Sorcery Monarch

Chapter 68: The Defeat of the Gnolls

Chapter 68: The Defeat of the Gnolls

With a brief respite, the soldiers quickly regained their composure. Thanks to the blood-restoring potions, most of them had recovered their fighting strength.

Angela, commanding the soldiers to stabilize the line, once again recognized the importance of the blood-restoring potions.

At the same time, Angela had a clearer understanding of the timing and devastating power of the lord's fireball spell.

In large-scale battles, the destructive force and intimidation of spellcasters could easily shift the balance of victory.

"Perhaps we need more spellcasters?"

Angela quickly shook off this somewhat fanciful thought.

After all, spellcasters like the lord, who were willing to act in battle, were still rare.

What Angela didn't know was that Matthew, who had just cast his spell, was reveling in the stream of experience point notifications.

The only regret Matthew had was that despite wiping out so many gnolls, he hadn't earned any precious skill points.

Still, Matthew wasn't discouraged. His strategy had been successful.

Killing over 20 gnolls had restored 55 mana points, completely offsetting the cost of casting two fireball spells with his staff!

Matthew had a faint premonition: as his two feats continued to level up, he was not far from becoming a true battlefield spell cannon!

Interestingly, Matthew noticed that in the data displayed, nearly half of the gnoll warriors he killed had yielded experience points reduced by about 30%.

Matthew made a bold assumption: the effect of Mana Drain likely came at the cost of devouring some of the experience points from his kills.

However, Matthew was more than happy to make that trade!

Dead enemies were the best enemies!

Power firmly in his grasp was true strength!

Now that he had acted, Matthew decided to go all out.

Without even needing to aim precisely, he could unleash magic missiles like a machine gun, targeting the gnoll hordes with deadly accuracy.

Having relentlessly trained in his previous life, Matthew had raised his Magic Missile to Level 3, allowing him to fire six missiles at once, each dealing 3 points of damage!

Coupled with his 24 intelligence, his spell modifier of +7, and a +5 damage bonus, the missiles became a true force of death!

With this single skill, he took out three gnoll warriors!

This time, luck was on Matthew's side, as he activated Mana Drain twice in quick succession, recovering 10 mana points.

Perfectly replenishing the mana he had spent casting Magic Missile!

It was almost as if he was casting spells without any cost!

Wanting to test his true combat abilities, Matthew transformed into a Magic Missile machine gun.

He unleashed a barrage of magic missiles, effortlessly cutting through the gnoll ranks.

In the blink of an eye, the densely packed gnolls on the left flank were thinned out, the ground littered with corpses riddled with fist-sized holes.

Matthew even believed that if the gnolls kept clustering together, he could kill hundreds of them!

Of course, Matthew didn't go that far. After decimating the left flank, he chose to stop, not wanting to reveal more of his strength.