts. That’s far better than the ordinary warhorses I summoned from the Book of Truth! Although I don’t have plans to form a knight order yet… it’s better to prepare warhorses in advance, just in case I run out of them later!” With these thoughts, Donald gave an order to Uther beside him. Uther then turned and retreated, leaping a few steps back before returning to the top of the city wall. Donald himself took out an ancient and magnificent scroll, tore it open, and was enveloped in light before disappearing from atop the stone wall in an instant.