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"We don't know how to let ordinary people master magic skills quickly, but Typhon...they have been researching in the field of mass-producing superhumans for many years," Wendy said while thinking, "Of course, their mass-produced superhumans It needs to be selected from an early age and cultivated for a long time to take shape, but this is based on becoming an official mage and having positive combat effectiveness. Leaving this aside, they have mature catalyst technology that can be used to reconstruct the human nervous system. Magic rituals are used to enhance the magic power perception ability of low-talented people. There are also mature fast training methods and magic power stimulation techniques, which can allow people who are new to magic power to quickly master skills...

"If we just want to make ordinary people 'familiar' with magic, and let the nervous system of ordinary people 'adapt' to magic, then maybe these technologies will be useful to us."

Wendy's words made Gawain and Heidi think about it at the same time.

Chapter 0999 Snow

For a long time, Cecil and Typhon have taken different technical routes - the former has opened a new magic technology route, while the latter is advancing the potential and application of superhumans to a higher level. In the short term, Look, the advantages of the two are still inextricably separated, and Gao Wen never thought that there would be a day when there would be an intersection between these two technical routes.

It is a pity that it has always been a pity to make a fuss about the talents of supernatural beings, try to select "weakly talented people" from ordinary people, and use potions, rituals and training to catalyze them into genuine superhumans with narrow applications. Typhon's expertise, Cecil's research in this area is zero.

The Order of the Eternal Sleepers has always been active in Typhon, so when faced with the plight of lack of suitable personnel for psychic singers, Wendy immediately thought of Typhon's alchemy potions and catalytic technology, but when it comes to these technologies The real details... It was obviously impossible for her to know.

"These things are military secrets. The potions are in the hands of the Typhon royal family and several major military nobles. The same is true for the specific catalytic technology. And even if these things are mastered, there must be a matching training method, otherwise the tester is very prone to Dangerous," Yuri was more or less from Typhon's noble family, although he had already left that noble circle when Typhon's mass-produced superhuman technology matured, but after all, he had contacts, and he obviously knew some internal information better than Wendy , "I don't think we will be able to get these materials in a short time..."

Gawain's expression became serious, he stroked his chin, and Hetty beside him said softly, "Do you think that on the 25th..."

Gao Wen thought for a while, then slowly shook his head.

He also indeed immediately thought of Daniel, who had broken into Typhon's top management—as the most successful spy in Cecil's espionage system, Daniel is indeed qualified to have access to many unimaginable secrets, but it is precisely because of this that he can inquire into The news will also have a strong domain, and will bear a higher risk of exposure.The fields that Daniel is currently involved in are basically under the name of Typhon's "Imperial Manufacturing Association". Other than that, he can at most rely on personal contacts to inquire about some rumors between upper-class nobles and mage scholars. From a normal logic , he is unlikely to come into contact with mass-produced extraordinary technologies that have nothing to do with his research field.

Of course, you can also take some risks and let Daniel steal this information, but Gao Wen thinks that the hidden dangers of doing so are too great-Typhon’s wanderer agent is not an idiot, and that Rosetta Augustus is even more so. A cautious person, with the tension in Aldernan recently, there have been many spies working for Cecil, and even the liaison officer who was infiltrated by the "Track" project was captured by the Typhon authorities. Amber even had to cut off several In such a tense situation, Gawain could not let an irreplaceable spy like Daniel risk his life to steal a formula.

While thinking, Hetty suddenly thought of something: "By the way, I think of someone..."

"You mean our 'guest' who is visiting Solinburg?" Gawain raised his eyebrows, "I don't think she is willing to cooperate with us in this matter. Surrendering for justice and betraying the country are two different concepts .”

"...or her father?" Hetty thought about it again, "Bud used to be..."

"Please allow me to intervene," Yuri said aside, "First of all, the Wendell family is indeed the most important military aristocrat in Typhon, and its family leaders and heirs must have access to this part of the secret, but I don't think Ba De can help - he left Typhon more than ten years ago, and at that time the technology for mass-producing superhumans was far from mature, and for many years after that, Bard was imprisoned in the In the biochemical laboratory, he should have no chance to get access to this information..."

"Let's discuss this matter later," Gawain thought for a while, shaking his head, "This topic is far away—we should focus more on the normal research route. Hetty, you can try to arrange someone to contact Let’s talk about Wendell and his daughter, but be careful not to cause adverse effects. Before that, Wendy and Yuri, you should follow the previous plan and select some matchmakers from mages for training. During the war, our mental protection unit It must be put into use as soon as possible, even if only a small amount of elites can be invested, it can increase the chances of survival for frontline soldiers."

After arranging things properly, Gawain didn't stay in the laboratory for too long - before evening, he had to preside over a meeting of the consuls.

Leaving the research facility, Gawain and Hetty were walking on the way to the parking lot when a gust of cold wind blew in, making Hetty, who had not turned on the breeze shield, shrink her neck subconsciously.

Gawain raised his head, and saw that the sky had turned gloomy at some point, and thick lead-colored clouds were covering the earth. A turbulent cold wind was flowing through the clouds, and some crystal clear snowflakes were floating in the air. It slopped down.

"It's snowing..." Hetty also raised her head, and the snowflakes falling from the sky were reflected in her clear eyes. She stretched out her hand, and a piece of snowflake touched her fingertips, but it turned into a drop of water within a few seconds, " The first snow in the south this year came really late..."

"It has snowed in the Holy Spirit Plains last week," Gao Wen said. "The Astronomical Research Bureau has compared the changes in rain, snow and temperature over the years, and believes that this year may have a cold winter...more than every winter in the past 20 years." It's going to be cold."

"The textile trade with Typhon has been suspended due to the impact of the war. At least until the end of the war, it is impossible for us to get cheap textiles from the East," Hetty said seriously, "Fortunately, our large purchases last year and the western plains The cotton spinning production that has been maintained has accumulated enough stocks, and there is no need to worry about the supply of cotton clothes this winter. Of course, if the war continues like this, we will have to consider expanding the scale of cotton spinning production—this year’s baby boom has brought a large number of Newborn population, which requires additional supplies of textiles, medicines and food. The Ministry of Agriculture is already planning accordingly.”

"...Has the impact already begun to appear... The people of Typhon shouldn't have a better time this winter, many of their railway lines can't operate independently at all, and a large number of factories are waiting for our finished parts," Gawain shook his head, " This will be a test of the new international rules and the first test of the two settlement areas. Typhon people will definitely find a way to maintain their market in the southern part of the mainland, and our trade with the western part of the mainland must continue as usual. Word of the war should be spreading across the nations by this time, and healthy trade as usual will boost the confidence of our allies—and ease the pressure on us.”

Hetty lowered her head: "I understand, ancestor."

……

When the first snow of this winter fluttered and fell in Cecil City, another snow visited Aldernan, a foreign country, sooner or later.

Compared with Cecil City, which is more northerly, the snow in Aldernan seems to be gentler. Scattered snowflakes fall on the ground in the gloomy sky and thin mist, with an unpleasant feeling. With an unhurried temper, it took a long time to spread a thin layer of white on the wet city ground.

Ferdinand Wendell walked out of the porch, stood in the snow in the courtyard, and looked at the elegant but extraordinarily empty and deserted luxurious courtyard with some ecstasy. His attendants and maids were standing not far away, but he felt that there was only alone.

A year ago, Andersa was still standing here to accompany him to watch the snow. More than ten years ago, Bud and his daughter-in-law who had not died of illness were beside him. 20 years ago, the swing set not far away , next to that beautiful fountain, there is still his wife who is always smiling - and this year, he is alone here.

There was a bone-piercing cold wind blowing, and Pei Dinan felt as if his arms and knees had been pierced by the cold wind. Finally, he couldn't help but propped up his breath protection barrier, blocking the cold wind from the north, and dispelling the cold wind around him and around him. fluttering snowflakes, and couldn't help but smile wryly in the wind——No matter how formidable General Wolf is, he will grow old one day, but when he was young, he never thought that his old self would Standing so alone in a snowy courtyard.

Andersa, who is far away in Cecil, should be fine... The Cecil people should not be too harsh on a general who put down his arms voluntarily. Is there anyone to accompany her in such a cold winter?

A voice came from the side, interrupting Pei Dinan's thoughts: "My lord, the wind has become stronger, you'd better go back to the house to rest."

Pei Dinan turned his head following the sound, and saw that the butler who had been with him for many years was standing in the snow. A lot of snowflakes had fallen on his shoulders, but he was still standing upright in the wind, as meticulous as a sculpture.

The time of feeling was over, and Ferdinand's expression became serious again. He turned into the formidable knight lord again, nodded with dignity, turned and walked towards the porch, while the butler accurately raised his hand after half a step behind. Legs followed, and at the same time, he brushed off the snowflakes on his shoulders calmly.

"Did you send your servants to the market this morning?" Under the porch, Pei Dinan asked casually, "How is the order over there?"

"Prices have stabilized, and people's anxiety has improved a lot," the steward replied immediately. "People are still a little nervous, but it's no longer the kind of bewildered fear—people are more worried about the price of food. It won’t rise again, and I don’t care when this war will end.”

"How many people talk about churches?"

"There are discussions everywhere, but it is rare to see people who question the Knights of the Protectorate or the Obsidian Guards, or those who support the church radically - at least not in public," the steward continued, "Those public evil spirits The purification ceremony and the detailed reports and pictures of the polluted altars and rooms in the church have a great deterrent effect on ordinary people. Even devout believers will say that evil spirits have polluted the church at this time, and no longer insist The Church of the God of War is clean and flawless..."

Pei Dinan nodded lightly, the serious expression on his face seemed to relax slightly.

The atmosphere in the city is improving—although some people in the nobles are restless every day, some speculators are anxious, and there is a little more tension in the upper class, but the overall order in Aldernan However, it quickly and miraculously stabilized, and the operation of various key departments has also improved to a degree visible to the naked eye.

The supply of key materials such as food and medicine has stabilized, and several premeditated price hikes and withholding of materials have been firmly suppressed. Some God of War priests tried to fight against the blockade order with arms, but before they acted, the Obsidian Imperial Army and the National Guard The Knights had already suppressed and disintegrated all rebellious acts—in fact, as early as a month ago, the Churches of God of War across the country had been closely monitored by troops loyal to the royal family. Although some troops still accidentally lost control, the overall Everything in the world is still not out of the control of Obsidian Palace.

Some people once worried that the temporary closure of the parliament would cause long-term and unquenchable chaos to the ruling order of the entire empire, but Rosetta Augustus, the royal cabinet and the emergency advisory group led by him used extremely efficient and resolute His execution ability has proved everything to the world, and now, everything is starting to develop in a good direction.

At least for now.

The old prince pressed his chest subconsciously, and he touched a hard object the size of a pocket watch - there was a special amulet, and the power of the amulet was slowly flowing at this moment, infiltrating and protecting himself.The talisman gave him a sense of relief, but it also made him understand that some things were far from over.

……

Since the start of the war, information from the frontlines has been continuously transmitted through the communication towers scattered throughout the empire, gathered in Aldernan, and gathered in the desk of Rosetta Augustus.

This war itself may be something that many people do not want to see, but some of the "harvests" brought about by the war are also real, and for the rulers of the empire, the biggest gain is intelligence-about the enemy intelligence, but also intelligence about itself.

Rosetta's eyes moved slowly over a document, and Matilda stood beside him quietly.

In this document, many details related to Cecil's "magic mechanized troops" are mentioned, including those various war machines that can operate automatically, the equipment and combat methods of Cecil's infantry, the enemy's Tactical ideas, macro layout speculation, and a report on Typhon's own army.

Every life on the battlefield has been turned into experience and reflection on these thin sheets of paper—whether it is for Cecil or Typhon, this is the first time in history that an equal opponent and himself have appeared. This broad and in-depth confrontation is carried out on the frontal battlefield.

Both warring parties are learning from experience, and Rosetta looked at the information in his hands, and he believed that there must be something similar in Gawain Cecil's desk.

"Your previous judgment was correct, Matilda." After a long time, Rosetta raised her eyes and looked at the eldest daughter next to her, "We must further introduce magic technology into the military field. It is not enough for soldiers to sit on magical vehicles or use factories to produce some weapons. The Cecils have a huge potential for war-although they are now in a stalemate with us, as time goes by, their growth rate Sooner or later, they will surpass us, and the gap between them is the magical technology on the one hand, and their... way of thinking on the other hand."

"Andersa once told me that she has been worried that we and the Cecils will fall into a continuous war-their war machine production cycle is very short, the soldiers are trained quickly, and everything can be lost, and our Extraordinary Legion Although it has improved a lot compared to traditional troops, it still cannot keep up with the speed of the Cecils in this respect... Protracted battles are very unfavorable to us."

"...time, so we need time," Rosetta said slowly, "and hopefully we've got enough time."

Chapter 1000 War Stalemate

Rosetta stood up from behind the desk, he came to the map not far away, his eyes slowly swept across a series of markings in the border area, and Matilda's voice came from behind him: "In the past Within a week, the Cecils had increased their troops four times on the defense line of Winter Wolf Castle. At the same time, the control area extended from the fortress to the Shadow Swamp. Not long ago, they controlled the mechanical bridge in the Shadow Swamp area, allowing armored trains to enter the battle zone. Now that A series of war machines are entrenched like fortresses on the line from Shadow Swamp to Winter Wolf Castle, putting great pressure on our border offensive..."

"It looks like they've made up their minds to be crucified at Winterwolf Castle... This is a strategic fulcrum," Rosetta nodded, "so we can't rule out the possibility of them suddenly attacking Aldernan."

"It seems to be so..." Matilda responded, "We have now cut off the railway line from the Shadow Swamp to the country, and have established a new front with Winterhold as the fulcrum, and the troops mobilized from the country are constantly flowing The Cecilians' steel chariots and motorized infantry advancing tactics caused us great casualties at first, but Lord Palin Winterhold led the frontline troops to formulate a number of strategies after withdrawing from the Winter Wolf defense line. Effective tactics, now our Extraordinary troops can effectively fight against those machines... But we still have nothing to do with the two mobile fortresses of the Cecils."

"Palin Winterhold..." Rosetta said in a low voice, "After the fall of Winterwolf Castle, he was questioned a lot in the country... Now those voices of doubt have finally quieted down."

"In the battle of Winter Wolf Castle, one of the two main commanders surrendered, and the other retreated early and returned to the rear. After this incident was reported back to China, no matter how the public opinion guided it, it finally hit the pride and self-confidence of the upper class for so many years. After being seriously injured Not to mention Andersa who surrendered, Earl Palin Winterhold is said to have evacuated early without any injuries... Many nobles thought that he was even more disgraceful than Andersa."

"It's ridiculous that only those who don't go to the battlefield and don't understand the army are laughing at it, but the real generals know that it is the two commanders who are questioned that bought us a chance to breathe and adjust," There was a hint of coldness in Rosetta's tone, but he didn't linger on this topic for too long, and quickly shook his head, "It seems that the war machine called 'Armored Train' is more powerful than ours at the beginning. The investigation is even more difficult."

"It's technological progress—the information investigated in the previous intelligence is obviously outdated. The original armored train was a semi-finished product, but now the Cecils have perfected its weapons and power system," Matilda said seriously. Said, "That thing has the firepower of a strategic mage group and the protection of a city wall, and it can fly back and forth freely on the track, and the whole track is protected by a layer of powerful shields and countless military stations and sentry towers along the way. There are also small trains patrolling back and forth on the protective tracks. According to the description sent by the Earl of Winterhold, this is a 'dynamic and both offensive and defensive' system, and none of our arms can deal with it...

"The Cecilians obviously put a lot of effort into designing this set of things. The purpose of its birth was not to deal with those weak and small countries, but to deal with behemoths like Typhon..."

Listening to his daughter's narration, Rosetta fell into short thoughts. After a long time, he sighed softly and said thoughtfully: "A mobile fortress can be attacked, defended and inhabited. It is equivalent to a The supply line is constantly advancing, if several railways are built to extend to the wasteland, and advance bases are continuously set up under the cover of armored trains, human civilization may even be able to counterattack the Gondor wasteland..."

Matilda obviously didn't expect her father to come up with such an idea, but she immediately realized the meaning behind this idea, and a surprised expression appeared on her face: "Father...what do you mean?"

"Gavin Cecil, he does see farther than we do," Rosetta said, but shook her head quickly, "but now is not the time to talk about that. The key is those trains...they They have a lot of firepower and a long range, which means they can cover the engineers while fighting and laying the railway forward. Even if we blow up the mechanical bridge and railway junction, as long as the Cecilians are willing to pay the cost, they can Unflinching to keep pushing, so we've got to figure out how to deal with that thing."

"...The Earl of Winterhold proposed a plan, but this plan once again faced our shortcomings," Matilda said, "He believes that against this kind of land fortress, the use of ground troops will face huge battle losses anyway. , the only effective means are air strikes - the main gun of the armored train can only attack ground targets, although it also has smaller weapons capable of anti-air, but this aspect of firepower is far weaker than that of ground. As long as you don't face that kind of Lethal main guns, we have a chance to destroy them from the air."

"In the air..." Rosetta narrowed her eyes, but her expression did not relax at all.

"Air superiority is not on our side," Matilda said with a heavy tone, "Although we have the largest group of air mages and griffin troops on this continent, the Cecilians have turned their war machines to nothing. In the sky, in the face of machines, griffins and mages are too weak and slow - and most importantly, mages with the ability to fly and experienced griffin riders are obviously more valuable than those machines, and we can't afford to consume them."

Rosetta thought about it, and said slowly: "...Can that kind of flying machine be imitated or researched to find out its shortcomings?"

"We shot down a few of them, and the wreckage has been sent to several research facilities under the name of the Royal Wizards Association and the Craftsmanship Association, but it may be difficult to imitate them in a short time. Experts in the field of runes reported that found on those machines Another brand-new rune system is completely different from the runes currently used by elves and humans. It is somewhat like the legendary dragon language... These runes interact with the special alloys that make up the flying machine to generate power. Now We can't piece together a complete set of runes, and we don't know how the materials used as the base of the runes are produced, so to imitate the aircraft under such circumstances... even if luck is on our side, there will be too little time."

"Indeed... We are chasing an unfamiliar field from scratch, and we don't have the time," Rosetta said in a deep voice, "We still have to find a way in the field we are good at in a short time... Do those flying machines have any weaknesses?"

Matilda nodded immediately: "Yes, and the weakness is unexpectedly simple, but it is also very tricky-probably to reduce weight and improve flexibility, those flying machines do not have as strong armor and armor as steel chariots. High-power energy shields, and their anti-gravity structures have weak anti-interference ability due to lack of protection. Ordinary arcane traps can temporarily lose their power. In theory, they only need to go nearby to release a small-scale An arcane shock of just enough to make that thing fall, or at least temporarily lose control and lose combat power, but..."

"But the premise is that our mage can live close to those things," Rosetta said blankly, "that thing flies faster, is more flexible, and has stronger offensive capabilities than mages and griffins, so it itself Weaknesses in strength become irrelevant—no opponent can get close to it, or even chase it.”

Matilda was speechless, and Rosetta returned to the map after a moment of silence. He seemed to have forgotten the topic he was discussing just now, and instead focused on the lines representing military mobilization And on the arrow, after more than a minute of thinking, he suddenly broke the silence: "The next batch of troops will go to the front in a few days... Count Clement Dart will lead the reorganized Fourth Army and the last Send a 'Church Volunteer Corps' to Winterhold."

"Claymont?" Matilda was stunned for a moment, but she quickly realized that her face became a little complicated, "He should be the last stone in the stubborn old-school nobles... In order to destroy your New Deal, he more than Once he ran around among the nobles and mage groups, but because of his influence, even Hadiron couldn't do anything about him..."

"Palin will find a solution," Rosetta said indifferently, "at worst, the Cecils will also have a solution."

"...I'm worried that Earl Dart will simply surrender in the first battle - he probably hates you more than the Cecilians. Sending such a person to the front will only further weaken our strength .”

"He won't, he does hate me more than he hates Cecil, but he loves Typhon more than himself... I've dealt with him too much," Rosetta turned slowly, looking Looking at the foggy Aldernan outside the French window, "He knew my intentions, but he would still go to the front line, and then die heroically there with hatred... If it wasn't for this war, he would never have done so under any circumstances." Will do this kind of thing, but now Typhon is in trouble."

Matilda was silent for a while, and then hesitated for a few seconds before saying: "Also, about the 'Church Volunteer Group'..."

"The priests of the God of War want this war, so I will give them this war. They are all fanatics who are about to lose their ability to judge, but at least they can be used for the last time," Rosetta turned her back to Marty Erda said that the latter couldn't see his expression at all because of this, "They gladly accepted the order, let's say... it's the last piece of the puzzle that the Church can provide us."

Matilda was thinking, she seemed to instinctively sensed the contradiction in her father's arrangement this time, but before she had time to ask anything, she heard a knock on the door suddenly from behind.

Rosetta turned around and looked at the door: "Come in."

In the next second, the door of the study was opened, and Diana appeared there in a black maid dress and black hair shawl.The head maid first nodded slightly to Matilda at the side, and then bent down to her master.

Rosetta looked at the woman who had served the Augustus family for hundreds of years: "What happened?"

"The Cecil technician stranded at the Alder South Railway Company still refuses to continue to provide services, and the consular officer has also rejected your proposal," Diana said blankly. "In addition, similar situations have occurred at railway hubs across the country. .”

Rosetta pondered for a while, while Matilda subconsciously stared at her father.

The Cecilians stranded in Typhon... She also paid attention to this matter for a while.This war came too suddenly, and neither the challenger nor the "declaring war" side was prepared. When the border conflict escalated into a hot war within 48 hours, and cross-border traffic was suddenly interrupted, many foreigners were faced with the unsurprisingly. An embarrassing stranded situation.The technicians, investors and state representatives sent by Cecil were stranded in Typhon, and of course the envoys, overseas students and businessmen sent by Typhon were also stranded in Cecil.

The new "international order" in the past two years has brought about this kind of troublesome situation that no one has ever considered and faced. Before that, even if two countries that communicated with each other suddenly went to war, such a complicated detention of personnel would not have occurred. phenomenon, because at that time there was no cross-border trade and technical exchanges, and there were no national-level study abroad and study activities.

Matilda knows that there are many people who are actively working on this matter. Some people are actively organizing the evacuation and evacuation of the stranded people, and some people are trying to establish a "wartime passage window" through various means. Aldernan and Sisi Seoul City still maintains a fragile, difficult and cautious communication under such circumstances, in order to deal with such troublesome things.

During this period, those Cecil technicians stranded in Aldernan refused to accept the orders of the Augustus family and continued to provide technical services to Typhon. This matter has attracted a lot of attention. Frankly speaking... Marty Erda even had some admiration for those bold Cecils.

Most of them are neither knights nor mages. According to the traditional view, they are just civilians. They don't need to follow the codes of knights and nobles, but what they do is no worse than knights on the battlefield.

A slightly oppressive silence was maintained in the study, but in the end Rosetta broke the silence: "Did anyone have a conflict with them?"

"No," Ms. Diana shook her head, "According to your order, we have exercised the utmost restraint - the food and drinking water supply in the embassy and technical personnel living quarters have also remained normal, but now we have banned those Local people come and go."

After another few seconds of silence, Rosetta finally breathed out, and said slowly: "Tell the ambassador that he can leave Aldernan in the near future, and we will send him out at the end of the Dark Mountains."

Diana glanced at him: "In exchange for our own ambassador?"

Rosetta nodded slowly: "This matter has been arranged—you can just report it directly."

"And what about the technicians?"

"...if they refuse service, just say no, and tell them that their safety and their lives in Aldernan will still be guaranteed," Rosetta said, "and treat them well, and put more security guards in the appropriate neighborhoods to prevent unwanted traffic. Extreme townsfolk or ignorant nobles to make accidents. Also, when possible, keep sending people out to them—privately. Not all of them are virtuous and strong-willed warriors, and when deals are made in private Sometimes, there will always be someone who is willing to fall to us."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

Chapter 1001: Winter in a Foreign Country

Winter snow is flying.

The first snow in the southern border came later, but it was mighty, and the non-stop snowflakes fell from the sky one after another, smearing a vastness in the leaden sky. This hazy sky seems to reflect the two countries The future of the world is chaotic and chaotic, making people unclear about the direction.

A thick layer of solid ice formed on the pool in the college area, and a foot of snow accumulated on the ice and in the nearby nursery, and a cold wind blew from the direction of the big clock tower, blowing the snow on the top of the nearby buildings. The snow fell, and a large curtain was cast between the corridor and the open-air courtyard, and in such a snow scene, it was almost impossible to see any students or teachers walking outside.

The winter vacation of Imperial College has arrived, except for the students of the Non-commissioned Officer Academy who have to wait a few days before leaving school, most of the students in this institution have already left.

A petite and thin figure in a black college uniform with light gray long hair draped behind her hurriedly walked through the corridor on the first floor of the dormitory building. She raised her head to look outside, but through the crystal glass window, all she could see was the non-stop snow and the increasingly deserted scenery of the college in the snow.

This winter...it's really cold.

The petite figure hardly stopped in the corridor, she quickly passed through a door, and entered the deeper part of the dormitory area. Here, finally, there was a little human breath in the deserted building—a faint person The sound came from several rooms in the distance, and occasionally one or two short pieces of bagpipe or accordion sounded in the middle. These sounds made her face slightly relaxed. She walked forward, and a door that was closest The door was just pushed open, and a young woman with neat short hair poked her head out.

"Dana?" The young woman with short hair looked at the petite figure walking in the corridor, with a little surprise in her tone, "I said why didn't I see you... where did you leave the dormitory?"

"I went to the library..." the short girl named Dana said in a low voice, she showed the things in her arms, they were the few books that were just checked out, "Mr. Miles lent I have a few books."

"The library... really deserves to be you," the short-haired woman put her waist on her waist and said imposingly, "Look at the water on your shoulders, you walked all the way through the snow like this? You forgot that you are still a mage ?”

"There was not a lot of snow outside. I removed the shield to touch the snowflakes, but then I forgot," Dana said with a little embarrassment, "Fortunately, it's not too wet..."

"Come in and get warm," the short-haired woman sighed helplessly, "If you really catch a cold, it might be a lot of trouble—especially in such a situation."

Dana hummed, and followed her roommate into the house—as a dormitory, the space inside is quite ample, there are even two rooms inside and outside, and all the places in sight are neatly tidied up, and the heating is driven by magic power. The system operates silently, maintaining the temperature in the room within a fairly comfortable range.

Dana put the few books she borrowed on the side desk, then looked around, and asked curiously, "Is Marianne not here?"

"She went upstairs and said she was going to check the 'inspection point'... She and the second son of the Weber family always looked very nervous, as if the Cecils would attack this dormitory building at any time," Short Hair The woman sighed again as she spoke, "Although I'm also quite worried about this, to be honest, if some Cecilians really come over... can us Typhon students convert a few dormitories into fortresses?"