Chapter 119: Man and Machine
Watching Ernest transform into a real puppet under the influence of the cursed potion, Serena's red lips showed a charming smile. In this way, everything that my father told me was completed.
As the army of the Stallman Prefecture stepped into the border of Montenegro, the lord of Visak, who had been standing still in the north for a long time, made a decision to withdraw all the knights to the territory, making a gesture of not violating the river water with the well water of the people's army, and at the same time drawing a line with the Montenegrin county government. After all, no one can deny that the previous dispatch was a counterattack against the invasion of their territory, the expulsion of the local church, and the abduction of serfs by the people's army. There is also no evidence that the knights were directly involved in the rebellion planned by the county government and the legions.
Of course, my father didn't expect this ploy to blind Stallman for long, but it was not yet time to finally tear his face with Sentinel Ridge. The third cursed cipher fragment is still missing, and even if there is still a trace of uncontrollable factors, the cautious sub-lord will not take it lightly.
At the same time as he withdrew, he secretly transferred the mage hunters, formerly the renegade Defia engineers, back to the war-torn town of Montenegro to assist Serena. At the same time, he brought a large number of valuable forbidden spell sigils and spell casting materials, and instructed his daughter to perform the last task here before leaving;
That is to destroy everything, including the evidence. As the entire town sinks into the ground in a distorted spatial rift, all those who know the secrets behind the Black Mountain City Hall, as well as the traces left behind, will disappear. Even if Stallman and the commissioners of Stormwind come to search, no one will be able to find the truth from the abyss.
When Serena received the order to destroy an entire town and kill tens of thousands of civilians and soldiers, she was stunned for a moment, and after a moment, only admiration for her father's courage and meticulousness remained; In order to achieve great things, there are only tens of thousands of chess pieces, what can not be sacrificed.
Since the fire that destroyed everything in her childhood, Serena has had two fathers, three uncles, and countless brothers who have taken refuge in her, but she has never seen a presence like Marquis Visak that she admires and shudders. Such an incomparably strong, wise, and cruel man, coupled with extreme insight and patience; Neither tolerating the slightest variable, nor taking any opponent lightly, who else can overcome him?
Father had even thought through every detail and handed over the activator of the Hell Abyss to Mayor Ernest to carry and activate. In this way, it can not only ensure that the center of the collapse is at the city hall, and wipe out the remaining county government officials and the high-ranking bandit army who came to surrender, but also transfer the charge of destroying the town to the desperate and frenzied mayor. Anyway, Ernest is fond of magic fans, and often sucks delirium, and everyone in the West is well-known.
Serena only thought that it would be better to bring in the red-haired thug when the time came. Even if he had a way to get out on his own, it would not have been possible to save so many subordinates and civilians at the same time.
What a heart-warming picture for him to watch his many accomplices screaming and falling into the abyss, unable to do anything. Isn't it to save everyone, and not to let others die because of themselves, what a disgusting joke! The more Serena thought about it, the more beautiful it became, and she couldn't help but laugh out loud.
At that moment, a subordinate wearing a metal mask stepped forward and whispered something in her ear. After listening, the smile on Serena's face disappeared.
According to the report, in the past two days, the Hell Demon Abyss Sigil Project, which was originally about to be completed, has been greatly slowed down due to the obstruction of some red-masked attackers. Several of the construction teams were attacked, and many of the demonic seals that had been planted were destroyed. These spies took advantage of the night to use advanced spell-breaking rifles and rune bombs, with clear targets and professional methods, and it seems that they have accurately judged the types and details of forbidden arts.
Serena knew who did it as soon as she heard it. After instructing her men to leave, she pulled out a small piece of red cloth from her close-fitting pocket, a fragment cut by her fingerknife that cut through the red mask worn by her opponent during the battle with Pullman that night.
She picked up the red cloth and studied it carefully, then put it under her nose and took a deep breath. The advanced magic tool sensor immediately analyzed the composition, structure, and source of the cloth, as well as the height, weight, and age of the owner of the body fluids.
The information is extremely accurate and fast, but the only thing missing is the most basic smell. Serena sat for a moment, then lowered her head, the gaze of the crystal's eyeballs slicing across the metal parts of her body.
With the exception of her hands, feet, and face, most of her body has not been repaired, and is still exposed metal parts. Because Serena, who has a deep cleanliness fetish, only allows skins made of children's delicate skin to be installed on herself, and they are all let go by Marisa.
"Two cuties, it's really not simple. I don't know your names yet. ”
After that night's fighting, with the help of her father and her Commander and former colleagues, her broken wrist and damaged parts throughout her body were quickly repaired, and the remaining flesh and blood organs were replaced and strengthened. Now she is a powerful killing machine, even in the face of a regular army company with heavy firepower, she is not inferior, ordinary ammunition and magic, can not hurt her at all.
However, with the last creature part replaced by a magic tool part, Serena was no longer able to feel any pain or non-combat sensations.
She sighed, is she a human or a machine now?
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At night, on a certain street in Black Mountain Town, the guards who were ambushed in the shadows opened fire fiercely at the guards who were working to bury the magic seal with a whistle.
The armor, swords, shields, and scribbles of the Soldier, and the hastily twisted spells of the Engineer Mage, are vulnerable to the rune gunners armed with spell-breaking ammunition. After leaving behind a few corpses, the rest fled in all directions.
The guards jumped out of their hideouts and rushed to the construction site, carefully removing the sigil from its underground pedestal. He also destroyed the magic circle facilities according to the procedure, and destroyed the surrounding magic net anchors.
Just as the team members relaxed their vigilance, with a muffled sound of wind elemental fire, a magic bullet flew quickly; Caught off guard, a team member was directly shot in the head and died on the spot. Others urgently sought cover and fought back in the direction of the attackers.
A group of people who suddenly attacked the convoy, all wearing enchanted bulletproof cloaks and metal masks covering their faces with only their eyes exposed. The rune spears they wield were more sophisticated than those in the hands of the rebel warriors, and their ammunition and magic equipment scrolls were more advanced and expensive.
But the guards had all been trained hard and had excellent marksmanship, and after a fierce battle, there were casualties among each other. Due to the darkness of the enemy, the convoy chose to retreat.
After receiving the report, Pullman understood that those mage hunters affiliated with Serena had already been dispatched, and with the increase in the number of Magic Seal Project Breaking points, sooner or later they would have to clash head-on with the other party. However, this also validates his previous judgment: our side is operating behind enemy lines, but the mechanical nun's men also dare not make a big show;
Because their actions are even more unspeakable, they are unable to mobilize the forces of the county guards to round up our personnel. Even to some extent, the guards were still saving the county soldiers who were kept in the dark. Once the truth about the Hellish Abyss is revealed, when the many soldiers who are fighting, and the officials who remain in the town hall, learn that the entire town is going to be destroyed by Visak with a massive forbidden art, and that they are all abandoned cannon fodder, it will be a genius monster.
Therefore, the destruction of the rebel agents could only be solved by the nuns' men themselves, and there were not many of them. Although there are only a dozen of our warriors in the city, the opponent is also very few in number, so it can be said that they are evenly matched. Towns cannot be safe without annihilating them.
Pullman immediately developed a counter-ambush plan, and in view of the fact that the enemy could only concentrate and act in secret, he intended to gather all the fighters together. First, use a small number of people to attack a construction site, pretend to be surrounded by the opponent, and take advantage of the enemy's method to hunt and expose the position, concentrate firepower, crush the enemy in one fell swoop, and kill and injure the opponent's living forces.
Because the biggest problem at the moment is that we are behind enemy lines, and the supply is cut off, it is necessary to interfere with and delay the construction progress as much as possible before the ammunition and runes run out. As long as the main force of the rebels broke through the city defenses, and the spell was still blocked, they were victorious.