In the room of St. Fran's fortress, when Wilhelmina saw the words on the notebook held up by the pink-haired girl, her steps to leave suddenly stopped, her whole body was frozen, and her orange-red eyes were slightly faint. Wide open.
Seeing Miss Knight's reaction like this, Teresa showed a helpless look, silently retracted the notebook, and began to think about this possibility.
Although it has been a year since the end of the Challenger Cup, Roja has also stated that he will not use Wilhelmina as a stand-in, but it is true that the girl has worn that armor for a long time, even in one year. After the present, Wilhelmina is still wearing this armor because of the effect of accelerating growth and some unwilling to disclose reasons.
Although the armor did not respond when Roja awakened his bloodline, and failed to play the role it should have played, since Roja appeared, Wilhelmina can already feel some of the youth's state through the armor. This situation is actually This has been going on throughout the year, and it often affects Wilhelmina's emotions.
For example, a while ago, the girl with gray and blue hair was extremely flustered because she couldn't feel Roja's breath at once, which once affected the fighting state, until the members of the Rose Dawn at the rear passed a briefing and reported Roja's victory. [6 With the news of the disaster, the girl finally settled down.
The inexplicable anxiety in Wilhelmina's heart this time is different from the state of the juvenile before, but it is not impossible to be related to it. After all, although current scholars have conducted research on these weird ancient lost technologies, but There are still many uncracked places, and unexpected functions are normal.
The pink-haired girl thought so with a pen, and Wilhelmina also recovered her senses, but after thinking about it, the girl became suspicious.
"Is this kind of thing really possible? Just forget about the body, something that can't be touched like the mind..."
[Your vows can bring the distance between each other infinitely closer, is it okay to communicate with each other? 】
"Although it can be said in theory, but..."
Seeing the words on Teresa's notebook, Wilhelmina hesitated and fell into silence. Seeing this, the pink-haired girl thought for a moment, then raised the notebook again and said: Remember m. .
[If it's not the problem over there, could it be the princess and the emperor? 】
"No, I am sure it is not. After all, our positioning is different and there is not much comparability."
Regarding the new hypothesis of the pink-haired girl, the gray-blue-haired girl thought about the consequences for a moment and shook her head decisively, denying the possibility of her feeling the pressure, and Teresa was not surprised to see this.
On the front line today, there are three female commanders frequently active on the battlefield. They are Lilian Aqiman from the Fortress of Noys in the Austen Empire and Noai from the Fortress of New Tuck in the Church of St. Mestre. Hizkrit and Wilhelmina Combnet at the Fortress of St. Franc, the Kingdom of Knights.
The three girls are all from Santa Freya College, and they are of similar age, similar status, and even equal beauty. Therefore, the three girls are often compared by the soldiers on the front line, but in fact, each of them Individuals have different priorities.
Lilian Aqiman is the highest level among the three, and his strength has reached Source Level 2, but based on his current record, he is best at defense.
With the ability of the [Kingdom] Origins, the array formed by the ancient Austin empire cooperated with the city fortresses to exert incredible defensive power. Even in the face of an army that is several times larger than himself, Lilian can also help the soldiers. Responding freely, the fortress of Noyce, which has no geographical advantage and is the most difficult to defend, has been turned into a bronze wall and an iron wall.
Noelle Hizkrit was the latest to be promoted to Source Level 3, and it has only been a year, but his group attack power is the strongest among the three, and he is good at frontal combat on a broad battlefield. , 【King of Angels】The bloodline has brought extremely terrifying corrosive power to Noel's attack. As long as the enemy is touched, it is hard to escape the bad luck of body collapse.
In the previous autumn on the battlefield, the blonde angel who used the spell of mass destruction almost destroyed all the enemy’s defenses in a single face. The Vatican’s army was not affected by the angel’s power and marched forward in the rain of golden spell power. , Making the war situation completely one-sided.
The last Wilhelmina Cumbernett is the most comprehensive of the three, but there is no lack of expertise, that is, a single point breakthrough.
The Heart Sword and the Dragon Bloodline make Wilhelmina's single-point breakthrough very strong. Although only Source Level 3, she is unstoppable at the front line. The most typical case is that the fighters of the Kingdom of Knights are led by a disadvantage to counterattack and defeat. The battle against the flanks of the aliens can be said to have brought the impact to the extreme.
Such three people with completely different focuses cannot compare if they want to compare. In fact, the fighters on the front line are basically boasting their own, and there is no contention at all.
After thinking about it, Wilhelmina had to admit that compared with some non-existent psychological pressure, Roja’s influence was more likely. However, even if she knew this, the girl with gray-blue hair did not know what to do. Yes, I don’t even know if I should write to inquire.
[Didn’t you write to him before? 】
"Writing is written, but those are all official contacts, not personal letters or anything."
【... ...】
Upon hearing Wilhelmina's words like this, Teresa twitched her eyes slightly, not knowing what to say for a while, and on the other side, Miss Cavalier was also extremely distressed.
In Wilhelmina’s view, her relationship with Roja is not too close at the moment. If Noelle or Lilian is the one who feels this, then they can write to the teenager directly to ask about the situation, but for For Wilhelmina, it feels a little too close to do so.
"We are just friends. Even the last time we met was a year ago. Suddenly I wrote a letter saying this kind of thing. If it's right, it's okay, if it's not Roja's cause, it would be very confusing. ."
[Although it is true, but Minna, if it were those two people, I wouldn't think about it. 】
"...It's not the same. One of them is his childhood sweetheart, and the other is a relative with the same bloodline, and I'm just an outsider."
After a moment of silence, Wilhelmina replied a little disappointedly, with some bitterness in the words unconsciously, but Teresa, who heard this, frowned and started writing again.
【outsider? Minna, what are you talking about? You are his pledger, and you have sacrificed for him for ten years! 】
"But I didn't do anything for him, didn't I? I couldn't even find him when I was young, let alone protect him. Going to the academy just caused him trouble and imposed my own ideas on him."
Wilhelmina's mood was even lower when she said that, and the Teresa pen who heard these also stopped, looking at the girl with gray and blue hair, she didn't know what to write for a while.
Wilhelmina’s sense of distance to Roja is very serious, and she even feels cautious not to approach. Teresa actually understands this feeling. After all, for the children of the hidden family in the country of knights, choose The Wang Clan is a special existence, a hero that only appears in the stories they have heard since childhood, and a person they should follow.
Although Wilhelmina is the royal family of the country of knights, the country of knights itself was created by Roja’s ancestors and was left to the election of the king’s clan to lead the country, and the girl herself should protect Roja’s guard. Coupled with childhood education, Wilhelmina puts her position very low, and the relationship between the two is like a leader and a follower.
If in the past, Teresa would not be surprised by this kind of relationship. After all, Teresa herself also has respect for the black-haired boy, but after sensing the feelings in Wilhelmina’s heart, the girl felt that this kind of relationship was not good. Yes, because of the alienation caused by the unequal identities, it is almost impossible for the two to have feelings.
The pink-haired girl who was thinking so sighed, while the gray-blue-haired girl on the other side was worried about the anxiety in her heart. If this feeling really comes from a teenager thousands of miles away, does it mean Luo Yayu What's the trouble
[It is indeed possible, but now he should be in his own territory. 】
"Well, in other words, if you are not a heterogeneous person, would that be a cultist?"
Hearing Wilhelmina’s guess, Teresa nodded in agreement. After discussing for a while, the two decided to report to Friedrich, the king of the kingdom of knights who was in the castle and who was also Wilhelmina’s father. This matter.
The two princesses of the country of knights ended their conversation and chose to report. However, the situation in Akat, thousands of miles away, gradually became less optimistic over time.
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In Shia, the New Year is in the middle and late stages of winter. In terms of time, it is a veritable deep winter. It is also the time of the year when the nights are the longest and the temperature is cold and snow is the easiest.
At this time, it is normal to wake up in the morning and the sky is dark earlier than usual in the afternoon, and candles are already lit in the study room of the Akat collar.
In the face of a possible crisis, Roja, after dealing with what he could do, began to improve himself, and the easiest way was to get promoted.
After a bloody battle with [Lord of the Dead Tide], Roja's strength has reached the peak of Source Level 3. Although the higher the level, the more troublesome it is to promote, but in the absence of any good means, this This is the only method Roja can think of, but unfortunately, the progress of the ordinary method is very slow.
Obviously, the leap from source level 3 to source level 2 is impossible to break through just hiding at home and reading. The only effect is probably to make the young man's spell more solid, but fortunately it also plays a role in the mood. , Such as being able to make Roja's mental state as calm as possible.
It's just that at this point in time, Roja's goal of seeking peace is no longer the elusive sense of anxiety in his heart, but the heartache after crazy bleeding.
In one day today, Roja took a silver-white haired girl to walk around Acate City, looked at all the defensive facilities that can be used in the city today, and sprinkled money to activate them all.
It has to be said that as a veteran military center, Acate has a lot of inventory. The family's ancestors have not left behind, but various defense facilities have been built, and the awareness of upgrading is high.
It is no exaggeration to say that after the city defense system is fully activated, the defense level of the Akats has reached the configuration of the climax of the all-out war. Now that the enemy has not appeared, such behavior is really a luxury. Many officials and generals It was also quite puzzled, but in view of Roja's all-time achievements and the predictability of various things, no one raised objections.
To a certain extent, the money received by Acate was originally earned by Roja. Nowadays, the black-haired teenager will spend it and no one can stop it, but in fact there is no need to stop it, because Roja himself is the most entangled each time. .
When seeing the expenditure bill of more than 200,000 gold coins on this day, the black-haired boy almost lost his breath on the spot. It is very fortunate that Alisa behind him helped him in time, otherwise he would just fall to the ground.
As the saying goes, the children of the poor are in their homes early. As a rich generation of entrepreneurs, Roja, the former "debt king" of St. Meister, is extremely sensitive to money, although behind him is Charlotte, the richest woman in all Xia. But even so, two hundred thousand gold coins are too much.
The expenditure of more than 200,000 gold coins is estimated to take one year in other territories, but it took Roya one day. Although the cost of various spells is much lower after activation, it is still far higher overall. At the usual level of consumption.
In this situation of spending money like flowing water, a matter of course came to Roja's eyes, that is the financial bankruptcy of the territory.
Being a pauper during the war, this kind of thing is simply not too common among the nobles, and after the lap of money is over, the black-haired teenager will naturally not miss this problem.
"According to the current consumption level, how long can the Acate collar last?"
"Master Loya, after our calculations, it's probably about half a month. No matter how long it takes, the territory's finances will not be able to sustain it."
"... ... I see."
Looking at the financial officer who also counts money like cutting meat, the black-haired boy nodded and said, quite a feeling of wanting to cry with his head, and after careful thinking, Roja also made a preliminary decision. It was opened for three days first.
Three days, this time point was almost when Altacia returned, and afterwards the reinforcements of Roser and the Holy See would arrive one after another. With support at that time, this kind of money-making and disaster-preventing behavior can be terminated.
Recalling the previous arrangement, the black-haired boy in front of the lamp could not help but sigh softly. I didn't expect that his vacation would be so difficult. It can be said that people are sitting at home and disaster comes from the sky. However, it hasn't waited for the end of Roya's sigh. , The silver-haired girl knocked on the door and walked in.
"... Brother, are you still looking at the information?"
"Huh? It's right, what's wrong?"
Looking at Alisa who opened the door hesitantly and walked in, the black-haired boy blinked in response, a little surprised at the girl's arrival.
Although usually silver-haired girls often come to Roya when nothing is wrong, do something next to him or simply rest by the boy’s side, but the number of times Roya is disturbed when he consults information and upgrades his level is not. Many, after all, at this critical moment, more strength is more security.
The sudden arrival when Roja was improving her strength did not match the girl's style. On the other hand, Alisa's expression was also a little strange now.
At this time, the silver-haired girl who walked into the door was not happy to see Roja Yee usually, but frowned slightly as if she encountered some difficult problem. Seeing this, the black-haired teenager would naturally not ignore it and wait. For a moment, after discovering that Alisha was silent and not knowing what she was thinking, Roja couldn't help taking the lead in asking.
"Alyssa, did something happen? It always feels like something is on your mind?"
"... Well, my elder brother, in fact, I also feel something is wrong."
"Um?"
Hearing the girl's words, the black-haired boy raised his eyebrows unexpectedly, then he understood how to put down the book, his face became serious.
Nowadays, the high-level transcendents of the Acate family are not only Roja. After being promoted, Alyssa has also stepped onto the ladder of high-level transcendents. Now that Roja feels for some reason, the power is even more magical. How the girl feels can be said to be normal.
But what makes Roja a little puzzled is, why does Alisa feel so late compared to himself? Is it because of strength? Or does the girl feel something else
The young man who was puzzled in his heart beckoned gently with some worry, and as he moved Alisa slowly approached and came to the young man's desk.
"Alyssa, what you said is wrong means the same feeling as me?"
"No, my elder brother, my feeling is a little different from yours. I don't have such a strong sense of anxiety in my heart, but...I always feel that my strength is affected."
"Strength affected?"
Repeating the girl's words, the black-haired boy frowned again, not knowing what the girl wanted to express for a while.
The power of the transcendent comes from itself, and the high-level transcendents are very resistant to the interference of external curses. In theory, it is impossible for a girl to be affected by the outside world in the absolutely safe place of Acate Mansion. ... ... and many more!
The black-haired young man who was thinking about this suddenly froze, and the next moment he got up suddenly and came to the window, looking up at the sky outside the window, and seeing Roja's behavior, Alisa also followed closely to the window. Then the scarlet pupils widened in surprise.
At this time the time is just after the evening, and the sun hasn’t been long after setting. According to the normal conditions in winter, the sky should still be in a gray and black state at this time, and it will be completely dark until one or two hours later. However, the actual situation is, now. The sky is now completely dark.
It was pitch black as stained with ink, spreading over the sky like swallowing all the light sources. Unlike the dark clouds, it was pure unknown darkness, and it was also a vision that was clearly different from the normal sky. The reason for this certainty is also very simple, and that is the moon.
In this dark sky, the silver moon that was shining on the earth all the time in the night had disappeared, and this should be the reason why Alisha felt unwell.
"My elder brother, that is!"
"Well, it seems that this is the reason why your strength is affected."
Looking at the dark sky, Roja's face became gloomy with naked eyes. He took out the glasses that Alisha sent not long ago, and after putting it on, he found that the sky at this time had turned into a purple filled with magic elements.
Before [Shanling Chicks] was injured, the boy looked suspiciously on the sky. For this reason, he went to activate the city fortress spell today, but what he didn’t expect was that the worst expectation was so fast. It becomes a reality.
There is a vision of the sky. Although Roja doesn't know what this means at the moment, it is obviously not a good thing. On the other hand, the boy has no idea how to restore the sky to its original state.
Roja frowned when he thought of this. The current situation can be said to be quite bad. Generally speaking, there are only two possibilities for spells that can affect nature.
The first is the large-scale group spell, which is the washing spell released by a large number of conjurers during the war. The reason for this kind of spell to change the environment is very simple. It is because of the accumulation of magic elements, but also the effect It's just a wide-area killing. If this is the situation, Roja is nervous, but not worried.
Unfortunately, this is not the case today.
In the heavily guarded forest, there are even the Akats, who are whispering about monsters in the forest. It is impossible to sneak into such a team silently. Then the enemy’s situation can only be the second, that is, it belongs to the individual. Special spells.
Unique bloodline spells, or spells that can be released by what kind of spells, are basically very troublesome things, and the effect is not known to outsiders. Compared with the first type, the risk of fighting can be said to be infinitely higher. .
Looking at the dark sky, Luo Ya's eyes flickered thinking about the enemy's strategy, but beside the boy, the silver-haired girl held her chest with her hands, and doubts flashed in her red eyes.
The abnormality of the sky is undoubtedly one of the reasons that Alyssa's power is affected, but it is not all in the girl's eyes, because in fact, Alyssa's feeling of her own power is not weakened, but up and down.
Losing the bonus of moonlight, this may be the reason for the decline in blood strength, but what is going on with the occasional rise
Such a question surfaced in Alisa's heart, but looking at the dignified teenager around her, the silver-haired girl did not say it. After all, for the young girl now, the important thing is the result. The occasional increase in strength is good and harmless. , Just look for the reason later.
The girl who depressed her mind looked towards the sky and felt the moon that did not know where it was, and above the sky of the Akat in the distance, an evil black figure flashed past the clouds, carrying infinity. The darkness spread in the sky, advancing towards the place where the boy was.