Sword of Dawn

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Of course, these alien fighters also include those who suddenly fell from the sky and hung on the walls and towers in the middle of the fight...

"Hey, high-altitude landing, there are always accidents, who can tell about the sky? We can only create an environment suitable for airborne, but we can't control all the high-altitude airflow [-]%," Greta Fortress On the city wall, a siren with long sea-blue hair patted the shoulder of a soldier next to him, explaining the reason why he fell outside the battlefield, "I was able to see it when I jumped down, theoretically It should be able to land next to a handful of aberrants who survived the bombing by chance, but who would have thought that just halfway down, there would be a strong wind, and the wind was whistling. At that time, I had finished switching forms, and it was too late to adjust the trajectory ——Then pia squeaks and falls to your feet..."

The one who was patted on the shoulder was a young soldier who looked about seventeen or eighteen years old, his face was full of nervousness. While holding the weapon in his hand tightly, he couldn't help but look at the "alien soldier" in front of him. , although the other party has a weird, snake-like tail, the upper body is still a beautiful lady, which makes the young man look quite nervous and shy: "Then...then you are not injured? I just watched You fell hard when you fell, and half of your body was embedded in it... are you really alright?"

"I'm fine! I switched forms when I fell, and it's not so easy to fall to death," the blue-haired siren patted his chest with a happy face, "And this is where it is. Back then, I followed a few sisters I went surfing near the sea cliff, and I was hit by a big wave on the cliff, and I took a picture of it on the spot. Of course, they are also quite broken..."

The young soldier looked at a loss, this topic really exceeded his previous experience in communicating with people - he could only try to squeeze out a smile, trying to make his expression not too strange: "...that sounds really powerful... ..."

"It's okay, we hold a sudden death creativity contest every year, and my record is not ranked high. General Vanessa often said that although I am creative, I am not enough to watch, especially lacking a kind of calmness. The explosive power in the game...Anyway, I don't really understand it, I'm not good at art," the blue-haired siren waved his hand, and then there was a trace of regret in his expression, "Well, the most troublesome thing this time is Falling outside the range, I will definitely be laughed at by them in the future, and I haven't cut down a single enemy in a battle..."

Young soldier: "..."

This time he was completely speechless. Obviously, the living habits of sea monsters are still too early for a normal human being...

Fortunately, this embarrassing state didn't last long. The carefree blue-haired siren seemed to feel something suddenly, looked up to the outside of Greta Fortress, and then turned around: "Ah, it seems It’s my boss who’s here, and he’ll be there in a while—I’m leaving first, I’ll talk to you when I have a chance, it’s quite interesting to talk to you…”

After saying these words, the blue-haired siren didn't care whether the young soldier responded to him or not, and left quickly with his tail wagging from side to side, leaving only the astonished young man staring blankly at a departing figure. After an indeterminate amount of time, another soldier who looked older came over from nearby, and elbowed the young man who was still in a daze: "Hey, why are you still watching when everyone is gone? Look stupid!" gone?"

Only then did the young soldier come to his senses, but he just opened his mouth with a strange expression, as if he didn't know how to speak at all. Seeing this, his comrades couldn't help but tease him: "Look at you so stupid... well, no The way, although the race is different, but that lady looks really pretty. What's the matter? It's the first time in my life to talk so much with a beautiful girl? Do you have any thoughts?"

"...My parents never imagined what their son talked about with such a beautiful lady for the first time in his life..." The young soldier said in a strange tone, "I should have asked her name just now..."

These short and unexpected exchanges are just some episodes that took place in Greta Fortress, and Odris has no extra energy to pay attention to and think about what kind of long-term contact this deep-sea race will bring to the world. Influence, for the king who has been standing on this line of defense for a whole winter, the two supporting armies from the northern Cecil Empire and the Deep Sea Siren Kingdom are the most important things for him at this stage.

On an upper platform of the Greta Fortress, Odris and the prince Lorraine led several trusted generals to stand on the edge of the platform. They wiped off the blood on the armor, but the bloody smell soaked on the battlefield was still there. As if it could still seep through the seams of their clothes, when a buzzing sound sounded from the sky, they all looked up at the sky at the same time, and a silver-gray dragoon aircraft and three giant red dragons appeared in front of them. In front of him - the latter is obviously the escort team of that aircraft.

Lorraine couldn't help muttering softly: "...Two years ago, dragons were still legendary creatures..."

"Two years ago, we thought that the majestic wall could stand for centuries," Odris shook his head slightly, and whispered as he watched the aircraft and the three dragons slowly lower their heights. "The world is changing so fast."

While speaking, the aircraft had landed smoothly on the center of the platform, and the three giant dragons serving as escort missions were shrouded in a magical radiance in mid-air, and then turned into human forms at a height that an ordinary human would definitely fall to half dead Landing next to the dragoons, the lady with fiery red hair took a step forward, as if she wanted to help the gray-haired general who was walking out of the dragoons, but the latter just waved his hand, Then he jumped to the ground with a vigorous figure, looking as nimble as a young man.

Then another figure came out of the dragoon's crew compartment. It was a tall, beautiful lady with sky blue long hair, but when she stepped out of the cockpit, she was obviously not as "chic" as Byron. She was very serious He walked down a sloping step while holding the handrail next to him, and then adjusted his stance again, as if he was not used to walking on land with his legs.

Odris led Lorraine and others to meet him. The strong one-eyed king recognized Byron first—even though the two parties had never met before, he still saw that face in some promotional materials Passed: "General Byron, thank you very much for your help. The entire southern battlefield can now breathe a sigh of relief. Next to you is..."

His eyes fell on the red-haired dragon lady and the blue-haired lady. Although he had some speculations, he did not rashly guess their identities.

"Azalena, the commander of the Third Expeditionary Force of the Holy Dragon Principality, also serves as the alliance liaison officer," the red-haired dragon lady nodded, "I lead a dragon descendant force to move with General Byron's expeditionary fleet , we will also assist the southern front to ensure air supremacy in the next period of time."

"Vanessa, the lord of the deep-sea war, led the Antavian Expeditionary Force to support the Alliance under the order of Queen Petia, the lord of the sea," the blue-haired lady followed suit, her voice soft and textured, It seems that there is some kind of wonderful "rhythm" hidden in every syllable. This is a distinctive feature of many sea monsters when they use the common language of mankind (except for those with too serious accents). , so I am fully responsible for all affairs on the alliance battlefield."

"Ah! I remembered," Lorraine involuntarily looked at the blue-haired lady a few more times since just now, because he always felt that the other person's face looked familiar, and then he suddenly realized, "Before the cloud appeared Your face seems to be...you?"

"That's right, it's me," Vanessa laughed. Her gentle and friendly appearance at this moment made it hard to imagine her on the other side of the battlefield. It cannot be established, and the Winter has to immediately cover the battlefield with artillery fire, so I can only choose the simplest and most intuitive method to contact you. Fortunately, your human understanding is very good, and you actually understand my face..."

God TM understood his face!Is it such a simple and rude process for you deep-sea creatures to "act according to my face"?Directly print an eighteen-kilometer-wide face in the sky and send emoticons to people on the ground? !

Except for Vanessa herself, everyone with normal views felt that this matter was a bit too evil, but the well-educated prince and Odris, who had the duties of a king, could only hold back the words in his bronchus. Here, only Byron is a person with no psychological burden, and he couldn't help but muttered on the spot: "To be honest, I'm used to you sea monsters who are usually in the same family, but you can't be so evil..."

"Isn't the result very good?" Vanessa said indifferently, "It's a big deal next time I'll put the words on it by the way..."

Odris didn't know how to intervene in this topic for a while. He had never seen such a weird conversation in half his life as a king, and the two sides of the conversation were the supreme commanders of the two expeditionary armies—fortunately, Ms. Azalena At this time, he interjected and forcibly brought back the topic that had already begun to become abnormal: "Let's discuss these details later, we still have business to discuss. Your Majesty, we need a place to talk."

"Of course," Odris nodded immediately, "The fortress has already arranged a living room and a welcome dinner. Although the conditions are relatively difficult now, the food and berry wine of the Gaoling Kingdom should still relieve the fatigue of the journey. .”

When Byron heard this, he immediately stepped forward: "Then hurry up, we can talk while eating."

A group of people walked towards the living room of Greta Fortress, led by Odris and several military officers, and Lorraine walked two steps behind with the commanders of the expeditionary force.Although the young prince has been working hard to maintain decent words and deeds, his occasional changes in attention still fail to hide from the master of the deep-sea war who has an extraordinary perception. General Vanessa looked back at Lorraine, curiously Asked: "Do you have something to say?"

"Uh..." Lorraine was a little embarrassed for a while, he quietly paid attention to his father who was walking in front, and then said to Vanessa with a trace of embarrassment, "Sorry, I didn't mean to offend, but... I thought Hai Monsters move with long snake tails or fish tails, I didn't expect you... well, I didn't expect you to walk on two legs like us."

"The space in the aircraft is small, and the tail cannot be released, so it becomes a pair of legs temporarily," Vanessa replied casually, "I forgot if you didn't remind me."

Before the words fell, the lower body of the siren general suddenly "bang" into a large number of scattered water splashes, and then condensed into a long snake tail in the next instant, and then she swayed left and right, her face showing Satisfied: "It's much more stable this time, I said, how come I always have a feeling of falling forward when I walk."

Lorraine: "..."

Odris who heard the movement and looked back: "..."

In terms of establishing communication with the deep sea races, the people of Gaoling Kingdom still have a long way to go...

……

Amber excitedly ran to Gao Wen's study, and sent a huge piece of good news to Gao Wen: "Received an instant message from the southern battlefield! Byron has successfully arrived in Gaoling Kingdom, and repaired a The magic web hub occupied by the Aberration Legion, now our communication with the south has been fully restored!"

Gao Wen immediately put down the document in his hand, and did not hide his joy at the moment: "Great! They finally arrived - how is the situation over there?"

"When they arrived, a main force of mutants from the Ogulei tribal country was attacking Greta Fortress with all their strength. It was said that the outer defense line of the Gaoling Kingdom would collapse a little later. Fortunately, the artillery support from the Winter and the sea The demon's landing force was in place in time," Amber Balabala said, her face flushed as if she had seen it with her own eyes, "now Byron, Azalena, and General Vanessa have gone to Greta Fortress and King Gaoling has met, the communication channel remains open, and you can report any situation over there as soon as possible... Oh, yes, and this, this is also sent over after the communication is restored, I copied a copy .”

While talking, Amber took out a thin blue crystal plate less than the size of a palm from her pocket and handed it to Gawain. Gawain took it over and found that it was a general-purpose storage crystal plate—replacing the traditional Recording crystals hand rubbed by mages. This standardized crystal is often used in data interaction equipment such as magic net terminals, wetware interaction interfaces, and large computing nodes. Or the military sector is commonly used, but with the expansion of production and technological updates, it has gradually spread to the civilian population since last year.

"This is the battlefield record from the front line," Amber watched as Gao Wen put the crystal plate into the card slot of the magic net terminal next to him, and casually explained the contents inside, "Some are recorded on the Cold Winter, and some are from Azalena The shots were taken directly from the air, and there is also a bird's-eye view of the battlefield after the battle..."

While speaking, the Magic Net terminal buzzed and a holographic projection appeared above the desktop. Both Gao Wen and Amber's eyes fell on the projection involuntarily.

The devastated battlefield on the southern front, the defense line of the Gaoling Kingdom, the fire coverage from the Winter, storms and dark clouds, thunder and lightning.

Contemporary Art from Cecil, Battle Wisdom from Kraken.

"...Old Zongzi, this is too evil..."

"One thing to say, indeed."

Chapter 1371 The Beginning of Reversal

Regarding the battlefield records sent back from the southern front, Gao Wen and Amber carefully read every detail of it, and came to the unanimous conclusion: the siren, a harmonious race, is indeed quite evil...

But apart from this evil conclusion, this precious information also brought Gao Wen many important gains.

"...The 'Coordination Tactic' chosen by Byron and General Vanessa is simple and crude, but it seems to be the most suitable now," the picture in the holographic projection paused, still on the last shot overlooking the battlefield, Gao Wen turned his head and said to Amber next to him, "There is a huge gap between the fighting methods of the Kraken and ours. It is almost impossible for the soldiers of both sides to fight side by side on the same battlefield - one side fires the ground, and the other side enters the field at a staggered peak. , it worked out pretty well.”

"The Siren is very good at fighting, to be honest...it is more capable than I imagined," Amber couldn't help but sigh, "I didn't feel it when I was dealing with Tire, I just thought she was a comedian ..."

"Coming is not in conflict with being able to fight, not to mention that you can't even beat Tire, let alone others," Gao Wen waved his hand, "It seems that the situation on the southern battlefield can be relieved, Fanny Although the number of soldiers brought by General Sha is limited, as long as they enter the field, they can ensure the victory of an area, which is what is urgently needed on the southern front..."

"It would be great if that expeditionary force could just go all the way into the wasteland," Amber couldn't help thinking, "It would be much easier for them to go north and south in one breath..."

"Just think about such a good thing." Gawain glanced at her, "General Vanessa only brought in a total of less than [-] soldiers. Even if the Kraken can fight, if it can't be killed, how much can these thousands of troops cover? The scope of the battlefield? Aberrations are brainless, and the priests behind them are not stupid. After realizing that they can't fight head-on, they just don't fight you head-on. There is no city or industrial system in the wasteland. Not afraid of 'penetrating', plus the aberrant body can regenerate continuously, as long as the blocking wall is not built, even if the sea monsters enter and exit the wasteland seven times, they are just fighting meaningless battles with their opponents. Lost data."

"...Well, one side can't be killed, and the other side can't be killed, and the war can still be fought like this," Hu Po pulled her ears back and forth, muttering, "But fortunately, there is With this Kraken reinforcements, they are not afraid to fight against the mutants to consume them at all, and finally the precious millennium legions of the Silver Empire will not be heaped to death by those monsters using human sea tactics, but can concentrate on protecting the blocking wall."

"Yes, not only can the construction of the blocking wall on the southern route be accelerated, but now that the wandering aberrations in the Augure area have been further weakened, Rebecca and Duke Baldwin can also start their blocking wall project Already," Gao Wen pinched his chin, his eyes gradually became serious, and he muttered to himself thoughtfully, "Next... I don't know how Kamel's progress is going..."

……

In the dark and chaotic deep sea, the brilliance of the distant kingdom of God has gradually receded in the dimness, while countless huge shadows or clumps floating in the depths of the chaos, with strange shapes and inexplicable shapes, emerged after the dim light faded. The huge shadows are the projections left by the dead things in the deepest layer of this world in the long history, and they are the memories recorded on the "backside" of this world. The cruisers flitted around, and parts of them occasionally intersected with the heavy shields of the cruiser—and then passed through each other like two unrelated dreams, leaving no trace.

White knights in heavy armor and lightly armed nuns are busy in the deck area, and scholars wearing Typhon royal mage robes are walking among the huge ship facilities. Kamel floats less than At a height of half a meter, when passing through an open area, he saw two white knights carefully lifting a half-person-high cylindrical container under a structure that looked like a connecting pipe, and then locked it with a lock. Fasten it carefully with buckles, cable ties, etc., and put some devices in some grooves in the container shell.

Beside Kamel, Windsor Mapel, who was wearing a dark purple starry robe, looked up at the "sky", and saw a huge chaotic mass whose shape did not conform to the common sense of physics, swirling from the shield Floating outside, its structure was so weird that just looking at it made her feel dizzy, and the legendary magician from Typhon couldn't help shaking her head and muttering under her breath: "These things will seriously affect our health. Thoughts ... and we haven't been able to really study them yet."

"Your Majesty believes that these shadows are 'wrong projections on the back of the world'," Kamel said casually, his voice buzzing and trembling, "according to the clues provided by several senior advisors, these projections have appeared in ancient times, and they are very likely Accompanied by the birth of our world, it has continued to this day... I am trying to build a model, in which the upper order of our world is constantly changing, and those things that perish in the change are turned into fragments and fall to the 'Deep Ocean,' ended up being this shade."

"...It sounds like there can be some connection with the 'Unified Wave Theory'..." Windsor Mapel said thoughtfully, "The fluctuations in the early days of the birth of the world are transmitted in the universe, and continue to go deeper into the 'world' Layers' spread, a certain degree of distortion and iteration will occur in the process of wave spread, and some 'things' that we 'surface creatures' can't understand, and even look crazy at a glance..."

"Theoretically, this can be an explanation," Kamel said slowly, with emotion in his tone, "Our development in the field of theory has greatly surpassed our understanding of the real physical world, at the level of calculation and logic , the world is showing more and more bizarre attitudes. In this era, as long as we think deeply, we can explain the universe from a new perspective almost every moment-countless new theories are being proposed, countless Conjectures are waiting to be confirmed, countless discussions, verifications, refutations, debates... Ms. Windsor, have you ever imagined that such a scene will appear in your lifetime?"

"Never imagined—just a few years ago, the world was clear and understandable to me," Windsor Mapel smiled, shaking her head slightly. "At that time, even many prestigious scholars Thinking that we have reached the limit of human intelligence seeking truth, we think we have understood most of the theories that can be understood in this world, and those unexplainable things are hidden between the paths we have already explored, or the gods take it for granted Then... we discovered the deep sea, the legacy left by the sailors, the fluctuating nature of magic power, and the fact that gods will die even if they are killed, and... that almost made countless veteran scholars and mages in the Royal Palace A unified volatility model fought in parliament."

"You guys almost got into a fight?" Kamel was a little surprised, "It sounds like this theoretical model caused a greater impact in Typhon than in Cecil..."

"Typhon is an old magic power - an old magic power means that we have a large number of deep-rooted and stubborn academic schools," Windsor Mapel said indifferently, "The traditional magic system is rooted in our society, generation after generation. Excellent magic researchers and recorders have been cultivated in this mature system, which has endowed Typhon with strong national power in the past many years, but when drastic changes came, the tough walls became Too many highly respected scholars have been hit in the process, and even... collapsed, including many seniors who I deeply admire."

She sighed softly, and turned her eyes to the dark and chaotic depths above, and another glimmer of light seemed to emerge from the darkness. It should be the Kingdom of the God of Commerce, and it was the "bottom" of the giant ship below her. one stop".

In this glimpse, Windsor seemed to think of the chaotic scene of the traditional Typhon scholars in front of the "unified fluctuation model" to those gods who are shining under the dome of the kingdom of God-on that bright and splendid throne, there is also a This figure is crumbling in the face of the changes of the times. In a sense, there seems to be no difference between the fate of mortals and gods.

But soon, she shook her head: "Anyway, I still think this is the best time - to see these huge developments in my lifetime, and to see mortals stepping into such a vast unknown world. It is great luck for a mage, and perhaps many of us will spend our lives unable to reach the end of any of these new fields, but it is better to be on the road of exploration forever than to sit between a pile of stale ancient books and do it. Dreaming of the dream that I already know everything."

"...Yes, this is indeed a good time. In the history known to mortals, we have never been so close to the reality of the world as we are today," Kamel's eyes stayed on Windsor for a long time, and then He said softly, "So we must protect this era—our civilization is just coming out of its infancy, and it cannot just die like this."

Windsor nodded slightly, and watched several Typhon scholars wearing mage robes pass by. They held another half-person-high cylinder with their evocation hands, and looked towards the road leading to the interior of the spaceship not far away. the passage to go.

"... Will these things really work?" She couldn't help asking, "What's in there?"

"It's 'poison', but I can't tell you more," Kamel shook his head, "In fact, even I don't know the whole picture of the whole plan—the key part of it is in the hands of His Majesty, and His Majesty said, That was the only option when things got to the point of no return, and he didn't tell me otherwise."

"...It seems that some things cannot be 'known', don't worry, I understand," Windsor nodded knowingly, and then a complicated look appeared on her face, she looked at the extended alloy deck under her feet, looked at the With the majestic ship structures around and the powerful ancient shield system above, he said softly, "This feeling is really strange... These days, our exploration of this ship has almost proved to be meaningless , filled with things beyond our comprehension, filled with grotesque twisted structures and corrupted substances that should never have been brought into the real world, now everyone knows what this ship is - a ship that may be in the not-too-distant future The demon who tried to destroy everyone, but before that day comes, we are busy with this demon again...

"Someone wants to 'kill' this demon, but with the technology we have and the equipment we can bring in, even just dismantling the hull of this ship may take a whole century; most people worry about it every day The ship suddenly 'woke up' and went on its horrific mission, making every knock we've made here seem horrific; we walk every day under these long decks and soaring domes, Destroyer Being with the destroyed day and night is like actively embracing a nightmare."

Windsor sighed, as if she didn't know what she wanted to say, she could only laugh at herself: "Master Kamel, do you think the sentry knows what we are doing here?"

"I don't dare to be blindly optimistic, so I think that thing must still be connected to this ship—but after all, it has left its home port and is separated from here by the entire real world, so it probably can only vaguely It is impossible to directly control the things on this ship like in ancient times, otherwise it should have wiped out all of us 'uninvited guests'," Kamel said calmly, "Of course, there are worse possibilities— ——The sentinel knows everything and can see everything, but it doesn't care at all, because in its eyes, us mediocre mortals are just bugs, and all our struggles are powerless to destroy its powerful steel body. "

"...If that's the case, let's let it think so," Windsor said in a low voice, "When the disintegration occurs, the 'worm' doesn't care what a decaying body is thinking."

……

During this difficult period, the dinner prepared by King Odrys for the guests was not luxurious, but it was still considered sumptuous. Byron was deeply impressed by the southern-style meat, snacks and the special berry wine of the Kaolin Kingdom. Outside the castle of Greta Fortress, the celebration of the soldiers is also going on-unlimited meat and a moderate amount of wine are taken out to reward the soldiers who have survived the whole winter on this front. Between the city wall and the city, bright lights will be on all night.

The cannon of the Winter was pointed at the northern plains, the scouts of the Dragonborn and the reconnaissance planes of the Dragoons maintained vigilance in the sky, and the humid air in the north was the senses extended by the Krakens—this once crumbling line of defense was temporarily restored. The safety of Greta Fortress soldiers can finally relax a little bit.

But for Byron, Azarena and General Vanessa, their mission on this front has just begun.

"We just received a message from Queen Belsetia that the advance base of the Temple of the Stars suffered two fierce attacks, but the Millennium Legion that returned in time and the Thorin Guard stationed near the base repelled the enemy. It’s safe there for the time being,” King Odris said to Byron with a relaxed expression in the living room, “The news of the arrival of the reinforcements has also greatly encouraged the elf warriors. They are currently strengthening the fortifications and mobilizing supplies. , ready to launch the next stage of military operations at any time."

"It sounds like the construction of the blocking wall over there has already started?" Byron asked. The plan for the blocking wall was formulated after he left North Port, but during the long voyage, he had already known it through the contact with the land. The content of this plan, "I heard that the aberrations who attacked the propulsion base of the Temple of Stars were stimulated by the purification device and gathered..."

"Yes, it is precisely because the silver elves have started to build blocking walls that the attacks of those wasteland monsters will become more and more violent day by day," Odris said in a deep voice, "The masters behind those monsters are also very clear. Once a purification When the device starts to operate, the power of the nearby wasteland will be quickly disintegrated. At that time, it is impossible to use the distortion body to knock it down, so they are madly attacking all the troops that enter the wasteland to prevent the elves from building Advance the base..."

General Vanessa next to her listened and smiled slightly: "Oh, it sounds like we're busy..."

Chapter 1372 The Fighting Style of the Extractor

Byron and Azarena didn't intend to waste too much time at the dinner party, and Vanessa, who was a siren, didn't have any demand for human food. King Odris obviously understood this, so everyone After filling their stomachs, the three expeditionary army commanders and a human king immediately came to the military hall of the castle, where a sand table showing the current overall situation on the southern front was already waiting for them.

"This is the Greta Fortress we are currently in - this is the largest military fortress on the northwest border of the Gaoling Kingdom, and it is also a defensive stronghold directly adjacent to the Ogure Tribal Country. With this as the center, the surrounding six The castle and the twelve highland mage towers belong to the defense system of Greta Fortress. These facilities are connected by underground tunnels. In order to prevent those monsters from attacking from the ground, we have solidified the elements of the underground structure of the defense zone and Lots of traps were set."

King Odris pointed to the models and marks on the sand table, and then drew an arc in front of Greta Fortress.

"This was originally a part of the forest barrier, and there were still some strongholds in the barrier, but they have all been destroyed now. The forest barrier was burned to the ground by the fire, and some of the ancient guardian trees survived and temporarily retreated to the hills to recuperate. However Although the line of defense here has been breached, many fortifications and underground bunkers should still come in handy - although the aberrants don't need those 'residences', the commanders behind them do, so many of these fortifications have been preserved down."

"It looks like a very... solid defense system," Byron looked at it for a while, and had to admit that Gaoling Kingdom had actually made very complete preparations for the wasteland invasion in the past hundreds of years. Those fortresses, underground Fortifications and forest barriers are not things that can be built overnight. "Until now, these castles around Greta Fortress are still functioning."

"Yes, without these castles, our northwest border would have fallen long ago," King Odris nodded, and then sighed, "But no matter how strong a fortress is, if there is no way to get out, it will fall into the trap sooner or later." The situation of being besieged, just like what you saw today, we are still holding on here, but we can only do it all the time—only the Temple of Stars in the entire southern battlefield successfully reversed.”

"Now that the Winter is here, the situation will be very different," Byron said with a hint of pride, "Our artillery support can cover the entire battlefield north of Greta Fortress, while the Marine Corps and Dragonborn Expeditionary Force can Ensure a wider range of security from the land and the sky, and when the aberrations here are completely cleared, we can fully support the blocking wall project on the side of the Silver Elf. It shouldn't take too long, the enemy's command center has already Disintegrated by General Vanessa, even if the enemy can immediately dispatch another dark priest from the wasteland to take over the remaining troops in the northwest direction, there will still be a large number of distortions out of control in the process and become a 'wild' state..."

"Before that, I can divide part of the troops to support the 'advancing base'," Vanessa watched the sand table for a long time, and finally gradually got used to this somewhat outdated battlefield demonstration method, and roughly understood those things that only land races can do. What do you understand the meaning of the terrain mark? The tip of her tail points to the east side of the entire battlefield, which is the crash point of the Temple of Stars. Now it has become a bridgehead for the silver elves to advance into the wasteland. "General Byron's artillery can solve the problem." Most of the enemies, so the Greta Fortress should not need too many people - I will set off tomorrow morning with half of my sisters, and with the strong airflow in the past two days, we will soon reach this "stars sanctuary" The sky above the temple base'..."

"Are you still planning to float through the rain clouds?" Byron looked at the Siren General with a strange expression on his face, "Don't you think about the normal way of traveling?"

"This is the normal way of traveling," Vanessa felt that Byron's words were a little strange, and said with wide eyes, "There is no way to swim on land, so of course it is faster to turn into water vapor and float over—and if you are going Catch up with the fierce battle on the front line, and when it rains, it can also have the effect of a surprise attack."

This immediately involved the level of racial habits and cultural habits. Byron usually struggled to discuss a nature homework with Pea at home. Of course, he couldn't think of other words at this time, so he could only scratch his head hard, and held back for a while Say a sentence: "Then you can float over, just don't let the other side 'look at your face' when you are in contact with the silver elves. To be honest, you may not be able to see your face in the eyes of ordinary people..."

"Hey, the communication on the battlefield is restored now, and we can contact you directly if there is a situation. We don't need to continue expressing expressions on the clouds. After all, there was no way before." Then I couldn't help but say another sentence, "But I still think the signal I sent before is quite simple and easy to understand..."

Byron and Odris thought about it at the same time, and decided that it would be better not to continue discussing this kind of issue with this deep-sea creature.

General Vanessa carefully observed the sand table in front of her for a long time, and then her eyes fell on the map of the whole continent hanging on the wall next to her. After thinking carefully, she suddenly asked: "Also, I have a question, Is there a lack of water everywhere in the wasteland of Gondor? We accidentally opened a passage leading to the depths of the wasteland before, and found that there is a large area of ​​arid environment on the opposite side, and those dark priests need to use large-scale The water pumping system can pump water up from the depths of the ground..."

The "accidental" event she mentioned refers to the time when Queen Perthia came down to the hinterland of the wasteland along a death beacon. At that time, the dark priests reacted very quickly. They quickly blew up the passage and even severely injured the queen. (This is also one of the direct reasons why Perthia sent an expeditionary force to Loren), but even though they reacted so quickly, the queen detected a lot of information on the other side of the passage.

And one of the most important pieces of information for the Kraken is the water-deficient environment deep in the wasteland.

"...We don't know much about the situation in the deepest part of the wasteland, but according to the investigation data from the several forward bases we have penetrated into the wasteland, that place is indeed drier than the outside of the magnificent wall," Odris The king thought for a while and said slowly, "The main thing is that the Gondor explosion in the past completely destroyed the original surface water system within the wasteland and interfered with the meteorological environment, and the magnificent wall that was built later hindered the destruction of the wasteland. The exchange of water vapor inside and outside has caused the Gondor wasteland to be short of water for centuries. Although many gaps have been opened in the magnificent wall, some edge areas of the wasteland have begun to be affected by the external atmospheric environment. And normal rain and snow have appeared, but it may take many years for this effect to spread to the depths of the wasteland...

"Based on the information currently available, there are hardly any normal surface rivers in the wasteland, only in a few areas there are surface waters like 'oases', which seep from shallower underground rivers, Moreover, they are basically toxic, and cannot be drunk without strict filtration and purification. As for the underground... there seem to be many underground rivers flowing under the wasteland, but as I said just now, there are also pollution, and most of the underground The rivers are very deep and have to be pumped up with large equipment."

"...Pollution is not a problem for us. As long as there is still water in it, we can extract pure water. The scarcity of water and the deep burial are indeed a big trouble..." Vanessa frowned slightly, He tapped the ground with the tip of his tail lightly while thinking, "We can only exert our greatest strength in places with abundant water sources. Our troop replenishment and many positional tactics also rely heavily on water bodies. It is difficult to connect the Loren Continent with the elemental world now." , the water vapor content in the atmosphere above the wasteland is very low, which will make our soldiers have to spend more energy to 'draw water' or 'carry water' from the rear... In this way, the deeper we advance into the wasteland, the more we The combat efficiency will be lower."

Byron and Azarena glanced at each other subconsciously. This seemed to be something they hadn't expected before—it is indeed difficult for normal land races to adapt to the various "characteristics" of the sea monster all at once. Azarena couldn't help it. Zhu said: "The deeper we go into the wasteland, the stronger our enemies will become, but the strength of the Kraken Expeditionary Army is gradually weakening. This... is a big problem."

"Then we may need to build a large number of water supply stations along the way to get water from underground rivers," King Odris said thoughtfully. Knowing more about their importance in the next battle, "In addition, we need to build a water channel to send water to the front line along the blocking wall..."

Then he paused, and added: "It takes a lot of engineering power, but I think it's worth it."

"This is good, but it probably can only solve part of the problem," Vanessa said, as if she was still thinking about something seriously, "If you want to ensure the combat effectiveness of the deep sea fighters on land, you still need to have more stable equipment." Only the water source..."

As she said that, she seemed to suddenly think of something, turned her head to look at King Odris, and asked seriously: "Those deformed bodies... seem to have a high water content?"

"The water content of the deformed body!?" Odris was stunned for a moment, and then he realized the meaning of the other party's words. An unexpected horror that might be accompanied by a faint chill caused him to slightly open his eyes. "what do you mean……"

"Deep-sea fighters can be resurrected in water bodies after death—depending on the strength of the individual and the way of death, this takes a variable amount of time and will bring short-term weakness, and the 'water body' used for this resurrection...can be the body of other organisms Moisture, so if the situation requires, this can also be used as a special means of attack and...a means of getting water," Vanessa said, for the convenience of future cooperation, she did not hide her unique talent of this race from her allies—more What's more, this itself is not a secret, "On the other hand, as long as there is sufficient water vapor in the surrounding environment, we can also directly extract water from dead or weaker creatures through resonance, provided that there is really something in their body. Sufficient hydration can resonate with us.

"So, if the water content of those aberrations is enough... we can try 'battlefield continuation'. The specific method is to sacrifice a wave of teammates at the beginning of the game, and open the 'situation' from the enemy during the resurrection process, and wait until the battlefield When the water vapor is sufficient to a certain extent, those aberrations... will become our water source."

The expression on Vanessa's face was very serious, and she was introducing her thoughts in a way that was not joking at all, and her attitude made everyone else at the scene realize one thing——

This "tactic" is not new to this deep-sea war lord. The sea monsters have really done it before—and definitely more than once. Enemy with lots of moisture, and triumphant.