Sword of Dawn

Page 630

Fendil thought of the "Frontline Laboratory"—it was a facility that had just appeared recently. Its construction speed was astonishing, and its location was also strange. Soil "outposts", but shouldn't outposts like this be properly protected?At least it must be built in the propulsion base to be considered safe. However, judging from the map issued by the superior, the laboratory is completely far away from all propulsion bases and forward military stations. No protection—Fendil didn't want to question the judgment of his superiors, but he really didn't understand it.

At this moment, the environment outside the car window suddenly changed, which also interrupted Fendil's thoughts - he found that he seemed to have suddenly passed through an invisible "boundary". The front came to an abrupt end, forming a large-scale "calm space", and a small mountain was located in the center of this area away from the disturbance of wind and snow, and the whole mountain was shrouded in a "curtain" emitting a faint light , countless mysterious runes flowed like rain on the surface of the curtain, and inside the curtain was the end of his trip:

It was a... mansion, a medieval-style mansion that had nothing to do with a "research facility". It reminded Fendil of the kind of classical courtyard favored by scholars in the north, with solemn tones. The gray exterior wall and the dark blue roof are dotted with climbing vines and narrow flower beds around the exterior wall. If it weren't for the flag of the Cecil Empire floating above it, and the empire's magic technology hanging in front of the door, Looking at the emblem of the Ministry, Fendil even wondered if he had found the wrong place—the style of this laboratory was really not at the same level as the many imperial facilities he was familiar with.

But soon he put this doubt aside. After all, there are many strange characters in the upper echelons of the empire, and things like styles have always been changeable. Compared with the tree on the Holy Spirit Plain and the priests of the Holy Light Church Well, a laboratory that looks more like a private mansion is still in the range that ordinary human beings can understand—the only thing he can’t understand is how the person who built this laboratory managed to create such a mansion in such a short period of time. From the mansion?This thing doesn't look like it's built from prefab parts...

Messy thoughts flashed through his mind, but the matter in Fendil's hand did not delay. He drove the car up the ramp leading to the mansion, and passed through the "curtain" with countless runes flowing. ", the moment the vehicle passed through the curtain, he felt something swept over his body—this might be some kind of defense or recognition system.Afterwards, he parked the car in the open space in front of the "laboratory", and brought two surprised and curious soldiers to the dark gate.

He took a breath, feeling inexplicably nervous for some reason, and then put his hand on the door, but before he was about to pull the rope marked "Visitor Bell", a gentle and nice-sounding female voice came It came from inside: "Come in directly, I have seen you - the door is not locked."

Fendil and the soldiers looked at each other, and then he pushed lightly, and the door that looked extremely heavy opened quietly.

A bright hall appeared in his eyes—the next second, he felt dizzy because of the weird structure in the hall.

He saw an open space covered with a dark red carpet. There were countless dazzling experimental devices and alchemy containers arranged nearby and operating on their own. Arcane servants in the shape of spirits stood on platforms or shelves. Shuttle back and forth, copying data or controlling various magical institutions;

At the end of the hall, he saw a tall, spiraling upward staircase, which led to a mid-air platform, but there was no roof at all above the platform, but a deep space that seemed to extend infinitely upwards. The messy staircases, layers of platforms, countless gates and corridor bridges spanning in the air make people dizzy;

At the highest point of the deep space, Fendil vaguely saw some floating, chaotic and dark silhouettes. He didn't know what those things were, but he had a feeling... He felt that the end there seemed to have been separated This entity time and space, even connected to a farther and more mysterious place...

The scale and structure of this building do not match the structure of the mansion from the outside!

Fendil suddenly took a deep breath and broke free from the dizziness. He looked at the two technical soldiers he had brought, but saw the same shock and bewilderment as himself in their eyes, but soon, a sudden Regular footsteps sounded from not far away. There seemed to be some kind of magical power in the footsteps, which instantly calmed down Fendil's beating heart. He heard the beautiful female voice coming from behind: "Are you here to help connect to the Internet? Great, I've been waiting for a long time... Ah, sorry this place is still a bit messy..."

Fendil turned his head following the voice, and the expression on his face that had finally eased up suddenly became a little stiff again: a tall figure appeared in front of him, making him subconsciously look up, and finally saw the lady's face clearly .

A beautiful lady with a mysterious temperament, wearing a black complicated court dress, silk gloves and delicate purple hair accessories - at least two meters tall.

"You should be Fendil? I read the information," said the two-meter-long lady. The voice from above made Fendil subconsciously think of the feeling he had when he listened to his aunt and mother when he was a child, "I I'm the person in charge of this experimental facility. You can call me Ms. Mina or Ms. Mina - I prefer the second one. Would you like some hot tea? It's snowing outside, let's warm up .”

While speaking, two arcane servants floated over, holding hot tea and snacks in their hands, and a small round table and a few chairs floated from not far away, and landed in front of Fendil and the others.

"Sorry, I just settled here, and I haven't had time to display many furnishings," said the tall woman who called herself "Miss Mina." "Let's have some tea and rest."

Fendil originally wanted to say that the task was the priority, but at this moment he sat down in a daze, and when he realized it, he was already holding a teacup in his hand, and then he glanced at the unusually tall lady in front of him—— After entering this incredible "laboratory" and seeing this tall lady, he finally understood the meaning of "keep calm" specially reminded on the mission summary.

But it is obviously not a gentleman to talk about a lady's appearance when they meet for the first time. Although Fendil usually has a carefree personality, he knew this at this time, so he quickly looked away and found normal after looking around. A little topic: "Mina... Ma'am, are you alone here?"

He hesitated for a moment, but chose to address the woman in front of him with "Ms."After all... Even if he doesn't consider that the other party is a respectable scholar, he really can't ignore the oppressive feeling brought by the other party's height of more than two meters. It feels more appropriate to use a respectful and formal title.

"Ms. Mina" didn't seem to care about the address of the other party. She just smiled and said casually: "Yes, there is only me here—and the assistants I summoned. I am more used to working alone."

Is this lady really alone in this "frontline laboratory"? !

Although Fendil had already guessed, he couldn't help but widen his eyes in surprise at this time, but then he forcibly controlled his overly surprised reaction—he thought that the lady in front of him was probably a powerful legendary strongman. Or, this can be seen from her ability to build such an incredible magic laboratory, and most of these legendary superhumans are a bit weird, some of them like to live in seclusion in uninhabited and dangerous places, and some like to live in seclusion. Using magic to create highly intelligent companions to accompany themselves, some like to freeze their nephews and throw them off the castle... In contrast, it is not even "weird" to like to work alone.

But he still couldn't help asking: "Isn't this very dangerous? You set up the laboratory in such a place by yourself..."

"Fortunately, I'm pretty good at fighting," Ms. Mina laughed, waving her fists lightly as if to show her strength, "And if it's just me, it's easier to evacuate in case of an emergency .”

"Uh... well," Fendil nodded, then he finished his tea under the watchful eyes of the tall lady and stood up, "Thank you for your hospitality, let's get down to business first—— Where do you want to set the magic network terminal?"

"I'll show you..."

Fendil and the two subordinates he brought started to get busy. According to "Ms. Mina", they wanted to install a set of military-grade magic net terminals next to the magic power focus in the center of the hall. After working, Mirmina left the hall. She stepped up a sloping staircase at the end of the hall, walked through a corridor that was almost 90° skewed visually, and came to a special room looking from the direction of the hall. There is no room to see the entrance.

The room is semicircular as a whole, but there is no normal window on one side of the curved surface, but a series of huge irregular crystals are inlaid. Those crystals are filled with hazy shimmering light, and there seems to be light and shadow inside, but Each one can't see the specific content clearly.

Mirmina walked towards one of the huge crystals, and the hazy floating light in that crystal became clear in an instant. The phantom formed by clouds, mist and wind dissipated in the crystal, and what appeared inside was the wasteland. A view from somewhere inside.

"Start recording the observation log."

Mirmina said casually to the air next to her, and an arcane servant holding a recording board immediately appeared in the air.

"Chaos, seemingly endless chaos... But in fact, it should be a regular 'vibration'..." Mirmina said softly as if talking to herself, her fingers lightly brushed the On the surface of the crystal, the wasteland landscape presented in the crystal also began to change. A layer of translucent "filter" formed by countless colorful colors covered the picture, and those color blocks floated in the air, constantly outlining the The flow of magic power and their conversion process, and between those floating lights and shadows, many large or small "vortices" can be seen appearing and dissipating.

It's like there is a sea of ​​chaos that ordinary people can't detect, floating on the old land of Gondor.

"If the essence of the wasteland of Gondor is really a chaotic, complete and unified 'field', then any details observed inside this field should help describe the mathematical model of the field as a whole ...

"Frontline laboratory, first observation record, window No. [-], time..."

Accompanied by Milmina's soft words, the arcane servant quickly wrote words and symbols on the recording board.

For seven centuries, the truth buried in this mysterious wasteland has finally begun to be revealed bit by bit in front of reason and logic.

Chapter 1340 Blocking the starting point of the wall

The surging power of the magic engine drove the mechanical device, and the black armored engineering vehicle drove towards the distance on the temporary hardened road. After crossing the invisible "boundary", the wind and snow once again filled the field of vision outside the window. Fendil, who was sitting in the back row of the soldiers on shift, turned his head subconsciously to look behind the car, and saw that the mysterious mansion standing on the hill was gradually shrouded in wind and snow in the chaotic sky. become blurred.

However, the feeling of being watched did not gradually disappear until they were far away from the mansion—the pressure brought by that gaze also took a long time to completely dissipate.

"Is that the coercion of the legendary powerhouse..." An accompanying technical soldier couldn't help but whispered at this time, "This is the first time in my life that I have faced a legendary mage face to face... It is exactly what everyone said , Unfathomable, unfathomable..."

"I'm scared to death!" The soldier driving ahead murmured with lingering fear, "I even said that the lady might be ugly... Fortunately, she didn't hear..."

"She may have heard it a long time ago. Do you think a distance of several kilometers can hide the perception of that kind of character?" The soldier beside Fendil curled his lips, "Ms. Mina just didn't care about you, she must be a big hearted person." Broad people..."

"You said...how old is that Ms. Mina?" The soldier who drove the car held back for a few seconds, and then couldn't help but said, "I feel like she looks about the same age as my sister, and she is the same age as my sister , is a very kind person...but she gave me a feeling that she can see through everything, that kind of feeling is like a very learned elder..."

"Then who knows, maybe what we see is an illusion from the beginning to the end, and I heard that the legendary strong can live for two to three hundred years casually, and can use magic to maintain their appearance for a long time before aging. Ms. Mina may have..."

"Ahem," Fendil finally couldn't help it here, and interrupted the conversation of the two big soldiers with two coughs, "it's impolite to talk about a lady behind her back—not to mention that lady is A venerable scholar alone in charge of a research facility on the front line, the two of you are pretty much fine with it."

"Ah, good sir, I'm sorry sir," the soldier driving ahead hurriedly nodded and replied, then couldn't help looking at Fendil twice, and asked curiously, "Sir, what are you thinking? I feel that your expression is very serious..."

"...It's nothing." Fendil was silent for two seconds, shook his head and said, "Drive your car well, we haven't crossed this wilderness area yet, pay attention to the movement on the side of the road-I need to take a break. "

The two soldiers fell silent, while Fendil breathed a sigh of relief, closed his eyes slightly and leaned back on the seat to rest his mind—he couldn’t tell the soldiers that he had accidentally recalled it while listening to them talk about “the coercion of the legendary strong” It reminds me of the fear of being dominated by my aunt when I was a child...

……

At the northern foot of the Dark Mountains, in the Cecil Palace, Gawain was sitting behind his large desk. The afternoon sunlight was slanting into the room through the window next to it, causing some of the furnishings on the desk to cast shadows on the table. The long shadows also added a sense of tranquility to the room—Gao Wen was looking down at a document that had just arrived at noon today. After a long period of concentration, he put down the document in his hand and took a long breath , Let the highly tense nerves relax a little.

Amber's voice came from the side at the right time: "What's the situation, I feel that your expression just now has been quite scary-what's wrong with the wartime supplies?"

"It was sent by Byron. His fleet has crossed the southern coastline of the Dwarf Kingdom and successfully restored the communication from the Dwarf Kingdom to the south-central coastal area of ​​Ogulei. Sky Communication Network, our communication problems on the western front have finally been solved for the most part..." Gao Wen said in a deep voice, "Now the imperial fleet is approaching the mouth of the 'Holy River'."

"Just arrived at the mouth of the holy river?" Amber couldn't help but widen her eyes when she heard this. "Why is it so much slower than the expected plan? Even if they need to restore communication along the way and communicate with coastal countries, they should still be there in the first two days." The sky is over there..."

"That's why my expression was so serious just now," Gawain said in a low voice, "Byron mentioned in the report that after the fleet crossed the coast of Forge City, the sea situation began to be a little strange, with frequent dense fog and dangerous 'staggered waves'. ', even in the offshore area close to the land, this kind of bad weather has appeared. Although the Winter and other main naval ships have been specially strengthened to resist the open sea environment, the bad sea conditions have greatly delayed the speed of the fleet, and... ...The Kraken and Naga navigators who accompanied the fleet also frequently sensed abnormal energy surges around the Loren continent, and they advised Byron to sail cautiously."

"The abnormal energy around Loren Continent? The scale is a bit scary..." Amber was stunned. "Could it be related to the energy fluctuations released by the wasteland? That thing has already started to affect the sea?"

"...it's not sure yet, we know too little about the wasteland, and it's not until now that Mirmina has established the first real 'wasteland laboratory'. How many unimaginable powers have been sealed in the 700-year-old land in the magic power?" Gawain shook his head slightly, and then looked up at Amber, "Let's not talk about this for now, how are things going with you?"

"... To be honest, some people's lower limit can always break your cognition, even at this moment when the survival of the race is at stake, there will be people who are driven by huge interests to take risks," Amber sighed, "The clues It has been confirmed that we caught a group of guys who resold military supplies during the war, and no one pleaded for them, but I doubt we can catch all of them..."

"Of course you can't catch it all. The complication of mortals is that the most glorious and the most despicable individuals tend to exist at the same time and exist forever. Benefits' will not affect the overall situation, so at this time, you need your people to give them a little help," Gao Wen said calmly, "Prepare them a few beautiful flagpoles, and some strong ropes, ropes They pay for the money for the flagpole themselves, to make things a little bit more sensational, and to guide public opinion well—we need to deter the rest of the people, but we can’t dampen the people’s trust in the imperial order.”

"Don't worry... I'm familiar with this process," Amber nodded, but her expression was still a bit unacceptable, "But I just can't figure it out, what do those 'people' think—even if it's a country-to-country I can understand wars, but this time we are facing a natural disaster that can wipe out civilization. Why do people still take risks for gold pounds... The most despicable rotten people I have seen in the slums can't do this at this time Such a thing, but are those people unmoved by the bloody battle on the front line of the empire?"

"You are wrong, they are precisely the group of people who trust the soldiers on the front lines of the empire the most - they trust the protection provided by the empire so much that they take it for granted and forget how this protection came about, Forgetting that their own lives are tied to it. They are the ones who dig the bricks from the walls and believe that there will always be another group of 'fools' who will add the bricks indefinitely... they just don't understand that they are the next batch The source of the material for the wall bricks." Gao Wen shook his head, "From the very beginning, I knew that these people would appear sooner or later, so I let your counter-revolutionary operators keep an eye on the material flow and the underground trading market."

Amber stared at Gao Wen for a long time, and then murmured softly with a thoughtful expression: "Is this what you often say? The strength of the imperial order is not that there is no darkness under our laws. Rather, our order will never recognize this darkness..."

Gawain nodded slightly, but before he could say anything more, a low buzzing sound suddenly came from the magic net terminal placed next to the desk, and a projected sign labeled "Special Confidential Line" floating above the Focusing Crystal, a small emblem formed by the outline of a tall tower and an eye can also be seen in the corner of the mark.

Amber noticed the inconspicuous small emblem at a glance, immediately turned around and locked the door of the study room, activated the barrier system in the room, and at the same time said casually: "Oh, you just mentioned our waste soil laboratory, now let's Here comes the news."

"It seems that the communication system over there is already usable," Gao Wen said casually, and raised his hand to activate the magic network terminal. "Our lady 'Gaota' is really efficient."

Before he finished speaking, a series of jumping light spots appeared in the sky above the magic network terminal. It seemed that there was some powerful source of interference on the opposite side of the communication device that was affecting the stability of the communication line, but soon these interferences dissipated by themselves. The clear projection of Na also appeared in front of Gao Wen and Amber—not the "mythical body" shrouded in thick fog, but the "incarnation" form with a clear appearance and wearing a court dress.

"Can you hear it? Can you see it? I shouldn't be mistaken... This device seems to be different from what I usually use..." Mir Mina's voice came from the other end of the holographic projection, " Oh, it seems to have come out, it’s not too difficult.”

"It's very clear, Ms. Mirmina," Gawain greeted the lady on the opposite side of the communication with a smile, "It seems that your side has settled down?"

As he spoke, he took a look at the state of the lady across from her—behind her was an open indoor space, and judging from the furnishings, there were many experimental platforms running on their own and arcane servants coming and going not far away. That should obviously be the main working area of ​​the "Frontline Laboratory", and Mirmina in the center of the communication screen is standing on a separate platform. Judging from the proportions of some furnishings on the platform, the avatar this lady is using at the moment Should still have a fairly tall build.

But at least it should be within the acceptable range of human beings.

The current Milmina should be called Milmina.zip.

A slightly weird association flashed through his mind, but Gao Wen still had a calm smile on his face as usual, while Mirmina, who was on the opposite side of the communication, didn't even know that she already had an extra zip in Gao Wen's mind. suffix, just glanced back at the laboratory he had just set up and replied happily: "That's right, the main experimental area has been almost set up, and the rest are some minor problems-fortunately, I'm the only one here. People don’t need to consider the needs of ordinary people’s lives, and this incarnation of mine doesn’t need to eat or sleep.”

"How is the avatar you are using now?" Gao Wen asked, "I mean when you get in touch with other people—is it going well?"

"If you are referring to the few young people who came to help install the network today, I think it went well," Mirmina.zip said with a smile, "They were a little surprised by my laboratory, but it was only a little Surprised, my identity in front of them is "a legendary witch who has been living in seclusion for a long time and has only recently been recruited by Emperor Gao Wen to serve the empire". It seems that they quite believe in this identity.

"By the way, I met that young man named Fendil. It is said that he is Victoria's nephew? He looks good. He is more mature and stable than I thought, and he seems to have fully adapted to his position. Before you It seems that he is still worried about whether he will be a pampered 'noble boy', I think you can rest assured-the pampered person can't walk through the wilderness of the front line in a snowstorm like him."

"How are the anti-divine barriers and safety limiters working?" Gao Wen asked again—although he had approved Mirmina's setting up a frontline laboratory before, after all, the incarnation of the other party will be in this world for a long time in the future. activities, and the time for Mirmina to be separated from the god position is still short, some necessary caution is still indispensable.

"Everything is normal," Mirmina said with a nod. The danger of divinity pollution leakage—the young people who helped install the network came here today and stayed for a while without any response. But then again, I think they were a little nervous the whole time... Could it be that my smile is not friendly enough Is it?"

"This...I think you're overthinking it," Gao Wen subconsciously glanced at Mirmina.zip across the way as he spoke, "Not everyone has the same ability to accept as me or Amber... , it is the most normal reaction for most people to be nervous when they step into your 'laboratory'."

As soon as he finished speaking, Hu Po, who had been distracted for a long time beside him, seemed to come back to his senses suddenly: "If you have a thick nerve, you will have a thick nerve. Why are you talking so mildly... Oh, including me? It's okay."

Gawain glanced at the half-elf and didn't pay attention to him. Instead, he confirmed some information about the frontline laboratory to Mirmina, and then brought the topic back on track: "Now let's talk about the wasteland—— Now that your avatar is inside the wasteland, you should be able to see the situation of that land more clearly than before, have you found anything?"

"In such a short period of time, I have not achieved anything that can be called a 'discovery'," Mirmina.zip said, shaking her head slightly, "But...after placing the avatar in this polluted area, I did see Some 'sights' that cannot be seen from the outside.

"Just as I guessed before, this wasteland is shrouded in a magic field with a large scale and a very fast change speed. The environment inside has been alienated, and this alienation has directly led to the material world and the non-material world. Blurred dislocation of boundaries between worlds.

"I think I can start planning the direction of the first 'Wasteland Blocking Wall'. The laboratory I set up is the initial starting point..."

Chapter 1341 Blocking Wall Plan

The cold winter is coming to an end, but the lingering thick fog still covers Aldernan for a long time. The undulating fog hazes the capital of Typhon, which is known as the "Millennium City". Turned into weird silhouettes and phantoms in the fog, Rosetta Augustus stood on the top of the Obsidian Palace overlooking the city. The dense fog in front of him made him think of the war that is now gradually spreading to the entire civilized world .

This war will not end soon. After the initial bloody battle like a storm and the crisis that almost got out of control, the borders of civilized countries and wasteland are gradually turning into a kind of stalemate. On the front line, the two forces of order and chaos ebb and flow, deeply entangled, and there is no sign of a huge change in the situation. Now that winter is coming to an end, the battle on the border may resume with the arrival of the recovery month. Turned into white heat.

But in such a stalemate, the scholars of the Cecil Empire seem to have found some kind of "solution" to end everything.

"The blocking wall that runs through the wasteland of Gondor..." the ruler of the Typhon Empire said in a low voice, as if talking to himself, "Diana, what do you think of this matter?"

As Rosetta finished speaking, a tall figure suddenly appeared from the darkness beside him. The black-haired maid who had served the Augustus family for centuries had her eyelids downcast, and her voice was soft and respectful: " I'm sorry Your Majesty, but my knowledge reserve is not enough to interpret this question—my knowledge of the wasteland is not much better than that of ordinary anthropologists, and I have no way of judging whether the theoretical model proposed by Cecil scholar is correct."

"This model... is probably correct. Its main proposer is Ms. High Tower. We all know who that lady is," Rosetta said solemnly. "The point is, we built" What is the probability of success of the "blocking wall"——according to the information sent by Cecil City, we need to build at least two blocking walls through the wasteland from the north-south and east-west directions, in order to end the "chaos domain" For the alliance countries that have just recovered from the large-scale attack of the mutants, this is already an extremely difficult thing to accomplish, and the group of dark priests in the wasteland and the 'sentinels' behind them It is even more impossible to sit back and watch us finish this matter..."

"Indeed," Diana nodded lightly, "Never mind those dark priests, the 'sentinels' behind them have the knowledge of the sailors, and they will definitely react to the alliance's intentions after we start building the blocking wall—— The deeper we go into the wasteland, the greater the blocking pressure we will face."

"...But if the theoretical model proposed by Ms. High Tower is correct, then this is the only way to end this disaster," Rosetta said in a deep voice, "and from the very beginning, recover the ancient country of Gondor and break through the wasteland pollution area It is the ultimate goal of the Alliance's 'Counterattack Wasteland' plan, and you should be very clear that we have never given up on this plan."

"So, you have already made a decision," Diana said calmly, "but you need a stronger reason to support your decision."

"... Today's Typhon Empire has no capital to make a second mistake. We need to mobilize the power of the whole country to support this plan. Just like what Gawain Cecil often said, there is no turning back when you start a bow. It means that I have to carefully consider whether this plan is worth everything we gamble on. In addition, there is a more important point: most of the countries in the alliance are just struggling to maintain the front line, and the only countries that can march into the wasteland and push back We and Cecil, once we start to build a blocking wall into the wasteland, all the pressure will be concentrated on us in an instant. How much help can other alliance countries provide us in this situation? This is completely unknown... ..."

"You don't want to bet on Typhon's fate," Diana said frankly and calmly, looking into Rosetta Augustus' eyes, "this is a logical judgment, then you want to hear my opinion Is it?"

"More than ever."

"700 years ago, when the Well of Deep Blue exploded, we didn't even have the qualifications to gamble," Diana said slowly, "Your Majesty, we may not always have the opportunity to choose the 'best solution', or... When there is no other choice, the only path we can choose is the best solution in itself."

"...Help me connect to the special line with Cecil." Rosetta pondered for a long time, and finally breathed out softly, "I want to talk to Gawain Cecil directly."

……

The brilliance brought by the magic spar lamp illuminates the long and deep corridor in the elf frontier fortress "Fabuti". The towering narrow windows with exquisite patterns are inlaid on the top of the corridor wall, and the dim yellow sky outside can be seen faintly. The silver queen Belsetia, dressed in military uniform, walked quickly through the corridor, and the crisp sound of her heels hitting the stone floor followed.

The maid Elaine followed the queen step by step, and kept her head slightly lowered as she walked forward quickly and said in a low voice: "...we successfully repelled the army of deformed bodies that besieged Greta Fortress, but The southern highlands of Greta Fortress fell briefly and were occupied for more than four hours—now the magisters are examining the remaining traces to determine whether those monsters have dropped rune stones near the highlands."

Belsetia didn't look back: "Is there a natural magic power focus there? Are there any local legends about forest spirits or supernatural phenomena?"

"Yes, there is a very powerful natural magic focus in the southern highlands. Half of the magic towers in Greta Fortress rely on drawing magic from that focus to maintain automatic operation."

"Then assume that those monsters have already been captured. This kind of post-mortem investigation is of limited significance... No, let the magisters continue to investigate, maybe they will really find valuable clues," Belsetia spoke quickly, "O How is King Driss?"

Elaine replied immediately: "The king was injured, but there is no danger of his life. Now he has returned to Gaoshan City to recuperate. Prince Lorraine and Ranger General Karl have taken over the defense of Greta Fortress. To increase troops, we also sent a thousand-year-old warrior group to support, there should be no problem there."

"It shouldn't be a problem to keep it—the key to the problem is the source of those aberrations. Their number exceeds expectations, and their travel route is disturbing." Belsetia frowned, "Do you still remember the previous reconnaissance in the northwest direction? Is there any news from the soldiers? On the northwest border of the Gaoling Kingdom, traces of a large number of aberrations gathering operations have been found...but there is no gap in the magnificent wall in that direction."

Yi Lian's footsteps subconsciously paused, her expression became ugly: "You mean..."

"That was the Western Front Army that originally attacked the Ogure Tribal Country—we have received information before that an expeditionary force from the Cecil Empire has entered Ogure and stopped the aberrations' actions on the Western Front," Bell said. Setia glanced at her maid, and said with a serious expression, "Now it seems that the information is correct, and... the aberrant army that originally attacked the Ogule Tribal Country has begun to go south."

Elaine slowly opened her eyes wide. She followed Belsetia's footsteps and seemed to want to say something, but the next second, she noticed that the Silver Queen's pace suddenly slowed down, and the expression on her face changed slightly. Variety.

"Your Majesty?" Elaine subconsciously said, "What happened?"

"Eileen, back away from the left and right sides," Belsetia said in a low voice with a slightly serious expression, "Come with me to the next room."

Yi Lian froze for a moment, quickly reacted, and immediately ordered the accompanying attendants and guards to retreat, and then walked to the nearest wooden door with the Silver Queen—it was an empty room next to the corridor, which should be full of people. sundries.

However, Belsetia's expression became very solemn when she came to the old and mottled wooden door. She adjusted her breathing before solemnly nodding to her personal maid: "Okay, open the door." .”

Yi Lian took a deep breath, took a step forward and gently pushed open the ordinary-looking wooden door. With the soft "squeak" sound of the door shaft turning, the door opened—but behind the door was not a room, nor a room. There is no trace of anything related to the "Fabiti" fortress.

It was an unusually open forest clearing, which appeared behind an ordinary door in Fabuti Fortress in a strange way that completely defied common sense. There was a fresh and soft breeze blowing in front of you, mixed with some real and unreal scenes. The smell of fresh soil and grass leaves, and countless towering ancient trees surround the open space, making the distant sky show brilliant and fragmented forms among the treetops.

Elaine and Belsetia stepped forward, stepping over the "barrier" formed by the door, they stepped onto the soft grass, and a rustling sound sounded from the nearby woods almost at the same time, as if a The huge body is passing through these plants, and is about to appear in front of the two elf masters and servants.