Under the command and guidance of the two knights, the soldiers and civilians in Cecil's pioneering land were finally mobilized.
The news that the mutants were coming soon spread throughout the camp, but under Gao Wen's intentional guidance and hints, the panic and pressure caused by this incident were temporarily suppressed or diverted away. The name of Vin Cecil played a decisive role in this.
In this regard, what Gao Wen is most satisfied with is that at least until now, there have been no escapees in the camp.
Although the serfs and civilians may be ignorant, they are not stupid, as long as they know that this is a barren place far away from civilized society. It takes at least three or four days to travel to a safe Tanzanian town. When the aberrations are approaching, running out will kill them faster. In this way, those who try to escape will naturally weigh their own life and death.
Gawain had specially asked Hetty to emphasize this point to the citizens.
So despite a little fear, despite the blazing fires and the boundless monsters of Cecil's collar that still haunted these people's minds a few months ago, people tried to muster up their courage. A hundred years ago, the hero lord had a special way to deal with the mutants, and seeing Hetty and Rebecca confidently directing the soldiers to prepare for the battle, they also gained a little confidence.
And the work assigned to them is also one of the motivations to increase confidence.
Burning "slag" that is said to be used as a weapon in the kiln area, making pedal traps, carving and trimming runes are jobs that even illiterate civilians can do well, and while doing these, soldiers are there The side kept emphasizing that these things could be used to deal with those monsters, so those workers began to feel that the "ancient duke" might really be very capable, and worked harder.
In fact, even the soldiers who were in charge of "reading" were not sure what these things were for. They just followed orders and shouted what they heard from Gao Wen to the civilians who were working.
"Put the broken spar on the bottom layer, and then put the stone slices engraved with magic circles! If the stone slices are damaged, come here to replace them!"
"Put the finished things here!"
"Remember to check to see if the crystal is on. A non-luminous crystal is useless. Come here to change it!"
"The things you make are all weapons. They are specially designed to deal with monsters. This is the instruction of Duke Gawain! He is the nemesis of those monsters!"
Gawain took Rebecca and Hetty through the empty field in the northeast of the camp. This open space was dedicated to making "art". Originally, Gawain planned to name this place Louvre or something to represent other The positioning of the art treasure house, but no one understands this stalk, so I have to give up.
He bent down and inspected the things neatly piled up at the statistician's feet: they were wooden containers half a foot square, less than two inches high, filled with Rebecca crystal particles inside the wooden box, and Above the crystal is a black stone flake with a detonation circle carved on it.
But these structures alone cannot detonate these magical versions of "landmines", and they also need rune triggers to activate.
The last step cannot be handed over to civilians or serfs. Considering the risk of accidental explosion, the setting of the rune trigger is left at the last step: these wooden boxes will be buried in the open space of the mountain pass in the southwest of the camp. Only when they are buried, soldiers And specialized trap craftsmen will combine rune triggers on the magic circle.
The rune trigger has a fairly simple structure. The paired runes used as the "trigger mechanism" are separated by a thin stone plate, and the top is a layer of wood. After stepping on the wood plate, the stone chip shatters, and the two runes follow Contact, forming a complete rune circuit and then activating the detonation circle, and finally triggering an explosion.
This is the alien version of the land mine. Although the technical details are completely different from the distant relatives on the earth, the thinking has something in common. It obviously does not conform to the chivalry of this era, but Hetty and Rebecca's evaluation of this What kind of chivalry is he, this thing looks so exciting!
And in this world where extraordinary power exists, there is a particularly convenient aspect of using "landmines", that is, you don't have to worry about the problem of "mining mines for a while, demining crematoriums", Hetty will leave behind every detonation circle. His own magic mark, this kind of "magic trick" that is not even a first-level spell, can ensure that every mine can be quickly located, and all unexploded mines can be easily found and eliminated after the battle.
Of course, Hetty can only support a limited number of magic marks, but in this battle, her magic marks are more than enough.
After inspecting the work here, Gawain handed over the defense of the camp to the two family knights and Rebecca, while he took Heidi to the Dark Mountains.
On a rock wall in the north of the mountain, there are more "Rebecca crystals".
In fact, most of the crystals accumulated in the camp these days have been transported here. In order to ensure that the rock wall collapses on a sufficient scale, Gao Wen did not dare to be stingy about the "equivalent".
With the help of Hetty's evocation hand and weight loss spells, the workers and supplies have already been transported in place. With the help of some simple ropes and scaffolding, the stonemasons have dug pits one by one on the mountain wall, and filled a large number of crystal particles into the pits and between the original stone cracks on the mountain wall, but the detonation circle It can only be done by Hetty himself.
Hetty, who is only at the third level, is still unable to use mid-level mage skills such as flying, and even the low-level levitation can't last for too long, so she can only stand on the ground, using the hand of evocation to move objects with the mind Spells are used to complete the work of drawing the detonation circle on the rock wall, and spectator adjustments are made through the eyes of the mage. This kind of precise control is actually beyond the ability of low-level mages, but fortunately Hetty is not only a low-level mage, but also a follower of the "Goddess of Magic" who has officially converted. Before working, she prayed to the Goddess of Magic and gained a brief His blessing, this is the only way to carry on this work.
In order to ensure the normal operation of this extra-large detonation circle, Gao Wen spent a lot of money this time. He took a large amount of prefabricated powdered mithril and amethyst dust from the treasure house in the mountain, and combined it with the alchemy potion prepared by Pittman. Made the most expensive "pigment" in history, Hetty can directly "draw" these magical materials on the rock wall, which saves a lot of carving and inlay work, and shortens the time.
And now, the most precious thing is time.
While Hetty was drawing those huge lines and runes in place one by one, Amber's figure emerged from the shadow of the nearby bushes, with a nervous expression on her face, she leaned over to Gawain and whispered: " Those monsters are already very close, half a day at most."
"I know, I guess it's about the same," Gao Wen nodded slightly, "Did they come along the expected route?"
"I almost walked on another road in the middle," Amber said with obvious fear, "Later, I boldly escaped from the shadow state for a moment, and then led them back to this road, but relatively , they're getting more aggressive now."
Gao Wen looked at Amber in surprise: "...how come you are so courageous this time?"
Hu Po curled her lips: "Tch, we've come to this point, what's the use of shrinking your head at this time, it's better to be reckless with you, maybe you can really live."
As she said that, she couldn't help but put her eyes on the mountain wall in front of her.
This high cliff is right next to the mountain path where the four aberrants had encountered the previous encounter. Below the cliff is the road that was walked at the beginning. The state of collapse may occur at any time, and there is only one road below the mountain path. When the aberrations pass by, they will inevitably form a crowded and long queue. When the mountain wall collapses, they will have no way of avoiding it. This is indeed a very good ambush location.
If there is a high-level magister here, he will definitely choose to blow up the mountain wall to kill those monsters. After all, for a powerful magister, it only takes an extremely effective explosion to collapse the rock wall. It's just a spell or a disintegration of the earth element.
But what wanted to do all this at this moment was a third-level low-level mage who couldn't even hit a Frostbolt, and a large group of ordinary people like stonemasons, peasants, and serfs.
This made Amber feel completely weird.
The translucent hand of evocation is moving on the rock wall, applying the alchemy potion mixed with mithril powder and amethyst dust as a paint on the surface of the stones, and many runes have been formed, which makes the entire mountain wall look like some It is as strange as a strange religious totem, and on the top of the cliff, you can also see the simple rope ladders and brackets used by the masons before, which are "construction traces" that have not been demolished in time and are not going to be demolished.
It is proof that ordinary people have participated in this incredible plan.
Not far away, the masons and apprentices are resting. They used up a lot of energy and courage to tie a few ropes to dig holes on the mountain wall. It is not an easy task, especially when the time is tight and the work must be done continuously. This is even more so, but they still completed this challenge, which even made Gao Wen feel a little unbelievable. He originally thought that this work would take more time, and the degree of completion could not catch up with his expectations.
But soon Gao Wen realized that this was not due to the sense of honor that the craftsmen and apprentices were inspired by, and most likely it had nothing to do with the desire to survive, but because the poor people of this era lived like this.
Is it difficult to tie a rope to dig a hole in the mountain wall? It's not much harder than fixing the spire of the lord's castle with a rope, or picking herbs from the cliff for the lord.
It is said that four hundred years ago, in some mountainous areas in the west of the Kingdom, serfs were not even allowed to tie ropes when they went to pick herbs, because the local ropes were even more expensive than the lives of serfs at that time.
Here, at least they have a rope tied to their bodies, and what they do is no longer just for the lord.