Chapter Eighty-Six: A Bold Plan
For Gawain, there was nothing more terrifying than standing on a dark mountain and looking south, but not seeing the glimmering barrier.
For the continental nations of this era, that is the end of civilization.
But the barrier at the end of the horizon remains, and in the chaotic backdrop of the Corruption, it stands like a wall of light between heaven and earth, and although it has stood there for seven hundred years, and many functions are probably declining, the world will be safe as long as that light exists.
"That's the Great Wall...... Hetty's tone was incredulous and exclaiming, "I've only seen ...... in books."
"Hundreds of years ago, the people on the border were no strangers to that wall, but in the past few hundred years, the territory of civilization has retreated again and again, even to the north of the Baishui River," Gao Wen shook his head with a sigh, "The demon tide is receding, and you are retreating, it's ironic." β
Hetty's face suddenly felt a little ashamed, but what could she do - a hundred years ago, the grandfather who had the courage to die and had outstanding talent in the cause of rebellion was too TM to toss, and he destroyed the foundation of the entire south by himself, who would dare to carry this pot......
"Okay, okay, the wall is still there, so that means the Sentinel Tower is 'healing' itself, right?" Amber was also amazed by the magnificent wall, but looking at the eroded land in the south, she really didn't want to stay for a minute, "So those aberrations won't have any reinforcements - let's go back quickly, hurry back and think about how to deal with those monsters!" β
Gawain nodded slightly, turned around and jumped off the boulder, and said casually, "I already have a rough plan." β
Amber hurriedly followed, hurrying behind Gawain while balabala: "What plan, what plan?" Are you really planning to take out more than nine hundred in one war charge? I'm kidding you...... Could it be that you are really so good? β
Gao Wenxin said that seven hundred years ago, Gawain Cecil might really be able to charge through that wave of monsters in a war, but if he wants to do this today, he can really only spiral to heaven and die again, and the plan he said is not to rush in and open Wushuang alone: "I just roughly calculated the route in the mountains and the speed of those monsters' movements - they have not yet sensed the existence of the camp, so they move slowly, if they continue to go north at this speed, It won't be a threat to the camp until at least two days, so we'll have two days to set it up. β
Amber scratched her hair: "What arrangement?" β
"Blow up the entire cliff on the west side of the camp," Gawain said, reversing the map quickly in his mind, "the rock formations there are unstable, and some areas have cracked, and the road below the mountain wall ...... Right in the direction of those aberrations. β
Amber was stunned, Gawain's bold and almost insane (in her opinion) plan was completely unexpected.
She imagined countless scenes of laying defensive lines outside the camp, fighting bravely, and resisting in a roundabout way, and even almost moved herself, but she didn't expect Gawain to come up with such an unusual plan......
Then she doubted the feasibility of the plan: "Can you really do this?" Blow the mountain down! How could it be! β
Gawain glanced at Amber: "It's not to blow up the mountain, it's to blow down a part of the rock formation, believe me, I've observed the situation there, it's easy, and we have something enough to blow it up." β
Amber blinked, and suddenly reacted to what Gawain was referring to: "You mean...... Those fake crystals that your second granddaughter tossed out? β
This guy's ability to casually nickname other people or things is getting more and more sophisticated.
"It's those crystals, that's called 'Rebecca Crystals', they have names," Gawain nodded, "because the raw materials are the stones in the mountains, and even the serfs can complete the smelting operation after the confession, so a lot of those things have been produced, and they just come in handy." β
Amber still wanted to mumble, but Gawain had already stepped forward, and only threw a sentence from afar: "The details will be discussed when we get back to the camp, those monsters won't stop and wait for us." β
Amber looked up at Gawain and Herty walking briskly on the rugged mountain road, jumping to their feet in a hurry behind: "Hey! Ay! You two wait for me! Hey, Gawain, you're a knight with good physical strength, and Hetty, how can you run so fast in the mountains as a mage! β
Hetty heard Amber's voice, but only smiled and shook her head without answering.
How can outsiders know the rules handed down by the Cecil family since ancient times - whether the heirs of the family, whether male or female, regardless of talent, go to the forest to kill a wolf with their bare hands before they reach adulthood...... Rebecca was stunned by a wolf three times before passing the test, but Hetty cleared it once!
Upon returning to the camp, Gawain immediately summoned Rebecca, Byron, and Philip to his tent, and the druid Pitman came in uninvited upon hearing the news.
Considering that there were a lot of things that could not be hidden, and if he really needed to fight those monsters head-on, this half-bucket of water druid's healing spell would also be an indispensable help, so he did not drive the little old man out.
"There are more aberrations, nearly a thousand in number, in the mountains," Gawain said bluntly after the others arrived, "and are moving towards this side." β
Everyone was shocked by the news, but Pitman was the first to react, the old druid shook his robe, and was righteous: "I don't want this month's salary-"
"Stop, how did you react to Amber," Gao Wen glared at the little old man, "Wait for me to finish speaking, and it's not too late for you to make a statement when I'm done arranging here." β
"Lord Duke," said the Byron knight, "there are less than a hundred men in the camp to fight nowβand that's not counting the dozens of militiamen who have just been trained. Regular soldiers and militiamen may be able to fight the aberrations head-on with those enchanted weapons armor, but they can barely ...... one-to-one."
"I know," Gawain interrupted Byron with his hand raised, "so I didn't plan to fight those monsters directly. β
Rebecca's eyes widened, "Could it be ...... Going to abandon the camp? β
She flattened her mouth, obviously the last thing she wanted to hear was the answer: although it was a barren land in the wilderness, this was the last place of the Cecil family, and it was also her new home, whether it was the furnace where the crystal was fired or the steel mill that used the magic net one to power it: it was the place where she could happily do what she loved for the first time in her life, and she didn't want to give it up no matter what.
But if Gawain really decided to evacuate...... She was also ready to obey.
"No, we don't have to withdraw, at least we don't have to make a decision so hastily," Gawain shook his head, "It will take two days for those monsters to move to a position where they can sense the presence of the camp, and then it will take at least a day for them to rush over, so we have three days at most to prepare." I have a plan, but I need a lot of 'Rebecca Crystal'......"
Gawain spoke out his bold idea and emphasized the feasibility of the plan.
Byron Knight and Philip Knight looked at each other, as two traditional martial arts professionals, they didn't pay much attention to the "inventions" that Gawain and Rebecca tossed, and they couldn't imagine how powerful those crystals that could cause explosions were, and Pitman was even more confused: he was either dispensing alchemy potions in the room he had been assigned to these days, or he was wandering around selling useless ointments to exorcise evil spirits, and he didn't even know what "Rebecca Crystals" were......
But Rebecca's own eyes lit up all of a sudden: "That's right! Those crystals do! β
Rebecca Crystal is an invention that she is proud of, these days as long as she has time to test the properties of those crystals and the power of detonation, they know their effects well, and Gawain's plan seems to open the door to a new world for her, which makes the little girl immediately excited: "Listen to me, the plan of the ancestors is completely feasible!" I know how powerful those crystals can blow up - and the more there are, the more powerful they get! If you stuff them in a rock crevice, an explosion circle will be carved into the rock...... It's no problem to blow up a rock wall! β
The eyes of the two knights at the scene finally brightened, but the Byron knight was still a little worried: "But can this really kill those monsters?" Their vitality is very tenacious......"
"You've fought them head-on, so you should know that those aberrations aren't invulnerable," Gawain smiled, "and the aberrations within the range of the Demon Tide and the departing aberrations are completely different concepts, and without the replenishment of Chaos Magic, they are more than a little vulnerable." According to my observations, the demonic tide aura produced by the group of aberrants in the mountains was far weaker than the pollution of Cecil's territory that day. β
"Then it couldn't be better," the Byron knight nodded, "but what if the landslide doesn't get rid of them all?" β
"I didn't expect to bury them all in the first place - the first collapse would be the best result," Gawain said with a smile, "For the rest, we use traps, with buried 'art' to cut them down step by step, from the mountain pass in the southwest corner to the camp, we have a buffer zone to deal with them - the open space and fence in front of the camp are the last line of defense, but I suspect those monsters will not be able to go this distance at all." β
As he spoke, he looked up at Rebecca, "I asked you to combine the rune trigger and the trap, it should have been done, right?" β
"Of course, that thing is simple, the simplest rune trigger can be done with a few stacked stone chips, anyway, as long as you can press the runes into the detonation circle," Rebecca looked very happy, "And after you left just now, I sent a few more people to the furnace, and at this time there should be another batch of crystals burned out - now that the magic net number one is up and running, put those crystals near the charging point of the magic net one, and it will fill a large pile in a short time, I've sent someone to transport all the crystals in reserve to the compound of the steel plant, and I'll be able to recharge them all by tonight at the latest......"
Looking at Rebecca's excited and non-stop appearance, Gawain felt from the bottom of his heart that he had really picked up a treasure.
This girl...... He's a talent.