Chapter 09. Battles of the garrison
With the herald the soldier will give the order. The drivers of the various carriages were given letters.
The problem is that some drivers have limited abilities to activate the concealment magic while maintaining the enhanced magic on the horses (and themselves), so they have to call another person to help activate the concealment magic.
(Of course, there's another scenario where driving doesn't hide magic at all.) )
So, in the end, all the drivers in the convoy except Major Alfred called a partner to help activate the hidden magic.
As Alfred activated the two magic arrays at the front, the magicians in the back also activated the same two rounds of magic arrays - concealment magic and combined auxiliary magic.
Next, the whole convoy is like a 'space battleship in a science fiction movie' in optical camouflage.
Starting from the front of the car, the invisibility cloak woven by magic quickly covered and wrapped the entire convoy, and finally, the entire convoy became invisible.
At this moment, this invisible convoy is almost completely unrecognizable to the outside world, except for the snow raised by the front of the car. It was like an invisible python roaming the snow, leaving a long, eerie dent in the snow it wandered through.
Although there are slight traces, it can be regarded as perfect invisibility in this gradually darkening 'night'.
……
Return to the city of Pommer.
Because the black clouds suspended over the city of Pomp Mai obscured all the daylight, the city of Pom Mai was as if it were night at the moment. Everywhere you need to be lit up to see it. But fortunately, due to the arrival of the Prayer Festival, the city is decorated with bright light sticks, so there is no problem with visibility.
But unlike Coswal, the streets of Pom-Mai don't feel like they've entered a corridor of light. All the light sticks and lampposts were only wrapped around the edge of the house, and the sky above the street was completely uncovered.
And because there will be demons that suddenly teleport at any time in Pengmai City, you can see groups of soldiers or adventurers at the intersection of streets and alleys. The number of people is generally 5 to 10 people.
The adventurer's outfit is not much different from that of the Kirswal adventurer. However, the equipment of the soldiers in Pengcheng is more than a little more advanced than that of Kecheng. Whether it is the style or fineness of the armor, it is far from being comparable to Kecheng.
In addition to these soldiers and adventurers, there were also some ordinary Red Devil shopkeepers and students studying at the military academy, all of whom were armed with weapons and stood on guard in front of their houses and on the rooftops of their houses.
There were very few pedestrians on the road, and the carriages were barely visible. Occasionally, there are people who buy goods or make deliveries, and they also drive 'sprints' and 'flashes' to move quickly through the city.
The whole city is in a state of war readiness, and the oppressive atmosphere still fills the streets. While it's certainly safer inside the city than outside, danger can strike at any moment.
Because of this, the city of Pomp Mai is quiet everywhere, with neither the sound of cheerful music nor the cacophony characteristic of festivals.
Only when the demon suddenly appears will the silence be broken.
……
"Cortrina! Stand back!"
With this crisp and pleasant neutral voice, I saw an arc of sword light passing through the team of 8 people. In the blink of an eye, a female swordsman rushed from the back row of the squad to the front row.
And in the direction she was heading, a female soldier in a magic robe was using the metal staff in her hand to block the iron sword in the hand of a skeleton soldier draped in canvas.
In the next moment, the female swordsman had already arrived at the side of the Cortrina, and with a sword in her hand, she smashed the skeleton into pieces.
The shattered bones fell to the ground with a clatter, and then transformed into countless black smoke, dissipating into the air.
The crisis was over, and the female swordsman sheathed her long sword, which glowed with golden red, and turned around and slowly walked back to where she had been.
"Watch your surroundings and stay alert." The cold and arrogant neutral voice came again.
Seeing the female swordsman leave, the female soldier who had been attacked by the demon just now calmed down from her panic, she quickly turned around, hugged the staff in her hand and thanked her, "Captain Orr, thank you......
"Heh......" The female swordsman smiled lightly, not replying further. The 6 consecutive days of garrison have made this person completely out of the mood for small talk. Even under those beautiful eyes, there is a faint layer of dark circles under the eyes.
"Whew, it's dangerous. It's okay." A young-looking red-haired guy approached Cortrina's side and said with concern.
"It's fine. It's okay now." "That's good"
At this time, the other red-haired boy frowned and said apologetically, "I'm sorry, Cortrina. If it hadn't been for me......
"No way, in that case, only I can save you."
The team of eight people was chatting happily. However, if you look closely, you will see that the expressions of these people are more or less tired and afraid. Nagging can not only make them sober, but also relieve tension.
And around this group, it is not difficult to see dilapidated houses.
Some of the medieval buildings have been punched out, some have been cut into a gap, some have been cut in two, and some have been in ruins. (But they all hang with blue and white light sticks)
Within a radius of 30 meters, no less than four houses were divided into two. Either the horizontal roof collapsed, or it was flattened vertically by the demon that fell from the sky. Inside, the tables, chairs, benches, beds, and furniture are naturally unobstructed.
Even the streets were twisted and distorted by the fierce fighting.
Pits, thorns, cracks, and scorch marks are all left on the ground.
Except for some ground that would affect the battle, those that were close to the houses and would not interfere with the battle were basically not repaired. After all, if these places are repaired, it is likely that in a few minutes, they will be destroyed again, so they will have to be repaired again, so it is better to wait for the war to repair them together.
Compared to the street, the treatment of the house is much better. After all, as long as the street can be walked, but the house can't be lived in if it leaks in winter.
So just now, the female captain rescued the female soldiers. There are quite a few residents of the Red Devil Clan, who secretly use the wooden planks prepared in advance to 'paste the walls' in the house.
There are also some magicians who can use wood or earth magic, and use their unique repair magic to directly 'restore' the holes in the house.
The cold wind blew in the air, making a sizzling sound. In the distance, the sound of the battle could be faintly heard.
The female captain, who is not smiling, is still standing on the ground at this moment, with a slight solemn light, carefully guarding the surroundings. But she didn't notice that on the ground, less than 5 centimeters from her feet, on the ground covered with rubble, something seemed to crawl out of the earth.