Barov was called up by a servant from a dream.

During the period when Red Moon was alive, he not only arranged for personnel to stay on guard all night in the Administration Hall, but also in the mansion - once there was any emergency without a response plan, he asked his subordinates to notify him as soon as possible.

Although Edith had been transferred out of the Executive Office, her influence on His Majesty had not diminished in the slightest, and even his departments now tended to ask the General Staff for their opinion when formulating plans. In the face of such a talented opponent, he did not dare to relax his requirements for a moment.

But that's not all the reason for his diligence.

In fact, the old manager even enjoyed this feeling of being busy, and busyness also meant power, which showed that Wudong's operation was inseparable from his existence, and at the same time, if he did it well, he could accumulate His Majesty's trust, and the double happiness really made him a little happy.

Barov rolled out of bed, changing clothes and asked, "Tell me, what the hell is going on?"

"Your Excellency, it is the order of His Majesty the King. He asks you to gather all the ministers at once and go to the castle chamber to discuss important matters. ”

"Now?" Barov looked out the window with some surprise, no doubt in the middle of the night.

"Yes, the person on the phone didn't say much, do you want to send someone to the castle to ask first......

"No need," the old manager quickly made a judgment, if he could call from the administrative hall to his own mansion, it was unlikely to be a miscommunication. Since the telephone is still not widespread, he is the only one who has this thing in his residence, and the others must be notified verbally, "Call everyone in the house, go and call the door in batches - the heads of all departments must be notified, and if you miss one, you are the only one who asks!"

If it was the fourth prince in the past, he would have hesitated, but now His Majesty Roland is an impeccable king, and if he decides to hold a meeting in the early hours of the morning, then he must have encountered something extremely important.

"Yes...... Yes, my lord," replied the servant, "are you going to go to the castle alone?"

"No, I'll go with the Northland Pearl. Barov replied, "Edith Kant will be informed by me personally. ”

......

"Your Majesty, everyone is almost here. Nightingale put on Roland's coat, "Do you need me to make you a cup of strong tea?"

"I'm sorry for you," he nodded, "I called you over again not long after I slept for long......"

"It's nothing," said Nightingale, smiling, "and I'm in good spirits, and the yawns I've been pretending to be." ”

"Uh...... Pretended?"

"No, no," she said as if she had suddenly changed her words, "I mean, although I yawned a little, it was only because my eyes were a little dry, not sleepy." By the way, aren't you going to call Anna along?"

"Let her get some good sleep," Roland shook his head, "this kind of thing doesn't need her to worry about for the time being, and ...... She's tired these days. ”

In order to quickly become a reliable new generation of power source, Anna has been immersed in the North Slope laboratory almost from morning to night, and the mass production of biplanes is also imminent, and the pressure can be imagined.

"It's the same with you. Nightingale handed him the strong tea, "The time when you entered the dream world was not a break at all, was it?"

"Don't worry, I'm quite talented ......in staying up late," Roland smiled, irregular work and rest were just commonplace in his time, this level of fatigue was far from the limit, as long as you pay attention to make up for sleep in time afterwards, "If you don't explain the matter, you won't be able to sleep even if you lie in bed." ”

He drank the slightly bitter tea in one gulp and let out a sigh, "Let's go." ”

......

When Lightning detailed his investigation experience over the past month, the conference hall was dumbfounded, and everyone no longer looked sleepy, but became extremely solemn.

Agatha looked at Roland with a bitter face, "Your Majesty, we ......"

"It's not Tachira's fault," Roland reassured, "whether it's the sheer number of high-ranking devils or spider demons, it shows that the enemy is very different from what it was four hundred years ago. Clearly, it's not just us humans who are improving. ”

It is pointless to blame Tachira for being incorrect, after all, the other party does not have the ability of unpredictable prophets, and in a sense, their understanding of the devil's side in the Third Battle of the Divine Will is not much different from that of Neverwinter.

"Although the expedition team can't be sure of the information that 'the red mist has appeared' for the time being, if it really passes the peak of the desperate situation, I don't think it will be a week before new news comes from the front line. Now the question is, what do we do if the enemy does have the ability to activate the obelisk instantly? Before we get into the answer, I want to determine how far a fully fledged obelisk can extend the red mist?"

Agatha hesitated for a moment before speaking, "Ever since the discovery of the xenomorph devil entrenched at the bottom of the vein, the Federation has realized that the essence of the obelisk is probably a giant magic stone. If the small magic stone embedded in the devil's body was transformed by the Chaos Beast, then the obelisk can be seen as part of the original ore pillar. It certainly has the characteristics of growth, but the limit of maturity is still related to the size of the vein. It's just ......"

Roland saw her hesitation, "It's okay, it's better to have a clue than no clue." Moreover, there is no such thing as a static situation in a war, and if the result deviates from reality, it will be necessary to adjust it when the time comes. ”

"You'......re right," the Ice Witch nodded, her expression a little more natural, "Judging from the experience accumulated by the Federation and the location of the veins detected by lightning, a vein of divine stone of the same size as Taqira has been transformed into an obelisk, and the red mist can almost spread here-"

An ice crystal condensed from her fingertips and pointed to a corner of the large map on the table.

"It's ...... A line on Grand Ducal Island?" Edith said thoughtfully.

"That's right, if you move the location of the Great Rift Valley to Tachira, this boundary line is almost equivalent to the Desperate Mountains. "Of course, this is not something that can be achieved in an instant, the red fog takes time to spread, covering an area of about 100 kilometers in a few days, but the further you go, the slower it gets, and the first 100 kilometers before the limit is almost a few months." ”

Now it seems that it is a blessing to capture the ruins of Taqila ahead of schedule, Roland can't help but think to himself. Not to mention that being ridden by the red mist will cause the desperate mountain range to become a virtual shape, and the four kingdoms will be undefendable, even if it is a little later, such as laying the track within ten kilometers of the ruins now, the offensive of the First Army will be greatly hindered by the red fog in the sky. In particular, the fog is a deadly threat to witches, and fighting in such an environment is equivalent to being blindfolded and deaf, and even if it has the advantage of range, it is difficult to make use of it.

"So we have to race against the clock. He looked at Edith, "Does the General Staff have any plans for this?"

"Of course, Your Majesty," the Northland Pearl was the brightest looking in the chamber, after all, she was the first to guess the devil's intentions, "although the enemy moved faster than we expected, from a strategic point of view, erecting the obelisk on the continental spine can be said to be a helpless move. It's stealthy enough, but it's not conducive to attacking, and it gives us a chance to regain our disadvantage - first of all, there is a consensus among all the staff of the General Staff, that is, if the enemy does appear from the direction of the Kingdom of Eternal Winter, our last line of defense must not be the Grey Keep, but here. ”

She clicked on the map.

It was the cage mountain of the Dawn Kingdom.