Chapter 162: Dilemma
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It's really a very unpleasant thing for me to be looked at like this by the other side, although the guy in Red Lotus still sleeps to death as soon as he can sleep, but a person like Angus who is obviously more normal in thinking is a little uncomfortable.
For Kaliel, it's okay to protect a few people, although it won't help in the long run, but at least there is no sense that life and death are close at hand, and sleeping at night or something, except for some dissatisfaction with the bed, there is actually no problem.
It was only a little unexpected, and just after dawn the next day, Sunderland launched an attack on the fortress. Although it was only a small tentative attack, it still made the hearts of the people on Angus's side hang.
This attack came and went quickly, a small force relied on the equipment advantage and the assistance of the magician's buff, suddenly attacked the fortress from the flank, with the help of the ladder and the feather fall, the mobility of the small force was very good, and after a few tentative contacts with each other, they quickly retreated, leaving no substantial damage on either side, and Angus was not easy for people to chase, so he could only cause them a little trouble with arrows and small magic from a distance.
Fortunately, although the flanks are relatively easy to climb, the space on the flanks does not allow the troops to attack in a big way, and it is really a very stupid act to let the army climb the snowy mountains, and the snow alone can cause them a lot of trouble, let alone how vulnerable they are to attack on the snowy mountains.
The avalanche last time still firmly made Sunderland have a long memory, and now it is obvious that the troops stationed in the army are three points vigilant about the environment, which makes the people of Red Lotus go out a few times, but they have not reaped any substantial benefits from them, and they are a little unhappy.
There was nothing Kahlil could help with now, and she handed over everything to Angus and Moulton, including Red Lotus, who also entrusted her with the work of strengthening the defenses, at least in case Sunderland really couldn't think of it, and if she used the advantage of forces to hard-stack the fortress, she couldn't let them take the fortress down so easily.
Although in all fairness, if Sunderland is really willing to cut his body, his side may not be able to defend it. However, judging from the other party's style of acting, the leader is not like such a grumpy person.
Kahlil hid in the underground alchemy room alone to continue her research, except that someone would come to bring her something during meal time, and it was usually forbidden for anyone to disturb her, and even at night she had to toss and crawl out of the alchemy room very late, and if she caught up with the red lotus vigil at night, she could go up and talk to her.
However, on the first day, the news of Xanderland's action still reached Carlil's ears, and at noon, Qingci brought some rough food down to feed the foxes nested in the study, as the first rest time since the morning, Karil finally decided to temporarily slow down what he was doing, and chat with Qingci by the way.
First, Karil was really a little hungry, and secondly, she felt that Qingci didn't say a word after sending a meal, which seemed a little rude.
But when Kahlil put down the spoon and was about to speak, Qing Xi took the initiative to say: "The people of Sunderland rushed once in the morning. ”
One sentence made Kayl's spoon stop in his hand for a moment.
"Rush?" She quickly came back to her senses, took a sip of vegetable soup and asked, "How many people and how." ”
If it's a serious problem, it's impossible for me to sit here and chat calmly with Qing Ci now, so although I heard that there was an attack, it's obviously not a serious problem, and you can chat easily.
"Not much, a small team, from the northeast side, is well prepared, but the contact between the two sides is not intense, and the other side quickly withdraws without too many losses." Qing Xi said unhurriedly.
He wasn't there at the time, but after listening to Honglian's chatter, he could basically analyze the key to the matter.
"Well prepared?" Kahlil asked, staring at the contents of her plate.
Although it is very inhumane to struggle with food at this juncture, Karil still has to complain inhumanely that the food has been getting worse and worse recently......
"Weapons beyond the norm, with a large number of buff spells, and agility - Red Lotus's statement." Qing Xi shrugged his shoulders, indicating that he was not present, but just relaying Red Lotus's words.
And if you can make Red Lotus say that she is agile, it must be really agile.
"What do you think?" Kahlil asked, frowning as she chewed.
"Temptation" Qing Xi replied without hesitation: "Can we be sure that the other party has no siege weapons for the time being?" ”
"That's probably fine."
Because if there is, there is no need to test it at all, and it can basically be over by hitting it head-on.
"So they didn't intend to let us go while waiting for backup, so what reason did they want to...... Or have to end this fight as soon as possible, so to speak, what do you have to guess. Qing Xi asked easily, as if it was homely.
The reason for the need to end the fighting as soon as possible.
As Kahlil recalled in her mind, all the situations on the other side, an idea popped into her mind.
"There's really a ......," Karil replied, "their second force...... The later one, which does not get enough heating to stay here for a long time, is the best option, if not a quick fix...... In the case of the delay in the arrival of follow-up weapons, it may be better for them to attack head-on. ”
This is not a result that Carlil wants to see, the other party is really willing to lose the battle, and he will not be better.
"Hmm......" Qing Ci nodded, paused and said, "That's enough, you can finish your lunch quickly, and I'll help you deliver the cutlery." ”
Either way, there's no reason why you can't get along with your own lunch. Whether or not Sunderland couldn't think of it, he had to finish it quickly, even though it was a little unpalatable now. The hard barbecue jerky nearly knocked out Karil's teeth, though it tasted slightly better than it did.
"When you go up, remember to remind Angus, just say that Sunderland is likely to launch several attacks of varying degrees in these days, be careful, if the other party catches a flaw, we may not be able to wait even three days." Kahlil stood up, dropped the plates together, and pushed forward.
"Of course," Qing Xi consciously packed all these things in his hands: "Actually, he has already done it now." ”
Of course, it's best......
Kahlil stretched and buried herself in the workbench after the Qing Ritual had left the alchemy room.
From the afternoon onwards, as he had guessed, Sunderland had tried the fort's defenses from various angles at every opportunity, and had used all kinds of means to make Angus's nerves collapse every moment as if they were about to break, without the slightest relaxation. In the evening, the opponent's attacks became more frequent, and there was no room for relaxation.
It's just that none of this can affect the sleepy Carlil's rest at night, even though almost everyone in the entire fortress is nervously mobilizing, Karil still sleeps in the bed, and occasionally a small vibration can't disturb her sleep at all.
Until she woke up the next morning, regained enough energy, and silently burrowed into the underground alchemy room alone.
There are actually many ways to crack Raymond's refining array, but many conditions limit Karil's design, which can not be too complicated to affect the cost and yield, and not too simple to affect the use effect, in addition to invalidating the opponent's refining array, Karil also hopes that it is best to form restraint and form unconventional damage when attacking, so that Scarloa's side can gain a certain advantage.
But in this way, it became extremely difficult to design such a thing, and it took a whole day for Karil to get a prototype of what was originally a simple matter.
There is still a long way to go before the design is complete.
Today's attack is obviously much more violent than yesterday's, Karil dropped an ink fountain against the wall, yesterday there was not much movement of this thing, and today it is obvious that a lot of ink has fallen, faithfully recording the underground vibration, because the alchemy room is arranged underground, it is easy to collect the shock waves that are transmitted.
Then when Kaliel thought that the soldiers and horses on the ground were fighting back and forth, she felt that this small room located underground had an inexplicable oppression, as if it was an isolated space, and sometimes there was even the idea that it was better not to go out and get rid of all the difficulties above.
Fortunately, it was just a small distraction, and Karil shook her head and drove out this unreliable idea. And Qing Xi also knocked on the door at this point in time.
Well, in that case, let's just take a break.
Karil put down her quill and whispered, "Come in." ”
Today's food is not much different from yesterday's, except that the barbecue jerky seems to have been selected, and it is slightly better than yesterday's, at least it doesn't look so toothy.
"The situation above does not look promising."
Qing Xi put down the plate, and then took the initiative to say, which made Karil feel a little strange.
"What's wrong?" She didn't pick up the fork, but asked Qing Ci first, although her tone was not much different from usual, but Karil was still keenly aware of the subtle difference.
"Hmm...... In all fairness, there are no high hopes for war with Scaloa and Sunderland. Qing Ci replied, saying that this sentence was much more serious than before.
Of course...... Actually, that's what I think.
Kahlil shook her head slightly, leaned back in her chair, let her tail hang behind the chair, and ignored lunch for the time being, but asked Qing Xi seriously: "Tell me straight, what do you want to do." ”
"I don't think you will forget the pact we made." Qing Xi said, he stood upright.
"Of course." Karil nodded.
"Then you should be able to understand that there is no reason to meddle in the war between the two countries," he paused, and continued: "I have accepted the contract only to protect your personal safety, which means that in the event of a loss or something worse, I am only responsible for protecting you from here, and I will do so, I think you can understand." ”
Kahlil looked at him for a long time without speaking, and then sighed for a long time and said, "I see what you mean, it's just...... Has the above developed to this extent? ”
"I think you can understand the situation better than I do." Qing Xi replied seriously.
"Okay then......" Kahlil nodded, Qing Xi wouldn't care too much, and he also understood that one person couldn't change the entire battle situation after all, and he had nothing more to ask of him, what the two sides agreed on was just to protect themselves in the final analysis.
"I hope that in the future, today will prove that your emphasis this time is superfluous."
"I hope so, too"
Qing Xi nodded slightly. (To be continued.) )