Chapter 17: The Great Collapse
In honor of the grace of Atymir, the god of creation, humanity named the barrier he descended the Wall of Miracles, thus ushering in a new era in the human world, the Sacred Calendar. Since the Wall of Miracles was erected, humanity has been able to enjoy a rare time of peace, but even so, humanity has not let its guard down in the slightest, and has assembled a large number www.biquge.info of guardian legions on the border of the barrier to fight against the enemies who have come to storm the barrier. The idea of the Oracle City is that, on the one hand, it can protect the safety of the Wall of Miracles, and on the other hand, it is hoped that by fighting the monsters, sub-races, and the Cantlay Legion that has been eyeing outside the barrier, the actual combat ability of the new guardians will be improved, and even if they are defeated, the guardians can safely retreat into the barrier, so that there will be no unnecessary sacrifices. To the City of Oracles, every Guardian is extremely precious. And thousands of miles to the east, human beings still have a barrier to rely on, that is the last barrier left by the fourth main god of the year, although the fourth enchantment has been riddled with holes, but still stands majestically, but so many years have passed, due to the passage of divine power, the scope of the enchantment is constantly shrinking, the city of the four main gods has been exposed to the fourth enchantment, fortunately, there is a miracle wall, human beings in praise of the God of creation at the same time, do not forget to remember the sacrifice of their own four main gods, the grace of the four main gods, worthy of human eternal memory. The Fourth Barrier, which has been standing for nearly 400 years, is the best proof of this.
However, in the middle of the year 385 of the Holy Calendar, after mankind had gained more than 300 years of peaceful life, a new crisis befell them, and a crack appeared in the wall of miracles without warning! And the dragons who have been eyeing the wall of miracles took the opportunity to cross the crack and launch a fierce attack on the guardian legion, but because there were too few dragons who passed through the crack at one time, the guardians stationed behind the barrier actually succeeded in blocking their invasion, and the dragons with strong individual strength were difficult to pass through the cracks, so the guardians were able to hold on under the strong attack of the dragons。 However, the gods seem to have played a joke on the city of oracles, and in the following months, cracks appeared in the wall of miracles one after another, and in order to hide people's eyes, the dragons also sent subhuman races and monsters with stealth talents to sneak through the cracks and infiltrate the human world, firstly to search for information, and secondly, to try to destroy the human world from within. For a time, there were frequent reports of casualties from all over the world into the Oracle City, and the pressure on the Oracle City was increasing day by day.
At the end of the year 385 of the Holy Calendar, the most feared thing of the City of Oracles happened, the wall of miracles, collapsed, and disappeared without a trace without warning.
The situation is so serious, so that the city of oracles has to inform the world of this bad news, as soon as the news came out, the whole human society was shocked, and the painful memory of a hundred years of blood was turned out again, on the other hand, the battle on the front line is not optimistic, more and more Cantlay legions have gathered on the border of human society, the battle of the guardian legions is becoming more and more difficult, in order to preserve the strength, the city of oracles issued a retreat order, all the guardian legions withdrew into the fourth enchantment, all the human territories outside the fourth enchantment fell again, and the humans who had no time to withdraw died under the butcher's knife of the dragon clan, the picturesque human town, turning into patches of scorched earth・・・・・・
Sorrow and pain once again swept the human world, but humanity was far from the point of life and death, and after all the guardians withdrew into the Fourth Barrier, the situation of the battle changed, and although the Fourth Barrier was riddled with holes, it still stood tall, greatly limiting the invasion of the dragons. Oracle City dispatched powerful guardian legions from all over the world to the fourth enchantment, the Storm Legion originally under the first main god and the second main god's Shadow Blade Legion, a total of 2,000 high-level guardians were ordered to station, the Doomsday Inquisition of the Oracle City sent the Doomsday Inquisition, 300 top-level guardians, under the leadership of the two Doom Inquisitors, according to the instructions of the Oracle City, arrived at the fourth enchantment. The tide of battle turned in an instant, the Canterley Legion suffered heavy losses, and then, the decision of the Oracle City restored hope to mankind, and the Great Temple of Atymir sent a Templar Order composed of a hundred high-ranking priests and temple guards to the Fourth Barrier to support the Guardians' operations, with the help of the High Priests, the damage to the Guardians was greatly reduced, and the dragons were forced to retreat from the Fourth Barrier. The ecstatic guardians took advantage of the victory to pursue and regain the lost territory in one fell swoop, but soon after crossing the four main god cities, they encountered the dragon's resistance, because they had no time to return to the barrier, the heavy losses, the oracle city issued a strict order, the guardians' counterattack must not involve the west of the four main god cities, and the fierce battle between the dragons and humans near the main god city began・・・・・・
As a former elite, Christine also received a recall order, and at the same time, there was a letter of appointment stamped with the seal of the city lord, which was personally sent by the mayor in the morning, Christine took Allen away, put on a full set of paladin armor, and restored her iceberg appearance, and received Mayor Thebis and his assistant Johansen in the living room.
"Dear Lord Christine, it is a great pleasure to meet you in your home. Thebes was respectful, but Christine's attitude towards him became more and more cold, looking at the empty teacup in front of him, Tibes's face remained calm and calm. Johansen also smiled, standing respectfully beside Thebes, not saying a word.
"Mayor Mare, if I'm not mistaken, you can refuse this recall order on the grounds that I'm teaching at Guardian Academy. The Decree of the City of Oracles states that no one has the right to recruit a Guardian who is already an instructor. Christine said coldly.
"Dear Lord Christine, I have no intention of offending, but how do I remember that there is still a condition in the decree, and that is unless there are special circumstances. Isn't the collapse of the wall of miracles a special circumstance?"
Looking at Tibyspi's smiling face, Christine only felt extremely disgusted, but now she had no room to refuse, according to the law, she must now set off immediately and arrive at the mission point before the deadline of the summoning order, otherwise she will be severely punished. Since Raphael's death, she felt that she had lost the will to continue fighting, and as a holy knight, depression was fatal on the battlefield. She had to pull herself together, but now Christine didn't know what else she could fight, and she just wanted to stay by Alan's side now so that she could help Eren wake up as soon as possible. Since Ellen had that affair with her, Christine has dedicated her whole body and soul to Ellen, and Alan has made a vow that she will grow into a true guardian and protect Christine forever. But who knew that the two would be separated again in a few days. This made it difficult for Christine to accept in any way, but she had no choice.
Fortunately, Alan didn't know anything about this, in fact, Alan was also worried, but he was not worried that Christine was leaving, but that he was worried about what kind of New Year's gift he wanted to give Christine.
The gadgets sold in the market are too shabby for the Guardians, but the store for the Guardians is ridiculously expensive, and Alan wanted to buy Christine a beautiful piece of jewelry, but the number on the price card was something that Alan couldn't even think of.
"What should I do..." After a whole day of shopping in the commodity area, I didn't find anything satisfactory, and seeing that it was getting late, Alan had to sigh, and it seemed that I could only continue to think of a way tomorrow.
In the small building, Christine's conversation with Thebes continues.
"Lord Christine, this time the City of Oracles values you very much, and has appointed you as the new head of the Mirage Legion, commanding more than a thousand Guardians to fight, which is more beautiful than you staying in Delta Town, so I really can't think of any hesitation for you. ”
"Yes, there's really nothing to hesitate about, but, Mayor Mare, why do I always feel that you want me to get out of here quickly?
"Lord Christine really blames me, I'm just doing what the City of Oracle directs. Thebes said with a nonchalant face.
"Hehe, it's Oracle City again," Christine sneered.
"Alright, it's getting late, if Lord Christine doesn't have anything to do, please leave in two days, and I'll prepare a car and escort for you, and the garrison will escort you all the way to the barrier. Here, I wish Lord Christine, no, it is the new head of the regiment who is victorious and invincible. Tibis stood up and gave a graceful salute, seeing that Christine didn't look at him at all, he was also angry in his heart, but Christine's identity was there, and he was helpless, just smiled slightly: "Johansen, let's go, don't disturb the purity of the new leader, hehe"
"Yes, Dear Lord Christine, little one. Johansen bent over in an exaggerated manner, and then followed Thebes out of the building with a smile on his face.