While the Descendants of the Abyss in Salem City began to consciously build a battle line and make final preparations before the general attack, the Emergency Committee Residence near Salem City was a different messy and tight look.

The order to evacuate came too hastily.

For the ordinary members of the Emergency Committee, they were completely unable to understand the rationale behind this series of orders.

A considerable number of them, who were still busy with the evacuation work in the city of Salem one moment, received an inexplicable order to evacuate the next moment, and this order was not accompanied by any specific reason or explanation.

In just half a day, with the exception of the watchtowers and observation balloons that have been maintaining operations, most of the emergency committee facilities have ceased to function, and a large number of achievements and materials related to the Celestial City, the Rifts, and the Descendants of the Abyss have been prioritized to the rear.

Those workers who have been requisitioned are naturally happy to see this kind of development, they are the most ordinary ordinary people, they will be naturally afraid of danger, for a stable environment and life, they will also instinctively have a thirst, no one wants to walk side by side with danger in the late winter, everyone wants to be able to return to their own homes, stay with their relatives.

Among the premises of the Emergency Committee, there are no more "ordinary people" closer to the truth than the observers who are still monitoring the movements in the city.

In their vision, the scene in the city of Salem was more terrifying now than at any other time in the past.

They couldn't understand why half of the city was covered in that flowing darkness, they didn't even know how to report what they saw, and the experience and training they had accumulated in the past were meaningless at this moment.

"Half the city's silt is gathering up!"

That's what they ended up with.

When the night engulfed the city of Salem again, the observers on the balloons saw countless faint green spots of light emerge from the deep "mud", which were the eyes that grew from their bodies.

As this change began, the originally cohesive Descendants of the Abyss began to rapidly divide their own race, just as they had done during their previous raid on Shuge in the northern city - the chaotic, viscous gelatinous matter quickly split into individuals of all sizes.

Under the command of the sapient majority of the race, the "walls" used to protect and advance their own kind were the first to appear, followed by a large number of Abyss casters who maintained their basic human form, and then a number of raiders who were smaller and possessed various predatory creatures.

Behind this first batch of "armies", more strange shapes that even Xiuge had never seen before gradually diverged, in addition to the previous "slime hills" that directly merged with the entire crystalline cannon, there were even human figures directly holding crystallized guns, and twisted beasts shaped like horses, which were a kind of imitation of infantry and cavalry by the children of the abyss through the memories of their victims.

Although it is a little clumsy, when the number of them is stacked on top of each other, the feeling of oppression and impact is enough to make people tremble.

At seven o'clock in the evening, when the observation balloon was about to land, the distant earth began to tremble again, and the magic movement that was enough to sweep the entire Van En broke out again, and this time, the strange movement even caused a drastic change in the sky.

The survivors of Salem looked up at the sky.

They were surprised to find that the night, which had been gradually becoming thicker, was now covered with a strange layer of dark red light and shadow, as if the sky itself had been cut by a huge sharp blade, and the thick blood was constantly flowing from it.

Because they had been warned and prepared in advance, the survivors in the station were not too panicked by the sudden tremors, and not only that, all the fortifications and important secret rituals and materials were well protected in advance, so the magic of the mutation did not affect them significantly.

The concentration of mana in the environment has increased again, and they are changing in a more disordered, chaotic direction.

In the room where the ritual was kept, Verin, who had just finished communicating with the Dawn Society, silently counted the remaining time before immediately beginning a conversation with the Emergency Committee.

Due to the influence of the magic anomaly, it was difficult to maintain stable communication between the secret rites, but even if the other party's voices were severely disturbed, Wei Lin was still able to catch the chaotic and noisy sounds in the emergency committee residence.

"The initial screening of the survivors has been completed, and it can be confirmed that there are no members of the Black Sun Society and those monsters mixed in, and the adjustment of the lockdown ritual of Salem City has also been completed, and I am now requesting the emergency committee to open the south gate in advance, so that the survivors who are not capable of fighting can begin to withdraw."

"Ms. Ernst, this is not in line with the pre-planned ......"

"However, the evacuation of the Emergency Committee was also not in line with the advance plan, as was the undersupplied vehicles and manpower."

As Wei Lin said this, the magic light on the secret ritual flickered slightly, and there was no sound coming from it, and I don't know if it was disturbed by the magic movement, or if the other party was indeed silent.

Wei Lin waited for two seconds before she spoke, "I know why the Emergency Committee made this decision, and I can understand that if Van En is about to face an even greater crisis in the future, we really can't waste important manpower in Salem City, and those important records and related scholars and mages must also be protected accordingly. ”

"However, I can understand that this does not mean that these survivors who can escape right away can...... That's all there is left of the entire city of Selen, they've been abandoned once, and now they're going to face a second time? Are you going to use everyone here as a price and bait to slow down those monsters? Do you think that magical flames and enclosed ritual grounds alone can stop them in their tracks? ”

Valery, who was also beside the secret ceremony, was already a little unable to control his expression.

He knew that the person who was talking to Wei Lin was just an ordinary mage who was in charge of controlling the secret ritual, and beside him, there must be more high-ranking officials of various countries.

As a spellcaster who had grown up honestly within Merlinler and the Legislature, Valery had never imagined that someone could face such a group of people with such a tone and attitude.

After a moment of silence, the mage in charge of speaking to Verin seemed to be instructed to speak, "Miss Ernst, are you threatening the committee?" ”

Hearing this, Wei Lin couldn't help but laugh out loud, she was really laughing, and the crisp laughter even entered the emergency committee's meeting room through the secret ritual, and echoed above the heads of the meeting observers.

Afterwards, Wei Lin stopped her sarcastic laughter and said, "Yes, I'm threatening you, so what are you thinking?" Thinking of negotiating with the monsters of the city and the black sun that is about to rise? Or are there any members of the Black Sun Society among you who hope that the city of Salem will be destroyed according to the Society's prophecy and fulfill the 'only son of the abyss' you expected? ”

Speaking of this, a series of violent explosions suddenly sounded in the city of Selen, and the sound was so amazing that the communication secret instrument fixed on the ground trembled violently, and the ceremonial field that blocked the city of Seren also shook slightly.

After the communication secret device stabilized again, Wei Lin continued: "Gentlemen, just now, the high munitions we set up in the city have been detonated, which means that the monster army has officially begun to advance towards us, presumably you can see what is happening through the balloons and watchtowers...... So now I want to ask, is there going to be a change in the committee's plans? Will the survivors of the city be able to start evacuating? ”

After Viline's questions, the communication device was temporarily cut off, and the room was silent, with neither Verin nor Valery making a sound.

A few minutes later, the glimmer on the ritual began to flicker again, and then an old, tired voice came.

"Alright Miss Vilin, I'm Weka, the head of Merlinle and the Public Magic Office, and now I'll talk to you."

"Okay Professor Weka, I've listened to two of your classes."

"I have a deep impression of you, too, Miss Verin...... But for the rest, we'll talk about it later. ”

Master Veka chuckled in a low voice, then said, "I heard what you said earlier, and after discussion, the Emergency Committee decided to revise the original evacuation plan, and we will open the south gate as you wish. ”

Speaking of this, Mage Veka paused slightly: "But at the same time, you must maintain the defensive line to ensure that we carry out the 'Scorched City Strategy' against Salem City, once the defensive line collapses, we will also re-close the entire ritual field, and at that time, all those who remain in the city will be completely abandoned." ”

"On top of that, we will provide a third of the scheduled transportation vehicles for transporting people, and we're sorry we can't find so many volunteers."

"It's better than expected, thank you, Professor Weka."

"Wait a minute, Miss Verin, I have one more question for you...... What position and angle did you say in the previous paragraph? The Legislative Commission? The Council? Or the royal family and nobility of Waterl? ”

"I speak to you as a follower of the goddess Mel and as a mage of Van Grace."

……

When Verin finished the "negotiations" with the Emergency Committee, the Tricolor Brotherhood bandits who had escaped from the center of the city finally reached the front line of the survivors' defenses, and the soldiers and mages stationed behind the fortifications did not give them any chance to argue or explain themselves in the face of the fleeing Brotherhood members with various weapons.

They gritted their teeth and pulled the trigger of the weapon in their hands in accordance with the order they had received earlier.

In fact, almost all of the defenses were sealed with the Eternal Ritual and Reinforcement Magic, and there were no stairs or passages on them, some of them were just hidden inside the fortifications, and they could be used to trigger magical rituals at any time, and once the defense line was on the verge of collapse, then these bunkers and fortifications themselves would immediately ignite or explode, providing the last bit of help to hinder the Descendants of the Abyss.

All those involved in the battle have been told that they will face a more brutal test than the battlefield outside, and in this case, every action and every shot they take will directly affect their own life and death and that of their loved ones.

A council mage calmly pulled the trigger, and with the help of magic, he struck the head of a bandit who was trying to beg for mercy with precision, the impact of the metal bullet sending the body tumbling to the ground.

However, in the next moment, the ordinary-looking "corpse" suddenly trembled violently, and then the bandit's body was torn apart from the middle by something, and a cloud of pitch-black "silt" quickly crawled out of the crack of his corpse, countless green eyes and sharp insect arthropods grew out of the deep slime, and in just two breaths, a terrifying beast appeared in front of everyone.

"Bang!"

Before the Descendant of the Abyss, who had blended into the crowd of refugees, could make any further move, the mage quickly flicked the wheel and pulled the trigger again.

This time, the bullets fired had been replaced by powerful crystalline munitions, so the surging light tore apart the "mud" on the spot, and the violent magic explosion completely wiped out the vitality hidden in those fragments.

A similar scenario is happening on multiple lines of defense at the same time.

As if realizing that the remnants of the survivors did not intend to let their "kind" through the lines, the Descendants of the Abyss who managed to infiltrate the ranks of the refugees immediately changed their tactics, obeying the will of the subject, and began a merciless slaughter of the remaining Brotherhood members around them, so that the garrisons with weapons in hand were terrified.

Now, no one dares to question that "cruel" order.

The dazzling light of the fire drew a long and intermittent line within the city of Seren, and the artificially detonated high munitions managed to create several shocking gaps in the line of the moving heirs, but they did not last long—the black tide that slowly rolled forward quickly drowned out the fire.

The magic of increasing agitation is urging them to move forward.

(End of chapter)