The magical light was so bright, it was like a giant pillar connecting heaven and earth in the dimming of the sky at dusk, it was impossible for any creature with vision to see it, and of course it was impossible for the soldiers on the walls of the Rock Fortress to ignore it who had been vigilant about the movement in the north.

An elite force quickly left the fortress and followed the direction of the magical brilliance into the wilderness on the edge of Pompeii, where they found the source of this unusual burst of magic before the radiance dissipated.

A "stone statue" made of a mixture of rock and crystal stood upright in the wilderness, armed with a long sword, facing east, and near the stone statue, the soldiers found a boulder carved with letters.

The news was quickly sent to the Rock Fortress, and the commander of the fortress, Wald? Sir Perridge arrived before the light was completely dark, and the old knight looked at the scene in astonishment—he recognized the stone statue's face, for he had seen the young face in some sources.

"This stone statue ...... Belk? Marquis of Loren? Wald muttered in disbelief, "This ......"

At first, he subconsciously thought that it was indeed a stone statue, but soon became suspicious, and some terrible associations were made—he found that the stone statue was so vivid, even every strand of hair and every fold of clothing was delicate, and a series of crystal crystals that were still shimmering were inlaid on the surface of the stone statue, as if growing out of the "skin" of the "stone statue", which looked terrifying.

This reminded the old knight of some information that had recently arrived from the north.

And the handwriting on the boulder near the stone statue seemed to confirm his judgment.

After carefully looking at the notches on the boulder, the reliable old knight immediately turned to his lieutenant: "Knight Margarita, contact Grand Duke Galvan immediately!" ”

An urgent communication from the Rock Fortress interrupted a regular communication between Gawain and Daniel, and after listening to the words of the Margarita Knight, Gawain, who was sitting in his study, took a slow breath.

News from the deepest part of the polluted northern zone...... It was delivered to me in the most unexpected way.

Belk? Loren turned into a stone statue? What did he go through? How did he get to Rock Fortress? Why did he have that transformation? It's all confusing, but vaguely, Gawain guesses some more truths.

On the holographic projection next to the desk, a female knight with brown shawl hair was waiting for an order: "My lord, what should we do...... What's going on here? ”

Gawain glanced at the holographic projection - behind Margarita, he saw the wilderness north of the Rock Fortress, a "stone statue" standing straight among the rubble and weeds, illuminated by the light of the surrounding magic crystal lamps, and between the faces that had been turned into stone and covered with crystal, Gawain vaguely remembered the last time he saw the other party.

"Check the 'stone statue' for any residual contamination, characterized by mixed arcane energy and erratic life reactions—if not, bring him back," Gawain commanded, not forgetting to warn him, "Be careful not to damage the slightest." ”

Although he didn't know exactly what Belk had been through, he could guess a little: a brave knight should not continue to be exposed to the wilderness.

After the communication ended, Gawain looked up at Amber standing next to him, who was still in a daze, and muttered, "The entire Eastland Legion...... Is that really the end there? ”

Gawain shook his head slightly: "I'm afraid it's not just the Eastern Legion that will be finished. ”

Then he activated the magic network communication terminal again and called the emergency line of the military district: "Philip, come to the lord's mansion." ”

The situation in some areas of the Jumu Crossings has been clarified, and the current situation of the Eastern Legion has been clarified, although further supplements and corroboration are needed from the intelligence of Tölderling, but many things can already be started.

He didn't wait long, and thirty minutes later, Betty's voice came from outside the study door: "Master! Philip Knight is here!! ”

Philip, dressed in knight's suit, walked into the study, and after he entered the room, he first saluted Gawain, but before he could speak, the magic network communication terminal next to Gawain's desk suddenly lit up again, and at the same time made a buzzing sound.

"Wait a minute." Gawain waved his hand to Philip, signaling the other party to wait, and then turned on the communication device - judging from the special sign that emerged in the air after the activation of the magic net terminal, this was an emergency communication with a high priority, and if it was not for very important information, it would not be connected to it using this line.

The communication device was activated, and the holographic projection above the device quickly condensed into a clear image, and Thorderlin, wearing a blonde wig, appeared in the image with a serious face: "There is important progress on our side. ”

Gawain nodded: "Say." ”

"We have approached the edge of the contaminated area and rescued a group of Kingdom soldiers who have retreated from the north," Thorderling reported quickly and clearly, "According to them, all the control areas of the Kingdom Army at the Giant Wood Pass have been polluted by the 'Crystal Curse', Boulder City has fallen, Count Thorin has been killed, and most of the main forces of the Kingdom Army have been destroyed, Victoria? Duchess Wilde and her mountain legions are trapped in the north, the current situation is unknown, and the remnants of a part of the kingdom army have broken through to the northwest, the current situation is unknown, and a large number of crystal giants have gathered into an army and are moving in the direction of Saint-Sunil. ”

"Soldiers of the Kingdom Army who have retreated from the north?" Gawain's heart moved, and suddenly what came to mind was another piece of information he had just received, from Berk? Loren's warning, "You check the blood of those people first......"

Although Thorderlin didn't quite understand, he still carried out the order as soon as possible, and Gawain got up and walked to the Ansu map next to him, marking and deducing on the map according to the situation that Toldlin had just reported.

Soon, the High Ranger was back in front of the holographic projection, and thankfully, the Kingdom Army soldiers saved by the Steel Rangers showed no signs of infection.

"Who are those soldiers leading? How did they get to the southern part of the polluted area? ”

"A knight named Mitchell, he and his squad were one of the teams that followed the large army to the northwest, but the entire breakthrough team near the Purple Water Valley was ambushed by the 'Crystal Cluster Legion', the main force was cut off, and Mitchell and his team were also separated from the large army - because there was no hope of continuing to break through to the north, they began to move south."

"Ambushed by the Crystal Cluster Legion?"

"Yes, those who are infected with crystal clusters...... Although they seem to have turned into monsters, we find that they still have their senses, but their minds and cognitions have been completely heterogeneous, and they regard normal living people as enemies......"

Thordrin and his Iron Rangers have really gathered a lot of vital information.

In the following period, Gawain asked a lot of questions in detail about the north, about the "crystal cluster infestation", about the situation in the contaminated area, and Sölderlin also gave a detailed and quick report on the information he had collected along the way.

Gradually, the situation in the originally foggy Holy Spirit Plains finally became clear, and Gawain quickly combined all the known information in his mind, and on that satellite map overlooking Ansu, a large number of vague and unknown areas were filled in and perfected one after another.

Belk? Loren brought information on the Eastern Territory and the Eastern Legion, and Thorderlin received first-hand information from the Kingdom Army, all of which corroborated each other, filling in the main contaminated areas, the distribution of the "monsters" and their many characteristics, the possible hiding places and escape routes of the survivors...... It's all in one place.

Gawain turned his head to look at Philip, who was standing in front of him with a solemn face—the young knight waiting for orders.

"The 1st Combat Corps and the Attached Mechanized Corps - Immediate Attack, Target, Whitsunday Plains."

"Yes!"

After a short thought, Gawain continued: "This time, I am also on the expedition. ”

"You're going on a campaign?" The first to widen his eyes was not Philip, but Amber standing next to Gawain, "You're not ......"

The shame of the elf choked the words halfway through, and she managed to restrain herself from saying the sentence "The last expedition ended up dying on the spot, leaving a psychological shadow", but her staring eyes obviously exposed what she was thinking.

"It's different," Gawain could guess what Amber was trying to say, but this time he wasn't angry, just smiled indifferently, "In today's situation, only by doing our best to ensure victory in the war can we have a future and hope." ”

Then he paused and sighed slightly.

"The kingdom is a mess that can't end after all - it's time for my guy who crawled out of the coffin to clean them up."

Ten minutes later, Philip left the Lord's Palace, he was going to the military district, gathering his lieutenants and staff officers, resorting all the information and making a more complete and practical plan for the march before leaving north, Amber also left the Lord's Palace, she was going to arrange a series of affairs of the Military Intelligence Bureau, to ensure that all matters such as wartime intelligence and public opinion in the rear were in order, and Gawain left his study and came to Tyr's room-

Miss Siren was not soaking in her favorite pool at the moment, but was entrenched on the west side of the room, occupying a large space in circles and circles, and when the door opened, she was wagging the tip of her tail slightly, and humming an unknown song in her mouth.

It was not a human sound, and the melody of the ballad was mixed with a large number of ethereal echoes and wave-like harmonies, it sounded wonderful and mysterious, but there seemed to be a richer complex range beyond the frequencies that the human ear could recognize, and that only the people of the deep could hear.

Gawain came to discuss things with this kraken, and he didn't expect that the other party not only didn't sleep, but even sang - to be honest, it was so rare that she could do something that was in line with the racial identity of the "kraken", so much so that Gawain couldn't help but ask: "Do you still know how to sing?" ”

"I'm a Kraken, is that our instinct?" Tyr poked the floor with the tip of his tail, expressing his dissatisfaction with Gawain's questioning in a "dodo" voice, and then asked curiously, "Anyway, you have something to do with me?" Look at the serious look on your face...... I'm afraid it's not a small matter. ”

Gao Wen nodded and got straight to the point: "Regarding the situation you mentioned last time, I want to know more about the situation of sensing the smell of 'food' in the northeast direction. ”

"Ah......h......h

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In the deepest part of the fortress of disobedience, beyond the borders of the material world, across the shadow realm that mirrors the current world, next to the fortress of disobedience in the shadow realm, a huge corpse is as silent as it has been for thousands of years.

Towering as a hill, the giant deer floated silently between the broken floating islands and rubble, countless twisted metal wreckage crisscrossed the space around the corpse, and around the giant deer, a layer of light filled with a sense of holiness and power floated slightly as if it would never be extinguished, and farther away, most of the ancient magical devices that had been thousands of years old inside and outside the fortress of disobedience had been extinguished, except for the faint runic light that flickered slowly in the darkness, accompanying the body of the giant deer Amoun that had fallen for three thousand years.

This constant silence seems to last forever.

But suddenly, a change happened -

On the huge corpse of the god, the glimmer of light flowed slowly, and the eyes of the giant deer Amonen were closed and quietly opened a little.

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