Those were the sirens, breaking through the waves from the northwest. This mighty deep-sea expeditionary army even broke the calm sea maintained by the Voyager Tower, setting off layers of waves and rolling waves in Byron's sight. They were very fast. When the observer of the Cold Winter discovered the situation and sounded the alarm, it did not take long for one of the vanguards to sweep across the sea and rush to the vicinity of the steel island.
"Signal the Winter. Don't take any hostile action," Byron immediately reacted. He quickly said to the signaller beside him and turned to look at Viola, who was looking at the sea. "Why are your compatriots here? Didn't you say that the sirens rarely move away from Antawayne? "
"I don't know …" Viola seemed to be more confused than Byron. "I have been out of communication with Antawayne for a long time. Could it be that something has happened there?"
While they were talking, the rapidly approaching vanguard had come to a connecting ramp on the edge of the steel island. Then a dozen agile figures jumped onto the nearby metal platform one by one. The leader was a tall siren with light blue hair, a trident-like weapon in her hand, and a long snake tail behind her. She had obviously noticed the people on the island and the nearby warships that were on alert. At this moment, she came straight to where Byron was. In the process, she and the soldiers she led looked up from time to time at the amazing tower that went straight into the night sky. Their faces were full of curiosity and surprise.
At this time, Viola finally recognized her compatriot who appeared in front of her. She suddenly shouted in surprise, "General Vanessa?! Why are you here?! "
"Viola? Why are you here? " The tall blue-haired siren also saw Viola. She was even more surprised than the latter. Then she noticed Byron's face and the scene in the nearby camp. She was a little confused. "This is … General Byron? The fleet of the Cecil Empire? Why are you here … No, where is this place? Why are you all here? Is this near the Luolun Continent? "
"… This place may be very far away from the Lolun Continent. We lost our way here due to an accident. As for where we are … To be honest, we are not sure of the exact location. We can only roughly determine that we are currently in the southwest sea of the Lolun Continent." Byron was also a little confused, but at least he could still think logically. After listening to the series of questions, he had some vague guesses in his mind. "General Vanessa, right? Why are you … here? "
The tall siren called General Vanessa was startled. She seemed to be sorting out her messy thoughts. Then she said with a strange expression, "We are the Antaverne Expeditionary Force. We were ordered by His Majesty Petia, the lord of the deep, to support the alliance frontline on the Loren Continent. Because the Loren Continent was blocked by an unknown energy field, we could not open the elemental transition channel. We swam all the way here from the deep sea, but …"
Speaking of which, the commander of the expeditionary army had a strange expression on her face. She looked up at the steel island that was said to be located in the southwest sea of the Loren Continent. Her tone was even more hesitant. "But theoretically speaking, we should have landed on the northeast coast of the Loren Continent, not here … The flight route seems to have deviated."
"The northeast coast of the Loren Continent?" Byron suddenly widened his eyes. "This is not a problem of the flight route deviation. This is the southwest corner of the continent! You have appeared in the opposite direction! You have swam in the opposite direction? "
There was a moment of silence. The awkward atmosphere lingered between the deep-sea expeditionary army and the lost human fleet. It was not until more than ten seconds later that Viola broke the silence. "Alright, alright. Let's not bother about the details between the two groups of people who don't know each other …"
As soon as Viola opened her mouth, the awkward atmosphere became even more serious than before. However, Byron was thick-skinned after all. In the blink of an eye, he adjusted his mentality and said with an unashamed attitude, "It seems that we have encountered a serious case of getting lost … But compared to the Winter, the degree of deviation seems to be much more ridiculous. From the northeast of the continent to the southwest of the continent … Thinking of the abnormal weather we encountered before, I feel that this situation is very strange."
Even the careless "Mercenary Knight" had sharp vigilance. Byron's frowning words immediately made the sirens serious. The expeditionary army sisters behind General Vanessa could not help but whisper to each other. One of them muttered, "Did we swim in the opposite direction after we set off? I felt that there was something wrong with the current at the bottom of the sea … "
Another siren did not seem to realize it. "Swim in the opposite direction? If we swim in the opposite direction, will we end up in the west of the Loren Continent? "
"Sigh, the planet is round. Maybe we swam in the opposite direction …"
General Vanessa listened to the conversation of the soldiers behind her. Her face became a little strange. She probably felt that it was too embarrassing, so she coughed twice to interrupt the muttering of her subordinates. Viola next to her said, "I don't think it's possible that we swam in the opposite direction. There's only one like Tyre in the entire Antavine. It's more likely that it has something to do with the 'anomaly' not long ago. General Vanessa, did you encounter any strange astronomical phenomena when you led the team here? Just in the past day or two. "
"Strange changes in the weather?" Vanessa frowned as if she had been reminded of something. "Wait, it does seem to be the case … We ran into a cluster of elemental rifts that suddenly opened in the deep sea. Those rifts that appeared out of nowhere triggered very chaotic ocean currents. To avoid the currents, we had to take a long detour. Also, due to the influence of the rifts during the process, our sisters' senses were more or less affected. Let me think … If we were on the right track, we should have been near the Loren Continent by then. "
"And then you were near here, right?" Byron's heart skipped a beat as if he had grasped something. His question was answered affirmatively. "Sure enough … you should have encountered the strange astronomical phenomena at the same time as us. But what we encountered was a storm on the surface of the sea, and what you encountered was a group of elemental rifts that appeared at the bottom of the sea. You were in the eastern coastal waters of Loren, and we were at the mouth of the Aldo Estuary in the southwest of the continent. This anomaly probably surrounded the entire Loren Continent … or covered the entire continent."
"A large-scale space-time distortion? We were teleported to the vicinity of this tower without us noticing? " General Vanessa's face became serious. To be able to teleport an entire expeditionary force and such a large-scale human fleet so far away, and in the process, even a siren as powerful as herself did not notice, she immediately realized the seriousness of the matter. She once again focused on the tower. "… So this anomaly has something to do with this tower? Is it caused by the Voyager's legacy? "
"… It is not necessarily the cause. It is more likely to be an 'influencing factor.'" Viola thought for a moment and shook her head gently. As a deep-sea witch, she was more professional in the field of technology than Vanessa. Now that she had more information, she immediately had some speculations in her mind. "This tower itself is a powerful energy convergence point. It has been releasing a large-scale force field to maintain the 'environment' of the sea. So when the abnormal astronomical phenomenon occurred, this place is likely to become a passive 'focal point,' like the bottom of a funnel or vortex. It 'pulled' us, who are affected by the phenomenon, to its vicinity. But the phenomenon itself is not necessarily caused by it."
"Not it?" Vanessa frowned. "Then who could it be? Such an abnormal phenomenon has not happened for hundreds of thousands of years. I don't think it happened naturally …"
"It must be the doomsday society and the sentinel in the wasteland." Byron did not wait for Viola to finish speaking. His expression was firm. "Anyway, they are the ones who are to blame."
However, the scholar-type siren Viola thought for a moment and felt that General Byron was right.
The group of crazy humans hiding in the depths of the wasteland and the sentinels behind them had been tinkering with the Deep Blue Network and wanted to use the massive 'planetary power system' to stir up trouble. What could be done with such a huge amount of energy was certainly not a small matter. Perhaps they had reached a critical stage, and the Cold Winter and the Antaverne Expeditionary Force were just the prelude to this critical stage.
Then this was no small matter.
"We need to return to the Loren Continent as soon as possible, report the situation to the Alliance commanders, and immediately provide support to the southern battlefield. The situation there is not good," Viola said quickly. She still remembered that before the fleet lost contact with the land, the latest battle situation was that the Silver-Gaolin Coalition Army on the southern front was pincered by two main forces of the aberrations. Although the situation had stabilized after the support of Thorin's Guards, the situation on the southern front was still not optimistic compared to the situation on the other fronts. "Now that the abnormal astronomical phenomenon is over, my sisters should be able to find the route back to the Loren Continent."
"The expeditionary force will move with you." General Vanessa nodded immediately. "It sounds like the southern part of the continent needs our support more."
At first, the Deep Sea War Overlord felt that it was a big problem to swim in the opposite direction of the predetermined destination. But now, it seemed that this "lost voyage" might have brought the sisters to the right place.
"Yes, we have to move, but Kassandra and Asalena are not back yet." Byron frowned and could not help but look back at the ancient miracle that was still standing silently in the night sky. He was still worried about Asalena and Kassandra, but he knew that the Alliance's frontline needed the strength of the imperial fleet more at this moment. The heavy responsibility on his shoulders made him unable to delay any longer. "… Leave some people here to wait. The rest, follow me."
Before he could finish his sentence, a faint and low buzz suddenly came from the depths of the silent 'giant tower.' Then a string of faint lights quickly moved down from a very high place, interrupting his words.
This was the first reaction of the tower in the past day. They were back?
Byron immediately walked quickly to the entrance of the giant tower. Halfway through, he saw a familiar figure in his sight. She had long flame-like hair. It was Asalena. Then Kassandra also came out of the gate.
They looked intact, but the expression on their faces was somewhat strange. It was as if they had just opened the door to a new world.
"You are finally back." Byron stopped and looked at the Dragon Mark Witch who was walking toward him with his usual ungentlemanly smile on his face. "You lost contact not long after you went in. How is the situation up there?"
"The situation up there is very complicated. I have to tell you slowly." Although Gawain had told her that there were some things she could tell Byron before they left, it was still a big problem where she should start talking about something that challenged her worldview. She knew that the former mercenary leader in front of her had a very thick nervous system, but no matter how thick one's nerves were, there was a limit to it. If she told him directly, "We just took the elevator to the geosynchronous orbit, and there was a ring left behind by aliens on the orbit, and your boss has merged with the control system left behind by the aliens," it would definitely not work. It was not that Byron's loyalty or ability to accept Gawain could not keep up, but it was mainly because it would take two hours just to explain to him what a space station was …
In fact, even Asalena herself felt like a child several times when she was with Kassandra. Fortunately, as a Dragon Mark Witch, she was half a scholar and had learned something from Tarlonde before.
As for the other side, Kassandra was stunned to see the Deep-sea General and the expeditionary force sisters that she had not seen for a long time.
After hearing the purpose of the expeditionary force and the original landing site, Kassandra was shocked. "You guys have gone against me?"
Vanessa was about to learn about the current situation on the Lolun Continent from her sister, who had been a consultant in the human navy for a long time. When she heard what Kassandra said, she slapped her forehead and poked her tail on the ground. "Sigh … Tyre has ruined so much reputation …"
…
In the city of Cecil, Gwen finally broke away from the long-term mental connection. Night had fallen outside the window.
It was early spring. The continent had spent a cold winter in the flames of war, and the vast and long war still showed no signs of ending. Gwen came to the floor-to-ceiling window and looked at the decorative flags on both sides of the road. The lights in the city spread rapidly in the night, illuminating the propaganda posters and war mobilization slogans on the streets. The city was still in peace and prosperity, but the tension of war filled every corner here. The front line of the civilized world seemed far away, but in his heart, it was incredibly close.
Just then, the sound of the door opening interrupted his thoughts. He turned his head and saw Heti walking into the study. There was a trace of tiredness on the face of the "chief steward," holding a few documents and waiting for approval in her hands.
"Ancestor," Heti bowed slightly and spoke first. "There is still no response from the call stations on the West Coast. We can't contact the Winter for the time being. Should we expand —"
"No need," Gwen interrupted Heti's report. "There is no need to search for the Winter anymore."
"Huh?"
"I know where the Winter is. They are already on their way back. They will soon enter the Aldor Holy River and launch artillery support to the front line on the northwest border of the Kingdom of Kaolin." Gwen waved his hand and looked into Heti's eyes. "Heti, come here. I have something to tell you."
You've already exceeded your reading limit for today. If you want to read more, please log in.
Login
Select text and click 'Report' to let us know about any bad translation.
