black forest.
Regarding this belt-shaped forest located at the southern foot of the Dark Mountains and adjacent to the wasteland, Ansu folks have countless versions of legends and stories. For example, every tree in the forest is transformed from the victims who failed to escape the wasteland. For example, there is a passage leading to a chaotic world buried underground in the Black Forest. For example, the entire Black Forest is actually a huge monster with evil wisdom. , completely destroy the civilized world created by mortals...
But Gawain knew that the birth of the Black Forest was actually not that complicated.
It used to be just an ordinary dense forest, located on the border of the Gondor Empire, blocking the mountains and wilderness in the north.
It was the power of chaotic mana that turned a harmless and fertile forest into a restricted area of life today.
The power of the magic industry is forcibly opening up a wide avenue from this restricted area of life.
The hideous and twisted demonized trees grow wantonly on the barren land, and the tall and dry crowns weave a strange web in the sky. The unique thin mist in the black forest floats slightly and slowly creeps very close to the ground. The vines and shrubs carefully hide themselves in the mist, as if they are waiting for an opportunity to prey on the victims who accidentally enter their hunting range, and between the shrubs and the mist, those demonized creatures with festering flesh and blood that are already between life and death Creatures are also dormant, quietly waiting for prey to enter their hunting circle.
There are outsiders in the forest, the fresh breath of life spreads in the mist, and the predators are getting excited.
Then, the sharp whistling sound broke the Black Forest's rule of "hunting for opportunities".
Powerful heavy-explosive grenades and field artillery shells fell from the sky, and the impact of the explosions shredded the mist, as well as the predators hidden in the mist. The towering ancient trees shook and fell in the continuous explosions. Wriggling poison ivy panicked as it attempted to burrow into the ground and was caught in deadly heat and shockwaves before escaping.
The surviving monsters roared in the smoke and dust, and those who had a little reason began to flee crazily, while those who lost their minds instinctively rushed to the direction of the threat, and in the smoke and dust, the dense scorching rays and lightning bolts shot quickly. Stopped their last charge.
The heavy infantry wearing heavy armor and carrying continuous-firing heat ray guns or lightning generators advanced step by step, and stayed at the edge of the visible range, suppressing all possible counterattacks in the smoke with intensive firepower Strength, while the Iron Rangers carrying grenade launchers interspersed among these heavy infantry, using powerful grenades to clean up those corners where the magic power reacted most strongly.
After a period of intensive shooting, the magical reactions observed by the soldiers' tactical eyepieces went out one by one, and the hoplites immediately dispersed to the sides and retreated, while the taller and more armored white knights carried With a heavy burner, he walked forward with heavy steps.
"Purify in the name of the Holy Light!"
A deep and majestic roar came from under the captain's helmet, and the white knights immediately activated their respective heavy-duty burners. The front ends of these weapons, shaped like flat cylinders and connected by rune drag chains and the white knight's armor, immediately sprayed out jets that lasted several hours. The ten-meter flame burned everything within the sight range of the knights.
The most basic "grease technique", combined with the burning hand and the blessing of the wind element, the flames formed can almost burn all organic matter. If the opponent is a transcendent and can use protective spells, then the effect of these burners will definitely be greatly reduced, but if it is used to clean up "organic waste", then there is nothing better than these heavy burners.
There are outsiders in the forest, the smell of iron and fire spreads in the mist, and the predators are... approaching eighth maturity.
"Continue to advance!! The Holy Light blesses your burner to continue to advance!!"
Under the effect of the squad leader's "Holy Light Encouragement" (shouting version), the white knights continued to move forward, and kept burning areas where threats might remain, while the heavy infantry followed closely behind, using their respective The firepower performs the tasks of cover and coordinated advancement, and the Iron Ranger fighters who have completed the fire support mission quickly move around the formation, using their most advanced tactical goggles and well-trained detection techniques to provide vigilance for the entire team.
The soldiers cooperated skillfully, had a clear division of labor, and advanced extremely quickly. Obviously, this was not the first time they had done this.
There is no doubt that performing tasks in the Black Forest is the best training for these soldiers.
Behind the soldiers, multi-purpose tanks and towed artillery began to move forward. These tanks will become the vanguard of the team again at the next point of advancement, and will carry out the next round of fire bombing with their own weapons. The next stage of "cleaning" and "purification" is carried out in the area, and this cycle repeats, so that the road continues to extend forward until it reaches the end of the Black Forest and enters the wasteland.
Gawain was sitting in a chariot, watching the white knights using heavy burners and setting fires everywhere while shouting the slogan of the Holy Light, he couldn't help sighing: "To be honest, at this point...their means It really has nothing to do with Holy Light..."
"Didn't Wright say that the most important thing is faith," Amber sitting next to him said casually, "In other words, as long as you claim that the holy light protects you, even if the baked potatoes that come out of your cannon are still holy light the will of…”
"I don't think Wright's 'faith' means that..." Gawain glanced at Amber, and then couldn't help sighing, "But having said that, these burners are really useful..."
Amber blinked her eyes, looked at the flames and smoke rising in the distance, and couldn't help shrinking her neck: "I just think it's scary... this kind of weapon... and only Rebecca can rub out a few fireballs. Guys with ten colors and shapes can think of it. And to be honest, using this kind of fire-breathing thing in the forest really won't cause an out-of-control fire?"
"This is the Black Forest, which is different from normal forests." Gawain shook his head with a smile, reminding Amber to pay attention to the distance, "Of course the burner can't be used in the forest casually, but you didn't notice...the ones burning here Will the flame go out soon?"
Amber noticed that the fire field created by the white knights did not spread outwards, and the burning flames on the ground would soon be extinguished. She couldn't help being a little surprised: "Really... how did it happen?"
"The chaotic magic energy environment in the black forest prevents the fire from spreading. The flames ejected from the burner are made by magic. Although it can indeed cause a natural fire, the premise is that its magic reaction must last long enough. However, in this place, Most magical reactions can't last too long unless it can get a steady supply of magic power."
"...The Black Forest is such a strange place," Amber scratched her hair, "No wonder you insist on using this method of blowing up everything to open the way. In this weird environment, after a regular team of extraordinary people goes deep, I'm afraid it will be destroyed in a matter of minutes." Gone."
Gao Wen smiled, but did not answer.
Blowing up everything is the only way to deal with the Black Forest, but to achieve this method, the premise is that there must be enough force.
In order to deal with the threat of the wasteland and to fight against potential enemies in the future, he has never slacked off on "force". There are not too many powerful firepower for weird and unpredictable distortions.
Cecil's weapon design department has never stopped research and development. While "big projects" such as magic vehicles, magic network communicators, and magic trains are making continuous progress, the equipment in the hands of soldiers is actually improving rapidly. with.
For the early days of the magic guide era, the birth and development of many things are actually "the presence or absence of ideas". Without ideas, a new thing, or even a whole field, will be blank, and as long as there are ideas, then this Things in the field will develop like a blowout.
After the success of the thermal energy ray gun, the technicians discovered a "key idea", that is, "as long as the low-level magic in the traditional sense is used properly, combined properly, and then mass-produced, it will exert an astonishing effect." ".
This idea is called "minimalist and practical idea" by Gao Wen, that is, under the premise of controlling the cost and system complexity, arrange and combine stable and reliable basic spells as much as possible to achieve the highest possible practical effect.
Low cost, high stability, mass production.
Based on this idea and the thermal energy ray gun, a series of weapons with the general-purpose magic terminal as the carrier and the low-level offensive spell substrate as the core were quickly designed. By replacing the modules in the magic terminal, the soldiers The offensive methods can be not limited to scorching rays, acid arrows, lightning bolts, ice bombs, and even weak healing and auxiliary spells. As long as the energy level meets the requirements and is compatible with the basic structure of the magic terminal, then it can be realized.
The heavy-duty burner in the hands of the white knights is something that Rebecca has tinkered with not long ago, and it is also an extension of this "minimalist and practical idea".
In those new weapons, Rebecca and her technicians stuffed the rune substrates of Grease and Burning Hand, and used the "Blessing of the Wind Element" to increase the spray range of Grease. Facts have proved that this A design that works surprisingly well.
The combination of three basic spells creates a powerful weapon of war.
Gao Wen didn't mind that these weapons were just some "arrangement and combination of inferior spells", for him, it was enough that these things were easy to use.
On the 40th of Harvest Moon, the Pathfinder forces burned the last trees on the southern border of the Black Forest.
The entangled poisonous vines and ancient trees were reduced to ashes, and the monsters corrupted by the magic power of chaos gradually turned into smoke floating in the air. On the land where the white knights walked, the magic flames generated by the heavy burners were quickly extinguished in the chaotic magic environment. When the smoke and dust gradually dissipated, the scene at the end of the forest instantly became open.
The endless plain of corruption stretches ahead, and the huge light curtain of the magnificent wall connects the sky and the earth in the distance.
Accompanied by the sound of mechanical devices running, specially modified magic vehicles that can adapt to the complex road conditions of the wasteland drove out of the forest area and came to the scorched earth polluted by the magic tide.
Gawain got out of the car and set foot on this barren land. He saw that several elves including Sonia had already left the convoy earlier than himself, and they were waiting for him at the front.
The elves are the "technical guides" in the process of repairing the barrier, so they naturally have to follow along.
After Gawain approached, Sonia said with emotion: "We have finally walked out of that black forest. Walking through such a profane and twisted forest is really torture for elves."
A high-level ranger couldn't help but said: "That's true, but fortunately with those cars, there is at least a layer of crystal and steel between us and that fallen forest."
"Yeah, magic devices..." Sonia glanced at Gawain, "I have to admit that the things you have led humans to tinker with are really good. But I think you'd better use the so-called heavy incendiary with caution." Especially in the forest. The black forest is okay, if you use them to burn a healthy forest... First of all, I personally don't accept it emotionally."
"Set fire to the mountain, and you will be imprisoned to wear this sentence is written in the Cecil Civilization Convention," Gawain spread his hands dumbfounded. He knew that Sonia, who is an elf, would sooner or later see that thing. Saying this, "Don't worry, we are not lunatics who only know how to destroy."
While talking, he was still a little bit emotional: the elves like Sonia would instinctively murmur after seeing the burner, but Solderin, who is also a genuine elf, didn't feel it at all after touching the burner for the first time. A similar reaction, in fact he was quite excited...
I'm afraid that guy has been traveling in the human world for too long, and he has forgotten that he is a child of the forest...