When the southern knights and noble soldiers wantonly vented their accumulated tension and fear on the city wall for a month, Sir Maryland did not lose his ability to think in the same way as those southerners. An optimistic and confident attitude announced that the magic barrier of the Rock Fortress has successfully broken the "Skyfire Myth" of the Cecils, and spread this confidence to everyone in the fortress, but the Cecils launched a second bombardment At that time, he summoned the chief mage advisor in the fortress immediately.
The mage consultant was always aware of the situation of the magic barrier. In front of him, Sir Maryland did not hide the slightest: "Can the barrier really withstand that kind of attack?"
"Currently," the old mage with white beard and hair said cautiously, "if the Cecils really only have this little strength...then the fortress will be able to survive."
Maryland immediately heard the deep meaning in the old mage's words: "What do you mean?"
"The barrier is not as indestructible as it seems, general," the old mage replied, "The Cecilian's 'Skyfire' is more powerful than expected, it is indeed strong enough to shake the shield, if it is not for the magic barrier of the fortress to be self-repairing ability, and if there are intermittent interruptions in the attacks of the Cecilians, our barriers will be continuously consumed until the repair speed cannot keep up with the loss. And there is also a very disturbing situation... "
Sir Maryland's brows were tightly frowned. He looked around and confirmed that there were only his most trusted knight and the mage advisor in front of him in the room, and asked, "Master, please speak directly."
"I used the eyes of a mage to observe the magic formations set up by the Cecils. Only half of the large and small 'Skyfire Devices' are in operation..."
Only half running
What is Cecil doing
An unexplained sense of crisis surged into the heart of this high-level knight. He stood up, pressed his hand on the hilt of his sword, and almost immediately ordered to activate the backup mage tower in the inner city, transferring all the stored energy in the magic focus to the On the barrier, but before he could act, there was a sudden knock on the door of the room, and a messenger shouted anxiously from outside the door: "General! Emergency!"
The messenger soldier quickly got permission to enter the room. The soldier had a frightened expression on his face, and immediately said as soon as he entered the door: "General! Someone found the body of Viscount Carroll under the castle terrace! He seems to have lost his footing last night. Falling down the castle!"
"What? Carroll is dead?" Maryland's eyes widened in an instant, "Misstep...fall?!"
The uneasiness in his heart was quickly magnified. This shocking information did not affect his judgment, but made him intuitively realize that the Rock Fortress was in a huge crisis. However, before he could react, the second biography The letter soldiers arrived.
What the soldier brought was information from outside the fortress: "General! Two ships suddenly appeared on the White Water River! They bear Cecil's mark! And... they look very unusual!"
Sir Maryland came to the city wall at the fastest speed, and at this moment the two large ships that were going upstream along the Whitewater River had reached a place where they could be clearly seen even without the eyes of the mage.
They are indeed unusual at least at this speed!
Sir Maryland stared intently at that direction. In the southwest of Rock Fortress, in the open area of the plain, on the wide surface of the Whitewater River, an unnatural wave is going upstream. In this wave that violates the laws of nature, two strange-looking ships are galloping. They come, their shells are covered with metal cladding, and their decks are equipped with huge weird devices. Their power is obviously not normal waves, not sails. In fact, they have no sails at all, which should be sails In some places, only symmetrically distributed pairs of white structures like "wings" can be seen. They may be able to face the wind, but they are definitely not things that bring power!
And above the two ships, the Cecil family's flag with the pattern of sword and plow was flying in the wind.
The southern knights and a few nobles on the city wall obviously also saw something on the river in the distance. Their strength was low, and perhaps they were not as clear as Sir Maryland, but they could also tell that it was an unusual ship, so they pointed out curiously. Give pointers and discuss the origins of those two ships.
The next moment, Sir Maryland's eyes widened.
The two ships began to decelerate, and the deceleration process was smooth and abnormal. During this process, the "wing-like structures" on both sides of them were being opened under the action of some kind of mechanism. There are dots of glow on the sky...
what is that
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On the deck of the first battleship "Aurora", the soldiers and magicians were busy, and voices of commands and reports were constantly coming from everywhere:
"The magic guide array has been deployed, and the energy is rising steadily! The power ridge is normal, and the magic nets of each layer have been connected! The mechanical platform in the deck area has been unlocked, and the angle of the main gun seat has been adjusted. All technicians check the status of the runes in the work area and report the situation!"
Gawain stood on the platform in the middle of the warship, watching the "magic arrays" standing on both sides of the ship unfold smoothly under the action of the mechanical linkage, and watching the magic runes of key equipment on the deck being lit up one by one, Listening to the passwords and reports coming from around one after another, the mood gradually became high, and I couldn't help feeling a little bit inconsistent with the current atmosphere. Sure enough, this style of painting doesn't match the medieval battlefield at all...
Then he looked forward, at the huge weapon installed on the front of the deck.
The heir of the Cecil family, the authority of magic technology, Rebecca, who has a high prestige among magic technicians, is standing next to the "Calibrator" at the front of the deck, with a high-spirited appearance, this Viscountess While directing the magicians to complete various inspections in a loud voice, he personally adjusted the amplifier on the base of the "Calibrator" so that this weapon, which is still in the "verification period", can be in the best condition.
She seemed to have sensed Gawain's gaze, turned around, and showed a happy and bright smile to Gawain: "Ancestor! It's ready!"
"Then let's get started," Gawain nodded with a smile, "Cavalier Philip has been waiting for these two 'Italian Cannons' for a long time."
Byron next to him heard Gawain's words and couldn't help becoming curious: "'Italian Cannon'? Isn't this cannon called a calibrator..."
Gao Wen laughed: "Don't worry about these details, it's the nickname I gave it."
And Rebecca didn't care what the "Italian cannon" her ancestors said at all. She was used to the weird words created by her ancestors, and compared to these words, it was her who activated the rainbow cannon. Things you'd rather be doing right now.
She raised her hand high, and a clear and bright voice sounded on the deck: "The water pump is filled with water and connected to the power ridge!!"
The water pumps installed on both sides of the warship started instantly, and the powerful second-generation magic energy engine began to inject the water from the Baishui River into the base of the rainbow cannon. Below the deck, the hidden magic power amplification core of the rainbow cannon Instantly soaked in the cold river water, and with the connection of the power ridge, the "wing" devices on both sides of the warship also began to emit a low and pleasant sound, and brighter magic power began to gather on both sides of the warship , The surging power rushed through the various magical structures of the ship, and brought a burst of roaring in the cabin. In the roaring sound, the main body of the rainbow cannon was activated.
Its three curved "barrels" slowly rotated for a circle, and then the crystal prism fixed in the middle of the barrel brightened up, emitting a white light.
"The focus crystal lights up and starts to illuminate the target, the gate of the Rock Fortress!"
After a brief focus, a dazzling arcane light beam that was one meter thick shot out, piercing the distant rock fortress like a spear made of light.
After a few seconds of delay, the front end of the second ship "Morning Star" also erupted with the same energy beam, followed by the Aurora and bombarded the magic barrier of the Rock Fortress.
The second "Calibrator" beam missed a little bit, and it landed nearly a hundred meters away from the first beam, but the "gunner" on the Morning Star obviously noticed this very quickly, and began to adjust the weapon, The bright arcane torrent in mid-air began to turn slowly, and it majestically swept across the magic barrier of Rock Fortress. Where the light beam reached, a huge and dazzling bright spot almost spanned half of the city wall.
The drain valves on the sides and rear of the two warships were opened, and the steaming cooling water was pumped into the river. The technicians in the cabin below the deck quickly sent a report: "The core temperature is stable! You can continue to irradiate!"
The scheme of using the white water river to cool the rainbow cannon was successful once in the previous test, and now on the battlefield, it still does not disappoint.
Sir Maryland looked palely at the two beams of light that looked like punishment from heaven bombarding the magic barrier of the fortress, and seeing the panic of the knights and noble soldiers on the city wall, he finally realized where the biggest problem was.
He never understood Cecil's true power.
This war was completely different from what he expected from the very beginning.
The dazzling white light beam is still burning the shield of the fortress. This is a weapon that does not appear in the information at all, and it is completely different from the "Sky Fire Explosion". A large and frightening bright spot erupted at the center of the "burning point", and the bright spot spread rapidly while vibrating like ripples, and it has spread to a height of tens of meters above the city wall at this moment.
Ordinary soldiers and civilians may not understand what it is, but Sir Maryland, who is a high-ranking knight, knows it all too well
The magic shield is disintegrating.
Those two beams are pure magical energy, and their intensity is extremely high. Such high-intensity pure energy is a deadly threat to any shield spells, it will easily penetrate, interfere, and block the energy of the shield Flows and prevents shield regeneration in penetrated areas.
What's more deadly is that the "irradiation" of the light beam is continuous.
The magic barrier of Rock Fortress is about to end.
As soon as this desperate thought popped up, Sir Maryland suddenly turned his head and looked at the mage towers in the inner city.
The only hope to save the city barrier is to immediately mobilize the emergency magic power stored in the magic power focus and inject all of it into the barrier, so that the barrier may last for a while longer, until the weapons of the Cecils are overheated or cannot be released due to waste energy. Had to stop temporarily, so that the barrier would have a chance to regenerate...
However, there was no movement in those mage towers!
What about the mages in the city
Not long after this idea came up, Sir Maryland saw the chief mage advisor flying from a distance.
The old mage probably flew all the way here from a certain mage tower with the flying technique. He was out of breath and embarrassed. As soon as he landed, he shouted in despair: "General! The magic circle and rune stone that control the focus of magic power have been destroyed. !! The battle mages and soldiers guarding them are all dead!"