In the rock fortress city, in the mage tower used to control the focus of magic power, the fierce but short battle has ended.
The magnificent and bright arcane hall was once filled with magical brilliance. The explosion of magical energy and the explosion caused by the attackers left shocking damage everywhere. The walls were full of bullet craters, and the ground was torn by the explosion. The steel brackets were also melted by the high temperature, turning into a pile of twisted metal skeletons limp on the ground. At the entrance of the hall, the two arcane stone statues that were used to defend the hall have been turned into lifeless obsidian fragments, scattered all over the place On the ground, and in the center of the hall, in the huge circular magic circle, there are only some faintly discernible scorched marks of human figures and fragments of armor left.
Sir Maryland, who rushed to the scene as quickly as possible, stood in a daze at the entrance of the hall, watching the tragedy in the hall, without saying a word for a long time.
"...the battle broke out inside the tower, and there were no traces of battle outside the tower or nearby outposts," the mage consultant said beside Sir Maryland about the clues collected so far. It was an explosion that occurred intensively in a short period of time, and there were traces of high-temperature burns and explosions everywhere. The guard seemed to be killed before he could react. In addition, we also found this next to the remains of an obsidian golem."
Sir Maryland looked at what the mage consultant handed over: it was a twisted and broken blade or blade, and the remaining runes and inlaid alloy parts could be seen on the side, no matter in terms of casting precision or design style, it was not It may be a product inside the Rock Fortress, and it is not the appearance of any standard sword in Ansu.
There is only one blade, the handle part of which is missing.
"... Cecil's equipment!" A southern knight who followed him exclaimed the moment he saw the broken blade, and then said very quickly, "General, this is an extraordinary weapon. Its The magic blade can emit extremely high heat, and can instantly cut through soldiers wearing light armor. One of my subordinates was killed by this weapon... "
Listening to the southern knight's words, Sir Maryland suddenly remembered another thing that happened just now: Viscount Carroll fell to his death under the terrace... There were no traces of struggle on the terrace, so he could only judge that Mr. Viscount made a mistake by himself falling.
The banquet happened last night, and Viscount Carroll hadn't appeared since last night. Everyone thought that the viscount, who was always worried, was too drunk to go back to rest early...
The attack in front of me took place inside the mage tower. Everyone was raided into the hall and killed without any precautions. There was no trace of battle outside...
The Cecilians are in the city, and have been in the city for a long time, and even... are hidden among the guardians of the mage tower, or have gained the trust of the guardians.
It is the army of the southern nobles who are responsible for guarding the mage tower and the inner city wall.
A deep palpitation gripped Sir Maryland's heart, and together with this palpitation gripping his heart, there were constant sounds of commotion and faint explosions coming from the direction of the distant city wall.
This war... is this a war
"There are ghosts in the city... Where is Countess Luo Penny?!"
The guard knight on the side immediately replied: "The Viscountess has not appeared on the city wall since this morning, and neither has the bodyguard team she brought."
Sir Maryland immediately ordered loudly: "Go at once..."
Before he finished speaking, a disturbing whistling sound suddenly came from the upper floor of the mage tower. The whistling sound was mixed with the sound of something breaking, and the other knights and soldiers present immediately looked up subconsciously. Go, but Sir Maryland and the mage consultant turned pale at the same time: they thought of the possible reason for the whistling sound.
It's not the mage tower's problem, it's the magic barrier of the Rock Fortress, something connected to the mage tower.
The magic barrier is connected to the city wall of the fortress, and is also connected to every mage tower in the city. When the barrier continues to weaken, the first thing that will react is the magic crystal on the top of these towers.
He immediately rushed out of the tower with people.
The inside of the majestic rock fortress is reverberating one after another whistling sound. Along with the whistling sound, there is also a low-pitched roar that is becoming more and more obvious. It is the sound of the constantly shaking city shield, which is the sound of the air inside the shield. With the sound that resonated with the vibration of the city wall, the shimmering magic barrier is now covered with ripples, a pale pattern spread from the top of the city wall to the high altitude of the fortress. When Sir Maryland rushed out of the mage tower, those ripples Almost two-thirds of the sky has been covered.
This high-ranking knight has never faced such a desperate situation in his life, but he calmed down at this moment. He stared at the magic barrier that was disintegrating little by little, with one hand on the hilt of his waist Going up, he asked the mage consultant beside him in a low voice: "Master, how long can the shield last?"
"Twenty minutes, or less," the mage consultant replied, "I will lead the still alive battle mages to the city wall, and use our own mana to recharge the shield, so that we may last for another three to five minutes."
"Don't waste mana. It's useless to use manpower to fight against that kind of weapon," the Jazz interrupted the mage advisor. "Let the battle mages recharge their batteries and prepare to fight in the city."
Then he turned his head and looked at his most trusted subordinate, the guard knight who had followed him for many years.
This guard knight should be one of the most capable people in Rock Fortress besides him.
The city shield can persist for 20 minutes. After the shield is shattered, there is still the south city wall. The south city wall poured with metal can last at least tens of minutes in the face of the "sky fire explosion" of the Cecils, even if the Cecils let " "Skyfire" crossed the city wall and fell into the city, and it would only destroy the surface facilities inside the second city wall, while the main runes of the magic focus and the magic barrier were buried underground.
There was still something he could do before the walls came down too.
"Defend this city," the jazz said to his guard knights. "Also, find Ropeni Grande and her missing guards. They are most likely to have betrayed. Once these are confirmed, we must cause more damage to them." Get rid of them before."
The guard knight's eyes widened: "General, what are you going to do?"
"I swore an oath in the name of my family to defend Rock Fortress to the death, and now it's time for me to fulfill my oath," Sir Maryland pressed the hilt of his sword with clear and forceful words, "If I succeed, the Cecilians will The attack may stop, and if I fail, your allegiance will also end. Take the surviving people out of the northern gate, go to the capital, and pass the whole story of the fall of the Rock Fortress to the Prince of Wales... "
"General! I will go out with you!" the guard knight immediately said, "I also swore that I would always follow you on the battlefield. Fleeing before a battle is not what a knight should do, let alone what a nobleman should do!"
"The war of nobles is over!" Sir Maryland stared at the face of the guard knight, and then his tone slowed down, "...the war of nobles is over."
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Knights who still had courage stood up, and a knight group led by the commander of the fortress began to rush to the gate of the southern city wall. Sir Maryland rode on his deeply trusted horse, watching the gate grow closer and closer in front of him. closer.
The magic barrier outside the city wall has shown a critical state of collapse. Large areas of chaotic ripples are wandering around, and even magic holes have appeared in some areas. In those places where the barrier is broken, uncontrolled mana turbulence jumps on the city wall like lightning. There was chaos everywhere.
Crowds of southern knights and noble soldiers fled from the city wall, among them were some southern nobles.
They were still yelling and shouting on the city wall a moment ago, triumphantly.
Looking at these unbearable guys, a thought suddenly popped up in Jazz Maryland's mind:
Why did he accept these guys in the first place
The nobles of this country... When did they all become this kind of guy
Although he wanted to ignore them, Sir Maryland couldn't help but stopped. He pulled the reins in front of a group of panicked southern knights and shouted loudly: "Ladies and gentlemen, if you still have a little bit of aristocrats, as The sense of honor of the knights, at least maintain order in the city! The Rock Fortress has not fallen yet!!"
After that, no matter how many people heard his words, he turned his horse's head and rushed forward.
There are hidden sabotage forces infiltrated by the enemy in the city, and they may cause greater losses at any time.
After losing the commander sitting in charge, the order in the fortress may fall into greater chaos.
The supreme commander of the fortress should not leave the fort lightly in this situation.
Jazz Maryland knew all this.
But someone had to stop those two ships, and stop those two terrible weapons on board.
Ordinary soldiers and slightly weaker knights go out to die. Only a high-level knight like him attacks under the cover of the knight order, I am afraid that there is a little hope. This is the value and usefulness of a strong personal combat power.
The city gate opened, and a pungent burnt smell rushed over.
It was the unique smell produced when high-intensity arcane energy stirred in the air and decomposed certain substances in the air.
The knights raised their heads, looking up at the two beams of light directly above them with shock and fear.
In this position and angle, they look even more terrifying. The pure arcane light is pouring on the crumbling magic barrier like two long rivers of light, and it is like the majestic aurora crushing the city little by little.
The Second Dynasty of Ansu built it with countless manpower and material resources. It condensed the highest magic skills of the royal family at that time. The rock fortress that has stood on this land for a century is coming to an end little by little under the impact of the arcane torrent.
This fortress was used to defend the Cecil family, but in the past century, the Cecil family has never fought back once.
Many people didn't realize this until now. This was just the Cecil family's first attack since the establishment of the Rock Fortress.
"Don't look up, look forward!" Sir Maryland raised his long sword high, then pointed at the White Water River, "Don't stop!!"
The knights pulled down their masks and began to accelerate slowly along with Sir Maryland's horse.
Most of them would not survive the attack, and in fact most of them would be useless even if they made it to the Whitewater River: the two ships were in the middle of the river, and as the king of the land, Knights are helpless when facing warships floating in the middle of the water.
However, as a high-level knight, Sir Maryland can know that there are countless ways for a high-level extraordinary person to ignore the little "terrain trouble" of the White Water River. As long as the distance is close enough, a high-level knight is enough to stop the magic devices on the two ships. down.
The Knights began to charge.