Although the kingdom of Wattel has also joined the wartime alliance led by Merinle, on the frontal battlefield, this martial nation with its impressive military prowess has not shown its true strength.

So far, the Kingdom of Wattel has adopted a more conservative support strategy.

On the orders of Sophia, the daughter of the Lord of Waterl, a very special corps was sent out and began its activities in the rear of the Dawn Society, as well as the rest of the coalition armies.

The combat effectiveness of this legion is very limited, as it is mainly composed of not the professional soldiers who are representative of the Kingdom of Waterl, but the scholars of the Council who are skilled in magical engineering, the workers who are responsible for the construction of temporary railroads, and the technicians of different races who can provide the construction of fortifications and the maintenance of weapons.

In the face of the great sense of oppression brought about by the Black Sun and the Black Sun Association, Sophia, the princess who has completely taken over the military command of the kingdom, showed her unusually generous side, she did not follow the plans and suggestions provided by the mainstream officers and staff officers in the country, such as magic fortifications and steam railways, and completely locked the technology and secrets related to the steam railway in the country, but took the initiative to arrange that special corps, so that they could build temporary railroad tracks for the wartime alliance in the border area between the northern border and the Goddess Plains for the wartime alliance. Consolidate the logistics system to ensure the long-term combat capability of the coalition forces.

On this point, Princess Sophia reached a high degree of consensus with her teacher, the "three-clawed falcon" of the Ernst family.

And the fundamental reason why the Wattel Kingdom made such a plan was that it was happening in the back of the kingdom.

The rugged hills, an area close to the Lowe Plateau and once considered an important strategic buffer zone by the Wattle Kingdom, are now a formidable danger.

Since the Black Sun had risen and the city of Salem had been completely destroyed, the once craggy hills had been completely transformed into a place of death full of sores and fissures, and the strange light flickered through the region at every moment, damaging and eroding the ignorant and brave observers who dared to approach it.

Although the light that poured out of those rifts could not be compared to the black celestial bodies hanging in the sky, the traces of destruction that were of the same origin as the abyss were still full of them, and these terrifying powers and those strange scenes that made people feel strange would always cause extremely serious mental shocks in the subtle way, even if they took sufficient precautions, those scholars and soldiers directly sent by the Kingdom of Wattel and the Mage Council, Symptoms of mental confusion or even collapse may also occur after performing tasks for a period of time.

The cold pillar of light that pierced through the sky was not weakened by the final appearance of the black sun, on the contrary, the strange symbols and patterns that constantly appeared from the inside of the pillar of light became more and more dense during this time, even the scholars who participated in the study of these strange patterns at the beginning have no way to completely identify them, and all they can do is to continue to record these patterns and "decipher" the information in them through various methods.

However, the impact of this land of the dead is not limited to these strange mysteries.

At the same time, there is a huge potential threat.

In fact, from the very beginning, the strongholds and outposts set up by the Wattel Kingdom army around the rugged hills have always detected unusual signs of movement, including but not limited to strange mud, twisted footprints or footprints, disappearances reported by travelers and hunters, and so on.

After a while, these anomalies went one step further, and several important monitoring stations under the direct responsibility of the Ymir Regiment were completely destroyed overnight, and all the personnel in the monitoring station disappeared, and the latecomers in charge of the investigation only saw that everything in the site was severely damaged, and the scene was messy, but there was no blood or human body left at all.

For this reason, the Waters Kingdom has deliberately increased the control and monitoring of the rugged hills, in order to ensure safety, as the elite of the Fifth Hunting Regiment was dispatched to the Brown Hills Town next to the rugged hills, the Fifth Hunting Regiment had been active in this area in the previous battles, their fighting will is strong enough, and they also have a considerable degree of experience in dealing with magical creations and extreme situations.

And the Fifth Chasseur Regiment did not live up to the trust of the Waters Kingdom.

With his connections in the aristocracy, the military system, and the Council, Alfred, as the supreme leader of the Chasseurs, managed to gain access to secrets that ordinary officers could not know, and based on these secrets, he worked with Mage Clown to devise a complete and meticulous monitoring method.

So, under the high alert of the Fifth Chasseur Regiment, they finally succeeded in catching the terrible signs that were taking place in the interior of the craggy hills one day.

The monitors found that there seemed to be some shadows spreading outward and moving in those bottomless crevices.

These shadows are not the same as those of the human figures that appear in the pillars of light along with the patterns, they have completely lost the basic characteristics of the human form, and look more like the aggregation of many different life forms, or the smudges that have been randomly smeared on the canvas with ink.

Most of the time, these strange beings only wander through the inaccessible crevices, but at certain moments, very few of them will leave the rifts and actively explore the traces left by humanity in the past.

And with the temptation of both sides, the conflict finally and inevitably broke out.

During a routine observation, the Chasseur squad responsible for guarding the Council's scholars was confronted with these distorted shadows, and after a fierce battle, the brave soldiers were able to repel the unspeakable presence with their own abundance of crystalline bullets and alchemical bombs, but several soldiers were also severely wounded in the process.

As the shadowy limbs of these monsters passed through the soldiers' bodies, their flesh began to wither and die rapidly, and then the symptoms spread to the rest of their bodies, and no one could survive the pain of this contraction.

And after the death of these wounded, the strange illness did not spare their corpses, and in this way, little by little, their corpses were compressed into another form, and finally, the corpses of the dead became like the rocks that dotted the middle layers of the chasm of the chasm, hard and gray, and in the cracks, there was a little magic color squeezed from the depths of life and soul.

In this way, scholars who study the fissures in the hills have come to an astonishing conjecture.

Beneath the Lowe Plateau, not only has the magic power been sealed for a long time in the past to re-summon the Black Sun, but there is also a special "structure" hidden.

It is filled with the dead who have died in the distant past for a variety of reasons, either as the "material" for the blockade of the Black Sun, or as a "sacrifice" to support some kind of ritual...... In short, the remains of the deceased evolved and stratified by the forces of the same origin as the Black Sun, eventually forming rocky and crystalline veins filled with fissures.

This conjecture is obviously very creative and imaginative compared to the past, and if we continue to study along this line, scholars may soon be able to draw some new conclusions and results.

However, the monsters that came out of the depths of the rift did not give the Kingdom of Waters more time.

Within ten days of the first conflict, the first expansion of the hidden threat from the rugged hills began, and the twisted shadows of the darkness turned into monstrous beasts, emerging from the very edge of the cracks in the ground, pinpointing the frontier posts and observatories set up by the Kingdom of Wattel and Merlinle and the Judicial Council in the surrounding area, and launching a murderous assault on them.

In the face of enemies in this form, whether it is a soldier or a mage, they feel a little powerless.

Although they were able to crush their opponents' attacks with their weapons and magic, the shadows that were successfully defeated eventually dissipated like smoke and dust, and it was not long before more strange and dangerous monsters crawled out of the abyss and launched a new assault on the defenses of the Wattle army.

As a last resort, the Fifth Chasseur Regiment had no choice but to abandon all the strongholds and outposts set up within the rugged hills, and relied on the fortifications built in advance in the area around Brownhill Town to reconstruct the overall defensive line.

Compared to the ongoing war in the North, the impact of the rugged hills was more immediate, after all, the battle that took place here had completely transcended Vann's normal perception of war.

And when the warped shadows of the vanguard cleared the entire jagged hills, more chilling changes followed.

Observers in balloons and airships noticed that more concrete, larger beings were crawling out of the cracks, looking like a confluence of mud and crystalline ore, and the invisible magic had forcibly fused the two together to form a bizarre, oppressive beast.

After a short meeting, a hideous train carrying a variety of heavy crystalline cannons and a large number of baggage supplies drove into the platform of Brownhill, and after unloading the supplies brought to the Fifth Chasseur, it immediately rushed to the forward defense line by the railroad tracks, and that night, the continuous roar echoed in the craggy hills, and the magical path created by the flying crystallized cannonballs made the sky no longer have any clouds and mist left.

This level of artillery bombardment was enough to deal the most severe blow to any line of defense or position, but when the illumination magic flew through the sky, it became clear that these powerful explosions had only a certain amount of deterrence.

The twisted things from the depths of the cracks, as if given clear command and unified orders, began to disperse rapidly into the cracks of various sizes soon after the bombardment was launched, and used these natural bunkers to hide from the shelling.

And in the intervals when the shelling is interrupted, they will quickly emerge from their hiding places and advance outward at great speed.

This change made the officers at the front look at each other.

Intuition and experience tell them that behind this neat and orderly behavior, there may be a brain that understands the army and warfare well enough.

……

In one of the buildings in Overwatch, a regular meeting of key members of the Dawn Society is underway.

In addition to the core members such as Meyer and Felix, some newly cultivated potential young members were also invited to join the association, and these young people felt new to every face in front of them, especially Meyer and Felix, the former is the de facto leader of the Dawn Society, and the latter, who has been added to the mystery because of the previous events.

And now, the "saint" with a thin body and a slightly gloomy face is present, in a flat tone, stating some important messages to the participants who could not be heard elsewhere: "I know that our comrades on the front, especially the younger ones, are somewhat optimistic about the current situation, and it seems to everyone that the wartime alliance has an overwhelming advantage over Saint-Stiel...... This is inappropriate. ”

"But it's true, Mr. Felix!"

A young Dawn Officer raised his hand to speak: "Self-confidence and trust in allies are also the pillars of the soldiers' combat effectiveness, and although Waterl's army did not fight alongside us, every artillery support they provided was able to bring great enthusiasm and confidence to our soldiers!" ”

Felix raised his hand and pressed it, then nodded and replied, "Well, that's exactly what I'm going to tell you next...... There has been a serious change in the direction of the rugged hills, and the troops of the Wattel Kingdom will inevitably move to the south, and the artillery units that were originally arranged to support the northern front will also be moved to the south, which means that the artillery fire we use to suppress the enemy positions will be greatly weakened in the coming period. ”

"What Felix said is completely true, and this transfer order has been notified to Merlin Lehe."

Meyer added, "Not only that, but our comrades-in-arms who are still operating in the Plain of the Goddess and the Lowe Plateau will also organize the personnel of the branch to form a temporary team to support the defense line of Brownhill Town...... I came to you today to discuss this matter, and everyone spoke freely. ”

At this point, Meyer's gaze shifted slightly to Felix's side, and seeing that Felix's gaze always seemed to be biased to the corner of the room, Meyer raised his hand in accordance with his gaze and pointed at a young officer who was a little depressed and seemed to be not sleeping enough.

"Mr. Goger! What are your thoughts on this? ”

(End of chapter)