Chapter 386: Gawain's Preparations
While the fire in the Wind Fortress was on fire, Gawain was about to end the connection with the satellite.
Although he couldn't see it clearly, he could confirm that the border negotiations were over, and judging from the fact that the two groups of people did not fight, the negotiations at least did not turn into a national war, if not successful, so after the king returned to the fortress of the wind, Gawain was ready to temporarily end his attention to that area.
Then the fire rose.
It was a fire that had started from inside the fortress, and there was no sign of an external attack on the satellite footage, and the fire spread in the western part of the fortress, but it never spread beyond the western sector - it looked menacing, but it seemed to be the result of human control.
Something went wrong.
Gawain immediately made a judgment, and then tried to adjust the focus of the satellite lens, but no matter how he adjusted, due to the aging of the satellite lens itself and the obstruction of smoke and flames, he couldn't see what was going on down there, only one thing was certain—tonight, something earth-shattering would happen.
Without hesitation, he summoned Hetty, who had not yet slept, and summoned Byron and Philip Knights, who were preparing to rest.
Seeing Gawain's serious and gloomy appearance, Herty was taken aback, she forcibly stopped wanting to yawn, and looked at Gawain with curiosity: "Ancestor, what happened to you when you summoned us so late?" ”
Gawain was slightly stunned, it seemed to be very difficult to explain the source of the news to others, but after a short hesitation, he still spoke decisively: "There is a situation in the fortress of the Long Wind, and I suspect that Francis II is in danger—mortal danger. ”
"What?!" Byron was taken aback, and even his jaw almost rattled, and the middle-aged knight's eyes widened, "Lord, your news is reliable...... No, how did you know that?! ”
It was a thousand miles away from the fortress of the Long Wind, and it was impossible for the situation there to reach Cecil so quickly—Byron had heard it clearly, and Gawain was saying that Francis II was "in danger", as if he had just seen something with his own eyes!
"Special news channel," Gawain glanced at Byron without changing his expression, deciding to ignore this detail with the most unreasonable "I am your ancestor, so I know everything" logic, "In short, we must be prepared for the death of the king—even Prince Edmund." ”
This astonishing turn made the three people in front of Gawain stunned, and Knight Philip subconsciously pressed his hand to his chest and recited the name of the god of war: "God of war Kyle...... What's going to happen tonight......"
"If the king dies on the eastern border...... Ansu will definitely face war," Hetty began to deduce with a quick mind, "Now the key is that all this has to do with the Typhonians......"
Before Hetty could finish speaking, the window of the study was suddenly pushed open by a pair of invisible hands, and a cold night breeze swept into the room, and Amber's figure jumped lightly from the windowsill to Gawain - she gasped violently, apparently rushing all the way back as fast as she could.
In fact, in order to rush all the way back to the Lord's Mansion from the southernmost point of the Fortress of Disobedience, for the first time in her life, she had squeezed her shadow power to the brink limit, and by constantly shuttling between the Shadow Realm and the present world, she had completed almost a day and a half in just half an hour!
Amber obviously didn't expect that there would be Hetty and others in Gawain's study, and the information that she was about to shout out immediately swallowed back, but after noticing Gawain's serious and inquiring look, she still said it: "The king is dead!" Prince Edmund kills his father! ”
Just now Byron was shocked by Gawain's source, and at this time, it was finally Gawain's turn to shock other people's sources, and he looked at the half-elf in front of him in shock: "How do you know?" ”
Could it be that there is also a synchronous orbit satellite behind this shame of all things?
Amber gasped for a few breaths, but when she spoke, she suddenly struggled with what to say—what she had seen was so bizarre, shuttling from some kind of spatial rift in the Shadow Realm to the borders of the kingdom, and then bringing one of the kingslayer back to the south from the borders of the kingdom, and then Thordrling and Tyr beat them half to death...... Any of these things are dramatic and joking when taken out alone, but they all happen!
Finally, she finally sorted out the language: "We found an ancient spatial rift in the Shadow Experiment Field-the rift is located on the side of the Shadow Realm, I went to check the situation, and I went through the rift to the Long Wind Fortress, and then I saw with my own eyes that the king was killed by an old man, and the Prince Edmund was watching from the side, apparently an accomplice - and then I was discovered, and I had to evacuate quickly, but I didn't expect the old man to follow, but Thordrin was ready to deal with it in the Shadow Laboratory, So the old man was slapped by Thorderling's Steel Ranger with four explosive shots, and now he is tied up in a ball by Tyr......"
"What is this and what......" Gawain looked at Balabala's amber dumbfounded, and reacted closely, "Wait a minute, you said you brought someone else?" And caught alive?! ”
"That's right! So I'm here to tell you to hurry over and see what's going on! Amber patted her head, "You'd better hurry up - the old man is tied up by Tyr, but Tyr's posture is a little scary, I'm afraid that the sea caterpillar monster will eat the old man!" ”
Gao Wen wanted to BB loudly and say that this is all messy tonight, but in order to maintain his image as an ancestor, he had to press all the complaints in the bronchi, and nodded with a serious face: "I'll go over now." ”
Then he turned his head to look at Hetty and the others: "Hetty, you immediately go and sort out the wartime status list, I will try to come back before noon tomorrow, and before then, you will gather the heads of commerce, agriculture, and industry in the territory to prepare for an emergency meeting." Byron, Philip, the 1st Regiment of the Combat Corps entered the highest level of combat readiness, ready to upgrade to a state of war at any time. In addition, Philip, you will go to Kant tomorrow and send an order to the knight Wald Perridge to let the Second Corps strengthen its precautions, especially pay attention to whether there is any change in the noble territory in the northern region, and if so, report it as soon as possible. ”
To the north of Kant is the Carol Territory, the main gateway to the plain of the Holy Spirit, and can also be regarded as a buffer zone between the hinterland of the kingdom and the southern border, based on the fire inside the fortress of the Long Wind and the information brought by Amber, Gawain believes that this may be a terrifying palace struggle, and its sinister level may even exceed that of the Foggy Moon civil strife - all the nobles of the kingdom will probably be caught in a mess. Although he thought that the southern realm, which had long been on the edge of the kingdom, might not be drawn into this upheaval anytime soon, he still had to find a way to guard against the threat from the plains of the Holy Spirit.
Another reason, of course, was that he wanted to give the unstable Second Corps something to do, in order to prevent problems with the newly loyal knights and the former Kant soldiers who had just begun to train in Cecil's military system when the situation changed.
Seeing that Gawain was about to get up and leave, Hetty couldn't help but ask, "Do you need to find something to do for Rebecca?" She's Cecil after all......"
Rebecca is currently the only heir to the Cecil family, and although she is neither good at domestic affairs nor military, Heti's traditional aristocratic thinking still makes her feel that Rebecca should be involved in these things.
Gawain gave Hetty a deep look: "Let Rebecca rest well, and tomorrow she will go to the Magic Guiding Technology Research Institute as usual, and continue to develop vehicle chassis or printing machines—what she does is just as important as preparing for a war." ”
Then he added: "Hetty, times have changed, and a person's duties should be determined by ability, not blood. ”
After saying this, Gawain left the Lord's Mansion with Amber.
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In the Shadow Laboratory, Thorderin and the soldiers are on guard around the waterhole, while the Kraken Tyr still maintains a terrifying and refreshing "Sea Demon" form, controlling Clement's movements with a large number of tentacles.
But in fact, even if she didn't have to tie up the hapless creature with tentacles, the latter would have little strength to resist or escape.
The power of the four explosive shots was no joke - after the forced life-renewing effects of the acanthus and life conversion were over, the unprecedented weakness almost killed Clement, and if it weren't for Tyre's timely discovery that his "prey" was slowly dying, Clement would have been a corpse by this time.
"I'll tell you, you don't want to die," Tyre slapped Clement's face with a tentacle, sobering up the already trance-stricken enemy again and again, Miss Siren's tone was full of worry, "If you die at my hands, I will never have to count on those 'cookies' in Gawain's collection......"
Obviously, this Siren lady still hasn't given up the idea of beating the corpse of the "God of Nature" that Gawain has in his hands......
With a strange expression, Thorderling watched Tyr hang the captive's life again and again with just the right amount of healing, and used his tentacles to interact with the other party in a strange way, and couldn't help but ask, "Don't you really think that your current form alone can scare people to death?" ”
Tyr looked down at his scaly-covered upper torso and hideous lower body tentacles, and his face was clouded: "I don't think - our sisters over there will do this......"
Thorderling muttered helplessly, "...... What kind of aesthetic ...... do you krakens have?"
"Whoever can change more looks is pretty," replied Tyr as a matter of course, "Anyway, everyone will be transformed, and their usual appearance is just a casual long ......"
Gawain arrived at such a strange atmosphere.
As soon as he entered the Shadow Proving Ground, he saw Tyr, who occupied the entire waterhole and was a huge and strangely shaped figure, and Tyr's large pile of writhing tentacles that were more octopus than an octopus.
His first instinct was whether he wanted to go through a san check......
"You'd better not stare at her tentacles," Amber reminded Gawain, who was following behind her, "those tentacles with patterns in them are very bad, and if you stare at them, your mind will be affected immediately, and then you will become a very positive, cheerful and energetic person, at least for two hours......"
Gawain: "??? ”
What a mess!