The smell of blood, Andersa is no stranger to this smell.
She stood in front of the door of the communication tower, keeping the posture of pushing the door half open. The perception of a high-level transcendent spread out, and the various atmospheres in the tower were reflected in her mind. , just a few seconds later, she stepped back and closed the door again.
She turned around, took long strides, and walked towards the east hall like the wind, while countless thoughts and speculations were mixed with the information revealed in all the recent events. Together, they were running like a storm in her mind. Her steps gradually became steady, and questions began to emerge in her mind. The first question that popped up in her mind was——
What if the supreme commander of Winter Wolf Castle was to be killed without any blind spots? The officers were kept in the dark for twenty-four hours to ensure that no soldier accidentally broke the "curtain" during the process... How many people were needed?
On the way to the east hall, Andesa carefully discerned the possible illusions around her like peeling off cocoons. She investigated all the anomalies one by one, and restored the "farce" of the past two days bit by bit. "The way it should be.
Lord Parin Winterhold stood in front of the magical focus in the east hall. The circular platform in the center of the hall is inlaid with a huge crystal device. The light of magic is constantly flowing on the device. The Earl of Winterhold's attention is falling on the main light streams - from which he monitors the entire Winter Wolf Castle. The magic balance, shield load, and use this to adjust the deployment and rotation of the Black Flag Mage Group at any time to ensure that the mages and the fortress can be maintained in the best condition at all times.
Except for the Earl of Winterfort, there are only a dozen battle mages in the hall serving as sentries, guarding various doors.
As soon as Andesa stepped into the hall, the Earl of Wintercastle felt her aura. The elegant and majestic middle-aged man raised his head and said casually: "You came just in time. Andesa."
The next second, he noticed the particularly solemn expression on Andesa's face and the faintly conveyed seriousness.
"What happened?" Earl of Winterhold asked immediately, and before he could finish his words, a layer of soundproof barrier had risen out of thin air, completely covering the surrounding area of several meters, "This place has been "Safe."
"All the mages on duty in the communication tower are dead," Andesa knew the existence of the sound barrier, but she couldn't help lowering her voice, with an almost serious look on her face. With a terrifying expression, she said, "The time of death was about one day ago."
Other than that, she didn't need to explain the second sentence at all. The Earl of Winterhold's face darkened in just a few seconds. , this extremely quick-thinking battle mage commander had already retraced all the time nodes in his mind, and retraced all the key events that could be connected with the communication tower. The next moment he said in a deep voice: "So, we should spread the word Not a single piece of information was spread..."
"Or worse - all the news that should not be spread out is from Winter Wolf Castle."
"The adjutant beside you... no, he alone is not enough, there are more people..." the Earl of Winterhold said in a serious tone. He did not question at all whether the explosive news that Andesa suddenly brought was true or false, because he Knowing this daughter of a good friend, it is impossible for the other party to be vague about this kind of thing, "They are all affected..."
Andesa took a gentle breath: "Not all of them were affected. People will be completely out of control like those priests, and more people are hidden among us, and they... are rational."
An unspeakable depression enveloped her. There is even a chilling horror in it. Andersa was neither unfamiliar with nor afraid of death, but she found that she was now facing something more terrifying and unspeakable than life and death on the battlefield - it seemed to be everywhere, invisible and invisible, hidden in every moment. It is around people and even hidden deep in everyone's soul. It has stirred up the lives and deaths of countless people. However, many people do not even know that it has been there until they die...
Over the years, Winter Wolf The fortress and the countless soldiers in the fortress have always been Andesa's source of pride and confidence, but at this moment, she was falling into an abyss in this fortress.
"What are you going to do?" Earl of Winterhold suddenly stared at Andesa and said, his eyes as sharp as the stars in the winter night, "Is there any way you can save it?"
Andesa bit her lip and looked gloomy: "...In a sense, I am even worried that we have lost control of Winter Wolf Castle - those out-of-control Ares believers are obviously promoting a war. , so any attempt to prevent the deterioration of the war will inevitably be countered, and I dare not bet on the extent to which the soldiers of Winter Wolf Castle have been penetrated."
For the young General Wolf, This is a great irony and shame. A fortress commander lost control of his fortress and his troops when the war came. This kind of thing has probably never happened since the founding of Typhon, but now it has happened in the future of the Wendel family. Who would dare to believe all this if they didn’t experience it personally?
Admittedly, Andersa also knows that the situation may not be that bad. She has not really completely lost control of Winter Wolf Castle and the troops. More than half of the soldiers in this fortress must still be loyal to her. , however, judging from the results, the seriousness of this matter is not much different from that of being completely out of control - under the current circumstances, she has no spare time and no way to identify those faith polluters lurking among ordinary soldiers, not to mention ...The Cecils continued to attack the fortress.
The sound of explosions continued to come from the direction of the west wall, and the Cecil people's long-range artillery launched a new round of bombing.
In this explosion that sounded like a death urge, the Earl of Winterburg looked into Andesa's eyes: "Reason and logic tell me that there will be no winner in this war, Cecil and Typhon is entering the abyss. Our most fatal problem now is that all communication channels have been cut off or interfered with.Even the messengers sent out... It is very likely that the Cecil people miscalculated the situation of Winter Wolf Castle, and even miscalculated the situation of the entire Typhon Empire. Once they cross this line of defense, even if there is no obstruction from the Church of the God of War, , this war will also turn into a disaster..."
"So I am thinking about how to regain some initiative. We must find a way to send the news out of Winter Wolf Castle - whether it is to the Imperial Capital or to In the hands of the Cecil people," Andesa clenched her fists, "and also to prevent those who are contaminated from noticing and destroying this matter..."
"And the most important point... "The Earl of Winterhold said, but just in the middle of his words, a series of explosions that were denser and more disturbing than before came from a distance. It sounded like the sound of the southwest shield being bombarded. < /p>
"And the most important point," the Earl of Winterhold repeated once the explosion subsided, "not all soldiers and officers can understand what is happening now like you and me - —I mean those soldiers who stayed awake and were not affected. The divine disaster is a secret. We hid it very well before. The soldiers of the empire now only know that we have launched a full-scale war with the Cecil people, and they have already fought outside the walls of Winter Wolf Castle. At this time, your external contact and 'summary' behavior is bound to seriously shake them. "
"I can't control that much now," Andesa said immediately, "Earl of Winterhold, I need the help of your mages. Winter Wolf Castle is full of soldiers and knights who are more or less connected to the faith of the God of War. Only your mage troops are still reliable now. I need your magic - whether it is to regain control of the communication tower or build a new external You can try communication, or any other method that can make Winter Wolf Castle 'voice' to the outside world. "
"I will find a way," the Earl of Winterhold only considered it for a second, "but the premise is that we must keep this fortress intact tonight. The Cecil people's nighttime offensive shows no signs of weakening, and is even more intense than during the day. I suspect that they even plan to rely on more and more long-range "sky fire" to smash down our shields and walls. This is exactly why I called you here: The Mage's Eyes observed that the Cecil people added two more firepower points in the northwest. They used large vehicles to pull some kind of magic cannon that was larger than the main gun of the tank. On the front line, those things don't seem to be ready yet, but they will attack at any time. "
"How many magic cannons do they have on the way..." Andesa could hardly control the surprise in her tone, "Can the Black Flag Magician Group eliminate those two firepower points? "
"It is beyond the range of the legion's spells. Cecil's position is very good. They may have figured out the attack limit of the Black Flag Magician Group. It seems that we can only rely on enhanced shields to resist those things. "
"...Understood, I will order all the energy from the mana focus on the east side to be transferred to the shield, and at the same time ask the battle mages under the Knights to go up to the city wall to maintain protection.Shield preparation. ”
As soon as Andesa finished speaking, a piercing scream suddenly sounded from the distance that made one’s teeth tingle and tinnitus. After a very short delay, it was far louder than any previous bombardment. A deafening explosion that even made the entire fortress faintly tremble exploded under the night!
The battle mages in the hall were shocked by this huge explosion. Parin Winterhold and Ender Sha's expression changed at the same time. The two of them rushed out of the hall and rushed to a connecting bridge towards the city wall. They raised their heads and looked towards the direction of the explosion - in their sight, Winter Wolf Castle The thick energy shield outside was rippled, and a larger explosion flash exploded again a few seconds later.
After a slight delay, this second time. The loud noise of the explosion reached Andesa's ears.
Is it that kind of giant cannon?
A look of thought flashed across Palin Winterburg's face. In seconds, he outlined the runes of the communication technique in the air, and quickly issued new orders to his black flag battle mages: "Charge the fourth to sixth echelons, and drop two wide areas each to the northwest A2 and A3 positions. Illusion, the seventh to tenth echelon went to strengthen the shield and prepare for the subsequent impact! ”
Andersa also quickly rushed to the Earl of Winterfort. She knew that her adjutant and other commanders must also be on the other side of the communication spell, no matter how many of them had become contaminated by the gods. The carriers, at least when it comes to "combat", they will definitely obey their orders: "Claudian! Immediately transfer the energy from the east mana focus to the shield! Let the regiment's battle mages go up the city wall..."
Instructions were issued quickly. Although the defenders of Winter Wolf Castle fell into a brief panic under the sudden ground fire attack, everything soon became clear. Order was restored, more energy was mobilized to the shield, more mages turned their attention to new sources of attack, the fortress's defense force was quickly adjusted, and the briefly shaken shield gradually stabilized.
Andesa and Parin Winterfort stood on the connecting bridge, adjusting the defense of the entire fortress through communication spells while paying attention to the Cecil people's new offensive. They overlooked the tense and busy scene in the fortress. Seeing the scene, watching the shield near the city wall become solid again, both of them breathed a sigh of relief.
Almost all the defensive forces of Winter Wolf Castle are now concentrated on the city wall and shield, Sisi. The Germans' tireless ground offensive put Andesa under heavy pressure, but fortunately the fortress seemed to withstand it
...
Philip received a message from the ground troops.
"The Truth-I orbital accelerator cannon can't blast through their shields..." He whispered to himself, as if he was a little surprised by the Typhonian border fortress. The defense strength, "Or is the Black Flag Magician Group strengthening the shield of that fortress? "
"It seems that it is really difficult to break through that fortress in a short time with ground firepower alone," a senior staff officer said next to himSaid, "General, it's almost midnight."
Philip glanced at the mechanical watch on the table, and then his eyes fell on the Magic Network terminal not far away.
......
In the dark night with the howling cold wind, a low hum sounded between the clouds, and war machines made of steel and crystal flew across the sky like ghosts.
More than twenty mass-produced "Dragoons", led by the captain's aircraft, formed a ring formation and were cruising along the border of the warning zone of Winter Wolf Castle in a low-speed, lights-off night flight mode.
Jin Na took a deep breath - the breeze shield and reliable cockpit blocked the howling cold wind outside, but she still felt as if she could smell the cold and slightly bloody outside The breath of anger - She lowered her head and looked at the observation window forward and below, and saw light flashing and bursting at the edge of the dark earth, and light cyan flashes continuously cut through the darkness.
At the end of the criss-crossing rays of light, there is a fortress standing tenaciously on the ground. The shield above the fortress is rippled frequently, but there is still no sign of extinguishing.
The young air force commander took another deep breath to calm down his nervousness.
This is not her first time flying, nor is it her first time on the battlefield. She has piloted a gryphon to fly past the rock fortress under the flames of war, and she has also passed by the crystal clusters with the giant eagles of the elves. The earth polluted by the divine disaster soared over the old royal capital that was on the verge of falling.
But that feeling was different from now.
Her hands were clenched on the joystick. The hum from the anti-gravity ring and the Dragonborn drive gradually made her feel at ease. She turned her head slightly and saw the machine sitting behind her. The division and bombardier also looked nervous.
"Relax, it's not the first time we've held these joysticks," she said.
"I'm just thinking of a loud opening," the bombardier said calmly, "and say it when the bomb is dropped."
"Don't do this useless thing "Things," Jin Na said immediately, "focus on..."
She only spoke half of her words.
A device on the aircraft console suddenly lit up, and the next second, she heard General Philip’s voice coming from it——
“Dragoons, perform your mission. , codenamed Z-17."