As the alarm went off, the frontline immediately entered the highest state of emergency response.
"Quick, quick! Drop the tools in your hands and find the nearest shelter passage! "The soldiers in charge of evacuation guided the construction team to evacuate the construction site." Don't push and don't look around! Remember, no matter what happens outside, don't leave the shelter! "
"Shelter No. 6 is full!"
"We can't fit anyone in Shelter No. 7 either!"
"Move back to the next shelter. Don't block the passage. Move!"
This was not the first time such a thing had happened. Although the soldiers were yelling and the atmosphere was quite tense, it did not lose order.
Nearly 2,000 workers dispersed like a tide and entered one underground shelter after another along the preset evacuation passage. These temporary shelters, built by Lotus, were located behind the defensive line and were covered with steel plates. Not only could they allow passage, but they could also effectively resist spear attacks and machine gun fire. As long as the outer perimeter was not lost, hiding in it meant safety.
After the crowd retreated, the originally brightly lit construction site was soon shrouded in darkness.
"The evacuation of the construction team is basically complete. The blackout is normal. The First Army is entering the position." Sylvie quickly looked around and conveyed the latest situation to the various units. At this moment, the observation room set up above the command center was the busiest place in the frontline. More than 10 telephones on the long table rang one after another. The staff officers in charge of answering the calls sat around the table and would only inform Sylvie after confirming the importance of the message.
On the other side, many staff officers summarized the information and fed it back to the sand table or map to provide key information for the command center to make decisions.
If Sylvie used to be the "eye" of the army, now the observation room with her as the center had become the information center of the entire army. As long as she was in charge, the operational efficiency of the First Army would be several times higher than usual.
"Yes... yes, I got it. Miss Sylvie, Van'er from the artillery battalion is calling. He hopes you can provide the enemy's position and test firing coordinates. "
"Blackriver No. 1 and No. 2 also sent the same request!"
"Let them wait a little longer." Sylvie glanced at the front line. The "shadow" was not advancing very fast. It was probably a little slower than walking. They had just entered the shooting range of ten kilometers. According to their current speed, it would probably take them five to six hours to reach the front line. Therefore, the most urgent task was to find out the demons' intentions. What kind of tricks did they want to use the blind spots of the God's Stone of Retaliation?
When magic detection was ineffective, eyes were undoubtedly the most reliable method.
She picked up the Sigil of Listening. "Lightning, Maggie, can you hear me? Where are you now? "
"I just took off. Maggie is right above me." Not long after, the answer came from the other talisman. At the same time, there was a loud alarm. "What happened? Have the demons launched an all-out attack on us? "
"From the looks of it, it looks like it, but the enemy has interfered with the Magic Eye's observation, and the range is very large. I'm guessing it's the same as the last time, a large God's Stone of Retaliation. "
"Understood. I'll go take a look."
"Leave it to us, coo!"
In contrast to the busy atmosphere in the observation room, in Lightning's eyes, the battlefield looked completely different.
The flames under her feet were shrinking as if swallowed by the night sky. The land in the distance was pitch-black, and it seemed deep and quiet.
The Fertile Plains seemed to be in a deep sleep. There was no sign of an impending war.
If not for Sylvie's warning, it would be hard to imagine that the demons were already charging at them.
"Maggie, turn on the night vision mode!"
"Coo, coo, coo!"
The white pigeon's feathers rapidly expanded and wrapped around its body. Then a huge head popped out of the feathers, its round eyes almost occupying the entire eye sockets.
"The owl's transformation is complete, coo!"
"Let's go —"
Lightning held the "giant owl" above her head with both hands and flew northeast.
However, before they could get close to the Taquila, Sylvie's urgent voice suddenly came from the Sigil of Listening. "The investigation is canceled. You two, come back! The Magic Slayer is on the move! "
Lightning suddenly shivered, and even her limbs seemed to have stiffened. After trying to suppress the fear in her heart, she bit her lip and replied, "Even so, it shouldn't be that easy to find me. And... if I go back now, I won't be able to find out what the demon is hiding with the God's Stone, right? "
"But —"
"Don't worry. It can't catch up with me with the Stone of Flight. I just need to avoid its large-scale magic suppression."
Lightning clenched her fists. Although her palms were sweating, she did not want to run away like this. After more than half a year on the battlefield, she knew that she was not a brave person. Not only the God's Punishment Witches, but even the conductor was much braver than she was.
However, she was not alone. She had Maggie, Lorgar, Joan... and many other companions to support her. They gave her the courage to start anew after facing her true self.
She gradually regained her strength and began to investigate the demon again. After many hurdles, she finally arrived at the place where she had fallen half a year ago.
There were only two hurdles left for her to overcome.
She had to fly past the Magic Slayer and...
She would give him a heavy blow in return for hurting her!
"Maggie, I'll leave him to you." Lightning unbuttoned her collar and forced the owl into her flight suit, leaving only its head exposed. She then accelerated to the speed of sound. She could fly at such a speed for only ten kilometers!
"Sss … Be careful, the enemy … Sss … They've noticed you …" Sylvie's voice became intermittent, probably due to the influence of the magic resonance.
Even without this warning, Lightning knew that she had been exposed. As long as the demon was not deaf, it would undoubtedly be able to hear the sonic boom.
However, she moved faster than sound, which meant that when the demon heard the explosion, she had already flown over their heads.
A few seconds later, Maggie's Eagle Eye found the target.
"The monster is in front of you on the right, coo!"
Under the hazy moonlight, Lightning had not yet found the Magic Slayer, but she already saw a circle of black light spreading out!
Undoubtedly, the Senior Demon's low-light vision was better than Maggie's. Not only had the Senior Demon seen her, but it had also approached her flight path and activated the anti-magic field before she could stop it.
In an instant, she raised her speed to the limit and changed from a horizontal flight to a dive!
For a moment, Lightning even felt that the gloomy and cold black light had already grabbed her ankle. However, the illusion soon disappeared. In a breath's time, she had already left the black light far behind her. After breaking through the Magic Slayer's blockade, there was no longer any threat in front of her. She pulled herself up and flew across the demon's territory in a straight arc. She had a panoramic view of what was happening below.
In the dim moonlight, Lightning saw two large God's Stones that had been cut into cylindrical shapes and were being pushed forward like rolling stones. The stone pillars were at least 20 meters long and nearly three meters high. At first glance, they looked like an upside-down clock tower. Behind each pillar were seven or eight Spider Demons. They squeezed together and crawled slowly, pushing the God's Stones of Retaliation toward the First Army.
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