Heti nodded gently as she listened to Duke Bodwin.
The key to this disaster had been the Typhon from the very beginning, and Typhon's performance would undoubtedly affect the final direction of this matter. If it went completely out of control, then the entire Typhon would inevitably become a polluted area. By then, whether Cecil was willing to be involved in a larger war or not, this war would continue. But if Typhon took control of the situation …
Then there was a lot of room for maneuver.
Heti could not help but sigh softly. "Although every god's loss of control means a great disaster … but obviously the God of War is more difficult to deal with than other gods."
"What I'm most worried about now is if the war continues, will the God of War undergo unknown changes?" Duke Bodwin said in a low voice. "He may gradually get rid of his madness as the war 'returns to the right track' and return to the position of a righteous god. Or maybe the madness is irreversible, and this mad god will become more and more powerful as the war continues, and begin to affect more people affected by the war …"
"In the end, we still don't know enough about the gods," Grand Duchess Victoria said coldly. "We are not sure if the madness is reversible, and we can't be sure if the God of War can absorb power during the war. We only know that his power comes from the faith of the mortals, but this absorption process … is not quantifiable at this stage, and we have no reliable means to collect the ideological trends of the people in Typhon."
Heidi nodded and gently rubbed her temples as she said, "No matter what, taking down Winterwolf Fort is the first step. The problem now is how to take the second step."
Duke Bodwin pondered and said, "According to our previous plan, after taking down Winterwolf Fort, we should immediately march to the Winterwolf Defense Line and the Shadowy Swamp, take control of the Typhon's assembly point in the north, and the hub of the cross-border railway. After that, we will rely on armored trains and mechanized troops to quickly advance and attack Oldenheim in the shortest time possible. If Oldenheim is difficult to take down, we will quickly take over Tarunkins' transportation hub, cut off Typhon's grain production and industrial raw materials transportation hub, and find a way to cause widespread food shortages and industrial outages …"
"Typhon should be grateful to Andesha Wendell. Now all this will not happen." Heti shook her head. "Now that we know that Typhon did not really declare war, and they are dealing with this divine disaster internally, we need to adjust our plan. Grand Governor Victoria, what do you think? "
"Let the First Legion temporarily stop advancing to the east and build fortifications in Winterwolf Fort. At the same time, find favorable terrain to set up strongholds in the north and south of Winterwolf Fort. Use long-range artillery positions to seal off the entire area. We will maintain this blockade in the first stage. We can attack or retreat. As long as this blockade line is not lost, Typhon will be in a passive position." Victoria articulated her opinion clearly. Among the three of them, she was obviously more experienced in military matters than the other two. "At the same time, further collect information on Typhon …"
"So far, our intelligence network in Typhon has been greatly affected by the situation there. For the sake of protecting our intelligence personnel, many of our spies have been lurking recently. But if the situation there continues to be chaos, our intelligence personnel's activities will become safer …"
"Besides, I think it is necessary to grasp the recent changes in Typhon through some other means, such as the Kingdom of Kaolin and the Silver Empire. They have a lot of communication with Typhon in the south of the continent. Perhaps the news from them can corroborate the information provided by Andesha Wendell. Of course, our intelligence network there is relatively weak. Probably only the Silver Empire can provide some reliable information, but it is better than nothing … "
Victoria finished her thoughts one by one, and then left the time for Heti and Duke Bodwin. In the following period of time, the three Grand Governors' topic revolved around the follow-up actions against Typhon.
When the discussion came to an end, Heti finally had time to pick up the cup on the table. On the other side of the communication channel, Duke Bodwin Franklin hesitated for a moment before asking, "Grand Governor Heti, is there still no reply from His Majesty?"
Heti held the cup with a complicated expression on her face for a moment. She shook her head and said with a slightly worried tone, "There is still no news …"
"… His Majesty will come back safely," Victoria's voice was still cold. "He is a man who can compete with the gods."
After a few more words, the two Grand Governors, Duke Bodwin and Victoria, bade farewell to Heti and turned off the magic network terminal one after another. After the device was turned off, the slight buzzing sound gradually subsided. Finally, only Heti was left in the large office. For a moment, the room became very quiet, so quiet that Heti could hear her own breathing.
She suddenly took a deep breath and rubbed the space between her eyebrows. Then, she hesitantly reached for the drawer beside her. A moment later, she took out a small silver-white ring that was kept in a delicate little box.
Heti stared at the ring for two seconds before reaching out her hand to try to rub its surface and inject magic into it.
Just like yesterday, the Mithril Ring did not respond. This was the sixth time in the past 24 hours that she had tried it.
Heti could not help but rub her forehead again. She took the opportunity to lower her head as if to prevent others from seeing her irritation and uneasiness at this moment, even though there was no one else in the office other than her.
The ring in her hand was the Mithril Ring, an "emergency communication tool" that Gwen left behind before he left. It was said that it used the superb technology from Tarlonde and could maintain communication even across the continent.
Tarlonde was far away from the human world, separated by the Endless Ocean and the Eternal Storm. The existing magic network communication could not reach it, so Gwen left this thing behind to ensure that if the situation on the continent changed dramatically and the empire was faced with a crisis, it could be used for emergency communication.
But now, this thing did not respond. Heti did not know what went wrong. Was it her operation error, or the precision device malfunctioning, or … it could be worse.
This made her upset, but she had no one to talk to.
She threw the Mithril Ring back on the table. The metal and the table made a crisp sound as the ring bounced twice on the table, and then rolled to the side and stopped.
Almost at the same time when she threw the Mithril Ring back on the table, a magic network terminal that had been switched off not long ago suddenly lit up. There was a rapid buzzing sound from the base of the machine, and the holographic projection above showed the identification mark of the internal line of Winter Fort Lin in the north. Heti was startled for a moment before she quickly connected the call, and Duchess Victoria, who had just been disconnected, appeared in the holographic projection again.
"Grand Governor Victoria?" Heti looked at the projection in surprise. "What happened …"
"The North Harbor Hub Tower has just received an identification signal from the northern sea." Victoria Wilde did not wait for Heti to finish before she spoke in a cold and slightly hurried voice. "It should be the two sets of magic network terminals that His Majesty carries!"
Upon hearing the news, Heti's first reaction was to look at the Mithril Ring that she had just thrown aside on the table in shock. Then, she glared at Victoria. "Is it confirmed? Is it connected? "
"The signal signature has been confirmed, and the magic network signal from the northern sea can't be anything else. But the signal is still very weak. It should be because the distance is too far, and there is no way to establish communication. They could only send and receive short messages, which means they are safe," Victoria said. "But according to the current signal enhancement curve, we should be able to communicate in about ten minutes."
"Please turn to this side immediately!" Heti said at once.
"I'm already doing so."
Ten minutes... Heidi had never thought that ten minutes could be so long. She was restless, anxious, expectant, happy, confused and all other emotions mixed together. She wanted to get up and walk around or tidy up her appearance, but she was worried that such an action would be seen by her ancestors who might be connected at any time. Therefore, she had to force herself to calm down and sit behind the desk in her usual dignified and calm posture. She felt that she had been waiting in this state for almost forty thousand years, and she thought that Duchess Victoria in the holographic projection of the magic network terminal next to her must be as restless as she was. But the Ice Duchess was used to having a poker face, so she could not see it now.
Just as her thoughts began to wander, a light suddenly jumped above the magic network terminal on the other side of the desk. Heti felt that her breathing and heartbeat also jumped. Then, in the serious interference and distortion, some vague shadows gradually appeared in the holographic projection, followed by a burst of noise.
Although she could not see clearly, Heti was sure that it was her ancestor! It was indeed the figure of Gwen Cecil.
The ancestor seemed to be talking, but she could not hear it clearly. After a while, she saw that the image was slightly stable and clear, and there were intermittent human voices in the noise. The voice gradually became coherent, and she heard the ancestor calling her name. "Heti … interference … hear … can you hear it clearly now?"
"Yes, ancestor!" Heti said at once, not noticing that she had stood up. "There is still a little interference, but I can hear it clearly now!"
In just a few sentences, she saw that the voice and image presented by the magic network terminal seemed to be a little clearer than before.
Apparently, the ancestor was quickly approaching the Lolun Continent. Heti could almost imagine the Giant Dragon flying across the sky at full speed.
"I can finally hear your voice," Gawain's voice rang out. "Very good, it seems that these two devices are still working after all the trouble they've been through. Heti, tell me about the situation on your side. Did something happen on the Lolun Continent recently? "
"How did you know …" Heti was instinctively surprised at first, but then she reacted. She did not care how the ancestor knew about the drastic change in the situation on the continent. Instead, she said straightforwardly, "Ancestor, Typhon's calamity has worsened. Some of the troops have lost control and attacked us. We have no choice but to fight back. We have entered a state of 'war' with Typhon."
"Ah?" Gwen was obviously stunned. Although there were many interference ripples on the image, Heti was sure that she saw the ancestor's shocked expression.
To be able to make the always dignified and reliable ancestor so shocked … Perhaps she should feel proud?
Heti laughed bitterly at herself. Then she had to report the situation to Gwen. "… After the outbreak of war, we chose to push the battle line to the east. General Philip led the First Legion, with the help of the dragon cavalry, has captured Winterwolf Fortress at dawn today. Now our army has built turrets and bunkers on Typhon's border."
"… Ah?!"
"In addition, the defenders of Winterwolf Fortress under the leadership of their supreme commander, Andesha Wendell, surrendered. We ended the battle there more easily than expected …"
"… Ah?!"
After three consecutive "ahs", Gwen finally recovered from his shock. His figure became clearer in the holographic projection, and his voice was clearer in Heti's ears. "Wait a minute. With such a big change, why didn't you use the Mithril Ring to contact me directly?"
Heti was stunned for a moment. She instinctively looked at the silver-white ring on the table. Then she said, "I tried a few times. You didn't receive it?"
"You tried?" Gwen was more surprised than Heti. "But I didn't receive any response …"
Heti: "???"
Was there a problem with her operation? Or had the Tarlund Creation, which was known to be extremely high-tech, really malfunctioned?
A new question popped up in her mind. But before she could say anything, Gwen's voice was heard again. "Anyway, let's not worry about the Mithril Ring for now. Tell me the current situation. We are moving closer to the North Harbor coastline. Try to be brief and clear and tell me how much I missed."
…
The cold wind whistled and raged outside the protective shield. The endless sea was passing under the Giant Dragon. At the end of the slightly undulating sea, the outline of the continent could be vaguely seen.
Gwen stood in the middle of Melita's broad back and listened to Heti's report, dumbfounded.
"It's just a trip …" He could not help but mutter to himself. "How come the whole world is going to be turned upside down when we come back?"
"Before I set off, I had a feeling that something was going to happen!" Amber kept babbling beside him. "You don't believe my intuition. I'm telling you, my intuition is very accurate. A month ago, I suspected that this winter would not be good. See, something really happened. Why don't you say …"
The half-elf's babbling was a headache. At this time, Gwen regretted that Melita did not have a wall on her back. He could not push the noisy Amber against the wall.
"Melita." In the end, he forced himself to ignore Amber's babbling and turned to the Dragon Head in front of him. "Heti just said that the Mithril Ring did not respond. What's going on?"
"I don't know! Nothing like this has ever happened before! " Melita's voice was obviously a little nervous. The surprise in her tone did not seem to be fake. "The Mithril Ring … That thing is directly connected to the Omega system. All the information is sent and received by the Omega himself. Even if a ring is damaged or offline, the relevant damage report will be sent to Tarlonde in an instant. At the same time, it will be sent to the keeper of the ring and the person in charge of each level. I am the person in charge of your ring, but I have not received such a message."
Gwen frowned. "Did the Omega make a mistake?"
"The Omega never makes mistakes!" Melita's voice came from the front. At first, her tone was very firm, but soon she hesitated. "At least … I have never encountered such a thing since I was born …"
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