The flames in the sky had been extinguished, leaving only blackened ruins and thick black smoke that had yet to dissipate.
After Owen and the others presented the photos, videos, and other evidence about the defense zone occupied by the Grim Reaper, Leonard, as the main person in charge, made the decision to surrender the defense zone he was in charge of. Of course, the condition was that the American wizards in this stronghold were exempted from prosecution by the United Kingdom, and no one would be held responsible for the resistance and the attack on the duel competition.
In the other bunkers in the defense zone, wizards walked out one after another. Their doors were directly opened, and all the magic crossbows were turned around. They had given up on defense.
The wizards of the Magic Kingdom had restored order. They divided into several teams and organized the magic supplies that were lost in the panic or burned by the fire in an orderly manner. Under the protection of Aura, the healers who followed the army stepped forward to further treat and supervise the captured American wizards.
A huge shadow loomed over the defensive area. The giant squid warship that had received the news from the Nautilus in charge of scouting and rushed over to reinforce the area. Its tentacles broke through the clouds and wrapped around the towering bunker. With great force, it tore it apart and tore it apart. The walls of the bunker collapsed and bricks scattered in all directions.
The American wizards who had walked out of the defense zone watched the defense zone that they had been defending for a long time being razed to the ground. In anger, some of the emotional wizards even began to cry.
Suddenly, there was an angry roar. The fire dragon that belonged to the guerrilla team broke free from the restraints on its body. As soon as it was free, it immediately stood up, spread its wings, and bit down on a tentacle on the body of the giant squid warship. It shook its head and pulled the tentacle off the ship. When it was restrained, the giant dragon watched the guerrilla team being swallowed by the fire, stopped by the wizards, and even killed.
Although the Fire Dragon did not have a good impression of these American wizards, in its mind, they were still people who had fed it before. Therefore, the Fire Dragon had only one thought in its mind, which was to continue attacking as it had been trained in the past. However, as soon as the broken tentacle fell, the Fire Dragon's body was wrapped tightly by more tentacles. Even its fire-breathing mouth and spiked tail were entangled a few times. Unable to struggle, the Fire Dragon could only whimper angrily.
At present, the entire process of the United Kingdom accepting the surrender of the United States was relatively smooth.
The wounded were transferred to Abbott's airship, which was the flagship of the United Kingdom's attack force.
The entire floating ship was equipped with a field hospital that could accept and treat the wounded. All the healers in the hospital were priests from the Shrine of Ravenclaw. Of course, a huge statue of Ravenclaw was placed in the central hall of the hospital.
The healers told the patients that they were free to choose.
First, as long as they sincerely prayed to the girls, their pain would be alleviated faster and directly by the divine power. Even if the wounded were not willing to give up their faith, they would not be in mortal danger. They would receive the traditional treatment of the healers.
The Magic Kingdom's style of giving people a choice was obviously more in line with the American wizards' habit of freedom. The healing ability of the kingdom's healers was more efficient and faster than the traditional healers' impression of them. Since Madam Ravenclaw was able to bestow divine spells, they were much better than the traditional healers in terms of healing.
But after seeing that some of the wizards were healed immediately after choosing their faith, many of them also began to pray, especially those who were suffering from fever. After losing the enthusiasm of the previous attack, the pain in their bodies made it difficult for them to maintain their courage just now.
The atmosphere finally began to become relatively harmonious, but then, the most embarrassing thing of all the wrapping up work happened.
In the previous battle, some of the guerrillas who died chose to return to the defense area as ghosts after death.
These wizards who resisted to the end originally intended to continue the battle in such a way. The big guy was one of them. After he returned to the human world, the first thing he did was to throw himself at the wizards of the United Kingdom so that they could not see clearly and help their American compatriots.
But later, these new ghosts found that the defense area that they sacrificed their lives to defend had surrendered.
This made the American wizards who were still alive feel ashamed. Some of them took the opportunity to apologize to the ghosts while they were drifting around to lessen the guilt in their hearts.
However, for adepts like Ian, who had also participated in the battle and was unharmed, it was even more difficult for them to face their former comrade who had now turned into a ghost. The shame and pain in their hearts caused many of the surviving guerrillas to avoid Big Guy. It also made Ian even more taciturn.
But this also made it harder for the ghosts to accept. They could not choose again, so they could only drift in the defense area gloomily as ghosts. Having lost their goal, they also lost their minds.
Except for the ghosts who became quiet and did not have much reaction to the outside world, some of the ghosts began to try to encourage the American wizards not to surrender and continue to resist. Some of them regretted that they did not continue to fight and did not do anything useful. Some of them scolded the wizards of the United Kingdom and deliberately walked through them.
It didn't take long for the entire defensive zone to be thrown into chaos. The guilt-ridden American adepts had no way of persuading or controlling them.
For this reason, Leonard, as the former commander, had to come forward to solve the problem. Although he was facing this situation himself, the guilt in his heart made him not want to face these subordinates who had followed his previous arrangements and sacrificed themselves.
But as the leader, the red-faced Leonard took the initiative to come forward. He opened his mouth to the ghosts who had gathered and floated in front of them, but stopped.
After a while, Leonard rubbed his hands hard and said, "Everyone, you are worthy heroes and the pride of the American magic world. But now, it is no longer a matter between countries, but a struggle between the living and the dead. We must proceed from the perspective of righteousness, reduce the disputes and casualties of our human beings, and face the challenge of the survival of the entire human race and even the entire world of the living."
Some ghosts who had already given up or accepted reality chose to drift away quietly in the face of this old leader's explanation, hiding to deal with their emotions.
But obviously, more ghosts still could not accept Leonard's words for a while, or rather, they could not accept their fate that was like a joke. They began to shout and shout, "Leonard, you traitor!
I've known for a long time that you have a good relationship with Harris. Now, you actually led the entire defense area to surrender. "
"We're not going to listen to your excuses when we're on this road of no return."
"We can't stay here anymore. Let's go to other defense strongholds to resist."
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"Everyone, please calm down. Please listen to me …" Leonard raised his voice. "I won't hinder the actions and choices of you Warriors … You can choose to continue your resistance …" His eyes were filled with tears. "But if you're willing, please come to my office. I'll let everyone see my reason. I'm not giving up the fight for the Magic Kingdom, but the current situation is no longer a struggle between countries …"
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