The night was dark, and the hazy light spilled from the tall and narrow crystal glass windows of the banquet hall was not enough to completely dispel the darkness on the terrace. Ropeni Grande stood quietly on this empty terrace, lowering her head and looking down at Ka The place where Viscount Lore fell.
Behind her, the lights from the banquet hall dimly shone into the night sky through the crystal glass windows, appearing blurred and weak, and even the sound of music coming from the banquet hall seemed so ethereal that it was almost unreal.
"It's so silent..."
The Viscount stood for a moment in the night, and suddenly said softly.
As her words fell, a slightly magnetic voice came from the darkness: "You are taking some risks. It would be bad if someone finds out."
Ropeni Grande wasn't surprised by this voice, because she already knew the other person's existence. She turned her head and saw a figure coming out of a hiding place in the darkness. She had a tall figure, a handsome face, and an impressive head. Deep blond, this is a typical silver elf.
The blond-haired Solderin, a high-ranking elf ranger from the Cecil Territory, was leading the team that he sneaked into the city tonight.
Looking at the elf ranger in front of her, Countess Luo Penny's gaze could not help but fall on the strangely shaped black armor made of alloy guards and sturdy leather. This armor is from the "Iron Ranger". Standard configuration, just tonight, dozens of Iron Rangers have sneaked into the fortress under the cover and support of her and her followers, and lurked everywhere inside the city wall.
Thinking of what these Iron Rangers were going to do in the city, she felt particularly happy.
"Carroll is a rare smart man among those stupid nobles, and he is too cautious and sharp," Luo Peini retracted her gaze, turned her head and quietly looked at the direction where Viscount Carroll fell, "at this critical moment , I don't want this variable to survive."
"Actually, we don't care about this variable," Solderling said, looking at the countess in front of him, "This fortress will face its fate tomorrow, no matter what warning Mr. Carroll goes to make, no matter what It doesn't matter what the commander of this fortress does, but it's your shot that can easily put yourself in danger."
"It worked out pretty well in the end, didn't it?" Ropeni Grant smiled slightly, "and it was quite a pleasure for me personally to push 'Mr. Carroll' off... nobody would notice Yes, even if someone sees the dead body under the castle tomorrow, everyone will only lament the untimely death of Mr. Viscount who got drunk and stumbled."
Soldering quietly looked into the eyes of the Viscountess, and said slowly after a long time: "I just want to remind you, be careful not to be dazzled by hatred."
"Don't worry, I've been waiting for eleven years, so I won't lose my mind at this time," Luo Penny Grant actually knew the reason why this high-ranking ranger appeared, she shook her head slightly, and smiled softly, "And I'm still looking forward to the wonderful world that Duke Gawain promised, so naturally I won't act recklessly."
"That's good," Solderin nodded slightly, his body receded, and gradually disappeared into the dark night, his voice drifted in the night: "Don't forget, a hymn of loyalty. "
This is Cecil's peculiar internal code, or some kind of "common saying" used in a certain situation. Although I still don't quite understand its deep meaning, Ropeni Grant still faces the empty house with a happy mood. The night sky whispered: "A hymn of loyalty..."
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It seems that just as Sir Maryland expected, the Cecilians gave up their plan to force the attack after they found that their magic device could not quickly break through the fortress. Until the sun rose the next day, those Cecilians still did not attack again. "Fire", the magician on the mage tower confirmed the situation of the enemy camp with the mage's eyes, and reported that the Cecilians just divided up a part of their troops and advanced a short distance to the northwest, and then on a high ground there A new camp has been established, and other than that, there is no sign of any active attack.
In the military hall of the Castle District, Sir Maryland marked the position of the Cecils on the plain on a rough map. He pointed his sword at the enemy's new camp and said to the others: "Here, and Cecil Compared with the first camp of the Er people, it is not much closer to the Rock Fortress, but it is closer to the White Water River. What do you think?"
A southern nobleman stood up and said: "I judge that this was built by the Cecilians for the convenience of getting water. After all, when they entered the plain, they took the 'White Valley Mountain Road', and that exit is too far from the White Water River."
"They don't seem very courageous," Sir Maryland obviously agreed with the nobleman's statement, "It seems that after realizing that their magic device is not working, they began to worry about the trebuchet in the Rock Fortress, and chose to fetch water. We have to be so careful to weave forward at the o'clock..."
The situation seems to be moving in the direction Sir Maryland expected: the Cecilian's "Skyfire Myth" has failed in front of the fort's powerful magic barrier, and the rumored terrifying army can only honestly fight against the fortress for a long time. Fighting, and they don't seem to dare to advance within the range of the catapult on the city wall, which further proves one of his previous conjectures:
Those Cecil soldiers were all in the light of magic props, but they actually lacked courage.
This means that as long as the attack continues to be frustrated, the morale of the Cecilians will definitely drop very quickly...
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On the second highest ground where Cecil Corps was stationed, Philip Knight was supervising the deployment of the new artillery position, and on a transport vehicle behind him, the silhouette of Knight Byron was emerging from the sky over a magic net communicator .
"So, those idiots in the Rock Fortress really won't come out?" The old fritter knight who was born as a mercenary never cared about his demeanor when he spoke, he yelled loudly, "I thought they would at least come out Come out to fight you symbolically before you fire..."
"They are not stupid. They realized the power of the guns during the active attack a few days ago," Philip said casually, then raised his head, looking at the majestic walls of the Rock Fortress in the distance, filled with magical brilliance, "But having said that... the magic barrier of Rock Fortress is indeed a little stronger than I imagined."
Knight Byron was stunned for a moment: "Hey, what you said is different from what you said before. What do you mean cannons that are more powerful than you think are really useless against that thing?"
"That's not enough. The power of the magic crystal rail gun is always effective, but the strength of that layer of barrier is really high. It completely resisted the shelling last night. Although only twelve test shots were fired, it has already It was unexpected," Knight Philip said honestly, "I estimate that if I want to use the magic crystal railgun to deal with this kind of barrier, I need to bomb it continuously for at least six hours."
"Hey, what's so great about a barrier that can be broken, the nobles in the fortress are probably still celebrating the indestructibility of their barrier at this time," Byron said with deep disdain in his tone, "Don't you Just waste ammunition on that barrier and leave it to the Rainbow Cannon."
Philip frowned: "You just say that, when are you going to arrive?"
"Hurry up, we're on our way. Miss Rebecca has already started to check the magic circuit on this ship, so that I can prepare for the firing," Byron waved his hands in the holographic projection of the communicator, his voice and picture There is some distortion, this is because he is on the warship in the Baishui River, the signal is completely transmitted by the magic network relay towers along the Baishui River, and the coverage of these relay towers just set up is far from enough, even in the In some sections, the signal will be interrupted and lost, "According to Miss Till's speed, we still have more than five hours to arrive..."
"I will conduct another shelling at noon," Philip interrupted Byron, "I think the magic barrier of the Rock Fortress is... valuable, and the magician accompanying the army thinks so too. I want to test it with artillery as much as possible The strength of that barrier, observe how it works, and if Master Kamel and Miss Jenny crack the secret of this giant shield, it may come in handy in our hands."
Byron looked at the serious Philip knight in surprise: "Since when are you still interested in magic?"
Knight Philip stood up straight, with a serious expression on his face: "I am only interested in the interests of the territory and the people."
"For someone like you, let me tell you that if you become a mercenary, you may not be sold to the arena on the first day, and you will feel full of glory when you are sold," Knight Byron showed a face, "And It’s embarrassing to be such a stunned young fellow,” followed by a strange smile, “But to be honest, there seems to be some traditional knights like you who do this. Miss Margarita is in your behind."
After saying this, Byron quickly ended the communication, and Philip turned around after a short period of stupefaction, and saw the female knight Margarita from the Kant area standing behind him, carrying He looked at himself with an expression of admiration.
"In this era, there are not many people like you who still abide by the virtues of chivalry." The female knight said sincerely.
"This is my duty, Miss Margarita," Philip said with a straight face, "Can the large accelerator be fired before noon?"
"You'll hear their guns booming just in time."
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At noon, when the smoke rose from the inner city of the Rock Fortress, Cecil's army finally started the second round of shelling.
Weird noises, ear-piercing screams, and thunderous explosions once again enveloped the defenders of the Rock Fortress. However, compared to the panic and confusion of the sudden bombing the day before, this time the bombing caused a lot of pain. The chaos brought by it was obviously much smaller. After the noble soldiers in the fortress were nervous for the first time, they found that the powerful magic barrier still shrouded the entire city, and then they felt relieved.
Someone even dared to climb onto the outer city wall, shouting and laughing in the direction of the Cecils.
The magic crystal cannonball exploded on the magic barrier outside the city wall, the deadly explosive power was completely blocked, and even the deafening loud noise was weakened a lot due to the interference of the barrier. Watching the excitement from a safe distance, but soon, someone who didn't know who started it, ran to the section of the city wall facing the bombardment, and watched the explosions explode in mid-air from a close distance.
Surprisingly, most of the people who did this were not the knights and soldiers of the Rock Fortress, but those southern nobles and their private soldiers who were frightened by the "explosion of sky fire" and were like bereaved dogs.
They seem to be showing off their courage or venting their fears from a month ago.
Ropeni Grant stood on a watchtower away from the city wall, looking indifferently at the southern knights and soldiers who were making ugly appearances on the city wall.
Compared with those coalition soldiers who were completely exhausted and captured by the Cecils in the escape after the war, the psychological trauma left by these remnants of the nobles who fled to the Rock Fortress early seems not serious enough...
But that's okay, their psychological trauma is coming.
The Viscount raised her head and looked to the southwest of the fortress.
The Baishui River meandered on the plain, and on the surface of the river reflecting the sky, an abnormal wave was entering her line of sight.