It's also a cloudy day, a normal day for Beckland, and the "crisp autumn" day is a bit of a luxury for the residents who live here, unless they are heading to a noble estate in the suburbs, where the sun is not available for most of the time.

It's just that there are some other things in the sky today, like a piece of dust on the outside of a landscape painting, which makes people feel very abrupt.

But as the flying objects got closer, the dusty black dots gradually magnified until they could be seen clearly by the ant-like crowd below.

Of course, Rune himself also has airships, and because of the particularity of being able to fly, most of these means of transportation are strictly controlled by the military.

Today, the airships, covered in dark brown paint, are approaching the sky above Beckland from the north, and on the airships, the red, white, and yellow emblems painted with diagonal stripes are painted - at least for Rune, which is the flag of Fursack.

The nobles living in the North and West Wards have all received invitations from the Church of the Night or the Church of the Storm to conduct an "air defense exercise" in conjunction with the government, and let them go to the nearby cathedral as soon as possible.

When a large number of airships painted with the flag of Fursac approached Beckland from the northern sky, no one would think they were just passing by. Just from a distance, the airship looked like a large swarm of locusts about to eat the ground, and everyone who noticed them could hardly suppress the panic in their hearts.

The invisible bells of war reverberated loudly and reverberated in the sky.

However, the location of several cathedrals seems to have been prepared for this for a long time, and for the confident churches, extraordinary power is the most effective reliance, and at this time, the storm church, which has been provoked by the other party in front of them, has a violent temperament, and it is even more difficult to endure this kind of behavior.

From the sky above the Holy Wind Cathedral, as soon as the wind sounded, it directly condensed a blue-black giant blade, outlining a crescent moon that cut diagonally, and flew straight above the sky.

When these blades trying to harvest life approached, they collided with a layer of colorless defense outside the airship formation's airbags, and all attacks were blocked from the outside. Although the massive wind blades flew up again and again, trying to impact the protection, they only made the airship shake, and failed to penetrate them.

As the muzzles of the airships' guns, machine guns, and throws were opened one after another, aiming downward, a violent hurricane set off around the Cathedral of the Holy Wind, mixed with thunderbolts of lightning, and the storm swept directly towards all the airships above, forcing them to toss and undule in the tidal current.

However, such an attack was defused again, and the light of blood and rust blended and appeared, and in just an instant, it enveloped all the airships that dominated the sky, connecting them all - this is the authority of the "War Bishop", gathering the strength of his comrades to form a whole!

The Einhorn family of the Fursack royal family has mastered the path of the "Red Priests" who incarnates war, but for a long time they have not promoted the birth of the angels of the "conquerors" of Sequence 1 for a long time.

Now it seems reasonable for them to take the lead in starting a war and trying to shake the stability of Beckland and Rune.

With "heart-to-heart communication" with each other, the Fursak airships quickly stabilized in the hurricane, like an air fleet that has dropped a heavy anchor and is not afraid of the waves.

Then, it was time for the counteroffensive.

Iron-black bombs rained down from the muzzles, and the sparks from the muzzles roared with a roar, making the sound of war tangible.

The hurricane roared and swirled, but it could not completely prevent the attacks from landing, and the shells were tightly deflected off course.

Man-made disasters descended from the sky and stretched out their hands towards the city, and whether people were watching the scene or not, the shadow of the airship came to them.

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North District, Beckland Technical University.

"Melissa, did you see Carter?" The dark-skinned Candela Gonzales held a stack of books and drawings and asked the dark-haired girl passing by.

Melissa Moretti turned her head and pointed in the direction of the square: "I saw him at the front of the steam train, and I happened to be going to see Eudora too." She told me in class yesterday that she had a new poem written today and wanted to share it with everyone. ”

Candela hesitated, not refusing to go with Melissa.

"So what are you going to do with Carter?"

"Because he has been doing well lately, his letter of recommendation will come down soon, and the professor will guarantee that he will get the opportunity to visit the shipping company in the summer."

Melissa knew that Carter had been anxious about this for a long time, and this talented male classmate, although he had always been motivated to become a naval engineer, had not actually ridden a ship once.

This time, the school announced its summer plan and was willing to take people to visit shipping companies and factories, and Carter was the first to rush up and sign up, talking to everyone about this matter for a long time.

Melissa couldn't help but laugh too: "I hope that after he learns the news, he can stop pulling everyone to complain." ”

"It's because he's so annoying......" Candela sighed heavily.

Melissa talked about the topic she had recently studied in class, and Candela listened to her questions, occasionally answering or adding to them, and the two of them gradually approached the front of the steam train in the center of the square.

Suddenly, an inexplicable sense of horror appeared in her heart, so that Candela could not continue to take her legs, she subconsciously raised her hand and grabbed her feather earrings, as if she heard a faint tinnitus.

Is it because of frequent late nights? Or is it something else? Candela shook his head, but the hum didn't go away, but became clearer.

Seeing that Candela was in place, Melissa also subconsciously stopped, and the two stood at the edge of the square: "Huh? Is there something wrong with the theory I just quoted? I haven't read the latest issue of Mechanical Monthly......"

Candela had already seen the back of Carter's head, the messy flaxen-colored hair, but Candela's feet seemed to be frozen, and he couldn't move a single step.

Candela simply shouted, "No, no, I- damn it, what about Carter?" Carter! Come here! ”

The blurted out voice was even sharper and hoarse than usual, and Candela knew that the inexplicable panic in her heart must have been faithfully reflected in her voice, otherwise Melissa's eyes would not be so strange.

This girl has always been very reserved and reserved, always taking care of the mood of the people around her, and will not express her negative feelings too bluntly.

Melissa was indeed quite worried, and she asked tentatively, "Candela, are you okay?" ”

Eudora looked back at the person who made the shout, and also saw her good friend, so she simply left the crowd and walked this way, waving at Melissa: "What's going on?" Why Candela ......"

Before she could finish her sentence, Candela took another deep breath, calmed her trembling body from fear, and shouted again:

"Carter! Hurry up – your application for a visit has not been approved! ”

This sentence was more effective than shouting the name many times, and the flaxen-colored head turned sharply, pushed away the people around him, and rushed in the direction of Candela:

"What did you just say—"

He didn't finish his sentence either.

As an indiscernible object hit the ground and smashed into the center of the square, all sounds were interrupted the moment it erupted.

The sound of the explosion drowned out everything, allowing the humming sound that lingered in Candela's ears to completely dissipate.

Not far away, the glass of the main school building had been shattered, and the air wave tore over several people near the square, Eudora and Melissa fell together, Candela instinctively bent and curled up, and Carter fell to the edge of the flower bed, with a palm-sized splinter of iron stuck in his back shoulder.

But not everyone was as lucky as they were, especially the students who remained near the front of the steam train.

Candela quickly rose from the ground and looked at the source of the explosion.

Beckland Technical University Square, the iconic product of steam-tech, has been completely shattered, scattered parts mixed with flesh and blood.

The flying steel plate smashed someone's leg, and more and more bright red flowed outward, and the smell of blood wafted through the air along with the smell of burning. The explosion itself left a large scorching mark – including on those who had stopped breathing.

Melissa looked up in pain after the tinnitus caused by the explosion had passed, screams and wails in her ears, which seemed to come and go, muffled by the sound of a violent heartbeat.

She stared blankly at the tragic situation in the square, recognizing the faces of her classmates, and her sorrow overcame fear, and in an instant the eyes of the young girl filled her eyes, and she struggled to get up, but her legs always refused to obey.

Candela was more calm, pulling Melissa, who was trembling with her hands and feet, up from the ground, and then ignored her, but quickly checked on Carter and Udora's condition.

Eudora passed out, the back of her head hitting the ground hard, her breathing faint but at least alive.

Carter's condition is much worse, the piece of iron on his shoulder left a penetrating injury, unable to move for a while, taking out the piece of iron will only cause further blood loss, there are still many people who need emergency treatment, and after delaying the treatment time, this arm probably can't be saved.

Candela noticed that Melissa was still standing dumbfounded, and whispered, "Go find the teacher, go find a place to take refuge with someone else, go to the underground area!" We don't know if there will be another wave of attacks! ”

"Then you, I can't ......"

"Go!" Candela shouted at Melissa, and she glanced up at the sky to see the airship moving west.

Melissa noticed the same thing, and her face grew paler: "West ......"

"The West End is the heart of Beckland, and they have a more definite destination."

Candela's expression was gloomy, she tried hard to carry Eudora behind her, and when she turned her head, she saw Melissa's back running all the way to the school gate:

"Melissa! Wait, where are you going? Come back! ”