This terrifying chase seems to soon devour this small team. Whether it is the knights from the royal capital or the soldiers who have been recruited, the life picked up from the wall of the Stone City has experienced a short period of time. After the delay, he finally gradually approached the embrace of death. Mitchell looked at the scene in the distance through the observation port at the back of the carriage and saw hundreds of crystal cluster giants getting closer and closer. These giants were up to three meters tall. The charging momentum of the huge humanoid swarm even exceeded that of the Royal Knights, and the arcane lightning they frequently released spanned the entire battlefield and continuously hit the shield of the chariot...
In more updates In the distance, there are large tracts of rising smoke, and each piece of smoke means that a new pursuer is quickly approaching.
Then, a strange flash of light fell from the sky.
It was some kind of extremely fast flying object. With the vision of an extraordinary person, one could barely catch a trace of the trajectory. It was wrapped in a light green light and flew from the direction of the Gorgon River. , swept over the hills and wilderness, and fell into the smoke and dust in the distance.
The next second, a terrifying flash of explosion and an even more terrifying sound of thunder almost tore the eardrums of Mitchell and the soldiers.
Countless shattered limbs and crystals were thrown into the sky in the flash of the explosion. The terrifying shock wave even pushed down all the protrusions on the surface nearly a hundred meters in radius. The earth was shaking violently, even though it was so far away. From such a distance, Mitchell could clearly see subtle ripples on the shield outside the tank.
Immediately afterwards, more flashes of light appeared in the sky, accompanied by some kind of sharp sound, and fell one after another in the distance.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
Big explosions that shattered the earth and destroyed the mountains sounded one after another. Every flash and every explosion was like a meteor strike falling in the middle of the crystal cluster army. I don’t know how many monsters were transformed by this terrible attack. Because of the dust, there is only one thing that Mitchell can be sure of - the pursuit of the Crystal Cluster Army is collapsing.
The Cecil soldiers who drove the vehicles and controlled the weapons obviously knew that this amazing "sky fire" would appear. They did not panic at all. When the first big explosion fell, the soldiers cooperated tacitly. Entering the next stage of getting rid of the pursuit, they began to use the weapons installed on the vehicle to clean up the crystal cluster giants that were catching up. They dropped a large number of explosive magic props called crystal grenades behind the vehicle, and at the same time began to attack Gore. The direction of the Gong River moved.
During this whole process, what Mitchell was most worried about was that those attacks falling from the sky would fall on his head - their power was so great that Mr. Knight was absolutely certain that even one of the attacks would fall on his head. Next to the convoy, his corpses would be instantly distributed into a random area with a radius of 100 meters, but it turned out that his worries were unnecessary: those attacks obviously deliberately kept a safe distance from the convoy, and the most recent one was several hundred meters away. outside.
Everything seems to have been rehearsed countless times.
Even the crystal giant, which has no fear of pain and lacks human emotions, will retreat under such an attack.——This pursuit and breakout battle finally ended with an energy beam sweeping from the direction of the Gorgon River. That terrifying beam cut across the battlefield, continued to burn the earth with a buzzing sound, and finally left a wide The tens of meters long, almost molten trench caused the cluster giants who were afraid of the high temperature to retreat in all directions.
The journey after that was uneventful.
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On the 35th of the Moon of Resurrection, the inland river battleship "Pioneer", which went to the north first, successfully completed the rendezvous with the Iron Ranger advance team. Relying on the powerful ship With artillery support, the Byron Knights eliminated a group of crystal giants moving south from the giant tree crossing. Then the fleet temporarily docked on the bank of the rich woodland in the north of Pompeii territory. After using close-in defense artillery to open up a safe landing site, the landing troops and the Iron Ranger advance team established a base in the Lundberg area on the west side of the Fertile Glades.
At the same time, the ground troops led by Gawain and Philip also advanced overland to the fertile forest. After assisting the advance team in clearing out the remaining crystal cluster legions on the periphery, they established a ground passage from the south to the war zone. It was opened up. At this point, from the Rock Fortress to Lundberg, the rivers and ground roads were finally unobstructed, and the supply line was officially established.
With the "Steel Ambassador" as the node, the temporary wall made of prefabricated concrete walls and steel barricades winds around the river bank. Heavily armed soldiers stare at the north at the sentry post and heavily reinforce it. Tents and prefabricated houses are arranged neatly and orderly in the base. Vehicles transporting materials and personnel are constantly coming in and out of this frontline base, bringing weapons, equipment, and personnel supplies from the southern border here, and then transporting them here. Contaminated samples collected on the front lines and some of the refugees rescued were continuously sent to temporary laboratories and refugee camps in the rear. Wherever you entered, it was busy.
The magic car that Gawain and Amber were riding in drove smoothly into the base. Through the side window, they saw a half-collapsed castle not far away that was still emitting smoke and dust. The broken castle was Part of the city wall is connected to the base wall. On the structure of the castle that has not collapsed, you can see that the towering crystal relay tower has been erected. The signal gain device is slowly rotating driven by the mechanical platform, sweeping across the gray Sky.
The half-collapsed castle is "Lunburg", and its full name should be Rumbell-Krie Castle. It is a direct fiefdom of the royal family in the Holy Spirit Plain. The castle and the entire surrounding fertile woodland were once Morne One of the important sources of income for the family. Although the status of this fortress and the surrounding territory was reduced due to damage after the "Brumaire Civil War", it is still the richest land in the southeastern part of the Holy Spirit Plains.
But that was the past.
When the troops arrived here, the crystal cluster pollution had spread into the fertile forest. The lords here had most likely died on the northern battlefield, leaving the knights and soldiers stationed in the castle to resist symbolically. After a few hours, they fled in all directions. Some of the civilians on the land were contaminated by the crystal clusters, and some fled into the nearby wilderness. During the process of establishing the landing site, the Pioneer's shelling destroyedDestroying the lost castle and burning the polluted woodland, this wealthy area has now become one of the symbols of this disaster, reminding visitors of the war's history with its crumbling walls and the burnt smell that still lingers in the air. arrival.
The vehicle passed through the isolation area on the east side of the base. Opposite a row of fences, a dozen civilians in ragged clothes were staring at the "steel monster" driving past not far away. The barbed wire on the fence was unkempt, and they were even a little scared. Not far behind them, more civilians were queuing up to receive food and medicine under the command of soldiers - maintaining an orderly order based on numbness. .
Amber's eyes swept over the civilians waiting to receive food and medicine behind the fence, with sympathy on his face: "I'm afraid these people still don't understand what happened..."
p>“The knights in the castle didn’t say anything when they fled, leaving the people in the entire area behind,” Gawain said. “Philip has sent people to search for survivors nearby and establish an isolation zone, but The social order in this area has been severely damaged, and it may be difficult to recover within a few years."
Amber pursed her lips, but she knew that compared to the north where the situation was worse, this place was already lucky. ——The cluster infected people who entered the Lemburg area were just some wandering stragglers, and the damage caused was not enough to completely destroy the entire area. The fall of the town and the large number of refugees were mainly caused by the premature escape of the knights in the castle, which resulted in The monsters that entered this area entered the city with little resistance - but correspondingly, a large number of civilians escaped from the city, and the towns in the eastern part of Lundberg did not suffer much damage.
As long as the crystal clusters are annihilated and the refugees gathered, there is at least hope of reconstruction here.
After sighing with emotion, Amber said: "After blood and magical examinations, nearly a hundred infection carriers have been found. They still maintain human bodies, but they have the energy reaction of gods. According to your According to the order, these people have been sent to the isolation camp in the Pompeii area."
"Let the person in charge there keep close supervision and take care of them as much as possible while ensuring that the infection does not spread," Gawain explained seriously, and finally exhaled slightly, "As long as they haven't turned into monsters, we can't give up treatment."
Amber glanced at Gawain: "To be honest, I was quite worried before. What if you order all infected people to be killed..."
Gawain glanced at the half-elf: "Do you think I am the person who would give such an order?"
"It doesn't feel like it, but you also said that to maximize value - from a cost and safety perspective, killing all infected people should be the most 'cost-effective'..."
"If you really do this, you can't calculate it." Gawain shook his head, "Even if we don't consider human lives and people's hearts, those infected people who have carried the evil infection but have not mutated are also precious samples. They It allows technicians to understand the end of all thingsBy using the means of annihilation, our hope of understanding this disaster and ending it may lie in those infected. Pitman and Kamel have already rushed to Pompeii, and maybe it won't be long before they find the secret of the death of all things in those infected. "
Hubo raised her eyebrows: "You are indeed better at calculating than me. "
Gawain smiled and said nothing more.
Faced with such a disaster, he did have to make serious calculations, but he could not simply count human lives as numbers. He also needs to consider future post-war development, the maintenance of social order, the gains and losses of people's hearts, and the pen of the historian. At the same time, he must also consider finding ways to fight disasters from infected people, and how to save more people. ——A ruthless commander may only count heads, but a ruler has to count more than that.
He raised his head and looked through the crystal glass inlaid on the car door. North.
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Crorod, the crystal cluster giant, withdrew his gaze towards the south.
The troops entering the Lemberg area were only temporarily summoned. The stragglers who rose up were actually wiped out in such a short period of time.
Due to distance limitations, he could not clearly "see" what happened to the teams responsible for the southward expansion, but from a limited perspective. In the signal, he could still sense the high temperature and scorching heat that erupted on hundreds of thousands of crystal cluster giants at that moment, as well as bursts of thunderous illusory noises. This may be some kind of extremely powerful magic attack. There is a high probability that multiple legendary mages have entered the battlefield...
No matter what the reason is, this is worthy of heightened vigilance.
Reminiscent of the fact that not long ago, there was another group that was ordered to eliminate. The invaders also suffered an incomprehensible blow and suffered heavy losses in a short period of time. Cloade believed that the Cecil people wandering from the southern border were not easy to deal with. They were probably already prepared for this war.
Although the legion is powerful, they must also be careful of the powerful enemies coming from behind.
After this operation, it is necessary to return to Red Maple City to remind the person from the core of the church. Your Excellency,
As for now, it is still time to focus on the battlefield in front of you.
Claude raised his head, and his eyes that had turned into crystal reflected the inside of the Stone City. A scene like this - the city has been almost destroyed by the Legion, and more than 80% of the area has been turned into ruins. However, a persistent blizzard has enveloped its last castle area, and the countless sharp ice knives and deadly cold air have made the crystal clear. The giants were unable to move forward.
Master Heaton ordered the Legion to take over its castle area within three days.
Claude actually had a little disdain for this order - although he did. He recognized the absolute authority of the dean, but he knew that the dean did not understand military strategy. He was just a powerful dark druid. His spells may be powerful, but he had never fought in a war. However, Cloade himself He was once the best noble officer of the Eastern Legion.one.
Of course, those days have passed, but the experience accumulated in those days is still useful.
As a person who often interacts with battlefields, Cloade knows that to capture the castle in front of him, it is not enough to have morale and soldiers. The last mountain regiment and the powerful "Queen of the North" occupy The geographical advantage occupies the magic network in the castle area, and a legendary magician is very good at managing his own energy. When the spellcasting environment is stable and there is a steady stream of external magic support, the "Queen of the North" relies on Some auxiliary magic weapons can even make the blizzard around the castle last for a whole month - and the supplies stored in the castle are enough for her and her legion to last longer than that.
But it doesn’t matter, Cloade has his own good method.
An excavation team has already set off and is digging a tunnel along the dead end on the west side of the castle. The leader of the excavation team... is the original lord of Boulder City.
Of course, the lord has now embraced evolution and become a member of the new era.
Led by the former lord, the excavation team will attack the fortress protected by the snowstorm from underground.
But they definitely couldn’t just attack the inner courtyard of the castle, kill Victoria Wilder inside or eliminate the powerful mountain regiment. In fact, they couldn’t even get close to the inner wall of the castle—— It is impossible for a legendary mage not to set up a barrier around his spellcasting area. As long as the tunnel is dug near Victoria, the digging team will definitely be exposed in an instant.
Their real mission... is to destroy the magic network nodes underground in the outer area of the castle, destroy the integrity of the magic network, and cut off the magic power of the "Queen of the North".
Only the lord of Boulder City knows the location of each magic network node, because those magic networks were set up by the lord, and although Victoria Wilder is the Duke Regent, she does not necessarily know the location of every magic network node. What details are there in the city lord's house...
Claude stared at the seemingly never-ending snowstorm in the castle area, and a smile slowly appeared on his face.
In his vague mental perception, he could sense that the excavation team was still alive and still digging deeper.
The former Earl of Cloade in the East, today's giant commander, turned around and casually ordered his subordinates: "Attack when the blizzard stops."