The large-scale military mobilization taking place in the direction of Winterhold cannot be concealed - it is even public at all.
In the Cecil controlled area, in the Winter Wolf Castle front command post, officers and staff gathered in the former castle hall. Intelligence from all sides flowed into this place like a river flowing into the sea, one message after another. was delivered, instructions were issued one after another, and the distant scene was reflected above a Taiwan Magic Network terminal, where a large number of nervous and busy civilian personnel and commanders were busy here.
Gawain stood in front of a large sand table at the end of the hall. Philip and Maryland were beside him, deducing the current military deployment of the Typhons around Winterfort. They had already changed into the Iron Ranger Commander suit. Solderin strode up to them and said in a hurried tone: "The reconnaissance force discovered a large number of battle mages and mixed legions near Green Town. It is initially estimated that at least twelve legions are moving towards the front line from there. Move..."
Philip looked up at Gawain with a serious look on his face. Maryland took the battle flag model next to the sand table and silently set it up according to the information Solderin brought. At the corresponding location on the map - and around the newly added red flag, the red marks representing the Typhon Legion have covered the entire Winterhold defense line, as dense as a river.
"Are all the Typhonians' extraordinary beings growing out of the earth?" Amber, who was standing aside, opened his eyes in astonishment, "Where did so many extraordinary beings come from?" Coming out... are they planning to flood the battlefield with a sea of people?"
"All the standing and reserve armies in Typhon, some rotating troops near the southern border and the east coast, and the extraordinary ones directly under the royal family? They... I'm afraid they've all been transferred here," Gawain frowned and said in a deep voice, "I'm afraid this number can't even be spread out on the main plain between Winter Castle and Winter Wolf Castle..."
"Oh my god..." Amber was startled, "Is that Rosetta crazy? Not to mention how many of these people crammed around a winter fortress can actually be used on the front battlefield, he is not afraid of the domestic situation. Out of control? The interior of Typhon is going to become 'hollow'..."
"Indeed, with this scale of transfer, I am afraid that the interior of Typhon has reached the critical line of maintaining normal order...but Compared with this, Rosetta can mobilize such a large force from across the country so quickly and on a large scale and maintain domestic order. This is what deserves our most attention," Gawain said in a low voice, while his eyes were slowly moving from Scanning the sand table, the information gathered here in the past few days was forming a clearer image in his mind, making the entire terrain map more three-dimensional, "...Solderin, you mentioned before that there are a large number of energy-gathering crystals. The convoy entered the Winterfort area from the Ankerm Crossing?"
Solderin nodded: "Yes, the specific number is unknown, I can only confirm that there are very, very many, and after entering the Winterfort area, They were transported to several mountains near the fortress - those mountains have been marked on the sand table." Gawain hummed, he did see the sand table.The high mountains marked on the mountain are distributed around the white castle on the top of the mountain. Together with the "Winter Castle", they form a series of excellent commanding heights. However, although they are excellent commanding heights, those few However, the mountain is still quite far away from Cecil's control area. Whether it is Cecil's largest rainbow main gun or the Typhon's legion-level spells, it is impossible to threaten those on the line of exchange between the two countries from that distance. Any goal.
Maryland could also see this. He stared at the picture on the sand table and whispered as if talking to himself: "From this distance... we should not be able to hit our outpost."
p>"Yes, it can't be hit, so I'm afraid this thing is not prepared for us," Gawain nodded slightly, then he thought for a moment and suddenly looked at Amber beside him, "Veroni Where is Ka now?"
"In the prayer room on the top floor of the castle," Amber replied immediately, "Are you going to call her over?"
"No, she is doing it now. The matter is very important, it is best not to leave the prayer room... I will go there myself."
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On the top floor of Winter Wolf Castle, the holy light is like water. Flowing in the room, some kind of slight sound that is on the edge of human ear recognition reverberated in the air. Together, they created a peaceful and quiet "field", filling the entire floor of the building with relaxing sounds. And inspiring power.
Veronica/Ophelia, holding a platinum scepter, stood in the center of the prayer room on the top floor, closing her eyes slightly and feeling the flow of the holy light. The simple and elegant people around her There was a faint light flowing on the surface of the furnishings that symbolized the holy light, and a symbol that symbolized pure holy light was stepped on under her feet. From time to time, some hazy phantoms would appear on the surface of the symbol - sometimes it was the mountains in the distance. , sometimes it is not like a palace on earth, but more often it is incomprehensible, ever-changing light, shadow and lines.
Suddenly, Veronica opened her eyes, and she turned her head to look at the door to the side. The next second, Gawain pushed the door open and walked in from there.
"Good afternoon, Your Majesty," Veronica nodded slightly and said softly, "Everything is as usual here."
"How is the monitoring situation?" Gawain casually said Said, "Is the power of the God of War still seeping into this world?"
"Of course...the power that does not belong to this world is increasing every minute, and the huge power of faith gathers into a river, It flows here from all over the world, and at this moment, this place is already the focus of the power of war in the world," Veronica said softly, while slightly raising the platinum scepter in her hand, and waved it casually towards the east wall, which was made of The thick walls made of enchanted stone bricks were instantly saturated with light, and in the blink of an eye they seemed to disappear and became completely transparent, revealing the distant mountains in the direction of Winterfort. "You can see for yourself - through the holy light You can see Him through the curtain.”
Gawain looked in the direction of Veronica’s finger. After focusing his gaze for a moment, he almost realized it.Almost immediately, I discovered the huge shadow wandering between the clouds and the earth - it was like the image cast by something in a higher dimension in the current material world. It seemed to be wandering on the earth, but it had different meanings. It felt truly distant and unreal, and no matter how hard Gawain concentrated on observing it carefully, he could not see any of its details.
It seems that all the "details" have not been projected from that higher dimension.
"Is that the God of War?" Gawain looked serious, "Is this what Solderin saw?"
"That is the God of War, but not completely. Therefore, even if ordinary people occasionally witness it, they will not be mentally contaminated immediately. He is entering our world at a slow but solid speed, and as more and more priests and believers are 'driven' here by the Rosetta Emperor. In this region, the process of His 'arrival' is also accelerating," Veronica nodded, "But even so, I am not sure when He will completely 'arrive'."
< p> "Isn't it possible to estimate roughly?" Gawain asked curiously."'Advent' is not entirely a step-by-step process, especially when the mapping relationship between the God of War and this world has gradually become chaotic." Veronica shook her head, "As long as If all the conditions are met, then the God of War may completely enter the material world tomorrow, but if a certain condition goes wrong, then He may also linger in this critical state for a whole year... That's why I am even more curious about Rosetta. What 'know-how' did the Emperor have that gave him the confidence to limit the arrival time of the God of War within a short range? You must know that even with Typhon's national power, it is impossible to control the current military strength around Winterfort. For too long..."
"He holds knowledge that we don't know...This knowledge may be even deeper than what the rebels know," Gawain said in thought, " Maybe one day I can ask him face to face, but now... I don't care how he plans to completely 'get' the God of War. I only care about when this will happen."
"Of course. , I will continue to 'look out' here, and I will notify you as soon as the situation changes." Veronica said in a gentle tone, and then waved gently, and the wall returned to its previous state, and she. Then he continued to stand on the Holy Light Emblem with his scepter in hand, looking in the direction of the Typhon Empire like a tireless watcher.
As a powerful transcendent, she can continue to gaze here for a long, long time.
......
North of Winterfort, a certain high mountain.
The cold wind comes from the north, howling through the canyons and mountains. The clouds seem to be at a height that is within reach, and they are constantly expanding and changing as the cold wind howls high in the sky. A man wearing a The mage officer wearing a dark blue starry robe and holding a golden oak staff stood on a temporary high platform made of giant wood and stones, overlooking the busy construction scene below.
Mages respected in other countries have become ordinary builders here. Powerful spells are used to shape soil and boulders, accompanied by various shining magical radiances, large-scale stone platforms, towers, amplifiers and various Various large-scale spell facilities were quickly formed at an astonishing speed. At this moment, there was already a huge circular spellcaster square on the top of the flattened mountain.
Four stone-gray towers stand around the square. A large ring inlaid with many gems and expensive metals is floating above the circular platform with a radius of tens of meters in the center of the square. More than ten people are wearing combat robes. The battle mage is busy under the ring - drawing magical symbols on the ground with molten metal, or setting various colored gems in the correct grooves.
"Sir, the Focusing Ring has passed the resonance test," a mage descended from the sky, bowed slightly in front of the mage officer and said, "The rune drawing progress is over halfway, and the power output of the Energy Extraction Tower has now reached Seventy percent."
"Well, very good... With the rune substrate, the construction progress is indeed faster than expected," the officer nodded and asked casually, "Power-gathering crystal inlay. How far is the progress?"
"Sixty percent of the inlaying has been completed - it will be all inlaid by this time tomorrow at the earliest," the battle mage said immediately, "In addition, the core magic ball has been transported. At the foot of the mountain, they should be sent up soon."
A look of satisfaction appeared on the mage officer's face. He nodded slightly, and then raised his gaze, looking past the undulating mountains. Clouds, looking in the direction of distant Winterhold.
......
The "Hall of Secrets" on the upper floor of the castle is brightly lit, with ripples of light flowing on a wall inlaid with gems and metal runes. On the wall surrounded by flowing light, Several separate screens show the scenes on the tops of several mountains - various mage troops are busy setting up spell caster positions, and large-scale towers and focusing rings have begun to take shape. In another part of the screen, In the center, you can also see several camps at the foot of the mountain. Engineers and mages are busy building various positions and facilities.
Palin Winterburg waved his hand in front of the wall, switching between the sets of surveillance images above. Then he withdrew his gaze and looked at Rosetta Augustus not far behind him. All.
"Your Majesty," the Earl of Winterfort nodded slightly, "the construction projects everywhere are over halfway, and the project on the main peak of Winterfort has been basically completed."
"Very good," Rosetta Augustus said with an indifferent expression, "It seems that at least we are making good progress in this regard."
The Earl of Winterburg looked at Emperor Rosetta, and he seemed to hesitate for a moment. Then he hesitated and said: "Your Majesty, so far we have not had any intelligence synchronization or... communication with Cecil. We have reached this point almost only by tacit understanding. Is this situation too dangerous? Even if Emperor Gawain knows about us intention, but this 'trust' must be very limited. Our exchanges on the borderThe fire has now escalated to a very dangerous level. It is difficult to say that this is a 'controlled military action'. Now we have carried out a large-scale 'surge'... Will this be too irritating to the Cecil people? "
Rosetta was silent for a few seconds and shook her head slowly: "In this matter, we cannot have any intelligence communication with Cecil, not even a hint - this kind of behavior If you challenge the 'order' of a war too much, it will lead the god to unpredictable changes... As of now, he has enough variables. "
"As for Cecil..."
"...Gawain Cecil is a visionary and wise ruler, and more importantly- —He has a strong wrist. As long as he can stabilize, then the whole Cecil can be stabilized," Rosetta said slowly, but after a moment he changed the subject, "But your worries are not unreasonable. Mr. Palin, the Cecil people's 'trust' and 'tacit understanding' towards us is not unconditional. It has probably been worn away by now... I will consider this matter. "
He shook his head and ended the topic temporarily, and then strolled to the window on the side of the hall. His sight looked through the crystal glass inlaid on the window, overlooking the castle courtyard below.
Soldiers were escorting groups of men in black robes past the courtyard. In a corner of the courtyard, many men in black robes could be seen standing there with their heads lowered as if waiting for trial.
The faces of these men in black robes are hidden by hoods, and the specific gender, age and body shape cannot be seen, but they all have similar characteristics: staggering, swaying, and in a dazed state as if they were sleepwalking. , and on some of the hems and sleeves of the black-robed people's clothes, disgusting and terrifying tentacle-like things can be seen shrinking and stretching...
Rosetta's eyes were on those black people. After a long silence, he whispered as if talking to himself:
"Pray..."