"My lord, something is wrong. ”

In the cold and gray office, the knight Sibes pushed the door and entered, bringing ominous news-

"My lord, something has happened in the north. The Great Wall collapsed, and the hundreds of migrant workers involved in the construction were all buried under the rubble. ”

Sibes's cold debriefing echoed through the office, and Rhodes only felt his heart skip a beat. Kislev had just come out of the civil war, and the country was at its most vulnerable, when the Great Wall collapsed.

You must know that the collapse of a section of the city wall is not just an economic loss, hundreds of lives, which is a great blow to the people's psychology. The northern border is already very cold and dangerous, and now, the construction of the Great Wall has to pay the price of lives, and even fewer people are willing to go, and the aftermath of these migrant workers' families is a very important task, and at the same time, how to remove the shadow in people's hearts is also an important matter. Also, the common people of this world are very superstitious, does the inexplicable collapse of the Great Wall mean that some gods do not agree with this project? These are the adverse effects of the collapse of the Great Wall......

Sitting on the stone chair, Rod only felt a little numb in his scalp, but he still had to sit down and listen to the whole incident quietly.

"The reason? The reason for the collapse of the city wall? Is the construction quality not guaranteed? Or is it that the construction personnel did not come as required?

Rod asked seriously.

Sibes frowned, obviously, these were not the answers, and the knight paused for a moment, and said-

"Neither, probably extreme weather...... Or maybe it's the wrath of the gods...... I'm sorry, but the migrant workers on the front line are spreading the word like this......"

The last thing Rhodes wanted to hear happened. People are terrible, and compared to economic losses, this psychological fear is the biggest enemy.

"Tell me what happened, what's going on with the weather?"

Rhodes asked. Pale daylight shone through the small window, shining on the face of the Great Lord of the North, the face of a cold and determined middle-aged man.

"There are no survivors, and we can only infer from the situation at the scene, at the moment, the most likely scenario is a cold wave, a cold wave more powerful than a storm that hit the middle of the Great Wall, and it is extremely fast, so that the workers under construction have no time to escape. The walls collapsed in an instant under the strong wind, and many people's bodies were frozen into ice, and some were directly shattered into slag when they landed. ”

Sibez's description made Rhodes's heart tighten, although it was speculated that a strong cold wave was coming, but according to Rhodes' natural knowledge and medieval geography knowledge, there was no such strong natural cold wave that would have such an effect, the cold wave in the north could freeze the city walls and freeze flesh and blood creatures, but it was in an extremely cold place like the Chaos Wasteland, not Kislev. Moreover, even a strong cold wave does not have the ability to destroy the city wall instantly, it can at most engulf the city wall, freeze it, and it is rarely heard of directly breaking the city wall, at least not in the official records of Kislev. It's no wonder that some people see it as the wrath of the gods.

"Construction has now stopped in the area around the Great Wall, and investigators are investigating the real cause of the accident. "Sogou Library

Sibeth continued to report.

"This matter is very serious, and I can't let the rumors spread in the north, so I have to go there myself to stabilize the people's hearts. ”

Rhodes was silent for a long time, but decided to go himself. In fact, the Great Wall is not only used to defend against the Chaos army in the future, but also has another purpose, at the beginning, Grimg Iron Skin led the orcs and goblin armies north and finally disappeared into the land of trolls, no one knows where they went, but Rhodes knew that the threat of orcs has always been there, and when these green-skinned beasts will return, no one knows. Therefore, the construction of the Great Wall has a recent mission, which is to block the resurgence of green skins. Even if you can't stop it, it's good to hold it out for a while. Give Kislev time to gather legions, and give news a chance to reach nearby Imperial provinces.

The journey north was not smooth, as the snow had turned to water as winter had just ended, and the already dilapidated road had become even more muddy, with horses' hooves splashing muddy water and staining the boots of their entourage. But everyone is used to it, in the Black Hammer Castle, the conditions were not much better than now, and even the trade roads were often infested with beastmen, and now the situation is much better than then.

They passed through a village, but it was deserted, and the dilapidated houses were only in ruins, as if telling the cruelty and desertion of the years. Sibez and the two bear riders pushed open the door of a fairly intact room, which was empty, there was nothing, not even the most basic furniture, and there were two skeletons sitting at the head of the bed, which appeared to be a woman and a child, judging by the remains of the child, he or she should have been only five or six years old, snuggled in his mother's arms, but in the end he or she could not survive the winter.

"Bury the body, let's stay here for the night tonight. ”

Sibes said flatly, he had seen such a picture countless times. As a general who grew up among civilians, he knew all too well the lives of ordinary people. Like this, it is not uncommon for civilians to freeze to death and starve to death in the winter of Kislev.

Finally, a week later, Rhodes and his party arrived at the foot of the Great Wall. Here, the construction team and investigators have been waiting in the camp for a long time. As soon as the Great Lord arrived, everyone came out to greet him.

Rhodes just waved everyone back to their tents, then mounted their thick horses and ran with the investigators to the collapsed section of the Great Wall.

Here, the frozen earth turned white, as if it had not yet recovered from the disaster. The collapsed walls were scattered like broken ice. The stones, the wooden frames, and the corpses, all frozen, and, as rumored, some of the corpses were in the form of powder...... What kind of powerful impact can instantly shatter the human body? Rhodes only felt that this matter was not simple. To be sure, it's not a cold wave......

"We've kept the scene as good as possible, my lord. The investigator earnestly explained, "What a strange and terrible disaster." I didn't believe the rumors before, but when I got to the scene, I had to believe my own eyes. ”

"Rumors are always just rumors. ”

Rhodes glared at the investigator from Ice Castle.

"And what we have to do is to debunk the rumors. Building the Great Wall will help Kislev's defenses, and the gods will not be angry with us. Even if a god did it, it must be an evil god. That's our enemy. ”

Rod continued. The voice was stern, and all the members of the investigation team did not dare to say anything. They understood what the lord meant, and this was the time to pacify the people, not to amplify their fears.

Ice Impact...... The civil war in Kislev is over, the Frost Witch has returned to the Academy of Magic, the Ice Queen Katerina is dead, and no one has the ability to create such an ice explosion and break down the walls in an instant. So, if it's not man-made, what is it? Rhodes frowned and fell into deep thought......