Chapter 171: Next Steps
"What the hell is going on?" As soon as Fang Yu came to the bottom of the tower, he found that it was already a mess. Moondust's people seem to be divided into two factions, one faction led by Gray Lin, and the other faction gathered around Basalt, and the two sides are facing each other, and the atmosphere seems to be very tense.
He saw Momiji with Blackcock and his party again, and she was covered with color, but she didn't seem to be in trouble. Momiji couldn't help but have a glimmer of surprise in her eyes when she saw him walking down the spiral staircase accompanied by the legendary archmage of the North, and she raised her eyebrows in this direction, as if to ask what happened to him?
The Oak Knights have been operating in the North for so long, and they have nothing to do with the Lord of the Tower, and the Warlocks are already arrogant, let alone the Warlocks' Commanders?
But Fang Yu didn't have time to answer the young lady's question. Blackbow leaned in and whispered, "The city guards are moving on a large scale...... And in the sky, it seems that there is something more......"
"Something more?" Fang Yuan was stunned, what kind of rhetorical device is this?
"I don't know how to describe it, Captain Eddard, you'll see it when you go out, and I don't know what it is......" Blackbot's brows furrowed, as if he could wring out water.
While the two were talking, they walked out of the tower, and when Fang Yu came to the square outside, he looked up and understood what Blackcock meant.
It was hard for him to describe what an apocalyptic scene it was, as if a huge hole had been created out of thin air in the dark clouds over Gula Harbor, and the dark void was slowly spinning like an eye of a storm.
The whirlpool flowing in the eye of the storm had now swept away the clouds near the left of Gula Harbor, bringing them together, and looking up from this direction, the clouds were several miles thick, and between the slowly rotating cloud walls, there were countless emerald lightning.
Fang Yu couldn't help but think of his experience in Istania when he saw the lightning, the emerald lightning was too similar to the power of the Emerald Star he had ever seen.
At this time, he noticed that there was still a person standing in the square, and he couldn't help but subconsciously look in that direction, only to see that it was the star.
And the wandering alchemist who had helped them in Istania was also looking up at the situation in the sky at this moment, and his eyes also flashed thoughtfully.
"He should recognize him too, right?" Fang Yu looked in that direction and thought to himself.
He was a little curious as to why the other party was in the north at this time, since the Seven Seas Brigade had left Istania, in fact they hadn't heard anything about the former head of the Dawn Star.
The other party seemed to have disappeared into the vast sea of people, perhaps he still remained in the silver sea of sand, continuing to look for clues to the former enemy. Or they may have traveled to more distant places, such as the Milky Way north, to Long Lake, and finally to Eldron or even St. Huyen.
Because Princess Rupert once told them that the earliest star of dawn had also left footprints in these places. The brigade where Xing belonged had a lot of connections with his mother in his early years.
But they never thought that the two sides would meet here again half a year after leaving Istania.
"Is that the power of the Emerald Star?" Fang Yu asked.
Star turned his head, glanced at him, and nodded slowly.
"You know what that is?"
"I don't know." Star shook his head.
"It's a spatial passage, Mr. Eddard, Your Highness." But a calm voice came from behind the two of them, and Fang Ou looked in that direction and saw Flagg coming out of the Tower of Stars and Moon. The Speaker had originally said that he would arrange some things for his subordinates, but now he must have been busy.
Flagg was frowning his gray eyebrows as he looked at the situation above the air, and said: "I can feel the powerful energy in the space overflowing, although this passage is unstable, but the bridge between the anchor points has been completed, and it must lead to a half-plane full of great power. β
"That must be the world where the will of the verdant remnants sleeps...... The Templars had used at least one of these crystals to open the world's passage to Aitalia. It seems that our presence has made the people of the Crowclaw Temple feel threatened, and they have made a move in advance," Fang Yu breathed a sigh of relief, planning ahead meant that the preparation was not thorough, what he was worried about was that the Crowclaw Temple would continue to hold still, "Mr. Speaker, is there any way to close this passage?" β
"I'm afraid it's difficult," Flagg shook his head, "the anchor point has been stabilized, and although this passage has just been established, it is not so easy to close it." Moreover, there is no need for this. β
"Why?"
"Mr. Ed, Your Highness, the world-to-world handover is not confined to one point, what you see is only a part of it. To pull another world towards ours, the two worlds must first overlap each other, and when the overlap occurs, the two worlds themselves are passageways. Flagg held his staff and stared at the lightning in the sky, not anxiety but awe of the power of nature.
"That is to say," Fang Yuan's tone was a little incredulous, "at this moment, the entire northern territory is full of such passages?" Even if we shut down the one over Gula that won't help? β
Flagg nodded, "Maybe it's not just the North, it depends on how much the other world overlaps with ours." However, the Ravental Sanctuary uses three crystals to mark the anchor point, and at least two of them are in the north, which means that most of the overlap between the two worlds is in the north. β
Fang Yu gasped: "Now that the doors have been opened, will the shadow people come to our world through these portals?" β
"There's a great chance," Flagg bowed his head slightly, "but don't worry, it's not easy to open the passage between worlds with human power, and the Ravental Sanctuary used one of the crystals to forcibly open the portal, but everything is only temporary. Even if the Shadowmen go to our world through the moment when the two worlds intersect, as long as the three coordinates are not fully established, they will still be pulled back to the original world the moment the portal closes. β
"So our approach is useful? Destroy either of the remaining two crystals before the other party's ritual is completed, and the shadowmen will be sent back to their original world forever? β
"It's better to have two, because I have a vague feeling that this spell is not that simple, and it seems to be echoing in a more distant direction." Flagg frowned, "I can't say what that feels like, but you'd better find the remaining crystals and destroy them one by one." β
Fang Yu breathed a sigh of relief, although he didn't understand what this Great Magician meant, he roughly understood what he should do. It's about the same, if not better, than they originally planned.
Flagg then turned to them and said, "You mentioned that there is a crystal in Elpahim, and I have heard of it. The crystal in Gula Harbor had been ritualized in advance, but Al Pahin's had not, and it was supposed to be a few days later, but now it looked like the Ravenclaw Sanctuary might be forced to perform the ritual. β
Fang Yu nodded, he knew that this was the drawback of the recording of the broadcast, although he could gather allies for himself, he would also startle the snake in advance.
But he had no choice, the current situation was not something that the Seven Seas Brigade could bear alone, and the entire North had to work together to get through the crisis.
He could only hope that the Crowpaw Temple's infiltration of Elpahin would not be as smooth as they had in Gula Harbor, but judging from the repetition and hesitation shown by the Archons of Al Pahin before and after the Battle of Greyowl, it was clear that the center of gravity of the Crowpaw Sanctuary was still in Gula Harbor.
If it weren't for that, Elpahim's ritual wouldn't have dragged on until now.
"So you'll have to get to that place quickly," Flagg said, "and my warlocks and I will accompany you to Elpahim, and my teleportation magic might be able to help a little as well, but teleportation magic at a distance requires a large circle, which may not be available in Gula Harbor right now." β
He put the end of the staff in his hand on the ground a little, and a silver light flashed, and the archmage opened his eyes, "We'd better get out of this place before the city guards arrive, they're not a threat, but they're a nuisance, I might be able to teleport you out of the city, and then find a place from thereβ"
"No," but Fang Yu shook his head and interrupted the other party rarely: "Mr. Speaker, let's go to the port area." β
"The port district?"
Fang Yu nodded.
Although Elpahim still has the Artisans Chamber, and it is also the main temple of the three goddesses Mirella, Marran, and Ameya in the North, there are two new forces, the Artisans and the Temple, and he hopes that the other party will be able to hold back the Ravental Temple.
Of course, it is better if the other party can solve the problem directly.
However, Fang Yu didn't dare to have such hopes, and the three goddesses' Templars had already poured out, and were now defending against the attack of the Ravenclaw Templar army in Greytree Ridge.
At the same time, they are also facing threats from the north, Fang Yu is even a little worried about the safety of the big cat man, the box and Miss May, he can only hope that the other side can hold on.
And back to Elpahim, although the Craftsmen's General Association is huge, that refers to the overall influence of the Craftsmen's Association. The combat department of the Artisan Guild is only one of its more than ten functional departments, and the Battle Craftsman will always be a minority of the alchemists.
Although there are a few master craftsmen in the club, the Crowclaw Sanctuary will not be without high-end combat power, and a few high-end combat power will not play a role in such a battle, at least not a decisive role.
The only combat power that Elpahim could count on was actually the Silverwind Knights, and judging from his experience in the Abbey, Fang Ou didn't have much hope for this Knights.
If the Shadow Man had infiltrated the Order since then, it was doubtful how much of the Order would still belong to Elpahim's side.
And that's why he didn't go directly to Elpahim, but chose to broadcast the recording in Gula - no matter how tightly the Ravental Temple controls the port, the Gura Harbor has much more power than Elpahin's Electors.
Silver Vislan, the Spear of the Silver Forest, and the former Oak Knights of Tapolis all chose to establish their headquarters here, and no matter how many of these guild leaders fell to the side of the Dark Saints, the organizational form of the Elector determined that he could bypass the upper echelons and directly recruit these people from the bottom.
Just as he had done before.
For the indigenous people, it is difficult to do this. Once the Dark Believers take control of the center of an organization, it often means to a large extent that the organization has fallen to the side of the Dark Saints, or at least to some extent acts for the benefit of the Dark Believers.
It's like the port of Gula at this moment, just like the city guards who defend the port.
Therefore, the only force he can count on is this new force, and if the Elect of the entire North can act to help him, then there may be room for redemption.
Just like the legendary battle that took place in the Associates thirty years ago.
So of course he couldn't single-handedly take the Seven Seas Brigade back to Elpahin, even if he took the archmage and his warlocks? The Ravenclaw Sanctuary will definitely return to defend that city, and when they get there, they may face more than just the forces within Elpahim.
There may even be a few fleets of the Flor Descent.
Fang Yu looked up at the quietly swirling eye of the storm above the clouds, he had a clear understanding of the power of the Shadow Man in his heart, there was a precedent for quicksand here, he was very worried that there might be a few dragon knights from the Elector on the side of the Crowclaw Temple.
Therefore he needs more reinforcements, preferably with the Silver Vislan, with the Chosen of Gura Harbor, and then take the port area. Silver Vislan and the Spear of the Silver Forest both have their own fleets, and although their main fleet is not in Gullah, they still have some strength here.
If he can capture the port area, capture a few floating ships from there, and raise a fleet and take this fleet to attack Elpahim. That way, the chances are much greater.
That was exactly what he had planned.
The Grand Speaker of the Tower of Stars and Moon had a flash of his gaze, and he understood what he meant: "The port area is blocked by the Barrier Lock, so I can only take you to the nearby neighborhood. β
"Then Rudder Alley." Fang Yu had already thought about it.
"Now?"
"The sooner the better."
Flagg nodded, "I'll go inform the others." β
Fang Yu watched the Great Magician turn around and leave, before he took out his communication crystal, pressed the communication code given to him by Dawn, and entered it. After only a moment, the crystal in his hand flickered slightly, and a somewhat unfamiliar voice came from within:
"This is the Silver Veslan Silver Light Horse Squad, I'm Bai Xue, who is Your Excellency?"
"I'm Ed."
"Ah," the voice paused slightly, "it's you, the President has told me about you, Mr. Eddard, and we'll be on to the Tower of Stars and Moon to meet you at once." β
"No, Miss Bai Xue," Fang Yu replied, "I want you to go somewhere else?" β
"Another place?"
"You've also learned about the situation on the air, and at the moment the port of Gula is basically under the control of the Ravental Temple, but I plan to take the port area back, even if it's temporary." Fang Yu paused: "I'm going to pull up a fleet from there, Miss Snow, does Silver Vislan have enough men?" β
Bai Xuehu frowned suspiciously: "What are you going to do?" β
"Attack Elpahim, another crystal is in that place."
"You're going to put together a makeshift fleet and attack Elpahim?" Bai Xue had never heard of such a bold plan, but it also made her suddenly a little interested: "The port where the main fleet of Silver Vislan is stationed is not in Gulla, and I can't find you so many experienced sailors for a while. But if you add the people of the Silver Forest Spear, maybe it's enough. I'll go and inform them, and organize the Free Electors in the city, most of them should have received the call by now, which is also a big force, but Mr. Eddard, you'd better give us a place to meet. β
"Rudder Alley, where the shipyard of Gura Harbor is located, you should have heard of that place." Fang Yu didn't expect this silver Vislan commander to be so resolute, and he was almost slightly stunned before replying.
"Okay, Mr. Ed, we'll see you there, I hope you won't be late." Bai Xue stopped, and suddenly asked again, "By the way, Mr. Eddard, haven't you heard of me?" β
"Huh?"
This sudden question almost made Fang Yu stuck.
But the other side seemed to notice his stunnedness, and suddenly snorted a little coldly: "That woman really didn't take me seriously, then you remember my name, and it is not certain who will kill the deer." β
After that, they took the initiative to cut off contact, leaving Fang Yu alone to stand in place a little dazed.
The owner of that voice sounded completely different from the silver princess of Vislan he was familiar with, and he was stunned for a moment before he remembered that he had indeed heard of this ID.
Sophie talks about her rivals in the guild, one of them seems to have that name, and the other seems to be called Ignatz or something.
Only then did he understand where he had offended the other party, and he couldn't help but think that this was really a disaster, but compared to Sophie, this Miss Bai Xue was a little too stingy.
Fang Yu was groaning, but he saw Xing walking in this direction, he looked over there, his eyes fell on the wandering alchemist's sideburns, and he wondered more than once in his heart if the other party had anything to do with the military.
After all, Su Changfeng had also mentioned this person to him, and there was obviously a lot of information hidden in his words, not to mention that he could maintain the state of Xinghui until this age, and only the pioneers of the military could do it.
"Mr. Lavac," Fang Yu said, calling the other party's pseudonym, "Blackbow said that you also rescued them, and so did Red Leaves, thank you for helping us again." β
Xing shook his head: "I'm just doing it easily, and you don't have to thank me, someone entrusted me to help you, and you can thank him when the time comes." β
"Him?" Fang Yu was slightly stunned, most of the people they knew in the north were concentrated in Elpahim, and who among these people would have an intersection with the former head of the Dawn Star?
"Don't guess," Star replied, "maybe you'll see him later." β
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