Chapter Seventy-Two: Countdown
The conversation between Heliga and Vita sounded like a fantasy to the othersβthey didn't have a clue what they were talking about. Eventually, though, Vita's afterimage slowly disappeared in the midday sun, along with confirmation from Emma that the surrounding revolting leylines had begun to calm down, at least for a short time.
Maybe Vita's original purpose was to find a way to suppress the leyline rebellion here? Heliga even thought so. Emma examined it carefully and assured that there would be no problems here for at least the next few months, and the group left together.
Tovar and Macchias dragged the weakened Rien down the hill slowly. Emma and Serenu were talking to each other and a cat - according to Emma, she had always known that Serenu was safe, but they couldn't sense each other's locations if they were too far away. Although Serenu's personality is a tsundere, in any case, she has suffered a lot in the month since she left Emma, so the two of them get along quite kindly. As for Heliga - after making sure that Ryan was okay, he decided to go to the "Grey Rider" first to see if he could find any clues.
Following Serenu's instructions, Heliga found the sleeping rider somewhere on high ground, in a half-crouched position. The body made of Semrian stone shines brightly in the reflection of the sun, and the design and lines of the whole body are also very obvious, but there is a clear difference from the products made by the ancients that Helriga had seen before in Liber and Crossbell. Obviously, this is the work of two completely unrelated groups of people.
"I see...... Is this also a sufficient spiritual vein draw point? It dawned on Heliga that the rider had been transmitting power to Ryne to regain his strength, and according to Serenu, he would no longer need to get his spiritual power from the rider after waking up. Valimar is now absorbing the spiritual power of the leylines for her own useβit may not be long before she is back to the way she has just woken up from the old schoolhouse.
"How many secrets are you hiding?" Heliga said softly, not only asking the rider god, but also asking himself - is there any important information that he has missed?
"I remember Serenu seems to have said that this guy can actually talk?" Heliga thought for a moment, "What to do...... Would you like to help a little? β
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"Wellβwe're ready. All three of them had already decided to help. "On the Merkawa Nine plane, to which the "Holy Book of the Firmament" belongs, Waji is communicating with other companions through the frequency band unique to the Star Cup Knights. The person who currently appears on the screen is naturally Kevin Graham.
"Great...... With them, the pressure on our side should be reduced a lot. What about the Imperial side? Waji was unfazed, as if he had already made up his mind about it.
"I haven't contacted him yet. According to the Chief, he seemed to be working on something crucial, and the Chief-General specifically instructed me not to disturb him. By the way, the chief also said that when he can make a move, he will naturally appear to help us. β
"Alas...... I said Kevin, you have been with him for so long, isn't it better to know him as well as the chief who has only one side with him? Vaji sighed softly.
"I'm just an errand runner after all...... Moreover, I also tried my best to persuade the chief to allow me to help this time. Kevin smiled wryly, "Anyway, don't complain - just wait." β
"Hmm...... Rest assured. We've been circling Crossbell lately...... It can be said that it is very comfortable. Vaji nodded.
Since Waji announced his return and announced that he had intervened in Crossbell's mutation from the standpoint of the Church, Lloyd and the others had boarded the Celestial Cup's exclusive flying boat. This ship, which is rebuilt from ancient relics, has great power and good stealth performance, which is a pain for the soldiers who have difficulty finding Lloyd's traces in the first place. The people who had previously only planned and attacked in the form of foot combat now have powerful aerial strike capabilities - those prisons made of reinforced concrete can only be regarded as vulnerable to Merkava's main guns. With Arios Marklein in command, the appearance of this airship almost completely changed the situation around Crossbell. The prison, which originally held opponents among the guards and the elite of the police department, was easily bombarded with the main cannon, followed by the "Wind Swordmaster" and others falling from the sky - by the time reinforcements arrived late, Lloyd and the others could already retreat calmly. Later, when dozens of former investigators and members of the garrison were freed, Guy even took the initiative to propose to leave the spaceship, and he would command the ground harassment, and Arios and others were responsible for using mobility and airship main guns to carry out the main attack routine, which made the Dita government miserable, and finally had to call in a "Red Constellation" of hunters to stop the decline.
As for the two "Divine Machines" that had previously smashed the invasion of the Empire and the Republic in succession, they were also stationed on the front line at Belgaard Gate and Tanggulam Gate, so they could not arrive at the scene in the first place. Besides, if an existence like the Divine Machine is allowed to run around, the strategic significance of Dita's side to the Divine Machine will also be messed up, so this kind of super killing weapon can't be dispatched casually, which makes Rita very depressed. Of course, this is not the first time that this kind of depression has been this kind of depression - he originally wanted to use the Divine Machine to take the initiative to attack the Garelian Fortress and the Republic to warn and demonstrate on the day of the establishment of the Independent State of Crossbell, but because Qiya herself is unwilling to cause too many unnecessary casualties, in order to consider her emotions, he can only accommodate this. At present, the empire is in a civil war, and the problem of nationalist divisions within the republic is also intensifying, which should have been in the plan of Dita, but at this time, it seems a little delicate because of the changes under his nose.
He was already completely immersed in the planning of Crossbell's future blueprint, and he didn't expect that the "helpers" around him had already been detached. The "association" already has a vague plan to withdraw, and on the side of the Qiyao Church, although the Ministry of Ceremonies, which is ostensibly in charge of external affairs, has only warned it, the canonization province is already carrying out actions that Dita himself is not aware of.
Crossbell Independence - At this delicate time, it has begun to enter the countdown to its final existence.