The Cecil Territory is like a machine running at full power. When the command is given, every part of the machine will start running quickly - not everyone knows what is going to happen next, but Almost everyone knows what they should do at the moment. Clear orders and rules and regulations are the biggest thing that makes Cecil Territory different from other noble territories. People only need to follow the orders and do things within their scope. This huge machine Then it can operate perfectly and burst out with power that makes everyone stunned.
In just three days, the southern defense line of the territory was once again reinforced and expanded. Layers of roadblocks and fences were set up in the large open space from the dark mountains to the city wall, and the roadblocks There are minefields scattered between the fences. Sixty percent of the thousands of soldiers were sent to the southern city wall, and the remaining 40% were used as reserves and mobile forces on the remaining defense lines. There were also security teams to maintain order in the territory and New orders from the lord are conveyed at any time - even though a crisis is approaching, everything in the territory seems to be in order. This atmosphere of "everything is under control" quickly calms down the slightly flustered atmosphere in the city.
The population of Cecil Territory is growing explosively. A large number of foreign refugees have not experienced the first territory defense, nor have they experienced complete disaster drills. Even if someone comforts them, they will inevitably would fall into panic. Under normal circumstances, the nobles would not care whether these "untouchables" were in panic, because the nobles only trusted their own knights, mages and private troops. However, in the Cecil Territory, the Government Affairs Office Clear instructions were issued to everyone immediately, and the security team was asked to make non-stop situation announcements. The effect of these measures was surprisingly good - even the panicked new immigrants quickly turned around after receiving clear instructions from the superiors. After settling down, Hetty was surprised by this change.
On the southern city wall of the territory, Gawain was taking Hetty and others to inspect the layout of the last line of defense. After hearing the situation in the city reported by the clerk, he looked at Hetty with a smile: "In the final analysis. People's fear comes from the unknown. It is precisely because they don't know what is going to happen that fear will be infinitely magnified in their hearts. At this time, as long as you give them some clear news or even clear orders, they will easily settle down. . Even if you ask them to move bricks together, they will feel at ease - there is a response, which at least shows that the situation is still under control."
At this time, a figure filled with arcane brilliance appeared. On the city wall, the soldiers made way for one another. Kamel walked straight through the crowd and came to Gawain: "The two magic obelisks have been activated, and the entire city wall has been covered by the magic field."
Gawain nodded: "Thank you for your hard work - it must not be easy to add two obelisks in such a short period of time."
"Actually, it's not bad, the mechanical equipment you invented are all good. Very useful. I originally thought that without the Mana Foundry of the Gondor Empire, it would be more difficult for me to make things in this era. Now the situation is much better than expected.," Kamel said hummingly, then raised his body slightly and looked at the entire city wall, "This is really... a sight I have never seen before. "
Hetty who was standing next to him asked curiously: "Have you never experienced the battlefield? "
"I am a researcher. Although I have had actual combat experience as a magister, I have never experienced a real battlefield," Kamel admitted frankly, "and the era I lived in was Gondor. When the empire was at its most powerful, no country in the entire continent dared to go to war with us. "
"Then you can witness what the battlefield looks like," Gawain smiled, "The battlefield of the new era. "
"Exactly, I'm also curious about what the aberration you mentioned is," the arcane light on Kamel's body became brighter, "Is it a monster that appears in the demonic tide...should it be? It is of great research value. "
Gawain nodded, then looked around, suddenly curious: "Where did Rebecca go? I haven't seen her since just now. "
"She left the city wall in the morning and said she wanted to go back to prepare equipment for combat," Hetty said. "She is not very good at commanding, but she can still serve as firepower, so I let her go. . "
"Is it the equipment for combat..." Gawain blinked, "I wonder what that girl wants to do..."
The Lord's Mansion was decorated by Rebecca herself. In the "laboratory", a certain iron-headed boy is carefully putting together a bunch of rune substrates.
As a third-level mage who only knows how to fire fireballs and has no common sense in experiments, Rebbe. Ka did not have her own laboratory, but after she showed her talent in mathematics and made many contributions to inventions and creations, Hetty relaxed her monitoring of the humanoid self-propelled fireball launcher, and Rebecca She secretly built a laboratory by herself - it was said to be a laboratory, but in fact she set up a workshop in the utility room of her suite. There were not many magic-related devices here (after all, she couldn't use them), but instead There are many machining devices, such as small drill tables and machine tools, where Rebecca has tinkered with many useful things - and weird things.
Til is sitting in the corner of the laboratory. , watching Rebecca connect the rune base plates with red copper hinges, combine them into a wide metal strip, and fix it on the body with hooks and straps, she couldn't help but ask: "You are a new type of Armor? "
"What armor? This is the battle mage amplifier I invented myself! "While trying to fix the rune base plates firmly, Rebecca raised her eyelids and glanced at Tyr who was yawning, "Why do you look like you haven't woken up again? Didn't you say that you were in some kind of excited state? I have to be excited for a month or something..."
"Misjudgment, I underestimated my laziness," Till stretched out his waist indifferently (because his waist was really long) ), the tip of his tail trembled comfortably as he stretched, "By the way, you are about to go to war, right? You're still here at this timeAren't you afraid of being beaten by your ancestors and grandparents when you play with toys? "
"What do you know? I am preparing this for combat! "Rebecca said with a serious face, and at the same time finally buttoned the last lock of the "Battle Mage Amplifier", "It's you, are you still planning to go back to sleep? Are you really not going to help on the city wall? "
"Let's talk about it, let's talk about it..." Tier was about to doze off as he spoke, but he still tried to keep his eyelids open, "By the way, what on earth did you want to do by calling me here? ...Isn't it just to find an audience to see how you tied yourself up with a strange iron belt? "
"Of course not, I asked you to be my insurance, because I don't know how effective this amplifier can be," Rebecca said while pressing her hands on the runes. On a trigger device between the substrates, as she pressed the controller, all the rune substrates began to light up one by one, "Look carefully, I will test it first..."
< p>Tear lazily watched Rebecca pick up the staff next to her, lazily watched the other party rub a fireball, lazily... and was startled and exclaimed: "F*ck, that fireball of yours" What the hell! ! "On the eastern extension of the southern city wall, a special group of "city defenders" were carrying a box of crystal bombs to the tower where the trebuchet was located, while Solderin stood On the side, they were supervising the work of these soldiers.
They were the sixteen Typhon soldiers who were still prisoners of war.
Typhon knight Balto bent down and held them. The last crystal bomb was placed next to the trebuchet, and then he stood up and looked back towards the town behind him.
From this high altitude, he could easily see most of the city and even more. You can see the place where he was once imprisoned.
Today is the third day since he left the cell, and as a Typhon warrior, he has been helping the Ansu people move on this section of the city wall for three full days. Sky masonry and ammunition boxes
This is not something to be proud of, but as a prisoner of war, Balto knew that he did not have much choice-he could live outside the cell and breathe fresh air. This was already the greatest luck, not to mention that he was told that his job here was to fight monsters from the Gondor Wasteland - not to fight his own compatriots, which was at least not too bad.
During the three days of brick-moving, Balto and his colleagues did not forget to observe their surroundings and seize every moment to understand this mysterious pioneer territory, the mysterious ancient Duke and his The more he learned about the mysterious new army, the more surprised he became.
He originally thought Ansu was a decadent and backward barbaric country, stuck in the quagmire of decline, and the nobles were corrupt. Depravity, civilians suffering from hunger and cold, the frontiers in ruins, and internal undercurrents raging - this is what Typhon advertises to the people in the country, and the same is true of the real information obtained by the soldiers of the Winter Wolf Legion on the border. But here,This Cecil Territory is completely inconsistent with Balto's understanding of Anzu.
He has not seen what the Cecil Territory looks like on a daily basis, but he has seen what this territory looks like after the alarm is sounded. He sees that this territory is changing at an alarming rate. Efficient operation, seeing the army mobilizing in an orderly manner and actively preparing for war, seeing various departments coordinating closely without any hesitation, and seeing the management agency called the "Government Affairs Office" constantly issuing orders in an orderly manner like the brain of the entire territory His instructions directed everything in an orderly manner, but in the city, the ignorant people who should have been chaotic, ignorant, and numb all turned out to be well-trained militiamen or well-informed citizens. Not only did they not show any signs of falling into turmoil , on the contrary, it is fully supporting the city's defense and maintaining normal production and life - except for a half-day work stoppage when the emergency state was entered to redistribute production targets on the first day, the operation of the entire city was not affected by the state of war at all. !
To be fair, Balto didn't even think there was a city in Typhon that could do the same thing.
The more they observed, the more frightened Balto and his comrades became - if other places in Anzu developed like this, would it still be wise for Typhon to go to war with it?
However, the knight could not continue thinking because a feeling of heart palpitations suddenly came to his mind.
Following the guidance of his intuition, he turned to look at the mountain barrier south of the city wall. With the powerful vision possessed by the extraordinary, he saw an unknown black-red smoke cloud coming from the boundary between the mountain and the plain. It rose up, and countless twisted and ferocious figures emerged from it.
He heard one of his comrades muttering beside him: "What is that...?!"
The most urgent alarm sounded on the city wall , the sentry on the watchtower rang the bell and shouted loudly:
"They are coming!!"