That magical radiance is so bright, it looks like a huge pillar connecting the sky and the earth in the dimming sky at dusk, as long as it is a creature with vision, it is impossible to see it. Those on the wall of the Rock Fortress have been vigilant for the movement in the north. Soldiers are certainly less likely to ignore it.
An elite troop quickly left the fortress and followed the direction of the magic radiance into the wilderness on the edge of Pompeii. Before the radiance dissipated, they found the source of the unusual burst of magic power.
A "stone statue" made of rock and crystal stood upright in the wilderness, holding a long sword, facing east, and near the stone statue, the soldiers found a huge stone full of words.
The news was quickly sent to the Stone Fortress. Sir Walder Perici, the commander of the fortress, arrived at the scene before the sky was completely dark. The old knight looked at the scene in amazement—he recognized the face of the stone statue, because he I have seen that young face in some materials.
"This stone statue is... the Marquis of Belk Lauren?" Wald murmured incredulously, "This..."
At first, he subconsciously thought that it was indeed a stone statue, but he soon doubted it and had some terrible associations—he found that the stone statue was so lifelike that even every strand of hair and every fold of clothing was clearly visible , a series of crystal clear, still shimmering crystals are inlaid on the surface of the stone statue, as if growing out of the "skin" of the "stone statue", which looks frightening.
This reminded the old knight of some recent intelligence from the north.
And the handwriting on the boulder near the statue seemed to confirm his judgment.
After carefully looking at the engravings on the boulder, the reliable old knight immediately turned to his adjutant: "Knight Margarita, contact Grand Duke Gawain immediately!"
The emergency communication from Rock Fortress interrupted a regular communication between Gawain and Daniel. After listening to Knight Margarita's words, Gawain who was sitting in the study slowly took a breath.
The news from the deepest part of the northern polluted area... was delivered to him in the most unexpected way.
Belk Loren turned into a stone statue? What has he been through? How did he come to the Rock Fortress? Why did he have that transformation? All of this was confusing, but Gawain vaguely guessed some truths.
On the holographic projection next to the desk, a female knight with brown shawl hair is waiting for an order: "My lord, how should we deal with...the situation here?"
Gawain glanced at the holographic projection—behind Margarita, he saw the wilderness north of the Rock Fortress, a "stone statue" standing upright was quietly standing among the gravel and weeds, surrounded by magic spar lamps. Illuminated by the radiance, Gao Wen vaguely remembered the scene when he saw the other party last time in the face that had been turned into stone and covered with crystals.
"Check the 'Stone Statue' for residual contamination, characterized by mixed arcane energy and unstable life responses—if not, bring him back," Gawain ordered, not forgetting to remind, "be careful , don't hurt a bit."
Although he didn't know exactly what Belk had gone through, he could more or less guess something: a brave knight should not continue to be exposed to the wilderness.
After the communication ended, Gao Wen raised his head and looked at Amber who was standing next to him. The latter was still in a daze at this moment, and muttered softly: "The entire Eastern Realm Legion...is it really over like this?"
Gao Wen shook his head lightly: "I'm afraid it's not just the Eastern Border Legion that's gone."
Then he activated the magic network communication terminal again, and called the emergency line in the military area: "Philip, come to the Lord's Mansion."
The situation in some areas of the giant wood crossing has been clarified, and the current situation of the Eastern Front Legion has been clarified. Although further information from Solderin is needed to supplement and corroborate it, many things can already be started.
He didn't wait too long. Thirty minutes later, Betty's voice came from outside the study door: "Master! Knight Philip is here!!"
Philip, dressed in a knight suit, walked into the study room. After he entered the room, he first saluted Gawain, but before he could speak, the magic network communication terminal next to Gawain's desk suddenly lit up again, and at the same time, buzzed. beep.
"Wait a minute." Gawain waved his hand to Philip, signaling him to wait, and then turned on the communication device—judging from the special logo that appeared in the air after the magic network terminal was activated, this is an emergency communication with a high priority. , If it is not very important information, it will not be connected through this line.
The communication device was activated, and the holographic projection above the device quickly condensed a clear image. Solderin wearing a golden wig appeared in the image, with a serious face: "We have important progress here."
Gawain nodded: "Say."
"We have reached the edge of the polluted area and rescued a group of Royal Army soldiers who retreated from the north," Soldering reported clearly and quickly. The entire area has been polluted by the "Curse of Crystal Clusters", Boulder City has fallen, Earl Thorin died in battle, most of the main force of the Royal Army was wiped out, Duchess Victoria Wilder and her mountain army were trapped in the north, and the current situation is unknown. Part of the Royal Army's remnants headed northwest Breaking through, the current situation is unknown, there are a large number of crystal cluster giants forming an army, and they are moving in the direction of San Sunil."
"Soldiers of the Royal Army who retreated from the north?" Gawain's heart moved, but he suddenly thought of another piece of information he had just received, a warning from Belk Lauren, "You should check the blood of those people first..."
Although Solderling didn't quite understand, he carried out the order as soon as possible. Gawain got up and went to the Ansu map next to him, and marked and deduced on the map based on what Solderin had just reported.
Soon, the high-level rangers returned to the front of the holographic projection. Fortunately, the soldiers of the Royal Army rescued by the Iron Rangers did not show signs of infection.
"Who are those soldiers leading? How did they come to the southern part of the contaminated area?"
"A knight named Mitchell, he and the team he led were one of the teams that followed the large force to break out to the northwest, but the entire breakout team was ambushed by the 'Crystal Cluster Legion' near the Zishui River Valley, and the main force was cut off. Mitchell and his corps were also separated from the rest of the main force—with no hope of breaking out further north, they began to move south."
"Ambush by the Crystal Cluster Legion?"
"Yes, those cluster infected people... Although they seem to have turned into monsters, we found that they are still sane, but their thinking and cognition have been completely heterogeneous, and they regard normal living beings as enemies..."
Solderling and his Iron Rangers really gathered a lot of vital information.
In the next period of time, Gao Wen asked many more detailed questions about the north, about the "infected crystal clusters", and about the situation in the polluted area. Soldering also quickly and in detail the many information he collected along the way. report.
Gradually, the situation in the originally foggy Holy Spirit Plain finally became clear. Gao Wen quickly combined all the known information in his mind. On the satellite map overlooking Ansu, a large number of vague and unknown areas were obtained one by one. Fill and perfect.
Belk Loren brought information on the Eastern Border Control Area and the Eastern Border Legion, and Solderin got the first-hand information from the Royal Army. All the information was mutually confirmed and filled in completely. The main pollution zone, crystal clusters The distribution of the "monsters" and their many characteristics, the possible hiding places and escape routes of the survivors... are all brought together.
Gawain turned his head and looked at Philip who was standing in front of him with a serious face - this young knight was waiting for an order.
"The First Combat Corps and its affiliated Mechanized Corps—attack immediately, target, Holy Spirit Plain."
"yes!"
After thinking for a while, Gao Wen continued: "This time, I will also go out."
"Are you going to fight?" The first person to stare wide-eyed was not Philip, but Amber standing beside Gawain, "Aren't you..."
The disgrace of the elves abruptly cut off the topic halfway through her speech. At least she restrained herself from saying the words "the result of the last expedition resulted in a sudden death on the spot, which left a psychological shadow", but her staring eyes Obviously, the content of what was in his mind had been fully exposed.
"The situation is different," Gao Wen could guess what Amber wanted to say, but this time he was not angry, he just smiled lightly, "In the current situation, only by doing our best to ensure the victory of the war can we have a future and hope."
Then he paused and sighed slightly.
"The kingdom has turned into an unresolved mess after all - and it's time for me, the guy who climbed out of the coffin, to clean it up for them."
Ten minutes later, Philip left the Lord's Mansion. He was going to the military area, summoned his adjutants and staff, reorganized all the information and worked out a more complete and practical marching plan before heading north. Amber also left the Lord's Mansion. She To arrange a series of affairs for the Military Intelligence Bureau, to ensure that all matters such as wartime intelligence and rear public opinion are in order, Gao Wen left his study and came to Tyre's room—
Miss Siren is not soaking in her favorite big pool at this moment, but is entrenched on the west side of the room, occupying a huge space round after round. When the door opens, she is shaking the tip of her tail slightly , humming an unknown song.
That is not a sound that humans can make. The tune of the ballad is mixed with a lot of ethereal reverberations and harmonies like waves. It sounds beautiful and mysterious, but there seems to be a richer frequency beyond the frequencies that can be recognized by the human ear. , A complex sound range that only the people of the deep sea can hear.
Gao Wen came to discuss matters with this sea monster, he did not expect that the other party not only did not sleep, but was even singing—to be honest, it is really rare for her to do something that fits the racial identity of a "sea monster", so that Gao Wen Wen Du couldn't help but ask, "Can you still sing?"
"I'm a siren, is this our instinct?" Tire poked the floor with the tip of his tail, and expressed his dissatisfaction with Gawain's question in a voice of "do-do-do", and then asked curiously, "So you have something to do with me? Look at your serious face... I'm afraid it's not a small matter."
Gao Wen nodded, and got straight to the point: "I would like to know more about the situation you mentioned last time that the smell of 'food' was sensed in the northeast direction."
"Ah..." Tire sighed softly, the winding snake tail slid on the floor, and his body moved a little bit in front of Gawain, "It seems that the matter is really serious..."
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In the deepest part of the fortress of rebellion, beyond the border of the material world, beyond the shadow realm that mirrors the real world, next to the fortress of rebellion in the shadow realm, a huge corpse is as silent as it has been for thousands of years in the past.
The giant deer as towering as a hill is quietly suspended among the broken floating islands and gravel, and countless twisted metal wreckages criss-cross to block the space around this god corpse. Around the giant deer, a layer is full of holy, powerful The light of the feeling seems to be floating slightly as if it will never be extinguished, and farther away, most of the ancient magic devices with a history of thousands of years inside and outside the rebellious fortress have been extinguished, leaving only the faint light of the runes slowly flickering in the darkness , accompanied by the three-thousand-year-old body of the giant deer Amoen.
This constant state of silence seemed to last forever.
But suddenly, a change happened—
On the huge god corpse, dim light slowly flowed, and the closed eyes of the giant deer Amoen quietly opened a little.
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