What Xiao Chen tore open was a directional teleportation scroll, and he set the landing point of the teleportation in an abandoned yard.
The owner of this place probably escaped from the city earlier, but the house was too small and too remote to be requisitioned by the Marquis. Therefore, it was chosen by Xiao Chen on the way to the bell tower as a hiding point in the planned retreat plan.
Xiao Chen and Master Kona hid in the room. Xiao Chen sat at the table, panting, and took out a bottle of water from the Traveler's Heart and drank it in big gulps. The battle just now consumed too much of his energy and physical strength.
Xiao Chen said: "Those imperial people must have sent people to infiltrate the kingdom long ago, and then persuaded Baldini to take control of Suero in advance."
Master Kona sat next to him and said, "Bardini is probably disappointed with the royal family. The appearance of the imperial people may be very much to his liking."
Xiao Chen said: "The Imperials have a big appetite. They actually skipped the Blackwood Pass and came directly to attack Suero. It seems that we have no hope in Baldini. We must destroy the city defense barrier as soon as possible and then send this message out."
Master Kona said: "Those people should be the Black Guards."
"Black Guard?"
Master Kona said, "Emperor Alfred of the Purple Eagle Empire recruited a group of experts from various countries a few years ago. When he recruited people, he only looked at their abilities, not their morals. No matter what bad things they had done before, they could join this team. Even many serious criminals imprisoned by the empire were rescued by him and accepted by him. He signed a contract with these people, and as long as they worked for him for ten years, the empire would provide them with a new noble status. These are the Black Guards, who specialize in solving some dangerous and shameful things for the emperor. According to our information, they have even assassinated elders in the Imperial Senate who were against the emperor."
Xiao Chen asked, "So they are similar to those people in the Shadow Group of the Temple of Nature?"
"No, the Black Guards are more numerous and fight on the battlefield, unlike the Shadow Group who mainly do secret work. When the Empire and the Orc Tribe were fighting a few years ago, the Black Guards even served as vanguards and attacked the Orc strongholds. These people are originally desperate criminals, and they fight much crazier than ordinary troops."
"So, these fifty or so people might become a problem for our attack on Suero this time?" Xiao Chen pondered for a moment, then laughed, "But I'm wondering how to deal with the Black Guards with just a few of us. Isn't that a bit too arrogant?"
"For magicians, nothing is impossible. As long as the conditions are met, there is nothing that cannot be done. After all, magicians are a group of people whose goal is to kill gods." Master Cona's words always reveal the usual confidence of magicians.
Xiao Chen smiled and shook his head and said, "After all, this is a war, and a little personal heroism is enough. I should believe in my companions, their strength is the most powerful. Whether it's the Black Guards or the Imperial Army, in the end, we will face it together."
"Then I will return to the meditation world first. You can summon me when you need me." As he spoke, Master Kona's body slowly faded away, and his clothes and equipment were collected by Xiao Chen into the Traveler's Heart.
Xiao Chen rested for a while, recovered some of his mental strength, and prepared to go to the cemetery to meet Tashia and the others. But as soon as he walked out of the door, he felt a wave of magic coming from all directions. This wave of magic was grand and far-reaching, and it also carried some ancient aura. The kind of aura that enveloped the world and was endless could not be expressed by one person casting a spell. He looked up and saw pieces of light golden curtains rising from all directions of the city. Although these curtains were fast and slow, they extended to and gathered together in the air, forming an egg-shaped shield that enveloped the entire city of Suerone.
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When the shield rose, Wang Jiyuan's troops had already arrived outside the city of Suero, and his two thousand-man team had begun to set up camp right under the noses of the defenders.
The guards, equipped with barbed wire and tents, set up camp much faster than the locals. By 3:00 p.m., the camp had been basically built, with even sentry towers and searchlights erected.
The tents were the military tents of the original world, but now they were also engraved with protective magic circles, which had basic fire and puncture resistance, and were more powerful than the tents of the original world. The barbed wire was connected to a small crystal generator, which could be turned into a high-voltage power grid as soon as the gate was opened. The tower was built of metal brackets, three stories high, with the Eye of Truth installed on it to detect invisibility, which was controlled by the on-duty magicians in the army. These magicians would also periodically release spirit detection magic, using spirit light balls to determine whether there were sneaking enemies around. The searchlights were all crystal lamps that did not require electricity, and the crystals powered the powerful lighting magic circles, which could illuminate all the ground around the camp at night.
Wang Jiyuan brought an infantry battalion, an artillery company, a cavalry company and a mage squad, accompanied by Master Gabriel and Roger, and arrived less than a kilometer away from Sura City.
"Master Gabriel, what type of defensive barrier do you think this is?" Wang Jiyuan handed a telescope to Gabriel.
Gabriel observed it for a while and said, "From the shape and color, it should be the same type as the barrier in the capital. However, I'm afraid we have to test it to find out the specific situation."
The commander of the First Regiment, Chang Yujie, said, "Commander, since the enemy has raised their tortoise shells, we would be doing a disservice to these cannons if we don't go up and knock them down a few times."
Wang Jiyuan said: "You are right. We are here today to test the strength of this barrier. Let the artillery company prepare two 80mm cannons and two 120mm cannons, fire a quarter of the base number of conventional bullets, and then try elemental bullets and shield-breaking bullets."
The artillery company moved quickly. Wang Jiyuan only had to wait for less than 20 minutes before the artillerymen unloaded the pneumatic cannon from the crystal truck, arranged the position, adjusted the firing parameters, and began the test firing. The pneumatic cannon made a much duller sound than the air gun and began to spit out shells. One base number of shells was 60, and one quarter was 15.
The shells now have explosives added to them, and their destructive power is much stronger than the last time they attacked Arano. But when they landed on the barrier, they were blocked by the thin shield and turned into huge sparks. After more than a dozen shells, the shield still did not change to the naked eye, and it still stood there intact.
"In fact, it has changed in places we can't see." Master Gabriel said, "The shield relies on energy to resist various damages, so when the shells explode on it, it will definitely consume energy, which is provided by a large number of crystals. If the crystal supply cannot keep up with the demand for magic power, the shield will naturally dissipate."