While the southern knights and nobles were venting their month-old tensions and fears on the walls, Sir Maryland was not as hot-headed as the southerners—though he had declared with great optimism and confidence at the banquet on the first day that the magical barrier of the Rock Fortress had succeeded in breaking the Cecil's "myth of heavenly fire", and that this confidence had spread to everyone in the fortress, when the Cecil launched a second bombardment, He also summoned the chief mage advisor in the fortress for the first time.

The mage advisor was always in control of the situation of the magic barrier, and in front of him, Sir Maryland did not hide it at all: "That kind of attack, can the barrier really withstand it completely?" ”

"For now," said the gray-haired, slightly wealthy old mage cautiously, "if the Cecil really only had that little strength...... Then the fortress will be able to hold out. ”

Maryland immediately heard the deep meaning of the old mage's words: "What do you mean? ”

"The barrier is not as impregnable as it seems, General," replied the old mage, "the Cecil's 'Skyfire' is more powerful than expected, it is literally enough to shake the shield, and if it weren't for the self-healing ability of the fortress's magical barrier, and the intermittent interruption of the Cecil's attacks, our barrier would have been depleted until it could not be repaired as fast as it could be repaired." And there's a very disturbing situation......"

Sir Maryland's brow was already furrowed, and he looked left and right, and made sure that there were only his closest knights and the mage advisor in front of him in the room, and then asked in a loud voice, "Master, please speak up." ”

"I used the mage's eye to observe the magical positions set up by the Cecil, and only half of those large and small 'Skyfire Devices' were running......"

Only half is running?

What are Cecilians doing?

A sense of crisis for no reason came over the high-ranking knight, and he stood up, pressed his hand to the hilt of his sword, and was about to immediately order the activation of the backup mage tower in the inner city and transfer all the reserve energy in the magic focus to the barrier, but before he could act, there was a sudden knock on the door of the room, and a messenger shouted anxiously outside the door: "General! Emergency! ”

The messenger was quickly allowed to enter the room, and the soldier, with a look of trepidation on his face, immediately said, "General! Someone found the body of Viscount Carol under the castle terrace! He seems to have stumbled and fallen from the castle last night! ”

"What? Carol is dead? Maryland's eyes widened instantly, "Stumble...... Fall?! ”

The uneasiness in his mind was quickly amplified, and the shock information did not affect his judgment, but instead made him intuitively aware that the Rock Fortress was in great danger, but before he could react, the second messenger arrived.

The soldier brought intelligence from outside the fortress: "General! Two boats suddenly appeared on the Whitewater River! With the mark of Cecil! And...... Looks unusual! ”

Sir Maryland reached the city wall as fast as he could, and by this moment the two large ships that were sailing up the river of Whitewater had reached a place where they could be seen clearly even without the eyes of a mage.

They are truly unusual – at least at unusual speeds!

Sir Maryland looked intently in that direction—southwest of the Rock Fortress, in the open plains of the plains, on the broad surface of the River Whitewater, an unnatural wave was sailing upstream, and in the midst of this unnatural wave, two strange-looking ships were speeding up, their shells covered with metal cladding, and their decks mounted with huge strange devices, which were apparently powered by the abnormal waves rather than the sails—in fact they had no sails at all, where they should have been, You can only see symmetrically distributed pairs of white structures like "wings", which may be able to catch the wind, but they are by no means something that brings power!

Above the two ships, the Cecil family's flags with swords and plows were flying in the wind.

The southern knights and a handful of nobles on the ramparts had apparently seen something on the river in the distance, and their strength was low, perhaps not as clear as Lord Maryland's, but they could also tell that it was no ordinary ship, and were therefore pointing curiously and discussing the origin of the two ships.

The next moment, Sir Maryland's eyes widened.

The two ships began to slow down, unusually smoothly, and in the process, the "wing-like structures" on either side of them were opening up under the action of some kind of mechanism, and the white "sails" met the midday sun, and the wings glowed with stars......

Is that...... What the?

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On the deck of the first battleship "Aurora", soldiers and magicians were busy, and the sound of passwords and reports was constantly coming from everywhere:

"The magic array has been unfolded, and the energy is rising steadily!" "The power spine is normal, and the magic nets of each layer have been connected!" "The deck mechanical platform has been unlocked, and the angle of the main gun mount has been adjusted." "Each technician checks the status of the runes in the work area and reports the situation!"

Gawain stood on the platform in the middle of the warship, watching the "magic arrays" on both sides of the station ship unfold smoothly under the action of mechanical linkage devices, watching the magic runes of key equipment on the deck being lit up one by one, listening to the passwords and reports coming one after another around him, his mood gradually became high, and he couldn't help but have a trace of emotion that did not fit the current atmosphere - sure enough, this painting style did not match the medieval battlefield at all......

Then he looked ahead, at the huge weapon mounted at the front of the deck.

Rebecca, the heir of the Cecil family, the authority of magic technology, and the most prestigious among the magic guide technicians, is now standing next to the "calibrator" at the front of the deck, looking in high spirits, this viscount lady is loudly directing the magic guide technicians to complete various inspections, and at the same time personally adjusting the amplifier on the base of the "calibrator", so that this weapon that is still in the "verification period" can be in the best condition.

She seemed to feel Gawain's gaze, turned around, and showed a happy and bright smile at Gawain: "Ancestor! It's already possible! ”

"Then let's get started," Gawain smiled and nodded, "Philip Knight has been waiting for these two 'Italian cannons' for a long time. ”

Byron, who was next to him, heard Gawain's words and couldn't help but be curious: "'Italian cannon'? Isn't this cannon called a calibrator......"

Gawain laughed: "Don't care about these details, it's the nickname I gave it." ”

Rebecca, on the other hand, didn't care at all about what her ancestors meant by "Italian cannon", she was used to the strange words created by her ancestors, and activating the rainbow cannon was what she was more willing to do at the moment than these words.

She raised her hand high, and a crisp and bright voice sounded on the deck: "Water pump filling - turn on the power ridge!" ”

The water pumps set on both sides of the warship started instantly, and the surging second-generation magic energy engine began to inject the water of the Baishui River into the base of the rainbow cannon, and below the deck, the hidden magic power amplification core of the rainbow cannon was instantly soaked in the cold river water, and with the connection of the power ridge, the "wing" shaped devices on both sides of the warship also began to emit a low and pleasant sound, and brighter magic brilliance began to gather on both sides of the warship, and the surging power rushed in the various magic structures of this ship. And brought a roar higher than a burst in the cabin, and in that roar, the main body of the iridescent cannon was activated.

Its three curved "barrels" slowly rotated around the barrel, and the crystal prism fixed to the middle of the barrel brightened up and glowed white.

"Focus the crystal and start shining - target, the Rock Fortress Gate!"

After a brief moment of focusing, a meter-thick, piercing arcane beam erupted, stabbing like a spear forged by light towards the Rock Fortress in the distance.

After a few seconds of delay, the front of the second ship, the Morning Star, also erupted with the same beam of energy, following the Aurora and slamming into the magic barrier of the Rock Fortress.

The second "calibrator" beam missed a little, and it landed nearly a hundred meters next to the first beam, but the "gunner" on the Morningstar apparently quickly noticed this and began to adjust their weapons, and the bright arcane torrent in mid-air began to slowly turn, and it swept majestically across the magical barrier of the Rock Fortress - as far as the beam could reach, a large, blinding speck of light almost stretched across half of the walls.

The drain valves at the rear of the sides of the two ships opened, and the steaming cooling water was pumped into the river, and the technicians in the cabins below deck quickly sent in a report: "The core temperature is stable!" You can continue irradiation! ”

Using the River of Whitewater to cool the iridescent cannon - this solution was successful once in a previous test, and it still does not disappoint on the battlefield.

Sir Maryland pale as he watched the two beams of light that seemed to be heavenly punishment bombard the magical barrier of the fortress, and watched the knights and noble soldiers on the wall panic, and he finally realized what the biggest problem was-

He had never understood Cecil's true power.

This war was completely different from what he expected from the beginning.

The dazzling white beam of light was still scorching the shield of the fortress, this was a weapon that did not appear in the intelligence at all, and it was a completely different weapon from the "Heavenly Fire Explosion", in the scorching of that beam, the magic barrier of the Rock Fortress was bursting out with a large area of terrifying bright spots centered on the "burning point", and the bright spots were like ripples that were shaking and spreading rapidly, and at this moment they had spread to dozens of meters above the city wall.

Ordinary soldiers and civilians may not understand what it is, but Sir Maryland, a high-ranking knight, knows it all too well-

The magic shield is crumbling.

Those two beams of pure energy are pure magical energy, and they are extremely strong, and such a high level of pure energy is a deadly threat to any shield-type spell, it can easily penetrate, interfere, block the flow of energy from the shield, and prevent the shield from regenerating in the area that penetrates the area.

And what is even more deadly is that the "irradiation" of the beam is continuous.

The magical barrier of the Rock Fortress is nearing its end.

As soon as this desperate thought came to him, Sir Maryland suddenly turned his head to look at the mage towers in the inner city.

The only hope of saving the city's barrier is to immediately mobilize the emergency mana stored in the mana focus and inject it into the barrier, so that the barrier may be able to hold out for a while longer, until Cecil's weapons have to be temporarily stopped due to overheating or waste energy that cannot be released, so that the barrier has a chance to regenerate......

But the mage towers didn't move!

What about the mages in the city?

Not long after the thought came to him, Lord Maryland saw the chief mage advisor flying in from a distance.

The old mage was probably flying all the way from a certain mage tower to this place with flying skills, he was out of breath and embarrassed, and as soon as he landed, he shouted in despair: "General! The circle and rune stone that control the focus of mana have been destroyed!! The battle mages and soldiers guarding them are all dead! ”

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