The Black Forest.
The Ansu folk had countless versions of legends about the belt forest at the southern foot of the Gloom Mountains and adjacent to the wastelands. For example, every tree in the forest was transformed from those who could not escape the wastelands, or that there was a passage to a Chaotic World buried under the Black Forest, or that the entire Black Forest was actually a massive monster with evil intelligence, spreading toward the civilized world at every moment, hoping to complete the unfinished business of the Great Mana Tide and completely destroy the civilized world created by the mortals …
But Gwen knew that the birth of the Black Forest was actually not that complicated.
It was just an ordinary dense forest at the border of the Kingdom of Gondor, blocking the mountains and wastelands in the north.
It was the power of the Chaos Magic Energy that turned the originally harmless and fertile forest into a forbidden zone of life.
The power of the arcane industry was forcefully opening up a wide road in this forbidden zone of life.
Ferocious and twisted enchanted trees grew wildly on the barren land, the tall and withered treetops weaving a strange craggy net in the sky. The thin mist unique to the Black Forest floated slightly near the ground, the slowly wriggling vines and shrubs carefully hiding themselves in the mist, as if they were waiting for the opportunity to prey on those who accidentally entered their hunting range. Between the shrubs and the mist, the flesh festering enchanted creatures that were already between life and death were also hibernating, quietly waiting for the prey to enter their hunting range.
There were outsiders in the forest, the fresh scent of life spread in the mist, and the predators were excited.
Then, a sharp whistle broke the rule of the Black Forest's "waiting for the opportunity to hunt".
Powerful heavy explosive grenades and field artillery shells fell from the sky, the impact of the explosion shredding the mist and the predators hidden in the mist. The towering ancient trees shook and fell in the continuous explosion, the wriggling poisonous vines tried to burrow into the ground in panic, but before they could escape, they were caught by the deadly heat and shockwaves and turned into ashes.
The surviving daemons roared in the smoke and dust. The more rational ones began to flee frantically, while the more irrational ones instinctively rushed in the direction of the threat. In the smoke and dust, the dense fire of scorching rays and lightning bolts quickly stopped their final charge.
The heavily-armored infantry in heavy armor and carrying heat-ray guns and lightning generators pushed forward step by step, stopping at the edge of the visibility range and suppressing all possible counterattacks in the smoke with concentrated fire. The Steel Rangers carrying grenade launchers weaved in between the heavily-armored infantry, using powerful grenades to clear the corners where the magic reaction was the strongest.
After a period of concentrated fire, the magic reaction observed by the warriors' tactical eyepieces extinguished one after another. The heavily-armored infantry immediately spread out and retreated, and the White Knight, who were taller and sturdier armor carried heavy burners and walked forward with heavy footsteps.
"In the name of the Holy Light, carry out the purification!"
A deep and majestic roar came from under the captain's helmet. The White Knight immediately activated the heavy burners they carried. These cylinder-like weapons, which were connected to the Knight's armor by runic chains, immediately sprayed out flames that were dozens of meters long, burning everything in the sight of the White Knight.
The most basic "Grease", together with the Burning Hand and the blessing of the Wind Element, formed a flame that could burn almost all organic matter. If the other party was a supernatural being who could use defensive spells, the effect of these burners would definitely be greatly reduced. But if they were used to clean up "organic waste," there was nothing more useful than these heavy burners.
There were outsiders in the forest. The smell of iron and fire spread in the mist. The predators were … almost eighty percent mature.
"Keep pushing! The Holy Light blesses your burners. Keep pushing! "
Under the effect of the captain's "Holy Light Boost" (roar version), the White Knight began to push forward and kept burning the areas that might be a threat. The heavily-armored infantry followed closely behind, using their own firepower to cover and coordinate the advance. The Steel Rangers, who had completed the fire support mission, quickly moved to the sides of the formation, using their most advanced tactical eyepieces and well-trained reconnaissance skills to provide the whole team with vigilance.
The warriors cooperated skillfully, divided the work, and advanced very quickly. Obviously, this was not the first time they had done this.
There was no doubt that carrying out a mission in the Black Forest was the best training for these soldiers.
Behind the warriors, the multipurpose chariots and towed artillery began to move forward. These chariots would once again become the vanguard of the team at the next advance point and carry out the next round of bombardment with their own weapons. After that, the warriors would carry out the next stage of "cleaning" and "purification" in the area after the bombardment. This cycle continued to extend forward until they reached the end of the Black Forest and entered the wasteland.
Gwen sat in a chariot, watching the White Knight using the heavy burners, shouting the slogan of the Holy Light while setting fire everywhere. He could not help but sigh. "To be honest, at this point … their means really have nothing to do with the Holy Light …"
"Didn't Wright say that the most important thing is faith?" Amber, who was sitting next to him, said casually. "In other words, as long as you claim that the Holy Light blesses you, even if you spit out baked potatoes, it is the will of the Holy Light …"
"I think that's not what Wright meant by 'faith' …" Gwen glanced at Amber, and then could not help but sigh. "But then again, these burners are really useful …"
Amber blinked and looked at the flames and smoke in the distance. She could not help but shrink her neck. "I just think it's scary … this kind of weapon … only Rebecca, who can make fireballs into dozens of colors and shapes, can come up with it. And to be honest, using this kind of thing in the forest, won't it cause a fire out of control? "
"This is the Black Forest, it's different from a normal forest." Gwen smiled and shook his head, reminding Amber to pay attention to the distance. "Of course, the burners can't be used in the forest, but didn't you notice … the flames here extinguish very quickly?"
It was only then that Amber noticed that the fire created by the White Knights did not spread outwards, and the flames on the ground were quickly extinguished. He could not help but be surprised, "Really … How did this happen?"
"The chaotic magical environment in the Black Forest prevents the fire from spreading. The flames from the burners are created by magic. Although it can cause a natural fire, the premise is that the magic reaction must be maintained for a long time. But in this place, most of the magic reaction can't be maintained for long, unless it can get a continuous supply of magic."
"... The Black Forest is really a strange place." Amber scratched his head. "No wonder you insist on using this method of flattening everything to pave the way. In such a strange environment, a regular group of Extraordinaires would probably be wiped out in minutes."
Gwen smiled and did not answer.
Flatten everything was the only way to deal with the Black Forest. But to achieve this method, the prerequisite was to have a strong enough force.
In order to deal with the threat of the wasteland, and to fight against the potential enemies in the future, he had never slacked on the "force". Although the weapons and equipment of Cecil's combat corps were actually the top of the human army in this era, but to deal with those strange and unpredictable mutants, no amount of firepower would be too much.
Cecil's weapon design department had never stopped their research and development. While the "big projects" such as the magic car, the magic network communicator, and the magic train continued to make progress, the equipment in the hands of the soldiers was also quickly perfected.
In the early days of the magical engineering era, the birth and development of many things were actually due to the 'existence or absence of ideas'. Without ideas, a new thing or even an entire domain would be a blank. But as long as there were ideas, things in that domain would develop like a geyser.
After the success of the thermal ray gun, the technicians found a "key idea", which was that as long as the low-level magic in the traditional sense was used properly, combined properly, and achieved industrial mass production, it would produce amazing results.
Gwen called this idea the "minimalist and practical idea", which meant that under the premise of controlling cost and system complexity, as much as possible, stable and reliable basic spells were arranged and combined to achieve the highest practical effect.
Low cost, high stability, mass production.
Based on this idea and the thermal ray gun, a series of weapons using the universal magic terminal as the carrier and low-level offensive spell base as the core were quickly designed. By changing the modules in the magic terminal, the offensive means of the soldiers were not limited to scorching rays, acid arrows, lightning bolts, ice bullets, and even weak healing and support spells. As long as the energy level met the requirements and was compatible with the basic structure of the magic terminal, then it could be achieved.
The heavy burners in the hands of the White Knight were things that Rebecca had tinkered with not long ago. It was also an extension of this "minimalist and practical idea".
In the new weapons, Rebecca and her technicians had stuffed grease and the runic base of the Burning Hand into them. They also used the "Blessing of the Wind Element" to increase the range of the grease spell. Reality proved that the design was shockingly effective.
Three basic spells combined to form a powerful war weapon.
Gwen did not mind that the weapons were essentially some "low-level spell arrangement". To him, it was fine as long as they were useful.
On the 40th day of the Month of Harvest, the pathfinders burned the last forest at the southern border of the Dark Forest.
The tangled poisonous vines and ancient trees were reduced to ashes. The monsters corrupted by Chaos magic gradually turned into smoke in the air. On the ground that the White Knight stepped on, the magical flames created by the heavy burners were quickly extinguished in the chaotic magic environment. When the smoke and dust gradually dissipated, the scene at the end of the forest instantly opened up.
The Decayed Plains stretched as far as the eye could see, and the huge light curtain of the Great Wall connected the sky and the earth.
With the sound of machinery running, a series of specially modified magic cars that could adapt to the complex road conditions of the wasteland drove out of the forest and came to the scorched land contaminated by the Mana Tide.
Gwen stepped out of the car and stepped onto the barren land. He saw that Sonia and a few other elves had left the convoy earlier than him and were now waiting for him in front.
The elves were the 'technical guides' in the restoration of the barrier and naturally had to come along.
When Gwen came closer, Sonia said with emotion, "We finally got out of the Dark Forest. Walking through such a blasphemous and twisted forest is a torture for the elves."
A high-ranking ranger could not help but say, "Indeed. But fortunately, we have those cars. There's at least a layer of crystal and steel between us and the fallen forest."
"Yes, the magic devices …" Sonia glanced at Gwen. "I have to admit, the things that you and the humans have created are pretty good. But I think you should be careful when using the heavy burners, especially in the forest. The Dark Forest is fine, but if you use them to burn a healthy forest … First of all, I personally can't accept it emotionally. "
"Burn the mountain and spend the rest of your life in prison. This sentence is written in the Cecil Civilization Pact." Gwen shrugged. He knew that as an elf, Sonia would say this sooner or later. "Don't worry, we're not lunatics who only know how to destroy."
While saying, Hao Ren felt a little emotional. Sonia and the other elves would instinctively grumble when they saw the burners, but Solderlin, who was also a genuine elf, did not have such a reaction when he saw the burners for the first time. In fact, he was quite excited.
Maybe that guy had been traveling in the human world for too long and had forgotten that he was a child of the forest.
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