Although the final development was a bit beyond Gawain's expectations, the outcome of the entire battle was still roughly within his expectations - a mere two to three thousand aberrations could no longer threaten Cecil, who had established a complete defense. Leader, even if there are mutant individuals that have never been seen among the aberrations, this ending will not change.
But even if we successfully defended against this wave of enemy attacks, we could not just relax.
The presence of mutant individuals that have never been seen before appears among the aberrations, which is a very bad sign in itself - and the intelligent tendencies of the mutant individuals are even more disturbing. What causes them to mutate? Is this variation common? Will it continue to develop? The monsters that appeared this time had limited intelligence and were not many in number, so what about next time? What about next time?
The soldiers began to clear the city wall. Since the enemy did not attack the wall, there were no casualties in this battle, but some soldiers were still injured by the enemy's corrosive energy arrows - enchanted or with breeze. Armor with magical effects such as shields can effectively resist the corrosive energy of aberrations, but this resistance is also limited. Wounds injured by corrupted magic energy must be treated in time, otherwise minor injuries will still be fatal.
Gawain stood on the edge of the city wall, looking down at the battlefield below that was still covered in flames and corrupting energy.
Thousands of aberrations fell on this small plain that was plowed by thunder explosions. Their dirty and blasphemous flesh and blood are quickly dissipating and weathering, turning into the most primitive magical energy in nature, and their remaining huge The bloody skeleton was billowing smoke in the crater, and the corrupting magic brought by the aberrations dyed the soil an ominous dark brown color. Even after the battle, the dark brown color had not faded away.
This is only a short-term infection. The corruptive power will not stay in the land for a long time, but it will still take some time to dissipate. According to the experience of the last monster siege (and from Gawain Sethi (My memory), it will take several days for the corrupted magic energy remaining in the land to dissipate to the point where it is harmless to humans, and before that, the small plain outside the southern city wall is obviously no longer suitable for human activities - some engineering projects are inevitable will be affected.
Just when Gawain was considering the next step of restoration and production adjustment plan for the territory, a slightly cool but not biting, slightly moist breath suddenly appeared, and then, a trace of rain fell. in his hair.
Rain? Rain in the foggy moon?
Gawain raised his head in shock and stretched out his palms. As expected, strands of rain were falling from the sky. The rain lines seemed to be filled with blue waves. These "rainwater" fell on him. , instead of bringing about the bone-chilling discomfort, it quickly restored the physical strength of everyone on the city wall and purified the remaining corrupted magic power in the air. Even the land outside the city wall that was infected by the magic tide was also When the rain falls, it recovers at a speed visible to the naked eye!
The raindrops that fell in winter could not be a natural product. Gawain immediately turned his head with feeling and saw a slim figure coming from there.Climbing up the city wall - Tire was like a water fairy shrouded in a dense mist. She opened her arms, and the powerful water elemental power formed a long and faint thread behind her, reaching straight to the sky. This scene was like Stirring the strings between heaven and earth, it's like a pair of thrilling wings spread out behind her, and behind this siren, there is a tail that arches...
Gawain I tried my best to divert my eyes away from Tyr's tail, but found that I could no longer associate it with "water fairy" or "wings" - even if I added more than twenty layers of filters in my mind, the fairy still had an arch. He arched over...
Then Tier arched in front of Gawain, put down his hands gracefully, and stretched out four or five meters long: "Hooah—— Am I late?"
"Did you make the rain?" Gawain asked curiously, and then felt a little embarrassed, "Well... I didn't expect you to come to help."
p>Many of the soldiers on the city wall stopped and looked at Tyr with awe. They had felt the healing and purifying power contained in this unusual rain, and they all paid their respects at this moment. Tyr waved his hands to the human soldiers nonchalantly and glanced at Gawain again: "Rebecca asked me to come - actually I would rather sleep in the house, but after all, this place is my current residence. I just came over to check on the situation."
"Rebecca..." Gawain couldn't help but glance at the rest house behind the city wall. The girl had been taken down the city wall by Amber and was resting behind it—— Although she only threw one big fireball in the whole battle, the earth-shattering fireball not only wiped out almost all remaining enemies, but also drained her own mental power. According to Hetty, this sleep If you don't sleep until night, you probably won't be able to get up.
It is better to sleep more, after all, you may get beaten when you wake up.
Tyr slowly walked to Gawain's side, leaned out and glanced at the still smoking battlefield below. The flames on the battlefield had been extinguished in the purifying rain, but they were decomposed from the bloody bones. The black-red smoke was still rising. Miss Siren frowned slightly after seeing it: "Is this the 'demon tide' you experienced back then?"
"No, this is just a demon. Monsters that appear in the tide - they carry the power of the demonic tide," Gawain explained. "This kind of monster is probably wandering from the wasteland of Gondor."
"Hmm... interesting. ..."
"What's so interesting?" Gawain looked at Tier curiously, and then responded, "By the way, you have experienced a real demonic tide. In your opinion, the real demon tide is real. Is the magic tide very different from the breath here? "
"The breath is not the same. The magic tide itself is the process of reshaping all things with magic. This chaotic and disordered magic energy is not the same. It’s the same in the big demon tide or the small demon tide. What I’m talking about is interesting...the so-called monsters born in the demon tide.”
“These monsters?” Gawain’s expression immediately became serious."Did you see anything?"
"Did you see how they decomposed?" Tyr curled up his tail and pointed at the decomposing corpses at the foot of the city wall, "Flesh and blood Does the decomposition look like the decomposition of ordinary materials such as rocks and soil by chaotic energy? It's just faster and more thorough."
"That's true..."
"Their existence is very unstable. Once they die, their remains will quickly disintegrate. This is a manifestation of being in an 'intermediate state'," Tire said unhurriedly. "I don't know how these things are made." came, but the characteristics they displayed were very much like some kind of 'failure' that was undergoing transformation under the influence of the demonic tide, but failed to completely complete the transformation. I could feel the energy released when they disintegrated. Chaos magic is very close, but a little different..."
A slight crackle of arcane sparks interrupted the conversation between Gawain and Tyr. Gawain turned his head following the sound and saw Kamai You were floating over from not far away. The arcane energy in this ancient mage seemed a little unstable, and his whole body flickered as if there was a bad contact.
"Camel, are you okay?" Gawain was a little surprised, "You are dodging."
"Don't worry, it was Miss Rebecca's magic that made me too excited just now. Surprised," the arcane energy in Kamel slowly calmed down, "Ms. Hetty is looking for you."
"I know, it's a post-war meeting," Gawain nodded and looked. Glancing at the soldiers who were cleaning the battlefield, he said, "Leave it to them, let's go to the Government Affairs Hall. Tyr, are you coming?"
"Can I sleep at the venue?"
p>"...You can do whatever you want, just don't use your tail to wrap people up."
"Then I'll go."
Soon after, the main administrator of Cecil's territory The visitors all gathered in the government affairs hall located in the center of the territory, and Gawain sat at the head of the discussion round table. In addition to Hetty, who was in charge of internal affairs, and Byron and Philip, who were in charge of military affairs, the heads of various departments were also present. was summoned.
The first thing Gawain did was to confirm the situation of several farms in the southern part of the territory with the agricultural director Norris. There was a group of land that was reclaimed before winter and was located south of the city and quite close to the Dark Mountains. , although there are guard towers guarding it, and it is relatively far away from the mountain passes of the Dark Mountains, Gawain is still worried about whether those lands are contaminated by the overflowing chaotic magic energy.
After confirming that several farms outside the city were safe and sound, he breathed a sigh of relief and then learned about the operation of various departments in the city.
This is the first time that the Cecil Territory’s Government Affairs Office and supporting administrative system have faced war since they were established - even though it was just a monster siege, it was undoubtedly a test, and The result of this test did not disappoint Gawain.
Every department in the city was operating normally, both before and after the war. Under the supervision of managers at all levels, the entire territory was free of production from beginning to end.Any chaos occurred, and after everything settled, instructions to lift the alarm and resume normal production and life were quickly conveyed to various factories, schools, and residential neighborhoods. Although there were inevitably minor problems caused by lack of experience, overall Nothing deviates from Gawain's purpose of setting up this administrative structure.
After confirming that everything was fine inside the territory, Byron stood up and began to report the results of the battle and the losses incurred during the battle.
In fact, Gao Wen was generally very clear about this matter - after all, he was standing on the city wall in person at that time, but this reporting process was still necessary, because it was a victory and it was also a victory for the Government Affairs Office. The first victory after its founding, this victory must have a positive symbolic meaning - its first step was the report of the Knights of Byron.
The real "post-war meeting" began after the directors of various people's livelihood departments left the scene, leaving only Gawain, Hetty, Byron, Philip, Amber and others on the scene.
"Everyone, the battle is over," Gawain stood up and looked around at the people present - Kamel floating next to the round table and Tire curled up under the table were from the meeting. New faces, but he believed that it was necessary for these two people to be present at this moment, "But our work has just begun. In this battle, an unprecedented aberration appeared on the battlefield. What I want to say is - Even seven hundred years ago, I had never seen a similar monster.
"This monster is completely new - it turns out that the wasteland of Gondor is not static, it has changed within it, ours. The enemy is also changing. ”