In the 10 days since receiving the alert from the Red Scorpion Knights, Black Rock City has entered a state of emergency mobilization.

Lesio had already re-presided over the renovation of the city wall some time ago, but Zhaoming was still not at ease, and he did not hesitate to consume a full 1,000 faith points to forcibly push the secret sand table twice.

Today, a huge rectangular city wall with a height of 12 meters, a width of 14 meters at the top and a width of 18 meters at the bottom, with a closed outline, has been completed, more than twice the size of the original broken wall.

In terms of the transfer of the people, Zhaoming also paid a great price.

In order to be able to convince the Black Rock people who are nostalgic for their homeland to transfer, he leads by example. On the first day of the transfer, Elusa and Ando were first transferred to Hurricane City as the first men.

The maid naturally will not disobey her orders, but only ask her master to protect herself. Andu was a little more difficult, he thought that he could stay and help with the maintenance of weapons, and he should fight side by side with everyone.

But in fact, the Black Rock Guards only had 30 muskets in their hands, and there was not much ammunition, so it was useless for him to stay, and in the end he was directly tied up and sent away by Zhaoming.

On the other hand, in order to defend her homeland and reward her, Trisda quickly gathered an army of 2,000 people for Zhaoming, who were not systematically trained, but were good backups.

By order of the lord, all the old and weak women and children had to be transferred, while the men who were willing to stay and help in the war were rewarded.

For the villagers outside Black Rock City, their best option was to move with the large army.

Because their most important possessions, the land, were all outside the city. As soon as the demon army arrives, their land will be destroyed regardless of victory or defeat, and there will be nothing to be nostalgic about.

Of course, many of them chose to join the reserve team, after all, the lord promised to compensate them afterwards.

As for those who lived in the city, after sending off their wives and children, they had nothing else to worry about and devoted themselves to preparing for war.

……

In the arsenal, Krohn and his forge men worked day and night to get more weapons before the enemy arrived.

"Brother Crohn, do you really want to stay? War together, our role is not so great. A forger said to Crohn worriedly.

Crohn didn't react to this, still tinkling and banging, and after a while, he turned around and said, "What do you mean it doesn't work?" When the demons come, I'll go up to the city and fight them, and watch me overthrow them one by one!" ”

The stout man raised the hammer in his hand as he spoke, and the surrounding forgers were encouraged and cheered.

"Brother Crohn is mighty, let's go together when the time comes!"

……

After these few days of hard work, Black Rock City is ready to withstand the onslaught of demons.

Everyone was confident and thought it would not be difficult to withstand the impact. Except for those who really know about demons, they know best how terrifying demons are.

The lights are brightly lit in the headquarters, and Zhaoming and Sevita are studying the current situation.

Sevita looked at the map and made a new suggestion: "One more trench should be added in the main direction of the demon's attack, after all, we don't have many bows and arrows." ”

Zhaoming nodded, he himself is a layman, and he has little experience in how to defend the city, so it is best to absorb some more expert advice.

While they were discussing, Ezekiel and Hal returned.

Seeing them come back, Zhaoming said "hard work", and the two of them were sent to inspect the reserves of various warehouses, and they had been busy for a whole day.

Without taking a break, Ezekiel spread out a list and showed it to Zhaoming.

"We have plenty of food and weapons, but we don't have enough bows and arrows."

After listening to Ezekiel's report, Zhaoming patted him on the shoulder and said, "Good job, go and rest for a while, there are many things to do." ”

Ezekiel nodded, and then didn't leave the command, but just found a corner in the town hall and squinted against the wall for a moment.

And Hal, although he is a guest, has already made up his mind to advance and retreat with Zhaoming. He went to inspect the warehouse today to see if he could develop some new tactics to help defend against the impending danger.

"Brother Zhaoming, when I checked the warehouse, I found a strange black powder stored inside, I don't know what it can be used for?"

Hal apparently had discovered gunpowder, but had no idea what it did.

Zhaoming gave him a meaningful look and said, "This will be the key to our victory." ”

……

Trisda's manor was built on a mountainside north of Black Rock City, and now that the situation was so dangerous, she could no longer live outside the city.

Zhaoming had originally asked her to go to Hurricane City with a large army, but Trisda was reluctant to live or die, saying that she had to stay in Black Rock City.

There was no way, Zhaoming could only let her live in her own house temporarily, along with her Wanguan family wealth.

As for the rest of his men, Kaeya stayed behind to maintain law and order, Lyra led the team to Hurricane City, and Grouchy took care of the logistics.

After a night of discussion and planning, Zhaoming looked up at the window.

The rising sun casts rays of morning light on them, a calm and gentle scene that makes people forget about the impending danger for a moment.

But Zhaoming quickly came to his senses, he didn't have time to enjoy the scenery, and there was another big thing to do right now.

Taking advantage of Sevita's short rest, Zhaoming turned on the system.

At present, Zhao Ming is not very worried about the battle, he has the sword of martyrdom in his hand, and the elemental magic is even more complete, and now he is very easy to control, and the mind control is a hole card......

What he lacked most now was a secondary magic, preferably healing or something.

In order to minimize casualties, Zhaoming must have healing magic. After all, it was a matter of human life, and he didn't dare to gamble with the offering pool, so he could only look back and forth on the exchange interface.

"Vitality? No, the treatment is good, but it's too slow. ”

Once the war begins, healing must immediately keep up, and this kind of magic that lacks speed will not do.

"Flesh and bone regeneration? The speed and quality are good, but the price is too expensive. ”

Zhao Ming had no choice but to give up, he only had 800 faith points left in his hand, and he had to save some of them to deal with possible crises.

After searching and searching, he finally set his sights on the healing light, which cost 600 points.

This is an area of effect magic that can generate healing areas within a radius of 10 meters in diameter of the user, and although it is not as effective as the vitality spell, it is already the best option at the moment.

At the same time, it is also the most widely used magic within the Templar Church, as it is one of the very few spells that can be stored in the bodies of ordinary people who have no magical talents, and can be used by all monks and nuns as long as they go to the church regularly to replenish it with the Holy Grail.

Zhao Ming invested 600 faith points without hesitation, and the prompt sound of the system sounded in his ears.

"Congratulations on Obtaining Magic: Healing Light (1st Order)"

"Whew-" Zhaoming breathed a long sigh of relief, and now another problem was solved.

The early morning sun was shining through the streets and alleys of Black Rock City, and the transfer operation was almost complete at this time, only the Black Rock Guards and volunteers were walking on the streets, and the logistics department was transporting various supplies.

Zhaoming left the headquarters and rode the Shadow to start his daily rounds.

"Hello Lord!"

"Everyone's worked hard!"

Along the way, Zhaoming met many people and greeted them warmly.

Although he hasn't rested for a long time, Zhaoming is still holding on to his spirit, after all, his current state will affect the morale of the army to the greatest extent.

Walking and walking, Zhaoming came to the front of the church.

The two clergy were also on the list of the first transfers, but neither Martiel nor Bianca wanted to leave.

Zhaoming persuaded him for a long time, but they were still unmoved.

Bianca, the nun who had previously resented him, was no longer even cold, begging him to allow her to stay.

In desperation, Zhaoming could only let the two of them stay, but also demanded that they must stay in the church.

After sorting out his thoughts, Zhaoming rode a horse to inspect the entire Black Rock City, and then climbed the castle tower to take a look.

Zhaoming climbed the wall made of hard black rock, and the soldiers in charge of the garrison bowed their heads.

This is the rule of the Black Rock Guard, and those wearing armor don't have to salute.

Zhaoming looked to the west, and a large black cloud was enveloping here, and the originally bright sunlight in the sky was being dispelled.

It's really a mountain rain coming and the wind is full of buildings!

Zhaoming sighed, the ground was everywhere he looked, and the outside of the city was cleared according to his orders, sweeping away everything that could be used by the demons.

Generally speaking, there are two types of demon attacks: a single demon lord co-commander attacking a target, or a random and scattered attack.

Demons are not like humans, these monsters only worship the strong, as a demon, if you don't have the strength, you can't convince your subordinates.

Ordinary demons, such as the vultarians that Zhaoming has killed, tend to gather around the more powerful demons to form a force.

And those powerful demons are called Chaos Warlords, and their men range from a few thousand to tens of thousands.

The warlords were often at war with each other, so they rarely attacked the big cities of the human race, plundering scattered villages.

However, if a demon is strong enough to command the other Chaos warlords, a powerful demon army can be formed.

In that case, with a unified leadership, tens of thousands of demons will pounce on a certain location and launch a devastating attack.

Once the defense line formed by the human kingdom and the knights is torn apart, it will soon attract other demons, and the demon army will grow stronger and stronger, and eventually drive straight in.

The only good news now is that this demon invasion did not show the phenomenon of warlord unity, which means that no demon lords were born.

Each city and fortress will only have to face its own enemies, they will not join forces to support each other, but the humans will!

This is the strongest thing about the Terrans, unity is strength!

The confrontation between humans and demons is like two boxers.

The demon is explosive and fast, and it is a devastating attack from the beginning. But once their invasion is blocked and the offensive is stopped, it will become weaker and weaker.

When the well-fortified and powerful strongholds and human cities have completed the counterattack and driven the demons away, they will immediately support the other places, and eventually form a joint force to drive the demons back to the dark border.