Under the command and guidance of the two knights, the soldiers and civilians in Cecil's pioneer land were finally mobilized.
The news of the coming aberrations has spread throughout the camp, but under Gawain's deliberate guidance and hints, the panic and pressure caused by this incident were temporarily suppressed - or diverted away Come, the trophies brought back before and the name of Gawain Cecil played a decisive role in this regard.
In this regard, what Gawain himself is most satisfied with is that at least so far, there have been no escapees in the camp.
Although serfs and civilians may be ignorant, they are not stupid. As long as they know that this is a barbaric land far away from civilized society, outside the camp there are either high mountains or primitive jungles, and the monster is in the mountains. Wandering around, it would take at least three or four days to escape to the relatively safe town of Tanzania. When the aberration is already approaching, running out will make you die faster. In this way, people trying to escape will naturally weigh own life and death.
Gawain has specifically asked Hetty to emphasize this point to the people.
So despite the slight fear, despite the raging fires and boundless monsters in Cecil Territory a few months ago, people still tried to muster up their courage. They heard that the heroic lord from seven hundred years ago had a special method for dealing with aberrations, and saw Hetty and Rebecca confidently commanding soldiers to prepare for war, so they also gained a little confidence.
The tasks assigned to them are also one of the motivations to enhance confidence.
In the kiln area, the "slag" that is said to be used as a weapon is fired, pedal traps are made, and runes are carved and trimmed. Even illiterate civilians can do these tasks very well. At that time, there were soldiers standing by who kept emphasizing that these things could be used to deal with those monsters, so those who worked began to feel that the "ancient Duke" might be really capable, and worked harder.
In fact, even the soldiers who were responsible for "reading out" were not sure what these things were used for. They just followed orders and shouted to the workers exactly what they heard from Gawain. Just civilians.
"Put the broken crystals on the bottom layer, and then put the stone pieces engraved with the magic circle! If the stone pieces are damaged, come here to replace them with new ones!"
"Do it well Put the things over here!"
"Remember to check if the crystal is on. The non-luminous crystal cannot be used, come here to change it!"
"You can do it! These things are weapons, specially designed to deal with monsters - this is the instruction of Duke Gawain! He is the nemesis of those monsters!"
Gawain took Rebecca and Hetty through. The open space in the northeast of the camp is dedicated to the production of "art". Originally, Gawain planned to name this place something like the Louvre to represent its positioning as an art treasure house, but no one understood this idea, so Had to give up.
He bent down and inspected theThings neatly stacked at the feet of the statistician: they are half-foot-square wooden containers with a height of less than two inches. The wooden boxes are filled with Rebecca crystal particles, and above the crystals are engraved with detonation methods. Array of black stone flakes.
But these structures alone cannot detonate these magic versions of "mines". They also require rune triggers to activate.
This last step cannot be completed by civilians or serfs. Considering the risk of accidental explosion, the setting of the rune trigger is left to the last step: these wooden boxes will be buried in the open space of the mountain pass southwest of the camp. Only when burying, soldiers and specialized trap craftsmen will combine the rune triggers on the magic circle.
The rune trigger is a fairly simple structure. The pairs of runes as "triggering mechanisms" are separated by a thin stone piece, with a wooden board on top. After stepping on the wooden board, the stone piece Shattered, the two runes came into contact, forming a complete rune circuit - then activating the detonating array, and eventually causing an explosion.
This is the alien version of the mine. Although the technical details are completely different from its distant relatives on Earth, the ideas are similar. It obviously does not conform to the chivalry of this era, but Hetty and Rebbe Ka's comment on this is - no matter what chivalry is, this thing looks so cool!
And in this world where extraordinary power exists, there is another particularly convenient way to use "landmines", that is, you don't have to worry about the problem of "laying mines for a while, clearing mines and crematoriums", Hetty will be there every day. An explosive array leaves its own magic mark. This "mage trick" that is not even a first-level spell can ensure that every mine can be quickly located. After the battle, all unexploded mines can be easily detonated. Discover and eliminate.
Of course, the number of magic marks that Hetty can support alone is limited, but in this battle, her magic marks are more than enough.
After inspecting the work here, Gawain handed over the defense of the camp to the two family knights and Rebecca, and he took Hetty to the Dark Mountains.
On a rock wall in the north of the mountain, more "Rebecca Crystals" are placed.
In fact, most of the crystals accumulated in the camp over the past few days have been transported here. In order to ensure that a sufficient scale of rock wall collapse can be triggered, Gawain does not dare to be stingy in the "equivalent".
With the help of Hetty's plastic hand and weight loss spells, workers and materials have already been transported to the place. With the help of some simple ropes and scaffolding, the masons have dug pits on the mountain wall one after another, and filled a large number of crystal particles into the pits and between the original stone gaps on the mountain wall, but the detonation circle was carved The matter can only be left to Hetty herself.
Hetty, who is only at level three, cannot use mid-level mage skills such as flying, and even low-level floating skills cannot be maintained for too long, so she can only stand on the ground and use Evocation. Hands combined with the teleportation spell to complete the work of drawing the detonating array on the rock wall, and through the eyes of the mageto make adjustments on the sidelines. This kind of precise control is actually beyond the ability of a low-level mage, but fortunately, in addition to being a low-level mage, Hetty is also a formally converted believer of the "Goddess of Magic". She prayed to the Goddess of Magic before working and obtained a brief Only with the blessing can this work be carried out.
In order to ensure that this extra-large detonating array can operate normally, Gawain spent a lot of money this time - he took a large amount of pre-made powdery mithril and amethyst dust from the mountain treasure house, and then combined it with The alchemical potion prepared by Pitman was made into the most expensive "pigment" in history. Hetty can directly "paint" these magic-guiding materials on the rock wall, which eliminates a lot of carving and inlay work. It also shortens the time.
Now, the most precious thing is time.
When Hetty was drawing those huge lines and runes one by one, Amber's figure emerged from the shadow of the nearby trees. With a nervous expression on her face, she leaned up to the height. Wen whispered next to him: "Those monsters are already very close, half a day at most."
"I know, I guess they are almost there," Gawain nodded slightly, "They are coming according to the expected route. "?"
"I almost walked to another road in the middle," Amber said with obvious fear, "Later, I bravely escaped from the shadow state for a moment, and finally They led them back to this road - but on the contrary, they have become more violent now."
Gawain looked at Amber in surprise: "...Why are you so brave this time? "
Hubo curled her lips and said: "Hey, we have come this far, what's the use of shrinking back now - I might as well be brave with you, maybe I can survive."
As she spoke, she couldn't help but cast her eyes on the mountain wall in front of her.
This high cliff is right next to the mountain road where the four aberrants encountered the previous encounter. Under the cliff is the road that was originally walked. It has experienced vicissitudes of wind and rain here, and the rocks are The wall itself is indeed in a very fragile state and may collapse at any time, and there is only one road on the mountain path below. When the aberrations pass by, they will inevitably form a crowded and long queue. When the mountain wall collapses, they will have absolutely no way to escape - here A perfectly good ambush location indeed.
If there is a high-level mage here, he will definitely choose to blow up the mountain wall to kill those monsters. After all, for a powerful mage, letting the rock wall collapse is just a matter of It only requires an extremely effective pyrotechnic or a disintegration of the earth element.
But those who want to do all this at this moment are a third-level low-level mage who can't even shoot an ice arrow, and a large group of ordinary stonemasons, peasants and serfs.
This made Amber feel completely weird.
The translucent plastic hand moved on the rock wall, using alchemy potions mixed with mithril powder and amethyst dust as paint to apply on the surface of the stones. Many runes had already taken shape, which made the entire The mountain wall looks like some kind of treacherousIt is as strange as a different religious totem, and on the top of the cliff, you can still see the simple rope ladders and brackets used by the masons before. They are all "construction traces" that have not been dismantled in time and are not planned to be dismantled.
It is proof that ordinary people participated in this incredible plan.
Not far away, the masons and apprentices were taking a rest. They had spent a lot of energy and courage before - it was not easy to dig a hole on the mountain wall with a few ropes, especially in the Time was tight, especially when they had to work continuously, but they still completed the challenge. This even made Gawain feel a little incredible. He originally thought that this work would take more time and the completion level would be impossible. Meet your own expectations.
But Gawain soon understood that this was not because the craftsmen and apprentices were inspired by any sense of honor, and it probably had nothing to do with the desire to survive, but because the poor people of this era were Live like this.
Is it difficult to dig a hole in the mountain wall with a rope? It's not much harder than tying a rope to repair the spire of the lord's castle, or picking herbs from the cliff for the lord.
It is said that four hundred years ago, in some mountainous areas in the west of the kingdom, serfs were not even allowed to tie ropes when picking herbs - because at that time, the local ropes were even more expensive than the serfs' lives.
But here, they at least have a rope tied to their bodies, and what they do is no longer just for the lord.