The stonemasons and apprentices sat on the ground resting, watching with envy and awe as the magic guide materials rose into the air under the guidance of Heti's magic power, and were accurately drawn on the surface of the stone wall, while a huge translucent palm assisted by the side, removing the vines that affected the drawing of the magic circle or adjusting those subtle rune lines, or inlaying amplification materials such as mana crystals on key nodes, and between the rune gaps in various parts of this magic circle were the stone caves and holes they had dug before, It was stuffed with shiny crystal "grit".

In their eyes, those finely crushed crystals, which are only the size of a grain of rice, are indeed about the same as "grit".

These exhausted people still don't realize what they are involved in, they don't even know Gawain's plan to blow up the rock wall, they are just working here according to the lord's orders, but Amber looks at these people and has a strange feeling.

Except for the final drawing of the detonation circle, most of the whole process was actually done by ordinary people - the serfs in the furnace area fired the crystal, and the magic net No. 1 used to charge the crystal was also built by ordinary craftsmen, although Rebecca participated in the design of the magic net, but did not use any extraordinary power in the whole process, and then the people transported the crystal here, and the stonemason carved holes in the rock wall and filled the crystal into it......

In fact, if it weren't for the fact that the circle was to be drawn on the rock wall, and due to the limited time, even the work of drawing the circle could be done by ordinary people, as long as they could ensure that all the runes were drawn in the right place and the magic materials on the key nodes were installed correctly - although this required some knowledge and skill, but it did not require any extraordinary power, Amber believed that even civilians in the territory could master these as long as they studied and trained.

As for how people without mana can activate this circle...... Rebecca has made a rune trigger, and it has been proven to work on detonation circles. Even without the rune trigger, the "Magic Net No. 1" in the territory has already achieved the ability to supply energy to the outside world, as long as the charging route of the Magic Net No. 1 is extended, ordinary people can detonate this set of things that Gawain called "large-scale art".

Admittedly, this process is far more complicated and difficult than snapping the fingers of the archmages, but even considering the possibility of this process making it happen makes Amber shudder a little:

A group of ordinary people who have no ability to cast spells at all can use this "magic device" to blow up the entire mountain cliff......

Thinking about it, she couldn't help but wonder when she looked at Gawain's gaze: this strange man who didn't look like a nobleman at all...... Do you know what he's doing?

But after a moment's of serious thought in her mind, Amber's remaining bit of seriousness was gone, and she slapped her face, looked up at the sky, and saw that it was not yet time to eat, so she turned around and dissipated into the depths of the shadows.

She still has to keep an eye on the movements of the deviants, and keep their information back here, and the task is still on her part.

On the other side, on the mountain pass on the southwest side of the camp and on the mountain path into the mountain, two knights, Philip and Byron, were accompanying Rebecca, doing what they had never done before.

Command your men to lay traps on the ground, a kind of trap that explodes.

The soldiers and conscripts were responsible for digging pits, and Rebecca and the craftsmen were responsible for placing the "mines" in place, because as long as the rune trigger was placed on the magic array, those seemingly harmless crystal particles would become dangerous things enough to open mountains and crack stones, so each rune trigger was adjusted and placed in place by Rebecca herself, and in order to prevent the missing guy from accidentally touching the mechanism, Rebecca also put a red stone on the side of each trap to mark.

Yes, it was marked, which is completely inconsistent with the basic professional ethics of planting mines, but it doesn't matter, it's just bullying those aberrants who have no brains......

Knight Philip looked at his soldiers with a strange expression and sprinkled a thin layer of earth on the surface of a wooden box that had been placed, and then at the others who were digging a pit not far away, and finally couldn't help but mutter to Byron: "This is ...... Isn't it a bit out of chivalry? ”

"Not in chivalry? You mean digging traps? The gray-haired middle-aged knight glanced at the young talent, "Then what do you think chivalry should do?" ”

Philip solemnly placed his hand on the hilt of his sword: "A knight should face his enemies with dignity, arm himself with bravery and justice, face the most powerful enemy, defend the people and the land, and if he wins, he will be honored, and if he fails, he will be buried in battle...... And not digging traps here. ”

Byron waved his hand again and again without waiting for the other party to finish: "Stop, stop, stop—you really can't change this problem, you are as young as an old churchman." Don't forget, these traps were ordered by the Duke, he is a knight of knights, a hero of heroes, and now the knightly codes of the kingdoms are even based on him, do you think the things he arranged will not be in line with the spirit of chivalry? ”

Philip was already entangled in this matter, and when he heard it, he was even more entangled: "So I can't figure it out." ”

"In my opinion, this is quite in line with chivalry," Byron touched his chin and began to preach a set of fallacies with the eloquence he had cultivated during his mercenary days, "We have dug a hole here, this is just like the rejection of horses on the battlefield and the armor on your body, and then we are also going to challenge the most powerful enemy - look at this pit all over the ground, the monster that can come out of it must be the strongest guy, only such a guy will run to the last line of defense to fight us, And those who can't even get through these pits are all the weak, and fighting with the weak is an insult to chivalry......"

Philip thought about it carefully and looked at Byron a little puzzled: "According to your meaning, these traps are to identify the real strong enemy?" ”

Byron nodded: "That's pretty much what it means." ”

Philip thought about it again: "I always felt like you were talking nonsense. ”

Byron laughed, turned around and instructed the craftsmen who were planting the mines: "Pour some more stones on this, just don't press the mechanism." I've seen these things explode, and if there's a rock in the pit, it blows up even harder......"

Rebecca next to her suddenly lit up in her eyes: "Oh! Can it be like this?! ”

"Of course," Byron smiled, "don't underestimate the wisdom of the mercenaries - and the justice of the knights. ”

"Then you wait, I'll have people bury all the rotten copper and iron that were taken out of the mountains and rotten into the trap......"

The half-monk knight and the viscount lady whose brains were caught by the door looked at each other and smiled, reaching a tacit understanding, colluding and embarrassed......

Philip Knight, who witnessed the whole process behind, let out a long sigh.

After a few hours, everything was finally laid out, and all the fighters and civilians withdrew to the camp.

Gawain also retreated.

The monsters were already very close, and according to Amber's report, they were approaching the first trap in the north of the mountain.

Once they begin to sense the breath of a living person and the active magical energy, they will move from a slow-moving state to a berserk and dash towards the largest human colony in their sensing range.

The camp had been set up, and the vast area between the western pass and the camp appeared to be a completely unobstructed clearing, and beyond this clearing was a makeshift fence made of wood and wooden spikes, which had little effect on the distortions, and at best slowed them down.

Heavily armed knights and soldiers behind the fence were the last line of defense of the camp.

Gawain stood with the camp guards, beside him Rebecca, who was nervously clutching her staff, behind him were the knights Byron and Philip, while the other soldiers and militiamen guarded the south gate of the camp with swords and shields—since the monsters had little ability to think and didn't know how to take a detour, just holding the gate towards the Dark Mountains was equivalent to holding all the defenses.

That's probably the only good thing about fighting aberrations.

"Nervous?" Gawain noticed that Rebecca had taken a third deep breath and asked casually.

"Sort of," Rebecca squeezed out a smile, "weird, I wasn't nervous the last time I fought them......"

"Because you didn't have time to be nervous then, and this time you knew they were coming three days in advance, waiting is the most terrible thing in the world," Gawain smiled and shook his head, "but don't be afraid, you have to believe in the power of those crystals—you created them." ”

Rebecca nodded, but then shook her head, "But what I've done since I was a kid hasn't been very reliable......"

Gao Wen hurriedly coughed twice to cover his face: "Ahem, don't say it here, it will shake the morale of the army." ”

Why is this kid's head iron problem always bad?

But it was clear that the soldiers around him were not paying attention to what their lord and the previous lord were saying.

They just stared at the mountain pass, waiting for the moment when the "thunder" exploded, as the lord said.

In the Dark Mountains, the road leading to the pass, Hetty stood alone on a jutting boulder at the top of the rock face, quietly watching the natural mountain path that winded below.

She could already smell the filthy scent of the monsters.

The air beside him distorted slightly, Amber's figure emerged from a dark shadow, and Miss Half-Elf's face was more serious than ever: "They're coming." ”

Hetty nodded slightly, looking at the end of the trail below.

A foul mist rose there, plants withered and fell in the mist, and giant-like flesh freaks emerged from it, one, two, three...... More and more.

Hetty dissipated the masking spell that had been applied to him, and in an instant, the breath of the living and the active magical energy were all revealed, both of which were as brilliant as the light of fire in the dark night in the eyes of the monsters that originated from the demon tide.

The monsters, which were still slowly shaking, instantly "woke up", let out a chaotic and crazy roar, and then accelerated like a pack of hyenas smelling blood, and pounced in the direction where Hetty was.

The huge figures began to run wildly on the mountain path, and Amber instantly got goosebumps, but Hettie just watched this scene quietly, she stood at the point where the magic of the detonation circle was infused, but she didn't make any move.

"Good...... It's so close! Amber whispered nervously.

"Not yet," Hetty just shook her head, "the more we bury here, the less pressure they'll have to face, so wait." ”

Amber grabbed Hetty's arm, and at the same time, half of her body had begun to gradually fade: "Okay, I'll wait for your signal, as long as you detonate it, I'll pull you in immediately!" ”

Hetty nodded slightly, and raised her hand, unleashing the simplest of flashes in the direction of the monsters.

The most basic spells caused even more obvious fluctuations in mana, and the monsters suddenly swarmed even more frantically, pushing and shoving, huddled together, like deformed trolls of flesh and blood, and rushed to the middle of the mountain path with their hands and feet, and even began to try to climb the cliff where Hetty stood.

Without hesitation, Hetty activated the circle under his feet and pulled Amber's arm: "Go!" ”

The two figures disappeared in an instant into the surging shadows.

The magic array on the rock wall emitted a dazzling white light, and a second later, it detonated countless "mana crystals" buried all over the rock wall.

It was like thunder.