The cold wind howled with blizzards, and the streets and alleys of New Dunker Port were covered with several feet of snow. wwW, QUAbEn-XIAoShUo, coM.. The old snow has not yet melted, and new snowflakes have fallen. As layers of snow piled up together, the snow on the streets became thicker and denser, gradually forming a thick layer of ice.
In the huge New Dunerkin, only on the most important avenue in the city, there was a small group of old people holding shovels, struggling to shovel the snow on the street. As for the snow in other streets in the city, each household can only deal with it themselves.
On weekdays, a large number of people are organized to shovel snow, and they are completed with the fastest efficiency under the leadership of the city hall. But this year, due to Arthur's recruitment order, all the elites in New Dunerker were transferred to the army. Now, there will definitely not be more than a thousand young adults in the city aged between fifteen and forty.
And these people are basically the rich and nobles of New Dunerker. Don't expect them to work hard in the blizzard.
In the city hall of New Dunker, the current mayor and a group of noble city councilors were sitting in the conference hall with gloomy faces, staring blankly at the heavy snow whistling outside the window through the large floor-to-ceiling windows.
"Firewood, this is a very critical issue!" The chubby mayor finally spoke: "Without enough firewood, New Dunerke cannot survive this winter. But as everyone knows, the five northern regions have All the woodcutters in the province have been conscripted into the army, so... there is no more firewood for sale on the market!”
An equally chubby congressman knocked on the conference table in front of him distressedly: "What's even more shameless is the firewood from several neighboring provinces in the south. They are sold out on the road before they are transported. Occasionally, a load of firewood passes through the waterway. When shipped here, the price is already comparable to the best quality wheat flour. The cost is too high, and the citizens of New Dunerque cannot afford it!"
Everyone looked ugly.
Without firewood, the fireplace cannot be lit, and without a warm fire, the city of New Dunerker is now filled with the elderly, the weak, the sick and the disabled. There are bound to be a lot of frostbite and frostbite cases in this extremely cold winter. It is unimaginable what a hellish scene New Dunerker will be after spring begins. Even the boldest and most lawless nobles dare not imagine the consequences of such a tragic situation.
Criticism of Imperial Public Opinion. The severe punishment of the emperor and the anger of the soldiers who returned from the expedition
Well, if those warriors who entered the Fourth Abyss came back alive. When they saw that all their family members were frozen to death, they would simply use weapons to chop the whole family of noble men in the city into pieces, right
"Firewood, firewood!" The mayor shook his head bitterly: "We are lucky, the Seine River flows through New Dunerque. Therefore, we can obtain firewood supply from the imperial capital. Of course, we can meet the needs of the entire New Dunerque winter. The supply of firewood is a huge number, and shipping is expensive, which costs a lot of money. But we must provide enough firewood."
The congressmen had gloomy faces and bowed their heads in silence.
Provide enough firewood. This means they have to pay for expensive fuel out of their own pockets. This is a huge expense, and this expense did not require them to pay a single copper in previous years. When the young men in New Dunerker were not transferred away, they would just go to the mountains and cut down two trees, which would be enough for the whole family for a month.
Not to mention there are a large number of woodcutters who make a living by logging, who are enough to ensure that there is an ample and cheap supply of fuel on the market.
"Our Royal Highness the Prince. He made the most foolish decision this time!" One of the most courageous congressmen finally spoke. …,
"Perhaps we should contact the nobles in other cities. We should jointly petition His Majesty. We don't need a lord who is so cruel and unreasonable." Another congressman sneered with a gloomy face: "This winter, the five northerners will Life is not easy for all the provinces. After spring, I don’t know how many people will be left alive in these five provinces. But it’s not a pleasant sight to think about.”
"Impeach Arthur, the upstart!" A small nobleman with a low title but a long family history stood up and waved his fist vigorously: "Impeach him, either drive him away, or we will take the tribe with us Move away. If he continues to act recklessly, these five provinces will be destroyed."
The mayor sneered a few times and shook his head vigorously: "Now these five provinces are on the verge of death. Dear members, the five provinces in the northern part of the empire are on the verge of death."
With a deep sigh, the mayor spread his hands helplessly: "We will discuss the issue of impeaching him later. The main issue now is, what to do with firewood? We can only take out our own gold coins and go to the imperial capital to collect a large amount of firewood." The firewood was then sent to New Dunirque via the Seine River, and then distributed equally among the people in the city.”
"Gentlemen, this is our only way!" The mayor looked bitterly at the green-eyed council members, and sighed helplessly: "If we still want to leave a good reputation, if we don't want to see new Dunerki has become a hell, and if we still want to keep our wealth and lives after those soldiers return home, we can only spend enough gold coins!"
The council members sighed at the same time, and then reluctantly nodded in agreement with the mayor's proposal.
The foundation of their family is in New Duner'ki. They have interests and share life and death with New Dun'er'ki. If New Duner'ke is destroyed, then their family will become a tree without roots, and their family will also be in trouble. Die soon. Therefore, in this most difficult moment, they must keep New Dunerker. No matter how stingy they are, they must spend enough gold coins to maintain the supply of firewood.
Just as the council members were discussing and calculating how much cash they could spend to buy firewood, a huge explosion suddenly shook the entire city hall building. The three-story hollow floor-to-ceiling glass window made a terrible shattering sound. Dozens of huge pieces of glass exploded into pieces. Countless broken glass pieces flew and smashed the heads of several unlucky congressmen in the conference hall. Blood flow.
"What's going on?" The mayor quickly ran under the conference table to hide, and then howled at the top of his lungs.
Two guards broke into the conference hall. Cold sweat broke out on their foreheads, and they screamed in terror: "We are under attack! A huge fireball fell on the City Hall Square, and the carriages of all the members and the carriage driver were all bombed. died!"
In the municipal square of New Dunerker, a huge hole with a diameter of more than 30 meters is emitting billowing heat. The snow on the entire Municipal Square was evaporated into water vapor by the heat, and the billowing heat waves spread out in all directions. A circle of large trees covered with thick ice armor around the Municipal Square actually burned, like torches erupting from the sky. Flames several meters high.
This is an extremely powerful magical fireball. The mage who inspired this fireball is at least a saint-level power. Being able to erupt the most common fireball technique with such powerful power is something that no ordinary mages at the peak of heaven can do.
Another fireball with a diameter of more than three meters fell from a high altitude with a bright flame tail. This time, the fireball accurately hit a hotel opposite the city hall. The fireball ripped off the roof of the hotel, penetrated into the heart of the hotel, and then exploded with a bang.
This luxurious hotel has more than a hundred rooms, and now dazzling pillars of fire are spraying out from the windows of these rooms. The scarlet flames quickly wrapped around the outer wall of the hotel like poisonous snakes. In just a few breaths, the hotel building collapsed, and all the guests and waiters in the hotel were killed in the sea of flames. …,
The mayor and council members witnessed this horrific scene with their own eyes through the shattered glass windows.
A tall and thin member of Parliament howled at the top of his lungs: "Enemy attack! Enemy attack! Someone attacked New Dunerque! Where are our city defense troops? Where are our militia regiments? Where are our sheriffs? Our Where are the city defense generals? Contact the sailors of the garrison fleet, this is an enemy attack!"
Everyone looked blankly at the congressman who was so frightened that he almost had a schizophrenia.
City defense army? New Duner's five thousand city defense troops have been transferred.
Militia group? New Dunker's 30,000 militiamen had long been recruited by Arthur.
Sheriff? He is now a colonel in Arthur's Legion.
As for the general of the city defense army, whether he is willing or not, this guy has now held the rank of Lieutenant General of Arthur's Legion and is leading a legion full of new recruits to trek through the wilderness of the Fourth Abyss, looking for someone. That frosty door where I don't know where it is.
"The garrison fleet, go to General Neville for help! He has at least thousands of people left behind!" The mayor was the mayor after all, and he reacted immediately. Nowadays, there are less than a thousand young and strong people left in New Dunerkin, and they are basically the children of nobles and wealthy people. It is impossible for them to resist this unexpected attack.
Apart from these unreliable young adults, there are now only a large number of old, weak, sick and disabled people left in New Dunerkin. Their best use is as human shields. It is impossible to expect them to fight.
At the military port of New Dunerker, the North Sea Guard Fleet, which had just been reorganized for three days and had just set up a complete command structure, had already mobilized as quickly as possible. Neville stood on the flagship of the Empire's Light, fully armed, and loudly issued orders one after another.
Powerful fireballs roared down one after another from very far away, landing randomly in the seawater of the military port and on the nearby hills. The power of each fireball was extremely astonishing. Several medium-sized warships were unfortunately killed. The fireball hit, and the battleship a hundred meters away was lifted into the air by the terrifying explosive force, and exploded into countless fragments in the dazzling firelight.
A raid, and such a powerful raid!
But where is the enemy? A small half of the city of New Dunerker has been engulfed in flames, but they haven't seen where the enemy is yet! (You are welcome to come. Your support is my biggest motivation.)