Chapter 97

At this moment, in the east of the Winter Spirit Empire, there is the most populous city in the entire Winter Spirit Empire.

The city is called Calado.

This city is also the most prosperous city in the Dongling Empire, and in the past, this city was almost a night singing, which can be said to be a place that never sleeps.

The development of science and technology here is also very fast, if you give the people in this city time, they will definitely add more powerful scientific and technological power to the Winter Spirit Empire.

In the past, according to the predictions of the high-level members of the Council of Seven of the Winter Spirit Empire, if the development of magic research and technology went well, they should be able to completely defeat the Dire and Winter Mountain Kingdoms within a hundred years, and then unify this northern region and become the new discursor of this region.

But sometimes things don't keep up with the change.

Now the city looked depressed, and the roads were crowded with people, and everyone looked very haggard, as if they hadn't slept for several nights.

"You must hold on, we must not sleep, I have already asked for support from the king, they will definitely come over as soon as possible!"

The lord of Calado, dressed in fine armor, stood on a high platform and cheered on all the emaciated people in the audience.

"Mom, I want to sleep." A young boy of only about seven years old had faint bloodshot eyes and was looking at his mother pitifully.

The child's mother is also red-eyed now, and they haven't slept for almost a week.

Dire are terrifying creatures that attack ordinary people from their dreams.

In the past, the city in the east also had a solid defensive net, and this defensive net was a barrier created by the life of an archmage born from the Winter Spirit Empire in the past.

As long as this barrier is in place, it will be difficult for the Dire to break through.

But this barrier is not unlimited, and it must have enough magical energy to provide energy.

And not long ago, most of the soldiers in the east were transferred because they had to fight with the Dongshan Kingdom, and they just caught up with the east's barrier energy supply was a little stretched, and even the commander stationed in the east didn't notice it, until suddenly a large number of nights appeared in the east, almost like moths to the fire attacking the barrier, so that the barrier did not last long.

Soon the barrier collapsed, and the moment of collapse meant that the eastern defense line was also completely lost.

Dire's physical attack was only the first wave, and the Dire slaughtered an unknown number of cities in the East.

Fortunately, most of the cities in the east were defensive in war, and there were not many real residents, and soon the commander began to direct the retreat.

Then came the second wave of Dire attacks, and that was the dream.

Most of the people who were in the dream became the servants of the Dire, and then attacked the people around them, causing another tragedy.

The city of Calado is now crowded with people who have fled for their lives from the east.

They were forbidden to flee to the west, as it was likely that some of them had become servants of the Dire, but had not yet slept yet.

If these people who are equivalent to being infected are allowed to flee to the West, the entire Winter Spirit Empire will be completely finished.

Now the large city of Calado has its own defensive barriers, and there are special priests who use dispel magic non-stop, so that the whole city can't sleep, otherwise this place would have been chaotic for a long time.

A priest walked up to the child, and then gently stretched out his hand and swept it over the child's face, the child suddenly felt much more energetic, but the bloodshot in his eyes became more and more serious, and if this continued, most people would be tormented to death by the inability to sleep.

As the lord of Calado, he hasn't slept for many days now, and he's constantly using his strong voice magic to boost the momentum of the entire city, so that the Dire doesn't attack in the city.

"My lord, when will our people come with a way to dispel the Dire?" A nobleman asked, staring at the city lord with bloodshot eyes.

"Wait." The city lord shook his head in response.

Wait, this wait is indefinite.

The support he told everyone and the way to dispel the Dire were fake.

As the lord of the city, he knew more things.

These people are already cannon fodder, cannon fodder to attract Dire.

The people in the rear were working hard to build a new line of defense, and according to the secret tip, he knew that the Council of Seven was bleeding together, and had invited a full thirty archmages and two magisters to participate in the construction of a new defensive barrier.

And the main thing this city has to do is to hold off the Dire attack before the barrier is built.

Dire are mindless creatures that will only attack places that are full of popularity.

With so many fleeing people gathered here, it's the best attraction for Dire.

The lord of the city has been tortured greatly, and in doing so, he is killing the people of the city.

But if you don't, the whole country could face disaster.

He has been tormented until now, constantly destroying the strong will in his heart.

He felt a little tired, and his upper eyelid was almost close to his lower.

But soon he bit his lip violently again, forcing himself to wake himself up with pain.

"Lord Castle, really, will there be support?"

In the crowd, someone finally asked this question, and the city lord's heart also hit hard.

"I'm sorry, my people, I can't hide it from you anymore, the so-called support, the so-called solution to the Dire, probably won't come."

The city lord finally couldn't help it and told the truth.

He has always been a soft-hearted person, and he knows that he is not actually a city lord.

However, just like the Dire suddenly attacked the Eastern Front, his plan to take office could not keep up with the changes, and he was forced to take on the duties of the lord of the city.

Now that he had reached the limit of what he could bear, he could no longer hide it.

"I see." Some people were desperate, but most of them didn't move.

"Aren't you angry?"

"What's the use of anger? Can we run away in anger? City Lord, you have never been a person who is good at deceiving others, we have long seen the problem, we are now the cannon fodder to attract the Dire, right? ”

The lord of the city was speechless, he could not answer the question.

"The people in the rear must be working hard to build a new defensive network, and we are now cannon fodder to hold the Dire back."

"No, no, the city lord said that there will definitely be people from the royal capital!" The nobles beside the city lord showed frightened expressions.

He escaped from the stands, wanted to escape from here, wanted to escape to safety.

But soon, he was blocked by a group of soldiers.

"Get out of the way, I'm the Duke! I'm Lord Duke, I'm fine, I'm leaving! ”

Even the duke's subordinates in the past now looked at the duke indifferently.

"Lord Duke, have you forgotten what our empire has been taught since childhood? When the country is facing a crisis, we are all the cornerstone of the country, as long as we do something that can protect the country, we will do our best to protect it, and what do you want to escape from now? ”