Chapter 272: The Prelude to the Attack
Cecil's Territory is like a machine running at full power, when the command is given, every part of the machine will run fast - not everyone knows what will happen next, but almost everyone knows what they should do at the moment, clear orders and rules and regulations are the biggest reliance that makes Cecil Territory different from other noble territories, people only need to do what they are ordered to do, and this huge machine can work perfectly, Burst out with a power that makes everyone stunned.
In just three days, the southern defense line of the territory was once again reinforced and strengthened, and the large open area from the dark mountains to the city wall was set up with layers of barricades and fences, and the barricades and fences were covered with minefields, sixty percent of the thousands of soldiers were sent to the southern city wall, and the remaining forty percent were operated as reserves and mobile forces on the rest of the defense line, and the security team maintained order in the territory and communicated new orders from the lord at any time - although a crisis was looming, everything in the territory appeared to be in orderThis atmosphere of "everything is under control" quickly calmed down the slightly flustered atmosphere in the city.
The population of Cecil's territory is growing explosively, and a large number of foreign outcasts have not experienced the first territorial defense, nor have they experienced a complete disaster drill, even if someone appeases them, they will inevitably fall into panic, under normal circumstances, the nobles do not care whether these "untouchables" are in a panic, because the nobles only trust their own knights, mages and private soldiers, but in Cecil Territory, the government department issued clear instructions to everyone at the first time, And let the vigilantes make a non-stop announcement of the situation, and the effect of these measures was surprisingly good - even the panicked newcomers quickly turned to stability after receiving clear instructions from above, a change that surprised Hetty.
On the southern wall of the territory, Gao Wen was taking Heti and others to check the layout of the final line of defense, and when he heard the situation in the city reported by the officer, he looked at Heti with a smile: "In the final analysis, people's fear comes from the unknown, and it is precisely because they don't know what is going to happen that fear will be infinitely amplified in their hearts, and at this time, as long as you give them some clear news, or even clear orders, they can easily settle down." Even if you ask them to move the bricks en masse, they will feel at ease β if there is a response, at least it means that the situation is manageable. β
At this moment, a figure full of arcane brilliance appeared on the city wall, and the soldiers moved out of the way, and Kamel went straight through the crowd to Gawain: "Two magical obelisks have been activated, and the entire section of the city wall has been covered by a magical field. β
Gawain nodded: "It's hard work - it must not be easy to add two obelisks in such a short period of time." β
"Actually, it's okay, the machinery and equipment you invented are very useful, I thought that without the magic power foundry of the Gondor Empire, it would be a little more difficult for me to make things in this era, but now the situation is much better than expected," Kamel said with a hum, then leaned up slightly to look at the entire section of the wall, "This is really ...... A sight I've never seen before. β
Hetty, who was next to her, asked curiously, "Haven't you experienced the battlefield?" β
"I'm a researcher, and while I've had combat experience as a magister, I've never experienced a real battlefield," Kamel admitted, "and I live in a time when the Gondor Empire was at its strongest, when no nation on the entire continent dared to go to war with us. β
"Then you can have a good look at what the battlefield looks like," Gawain smiled, "the battlefield of the new era." β
"Well, I'm curious about what the aberrations you mentioned," the arcane glow brightened on Kamel's body, "the monsters that appeared in the tides...... It should be of great research value. β
Gawain nodded, then looked around, and suddenly became a little curious: "Where did Rebecca go?" I hadn't seen her since just now. β
"She left the walls in the morning, saying that she wanted to go back and prepare the equipment for battle," said Hetty, "and she was not very good at commanding, but she could still serve as firepower, so I let her go." β
"Combat equipment...... Gao Wen blinked, "I don't know what that girl wants to do......"
In the Lord's Mansion, in Rebecca's own "laboratory", an ironhead baby is carefully assembling a bunch of rune substrates.
As a third-level mage who can only use big fireballs and has no experimental knowledge, Rebecca does not have her own laboratory, but after she showed her talent for mathematics and physics, and repeatedly made contributions to inventions, Hetty relaxed the monitoring of this humanoid self-propelled fireball launcher, and Rebecca secretly made up a laboratory by herself - saying that it was a laboratory, in fact, she had set up a workshop in the utility room of her suite, where there were not many spell-related devices (after all, she couldn't use them), Instead, there are a lot of machining devices, such as small drill floors and machine tools, where Rebecca has tinkered with a lot of useful things β and strange things.
Tyr was hovering in the corner of the laboratory, watching Rebecca connect those rune substrates with red copper hinges, combining them into wide metal bands, and fastening them to her body with hooks and straps, and couldn't help but ask, "Are you a new type of armor?" β
"What armor, this is my own invented battle mage amplifier!" Rebecca struggled to hold the rune substrates in place, and raised her eyelids to look at Tyr, who was yawning, "Why don't you look awake again?" Didn't you say that you were in a state of excitement? I'm going to be excited for a month or something......"
"Misjudged and underestimated your laziness," Tyre stretched out his long waist (because the waist is really long), the tips of his tail shaking comfortably as he stretched his waist, "Anyway, you're about to fight, right?" At this time, you are still tossing toys here, are you not afraid of being beaten by your grandfather and grandfather? β
"You know what, I'm here to prepare for war!" Rebecca said with a serious face, and at the same time finally buckled the last lock of the "Battle Mage Amplifier", "It's you, are you still planning to go back to sleep?" You really don't go to the walls to help? β
"Say it again, talk about it......" Tyre said as he was about to doze off, but he still managed to hold his eyelids, "what the hell did you call me for...... Isn't it just for the sake of finding an audience to see how you tied yourself up with a weird iron belt? β
"Of course not, I'll let you help me take insurance, because I don't know how effective this amplifier will be," Rebecca said as she pressed her hand on a trigger between the rune substrates, and as she pressed the controller, all the rune substrates began to light up one by one, "Look at it, I'll test it first......"
Tyr lazily watched Rebecca pick up the staff next to him, lazily watched the other party rub a fireball, and lazily ...... Startled, he exclaimed, "Wo X, what is that fireball you have!" β
On the southern wall, on the eastern extension, a special group of "defenders" was carrying a box of crystallized bombs to the tower where the trebuchet was located, while Thorderlin stood by and supervised the work of the warriors.
They were the sixteen Typhon soldiers who were still prisoners of war.
Balto, the knight of Typhon, bent down and placed the last crystallized bomb next to the trebuchet, before he stood up and looked back in the direction of the town behind him.
In this high position, he could easily see most of the city, and even the place where he had been imprisoned.
Today is the third day since he left his cell, and as a warrior of Typhon, he has been helping the Ansu move bricks and ammunition boxes on this section of the wall for three full days.
It wasn't something to be proud of, but as a prisoner of war, Barto knew he didn't have much of a choice - he was lucky to be alive to breathe fresh air outside his cell, not to mention that he was told that his job here was to fight monsters from the Gondor wasteland - not to fight his own people, which was at least not too bad.
And during the three days of moving bricks, Barto and his comrades did not forget to look around, did not forget to seize all the time to understand this mysterious frontier territory, to understand the mysterious ancient duke and his mysterious new army, and the more he knew, the more surprised he became.
He had thought that Ansu was a decadent and backward barbaric country, mired in a quagmire of decline, with the nobility corrupted and degenerate, the commoners hungry and cold, the frontiers withered, and the internal undercurrents ragingβthis was the case with the popular propaganda in Typhon's country, and the true information heard by the soldiers of the Winter Wolf Legion on the frontier, but here, this Cecil territory was completely inconsistent with Barto's perception of Ansu.
He hadn't seen what Cecil's daily state looked like, but he had seen what the territory looked like after the alarm sounded, he saw that the territory was running with astonishing efficiency, he saw the army moving in an orderly manner and actively preparing for war, he saw the close coordination of various departments without prevarication, and he saw that the administrative organ called the "Government Affairs Department" was like the brain of the entire territory constantly issuing orderly instructions and directing everything in an orderly manner, while in the city, it should have been chaotic, ignorant, The numb, ignorant and foolish people, like well-trained militiamen or well-informed citizens, did not show the slightest sign of unrest, but supported the city's defenses and maintained normal production and life - except for a half-day halt on the first day when the state of emergency was applied to redistribute production targets, the operation of the whole city was not affected by the state of war in the slightest!
To be fair, Balto didn't even think of any other city in Typhon that could do the same thing.
The more they observed, the more frightened Balto and his comrades becameβif this was the case elsewhere in Ansu, would it be wise for Typhon to go to war with them?
However, the knight's thoughts did not last, for a palpitating sensation suddenly came over him.
Guided by his intuition, he turned his head to look at the mountain barrier to the south of the city walls, and in the powerful vision of the transcendent, he saw an ominous cloud of black-red smoke rising from the boundary between the mountains and the plains, and countless twisted and hideous figures appeared in it.
He heard one of his comrades muttering to himself, "That's ...... What is it?! β
The most urgent alarm sounded on the walls, and the sentries on the watchtowers rang the bell and shouted loudly:
"They're coming!!"
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