Chapter 161: Choice II
"Mr. Eddard, it's almost unbearable, and the Grey Knight is rushing in."
Blackbow was anxious from the shouts coming from outside.
Fang Yuanfeng's gaze under the mirror calmly looked in that direction, in fact, he didn't need to be reminded, he could also 'see' the battle situation over there.
At the collapsed façade of the barracks, the Constructed Lancers were arrayed under the gap, rows of spears pointed forward, dense beams of dark red light flickering across the crowd.
However, the warrior monks from the Crowtalon Temple, the Grey Knights are appearing from all directions, more and more, and the 'mana' accessories of the lancers are overheated due to frequent shots, and the structures in the front row fall into silence one by one.
The Grey Knights quickly saw this opportunity, and they crossed the crowd and charged at the line of lancers.
The tall construct raised its white smoke spear and stabbed forward somewhat awkwardly, but the Grey Knights deftly dodged the attack. Holding their left hands high, they chanted incantations and shattered the Lancer's observation crystal with a summoning magic raven.
In groups of several people, the Grey Knight surrounded the tall structures, pried open their shells with their swords, and pierced their magical cores with a single sword.
There was a low roar on the battlefield, and the lancers stole to the ground in a spark of magical power, and the mana backlash caused a small explosion.
Flashes, heat, and shockwaves swept through the interior of the structure, melting down the closed-loop mechanism at its core before spreading in all directions.
After the light of the sporadic explosion, the black wave engulfed the first line of positions, and Fang Yu had to abandon the cutting-edge structure and let the reserve lancers go up.
But to no avail, these clumsy constructs were not designed to facilitate manual control at the beginning, and he couldn't use his strength if he had the heart, not to mention that the Seven Seas Traveler was not in this place, and how many such heavy constructs could be carried by portable information crystals.
He had taken these lancers with him after vacating the Orphin Twins, but with one less than one, there were not many constructs left in his hands.
Fang Yu looked back at the structure suspended in mid-air—it was spherical, like a large clockwork goblin, but the shell was covered with arcane textures, there was no flying device, only countless silver-white tentacles stretched out from under the opening of the shell, flickering slightly in the air, connecting to a huge network of magic around it.
and the red leaves who were anxious on the side—he originally wanted to buy more time and ask this question later—but now he couldn't think about it, so he had to ask:
"How much longer?"
"I'm sorry, Ed, I'm ...... I don't know, probably ...... It will take some time. Momiji bit her lip and also looked at her magic guide construct, wiping the sweat on her forehead with the back of her hand.
Fang Yu heard the self-reproach in her tone, gave the other party an encouraging look, and did not speak again.
The Defensive Locks belonging to a city are a vast system of spells, and it is built by the best of the magicians, and even if it is just a trick to open a small gap from the inside, it is not an easy task for them.
What's more, Momiji is not a professional magician.
Everyone has done their best enough.
He wiped his communication crystal with his thumb and spoke to the crowd guarding the place, "Retreat to the second line of defense." ”
"Ah, Mr. Eddard...... Did you just give up the perimeter defense? Blackbot's voice was a little difficult, they were obviously struggling to hold on, but it was not hard to hear that they were still a little surprised to hear this.
They had investigated the barracks before they made their plans, and the old barracks had been abandoned after the establishment of a new barracks in the fortress of the city in the port of Gulla, but it was clear that the people in charge had been lazy and did not completely demolish it.
Although the barracks is in disrepair, it is still a defensive function, and it is the safest to rely on its outer walls for defense. Although they had considered too many enemies at the time, they had set up a second reserve line of defense inside the barracks - the problem was that it was unknown how long the second line of defense would last if the first line of defense was not enough.
But Fang Yu, as the supreme person in charge of the operation, had already made a decision, and the others could only obey the order, not to mention that the defense lines everywhere had indeed reached a precarious point.
Fang Yu directly abandoned the outermost lancers, leaving them to stay to buy time for the group, while the others retreated into the barracks along the pre-arranged route.
The men of Kweed, Alyssa, Parker, Sandnight, the Redeemed, and Tapolis retreated from all directions, and the outer defenses immediately collapsed. Fang Yu only saw through the 'eyeline' hidden on the periphery of the defense line that the gray knight had climbed the wall like a tide—
"We've surrounded them."
"They're still inside, they haven't had time to escape!"
The Grey Knight's orders rang out one after another, and the Grey Knight, who had climbed the wall first, quickly occupied the winch room, opened the door to the barracks from the inside, and after meeting with the people outside, they swarmed in.
After rushing through the gate, it was designed like an urn city, but the Grey Knights had just entered it and immediately realized that it was not good.
They saw a spherical structure suspended in the urn city to the east and west, its golden shell shining in the light of the torches in their hands. And among the grasses, there were some crystals scattered all over the ground with the same changing light.
The Grey Knights' faces changed: "Explosion—"
But the word crystal had been lost in a blinding light, and after the scream, the violent tremors seemed to overturn the entire barracks—and the feeling was even more pronounced in the barracks, where the already overburdened buildings collapsed and fell to the ground in a stumble of sand, rubble, and dust.
The scattered stones were fluttering on Fang Yuan's coat with a tingling sensation, but he turned around and stretched out his hand to block the flying stones for the red leaves.
In the darkness, the light rises -
In the night, the flash was clearly visible in almost half of the port, and the purple-haired young man who was chatting with Qing suddenly stopped and looked back at this scene:
"It's this thing again."
He dropped a word, and saw no movement, and suddenly he turned over the side of the ship—but beyond the sailboat, at least a few hundred meters away from the floating trestle—and everyone saw that the young man had appeared on the trestle in that direction.
He turned back from afar and beckoned to this direction.
There were other people on the deck, and they couldn't help but look at each other, and someone shook their heads helplessly, "This guy ......"
Then he reached out and pressed on the side of the ship, and floated above the deck, and flew in the direction of the trestle.
Wind element adaptability.
But this is not surprising, these familiar faces have long been recognized in the live broadcast room, they are at least from a few front-line brigades of the Flor descendants.
The front line here is not the reserves of the major guilds distributed in the youth training camps of the various branches of the First World, but the real ones from the core brigades of the Second World.
Although there are a few faces that may not have been seen for a long time, and are even close to semi-retired in terms of age, they are nevertheless - these people have also had familiar names.
At least people still recognize the person who flew up, Gray Lin, and if Fang Yu was here, he might even cry out in surprise.
The other party is his old rival - Qin Zhi's sworn enemy.
And Qin Zhi's nickname of 'Black Bow' is actually still a newcomer in the third division, and Gray Lin has been famous for a long time, and there have been several confrontations between the new and the old, and the former has failed.
Compared with talent, Qin Zhi may be a step higher, and in the super competition, youth is an advantage, energetic, and quick-witted, but compared to experience, he may not be enough to see.
If it weren't for Gray Lin's identity, Fang Yu might have been willing to make friends with the other party, but Gray Lin was born in the 'Cablos Sword Knight', which belonged to the core brigade of Moon Dust.
The rest of the people are almost the same identity.
However, compared to the young man and the other young man on the deck, who had been silent and did not speak, these people were perhaps less surprising.
Dragon Knight –
Almost everyone has a delusion, and even the supporters of the Fleur descendants have a bit of a belief that there are several other guilds in the BBK, and that they are a little too fussful.
It's good to kill a chicken with a knife, but it's like a supreme master against an unarmed person, no matter what the final result is, but obviously it's not glorious.
Qing actually thought the same thing in his heart.
He still wondered if the sword he had seen under Idus was the man who had given him a nightmare for three years.
But R is R, and he can't afford to deal with the other party's students, and the reason why he let Fang Yu go at that time was precisely for this reason.
But the order of the alliance weighed on his head, and he had to come.
"If only I could bring that person out," Qing said to himself, "Maybe it's good." ”
But he shook his head, the terrifying sword light flashed in his memory, the other party really appeared in front of him, does he really have the confidence to step forward and challenge now?
Qing suddenly felt a little dazed.
Three years later, he himself has become a dragon knight, but he is still not sure to defeat the other party.
……
After the dust settled, Momiji was looking at the square plover blocking him with some surprise.
"Ed, you ......" she couldn't help but feel a little moved in her heart.
However, Fang Yu turned around, glanced at her, swept the dust on his body and stood up, and said, "You continue to crack this puzzle, I'll go out and have a look......"
“…… Where are you going? Momiji was stunned.
"Don't get distracted." Fang Yu shook his head and did not answer.
The second line of defense is destined not to last long, and after the gray knights outside react, they will soon launch a second attack, but it is still unknown when Momiji's side will succeed.
However, they had another solution, which was to split up in two and let a team go out to attract the attention of the Grey Knights. In fact, when setting up the second line of defense, Fang Yu had already considered this.
They would have waited to die if they had stayed here, but if they had sent some of their men out to lure away the Ravental Temple, perhaps the remaining half would have survived. And even if it doesn't work out, there is still one last way to go.
But resurrection to the outer city, that is the next policy, until the last resort, he will not let everyone make this choice.
But as soon as he got up, there was a rustling sound in the smoke and dust in front of him, and the next moment Alyssa and the others appeared from there.
Alyssa was followed by Kweed, Sandnight, Parker, and Sora, and as soon as they appeared, Miss Nightingale spoke first, "Captain, you stay in this place. ”
Fang Yu was slightly stunned and turned to look at everyone.
Miss Nightingale seemed to hear his previous conversation with Momiji, and said, "I'm going to lure away the Grey Knight, Commander, you are the person in charge of the operation, and you need to stay in command here—in fact, we can't handle the next things except for you, Commander." ”
She took a soft breath, "And it's safer for me to stay in the inner city, I'm a nightingale, and I'm much more sure of escape than the rest of you." When you leave this place, I can always look for an opportunity to escape, and before that I can find a place to hide, which could not be easier for a nightingale. ”
Fang Yu was silent, of course he understood that this was not something that Alyssa said so easily, if you want to lure away the gray knight, you must always be within the other party's line of sight, the nightingale is good at escaping, but it is not necessary to face hundreds of people alone.
But he watched the twin sister wink at him slightly, and there was only a hint of pleading in the eyes that were often teased in the usual cunning.
Alyssa nodded lightly to Fang Yuan.
Fang Yu gritted his teeth and bowed his head silently, obviously Alyssa's words convinced him, and the next step was a crucial step, requiring everyone to put in one hundred and twenty percent effort.
If they fall short, everything they have done now will be undone.
Alyssa smiled lightly, as if the next step was not to take an adventure, but to do a trivial thing, and her eyes were full of joy and trust and recognition.
She turned around, and the Paparal suddenly felt bad, and hurriedly shrank behind Sand Night and Xiao Kong, and the young man was slightly startled, and looked at him a little confused, but he heard Miss Nightingale's words already sound:
"Parker, you come with me."
"No!" Parker screamed, "Why is it always me!?" ”
"You're not dead," Alyssa said with a smile, "I'll treat you to a month's dinner." ”
"Two months."
"Deal."
"No, I still don't want to go......" Parker suddenly repented.
"That's not up to you, Parker, you're a man, a man," Alyssa grabbed the guy by the back of the crowd and dragged him out screaming.
Everyone watched in amazement, watching Miss Nightingale and the Paparal, tall and short, disappear behind the smoke and dust.
"Everyone," Fang Yu said as he looked at the others and brought their attention back to this side, "let's set up our defenses, and don't let Miss Alyssa's time for us go to waste." ”
Everyone nodded earnestly.
Outside the abandoned barracks, the smoke and dust raised by the explosion had been filling the air for nearly a quarter of an hour, and it was still slow to disperse—
However, the Grey Knights have recovered from the previous blow, and the Raven Knights, who are from the leaders of the various dioceses, are forming a team and counting the manpower.
In the previous explosions, the Grey Knights and Warrior Monks from the various dioceses suffered heavy losses, especially the first few teams to enter, almost one in ten. So much so that after the explosion, the Gray Knight couldn't even organize another attack, but at this moment, a quarter of an hour has passed, and the Gray Knight who has been resurrected in various places has returned to this place one after another.
Moreover, the advance team of the city guards also appeared at the street entrance.
The Raven Knights pulled up several teams and were negotiating with the nobles how to storm the barracks. They were worried that there would be some traps inside, and it was good that Aitalia could be resurrected, but they lost two consecutive manpower in a short period of time, and they were afraid that their morale would collapse.
And they don't have a quarter of an hour to waste.
However, while the two sides were deliberating, they suddenly heard a sharp whistle at the street intersection in the southwest, which was the way the city guard communicated with the various departments.
The raven knights looked up in that direction, and saw a group of monks hurrying from that direction, shouting to them:
"The enemy broke through from that direction!"
The faces of the group changed, and the target really did not sit still, and broke through to the south under the cover of smoke and dust.
There is an abandoned canal floodway in that direction, and if you let the other party escape down there, into the complex drainage system below the port of Gulla, it will be a real escape.
They can't open the floodgates to release water, not to mention where there is water in winter, and even the artificial lake in the city is frozen.
"Stop them," ordered the Raven Knight in charge, who waved his hand: "The parish of Friffin, the team of the diocese of tanners will come to their aid immediately, and the others will go around the back of the barracks and cut off their back path!" ”
Looking down from mid-air, the gray knights in the blocks below began to mobilize—
Fang Ou could clearly see that the Grey Knights were advancing along the street adjacent to the abandoned barracks, and the other party's judgment was very accurate, and they were exactly surrounding the direction where Alyssa and Parker were.
But this is not so much that Miss Nightingale acted boldly and flamboyantly—she and Parker had fought a group of monks there after breaking through from the southwest, but instead of leaving, they turned back and attacked another group of Grey Knights.
This leaves enough information for the Ravental Sanctuary side.
However, the two encounters, on the one hand, did mobilize the Gray Knights, but at the same time, they also exposed their identities.
The Raven Knights seemed to notice that there were only two people there, realized something, and divided some of their men, and turned back to outflank the abandoned barracks.
"They're back!"
Blackber's voice came from outside the barracks training grounds.
Fang Yu turned around and asked, "How long is it?" ”
Momiji's forehead was covered with crystal sweat, she raised her head, and a bright light flashed in her eyes: "I've found a clue, give me a few more minutes." ”
Fang Yu nodded, stood up, put his hand on his information crystal, and projected all the lancers at once, in front of him, in a row.
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