Doctor of Science's Journey into Another World

Chapter 678 Firefighting and Arson

For a moment, the originally quiet ancient city of Kejie suddenly became boiling.

The alarm sounded, and the roar of explosions rang out in the inner and outer city areas. The patrolling knights on the streets hurried their steps, and many high-level mage patrols suddenly appeared in the sky.

But compared to the patrol knights who were on full alert, the rescue guards were actually busier. They were seriously short of manpower, so much so that even the patrol knights had to participate in the firefighting.

Because just now, not only the Church of the Earth on Church Street was attacked, but almost all the Churches of the Earth in the ancient city of Kojie encountered terrorist attacks of varying scales. The church buildings collapsed and caught fire, and the priests of the Earth suffered heavy casualties.

Every church on earth presented a doomsday-like scene, with flames spurting out from the scattered dust, and the sounds of flames exploding amidst the wailing and roaring.

"Damn those damn attackers!"

"Put out the fire quickly. Don't let it spread to the underground warehouse. There are flammable magic bombs there!"

"Don't just stand there, cast some water magic quickly. I remember there are quite a few water magicians in the patrol knight guards..."

"Knight Commander, you are a water elemental mage of the magician class. I'll leave it to you to control the fire!"

Faced with the urging of a high-ranking priest of the Earth God Church, the patrol knight leader hesitated for a moment, because he saw that the attacker had just fled to the outer city area. It was a giant lion orc with half golden hair.

There is no doubt that he is the infamous Rhea, the only bounty hunter who succeeded in assassinating Earl Campbell!

In less than two seconds, Rea's figure disappeared in the complex alleys of the inner city. Although dozens of high-ranking knights chased him, the patrol knight leader knew that Rea would most likely not be caught, just like the dozens of terrorist attacks he had carried out before.

This orc who cannot use magic is an extremely cunning loach. He is insidious, experienced, and ruthless. He has been extremely active in the ancient city of Kejie recently. He seems to have received support from some powerful force, and his equipment and tactics are better.

"Hmph, the Campbell family..."

The patrol knight captain spat, then turned around and threw himself into the firefighting work. As a water elemental mage of the magician class, he was very important. Many high-level water magics could easily put out the fire and stop the damage in time.

But it was obvious that Rea did not just set a simple fire, because all the people involved in the rescue soon discovered that the fire was extremely difficult to put out. Even if it was covered by floodwater, the flames were still strong and could even burn in the water.

"Damn, this is not an ordinary flame, it is a ghost flame produced by the lava of Beixu Volcano!"

"Ah, what should we do? The fire is about to spread to the underground warehouse..."

"Isn't this a flammable material that is strictly controlled by the White Sun Sect? How did these terrorists get it..."

"Damn it, is the White Sun Sect involved in this?"

The scene was in chaos. Some earth priests who were blinded by anger began to speculate all kinds of conspiracies. The experienced patrol knight leader immediately ordered: "Use mud to destroy it. Let all earth elemental mages come here. Wet mud is the nemesis of ghost flames!"

Soon, dozens of earth elemental mages were urgently dispatched to put out the fire. Most of them were patrol knights. Due to the temporary transfer, the intensity of the search was weakened a lot, but there was nothing that could be done about it.

Even if we pursue her with all our strength, there is a high probability that Rhea will escape, so putting out the fire is the top priority now. The Knight Commander's judgment is correct.

Dozens of earth elemental mages cast magic together, and a large amount of dust was suspended in the air. At the same time, some water elemental mages cast magic to make the soil moist.

Soon, wet soil rain fell from the sky of the Earth Cathedral, and everything was carried out according to the Knight Commander's method.

The fire has obviously become smaller, and most of the fragile small flames have been extinguished. The fire situation has been effectively controlled. Although the subsequent cleanup work will be very troublesome, it is better than being engulfed by the flames.

The Knight Commander breathed a sigh of relief upon seeing this. His emergency decision saved an Earth Church. He would surely receive a lot of commendations in the future, which made up for his fault of improper patrolling.

"Sir, you are really knowledgeable. You can find a solution so quickly!"

"Yeah, yeah, I don't even know what a ghost flame is..."

"If it weren't for you, I'm afraid this Earth Church would have been burned to ruins!"

Listening to the flattery of the surrounding knights, the chief knight's mouth curled up, "I usually tell you to read more, it always comes in handy at critical moments. We are patrol knights in the inner city of Kotje, no matter what, we are considered high-level talents..."

Rea, who had already escaped to the outer city, looked back and saw that the black smoke over Church Street had become much smaller. He immediately realized that the fire was under control, but there was no frustrated expression on Rea's face. Instead, he showed an intriguing smile.

A few minutes later, just when everyone thought that the fire at the Church of the Earth had been perfectly resolved, a violent explosion suddenly sounded. Everyone was stunned, thinking it was a second attack, but there were no terrorists around.

"Boom—boom—boom—"

Before everyone could come to their senses, a series of violent explosions sounded, making everyone even more confused. The self-proclaimed knowledgeable Knight Commander also lost his mind for a moment, because he found that the source of the explosion was the place where the wet soil covered the ghost flame.

Suddenly, the Knight Commander's eyes widened. He suddenly thought of something and hurriedly bent down to pick up a piece of building debris that was blown away by the explosion. He put his nose close to it and smelled it carefully. A faint smell of sheep invaded his nasal cavity. This was the smell of the mutton buns on the breakfast cart.

The Knight Commander sighed deeply, then sat down on the ground helplessly watching the continuous explosions in the Earth Cathedral. The charred houses collapsed one after another under the violent shaking, filled with smoke and dust, and gradually turned into ruins amid the screams of the crowd.

"Sir, what should we do now?"

"What kind of magical principle caused this explosion..."

"My God of Earth, the sacred Earth Church has been completely destroyed..."

Listening to the astonished words of the people around him, the Knight Commander just muttered to himself with his eyes blank, "The lava of Beixu Volcano is flammable and can be easily extinguished by moist soil. But if you add ground houttuynia cordata to it, you can make a scorched earth bomb that can be detonated at low temperatures..."

This was the experimental content about volcanic rocks in "Research on Beixu Geographical Materials" written by Bai Hao three years ago. It did not attract much attention in the academic community at that time because scholars were more interested in Bai Hao's life-saving magic technology and thus ignored his other academic research.

"The burning volcanic lava is covered with mud. This is the prototype of a scorched earth bomb. Other rescue workers are constantly sprinkling water, which extinguishes the flames and creates low temperatures, eventually achieving the conditions for detonation... So my order just now is actually helping the terrorists destroy the church!"

Originally, the Earth Church was just on fire, and it could be put out with water elemental magic. Although it was inefficient, the church would not be completely burned down. After all, they discovered the fire first.

However, the Knight Commander's clever move directly pushed the church into an abyss of no return. The wet soil could indeed extinguish the flames within minutes, but this was exactly what Rhea wanted, resulting in a violent explosion, turning the church into ruins in less than ten seconds.

The Knight Commander understood that he would be held accountable afterwards. At the very least, he would be dismissed from his post, and at the worst, he would be sent to the Seth Empire Army. There was a high chance that he would serve as a suicide assault trooper on the front line, and there was no chance of survival!

Rhea predicted how the Knight Commander would handle the situation. He had investigated every knight on duty today and knew their backgrounds, origins, personalities and preferences. This Knight Commander who loved reading must have known about the ghost flames produced by the burning volcanic lava.

But no matter what, Rhea's goal of destroying the Earth Cathedral can be achieved, just the degree of destruction is different.

If the Knight Commander didn't know the wet earth fire extinguishing method, the raging fire would have destroyed 60% of the church.

And if the Knight Commander knew the wet earth fire extinguishing method, the explosion would destroy 100% of the church!