Ever since disturbing news came from the north, and the situation in the south seemed to be suddenly clouded, the atmosphere in the Rock Fortress became more and more tense day by day. The most majestic fortress at the southern end of the Holy Spirit Plain, everyone is proud of it, but now this fortress has suddenly become an isolated island caught in the middle of two storms. All the nobles in the southern region suddenly lost contact. The Cecil family in 2000 seemed to be planning something big, but the messengers sent by the fortress to the north for support could only bring depressing news
Due to the deteriorating situation in the royal capital and the cloud of civil war, the two regent dukes and the supervising prince have begun to call on nobles from all over the country to send troops to deal with the rebels in the eastern border. This is even more so when there is no substantial attack: the big figures in the capital seem to be far from realizing how fast the situation in the southern border is deteriorating. The army is obviously much more serious than the "chaos" in the south.
In this tense and delicate situation, the Rock Fortress could only close its gates tightly and began to implement the strictest closed-door ban. Except for businessmen with passes issued by the Earl of Pompeii and extraordinary people in the surrounding area of the fortress, everyone is prohibited from In fact, even without these bans, the number of business travelers in Panshi Fortress has dropped to the lowest point recently.
Merchants with a keen sense of smell have developed a sense of crisis early on. At this sensitive moment, no one dared to risk being caught by the noble lord as a spy. In the last few days, the number of merchants passing through the gate of the fortress every day is the least. Even less than two digits, not to mention compared with the peak of last autumn and winter, even compared with previous years, this is a very small number.
And today, the Rock Fortress finally welcomed a large number of "guests" nobles who were defeated and expelled from the southern region.
Seeing nearly a thousand ragged, sallow and emaciated but armed teams, the entire fortress was almost ready for battle. The soldiers really couldn't tell that this was a noble team, but thought it was all the down-and-out mercenaries and robbers in the southern border The bandits have gathered together and are coming to plunder the city. After a tense confrontation and complicated and cumbersome identity verification, Sir Maryland, the chief of the fortress, finally confirmed that the team in front of him, which looked like a combination of bandits and beggars, was actually the nobles of the southern border who were in trouble.
He will never forget this scene in his life.
The closed gates of the fortress, covered with purple steel rivets and fine gold linings, were opened. The tall and strong Sir Maryland with black curly hair led the knights out of the city to meet these distressed gentlemen and ladies. He looked at the procession in disbelief. The young man in the picture, wearing a tattered coat, with greasy and frizzy hair, and a sallow, chapped face, took a lot of effort to recognize that he was Mr. Viscount Carol Collar. Carroll Collar is the closest to Rock Fortress, Carroll The Viscount and Maryland had met more than once, but this was the first time they had met under such circumstances.
"My ancestors! My Mr. Viscount! What have you experienced?!" Sir Maryland looked at the people in distress in front of him in shock, and saw several familiar faces in the team, "It seems that those terrible Are the rumors true?!"
"Catastrophe, a disaster, a terrible, ruthless, cruel and devoid of ancient etiquette war destroyed everything," Viscount Carroll couldn't help trembling slightly, "and my lord sir, please Don't lament that the ancestors are here... I will have nightmares when I hear these words now."
The Viscount Consco next to him held his forehead, and his tone was full of pain: "We were beaten by our ancestors..."
"...Gods bless you, everything will be fine," Sir Maryland has seen many ups and downs in his life, but he really has never seen the situation before him. He didn't know how to pick up this weird topic, so he had to hurry Leading these distressed gentlemen and ladies into town, "I've got hot water for you, it must be awful to trudge through the muddy moor."
"We need to eat something first, cheese, steak, wine, my God, the bath can be put aside!" Viscount Mariolan said hurriedly, "Is there anything to eat?"
"Of course, I ordered the city to prepare food when I came out. There is enough food in Rock Fortress," Sir Maryland nodded immediately, but as a high-ranking knight guarding the fortress, he still couldn't help but look at the nearly thousand people vigilantly. The human team glanced, "But forgive me for being cautious. It is dangerous to put so many people into the fort at one time. I must conduct the necessary inspections on them to prevent the enemy's spies from mixing in. This situation is very easy to happen."
Viscount Consco looked back at the soldiers and knights who followed him all the way through the entire war zone, and said loudly to Sir Maryland: "My lord, these people follow us through life and death, loyal and respectable. Of course, I understand the rules of the fortress. So I just hope that you can finish the inspection as soon as possible, so that these brave fighters can go to the city to eat and rest as soon as possible."
Hearing these honest and generous words, the soldiers were all moved. Viscount Consco drove his horse to Sir Maryland calmly, and said in a low voice: "Check whatever you want, take us to eat first."
The nobles, knights, and priests in the team walked towards the city accompanied by Sir Maryland and the Knights of the Fortress. Others began to be inspected by the soldiers of the fortress. The Countess of Luo Penny just looked at the soldiers who performed the inspection indifferently. Then followed the pace of other nobles.
She knows what this inspection is all about, so she is not worried at all that without a perfect personnel registration and identification system, the so-called inspection is nothing more than asking other people in the same team to see if everyone can communicate with each other. It's just for proof of identity. Maybe this method of interrogation is useful when a few spies are mixed into the army, but who would have thought that the entire personal team led by a nobleman is full of spies from top to bottom
She raised her head, watched the majestic gate of the Rock Fortress getting closer and closer in front of her, and then stepped into it.
"Gentlemen and ladies, you are safe," said Sir Maryland on his horse, and when he passed through the gate of the fortress, he turned his head with a smile and looked at the relaxed nobles, "This fortress is impenetrable. "
Viscount Carroll raised his head and looked at the black city wall emitting a slight magical halo. This famous city wall really made him feel much more at ease, but he still couldn't help but said: "Dear sir, let me say something The danger of Gawain Cecil is beyond your imagination! He used some unknown method to create a terrifying legion. We almost failed to confront that legion and were defeated. Now he is probably gathering people in the south, accumulating Strength, he might focus on this place..."
Jazz Maryland couldn't help turning his head: "But I heard that he wasn't the one who started the war?"
"... That's true, we are the ones who took the initiative to start the war," Viscount Carroll showed a look of pain, "but now I want to say, this was a trap from the beginning! We were induced! Duke Cecil has been He is ready for war, passively fighting is just a cover, he has been an aggressive Jazz from the very beginning, don't be fooled by the illusion that he has not attacked Rock Fortress, he will definitely come!"
"I will seriously consider your warning, Mr. Viscount," Sir Maryland gave Viscount Carroll a deep look, "and I will report your encounter to the capital as soon as possible. But with all due respect, what you can get The help is probably limited, even the Rock Fortress can only give you a shelter."
"Sir, the Cecil family is back! They want to recover everything lost in the past hundred years! You have forgotten the original intention of the Rock Fortress..."
"Mr. Viscount, of course I remember the original intention of the Rock Fortress, but please remember that you are the ones who betrayed the Cecil family or divided up Cecil's land, not us, not any surname on the Holy Spirit Plain," Maryland slightly Raising his hand, he interrupted Carroll's words, and then sighed softly, "It's not that I'm unaware of the crisis in the south, I can see the threat of the Cecil family from you, but what I can do is quite limited .”
Seeing the complex expression on Sir Maryland's face, Carroll and the surrounding nobles finally realized that the atmosphere was not right. Viscount Consco couldn't help asking hesitantly, "Sir, what happened?"
"Don't you know?" Sir Maryland shook his head and said softly, "The king is dead."
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Cecil Territory, the business district, "Tianping Square", a new large-scale facility is being erected.
The tower-like skeleton made of alloy stands in the center of the square like a strange monument. The outer cladding for decoration and lighting at night is lightly and precisely covered on the surface of the tower after being treated with weight reduction. The technicians used lifting devices and safety cables to climb to various key positions on the tower, and welded the cladding and frame of the tower firmly with scorching energy beams. , A large obelisk exuding radiance.
The facility is almost complete, and it is only doing the final touches. The magic obelisk on the top of the tower is the core device of the facility, and it is also providing energy for various magic devices on site. Below, the alloy pillars connected to the underground magic net are being gradually covered by the cladding of the tower. Those shining magic runes are extracting surging energy from the magic net and injecting it into the obelisk base at the top. The obelisk is released outwards, forming a magic field enough to cover the entire city.
Standing near the construction site, Gao Wen watched the runes and magic spar lamps all over the tower light up and go out one by one following the tests of the magician, feeling a little emotional in his heart.
After the completion of this tower, the westernmost block of the business district and the newly established Xicheng District will be completely covered by the new magic net.
At the same time, this also means that Cecil City will be completely within the signal coverage of the "Magic Network Communication". After a while in the future, when the several magic energy obelisk relay towers on the North-South Avenue are completed, they will be able to Any corner of Cecil City has communicated with Kant Territory.
Of course, the premise is that the output of communication equipment must keep up.
Gawain glanced not far away, where several soldiers were guarding next to a large vehicle. Several large devices with triangular bases and crystal structures were placed on that vehicle. Those were Nicholas eggs. The "public magic network communication terminals" that I personally made before the production line was in operation are now waiting to be installed.
Rebecca stood beside Gawain, the girl's face was full of pride, because she was the one who came up with the idea of putting the magic obelisk on the tower. Continuous tracking and monitoring of operation: "Placing the magic energy obelisk on a special 'tower' can effectively improve the stability and transmission range of signal transmission. Of course, this will also make it conspicuous, and it is easy to become a remote It is a living target for magic attacks, so I set up a mana shield rune set in the tower, anyway, the magic obelisk has a lot of redundant energy, and it is more than enough to bring a set of shields."
"Is it just a set of shields?" Gawain turned his head and glanced at the girl, "Why did I hear that you planned to plant three hundred catties of magic crystal bombs under the tower?"
"Eh... Didn't you say that you want to set up relay towers in the wilderness to ensure full coverage of all signals?" Rebecca scratched her head in embarrassment, "It's so dangerous in the wild, what if the enemy comes to destroy it?" manage… "
"This is an energy broadcasting tower and a signal relay tower, not a front-line bunker." Gao Wen tapped Rebecca's head, "It's enough that it is strong enough, and you still expect a signal tower to wipe out eight thousand enemies during the war?" what?"
Rebecca smirked and tried to pass the test, but Gao Wen couldn't help rubbing his chin and thinking about it after he had taught the child a lesson.
Rebecca's idea of planting bombs under the magic obelisk relay tower is indeed a bad idea, the risk is high and the loss outweighs the gain, but her consideration is partly justified. This world is really not peaceful.
The wilderness of this world is full of dangers. Human beings are far from spreading the light of civilization in the wilderness, and it is still an era of war. The self-protection capabilities of those relay towers installed outside major cities really need to be considered...
Self-explosion is not enough, it seems that it is also possible to make an Austrian explosion...
Seeing that the ancestor suddenly fell into a state of thinking, Rebecca couldn't help but bravely stood on tiptoe and waved in front of Gao Wen: "My lord ancestor, why do I feel that you are beginning to recognize my words?"
"I'm just thinking about the defense of various outdoor facilities..." Gawain pulled Rebecca's hand away, and was about to say something, but from the corner of his eye, he saw Amber running towards this side.
After Amber came to him, he asked curiously, "What happened?"
"Wright is back!" Amber gasped twice, "He seems to have experienced something... He has regained the Holy Light!"