Chapter 275: After the Battle
Although the final development was a bit unexpected for Gawain, the outcome of the entire battle was still roughly what he expected - a mere two or three thousand aberrations were now no longer able to threaten the Cecil Domain, which had established a complete defense, and even if there were mutants in the aberrations that had never been seen before, the outcome did not change.
But even if you succeed in defending against this wave of enemy attacks, you can't just relax your mind.
The presence of never-before-seen mutants in the aberrations is a rather bad sign in itself - and the intelligence tendencies of the mutants are even more disturbing. What causes them to mutate? Is this variation widespread? Will it continue to grow? The monsters that appeared this time are still limited in intelligence and not many in number, so what about next time? And next time?
The soldiers began to clear the walls, and since the enemy did not attack the walls, there were no casualties, but there were still some soldiers who were injured by the enemy's corrosive energy arrows - enchantment or armor with magical effects such as a breeze shield can effectively resist the corrosive energy of the aberration, but this resistance is also limited, and wounds from corrupted magic must be treated in time, otherwise minor injuries can still be fatal.
Gawain stood at the edge of the wall, looking down at the battlefield below still covered in flames and corrupting energy.
Thousands of aberrants poured on the small plain ploughed by the thunder explosion, their filthy and profaned flesh rapidly dissipating and weathering into nature's most primitive magical energy, while their massive blood-colored skeletons billowed in smoke billowing from the craters, the corruption of the aberrations staining the soil with an ominous black-brown that had not faded even after the battle.
This is only a short-term infection, the corrupt power will not stay in the land for long, but it will still take some time to dissipate, based on the experience of the last monster siege (and memories from Gawain Cecil), it will take several days for the remaining corrupting magic in the land to dissipate to the point of harmlessness, and before that, it is clear that the small plain outside the southern walls is no longer suitable for human activity - some projects will inevitably be affected.
Just as Gawain was considering the next step of the territory's recovery and production adjustment plan, a slightly cool but not biting, slightly damp breath suddenly appeared, and then, a trace of rain fell on his hair.
Rain? Rain in the Foggy Moon?
Gao Wen raised his head in astonishment, stretched out his palm, and the wisps of rain were indeed falling from the sky, and the rain line seemed to be filled with blue waves, these "rains" fell on his body, not only did they bring cold and piercing discomfort, but quickly restored the physical strength of everyone on the city wall, purifying the remaining corrupt magic in the air, and even the land outside the city wall that was infected by the breath of the demon tide recovered at a speed visible to the naked eye in the process of rain falling!
The raindrops that fell on a winter day could not have been a natural product, and Gawain immediately turned his head with a feeling, and sure enough, he saw a slender figure climbing the city wall from there - Tyr was shrouded in a mist like a nymph in the water, she opened her arms, and the powerful water elemental power formed a long, faint silk thread that reached the sky behind her, and this scene was like plucking the strings between heaven and earth, and a pair of thrilling wings opened behind her, and behind this kraken, there was an arched tail......
Gawain tried to look away from Tyr's tail, but found that he could no longer associate with "water fairies" or "wings" - even with more than twenty layers of filters in his mind, the fairies arched over one arch after another......
Then Tyr arched in front of Gawain, put his hands down with great grace, and stretched a lazy waist of four or five meters: "WhewβI'm late?" β
"Is it your rain?" Gao Wen asked curiously, and then he was a little embarrassed, "Uh...... I didn't expect you to come and help. β
Many of the soldiers on the city walls stopped and looked at Tyr with awe, they had already felt the healing and purifying power contained in this unusual rain, and they all paid their respects at this moment, while Tyr waved his hand at the human soldiers absently, and looked at Gawain again: "Rebecca asked me to come - I actually want to sleep in the house, but after all, this is where I live now, so I'll come and check on the situation." β
"Rebecca......" Gawain couldn't help but glance at the rest house behind the city wall, the girl had been taken off the city wall by Amber, and was now resting in the rear - although she threw a large fireball throughout the battle, but that earth-shattering fireball not only wiped out almost all the remaining enemies, but also squeezed her own mental power clean, according to Hetty, she probably couldn't get up at night without sleeping until night.
It's better to sleep more, after all, you may be beaten when you wake up.
Tyr slowly shook to Gawain's side, leaned out and glanced at the battlefield that was still smoking below, the flames on the battlefield had been extinguished in the Purifying Rain, but the black-red smoke that decomposed from those blood-colored bones was still rising, Miss Kraken frowned slightly after seeing it: "Is this the 'Demon Tide' you experienced back then?" β
"No, it's just monsters that appear in the Tideβthey carry the power of the Tide," Gawain explained, "and it's likely that this monster has wandered out of the Gondor Wasteland. β
"Hmm...... Interesting ......"
"What's interesting?" Gawain looked at Tyr curiously, and then reacted, "By the way, you have experienced the real magic tide, in your opinion, the real magic tide is very different from the aura here?" β
"Breath? The breath doesn't matter, it's different, the magic tide itself is the process of magic reshaping all things, this chaotic and disordered magic energy is the same whether it is in the big magic tide or the small demon tide, what I'm talking about is interesting...... It's these so-called monsters born in the tide of demons. β
"These monsters?" Gawain's expression immediately became serious, "Do you see something?" β
"Do you see them decomposing?" Tyr curled his tail and pointed at the decomposing corpses at the foot of the city wall, "Isn't the flesh decomposing like the image of ordinary substances such as rocks and dirt being broken down by Chaos Demons?" It's just faster and more thorough. β
"That's true......"
"Their existence is very unstable, and once they die, their wreckage will quickly disintegrate, which is a sign of being in an 'in-between' state," Tyr said unhurriedly, "I don't know where these things came from, but they exhibit characteristics that are very much like some kind of 'failure' that is being transformed by a demonic tide, but has not been completely transformed." I can feel the energy they release as they disintegrate, and it's close to the Chaos energy, but it's a little different......"
A slight crackling of arcane sparks interrupted Gawain's conversation with Tyr, and Gawain turned his head to see Kamel floating from not far away, the arcane energy on the ancient magister seemed to be somewhat unstable, and the whole person flashed as if it was in poor contact.
"Kamel, are you alright?" Gawain was a little surprised, "You're flashing." β
"Don't worry, Miss Rebecca's magic surprised me too much just now," the arcane energy in Kamel's body slowly calmed down, "Miss Hetty is looking for you." β
"I know, it's a post-war meeting," Gawain nodded, glancing at the soldiers who were cleaning up the battlefield, "I'll leave it to them here, let's go to the government office." Tyre, are you coming? β
"Can I sleep in the venue?"
ββ¦β¦ You can do whatever you want, just don't wrap people with your tail. β
"Then I'll go."
Soon after, the main administrators of Cecil's domain were all gathered in the government hall in the center of the territory, and Gawain sat at the head of the round table, and the heads of various departments were also summoned on the spot, except for Hetty, who managed the internal affairs, and Byron and Philip, who managed the military affairs.
The first thing Gawain was to confirm with the head of agriculture, Norris, the situation of the farms in the southern part of the territory - there was a batch of land that had been reclaimed before winter was located in the south of the city, and it was quite close to the Dark Mountains, although it was guarded by watchtowers and relatively far away from a few mountain passes in the Dark Mountains, but Gawain was still worried about whether those lands were contaminated by the overflowing Chaos Demon.
After confirming that several farms outside the city were safe and sound, he breathed a sigh of relief, and then learned about the operation of various departments in the city.
This was the first time that Cecil's government office and supporting administrative system had been put in place since it was established - although it was only a monster siege incident, it was undoubtedly a test, and the results of this test did not disappoint Gawain.
All departments in the city were operating normally before and after the war, and under the supervision of the managers at all levels, there was no disorder in the entire territory from beginning to end, and after all the dust settled, the instructions to lift the alarm and resume normal production and life quickly spread to all factories, schools, and residential blocks.
After confirming that everything was okay inside the territory, Byron stood up and began to report on the outcome of the battle and the various losses along the way.
In fact, Gawain is generally clear about this - after all, he was standing on the wall himself, but this process of reporting is still necessary, because this is a victory, and it is also the first victory after the establishment of the government office, and this victory must have a positive symbolic meaning - its first step is the report of the Byron knight.
The real "post-war meeting" began after the heads of the various livelihood departments left the scene, and only Gawain, Herty, Byron, Philip, Amber and others were left on the scene.
"Guys, the battle is over," Gawain said, standing up and glancing around at the crowd - Kamal floating around the round table and Tyre curled up under the table were new faces to the meeting, but he thought it was necessary for them to be there at the moment, "but our work has only just begun." In this battle, an aberration that has never been seen before appeared on the battlefield, and I will say - I have never seen a monster like it even seven hundred years ago.
"This monster is brand new - it turns out that the Gondor Wasteland is not static, it has changed internally, and our enemies, too."