It seemed that this terrible chase would soon engulf this small team. Whether it was the Knight from the Captical, the enlisted soldiers, or the life that was saved from the wall of Boulder City, after a short delay, they gradually approached the embrace of death. Through the observation window at the back of the carriage, Mitchell saw the scene in the distance and saw hundreds of crystal cluster giants getting closer and closer. These giant humanoid creatures, up to three meters tall, charged even more fiercely than the Knight of the Wang family. And the arcane lightning they frequently released crossed the entire battlefield and kept hitting the shield of the chariot …
Farther away, there were large clouds of rising smoke and dust. Every cloud of smoke meant that a new group of pursuers was rapidly approaching.
Then, a strange flash of light fell from the sky.
It was some kind of flying object that was so fast that even the vision of the Extraordinary could barely capture a trace of its trajectory. It was wrapped in a pale green shimmer, flying from the direction of the Gorgon River, passing over the hills and wilderness, and falling into the smoke in the distance.
The next second, a terrible explosion and an even more terrible thunder almost tore the eardrums of Mitchell and the soldiers.
Countless shattered limbs and crystals were thrown into the sky in the explosion, and the terrible shock wave even flattened all the protrusions in a radius of nearly a hundred meters. The earth trembled violently, and even from such a distance, Mitchell could clearly see the subtle ripples on the shield outside the chariot.
Then, more flashes appeared in the sky, accompanied by some kind of sharp sound, and fell in the distance one after another.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
Big explosions sounded one after another. Every flash, every explosion, it was as if a meteorite had fallen in the middle of the crystal cluster army. Countless monsters were turned into dust under this terrible attack. Mitchell could only be sure of one thing — the pursuit of the crystal cluster army was disintegrating.
The Cecil soldiers who drove the chariot and controlled the weapons had obviously known that this amazing "Skyfire" would appear. They did not panic at all. At the same time when the first big explosion fell, the soldiers cooperated tacitly and entered the next stage of getting rid of the pursuit. They began to operate the weapons installed on the chariot to clean up the pursuing crystal cluster giants, threw a large number of explosive, magical items called crystal grenades behind the chariot, and began to move in the direction of the Gorgon River.
Throughout this process, Mitchell was most worried that the attacks from the sky would fall on his head. They were so powerful that Mr. Knight was very sure that even if one of the attacks fell next to the convoy, his body would be instantly distributed in a random area with a radius of 100 meters. But it turned out that his worry was unnecessary: the attacks were deliberately kept a safe distance from the convoy, and the closest attack was hundreds of meters away.
Everything seemed to have been rehearsed countless times.
Even the crystal cluster giants, who were not afraid of pain and lacked human emotions, would retreat under such an attack. The pursuit and battle finally ended with an energy beam sweeping from the direction of the Gorgon River. The terrible beam cut through the battlefield, and with a buzzing sound, it continued to burn the earth, leaving a trench dozens of meters wide that was almost molten. The crystal cluster giants, who were afraid of the high temperature, had to scatter and retreat.
After that, the journey was smooth.
…
On the 35th day of the Month of Recovery, the inland river warship Pathfinder, which went to the north first, successfully completed the rendezvous with the advance team of the Steel Rangers. With the support of powerful cannons, Byron Knight eliminated a group of crystal cluster giants moving south from the Giant Tree Passage. Then the fleet temporarily docked on the bank of the Fertile Woodland north of Pompeii. After using the close-range cannons to open up a safe landing ground, the landing force and the advance team of the Steel Rangers established a base in the Lenburg area on the west side of the Fertile Woodland.
At the same time, the ground forces led by Gwen and Philip also advanced to the Fertile Woodland by land. After assisting the advance team to clear the remaining crystal cluster army in the periphery, the ground passage from the south to the war zone was opened. At this point, from the Rock Fortress to Lenburg, the river and ground roads were finally unimpeded, and the supply line was officially established.
With the "Steel Ambassador" as a node, the temporary walls made of precast concrete walls and steel barricades were connected near the river bank. Heavily armed soldiers were watching the north from the sentry posts. A large number of reinforced tents and mobile houses were neatly arranged in the base. Vehicles transporting supplies and personnel were going in and out of the frontline base non-stop, transporting weapons and personnel from the south, as well as the contaminated samples collected from the frontline and some rescued refugees to the temporary laboratories and refugee camps at the rear. Everything was busy as far as the eye could see.
Gwen and Amber's magic car drove steadily into the base. Through the window on one side, they saw a half-collapsed castle not far away, still smoking. Part of the castle's broken wall was connected to the base's wall. On the structure of the castle that had not collapsed, they could see that the towering crystal repeater tower had been erected, and the signal amplification device was slowly rotating under the drive of the mechanical platform, sweeping across the gray sky.
The half-collapsed castle was Lenburg, whose full name should be Lenburg-Cree Fort. It was the direct fief of the royal family in the Whitsunday Plain. The castle and the surrounding Fertile Woodland were once one of the important sources of income for the Moen family. Although the status of the castle and the surrounding territory had declined due to the destruction after the "Month of Mist Civil War", it was still the richest land in the southeast of the Whitsunday Plain.
But that was the past.
When the troops arrived here, the crystal contamination had spread into the Fertile Woodland, and the lords here were most likely dead on the battlefield in the north. The remaining Knight and soldiers in the castle resisted for a few hours and then fled. Some of the civilians on the land were contaminated by the crystal contamination, and some fled into the nearby wilderness. In the process of building the landing site, the Pathfinder's bombardment destroyed the lost castle and burned the contaminated woodland. Now the rich area had become one of the symbols of the disaster, with the collapsed walls and the burnt smell in the air reminding the visitors of the coming war.
The vehicle passed through the quarantine zone on the east side of the base. Across a row of fences, a dozen civilians in ragged clothes were staring at the 'steel monster' passing by not far away. They clung to the barbed wire of the fence, their hair unkempt and their faces dirty. Some were even in shock. Not far behind them, more civilians were lining up to receive food and medicine under the command of the soldiers, maintaining a kind of order based on numbness.
Amber glanced at the civilians waiting for food and medicine behind the fence with a sympathetic look on her face. "I'm afraid these people still don't know what happened …"
"The Knight in the castle did not say anything when he fled, leaving the whole area behind," Gwen said. "Philip has sent people to look for survivors nearby and build a quarantine area, but the social order in this area has been seriously damaged, and I'm afraid it will be difficult to restore it in a few years."
Amber pursed her lips, but she knew that compared to the worse situation in the north, this place was considered lucky. The crystal infection in the Lenburg area was just a few stragglers, and the damage was not enough to completely destroy the whole area. The fall of the town and a large number of refugees were mainly caused by the premature escape of the Knight in the castle, which led to the monsters in the area to swagger into the city without much resistance. But correspondingly, the number of civilians who fled the city was not small, and the towns in the eastern part of Lenburg were not damaged too much.
As long as the crystal infection was wiped out and the refugees gathered, there was at least hope for reconstruction.
After sighing, Amber said, "After blood and divine examination, we have found nearly a hundred infected carriers. They still maintain human form, but they have the energy of the Abomination. As per your order, these people have been sent to the quarantine camp in the Pompeii area."
"Let the person in charge there keep a close watch, and take care of them as much as possible to ensure that the infection does not spread," Gwen said seriously, and then sighed slightly. "As long as they have not become monsters, do not give up on treatment."
Amber glanced at Gwen. "To be honest, I was quite worried about what if you ordered to kill all the infected …"
Gwen glanced at the half-elf. "Do you think I'm the kind of person who would give such an order?"
"It doesn't feel like it. But you also said that we have to maximize the value. From the perspective of cost and safety, killing all the infected should be the most 'cost-effective' …"
"If we really do that, it will be impossible to calculate." Gwen shook his head. "Even if we don't consider the lives and the hearts of the people, those who have been infected with the Abomination but have not mutated are also valuable samples. They can help the technicians understand the means of the Doom Society. Our hope of understanding this disaster and ending this disaster may lie in those infected. Pitman and Kamel have arrived in Pompeii. Perhaps it will not be long before they find the secret of the Doom Society in those infected. "
Amber raised her eyebrows. "You are indeed more calculating than me."
Gawain smiled and didn't say anything else.
In the face of such a disaster, he did have to calculate seriously, but he could not simply count the lives as numbers. He also had to consider the future development after the war, the maintenance of social order, the gains and losses of the people, and the pen of the historian. At the same time, he also had to consider finding ways to fight against the disaster from the infected people and how to save more people. A ruthless commander might only count the number of people, but a ruler had to calculate more than that.
He looked up and through the crystal glass inlaid on the car door, he looked north.
…
The crystal cluster giant Korod withdrew his gaze from the south.
The troops that entered the Lenburg area, even if they were just temporarily gathered stragglers, were wiped out in such a short time.
Due to the distance, he could not clearly 'see' what happened to the teams that were responsible for the expansion to the south. However, from the limited signals, he could still sense the scorching heat that burst out of the hundreds of crystal giants at that moment, as well as the illusionary thunderous noises. It was probably some kind of extremely powerful magic attack. It was very likely that multiple legendary sorcerers had entered the battlefield …
No matter what the reason was, it was worth being vigilant.
Not long ago, a team that had been ordered to eliminate the invaders had also suffered an incomprehensible and fierce blow. In a short period of time, they had suffered heavy losses. Korod believed that the Cecil people wandering out of the south were not easy to deal with. They were probably already prepared for this war.
Although the legion was powerful, they had to be careful of the strong enemies behind them.
After this operation, it was necessary to return to Maple City and remind the patriarch from the core of the church.
As for now, it was time to focus on the battlefield in front of them.
Korod raised his head, and the scene in Boulder City was reflected in his crystallized eyes. The city had almost been destroyed by the legion, and more than eighty percent of the area had turned into ruins. However, a blizzard shrouded its last castle area, and the countless sharp ice blades and deadly cold air made it difficult for the crystal cluster giants to move.
Patriarch Heaton ordered the legion to take down the castle area within three days.
Korod was actually a little disdainful of this order. Although he recognized the absolute authority of the patriarch, he knew that the patriarch did not understand military strategy. He was just a powerful dark Druil. His spells might be powerful, but he had never fought a war. Korod himself was once one of the best noble officers in the army of the east.
Of course, those days were over, but the experience accumulated during those days was still useful.
As a person who often dealt with the battlefield, Korod knew that it was not enough to capture the castle in front of him with morale and soldiers. The last mountain legion and the powerful "Queen of the North" had the geographical advantage and occupied the magic net in the castle area. A legendary mage was very good at managing their energy. With a stable casting environment and continuous external magic support, the "Queen of the North" could even make the blizzard around the castle last for a whole month with some auxiliary magic tools. The materials stored in the castle were enough for her and her legion to last longer than that.
But it did not matter. Korod had his own good ideas.
An excavation team had set out and was digging a tunnel along the west side of the castle. The leader of the excavation team … was the original lord of Boulder City.
Of course, the lord had now embraced evolution and become a member of the new era.
Under the leadership of the former lord, the excavation team would attack the castle protected by the blizzard from underground.
However, there was no way they could break into the inner courtyard of the castle and kill Victoria Werde or the powerful mountain army. In fact, they couldn't even get close to the inner walls of the castle. It was impossible for a Legendary Mage not to set up a barrier around her casting area. As long as the tunnel was dug near Victoria, the excavation team would be exposed instantly.
Their real mission … was to destroy the magic net nodes in the outer area of the castle, destroy the integrity of the magic net, and cut off the magic power of the "Queen of the North".
Only the lord of Boulder City knew the location of every magic net node, because those magic nets were set up by the lord. Although Victoria Wilde was the regent of the duke, he did not necessarily know the details of the lord's house in Boulder City …
Korod stared at the seemingly never-ending blizzard in the castle area, and a smile slowly appeared on his face.
Through his blurry spiritual senses, he could sense that the excavation team was still alive, and they were still digging deeper.
The former Count Korod of the East, who was now the commander of the giants, turned around and casually ordered his subordinates beside him, "Attack when the blizzard stops."
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