Same night.
Xiaya, the southern capital of the Soma Alliance, and the emperor's palace.
With a "squeak" sound, Oscar pushed open the palace door and hurriedly walked in.
Inside the palace, the Alliance Emperor's majestic body was standing with his back to him, looking at the closed window, wondering what he was thinking.
Hearing Oscar's "tapping" footsteps, the Alliance Emperor slowly turned his head, glanced at it and said, "Have you received the news?"
"Yes, Your Majesty, I just received the detailed information from below." Oscar said with a solemn expression.
The emperor stepped forward, walked to the large chair, and sat down slowly while pressing the armrests. The chair groaned a little under the weight. The emperor was silent for a few seconds, and then he breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Tell me what happened. By the way, there are seats over there. You can sit wherever you want." As he spoke, he looked to the side. refer to.
Oscar nodded, walked to the edge of the gray leather chair, sat down, thought about his words, and started speaking.
"Your Majesty, through the spy's report and the use of prophecy spells to backtrack, we can almost get a conclusion before and after the incident. If there are no mistakes, it should be that the Moss Base was relatively normal before the accident. In a few seconds, the moon in the sky suddenly turned red, and blood-colored light enveloped the entire base.
The light is very strong, which attracts the attention of people in the base. If there is enough time, people will definitely respond, either by evacuating or by finding ways to disperse the light. But the accident happened too quickly. After the bloody light enveloped the entire base, it took just a few breaths for it to explode.
According to the report of the surviving spies on the periphery, when the accident occurred, the center of the bloody light was suddenly ignited, as if sparks fell into the oil, and the entire Moss base burned instantly. And the flames that burned were not ordinary flames, they were quite destructive. Even if the outside spies were extremely far away, the mana in the body would be disordered and almost out of control, not to mention the people inside the flames.
Therefore, no one in the base survived. In addition... According to the report of the rescue wizard who arrived later, the souls of all the deceased in the ruins of the base disappeared and were burned together with their bodies in strange flames. "
After listening to what Oscar said, the emperor pursed his thick lips, frowned and concluded: "This is the revenge of the Truth Society. After all, two days ago, with the intelligence of your young friend, we just had a chance to kill each other. A colorful ring manager completely destroys the soul and eliminates any possibility of resurrection.
Now the other party has used means to destroy our most important Moss secret base. Not only did No. 5, who spent a lot of manpower, material and financial resources, die, but more importantly, it destroyed the entire team of craftsmen including Master Amon, cutting off the possibility of us continuing to produce secret weapons. It can be said to be a tooth for a tooth, an eye for an eye. Eyes. "
"I agree with your majesty's point of view." Oscar agreed, "As expected, this is the other side's revenge. After careful consideration, I hope your majesty will move immediately to prevent the other side from frantically targeting Char's palace and launching the same attack."
"I will transfer." The emperor did not refuse and said very rationally. He paused and added, "However, don't worry too much. The methods used by the other party to deal with Moss Base are definitely not easy to use, and There are huge limitations. Otherwise, the entire Soma Alliance would have been destroyed long ago when we first noticed them, and how could we wait until now."
"What does your Majesty mean?"
"I mean, people like the Truth Society are indeed annoying and alarming, but in the final analysis, they are just a group of moles hiding underground and afraid to see the light. What they are best at is causing chaos in secret, rather than confronting them head-on. .
Therefore, instead of worrying about the opponent's unpredictable and shocking attack methods, it is better to be wary of all aspects in reality, especially the border with the Sika Kingdom. I have a hunch that there is a high possibility that the Sika Kingdom will take the opportunity to do something, so be on guard. "
"Yes, I will convey His Majesty's wishes to the Reef Castle." Oscar stood up and said.
"Yes." The emperor nodded.
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One day later, it was just dark.
The westernmost part of the Soma Alliance is on the border with the Kingdom of Sika.
The ground here is extremely barren. Even in summer, there are not many green plants on the ground, not to mention large trees, only clusters of low shrubs dotted here. When the night wind blows, large amounts of yellow dust immediately rise, like fog.
In the yellow "fog", an outpost stands. Its main body is a three-story stone building in the style of a bunker, with walls built around it to withstand the impact of small groups of enemies. It is part of the border defense line of the Soma Alliance and is mainly used to monitor the military movements of the Kingdom of Sika and to be wary of the infiltration of a small number of enemies in the Kingdom of Sika.
There are a total of twelve people stationed in this outpost, including a captain and eleven soldiers. Most of these soldiers have served for many years, and the youngest are nearly thirty years old. They belong to the legendary veteran Youzi - treacherous and slippery.
Because the outpost is close to the Reef Fort, one of the five nominal capitals of the so-called West Fort-Soma Alliance, an extremely solid and almost indestructible military city, it is the most difficult place to break through on the border. In addition, most of the soldiers are approaching the end of their retirement years and want to return home. Therefore, the soldiers are usually extremely lazy in doing things.
Although the captain couldn't stand it, he knew that all these people would be gone in a few months at most, so he didn't bother to deal with them.
But today was a bit special. For the first time, the captain of the outpost took out a military stick that was used in serious military discipline. He first reprimanded several people for trivial matters with a dark face, and then started to attack a soldier who had no eyesight, beating him until he cried for his father and mother.
"I'm in a bad mood today. Don't make trouble for me. Please be honest. You guys are divided into three groups and take turns to be on duty outside at night. If something happens, I will send you... to the Military Justice Department!" The captain said this after finishing beating the person.
All the soldiers felt a little confused. They didn't know what medicine the captain had taken today. But seeing the captain's frighteningly dark face and the bloody military stick, he sensibly didn't talk back and went into groups to stand guard.
This is also one of the rare benefits of being a veteran. He knows how to assess the situation and knows when to be naughty and when to be honest and obedient.
Frank is one of them. He is usually very naughty, but at this time he walked out of the stone building very actively, stepped on the wooden planks to the wall, and stood guard carefully.
However, while standing guard, the doubts in his heart did not dissipate. He saw the captain patrolling over and over again at night, so he seized an opportunity and couldn't help but stop him. Taking advantage of the fact that he and the captain were from the same hometown, he asked in a low voice: "Captain, what's going on? Why do you feel that you are different from usual today?"