Chapter 12: The Coming of the Demon Tide Again
"I took a cursory look at this aura at several monitoring points on the periphery of Ryan, and found that there was no such aura in the astral boundary on the periphery of Ryan. I suspect that the Breath of Perdition is not something from the physical plane. It could be some energy plane. In short, I can't help much with the source of the Breath of Perdition. Korn paused as he spoke, "But I did notice that the two main stars surrounding our Ryan, the Sun and the Taiyin, have dropped in brightness by two thousand points in this short period of time. In the past, the brightness of these two stars should have risen a little more during the Demon Tide. It is not known why this drop in brightness is known, and hope has little to do with the Breath of Destruction. ”
After listening to Cohen's report, Blair thought for a moment. But he didn't have much to do in this area, so he didn't have a clue.
"Your Excellency, this is the result of the research of several of us so far. The Breath of Perdition may indeed be a substance unique to the bottom of the world sequence. But I don't think the empire should pay too much attention to this at the moment. At present, the empire has been involved in too much energy by the demon tide, plus the possible secondary demon tide impact that Master Korn said. I think we can only take some conservative measures at this time. For example, the issuance of space exploration beacons. Let the reserve forces everywhere pay attention to the space loopholes, and don't let the Ryan world be infiltrated by this kind of thing on a large scale. Blair suggested to Douglas, "Your Excellency, it's been three months since the first Demon Tide Shock began. But the current magic tide has not entered a low tide as before. The current strength and stability of the Magic Tide are still not very optimistic. ”
"In my opinion, this thing is probably more important than we think, and I even think that if we can understand it, it will become a new substance for us. It's a pity that the current empire really can't come up with the resources to conduct relevant research. Douglas said regretfully: "I will let the major research institutes pay attention to this information." At the same time, I will release the relevant information to the whole people of the empire, and I hope that the people of Ryan can seize this opportunity for themselves. ”
"Your Excellency...... Speaker," Korn wanted to say something. It's just that at this moment, other voices suddenly sounded in this laboratory.
"Warning! Warn! Floating City No. 3 has just detected the impact of the Demon Tide! Strength 9.1, stability 2.0. At present, the relevant monitoring facilities of No. 3 Floating City have been damaged to varying degrees. It is expected that the Tide will pass over the surface of Ryan in 10 minutes. It is expected that the restricted-level magic network Casas will completely collapse at that time, and the main magic network Leviathan will be affected to varying degrees, and it is expected that 45% of the regions will not be able to access the main magic network. The Core Demon Net Gabriel may be affected to some extent. One Taling suggested closing the Casas Magic Net, reducing the service scope of the main Demon Net, and preparing anti-impact measures for the Core Demon Net. At the same time, the empire entered a state of first-level alert, activated the reserve mage group, and recalled the public servants who were on rotation. ”
At this time, the sound that resounded in the laboratory came from the Imperial One Tower Spirit 'Dawn'. No. 1 Taling directly serves the Speaker, assisting the Speaker in completing all the big and small things in the House, and more than half of the work uploaded and issued by the Council is in charge of Dawn.
"I didn't expect the second Demon Tide Impact to come at this time! Is it really a multi-demon tide impact this time? Cohen, you immediately go to the Aspect Tower to increase the monitoring of the Demon Tide. Blair, you go and convene an extraordinary session of the Imperial House. Dawn, now that I am giving an order in my capacity as the current Speaker of the Imperial Assembly, the Empire will immediately enter a state of first-level alert. The mage group of the four elemental subordinate planes of earth, water, fire, and wind entered a state of contraction, and the relevant maneuvers were not transferred to the Ryan material plane. Franklin, go and ask the 17 Grand Arcanists currently in Gardes to arrive at the Council's Core Research Institute by this evening and come up with a preliminary plan against the onslaught of the Demon Tide. At this time, Douglas leaned his upper body slightly and pressed his hand on the table: "Everyone! It's an eventful time for the Empire, and I hope you can all work together to get through this, please! ”
After Douglas said this, he was about to teleport away, but who knew that the original teleportation failed at this time.
"Looks like I'm distracted, alas!" Douglas muttered to himself, and no longer greeting the other Grand Arcanists before using the Sky Mage to leave.
"Your Excellency, Grand Arcanists, based on the current situation, your authority has been temporarily upgraded to level 8, and I hope that you can work together to complete the task just assigned by Your Excellency the Speaker." After Taling 'Dawn' finished speaking, he was speechless.
"Ryan has a lot to do. Blair, do we really want to use the mage legion placed in the four elemental subordinate planes? Although this magic tide is sudden, according to the previous impact intensity, it may cause some property damage and casualties due to some suddenness, but it will not be enough to dispatch the four major mage groups. At present, there are only six mage groups in the Empire, and the placement of Gardez and Tomor should be enough to deal with the current situation. Barbara said.
"Barbara, it's not that simple. You should know that during the Demon Tide Impact, the Floating City will keep the Demon Net running. The current five floating cities use old cores. It's almost overwhelmed at the moment. Now that this second wave of impact comes, I'm afraid that the Floating City will be damaged. And it is estimated that even if there is no major problem, it will no longer be able to supply energy for the magic network. And once the magic net cannot be maintained, junior mages can hardly cast spells under the demon tide, and intermediate and senior mages will also be disturbed to varying degrees. Blair explained to Barbara.
"And what about the new Floating City Energy Core? I remember that soon after the completion of the floating city, the new energy core was on the agenda, but then there was no follow-up. Is this something wrong? Barbara continued.
"Yes, the previous energy cores were all taken from the star plane. But now, under the demon tide, the astral plane is almost impossible to set foot in. I've suggested using the Elemental Plane or using Ryan's Earth Energy directly. However, both options have problems. So it was later shelved. Blair was a little regretful: "We should have completely taken the elemental plane earlier, the last time the Third Arcane Empire collapsed, the four subsidiary elemental planes rebelled together, and the four mage legions that went to quell the rebellion later did not completely cleanse the elemental plane." I'll come up with a control plan as soon as possible, and hopefully it's still too late. ”
As soon as Blair finished speaking, a new round of demon tide shocks told by Taling's 'Dawn' arrived. This time the impact was even more violent than the last time, and even if there were all Grand Arcanists present, they could not ignore it as they did last time.
Sean put one hand on his forehead and said, "The demon tide is more violent than we thought, I don't think we can stay here anymore." Let's go to the area where we are responsible to maintain order. I believe that even if there were previous anti-shock preparations, the empire would have suffered a lot of losses. Guys, I'm going to go first. ”
After Shaun finished speaking, he blessed himself to calm down and maintain mental stability, and then left the laboratory with a five-ring sky dance.
"Let's go our separate ways. After dealing with this Demon Tide Empire, it should be better. Blair also left the lab.
After a while, several Grand Arcanists left the small laboratory one after another, against the tide of demons.