Chapter 278: Preparation
Because the Universal Guardian Cover covers the entire city at one time, every time you want to keep people alive Night Dove ** City, you have to open an opening on the guardian cover, and at the same time as opening the opening, the monsters that are very sensitive to magic fluctuations will naturally feel it, so they will come over to snipe, so many evacuated troops have been killed by the monsters, and it is for this reason.
After all, the power of the Super Dazzling Magic Cannon is limited, and the monsters that can be killed are just a drop in the bucket compared to the monster beasts.
That's right, from the very beginning, Zhang Ning never planned to rely on the power of Cartel City itself to defend the city!
There is no way, the difference in strength is too big, even if he mobilizes everyone in the city, but in the face of more and stronger demon beasts, they are still at a loss, there is no way. It's hard for a good woman to cook without rice!
After thinking about it again and again, the only way to save Cartel City is actually to ask for help.
According to Ratmund, the city of France is not too far from the city of Cartel, that is, more than forty kilometers, and in the age of magic, forty kilometers is not a distance at all. The speed of the night pigeon is very fast, the forty-kilometer journey only takes more than ten minutes, and as long as the city of France sets off immediately after receiving the information, then it can be rushed here within an hour, and the canopy can support more than three hours, theoretically there should be no problem.
But......
Theory means not reality.
Two and a half hours had passed since the Grey Pigeon had been released, and they had not been able to see any rescue, nor had they received any message from the city of Fran. Because of this, Zhang Ning will doubt that it will not be Francois City and will not let go.
From beginning to end, he didn't think about whether Flandan City was also attacked by demon beasts.
Although he is now seriously injured and has less than six star strength, because of the super perception brought by the Eye of Truth, he can clearly feel any powerful energy fluctuations, and because of this, he can feel the fluctuations of the Cosmos Guardian of Cartel City far away.
The distance between Fran City and Cartel City was much closer, but he didn't feel the fluctuation of the Cosmos Guardian Cover, so it was not difficult to know that Fran City should be fine.
"Since that's not the problem...... So why haven't reinforcements come yet. Zhang Ning also considered whether the night pigeon was stopped by the demon beast, but the spiritual power he attached to the night pigeon clearly stated that at least six gray pigeons successfully escaped from the encirclement of the demon beast.
"I didn't withdraw my mental power if I knew it earlier. Thinking of this, Zhang Ning sighed again.
It is not a simple matter to attach spiritual power to objects, and it is divided into ten, and the difficulties are self-evident, so after the gray pigeon successfully escaped from the encirclement, Zhang Ning took back the spiritual power.
"I had to prepare for the worst. After a little thought, Zhang Ning said to Erin. "Erin, you go and help me find my uncle, I'm looking for him. ”
Erin nodded and hurried away.
"My lord, there's news!" Not long after Erin's figure left, Ratmund ran over with a blue face, although it was at night, Zhang Ning still clearly saw the night dove in Ratmund's hand.
"What does the city of France say?"
Zhang Ning strode up to Ratmund and asked without waiting for Ratmund to speak, at the same time, his heart was ready to hear the bad news, after all, if it was good news, Ratmund would not be what it is now.
"Française says our men have left early in the morning!" Ratmund grimaced, and a few veins appeared on the back of his hand, and the night pigeon let out a scream because he could not stand his grip. Waiting for a reply with anticipation, but waiting for such a reply without thinking, it is no wonder that Ratmund is so angry.
snatched the night pigeon from Ratmund's hand, a milky white light flashed on his hand, and under the shroud of Jiuhua's true qi, the night pigeon let out a comfortable low sound. Caressing the night pigeon's brown fluff, Zhang Ning asked lightly. "Did it say when our people left? ”
"Nope. Ratmund said indignantly. "When the demon beast was attacking the city, I also talked to Angus, how could it be that as soon as the demon beast came, our people were all gone. "Angus is the eight-star magician who led the team this time, has a good reputation in Cartel City, and is also Ratmund's right-hand man. Thinking of the message from the night dove, Ratmund was about to explode. "What the hell is wrong with my cousin?
was still happily waiting for the arrival of reinforcements, but the result was to wait for such a reply, Ratmund's depression can be imagined, although Fran City is under the jurisdiction of his cousin, but at the moment he didn't care, and scolded heavily.
If the girls of Rattle City saw this scene, they would definitely be surprised, when did the gentle and elegant young city lord also become like this.
Putting the night pigeon back into the hand of the scolding Ratmund, he patted him lightly on the shoulder, Zhang Ning said. "Since we don't know, let's go and ask. ”
"My lord, do you want to get out of here?" Hearing this, Ratmund was startled, and he didn't care about cursing the city of Fran, and hurriedly persuaded him. "My lord, we can't live without you, without you, Rattle City will definitely not be able to hold it. ”
Zhang Ning shook his head slightly, and did not speak, but brought Ratmund to the center of the city wall, pointed to the nineteen magic crystals and said. "How long do you guess these magic crystals can last?" After just a minute or two, the cracks on the magic crystals became more and larger, and you could faintly see a little bit of brilliance emerging from the magic crystals and spilling them on the ground.
Seeing this ......scene, Ratmund gasped, as the city lord, he knew more about the magic crystal than ordinary people, and naturally knew that this was a phenomenon that the magic crystal was about to collapse. And now, seven or eight of the nineteen magic crystals have this phenomenon.
"Look at the soldiers. Zhang Ning pointed to the soldiers on the city wall, and continued. "Constantly providing magic power to the Super Magic Guide Cannon, their current magic power is about to be exhausted. At most, they can provide energy to the Super Dazzling Magic Guide Cannon once, and then they will have no physical strength, and they will be like wasters. Now that the canopy can hold out for 23 minutes and 44 seconds, do you think we still have a chance to win?"
Ratmund's already pale face became even paler, and people who didn't know thought it was a zombie, but he still raised his head and stared at Zhang Ning tightly. "Your Excellency...... This is not a reason for us to give up, there are still more than 100,000 people in the city, and we cannot just give them up. As long as there is a glimmer of life, we must persevere!" he spoke, his face full of determination, and at this moment, the eighteen-year-old boy regained his demeanor as a young city lord. "If you really want to go, then you can go, I will never stop you, but...... I'm not going. I'm going to stay here until the last moment! Even if I die, I'm going to die here!"
Zhang Ning looked at Ratmund for a long time, then sighed heavily, patted Ratmond on the shoulder, and he turned around and walked towards Qin Hua. The moment Zhang Ning turned around, Ratmund's face became even more ugly, but after a deep breath, he regained his spirits, straightened up and bent down, and strode towards the depressed soldiers.
"It's still a kid. When Zhang Ning walked in front of Qin Hua, Qin Hua suddenly said.
"Who's to say it isn't. Zhang Ning knew very well that the conversation just now could not escape Qin Hua's ears, and he was not surprised to hear Qin Hua's words, so he nodded lightly, but his face showed a bit of approval. "But with such a pure heart, who can say that this is not a good thing. ”
A glimmer of golden light flashed in Qin Hua's eyes, and he immediately asked. "Are you really planning to quit Rattle City?"
Hearing this, Zhang Ning sighed in his heart, if he could, why did he want to leave here. In the few short hours he spent defending the city, he saw the strength of the people of the cartel, the bravery of the soldiers, and even in the most difficult times, he could still hear the laughter from the soldiers in the crowd.
It is a spirit that is still indomitable and cheerful even in the face of death.
Such a soldier, such a city...... Zhang Ning really didn't want to leave.