The stonemasons and apprentices sat on the ground to rest, watching with envious and awe-inspiring eyes the magic-guiding materials rise into the air under the guidance of Hetty's magic power, and were accurately drawn on the surface of the stone wall, while a huge translucent hand Assisting at the side, remove the vines that affect the drawing of the magic circle or adjust the subtle rune lines, or inlay mana crystals and other amplification materials on key nodes, and in the gaps between the runes in this magic circle, It was the cavities and pores they had dug out before, and they were filled with shiny crystal "grit".
In their eyes, those fine crystals whose average size is only the size of a grain of rice are indeed similar to "gravel".
These exhausted people still don't realize what they are participating in. They don't even know Gawain's plan to blow up the rock wall. They are just working here according to the lord's order, but Amber looked at these people, But a strange feeling arises spontaneously.
Except for the final drawing of the detonation circle, most of the whole process was actually done by ordinary people. The serfs in the kiln area fired the crystals, and the Magic Net No. 1 used to charge the crystals was also made by ordinary craftsmen. It was built. Although Rebecca participated in the design of the magic net, she did not use any extraordinary power during the whole process. Afterwards, the folks transported the crystal here, and the stonemason cut holes in the rock wall and filled them with crystals...
In fact, if it is not necessary to draw the magic circle on the rock wall, and due to the limited time, even the work of drawing the magic circle can be done by ordinary people, as long as they can ensure that all the runes are drawn in the right places, and at the key points It is enough to install the magic materials on it correctly. Although it requires some knowledge and skills, it does not require any extraordinary power. Amber believes that even civilians in the territory can master these after learning and training.
As for how people without mana can activate this magic circle... Rebecca has already made a rune trigger, and this rune trigger has been proved to be able to operate on the detonation circle. Even if there is no rune trigger, the "Magic Net One" in the territory has already realized the ability to supply external energy. As long as the charging route of the Magic Net No. 1 is extended, ordinary people can detonate this set, which is called by Gao Wen. "Large art" stuff.
It is true that this process is far more complicated and difficult than the great magisters snapping their fingers, but even considering the possibility of this process being realized, Amber shudders a little:
A group of ordinary people who have no ability to cast spells can use this "magic device" to blow up the entire cliff...
Thinking about it, she couldn't help but feel strange when she looked at Gao Wen: This strange man who doesn't look like a noble at all...does he know what he is doing
But after thinking about it for a short while, Hu Po's remaining serious energy was exhausted. She clapped her hands, looked up at the sky, and found that it was not time for dinner, so she turned around and disappeared. In the depths of the shadows.
She still needs to continue to monitor the movement of the mutants and send their information back here at any time. The task is still important.
On the other side, on the mountain pass on the southwest side of the camp and on the mountain path into the mountain, two knights, Philip and Byron, were accompanying Rebecca, doing something they had never done before.
Command his men to lay traps on the ground, a trap that will explode.
The soldiers and the recruited civilians were responsible for digging the pits, and Rebecca led the craftsmen to place the "landmines" in place, because as long as the rune trigger was placed on the magic circle, those crystal particles that seemed harmless to humans and animals would be destroyed. It will become a dangerous thing enough to break mountains and rocks, so each rune trigger is adjusted and placed in place by Rebecca herself, and in order to prevent unscrupulous guys from accidentally touching the mechanism, Rebecca is still in every rune trigger. A red stone is placed next to the trap to mark it.
Yes, I made a mark, this is completely inconsistent with the basic professional ethics of planting landmines, but it doesn't matter, it's just bullying those aberrants who have no brains...
Knight Philip looked at his soldiers sprinkling thin soil on the surface of a placed wooden box with a strange expression, and then glanced at the other people who were digging a hole not far away in full swing, and finally couldn't help but mutter to Byron: "Isn't this... a bit inconsistent with chivalry?"
"Not in line with chivalry? You mean digging traps?" The gray-haired middle-aged knight glanced at the young talent, "Then what do you think about chivalry?"
Philip put his hands on the hilt of his sword solemnly: "A knight should confront the enemy dignifiedly, arm himself with bravery and justice, challenge the most powerful enemy head-on, defend the people and the land, and if he wins, he will return with honor. If you fail, you will bury your bones...instead of digging traps here."
Byron waved his hands without waiting for the other party to finish speaking: "Stop, stop, you really can't get rid of this problem, you are as young as an old believer. Don't forget, these traps were ordered by the Duke, he is a knight among knights , a hero among heroes, the codes of chivalry in various countries are even formulated based on him, do you think the things he arranges are not in line with the spirit of chivalry?"
Philip was already entangled in this matter, but when he heard it, he became even more entangled: "So I can't figure it out either."
"In my opinion, this is quite in line with the spirit of chivalry," Byron touched his chin, and began to use the eloquence cultivated in the mercenary period to spread a set of fallacies and heresies, "We dug a hole here dignifiedly, this is the same as The Juma on the battlefield is as dignified as the armor on your body, and then we are also going to challenge the most powerful enemy! Look at this pit full of ground, the monster that can come out of it must be the strongest guy , Only such a guy will run to the last line of defense to fight us, and those who can't even get through these pits are all weak, and fighting the weak will insult the spirit of chivalry... "
Philip thought about it carefully, and looked at Byron with some doubts: "According to what you mean, these traps are for identifying real powerful enemies?"
Byron nodded: "That's almost what it means."
Philip thought about it again: "I always feel that you are talking nonsense."
Byron laughed, and turned to tell the craftsmen who were placing the "landmines": "Pour some rocks or something on top of this, as long as you don't press the mechanism. I have seen the scene when these things explode, if there are stones in the pit It's even more powerful when it explodes..."
Rebecca's eyes lit up immediately: "Oh! It's okay?!"
"Of course," Byron smiled, "Don't underestimate the wisdom of mercenaries and the justice of knights."
"Then wait a minute, I'll let people bury those rotten copper and iron taken out of the mountain into the trap..."
The half-ordained knight and the viscountess whose head was caught by the door looked at each other and smiled, reaching a tacit understanding, colluding together, working hand in hand...
Knight Philip, who witnessed the whole process, let out a long sigh.
After several hours, everything was finally arranged, and all soldiers and civilians withdrew to the camp.
Gao Wen also withdrew.
Those monsters are already very close. According to Hu Po's report, they are approaching the first trap in the north of the mountain.
Once they begin to sense the breath of living people and active magical energy, they will turn from a slow wandering state to a frenzy, and rush towards the largest human settlement within the range of perception.
The layout of the camp has been completed, and a large area from the western mountain pass to the camp seems to be a completely unobstructed open space. After crossing this open space, there are temporary wooden fences and wooden thorns. The effect of the aberrations is almost negligible, probably at most it slows down their movements.
Armed knights and soldiers behind the fence are the camp's last line of defense.
Gawain stood with the camp guards. Beside him was Rebecca, who was holding his staff tightly and looking nervous. Behind him were two knights, Byron and Philip. Other soldiers and militiamen were guarding with swords and shields. Since the monsters at the south gate of the camp had almost no thinking ability and did not know the tactics of detours, as long as the gate facing the dark mountain was guarded, it was equivalent to guarding all defense lines.
That's probably the only good thing about fighting aberrations.
"Are you nervous?" Gao Wen noticed that Rebecca had taken a deep breath for the third time, so he asked casually.
"A little bit," Rebecca squeezed out a smile, "strange, I wasn't nervous when I fought them last time..."
"Because you didn't have time to be nervous at that time, but this time you knew they were coming three days in advance. Waiting is the scariest thing in this world." Gawain shook his head with a smile, "But don't be afraid, you have to Believe in the power of those crystals that you created."
Rebecca nodded, but then shook her head again: "But I haven't been very reliable in everything I've done since I was a child..."
Gao Wen hurriedly coughed twice and covered it up: "Ahem, don't say it here, it will shake the morale of the army."
Why is this child's iron problem always bad
But obviously, the soldiers around didn't pay attention to what their lord and the previous lord were saying.
They just watched the mountain pass, waiting for the moment when the "thunder" burst as the lord said.
On the dark mountain range, the only way to the mountain pass, Hetty stood alone on a protruding boulder at the top of the rock wall, quietly looking at the winding natural mountain path below.
She could already smell the foul breath of those monsters.
The air around her was slightly distorted, and Amber's figure emerged from the shadows. The half-elf lady's expression was unprecedentedly serious: "They are here."
Hetty nodded slightly, and looked towards the end of the mountain road below.
A filthy mist rises there, plants wither and fall in the mist, and giant-like monsters of flesh and blood come out of the mist, one, two, three... more and more.
Hetty dissipated the concealing spell cast on her body, and in an instant, the aura of a living person and the active magic energy were all revealed. In the eyes of those monsters from the magic tide, these two auras were as brilliant as fire in the dark night eye-catching.
The monsters that were still swaying slowly "woke up" in an instant. They let out a chaotic and crazy roar, and then they sped up suddenly like a pack of hyenas that smelled blood, and swooped towards Hetty's direction.
Those huge figures started running wildly on the mountain path, and Amber felt goosebumps in an instant, but Hetty just watched this scene quietly. She stood at the magic power injection point of the detonation circle, but did not take any action. any action.
"So... so close!" Amber whispered nervously.
"Not yet." Hetty just shook her head, "The more we bury here, the less pressure they will face, so wait."
Amber grabbed Heidi's arm, and at the same time, half of her body was gradually blurring: "Okay, I'll wait for your signal, as long as you detonate it, I will immediately pull you in!"
Hetty nodded slightly, raised her hand, and released the simplest flash technique in the direction of those monsters.
The most basic spells caused more obvious mana fluctuations, and those monsters swarmed even more frantically. They pushed and shoved, crowded together, like a deformed monster formed by a mass of blood and mud, rushing to the mountain road with hands and feet. In the middle, he even began to try to climb the cliff where Hetty was standing.
Hetty activated the magic circle under her feet without hesitation, and pulled Amber's arm: "Go!"
The two figures instantly disappeared into the surging shadows.
The magic circle on the rock wall emitted a dazzling white light, and detonated countless "mana crystals" buried in various places on the rock wall a second later.
It was like thunder.