According to Gawain's original plan, Solderin should stay in the territory for a short period of time, responsible for providing him with information about the Typhon Empire, and by the way, gathering information about Gawain Cecil. But the plan could not keep up with the changes, and the instability of the Great Wall barrier gave everyone a sense of crisis. In order to figure out what was going on with the elves as soon as possible, Gawain had to ask Solderin to leave the territory first to find a way to fight with the elves. Get in touch with the ancient empire in the south of the continent.
Before Solderin set out, Gawain found him and asked the elf ranger about his plan: "Where do you plan to go?"
Solderin did not Concealed: "The Silver Empire has not set up many barrier monitoring points in the northern part of the mainland. The two closest ones are near the Ansu Western Border and the Tiphon Empire Border. To be honest, the one on the Ansu Western Border is still too far. I plan to go to Typhon. "
Gawain glanced at Solderin: "In your current situation, won't you be beaten to death if you return to Typhon?"
"A high-level ranger? If you don’t want to be caught, there are 10,000 ways to jump around under the noses of ordinary border guards." Solderin looked matter-of-fact and confident, "And even if you are really caught by that little wolf general, Catch me. I have only been captured by you for a few days and I have not surrendered. What will she do with me? Besides, I am just a mercenary and not a Typhonian."
Now. There was no one else. Solderin didn't show much restraint in front of someone who knew the secret of his strength, but his unabashed statement still made Gawain's eyelids twitch. "You confirm that you Living here so comfortably does not count as surrender?"
"Of course, I haven't officially returned to Cecil's Army yet, so it certainly doesn't count as surrender," said the expression on Solderin's face. Extremely serious, it was obvious that he was not joking at all when he said this, "This way the little wolf general will have no reason to blame me - I can wait until I return from Typhon before surrendering."
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Solderin's statement sounds like a literal joke, but in fact it is not that he is teasing Mengzi - this is entirely because the logic of the elves is In this way, in some inexplicable places, the elves' thoughts are very strange.
However, Typhon’s Winter Wolves may not necessarily agree with Solderin’s straightforward thinking. Solderin himself knew this, so he straightened his expression after expressing his opinion: "I will try my best to avoid the Typhon people's eyes - this is not difficult. Except for the people from the Winter Wolf Legion, there are not many people there who know me. I have a route to cross the border. As long as I reach the Typhon Empire With the Silver Elf stronghold in the buffer zone between Gondor Wasteland, I am equivalent to entering the territory of the Silver Empire, so I am safe."
"Okay, since you have a plan, then I won't. "No more words," Gawain looked at Solderin deeply, "I hope you have a smooth journey."
Solderin solemnly pressed his hand on his chest, bent down and said, "I wish you all the best."I swear in the name of the Elf Ancestor that I will return after the matter is done. ”
Then he straightened up, turned and walked towards the door of the study, but just when he was about to push the door open, he suddenly stopped - Gawain also sensed the presence of Knight Philip's breath. Outside the door.
The next second there was a knock on the door, and the serious and slightly urgent voice of Knight Philip: "My lord, there is an urgent military situation. "
"Come in," Gawain said loudly. After Philip came in, he immediately asked, "What's going on? "
"There is news from the Dark Mountain sentry tower that they are aberrations," Philip glanced at Solderin standing at the door, and then reported quickly, "The number is about two thousand, and they are still there. It keeps increasing, and huge individuals that have never been seen before appear inside. "
Gawain's face instantly became solemn: "A giant individual? What about a rough description? Also, how fast is the enemy traveling? "
"Extraordinarily swollen humanoids, with a body size between five and seven meters, are not many in number, only four or five, but the aberrations around them are obviously more flexible and agile, and are suspected to be similar to command. individual - but no signs of intelligence have been observed for the time being. As for the overall traveling speed, it is similar to the aberration that appeared last time. It will take about three to four days to reach the territory boundary. At present, the sentries at the first post have been withdrawn to prevent the aberrations from suddenly speeding up their actions after sensing the human aura. Only the second and third posts are left to observe the enemy's movements with telescopes. "
"It seems that you can't leave for the time being," Gawain looked at Solderin deeply, "I have some trouble here. "
"I understand, you mentioned the reappearance of those guys," Solderin walked back to the center of the room silently when he heard Philip say the word "aberrant" , a smile appeared on his face at this time, "We are old enemies, aren't we? "
Gawain also smiled slightly: "If I don't fight them for seven hundred years, will my hands be born? "
Solderin raised his hand and made a few imaginary movements to pull the bow string: "I still remember the feeling of the hand seven hundred years ago. I can solve at least a hundred of them by myself. There are nineteen hundred left for you. "
"The number has exceeded the threshold, and their number will continue to increase. By the time we reach the defense line, there will be more than two thousand," Gawain smiled and shook his head, "But the main force in the battle will not be You and I, it’s time for you to see the power of the Cecil Combat Corps - Philip, sound the alarm according to the plan, arrange positions outside the city, withdraw the southern engineering team, and prepare for defense! "
After Knight Philip left, Gawain turned to look at the window: "Amber! "
Humber's figure immediately jumped in from the window: "Here it is, it is here~~ I heard it! ”
“Go and call everyone who needs to be called, we’re going to be busy again! ”
A moment later, loud and continuous bells resounded throughout the city.
Alarm bells with specific meanings echoed over the entire city, no matter where they were.Soldiers who were on vacation or on duty immediately ran to their posts according to the rules of the bell and what they had learned in daily training. At various construction sites, supervisors immediately calmed the workers and ordered each group to The team leaders finished their work early and returned home to wait for orders. They themselves went to the nearest emergency assembly point and waited for the next instructions.
In this way, everyone became active at the same time. Some returned home to wait for orders, some went to the designated assembly point, and some went directly to the southern city wall, while groups of security team members came from They ran out of the station in each block and read out the concise and easy-to-understand "Emergency Information" loudly while running in the streets and alleys - everything was as they had been rehearsed long ago.
Of course, some people panicked when the alarm bell rang. Most of them were the last batch of new residents who joined the Cecil Territory before winter. Although they received basic common sense education, they did not catch up with the relevant issues. The content of the drill for the aberrant attack, but these people were quickly reassured - the ubiquitous security forces and the "old residents" who were deliberately dispersed would tell these new neighbors what happened, and those who had experienced New Sethi The residents of the Erling Defense War were the calmest at this moment. Not only did they not have any panic, they were also able to judge the current situation from the bells based on the knowledge they had learned from the drill in advance: the intervals between the bells were two short and two long, which meant As the enemy is still far away and will arrive in a few days, the city will now prepare for war in an orderly manner.
This is quite a "stable" situation.
Experienced residents who judged the situation from the bells began to tell the new neighbors what to do next: maintain order, wait for the lord's orders at home, and be ready to support the territory within their capabilities at any time. Defense force, this is the responsibility and obligation that every Cecil citizen must bear.
Since setting up camp in this barbaric land almost at the border of human civilization, the Cecil Territory has always been prepared to face challenges. The first Cecil Territory defense battle is just the beginning. , after that, Gawain never relaxed his preparation drills for the residents of the territory-different from peaceful times or peaceful countries, this borderland must always be prepared for the whole people to fight, and once the war really breaks out, the residents Whether adequate preparations and drills have been carried out can even determine the life or death of this territory. Of course, he does not dare to let down his vigilance in this regard.
But not everyone will understand what happened in Cecil Territory.
In the prisoner-of-war camp north of Knight Street, a dozen Typhon soldiers, knights, and mages are still locked in cells.
They have been detained here for several days, but apart from daily interrogations, these people have not suffered much abuse, and the so-called cells are converted from sturdy old barracks and are in There are just magical mechanisms for early warning inside and outside, and the living conditions are no worse than ordinary barracks.
These captured Typhon soldiers thought that they would face an extremely cruel test after being caught by the legendary Duke Ansu, but theyUnexpectedly, they were neither sentenced to death nor beaten severely. In addition to restricting their freedom, they received treatment that could be described as "generous". After thinking about it, they felt that this was probably Solderin's fight for them. ——The elf ranger is obviously an old acquaintance of Anzu, the founding hero. This favor gave them, prisoners of war who should have been executed, incredible and generous treatment. Faced with such treatment, the Typhon warriors My mood is also extremely complicated.
With complicated emotions and nothing to do, all the captured Typhon warriors could do was think about life and discuss how long they and others would continue to be imprisoned.
They were still having this discussion just before the alarm bell rang, but after the alarm bell rang, they immediately stopped.
A Typhon knight suddenly stood up, listening to the bells outside, with a surprised look on his face: "What happened outside?"
"I don't know, It sounds like an alarm." A mage also stood up and tried to put his face close to the window that was inlaid with fine steel bars and was deliberately raised. He really hoped that he could summon a mage's eye to see what was going on outside, but There are runes and traps specially used to monitor mages everywhere inside and outside this cell. If you mobilize magic power casually, you will only ask for trouble. "I saw many soldiers running out of the barracks!"
" Alarm? Soldiers are mobilizing?" The knight who spoke before was startled, and his face suddenly showed joy. "Is it because our people are coming?"
"Impossible, even if it's not possible! The war also started from the East Wolfsburg defense line. How could the army fight from the border all the way here in a short time?" Another knight immediately said, "Maybe they are suppressing slave labor... After all, it is a newly established pioneer territory. "
The third knight also stood up and lowered his voice: "Is this... an opportunity?"
Everyone in the cell suddenly fell silent. His eyes began to look around uneasily, as if he was afraid that what he said in a low voice would reach the ears of the Ansu soldiers standing guard outside.
"...The success rate of our escape is not high," the last mage who had never spoken finally broke the silence, "There are Ansu people everywhere here, you have noticed the discipline of the soldiers outside. Even if the situation is chaotic, they will not leave us a chance."
The knight who just spoke was a little reluctant: "But if we don't run now..."
This man. Before the knight finished speaking, he was suddenly interrupted by a voice coming from the door: "If you run away now, I really can't save you!"
The Typhon warriors were shocked. Noticing that Solderin had been standing at the door at some point, the high-level elf ranger looked at the "subordinates" in front of him and sighed for a long time: "Actually, I don't want to come."