"The defenders in the Winter Wolf Castle area surrendered?!"
When he heard the news, Philip stood up from his chair, his eyes widening.
"Yes, General," not far away from the Magic Network terminal, a ground force commander with smoke on his face was standing in the holographic projection. The background behind him was still Large ruins of smoke and fire and soldiers busy in action. Under the temporary lights in the distance, you can also see disarmed Typhon soldiers being escorted. "Their supreme commander gave up resistance, and now the castle The shield of the area has been closed from the inside, and we are taking over various areas of the castle."
Philip frowned, just as he couldn't figure out why the Typhons suddenly started a war a few days ago. At this time, he couldn't understand why the other party chose to surrender - this was completely inconsistent with the intelligence's prediction of the behavior of the current top commander of Winter Wolf Castle, nor was it consistent with the God of War's pursuit of "a war that is as bloody as possible and continues to expand in scale" after the God of War lost control. "Tendency.
"Relying on the strong fortifications of the castle, they could have continued to resist for a while - they could even hope to hold on until reinforcements arrived and get out of the woods," a staff officer said confusedly next to them. "They were only broken through. After entering the outer city and leaving the inner castle almost intact...the Typhons surrendered just like that? General, look at this..."
"Typhon's 'Wolf General' never There is a precedent for surrender, not to mention that General Wolf of this generation seems to be a hard-liner who is quite hostile to us. To be honest, I don’t believe that the other party will surrender so easily.” Philip shook his head, “But they have closed the castle’s protection. Shield, under the premise that our ground troops are gradually taking over the entire Winter Wolf Castle, I really can't think of any other plans they have for a comeback... In theory, if they really want to continue to resist, then any plan is better than surrendering. "
The staff officer asked curiously: "General, what do you mean..."
Philip raised his head and looked in the direction of the magic network terminal: "With the other party's top command. "Have you been in contact with her?"
"Yes, General," the commander on the other side of the communication channel nodded immediately, "I have been in contact with her - but she said she wanted to talk to someone of equal status." , I think she wants to talk to you directly."
Philip pondered for a moment, and then nodded: "I understand, I will go there soon, and you will continue to take over and clean up. Establish an advance camp on the spot, ready to respond to the Typhon counterattack or continue to advance eastward."
"Yes, General!"
......
Andesa was still lying on the bed. In fact, it was still very difficult for her to move. The buzzing noise in her ears has weakened a lot. The powerful physical fitness of the high-level transcendent is quickly repairing the damaged parts of her body. With her gradually recovering hearing, she can hear the noisy and busy movements outside.
The last of his own guards is being disarmed, thoseThe Cecils have completely taken over the place.
They are right next to you.
Andesa tried her best to move her eyes. She could see those Cecil soldiers wearing strange armors standing upright in various places in the room, vigilantly "protecting" the place. Originally, The close soldiers who took care of her here were "invited" to other rooms after being disarmed. Theoretically, she should not be able to see them for a long time.
You can’t see them...that’s okay—the young General Wolf couldn’t help but think this.
Because she really doesn’t know how to face her subordinates who get along day and night at this moment, whether they are those who are contaminated by the God of War or those who are completely awake... She knows her Knights of the Winter Wolf and understands them. Every one of them must have been prepared to fight to the last moment, and even prepared to use their flesh and blood to resist the war machines of the Cecil people. This castle could have continued to stand, and it was even possible Waiting for reinforcements from the rear... But all this was impossible because their top commander chose to surrender after a bombing.
And after receiving the order, the entire Winter Wolf Knights chose to execute it without any complaints... This made Andesa feel even more unspeakable pressure.
As her thoughts gradually drifted away, a pain suddenly came from a wound on her body, causing Andesa's train of thought to be interrupted. She couldn't help but grumbled in a low voice and moved slightly - -This brings more pain.
"Try not to move, the new medicine is taking effect," a strange soldier's voice came from the side, cold and hard with a little nervousness, "If you hold on, a medical priest is on the way. ”
Andersa followed the sound and saw a young face. It was a Cecil soldier, or maybe a low-level officer. They were all ordinary people without magic fluctuations, and she Her eyes were wandering back and forth at this moment, and Andesa couldn't tell whether the person standing in front of her was a soldier or an officer.
At least these Cecils did not make it difficult for the surrendering defenders... not bad.
Just when Andesa was thinking this, she heard the sound of military boots hitting the ground suddenly from the direction of the door of the room, and at the same time, the young man's voice sounded in her ears: "Oh, Priest Here we come——"
Medical Priest? Pastor?
Andesa opened her eyelids curiously and looked in the direction of the footsteps. Then she saw a young woman who looked like a nun. But the nun Devices like armor pieces, metal backpacks, and rune drag chains can be seen everywhere in the suit. This strangely dressed "nun" walked towards her, holding a rather heavy-looking "combat weapon" in her hand. Staff." I don't know if it was my imagination, but the staff seemed to be stained with blood.
Then "Sister Cecil" came to Andesa's bed, and she "thumped" the heavy combat staff.He placed it on the ground with a bang and bent down towards Andesa. The latter saw that the opponent was wearing some kind of glove with a mechanical structure on his hand - no matter how you looked at it, it seemed to have nothing to do with prayer or healing.
Is this the priest responsible for treating his injuries? Why is Cecil's nun like this?
Andesa felt a little suspicious for a moment. Although it seemed that it was not the time to care about such details, she couldn't help but whispered: "Wait a minute, I still..."
"Don't move," the young nun said immediately, and held down Andesa's shoulder. "Your left eye is already blind - I don't want to accidentally damage your other one." Eyes."
Andesa fell silent, then twitched the corner of her mouth, feeling bitter and relieved: "...really blind..."
"If you cooperate enough. , Then maybe it can grow back one day in the future - after all, Cecil is the best in the world," the nun seemed to say happily, with a naturally confident tone in her tone.
Andesa listened to the other party's words, but just remained silent and said no more.
......
Pedinan felt as if he had fallen into a long, weird, gloomy and depressing nightmare. In this nightmare, he seemed to be replaced by another person. He was doing terrible things in a hazy state, but in the nightmare, he always felt that he was awake - some kind of force distorted his perception of the entire world, and what he saw was no longer what he really saw. , what he did was no longer what he really wanted to do, he was like a clown puppet swaying in front of the candlelight, desperately making seemingly normal movements - but casting a twisted and weird shadow on the ground that was so weird that it was impossible to distinguish. shadow.
At some moment later, he suddenly woke up. Everything in the nightmare lost its disguise and appeared in front of him dripping with blood. He found that the things in the nightmare... seemed to have happened. .
Rosetta Augustus looked at Pei Dinan who suddenly sat up in the middle of the magic circle, and there seemed to be a smile on his always gloomy face: "Qing Pei Dinan, you finally 'awoke' Come here."
Pei Dinan was breathing heavily, as if he was trying to clean out all the dirty things in his body with rapid breathing. He finally felt that his heart and spirit had returned to stability. Only then did he have enough energy to observe the surrounding situation - this was a closed room that looked very much like a magic laboratory, with no windows and only a small door. The bright magic crystal lamp illuminated the entire room, and all the nearby walls were covered with They are all engraved with winding runes.
Pei Dinan found that there seemed to be no other furnishings in the room except runes. Even where he lay, there was a circular magic circle engraved with runes.
"Your Majesty," the old Duke finally recovered. The repressed memories and correct cognitions in his mind were "regurgitating" crazily, making him realize the previous events in just a few seconds. Horrible things that happened in the sky, I have experienced them beforeThe former Wolf General who had gone through countless hardships could not help but feel a chill at this moment, "I may have been contaminated! Before..."
"I know, I know, Pei Dinanqing, things have already happened - you Need to further restore calm," Rosetta Augustus said calmly, "The situation is indeed bad, but it is not too bad."
Pedinan took a deep breath and stepped out of the magic circle. He stood up and said in a hurry: "We and Cecil..."
"We have entered a state of war - we declared the war first, or in other words, the God of War declared the war for us." Rosetta looked into Ferdinand's eyes, "Sir Ferdinand, Malm Dunit blinded and distorted your cognition with the power of mental interference. The explanation we sent to Cecil was tampered with into a declaration of war, but this It's not your fault."
At this moment, Pei Dinan felt his heart stopped for a beat, but he stopped falling into dizziness. After realizing that this matter was irreversible, He seemed to suddenly notice something unusual about this room -
This seemed to be a magic laboratory, and rune-like things could be seen everywhere, but after taking a closer look, he realized that they were actually Not the magical runes he recognized. Those winding lines were complex and exquisite, but their style was unlike any other race on land. When looking at them, Pei Dinan felt that his somewhat depressed mood quickly calmed down and became clearer, and some of the muddled thoughts that had remained were also very clear. It becomes extremely clear soon.
The old Duke subconsciously asked: "Your Majesty, this is..."
"This is still in the Obsidian Palace, and this room is a laboratory of Lady Windsor Mapel. . If you are referring to the runes - they came from the deep sea, first brought to Cecil by the Kraken, and then given to us as a gift by Cecil, I think you have seen a few of these runes. It's a sample, but this is indeed the first time you've seen a large-scale, fully assembled 'barrier house' like this."
"The runes from the deep sea..." finally popped into Pei Dinan's mind. After learning some relevant information, he remembered that there was indeed such a thing, "Then these runes are used to..."
"Remove the pollution you have received," Rosetta said lightly, "And in To ensure that you will not be affected by the will of the gods again in the future - it seems to be working very well now."
Pei Dinan felt the rapid improvement in his mental state and realized the "effect" mentioned by the other party. "It was indeed good, but the next second, he thought of another thing.
"Your Majesty, did you already know that I..."
"No, I don't have the ability to predict the future," Rosetta waved her hand to interrupt Pedinan, "But I I'm sure that the infiltration of God's pollution will definitely spread to the upper echelons of the empire - I just didn't expect that the first person to be contaminated and completely unnoticed at first would be you, a person who has been consciously alienated and alienated since many years ago. The distance of the church from this aspect is that I underestimate the divine will on the mortal mind.Penetration ability, but on the other hand, we have now further determined the penetration and spread rules of 'pollution', and determined the scope of the affected population, which is very meaningful. "
Rosetta said very indifferently, and Ferdinand quickly heard another meaning from the attitude and words of the imperial ruler -
This emperor really He was surprised, but it was only the "details" that surprised him. As for the direction of the whole thing... it seems that it has not deviated from his judgment until now.
Does this include this war?
p>"Your Majesty," after just a few seconds of silence, Petinan whispered, "What are we going to do next? "
"The war broke out," Rosetta said as if talking to herself. His eyes did not fall on Ferdinand. "...The empire should enter a state of emergency. ”
“Are you going to activate the emperor’s supreme ruling power? ”
“More than ten years ago, we tried to change this country’s situation. We did so, and we did achieve many feats that we would have never thought of. But looking back now, "We still have a lot of things to do," Rosetta said calmly, "There are some people alive who shouldn't have survived, and there are still some things that shouldn't have been preserved... Don't you think this is very regrettable? ? "
"It is indeed a pity," said Peternan Wendell. "It seems that we can finish what we did not finish back then - but there is one more thing, Your Majesty, we are in the process of comprehensively fighting against the Cecil people. Start a war. "
"It's that crazy god who is at war with Cecil," Rosetta looked into Ferdinand's eyes. "The out-of-control gods are the common enemy of all mankind - this time, we actually On the same side as the Cecils. ”