This is indeed big news.
Gao Wen sat there quietly, without much emotional fluctuation on his quiet face, but he was obviously lost in thought, while Victoria, who was standing beside him, subconsciously asked Amber for confirmation: "Wales has been crowned? Is the news reliable?"
"The news is reliable—our intelligence personnel in San Sunil City have been maintaining operations. They are much more reliable than your Royal Shadow Guards in this regard." Amber glanced at Victoria. "The details are not clear yet, but It can be confirmed that the coronation of the new king has temporarily stabilized the situation in the capital. At present, all the knights and corps of Saint-Sunil have sworn allegiance to the king. Silver Fort also announced the arrival of reinforcements, which made the residents in the city initially stable. Come down. All in all, the situation in the capital is improving—though only temporarily."
Gao Wen nodded while listening, and then looked at Victoria: "You said you know Wales, so did you expect this step?"
"This..." Victoria hesitated for a moment, then slowly shook her head, "This is beyond my expectations."
"Actually, I guessed a little bit," Gawain exhaled softly, "Saint-Sunil is a quagmire. You and I both know the code of conduct of those nobles. Even if news of reinforcements is sent to the city, they will still Different minds - there are not many options for Wales and Baldwin to take control of the situation."
"Is it… "
Victoria said softly, that face that seemed to be covered with a layer of frost forever concealed all her inner thoughts. No one knew what the Grand Duke of Ice was thinking at the moment, but everyone knew one thing clearly, the crowned king at this moment , has been placed on the cusp ahead of time, and the regent duke system that lasted for a century in Ansu has come to an end with this coronation.
Gao Wen didn't speak any more, just closed his eyes slightly, as if he was closing his eyes to rest his mind, but deep down in his mind, he recalled Cohen, the deputy head of the Royal Knights before the start of the Grand Wall project last year... Lauren's visit.
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The coronation of the new king stabilized the crumbling defense line of the capital, and also stabilized the order in the city that was about to collapse, but the encouragement of the hearts of the people could not change the difficulty of the battle situation—in this life-and-death defense battle, the situation of the defense line could only be resolved. It is getting worse day by day, and this is an irreversible trend.
The number of monsters is huge, seemingly endless, but the number of soldiers guarding the city is decreasing every day; monsters are tireless and fearless of death, but human will will continue to wear down; monsters don't worry about supplies or any loss, but Sansuni All the supplies in Ercheng are limited, and its shields and walls are not the palace of the legendary God of War, which can stand forever in the war—
On the fourth day, the attack of the crystal cluster giants suddenly intensified. An army of monsters wandering from the southeast of the Holy Spirit Plain was attracted by the front line and began to attack the eastern city wall of San Sunil. This unexpected impact almost broke the eastern wall The defense on the barrier, after a bloody battle, the knights and royal mages finally repelled the enemy's attack, but the price was that thousands of people were directly killed in a battle.
The corpses lifted from the city wall were not sent into the inner city, but burned directly at the foot of the city wall in the outer city. The thick smoke and pungent smell lingered in the outer city for a whole day, even overshadowing the "Trout Street" The famous taste that lasts all year round.
In a residential house near the fence in the inner city, a tall, thin man with a headscarf opened the door and walked into the house. He took off his coat and hung it on a hook on the wall, and raised his eyelids to look at the nearby table The companion behind: "The reserve team has been sent to the city wall. It is said that the shield is becoming more and more unstable. The attacks of those monsters often penetrate the shield and land on the city wall."
The tall and thin man's companion is a middle-aged man with a yellow face, thick hands and feet, and messy hair and beard. He is currently scratching his hair while fiddling with the machine on the table. Talent raised his head: "Director Amber sent information that they are approaching the river mouth near the corridor in the valley, and fought against the monsters there."
"... having definite news is better than anything else," the tall and thin man breathed out softly, "this period of time is really difficult."
The middle-aged man with thick hands and feet nodded in agreement, but before he could speak, a holy, fanatical aura that suddenly spread from the direction of the street interrupted their conversation.
The tall and thin man quickly approached the nearby window panels, and his eyes stuck to the gaps in the window panels. He saw a group of knights in white armor and white robes striding towards the city wall. A person's face is tattooed with tattoos full of sacred words and symbolic runes. The holy light visible to the naked eye shrouds the heads and shoulders of these knights. There is a certain fanatical expression on their faces, as if the next moment is not about to rush to escape from death The battlefield, but to go to the eternal kingdom of God.
The tall and thin man walked away from the window and said to his companion, "It's a knight of the Crusader...with tattoos all over his face."
"The Pope's inner court guard... Now even the reserve team of the Church of the Holy Light is on board," the middle-aged man with thick hands and feet said in a deep voice, "It seems that their life is not easy."
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Holy Light Cathedral, on a tall tower, Veronica stood in front of the window, watching the devout Holy Light Knights rushing to the battlefield led by two battle bishops, and sighed slightly.
In her field of vision, those devout and fanatical Holy Light Knights and the two bishops who led them to the city wall were all burning holy light torches. Although they were holy and bright, they were no longer human beings.
She left the window and looked back at another holy light torch standing beside her: "Sandy, go to the Great Hall of Light."
The priestess named Sandy immediately said: "You still need to rest, your loss in the last battle was too great."
Veronica shook her head: "When fighting for the Lord, a little fatigue is nothing."
In her field of vision, the holy light torch named "Sandy" immediately brightened, and she made a voice of approval: "You are right, let's go to the Great Hall of Light."
In the great hall of light, the holy light is shrouded, and the faint sound of holy and ethereal echoes endlessly in the air.
Pope St. Ivan III left his holy seat at this moment. This powerful Holy Light held the platinum scepter that symbolized the spokesperson of the gods. Although his extremely old body was bent, he still stood unwaveringly. In the center of the hall, the holy light that fell from the sky shrouded his head, condensing an illusion like a door, and around the Pope, the archbishops who were qualified to enter the Great Hall of Light were surrounding him.
The bishops were holding a special prayer ceremony. With their eyes lowered, they piously called for the response of the God of Holy Light. No one in the audience opened their mouths, but there were layers of prayers echoing continuously, and this All the prayers point to the door that gathers above St. Ivan III. During this continuous prayer, St. Ivan III closed his eyes slightly, pretending to be listening—he was in the chaotic and low Listening carefully to the whispering voice, carefully distinguishing, accepting the oracle from the God of Holy Light.
After the first prayer ceremony, St. Ivan III opened his eyes slightly and saw Veronica standing in front of him.
The "Saint Princess" entered the Great Hall of Light in the middle of the ceremony, but did not interrupt the ceremony, but waited quietly until now.
St. Ivan III spoke gently, with a strange resonance in his voice: "Veronica, the most devout child of the Lord, you are here."
Veronica lowered her head slightly, and did not stare directly at the Pope as usual: "Your Majesty, I have come to listen to God's will."
St. Ivan III nodded lightly, and a complex expression of excitement and solemnity appeared on the old face: "The power of evil is pressing every step of the way, the holy warriors sacrificed in large numbers, and the suffering people are praying Blessed by the Holy Light, the God of Holy Light can no longer bear to see this continue, He ordered me to prepare for the coming and resist the darkest moment."
After finishing speaking, the old pope paused, with a hint of compassion in his tone: "Mortals still need protection and guidance after all..."
Veronica bowed her head reverently, and after two seconds of silence, she said softly: "... Ah, it is true."
St. Ivan III smiled and nodded with satisfaction: "During the Advent Ceremony, the Great Hall of Light will be completely closed, and all lower-level priests and priests will not be allowed to enter. Veronica, you are the most devout child of the Lord, and you are also a god of communication. You are responsible for guarding the gate until the crisis is resolved."
Veronica kept her head down, and said gently and respectfully: "Yes, Your Majesty."
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In the depths of the endless ocean, beyond the blockade of storms and chaotic magic fields, on the "Io Continent" ruled by sea monsters, a huge facility is gradually taking shape.
This place is located in the eastern part of the Stranded Area of the Kraken King City "Antaveen". The wide and flat platform is facing the towering alloy wall of Antaveen. It is big enough to accommodate tens of thousands of sea monsters (mermaid form with a smaller footprint or sea snake form with a denser disk), and in the center of the square, construction machinery is combining a large number of alloy frames, machinery and equipment, and building materials into a data center. 100 meter high tower.
This tall tower has already taken shape, it looks like several layers of large and small shells surrounded by layers, the streamlined architectural structure has a unique beauty from the deep sea, and the sea blue decorative lines are clearly layered, dividing the tower into three sections The main structure, its base is thick and low, the tower body is tall and straight, and the top floor is a large sphere suspended in mid-air—the sphere is filled with undulating water light, as if it is formed by the condensation of pure water, but it is incredible. It maintained its shape without any signs of disintegration.
The deep-water technicians are busy around the tower, installing auxiliary equipment or debugging the various systems that are ready, while a woman wearing a sea blue dress with a graceful and luxurious temperament and a snake tail on her lower body is "standing" near the square On a huge boulder, watching the tower under construction.
A serpent-tailed female officer holding a trident climbed up the boulder and bent down in front of the Siren Queen Petiya: "Your Majesty, the elemental jumping tower will be ready within 24 hours, and then we only need to wait for the Western Continent An accurate positioning signal has been sent."
"Very well - everyone has worked hard."
"This is our responsibility," said the female officer, "but... building and activating the elemental jump tower is expensive, and we have paid for a chance to ignite the reactor."
It doesn't matter anyway—Petiya wanted to say that, but it seemed inappropriate for the queen to say this directly.
"The arcane energy extraction technology passed back by Tyr is enough to compensate for this loss," the Siren Queen said softly after a short thought, "not to mention that we may harvest a large amount of additional energy substances."
"... Yes, we have connected the energy pipeline of the energy storage unit here, and the equipment related to transformation, purification, and extraction has also been prepared, but whether the new food mentioned by Tyre meets the standard has yet to be verified."
"It doesn't matter, even if it can't be used to recharge the spaceship, at least it can be used to eat." Perthia is very open-or rather, the sea monsters have always been very open-minded, "It will make us more adaptable to this world." The environment is also good."
While talking, she turned her eyes to the distance again, watching another group of deep-water technicians manipulating construction machinery to install various protective equipment around the square, she said unhurriedly: "This time, in addition to paying attention to the dining order, Sisters have to be careful and safe, after all... the little biscuit is alive this time. The big squid that comes alive occasionally is hard to deal with, and the living little biscuit should be the same."
(Friendly recommendation of a friend's book, the theme of Xianxia, Dao Yigeng's "Everyman Fights the Sword to the River East", although the seedlings are still very young, but the books of the great author generally don't have to worry about the follow-up.)