Chapter 23: Reforging the Artifact! [Seeking Recommendation Votes]
2016-12-24
Author: Floating Tower
The strong smell of bl**d filled the battlefield.
In this battle, although the Abyss Legion suffered heavy losses, Modo also faced significant disasters.
Three towns were razed to the ground by the frenzied demons, and there were more than thirty thousand civilians dead or injured at the hands of demons and undead. In comparison, the military casualties were slightly lower, as the Golem Legion bore a substantial part of the losses. The soldiers cheered at defeating the powerful demon legion encircling their home, but the cheers quickly subsided, for Modo had never suffered such great losses, especially with so many innocent civilians dead at the hands of the enemy. Centered around the Abyss Legion’s landing points, fewer than six hundred people escaped from the nearby towns, while the rest were ruthlessly killed and transformed by the undead.
The casualties dampened the slight joy of victory, and Soren’s heart was filled with anger!
Modo had never faced such a devastating loss, with over thirty thousand civilians killed by the demon legion, and both the strength of Modo and Soren’s church were significantly weakened.
“No matter who is behind this! They must pay the price!” Soren gazed into the distance.
The priests began to dispel the plagues and diseases; the undead brought with them the aura of pestilence and rotting corpses, and these lands needed to be purified again, while the many innocent civilians who died needed to be buried. The army suffered over five thousand deaths, almost everyone injured, and if not for the support of a church priest from behind, the casualties in Modo’s legion would have exceeded sixty percent!
“Orcus! Who instructed you to attack Modo?”
A hint of killing intent surfaced in Soren’s eyes; the Abyss Legion would not attack Modo for no reason. With so many places in the Material Plane to choose from, why pick the hardest to conquer, Modo?
There must be someone behind this trying to undermine Soren’s power.
“Clean up the battlefield!”
Soren nodded to the High Priest behind him and the next moment appeared in the temple.
The power within the temple had already been largely exhausted, and a large prayer ritual was needed to restore it. Soren held the legendary Scepter of Orcus and felt a slight awkwardness when he waved it. The weight of this scepter was a bit too high; even for Soren, it was somewhat unwieldy, and it was estimated that the Demon Avatar would find it much easier to handle.
“Probably about 1.5 tons.”
Soren estimated the weight of the Scepter of Orcus in his hand and then used his divine sense to look over it, murmuring: “There is a special spell inside, and if it is used by someone permitted by Orcus, the weight will be reduced to about 100 pounds.”
A weapon is not necessarily better if it is heavier.
The daggers used by assassins are light and small, not to mention the weight of a rapier is generally kept below three pounds, while longswords weigh a bit more but rarely exceed twenty pounds.
Giants can easily wield weapons weighing over half a ton, but normally such weapons would only be used by demons from the Bottomless Abyss. According to a simple calculation, a human with a strength of around 10 can carry about 100 pounds under heavy load, which converts to 45.359 kilograms, nearly 100 jin. Many who have tried carrying rice would have a clear concept of this. Among extraordinary beings with a strength of over 30, the most approachable example is a young red dragon, which has a colossal size with a strength of about 32 points, and under heavy load can carry 9600 pounds, equivalent to about 4.354 tons.
In general.
The strength one can exhibit has a great relationship with their carrying capacity; typically, one can lift items twice their maximum load off the ground and push or drag items five times their maximum load. In better conditions, the weights can double.
For example, an adult red dragon can lift 8.7 tons [relatively easily] (maximum 17.4 tons [very difficult]) and can push or drag 21.75 tons [relatively easily] (maximum 43.5 tons [very difficult]).
Strictly speaking.
Soren currently cannot use the Scepter of Orcus in battle; he can pick it up relatively easily and wave it casually, but fighting is an entirely different matter.
Using heavy weaponry comes with its costs.
Even though Soren’s Demon Avatar has nearly 40 points of strength, the giant execution sword is just about half a ton. Under normal conditions, the Balroth Fire Demon weighs around 4500 pounds, has a strength value of 35 points, and stands about five meters tall, but the giant execution sword they use weighs at most around 400 pounds.
Balroth Fire Demons can relatively easily lift heavy objects weighing close to 10 tons, but this does not mean they can’t use super gigantic and super heavy weapons; rather, doing so would actually reduce their combat power.
“Perhaps I can try to forge it into a beheading sword!”
Holding the Scepter of Orcus, Soren’s mind began to formulate ideas.
The power of Orcus surpasses that of the entire Bottomless Abyss. Soren is not very clear about his limits, but even when Soren activates divine power, he still faces tremendous pressure in combat against Orcus and dares not confront this monster head-on.
The power value of the Demon Avatar is 40 points, and Soren has never tested his strength under extreme conditions.
However, by his own estimation, the Demon Avatar, as the leader of the Balroth Fire Demons, should have no difficulty using this weapon, at the very least, it would not decrease their combat capability by using it.
“This is an artifact.”
Soren gazed at the Scepter of Orcus in his hand and murmured, “How should I reshape it?”
A +5 level artifact.
This was not an easy task. Everyone knows that destroying an artifact can result in serious backlash, and even the Greater Dispel has only a 1% chance of destroying an artifact. When Soren first came into contact with the Scepter of Orcus, he felt something different about it; it seemed like a life box, with Orcus’s soul relying on it to be continuously revived.
This undoubtedly increased the difficulty of destroying it!
What Soren needs to do is not just destroy the Scepter of Orcus; he needs to extract the d*ath power within and then completely eliminate Orcus’s soul before finally reshaping it into a giant beheading sword.
The difficulty is not small at all.
Soren has never refashioned an artifact of such high level, and simply using divine power for shaping seems ineffective, as this artifact has been endowed with divinity by Orcus, allowing it to directly turn the enemies it kills into undead. Soren wants to preserve this power; if the giant sword of the demon avatar can directly slay a target and then resurrect them as an undead puppet, the combat effect would be terrifying.
“What exactly should I do?” Soren fell into deep thought.
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(ps: It seems the weight of the Scepter of Orcus has caused controversy, with people thinking that such weight is completely unworthy of a demon overlord’s status, feeling it pales in comparison to those who can punch through planets. Pure physical strength has rough data conversion, and Floating Tower never writes or can write about those who can destroy the world with one punch but cannot be damaged no matter what. The gods have the ability to destroy continents, and the Arcane Empire has alchemical devices capable of destroying continental shelves, but some powers are like flipping tables; once used, everyone is done for.
The power value of Orcus is considered the extreme benchmark; any stronger would only be the hundred-armed giant.
Without considering magical divine power, the limits of physical strength reach only this point. The specific damage output can be calculated by high-end statistical personnel, but Floating Tower has not done a detailed calculation of the conversion; if you need to debate, please estimate it yourself.
For an ordinary mortal, a boxer.
What is the weight they can carry in pounds, how much can they lift in pounds, and finally, what is the strongest power they can unleash in pounds during a fight?
Without considering extraordinary abilities.
You can just proportionally calculate it yourself.) (To be continued ~^~)
