Another wave of zombies is coming. Their desire to attack may not be higher than the previous two times, but the number of zombies and the persistence of attacking nearby areas have been greatly improved.
So under Hermione's instructions, Weymouth Port entered a state of comprehensive defense, with ensuring the safety of the people in the camp as its top priority.
The gravity trap, supported by multiple wizards in rotation, was activated again.
"There is news from the outpost that the density of the living corpses is not very high, but they continue to appear in the east, as if they are endless. Mr. Potter and the others have been fighting on the first front for several hours. I think in order to defend against incoming enemies for a longer period of time, it’s best to let them come back and take a rest.”
In the command post tent in the center of the camp, a messenger guard wizard was conveying the situation on the outside to Percy and Hermione. After Percy heard this, he immediately reached out and dipped the tip of his quill in some ink, and then wrote a few strokes on the map.
At the same time, Hermione answered:
"Indeed... Then let Bill call them back! If it were anyone else, those stubborn ones might not listen."
"Is it Mr. Bill Weasley?" The other party nodded, "Okay, then I'll go."
"Wait a minute," Hermione said, looking at the map a few times, and then added, "After you notify Bill, help me go to the dock to have someone prepare a boat."
"Uh, okay, Miss Granger."
The wizard didn't ask why. After receiving the order, he quickly left the tent and went out to do things. On the other hand, Percy who was waiting for the man to go out couldn't help but ask:
"Hermione, are you planning to go east from the sea?"
"Well," Hermione pursed her lips, "Walk from the Solent Strait and take a look at the situation of this wave of zombies along the coast - this time it is very large, so it is necessary to find out the pattern behind it early. Of course, as for whether I want to go there in person, I haven’t completely decided yet.”
After hearing this, Percy looked down at the map again and said:
"You still want to go find McClain?"
"No, I don't know," Hermione said, "Maybe! Maybe I'm still thinking subconsciously... But, as it stands, someone has to do this reconnaissance mission, right? And compared to being on the shore, Come on, it’s obviously much safer to go by sea.”
"Yes! I know," Percy nodded, "You made the right decision - entering Southampton Bay from the Solent Strait, you can very well detect the movements of the living corpses and the potential of this tide of living corpses along the way. How long it will last. But the question is...will you enter the Itchen River from the bay after that?"
Percy's meaning is actually very clear - it can be clearly seen from the map that if you go all the way north along the Itchen River, you can reach Winchester by just taking the waterway without even getting off the boat. If it were a normal reconnaissance team, they would have returned home once they reached the bay, but for Hermione, it was undoubtedly an "excellent" route to Winchester.
However, the area around Winchester is just too dangerous. There are many evolved living corpses nearby, and many of them can use magic. Even going there by boat is still very risky.
"Hermione, I must be more 'realistic' here - in fact, Mr. Blois stayed in Winchester before, which to some extent is already a huge loss to us. . And if it were you, I think the 'loss' would only be greater."
What Percy said was indeed very "realistic". After all, Willy's father had only helped them out of friendship before. And now that he has not come back, it is also his freedom. This cannot be called a "loss".
However, from a superficial perspective, this is indeed a huge loss in combat power for the Resistance Alliance.
"Well," Hermione could only nod her head when she saw Percy saying so frankly, "Yes, you are right... Okay, then I won't go. You can arrange for someone else to do this coastal reconnaissance operation." ! As for me... I'm going to take a look around the defense line to see if there are any holes in the defense."
"Okay," Percy nodded slightly, stood up and walked to the door. Before going out, he couldn't help turning around and apologized, "Hermione, I'm sorry! What I just said was indeed a bit-"
"It doesn't matter," Hermione shook her head, "You did the right thing... I should stay here for everyone, instead of doing selfish things to satisfy my own selfishness. Nowadays, the more selfish people , there will be more and more chances that the struggle will fail in the future.”
Watching Percy leave the tent, Hermione hesitated for a few seconds and suddenly couldn't help but sigh.
"Has Maka been immersed in this kind of contradiction for such a long time before? And then... did he leave because he was gradually overwhelmed?"
To be honest, Hermione didn't want to think about Maka like this, but in fact, reality made her inevitably think like this.
Because if that wasn't the case, then there would be a real reason why Maka never came back to them... To be honest, Hermione didn't dare to think about it.
He shook his head vigorously to get these thoughts out of his mind. Hermione wiped the tip of the pen clean with paper, then put it aside, preparing to go out for a round of inspection.
…
All the living corpses in the ancient city of Winchester were wiped out, and not a single one was left.
This battle can be said to be a complete victory - this is undoubtedly a very good start for Safina, who has just been able to control her power.
After that, Maka took her to the backyard to talk for a while. Even Ursula couldn't follow the conversation. Only the two of them knew what they talked about.
But when everyone saw them coming back, they found that Safina's face was full of doubts. It seemed that Maka said something very difficult to understand to her, and even though she listened, she didn't fully understand it for a while.
"What did that guy McClain say to you?"
When her sister Ursula saw her return, she immediately pulled her towards the room and started asking questions hurriedly, as if she was afraid that Maka would deceive her sister with her words again.
In response, Maka just smiled casually and didn't pay attention.
"Maka, sit down... sit down and rest for a while!"
Apparently it was Maka's cough that made Willy worried. Although he had already returned to his usual appearance, and there was nothing wrong with him on the surface, Willy still couldn't feel relieved.
"Huh?" Maka shook her head, "I'm fine, there's no need for this."
Even so, he still sat down next to Willy.
"That's right! In a few days, I plan to go on a 'far trip'... Of course, don't worry, I will take you with me. If Mr. Blois is worried about Willy, he can also come with him."
He thought for a while and said this.