Chapter 163: Despair and Survival
The development of the war situation is probably not much different from everyone's expectations, but before facing reality, everyone has a little luck in the future. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info
Hopefully there will be some sudden turn, or some unexpected development, in short, it will not leave itself with such a dilemma, it will not really stop here, there will be other changes.
It's a pity that things are going almost as everyone expected, going down the worst line without change, and seeing that the reality meets their expectations is not easy at this time.
At noon the next day, the heaviest assault to date had just ended, and even though Karil was underground, it was as if she could hear the earth-shattering shouts of death in her ears from the slight tremor alone.
Kahlil didn't like it, and frankly, every time she saw it, it was a little creepy.
So in the morning, I knew that there was a fierce confrontation on the ground, and every slight vibration of the ground would make Kaliel feel uncomfortable for a while, and there was a kind of discomfort that seemed to be absent.
This made her progress unbelievably slow today, because she couldn't concentrate on it all the time. Every now and then, you'll wake up from your own world, and then spend a while re-engaging in research.
But fortunately, the state was good last night.,The progress is generally smooth.,Full play should be able to complete the first version of the design tomorrow.,If you have the conditions,,It's best to find a chance to make a beta version to try it out.,But Kahlil feels that according to the current rhythm on the ground.,It's probably a little difficult to find a chance to get a beta version out of it.。
It may even be a little difficult to get out of here with other people safe and sound.
Let's hope everything is reliable......
Kahlil put down the quill, and the ground shook again, not knowing what was going on above. Where the wood and stone slabs met on the roof, wisps of blue ash fell with the vibration, and sprinkled onto Kalil's workbench unbiasedly, and some of them threw themselves directly into the water glass next to them, mixing in the water and sinking.
"Unlucky...... I was just going to have a drink."
Kahlil shook the cup casually, letting the dust in the water rise, then poured it into the waste pool, set the cup aside, and vigorously blew the dust off the table.
All kinds of design drawings are scattered, covering all the places around Carlil that can put things, and from time to time some twisted metal devices are pressed on the drawings as test elements of the formation diagrams, blocking the surrounding water, anyway, with Carlil's own skills, it is probably impossible to go out of the room without stepping on the drawings without packing up things.
Today's raid had stopped since noon, and the ink fountain recorder had not left a visible trace since the great tremor just now, and the battle above should have stopped - of course, the reason for the halt was not that Sunderland had evacuated men, but that his own side had been torn apart.
When Kahlil was taking advantage of this opportunity to desert, according to the standard time of the day, the door of the alchemy room rang again, and the knock sounded in the same standard rhythm as usual, and then when Carlil didn't speak, Qing Xi pushed the door from the outside with something and walked in.
"Your lunch."
Qing Xi held a plate, and there was a few food on it, although it didn't taste very good, at least the portion was good.
However, the difference between today and yesterday is that after Qing Xi came in, he was followed by Angus with a tired face. Just as Kiyoshi placed the plate on the table next to him, which was still free, Angus stared at Karil with a pair of eyes.
The look quickly retracted, making Kahlil wonder if she had seen a hallucination, when in fact Angus had done nothing.
"Why are you here today?" Kahlil asked, stacking a few pieces of manuscript paper next to her, making room for the time being, taking her lunch from Kiyori's hand and placing it on the table.
Then the moment Qing Xi turned around, he found a little red on his cuffs. There is no doubt that it is bloodstained.
Kahlil didn't speak, but felt that since she could make Qing Ci have to take action, the actual battle might be a little more tragic than she thought.
"Well, come and see you" Angus found a seat and sat down, he had already changed the armor on his body, and went down to the ground in a rough shirt, a blood stain on his shoulder was cut straight, it should have been partially covered by the armor, leaving only a little spill on the shirt.
"Looks ...... Is the situation serious? Kahlil asked nonsense, she took a spoon and stirred it in the soup, but she didn't have the appetite to eat: "Is anyone else hurt?" ”
"No, at least, not yet, I mean, important people," Angus said, staying with Kiyoshi on the other half of the room, the paper surrounding Carlil like a halo of paper, leaving them at a loss to get off their feet, so they simply stayed far away on the other side.
"Now," Angus asked, "How's your research going?" ”
"It's not bad, if it goes well, the first version of the design will be released tomorrow, and this thing will allow your sword to cut through Sunderland's armor without much effort." Kahlil raised her eyebrows, although the atmosphere was not quite right, but she couldn't help but feel a little proud when she talked about research.
"That's good......" Angus nodded.
"What's the matter, just say it" Karil began to eat slowly, and now the appearance of these three people looks like some kind of death flag, such as the sudden appearance of a character who doesn't appear much in the film and television drama and is very emotional, that is probably that guy will hang up soon.
"We may not be able to last 24 hours," Qing Ci said directly, Angus and he squinted at each other, their expressions were quite complicated, and they didn't know what they were communicating.
Karil's spoon was in the air, and he spilled it out, and then put it in his mouth, saying, "No surprise, what is the situation now?" ”
Angus sighed and replied, "Most of our men are already quite tired, and after the morning attack, Sunderland must have understood this, and they were almost going to be on the fortress in the morning." ”
Angus glanced at the blood stains on the cuffs of the Qing Shrine.
"But for now?"
Carlil continued to ask, these were not the main reasons why Angus said these words, and that it was his habit to say that these should suddenly be some more obvious reasons.
"Well, it started to snow at noon, and now that the visibility outside is quite low and the wind is not light, Sunderland has temporarily abandoned the plan for the afternoon attack," Angus paused: "Their construction machinery is in place." ”
Carlil finally couldn't help but twitch the corners of her mouth, almost swallowing a mouthful of bread.
At this time, if the heavy weapons are in place, it can basically be announced that the game here is over......
"Not long ago......," Angus continued, "they used those things a little bit, and fired a heavy crossbow bolt at here, and the size of that arrow was ...... It's probably as long as the sword of the Qing Rite. ”
Angus casually pointed to Kiyo's saber, the hilt of which protruded from behind Kiyori's right shoulder, and the tip of the sword stabbed diagonally down the left side of his figure, almost reaching the ground.
"However, the heavy snow affected their deployment, and the crossbow bolt hit the base of the fortress wall, only shattering a layer of stone on the periphery, and if it was in the middle of the weak spot, it would probably not be a problem to penetrate the outer wall."
Kaliel listened to Angus as she ate, and she now understood why there had been a strong tremor just now, and why Angus had come down to look for her, which really tasted like the last supper.
If Angus knew that the siege crossbow could still be fired continuously, I am afraid that he would not even be in the mood to speak.
"The weather looks like this snow will end soon, and it will only last until tomorrow morning at the latest," Kiyoshi said, standing with his hands in front of him.
"And when the snow stops, it's time for Sunderland to attack"
Angus said calmly, everyone understands what this means.
"Eat it, tomorrow...... I'll come back to see you. He silently stood up from his seat, glanced at Karil again, turned around and walked out of the alchemy room, leaving Qing Ci and Karil in the room, not knowing what to say.
"Remember what I said"
After Qing Xi finished speaking, he also left the room.
Take me from here...... Is it?
Karil tossed the spoon in half a bowl of soup, pushed the plate forward, leaned hard against her chair, covered her cheeks with her hands, rubbed it vigorously, and then put it all away.
There is no mood to continue today, and the rest of the ...... Wait until it's safe to do it, anyway, if everyone can't keep it, there is no point in completing the design. In the afternoon, it's better to walk more. Maybe there is some way to turn around.
As the minutes passed, and the snow gradually decreased after nightfall, and everyone didn't close their eyes all night, Angus and Kiyori were standing on the high walls of the fortress with Kaliel, waiting for the dawn to come.
There's not much to look forward to.
The snow covered the entire fortress with a layer of white, temporarily covering the cracks in the rocks, and by daybreak the snow white would be stained a blood-red color.
"Go back." Angus said calmly: "Take your things back, and hope for them in the future." ”
After the loss of this place, the entry of the frontal troops of Sunderland into the territory of the country will be flat, and it is simply a logical thing to sweep through the territory of Skaloa, and if they withdraw now, where can they be withdrawn?
"If I can't do it, I'll take you away, maybe our people can surprise and be in place before Sunderland attacks?" Kahlil said, as she watched from a distance, with Sunderland's troops neatly positioned in front of the Ice Goddess Fortress. When the snow gradually stopped and the sky gradually cleared, you could even see their people walking in the distance. Farther away, some behemoths could be faintly seen, lined up in the distance, striking deadly attacks when needed.
"Don't be stupid, miracles don't happen when people need it most," Angus chuckled, and things were much easier now.
No...... We'll have it.
How is it possible to end the journey of this life here.
"It's just a miracle, we're going to have it."
Kahlil whispered as she looked into the distance.
"What?" Angus asked, but Karil's voice was too low to hear what was being said.
"There will be"
Karil said loudly.
Because she suddenly saw some unusual movement in the distance.
"There will be! Not everything has to be done by ourselves! ”
In the distance, the crowd in Sunderland was agitated.
"We can't wait for a miracle, but someone will try to create it for us......"
Sunderland's troops, as if by magic, let go of their immediate targets and retreated like a tide. (To be continued.) )