Chapter 70- The strength of Science
The elven soldiers looked back in shock.
"How did that woman dissipate such a concentrated spell? She threw some sort of potion at it... just what could it have contained?", one of them whispered to the other.
It was no surprise that these elves were astounded by the technology Reagan had developed. The surfacers had gone through lengths to hinder any scientific progress outside of their own cities, which was the main reason they prevented underground dwellers from coming onto the surface.
The range of magical energy was extremely potent on the surface, and magic could be freely researched, however underground there was only a limited amount of energy that had seeped through.
This is why there is such a difference in power between the surfacers and the empire.
Reagan, however, had somehow managed to survive without the empire detecting her. It was not due to the visual screen that shielded her manor, as this could be easily seen through by anyone with magical abilities.
One reason why she had survived so long was due to her ability to set magical traps. These traps were strong enough to disable even higher ranked surfacer soldiers.
The second reason was because she had a much higher level spell that surrounded the space of the manor. When activated, this spell would relocate the dimensional space the manor existed in, allowing her to effectively teleport the manor from location to location in a pinch.
Two things led to the easy breach of the surfacers into the manor. The first issue was that Dubs had brought in outsiders for a meeting, forcing Reagan to turn off any trap defenses to prevent any unfortunate accidents.
The reason the Corporal and his soldiers made it through was due to this.
The second reason was that in order to perform a teleportation spell, a very large amount of energy was needed, and at the time the magical energy generators had not yet stored up enough to use this feature.
On top of this, Dubs had now established a dwarven outpost, so teleportation would disrupt his activities.
All in all, the reason for all the issues was the fault of Dubs.
This did not bother Reagan in the slightest, however.
Rather, this encouraged her to go beyond her simple experimentation game of hide and seek.
As someone who had lived alone for years, Reagan was thrilled to see as much excitement in her life as she had been shown recently, and this inspired her to further her knowledge.
Loading the crossbow with the green tipped arrow, Reagan took aim at the man who stood at the bottom of the mountain.
"This one... is a new experiment that I haven't had a subject to test on just yet... it was too risky to waste the subject Dubs spent his effort to bring in, because I didn't know when I would be able to obtain a new one. Now that you guys have shown up, that worry has disappeared... hehehe..."
She shot the arrow with pinpoint accuracy into the neck of the man. It slipped between the chinks in his armor and placed itself into his flesh, and the man started to wreath in pain.
"AGH! What is this!? Er! Ack!!"
The mans body began to wrinkle up and shrink in size. The armor he was wearing fell to the ground, and the man crawled out of one of the chinks, barely breathing.
He was as small as a safety pin, and the naked man began to scream at the top of his lungs, however the sound did not reach very far.
Reagan took out another bolt, this one with no liquid on the tip.
"A success... the other one is unneccesary..."
She shot the bolt, and it pierced the mans helmet.
Blood dripped from the mans skull, and he fell dead instantly.