According to Gawain's original plan, Soldering should stay in the territory for a short time and be responsible for providing him with information about the Typhon Empire, and by the way, get some news about Gawain Cecil back then, but the plan couldn't keep up The changes, the instability of the Great Wall's barrier made everyone feel a sense of crisis. In order to understand what was going on with the elves as soon as possible, Gawain had to let Soldering leave the territory first, and find a way to communicate with the people in the south of the mainland. Get in touch with that ancient empire.
Before Soldering set off, Gawain found him and asked the elf ranger's plan: "Where are you going to go?"
Solderin did not hide it: "The Silver Empire has not many barrier monitoring points in the northern part of the mainland. The two closest ones are near the border of the Ansu West Territory and the Typhon Empire. To be honest, the one in the Ansu West Territory is still too far away. I plan to go to Typhon's side."
Gawain glanced at Soldering: "With your current situation, won't you be beaten to death when you return to Typhon?"
"If a high-level ranger does not want to be caught, there are ten thousand ways to jump left and right under the noses of ordinary border guards," Soldering said with a natural and confident face, "and even if he is really caught The little wolf general was captured, and I was only captured by you for a few days without surrendering, how would she deal with me? Besides, I’m just a mercenary, not a Typhon.”
There is no one else around now, and Solderling doesn't seem to be tense in front of a person who knows the mystery of his strength, but his unabashed statement still makes Gao Wen's eyelids twitch: "You If you confirm that you live so comfortably with me, can it be considered that you have not surrendered?"
"Of course, I haven't officially returned to the Cecil Army yet, so naturally it's not a surrender," Soldering said with a serious expression on his face. Obviously, he didn't mean to be joking at all when he said this, "such a little boy General Wolf has no reason to blame me—I can wait until I get back from Typhon before surrendering."
Gao Wen: "..."
Solderling's statement sounds like a literal joke, but in fact he is not kidding - it is entirely because the logic of the elves is like this. In some inexplicable places, the elves' thinking is very peculiar.
However, Typhon’s Winter Wolves may not be able to approve of Solderin’s straightforward thinking, and Solderin himself knew this, so after expressing his opinion, he straightened his expression: “I will try to avoid it as much as possible.” The eyeliner of the Typhon people—it’s not difficult. Except for the people of the Winter Wolves Legion, there are not many people who know me there. I have a route to cross the border, as long as I reach the buffer zone between the Typhon Empire and the Gondor wasteland That silver elf stronghold, I am equivalent to entering the territory of the Silver Empire, and I will be safe."
"Okay, since you have a plan, then I won't say more." Gao Wen took a deep look at Soldering, "I hope you have a smooth journey."
Soldering put his hand on his chest solemnly, bent down and said, "I swear in the name of the ancestors of the elves, I will definitely return after the matter is over."
Then he straightened up and turned to walk towards the door of the study, but just as he was about to push the door out, he stopped suddenly - Gawain sensed the aura of Knight Philip appearing outside the door at the same time.
In the next second, there was a knock on the door, and Knight Philip's serious and slightly hasty voice: "My lord, there is an urgent military situation."
"Come in," Gao Wen said loudly, and immediately asked after Philip entered, "What's going on?"
"There is news from the watchtower of the Dark Mountains that they are aberrations," Philip glanced at Soldering standing at the door, and then quickly reported, "The number is about two thousand, and it is still increasing, and there are previously Huge entity never seen before."
Gawain's expression suddenly became solemn: "Huge individual? How about a general description? Also, what is the speed of the enemy?"
"Extraordinarily swollen human figures, with a body size of five to seven meters, are not many, only four or five, but the deformed bodies around them are obviously more flexible and agile, and they are suspected to be individuals similar to commanders—but have not observed them yet. There are signs of wisdom. As for the overall speed of travel, it is similar to the last time the aberration appeared, and it will take about three to four days to reach the border of the territory. At present, the sentry at the first sentry has been withdrawn—to prevent the aberration from suddenly sensing the human breath. Speed up the action, and now only the second and third guards are left to observe the enemy's movements with binoculars."
"It seems that you can't leave for the time being." Gawain gave Soldering a deep look, "I have some troubles here."
"I understand, you mentioned the re-emergence of those guys," Soldering silently walked back to the center of the room when he heard Philip say the word "distortion". Smiling, "Our old enemy, isn't it?"
Gao Wen also smiled slightly: "If you don't hit them for seven hundred years, will you get raw?"
Solderling raised his hand and made a few movements of pulling the bowstring: "I still remember the feeling of seven hundred years ago. I can solve at least a hundred of them by myself. The remaining 1,900 are for you."
"The number has exceeded the threshold, and their number will continue to increase. When they reach the defense line, it will be more than two thousand." Gao Wen smiled and shook his head, "But the main force of the battle will not be you and me, it's time for you to see Check out the strength of the Cecil Combat Corps—Philip, sound the alarm according to the plan, set up positions outside the city, take back the southern engineering team, and prepare for defense!"
After Knight Philip left, Gawain turned to look at the window: "Amber!"
Amber's figure jumped in from the window immediately: "Here, here, here~~ I heard everything!"
"Go and call everyone who should be called, it's going to be busy again!"
A moment later, loud and continuous bells rang throughout the city.
Alarm bells with specific meanings reverberated over the entire city. Soldiers, whether they were on vacation or on duty, immediately ran to their posts according to the law of the bell and what they had learned in normal training. On the construction sites everywhere, the supervisors They appeased the workers as soon as possible, and ordered the team leaders of each team to end their work ahead of schedule and return to their homes to stand by. They themselves went to the nearest emergency assembly point and waited for the next step.
In this way, everyone became active at the same time, some returned home to stand by, some went to the designated assembly point, and some went directly to the southern city wall, while groups of security personnel ran from the stationed points in each block When he came out, he ran in the streets and alleys and read aloud the concise and easy-to-understand "emergency needs to know"-everything was rehearsed a long time ago.
Of course, some people panicked when the alarm bell sounded. Most of them were the last batch of new residents who joined the Cecil Territory before winter. Although they received basic common sense education, they didn't catch up with the rehearsal about the mutant attack. But these people were quickly appeased—the ubiquitous security forces and the "old residents" who were deliberately dispersed would tell these new neighbors what happened. They are the most calm. Not only did they not have any panic, but they can also judge the current situation from the bell based on the knowledge they have learned in advance drills: the interval between the bells is two short and the other long, which means that the enemy is still far away, and It will arrive in a few days, and the city will be preparing for battle in an orderly manner.
This is still a fairly "stable" situation.
The experienced residents who judged the situation from the sound of the bells began to tell those new neighbors what to do next: keep order, wait at home for the orders of the lord, and be ready to support the defense of the territory as far as it is possible. The responsibilities and obligations that the people of Cecil must bear.
Ever since setting up camp in this wild land that is almost at the border of human civilization, Cecil Territory has always been ready to face challenges. The first battle to defend Cecil Territory was just the beginning. After that, Gao Wen There has been no relaxation of training for the residents of the territory to prepare for war—unlike peaceful times or peaceful countries, this frontier must always be prepared for the whole people to face the war, and once the war really breaks out, have the residents done enough preparations? He can decide the life and death of this territory, of course he dare not relax his vigilance in this regard.
But not everyone will understand what happened in Cecil Territory.
In the prisoner-of-war camp north of Knight Street, more than a dozen Typhon soldiers, knights, and mages were still locked in cells.
They have been imprisoned here for several days, but apart from the daily interrogation, these people have not suffered any abuse, and the so-called prison cells are rebuilt from solid old barracks, and added warning magic inside and outside It's just an institution, and the living conditions are no worse than ordinary barracks.
These captured Typhon soldiers thought that they would face an extremely cruel test after being captured by the legendary Duke of Ansu, but they didn't expect that they would not be hanged or beaten severely after that, except for restricting their freedom. In addition, they received a treatment that could almost be described as "generous". After thinking about it, they felt that this was probably won by Soldering for them—the elf ranger was obviously an old acquaintance of Ansu, the founding hero, and this Human favors gave these prisoners of war who should have been put to death in exchange for incredible and favorable treatment. Facing such treatment, the Typhon warriors felt extremely complicated.
With complicated moods and nothing to do, all the captured Typhon soldiers could do was to think about life and discuss how long they would continue to be imprisoned.
The moment before the alarm bell rang, they were still having such discussions, but after the alarm bell rang, they stopped immediately.
A Typhon knight suddenly stood up, listening to the bell outside, with a look of surprise on his face: "What happened outside?"
"I don't know, it sounds like an alarm," a mage also stood up, trying to put his face close to the window that was inlaid with fine steel bars and was deliberately raised. He really hoped that he could summon a mage's eye to look outside However, there are runes and traps specially used to monitor mages everywhere inside and outside the cell, and mobilizing magic power at will can only ask for trouble, "I saw many soldiers running out of the barracks!"
"Alarm? Soldiers are being mobilized?" The knight who spoke before was stunned, and his face suddenly showed joy. "Could it be our people who came here? The war started early?!"
"Impossible, even if the war started from the defense line of the East Wolf Castle, how could the army fight all the way from the border in a short period of time," another knight said immediately, "Maybe they are suppressing slave labor... After all, it is the new army. Established frontier."
The third knight also stood up, and lowered his voice: "This... will it be an opportunity?"
Everyone in the cell fell silent immediately, and their eyes began to look around uneasily, as if they were afraid that what they said in a low voice would reach the ears of Ansu soldiers standing guard outside.
"...The success rate of our escape is not high," the last mage who never spoke finally broke the silence, "There are Ansu people everywhere here, have you noticed the discipline of the soldiers outside? Even if the situation is chaotic, they will It won't give us a chance."
The knight who spoke just now was a little unwilling: "But if you don't run now..."
Before the knight finished speaking, he was suddenly interrupted by a voice from the door: "If you run away now, I really can't save you!"
The Typhon warriors were taken aback, and only then did they notice that Solderin had already stood at the door at some point. The high-level elf ranger looked at the "subordinates" in front of him, and sighed after a long time: "Actually, I don't want to here."