The cluster giants have collectively changed.
On Highland No. 3 in the northern part of the Hongfeng area, the sky was gloomy, the wind was howling, and artillery fire was roaring.
A large number of cluster giants wandering from the eastern region are running wildly on the plains. Those swollen and deformed terrifying monsters move wildly, passing over the plains and rushing over the hills. Some rush into the distance, and some rush into the distance. Impacting the legion's defense line, dazzling arcane arcs pierced the air, illuminating the polluted plains in the dim skylight, and on Highland No. 3, which supported the important nodes of the defense line, artillery fire was non-stop.
The heavy magic cannon adjusted its shooting angle slightly under the action of the mechanical device. The rune track flashed with light, and the cannonball with the light cyan air mass flew into the distance. The Warhammer I in the tank bunker The enemy also fired frequently, and more dense artillery shells bombarded the plain on the east side of the highland, creating an airtight fire network.
Captain Cecil, wearing white blue-patterned armor, stood behind the bunker, observing the situation on the battlefield with a tactical eyepiece.
Continuous exploding flashes and shock waves covered the frenzied army of crystal clusters. Countless twisted limbs and incomplete crystals were blasted into the sky every minute, but against the background of the dim skylight, , there are still countless monsters coming from afar, falling on this line of death meaninglessly.
The captain closed the eyepiece, turned around and left the bunker.
The commander's high-pitched roar with magic power came from nearby: "The No. 2 artillery formation is cooling down, changing the acceleration track - the No. 3 formation is starting to shoot!" "The burner is warmed up!" "The shells have been delivered "Up!" "The Pioneer has arrived!"
The captain quickly passed through the busy artillery positions and supply tunnels. The sound of weapons firing and instructions filled the air around him, and he crossed a The sentry walked towards a tall commander wearing a knight's insignia and a short cloak with white heraldry on a black background.
Three short muffled sounds came from the side, and three bright flares were fired into the sky. Eye-catching flashes illuminated the camp, and the light shone on the surface of the knight's silver-white armor.
"Sir! The enemy's offensive has been contained, and they have been suppressed outside the defense line," the captain said with a military salute to the commander in front of him, speaking quickly, "But those monsters did not flinch at all. There are no signs of discipline, showing a state of complete madness."
The commander nodded: "Continue to consolidate the eastern defense line. No matter how many they come, they must be eliminated on the fire line - our material personnel. There are enough."
"Yes, sir."
The captain took the order and left. The commander took a look at the situation on the battlefield, then turned and walked towards the command post barracks.
A low buzzing sound came from the direction of the Gorgon River. In the gradually extinguishing light of the signal bomb, two terrifying energy beams like long rivers of light suddenly lit up. They pierced the The dim skylight traversed the entire battlefield from west to east, and then solemnly swept across the plains covered with crystal cluster giants. Wherever the beam swept, the giants and rocks evaporated together, leaving only a piece of land.A piece of hot and scorched earth.
In the command post barracks, the Magic Network terminal was humming, and the bust of Philip, the commander-in-chief of the ground forces, was displayed on the holographic projection.
The commander stood in front of the terminal and saluted, with a loud voice: "General, the defense line on the third highland has been stabilized, and the calibration beam has cleared the eastern and northern extensions. We can deploy the next stronghold."< /p>
"Maintain fire suppression, and the next advancing force will enter from the southwest in thirty minutes," Philip said calmly, "How is the situation with the crystal cluster giants over there?"
" Out of control, frantic, with almost no reason, but no signs of power decline."
"No crystal cluster commanders who maintain their senses have been found yet?"
"No evidence has been found. "
"...Understood. Continue the mission, Commander."
"Received."
Philip arrived at the main army command post. In front of Gawain, the latter was copying the information from behind. Before Philip could speak, Gawain had already raised his head: "The Crystal Cluster Army seems to be completely out of control."
Waiting for Philip to finish speaking When he asked, Gawain raised the paper in his hand: "The news sent by Kamel from Pompeii Laboratory, all the commander-level cluster giants imprisoned in various isolation cages in the laboratory went crazy at the same time - —They can’t all be subordinate units of the Red Maple Node.”
“Pompei Laboratory?” Philip was immediately startled, “Is everything okay over there?”
"With a fully armed army and a legendary ancient magician sitting on the guard, it is impossible for anything to happen - currently all the out-of-control monsters have been destroyed, and the infected carriers who have been undergoing isolation treatment have also been safely transferred. There is no need to worry about this - —Fortunately, those who only carried the infection were not affected."
"The situation in front of us is very strange..." Philip frowned and said, "The appearance of those monsters is similar to the collapse of the superior node. The resulting loss of control is different..."
"Yes, if the loss of control is caused by the collapse of the superior node, those crystal cluster giants will quickly weaken while losing their minds. After an hour, they will be the same as ordinary ones. The beasts are almost gone, but now those out-of-control crystal giants have only fallen into madness and have not declined in strength." Gawain threw the documents in his hand on the table with a serious tone, "They are not 'out of control', but a The new, completely crazy mind has become their highest node."
Philip felt a chill, and Gawain continued: "The only good news at the moment is that the crystal cluster giants after the madness have not developed strength. With the evolution, we can still maintain the defense line and continue to advance north, but on the other hand, the crystal cluster giants that have lost their organization have become more difficult to restrain..."
He was just halfway through his words, The nearby air suddenly became distorted, and Amber's figure emerged from the air. The half-elf lady handed a copied information to Gawain: "Over in Maryland.It came urgently. "
Gawain took the information, glanced at it hastily, and looked up at Philip: "The situation is as I expected - the Iron Throne Zero is at the entrance to the East and the crystal giant suddenly fell into madness. In the battle, it was indeed the entire crystal cluster army that lost control. ”
On that urgent intelligence, Maryland reported the battle situation at the pass leading to the Eastern Territory: countless frantic crystal giants and low-level infected people were spreading blindly, and a considerable number of them Rushing to the blockade established by the Iron Throne - the Maryland Knight has established a defense relying on armored trains, armed railways, and a large number of temporary walls, bunkers, and mountain bunkers. Currently, he is blocking the gateway for those infected by the crystal cluster to enter the Eastern Territory. And they are still increasing their defensive strength.
Relying on the Iron Throne's combat power, and the armed security forces of White Sand Mining have gone to support, the Maryland Knights should be able to control the local situation and even move the defense line westward. Forced expansion - War technicians are forcibly laying railways under the cover of artillery to expand the Iron Throne's range of activities to the Holy Spirit Plains. The Maryland Knights' goal is to drive the Iron Throne into Thorinburg through "defensive advancement" - this way He can rely on the solid fortifications of Solinburg to build a new line of defense, gain a certain depth, and try his best to ensure the safety of those uncontaminated areas in the east.
Facts have proved that Gawain's original judgment about Maryland. That's right - this is a capable person. Although he comes from the traditional noble family of Ansu, he has the value of transformation. After undergoing advanced knowledge infusion and actual exposure to the operation of Cecil's Legion, Maryland was originally. His military capabilities have been inspired and strengthened. He is good at exchanging defense for offense, and this tactic will be of greatest value with the assistance of armored trains.
"Where is Sonia? Gawain turned to look at Amber, "She should be back soon." "
"When I contacted her twenty minutes ago, she was returning from the direction of Tulip Castle. It was about this time..."
"I have come back," Amber said clearly before she finished speaking. The voice came from the door. Gawain followed the sound and saw that the high-level messenger wearing light leather armor had appeared in front of him. "The north is full of crazy monsters, and the east is also. What's worse... After crossing Tulip Castle, wandering cluster-infected people were also found in the western area of the Gorgon River. "
"Is the pollution really crossing the river..." Gawain couldn't help but clenched his fist, "How many? ”
“It’s hard to judge. I dare not fly too far, but I saw private soldiers organized by local nobles fighting against small groups of crystal cluster monsters. There should not be many enemies crossing the Gorgon River.” ——After all, our fleet is still blocking the river, and most of the monsters trying to cross the river will be eliminated by the coastal defense line. Only in the north... the Legion frontline has not advanced there yet, and there is a gap there. ”
Gawain couldn’t help but frown, but he had to accept this situation.
In the original plan, he wanted to completely block the Gorgon River and seal it at the same time.At the entrance to the eastern border, in this way, coupled with the armored barriers in the south and the Saint-Sunil-Northern Mountains defense line in the north, the cluster infection can be completely blocked in the eastern part of the Holy Spirit Plain, so that everything will become controllable. However, if A complete plan will eventually encounter unexpected events. From the beginning, he made psychological preparations for the worst-case scenario: the speed of the army's march north may not be able to keep up with the speed of the cluster's spread, and the pollution may cross the Gorgon River. , into the western part of the Holy Spirit Plains.
Now, the situation is just developing in this expected direction.
But this does not mean that everything will get out of control - although crystal cluster infection is terrible, large-scale outbreaks require relatively harsh conditions. Now there is evidence to prove that the reason why the Death of All Things was able to Contaminating the entire giant tree crossing in a short period of time relies on long-term preparations and a huge sacrificial ceremony. Without the assistance of these preparations and rituals, the speed of crystal cluster infection will not exceed that of ordinary diseases.
As long as the scale of pollution that invades the western part of the plain does not exceed a certain critical point, and as long as the local nobles are not so incompetent that they give up resistance, the situation will not get out of control for the time being.
"Send me an order to have Byron speed up the blockade of the northern river. In addition, inform Sir Walder to mobilize 5,000 people from the Second Corps to go north along the river to help block the river and clean up the pollution on the west bank." Gao Wen read. Xiang Amber quickly ordered, "In addition, is there still no way to contact the Military Intelligence Bureau personnel in Saint-Sunil City?" The extended secret relay station may have been destroyed, and contact points and informants in other ways have been lost, including those in the West Bank area."
"Perhaps... I can challenge the direct flight to San Soussoux. Neil," Sonia suddenly said, "I can send the reinforcement information to Silver Castle..."
"Do you want to fly all the way over the contaminated area, without stopping in the middle, or from the western plains? Detour to the safe zone?" Gawain glanced at Sonia, "If you fly to Saint-Sunil in a straight line, you have to maintain the highest altitude the whole way, which will be unbearable for both humans and giant eagles, and there is no landing for you at all along the way. Resting place. If you make an arc from the western plains, the distance will be extended by two to three times. Plus the resting time of the giant eagle in the middle. By the time you fly to Saint-Sunil, the nobles of the royal capital may have abandoned it. He fled the city."
The defenders of the royal capital must be informed of the existence of reinforcements - this was the consensus reached by Gawain and Victoria last time. It is impossible for a hopeless army to defend the city, even if they have the most powerful defense system in Anzu, and the clear presence of reinforcements can greatly inspire the courage of the soldiers defending the city. This is achieved by relying on knights to supervise the battle, and relying on It is especially useful in kings who use pure manpower to fight.
But the situation took a turn for the worse and disrupted Gawain's plan - the suddenly frenzied army of crystal clusters began to move randomly throughout the plain area, and the enemy distribution and safe routes that had been finally discovered were instantly useless. , the messenger sent to Saint-Sunil will bear an even greater burden.The risk is huge. On the other hand, the pressure caused by the crazy crystal cluster army on Saint Sunil may increase sharply. The possibility of the royal capital defenders abandoning the city and escaping is also increasing rapidly, leaving even less time for the messenger. .
However, Saint Sunil must not be lost.
At this moment, a nice but slightly cold voice suddenly reached everyone's ears: "Ms. Sonia, is the mage tower of Tulip Castle still there?"
Gawain raised his head and saw the Duchess of the North - Victoria Wilder standing at the door.
After a brief thought, Sonia nodded: "The castle is half destroyed, but the mage tower is still there."
"That tower is a high-power communication tower," Victoria Said, "Take me there, and with the help of the tower's growth, I can contact Silver Castle."