Listening to Duke Bardwin's words, Hetty nodded slightly.

The key to this catastrophe from the beginning was the Typhonians themselves, and the next performance of the Typhonians will undoubtedly affect the final direction of this matter. If it spirals out of control, then the whole of Typhon will inevitably become a contaminated area, and whether Cecil wants to get involved in a larger war or not, this undeserved battle will definitely continue, but if the Typhonians take control......

Then there's a lot of room to maneuver.

With thoughts fluctuating in his heart, Hetty couldn't help but sigh softly: "Although the loss of control of every god means a great disaster...... But apparently God of War is trickier than the other gods. ”

"What I'm most worried about now is whether the god of war will undergo any unknown changes if the war continues," Duke Bodwin said in a deep voice, "It is possible that he will gradually get rid of madness and return to the position of the god as the war 'returns to the right track', or it is possible that the madness will be irreversible, and this madness will become more and more powerful as the war continues, and begin to affect more people affected by the war......"

"At the end of the day, we don't know enough about the gods," said Archduchess Victoria, with a grim expression, "and we don't know for sure if the mad god state is reversible, or if the god of war can draw strength from the course of war—we only know that his power comes from mortal faith, but the process is ...... It is not yet possible to quantify, and we do not have a reliable means of gathering popular sentiment on Typhon. ”

Hetty snorted, and said while gently rubbing the corners of his forehead: "Anyway, taking Winterwolf Castle is the first step, and the question now is how to take the second step." ”

Duke Bodwin said while pondering: "According to our previous plan, after occupying Winterwolf, we should immediately march in the direction of the Winter Fortress defense line and the Shadow Swamp, control the assembly point of the Typhonians in the north and the junction of the cross-border railway, and then rely on armored trains and mechanized troops to advance rapidly, and attack Aldenan in the shortest possible time - if Aldnan is difficult to capture, quickly occupy the transportation point of Tarengins, and cut Typhon's grain production area and industrial raw material transportation hub, Finding ways to trigger widespread food shortages and industrial shutdowns......"

"The people of Typhon owe it to Andesa Wendell, this won't happen now," Hetty shook her head, "Now that we know that Typhon didn't really declare war, and that they are fighting this cataclysm internally, it will be necessary to adjust our plans to move forward." Archon Victoria, what do you think? ”

"Let the First Army temporarily halt its eastward advance, build fortifications in Winterwolf, and at the same time find favorable terrain to set up strongholds in the north and south of Winterwolf, and blockade the entire area with long-range artillery positions—this blockade will be maintained in the first phase, and it will be attacked, retreated, and defended, and as long as this blockade line is not lost, all actions on Typhon's side will be passive," Victoria said in a coherent manner—she was clearly more experienced in military affairs than the other two in the three-man consul, "At the same time, Gather further information from within Typhon......

"So far, our intelligence network in Typhon has been greatly affected by the situation over there, and many of the hidden lines have been lurking lately for the sake of protecting the intelligence officers, but if the situation continues to be chaotic over there, the activities of the intelligence personnel will become safer......

"In addition, I think it is necessary to keep abreast of the recent changes in Typhon's situation through some other means, such as the line between the Kaolin Kingdom and the Silver Empire - they have a lot of communication with Typhon in the south of the continent, and perhaps the news from their side can be used to corroborate the information provided by that Andesa Wendell. Of course, our intelligence force over there is relatively weak, and probably only the Silver Empire can provide some reliable information, but something is better than nothing......"

Victoria finished her thoughts one by one, and then left time to Hetty and Duke Bardwin, and for the next period of time, the conversation of the three archons revolved around the subsequent actions against Typhon.

It wasn't until the discussion was over that Hetty finally had time to pick up the glass of water on the table, and Duke Patrick Franklin, who was on the other side of the communication channel, hesitated a little and asked, "Archon Hetty, your majesty's side...... Haven't heard back yet? ”

Hetty held the water glass, her face was a little complicated for a while, she shook her head, and there was a little worry in her tone: "Still no news......"

“…… Your Majesty will come back safely," Victoria's voice was still cold, "he is the one who can play with the gods. ”

After a few more conversations, the two archons, Bodwin and Victoria, said goodbye to Hetty, and turned off the magic network terminals one after the other, and the slight humming sound that remained after the equipment was turned off gradually subsided, and finally Hetty was left alone in the huge office - the room became quiet for a while, even so quiet that Hetty could hear her breathing.

She suddenly took a deep breath and rubbed her brow vigorously, then hesitantly reached for the drawer beside her, and a moment later, she pulled out a small, silver-white ring from the inside of the drawer, which had been kept in a delicate small box.

Hetty stared at the ring for two seconds before reaching out and trying to rub its surface, infusing it with a slight amount of mana.

The Mithril Ring had been unresponsive as she had tried yesterday, and this was her sixth attempt in the last twenty-four hours.

Hetty couldn't help but rub her brow again, and she took the opportunity to bow her head, as if to prevent anyone from seeing her fidgetiness and restlessness at this moment, even though there was no one else in the office but her.

In her hand is the Mithril Ring, an "emergency contact tool" left by Gawain before leaving, which is said to use the advanced technology from Talrond to maintain communication even across continents.

Talrond is far from the human world and is separated from the endless oceans and eternal storms, and the existing magic web communication is beyond the reach, so Gawain has left this thing behind to ensure that he can be contacted urgently in the event of a dramatic change in the situation on the continent and the empire is facing a crisis.

But now there was no response to the thing - Hettie didn't know what was wrong, if it was a mistake on her part, if the delicate device was malfunctioning, or if it was ...... is the possibility of a worse one.

It was distraught for her, but she had no one to talk to.

She tossed the Mithril Ring back on the table, and the metal collided with the table with a crisp sound, and the ring bounced twice on the table before rolling to the side to come to a standstill.

And almost at the same time as she threw the Mithril Ring back on the table, a magic network terminal that had just been turned off suddenly lit up, and there was a rapid buzz from the base of the machine, and the holographic projection above showed the identification mark of the internal special line of Wintercastle in the North - Hetty was only stunned for a moment, and then quickly connected the communication, so the Duchess Victoria, who had just been disconnected, reappeared in the holographic projection.

"Archon Victoria?" Herty looked at the projection in surprise, "What happened......"

"The Beigang Hub Tower just received an identification signal from the sky over the Northern Seas," Victoria Wilder said in a cold and slightly hurried voice without waiting for Hetty to finish, "It should be the two large magic network terminals that His Majesty is carrying!" ”

Hearing this, Herty's first reaction was to look at the Mithril Ring on the table that had just been thrown aside by herself, and then glared at Victoria: "Is it confirmed?" Got in touch? ”

"The signal signature has been confirmed, and the magic network signal from the sky over the northern sea can't be something else, but the signal is still very weak, it should be too far away, there is no way to establish communication, only send and receive short messages representing peace," Victoria said, "but according to the current signal enhancement curve, it will be possible to barely communicate in about ten minutes." ”

"Please go over here as soon as possible!" Hetty said immediately.

"I'm already doing that."

Ten minutes...... Hetty had never imagined that ten minutes could be so long, she was restless, anxious, expectant, joy and confusion were all mixed together, she wanted to get up and walk or tidy up her appearance, but she was afraid that such a move would be seen by the ancestors who might be connected at any time, so she had to force it down again, and sit behind the desk in the usual dignified and calm posture. She felt that she had waited in this state for almost forty thousand years, and she thought that the Duke Victoria in the holographic projection of the magic net terminal next to her must be as difficult to sit and stand as she was—but she was paralyzed on the Ice and Snow Day, and she couldn't see it at this time......

As soon as her mind began to diverge, a light and shadow suddenly jumped over the magic net terminal on the other side of her desk—Hetty felt her breathing and heartbeat beat with it—and then, in the midst of severe distractions and distortion, some indistinct shadows gradually appeared in the holographic projection, accompanied by bursts of noise-filled sounds.

Although it was not clear yet, Hetty was sure that it was indeed his ancestor! It is indeed the figure of Gawain Cecil.

The Ancestor seemed to be speaking, but she couldn't hear it clearly. After a short while, she saw that the picture had stabilized and cleared up a little, and human voices appeared intermittently in the noise, and the voice gradually became coherent, and she heard the ancestor calling her name: "Hetty...... Interference...... Hearing...... Can you hear it now? ”

"It's alright, Ancestor!" Hetty said immediately, not noticing that she was already standing up, "There's still a little bit of distraction, but I can already hear it!" ”

With just two sentences, she saw that the sound and picture presented by the magic net terminal seemed to be a little clearer than just now.

Clearly, the Ancestors were rapidly approaching the continent of Loren—Heti could almost imagine the dragon speeding through the air at full speed.

"I can finally hear you, too," Gawain's voice rang out, "Good, it seems that these two devices haven't broken after some tossing." Hetty, tell me about the current situation on your side, has something happened to the Loren continent recently? ”

"How do you know ......" Hetty was instinctively surprised at first, but then reacted, she didn't care how the Ancestor learned about the drastic change in the situation on the mainland, but said bluntly, "Ancestor, Typhon's catastrophe has deteriorated, and some of the army has lost control and attacked us - in the case of having to fight back, we and Typhon have entered a state of 'war'. ”

"Huh?!" Gawain was visibly stunned for a moment—even though there were still many interfering ripples on the screen, Hetty could be sure that he saw the ancestor's stunned expression.

It can surprise the ancestors who are always majestic and reliable...... Maybe you should be proud?

Hetty smiled bitterly and laughed at herself, and then had to report the follow-up situation to Gawain: "...... When the war broke out, we chose to push our front eastward, and General Philip, with the assistance of the Dragoons, had captured Winterwolf at dawn today—and now our army had built batteries and pillboxes along the Typhon border. ”

“…… Yes?! ”

"In addition, the defenders of Castle Winter Wolf surrendered voluntarily under their Supreme Commander, Andesa Wendell, and we ended the battle there more easily than expected......"

“…… Yes!? ”

After three consecutive "ahs", Gao Wen finally recovered from his shock a little, his figure became clearer and clearer in the holographic projection, and his voice came into Hetty's ears more clearly: "Wait, such a big change happened, why didn't you use the Mithril Ring to contact me directly?" ”

Hetty was stunned for a moment, and subconsciously focused her eyes on the silver-white ring on the table, and then spoke: "I've tried several times, but you haven't received it?" ”

"Have you tried?" Gawain looked even more surprised than Hetty, "But I really didn't react here......"

Hetty: "??? ”

Is there a problem with your own operation? Or is it really a malfunction of the supposedly high-tech Tallund creation?

A new question popped through her mind, but before she could speak, Gawain's voice had already come again: "Anyway, let's ignore the Mithril Ring for now, tell me about the current situation - we are getting closer to the coastline of Northport, you tell me as briefly and clearly as possible, how much I missed something." ”

……

The cold wind howled and raged outside the protective barrier, and the endless ocean was speeding under the dragon, and the outline of the continent could already be seen at the end of the slightly undulating water.

Gawain stood in the center of Melita's broad back, stunned as he listened to Hetty's report.

"Just one long journey......," he muttered to himself, ""the whole world will be turned upside down when I come back." ”

"I always thought something was going to happen on this trip before I left!" Amber kept BB next to him, "You don't trust my instincts, I told you that my instincts are accurate, I suspected that this winter was not going to be good this year a month ago, you see this is really wrong, or ......"

Miss Half-Elf's BB was a headache, and Gawain regretted that Melita didn't have a wall on her back - he couldn't get the noisy amber on the wall.

"Melita," he said in a loud voice, finally ignoring Amber's chatter and turning to the huge dragon head in front of him, "Hetty said that the Mithril Ring didn't respond, what's going on?" ”

"I don't know! Nothing like this has ever happened before! Melita's voice was visibly nervous, and the surprise in her tone didn't seem to be fake, "Mithril Ring...... It was directly connected to the Omega system, and all information was sent and received by Omega himself, and even if a ring was damaged or offline, the damage report would be sent to Tallund in an instant, and to the ring's custodian and the person in charge of each level - I was the person in charge of your ring, but I didn't receive anything like that. ”

Gawain frowned: "Omega made a mistake? ”

"Omega never makes mistakes!" Melita's voice came from the front, and at first she was resolute, but soon hesitated, "At least...... I've never seen anything like this since I was born......"