Since the disturbing news has been coming from the north, and the situation in the south has become chaotic as if it was suddenly shrouded in clouds, the atmosphere in the Rock Fortress has become more and more tense day by day. This fortress is responsible for the gate to the south. It is the most majestic fortress standing at the southern end of the Holy Spirit Plain. Everyone is proud of it, but now this fortress has suddenly become an isolated island caught between two storms - all the nobles in the southern region have suddenly lost contact. The Cecil family, which had been silent for a hundred years, seemed to be planning something big. However, the messenger sent by the fortress to the north to seek support could only bring depressing news——
Because the royal capital The situation has worsened, and the clouds of civil war have shrouded. The two Duke Regents and the Prince of the Superintendent have begun to call on nobles from all over the country to send troops to prepare to deal with the rebels in the east. The royal capital does not have any extra energy to support the Rock Fortress, especially since the Rock Fortress has not suffered any serious damage. This is especially true in the case of sexual assault: the big shots in the royal capital seem to be far from realizing how quickly the situation in the south is deteriorating. In their eyes, the eastern rebels led by a prince and a martial duke are obviously more powerful than the rebels in the east. The "chaos" in the South was much more serious.
Under this tense and delicate situation, the Rock Fortress could only close its gates tightly and began to implement the strictest retreat ban. Except for the businessmen holding the pass personally signed by Count Pompeii and the extraordinary people in the surrounding areas of the fortress Except for foreigners, all people are prohibited from passing through customs and transit - in fact, even without these prohibitions, the number of business travelers in Rock Fortress has dropped sharply to the lowest point recently.
The merchants with a keen sense of smell had a sense of crisis early on. At this sensitive moment, no one dared to risk being caught as a spy by the noble lord and cross the fortress at will. In recent days, every day from the fortress The number of merchants passing through the gate is sometimes even less than two digits. Not to mention compared with the peak of last autumn and winter, or even compared with previous years, this number is also a very small number.
Today, Rock Fortress finally welcomed a large number of "guests" - nobles who were defeated and expelled in the southern region.
When seeing these nearly a thousand ragged, thin and armed troops, the entire fortress almost entered a war-ready state. The soldiers really couldn't tell that this was a noble team, but thought it was the southern border. All the down-and-out mercenaries and robbers and bandits have gathered together to plunder the city. After a tense confrontation and complicated identity verification, the fortress commander Sir Maryland finally confirmed that the team in front of him, which looked like a combination of bandits and beggars, was actually the nobles of the southern border - the nobles in trouble.
He will never forget this scene in his life.
The fortress's tightly closed door, covered with purple steel rivets and fine gold linings, was opened. The tall and muscular Sir Maryland with curly black hair led the knights out of the city to greet these gentlemen and ladies in distress. , he looked in disbelief at the young man in the team who was wearing a tattered coat, with greasy and tangled hair, and a sallow and chapped face. It took a lot of effort to recognize that this was Mr. Viscount Carroll from the Carroll Territory - CarrollThe territory is the closest to the Rock Fortress. Viscount Carroll and Maryland have met more than once, but this is the first time they have met under such circumstances.
"My ancestors! My Mr. Viscount! What have you experienced?!" Sir Maryland looked at the people in trouble in front of him in shock, and saw several familiar people in the team. Face, "It seems that those terrible rumors are true?!"
"Disaster, a disaster, a terrible, ruthless, cruel and devoid of classical etiquette destroyed the "Everything," Viscount Carroll couldn't help but tremble slightly, "and dear Sir, don't sigh about the ancestors... I will have nightmares when I hear these words."
Viscount Consisco, who was next to him, covered his forehead and said with pain in his voice: "We were beaten by our ancestors..."
"...Gods bless you, everything will be fine. "Sir Maryland has seen a lot of ups and downs in his life, but he has never seen the situation before him. He didn't know how to pick up this weird topic, so he had to quickly take these gentlemen and ladies in distress into the city," I've got hot water for you, trudging through the mud must be terrible."
"We need to eat something first, cheese, steak, wine, and my God, the shower thing is totally fine. "Put it away!" Viscount Mari Oran said hurriedly, "Is there anything to eat?"
"Of course, I had already ordered the city to prepare food when I came out. There is enough food in the Rock Fortress. "Sir Maryland nodded immediately, but as a high-level knight guarding the fortress, he couldn't help but look at the team of nearly a thousand people warily, "But please forgive me for being cautious - it is dangerous to put so many people into the fortress at once. , I must conduct necessary inspections on them to prevent enemy spies from mixing in. This situation is easy to happen."
Viscount Consisco looked back at those who followed him through the entire war zone. The soldiers and knights glanced at each other and said loudly to Sir Maryland: "Dear Sir, these people have followed us from birth to death, and are loyal and respectable - of course, I understand the rules of the fortress, so I just hope that you can complete the inspection as soon as possible so that these people can The brave soldiers should go to the city as soon as possible to eat and rest."
Hearing these upright and generous words, the soldiers were all moved. Viscount Consisco calmly drove his horse to Sir Maryland and lowered his voice. He whispered: "Check whatever you want, take us to have something to eat first."
The nobles, knights, and priests in the team, accompanied by the Maryland Jazz and the Fortress Knights, walked towards the city, and the others Then she began to be inspected by the fortress soldiers. Baroness Luo Penni just looked at the soldiers who were performing the inspection with an indifferent expression, and then followed the pace of the other nobles.
She knew what this inspection was about, so she was not worried at all - without a complete personnel registration and identification system, the so-called inspection was nothing more than asking people in the same team. Everyone else, see if you canIt's just to prove each other's identities. Maybe this method of interrogation is useful when a few spies sneak into the army, but who would have thought that the entire entourage led by a nobleman would be composed of spies from top to bottom?
She raised her head, watching the towering city gate of Rock Fortress getting closer and closer in front of her, and then stepped into it.
"Gentlemen and ladies, you are safe," Sir Maryland was riding on his horse. When he crossed the fortress gate, he turned his head with a smile and looked at the nobles who were looking relaxed. "This fortress is indestructible."
Viscount Carroll raised his head and looked at the black city wall that exuded a faint magical halo. This famous wall did make his heart feel much more at ease, but he Still couldn't help but say: "Dear Sir, let me say this - Gawain Cecil is in danger you can't imagine! He used some unknown method to create a terrifying legion, and we almost couldn't The legion was defeated in a head-on confrontation. Now he is probably gathering men and accumulating strength in the south. He might be eyeing this place..."
Sir Maryland couldn't help but turn around: "But I heard , he was not the one who initiated the war?"
"...Indeed, it was us who initiated the war," Viscount Carroll showed a hint of pain, "But now I want to say, this started from the beginning. It's a trap! We have been induced! Duke Cecil has been prepared for war from the beginning, and his passive response is just a cover. He has been aggressive from the beginning - Sir, don't be fooled by him. The illusion of attacking the Rock Fortress was deceived, and he will definitely come!"
"I will consider your warning carefully, Mr. Viscount," Sir Maryland gave Viscount Carroll a deep look, "And I will report your situation to the Royal Capital as soon as possible. But with all due respect, the help you can get is probably limited. Even the Rock Fortress can only give you a place to stay."
"Sir, the Cecil family is back! They want to recover everything they have lost in the past hundred years! You have forgotten the original intention of establishing the Rock Fortress..."
"Mr. Viscount, of course I remember the Rock Fortress. The original intention of the establishment, but please remember, the people who betrayed the Cecil family or divided the Cecil land are you, not us, not any surname on the Holy Spirit Plain," Maryland raised his hand slightly, interrupting Carroll Then he sighed softly, "And it's not that I am unaware of the crisis in the south. I can see the threat of the Cecil family from you, but what I can do is quite limited."
Seeing the complicated look on Sir Maryland's face, Carroll and several nobles around him finally noticed something was wrong with the atmosphere. Viscount Consisco couldn't help but hesitantly asked: "Sir, what happened?"
"Don't you know yet?" Sir Maryland shook his head and said softly, "The king is dead."
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Cecil Land, Business District, "Tianping Square ”, a new large-scale facility is being erected.
The tower-like frame made of alloy stands in the center of the square like a strange monument. The outer cladding panels used for decoration and lighting at night are lightly and accurately covered on the surface of the tower after undergoing weight reduction treatment. The magic technicians used lifting devices and safety ropes to climb to various key positions on the tower, and used scorching energy beams to firmly weld the tower's covering plates and skeleton together. At the top of the tower, there was a tower suspended in the air. A large obelisk in mid-air, emitting gleaming light.
This facility is nearing completion and is currently only undergoing final finishing work. The magic obelisk on the top of the tower is the core device of the facility and is also providing support for various magic devices on site. Under the obelisk, the alloy pillars connecting to the underground magic network are being covered little by little by the tower's covering panels. Those shining magic runes are extracting the surging energy from the magic network and injecting it into the square at the top. The base of the obelisk is eventually released outwards from the obelisk, forming a magic field that can cover the entire city.
Gawain stood near the construction site, feeling a little emotional as he watched the runes and magic crystal lamps on the tower light up and go out one after another as the magic technicians tested them.
After the completion of this tower, the westernmost block of the commercial district and the newly established Xicheng District will be completely covered by the new magic network.
At the same time, this also means that Cecil City will be completely within the signal coverage of the "Magic Network Communication". In the future, we will have to wait for a while until several magic obelisks on the North-South Avenue. After the tower is completed, you can communicate with Kande from any corner of Cecil City.
Of course, the premise is that the output of communication equipment must keep up.
Gawain glanced not far away, where several soldiers were guarding a large vehicle. On that vehicle were placed several large structures with triangular bases and crystal structures. The devices, those are the "Public Magic Network Communication Terminals" made by Mr. Nicholas Egg before the production line was running, and now they are waiting for installation.
Rebecca stood next to Gawain. The girl's face was full of pride, because she was the one who came up with the idea of placing the magic obelisk on the tower - this stemmed from her interest in the territory. Continuous tracking and monitoring of the actual operation of each magic obelisk inside: "Placing the magic obelisk on a special 'tower' can effectively improve the stability and transmission range of signal transmission. Of course, this will also make it It became conspicuous and easily became a live target for long-range spell attacks, so I set up a set of mana shield runes in the tower - anyway, the mana obelisk has a lot of redundant energy, so even with a set of shields it is still It's more than enough."
"Is it just a set of shields?" Gawain turned his head and glanced at the girl, "How come I still heard that you planned to bury three hundred kilograms of magic crystal bombs under the tower? "
"Um... didn't you say that you want to set up relay towers in the wilderness to ensure full signal coverage?" Rebecca suddenly scratched her head in embarrassment, "There are many places in the wilderness. It's dangerous, what if the enemy comes to destroy it..."
“This is an energy broadcast tower and a signal relay tower, not a frontline bunker.” Gawain knocked Rebecca on the head. “It’s enough that it is strong enough. How do you expect a signal tower to be used during war?” How about wiping out eight thousand enemies?"
Rebekah giggled and tried to get away with it, but Gawain couldn't help but touch his chin and think about it after he taught the child a lesson.
Rebecca's idea of planting a bomb under the Magic Obelisk Relay Tower was indeed a bad idea. It was very dangerous and the gain outweighed the gain, but her consideration did make some sense - this world is really Not peaceful.
The wilderness of this world is full of dangers. Human beings are far from spreading the light of civilization in the wilderness. Moreover, it is still an era of war. The self-protection capabilities of those relay towers set up outside major cities are still unclear. It really needs to be considered...
Self-destruction won't work, but it seems that making an arcane explosion will work...
Seeing that her ancestor suddenly fell into a state of thought, Rebecca couldn't help but yell. He bravely stood up on tiptoes and waved his hand in front of Gawain: "Master Ancestor, why do I feel that you are beginning to recognize my words?"
"I am just thinking about the defense issues of various outdoor facilities... "Gawain pulled Rebecca's hand away, and just as he was about to say something more, he saw Amber running towards this side from the corner of his eye.
After Amber arrived, he asked curiously: "What happened?"
"Wright is back!" Amber took two breaths, "He seems to have experienced What...gained the Holy Light!"