Sword of Dawn

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He retracted his head, calmed down his turbulent emotions, and turned his head to order: "Turn on the mental protection system!"

"Yes, turn on the mental protection of each car!"

Accompanied by a slight sound of magic power running, around the seats inside the chariot, on the surface of the periscope and various observation windows, some magical runes that were originally invisible became brighter as they were charged.Those runes are twisted and twisted, and they don't belong to any rune system known to humans. In fact, the various systems of the chariot can't control the operation of these runes at all. What the power ridge can do is to treat these runes mixed with magic materials. The runes charged by them are just to make them glow and appear, but this kind of "appearance" has incredible effects.

With light blue mysterious lines appearing everywhere in the car, Senior quickly felt his mood calm down, and the faint sound of ocean waves came gently, bringing sober, uplifting and high-spirited power, making him feel calm. His previous anxiety and vague fears all disappeared, not only that, he even felt a little happy...

This is the mental protection system, which is a new equipment installed on the chariot by the magicians not long ago. Senior does not know the principle of this system, but he has vaguely heard of this device and the rear It is related to a certain "technical cooperation project", and its role is to protect the minds of soldiers in the face of spiritual attacks from the superhuman realm. Now it seems that it is indeed very effective.

It's just that this device also has a limit - once it runs for too long, the soothing power released by the mind protection system will become another kind of mental pollution, and the user will inevitably fall into a state of excitement and pleasure, and even suffer from "Being called by the sea" and acting irrationally, the technical staff behind are currently trying to eliminate or weaken the negative impact of this aspect, but it seems that the problem has not been solved yet.

"Pay attention to the timer of the protection system," Senior reminded his subordinates, and then ordered the team to move on, "close to that light."

Under the protection of the mental protection system, Senior's reconnaissance team continued to move forward, the hazy light became more and more clear, and the source of the light also faintly emerged.

After passing a crumbling wall, Senior saw it.

That monstrosity that is both holy and terrible, pure and profane.

The giant deer shrouded in white light, the man-made god who continues to disintegrate and reorganize his flesh and blood.

"Ancestor..." A soldier looked at the giant deer standing quietly in the ruins through the front observation window in astonishment, his voice trembling unconsciously, "What is that?"

"There is no doubt that it is a monster," Senior was equally astonished, but said calmly, "The rest of the teams approached in groups of four."

The convoy immediately followed the plan and formed a group of three "Warhammer I" and one "Steel Ambassador". After dispersing, they cautiously approached the giant deer in the distance. With these uninvited guests approaching.

But Senior kept in mind the orders of his superiors, and when the convoy was still far away from the halo around the giant deer, he ordered the whole team to stop, and stopped hundreds of meters away from the giant deer.

The giant deer still stood motionless, looking into the distance like a soulless body. The extraordinary brilliance shrouded its body, in stark contrast to the hideous scars and deformities on the body. It is like a scene of impression paintings standing between heaven and earth, extremely strange, but extremely contradictory beauty.

"I can't get any closer, it's too weird, something is wrong with this thing," Senior frowned tightly, "Activate the photo-recording crystal outside, save some video data, and the crews retreat..."

The engine of the chariot was activated, and the tracks turned, driving the heavy vehicle back slowly. Senior watched the giant deer vigilantly. Suddenly, he saw the eyes of the giant deer, which had been motionless, turn slightly.

Perhaps some sort of slumber phase was just ending, or perhaps the chariots had finally caught the monster's attention, and it moved.

Accompanied by the sound of the engine of one of the chariots, the giant deer slowly lowered its head, watching the slowly retreating chariot with crystal-like eyes, and the extreme madness was brewing in the eyes in calmness.

Senior reacted almost instantly, and shouted loudly while tapping the button of the communicator: "Accelerate! Retreat!!"

The engine of the chariot turned from a low noise to a roar in an instant, and all the chariots suddenly turned to accelerate, and at this moment, the eyes of the giant deer suddenly became blood-red, followed by a sound that seemed to be mixed together with countless roars and murmurs. Roaring wildly, a dazzling light cluster formed between the horns of the giant deer like light casting. The light cluster jumped, surrounded by countless lightning bolts, and turned into a long spear, shooting straight at one of the chariot squadrons. .

The Steel Ambassador instantly activated the shield booster on the vehicle, a translucent energy barrier enveloped the entire team at the very moment, and the energy spear struck at almost the same time—a piercing piercing scream With the sound, the shield and spear were annihilated together, and the magic energy crystal fixed above the Iron Ambassador chariot was also blown to pieces——

Immediately afterwards, the second energy spear quickly condensed, and before everyone could react, it swept across the heavily damaged Steel Ambassador, accompanied by a series of deafening explosions, and the latter was instantly wiped out.

All the chariots turned, accelerated, and sprinted away at the fastest speed, while the giant deer let out a second frenzied roar. Amidst the roar that was enough to break the mind, it stepped forward and moved towards the direction where the scouting team was evacuating. rush away.

At this moment, another chariot suddenly fell behind. Its shield flickered violently, as if it was being attacked by invisible magic power. After a short struggle, its shield was completely extinguished, and a large number of blooming flowers and emerald greens were about to drip. The vines grew crazily from its steel cracks, wrapping the entire chariot into a tomb full of vitality in a few seconds, which was frightening to look at.

"Boom!" "Boom!!"

Continuous explosions sounded one after another, and the chariots turned their turrets one after another, and fired at the terrifying monster on the way. At such a short distance, and on the basis of the latter's relatively large size, almost all the shells hit the target.

The holy light around the giant deer surged violently, half of the shells were detonated before hitting the target, and the rest of the shells hit the mutated flesh and blood body of the giant deer. Senior saw the monster's flesh and blood splatter, The scarred body seemed to be shattered by several bombardments at any moment, but the monster only staggered a few times, then let out a roar, and continued to catch up! !

The shelling only left some small scars on its seemingly fragile and broken body, and it repaired itself in an instant!

"We might have pissed it off..." a soldier yelled, "It looks very, very, very angry!!"

"It didn't intend to get along with us when it wasn't angry—but you're right, we provoked it!" Senior responded loudly, "Scatter the queue and prepare to throw mines—"

At this moment, the terrifying giant deer suddenly uttered a different cry than before, and then stopped without warning. It roared and made various vague and terrifying sounds. Its body All sorts of terrifying changes also took place: the rolled and ruptured flesh and blood sometimes merged and sometimes separated, the light around it sometimes became stronger and sometimes dimmed, and its crystal-like eyes sometimes became blood-red, and sometimes became dazzling——

It seemed to be in an extremely unstable state, and it stayed in place for a short time.

Senior didn't know what happened, but he knew one thing—life appeared.

The entire reconnaissance team quickly adjusted its direction and quickly evacuated towards the distance.

……

Saint Sunil, Gawain was interrupted by an urgent communication. He hurried to the study and saw Maryland's serious face emerging on the holographic projection.

"My lord, it has appeared," said the former general of the Rock Fortress, now the commander of the Iron Throne, "a monster that looks like a deer—but is as huge as a castle."

Chapter 0654 Arranged to Understand the Crisis

After seeing the image data transmitted by the Iron Throne Zero, Gao Wen couldn't help taking a deep breath.

Those lunatics actually created a fake "Giant Deer Amoen"...

The fake is obviously out of control, as evidenced by the cracked flesh and deformed body, but other than that, no matter the holy radiance surrounding it or the light-cast antlers are the same as the real "Giant Deer Amorn" , This is undoubtedly an astonishing creation—even though it is an enemy, even though it is on the wrong route, the biochemical technology in the hands of the Doom Society still amazes Gao Wen in his heart.

They probably collected the genetic factors from the god of nature in the human body, and then created this monster through some kind of reverse restoration method. This level of technical power...

But if you take it out to do some personnel work, can't you?

Gao Wen only wanted to sigh this now, but the high-level executives of the Death of Everything Association may have already been wiped out when this terrible man-made god woke up out of control. All his sighs and questions could not be vented, the only thing he could do was , is to find a way to deal with this huge mess.

He looked at the magic net terminal in front of him, a bust of Maryland was showing on the holographic projection in mid-air, and behind the commander was a busy scene in the command center of the Iron Throne Tactical Section, several holographic projections flickered in the background of the screen Then, many civil servants with materials in their hands hurried through the carriage. Obviously, the appearance of that "giant deer" had made everyone nervous.

"What's the situation now? This... monster is still in place?"

"Yes," Maryland's voice was slightly distorted, perhaps due to the interference of the strong energy field permeating the entire Holy Spirit Plains, "During the first contact, it showed a strong aggressiveness and destroyed our two vehicles. The chariot killed the soldiers on board, but soon stopped moving and began to wander in the plains...

"I have sent several teams to continue to monitor this monster in a distant place. At present, I can confirm one thing-when our soldiers get close to this monster for a certain distance, it will activate and start attacking, but it may not be found for a period of time. It will stop when it reaches the target...

"Its range of activities is gradually expanding, and surveillance personnel find that it is becoming more and more restless.

"We suspect that it has not fully awakened yet, and it may take a few days, perhaps just one or two days, before it will fully 'wake up'..."

Gao Wen listened carefully to Maryland's report, while on the other side of the holographic projection, some video clips of the "man-made god" were displayed.

That weird monster ran wildly on the plain, sweeping the battlefield with an attack similar to a plasma jet, and the scorching heat swept out ravines on the ground; it made a frantic sound, accompanied by a chaotic noise that cannot be described in human language As it moves, it fills the battlefield, and a large number of cluster giants become more and more crazy amidst the noise; it wanders on the ground, with radiance floating around it, wherever it goes, birds, beasts, and even cluster giants are scattered all over the place. Falling down, countless flowers and vines bloomed on the corpse...

And in some pictures far away, it wanders in bewilderment on the plain, seemingly aimless, but occasionally runs wildly suddenly, attacking all targets indiscriminately.

All kinds of characteristics fully meet the standard of "frenzy".

This is the "power of gods" created by the end of all things.

According to Maryland's report, this monster is very powerful. It is almost completely unafraid of main battle tank shells. In theory, even a fixed ground cannon and the current maximum power calibration beam may not be able to kill it. At the same time, it has Terrible attack ability, the energy beam it summons can easily cut through the main battle tank's body, and it can penetrate the shield made by the steel ambassador with just one blow. Under the protection of the shield, all life forms will be transformed into vines and blooming flowers after approaching it, which means that as long as the regular ground troops stand within a certain range around this monster, they will die systematically...

This is the most powerful enemy the Cecil Legion has faced since its establishment.

However, Gao Wen judged that the giant deer was still an unsuccessful imitation, and he even suspected that those believers of the death of all things had just created a monster with a little power of gods.

Because the flesh and blood of this "Giant Deer" is not as indestructible as he imagined, although the main gun of Warhammer I can do little damage to it, it can still cause damage and hinder it-with the current mortal strength, it can cause damage, This is enough to show that the giant deer on the Holy Spirit Plain is just a clumsy monster.

With the strength of the entire southern territory, and at the expense of considerable sacrifices, relying on a large amount of long-range firepower beyond its self-healing limit and pre-set traps, it may still be possible to independently kill this "artificial god"—this is It was Gao Wen's estimate based on intelligence.

But he was just making an estimate, because he didn't intend to make such a huge sacrifice in order to deal with this "fake" - when the empire was not stable, and when the interior was empty and enemies were around, he had to preserve his strength , and this threat...is left to those hungry visitors from the deep sea.

It's time for this farce to end.

That monster should have just escaped from its "hotbed", and is currently wandering on the plain in a half-dream state, it will soon be fully awake, and start destroying according to its instinct - before that, the trap should be prepared .

……

In the south, Cecil City, on the banks of the Whitewater River, a fast mechanical ship preparing to go to the Rock Fortress is docking at the pier, and several magic vehicles with sword and plow emblems are parked beside the wide road leading to the trestle bridge, ready to board. The people on the boat were saying goodbye to their relatives and friends by the side of the road, while the sea monster Tyre was lazily lying on the edge of the pier, watching this scene a little bored.

The reason why it is "Lie" instead of "Pan" is because she is using a fish tail now.

Humans are really a very strange creature...or all short-lived and fragile species look strange in the eyes of the siren.These people value the short-term separation so much that even if it is only a few hundred kilometers apart, they have to say goodbye for a long time here, and there are even some seemingly "ritualized" things in it. , For example, giving each other tokens, blessing each other, etc... These things seem interesting at first, but after watching too much, they feel boring.

At least for Miss Till, who just wants to be lazy, these things are far less comfortable than basking and napping on the pier.

Till yawned vigorously, straightening his head to the tip of his tail, and then the fish's tail slammed, and the whole fish flipped over on the concrete floor of the pier, continuing to bask in the sun and take a nap.

However, a figure suddenly approached, blocking the warm and comfortable sunlight, and awakening Tyre, who was about to fall asleep.

Miss Kraken raised her head and looked at the figure approaching her - the figure was wearing a plain white dress, her long gray hair was tied behind her head, and she was holding a wide-brimmed sunhat that was recently popular in the southern region, with a tan on her cheek. A striking scar, a familiar person:

The head of the Rune Academy, Cecil's chief rune expert, Miss Jenny Perot.

Tyre rubbed his eyes: "Aren't you going to say goodbye to your friends?"

"There's nothing to say goodbye to, anyway, I'll be back soon," Jenny said with a smile, "I'm here to say hello to you..."

"Your habit of saying honorifics to everyone is really hard to get used to," Tyre yawned, "Why do you say hello to me...I'm basking in the sun."

"Thank you for giving us the mysterious runes on your body for study. According to the news from the front, those runes have indeed worked, and the lives of many soldiers have been saved," Jenny bowed her head sincerely and said, " It's a shame that we can only use it superficially, and we haven't cracked the secrets of those runes until now..."

"Then you have to crack it slowly, because even we don't know how those runes work," Tire patted the ground with his tail, "Maybe one day I have the opportunity to take you to see the giant squid , refer to the patterns on the surface of that thing, and you will understand... Your way of thinking and perception is different from our sea monsters, maybe you can see something that we can't see?"

Jenny smiled immediately: "I look forward to that day."

"Let's not talk about this," Tier propped up his upper body, supported himself with his fish tail, and looked up at the mechanical ship not far away, "...is it going to the city of San Sunil? ? Where is Gao Wen?"

"...Yes," Jenny seemed to pause for a moment before she said, "A large number of people are needed to restore order over there. In addition, the Duke also needs a group of scholars to sort out the materials in the royal archives and the Mage Association, and prepare to receive security Su's technological heritage... I was ordered to bring a team of rune experts to help."

"I heard that you are from that city." Tier looked curiously at the friend he met during the technical exchange, and the end of the fish tail unconsciously patted on the concrete floor, "Where are you from?" Acquaintance?"

acquaintance……

Jenny was silent for a short while, then turned her head, looked at the Baishui River sparkling under the breeze, at the mechanical ship that was retracting the magic wings, and at the direction of the capital.

The chief rune master smiled slightly: "There is indeed an acquaintance."

Afterwards, she said goodbye to Tyre, turned and walked towards the mechanical ship docked not far away.

Tire blinked, as if she felt that the rune master had a subtle mood swing at that moment, but she couldn't tell what the mood swing was because she didn't know much about human beings, so she could only shake her head and stretch Waist up and ready for another flip before the sun goes down.

However, she is destined to not be able to sleep in late today.

A sound of hurried footsteps came from not far away, and they were obviously heading towards this side. Tyre raised his eyelids and saw a young lady in a black uniform running towards this side.

It's the sheriff of the wharf area, Joan. It is said that she has a younger brother who works in the factory - Till often comes to the river to bask in the sun, so she knows this lady sheriff.

"Miss Till!" The young magistrate walked quickly to the "Ship Advisor" and bowed neatly, "A message from the Government Affairs Department, please go to discuss the matter immediately."

"Ah? Looking for me?" Tyre scratched his hair, "What's the matter?"

"I'm not very clear either... But Ms. Hetty asked me to tell you that you will understand," Miss Sheriff said seriously, "'Meals are on the table, ready to serve'."

"Dinner is ready? You still need to go to the government affairs hall..." Till didn't realize it at first (after all, it's been in the sun for almost a day), but he jumped up in the next second, "Dinner is ready?! Okay, I understand." It's—I'm going right away!"

Before she finished speaking, the siren lady had turned into a cloud of water mist, and in the next second she switched to a sea snake form that was easy to move, and left quickly.

If you hadn't seen it with your own eyes, I'm afraid no one would believe that a big bug can move so fast...

……

Saint Sunil, in Silver Castle, Gawain has already established a connection with the southern border.

"Our elemental jump tower is ready, and now we only need a guide beacon," Siren Tyr said with a serious face on the holographic projection projected by the magic net terminal, "I need a relatively stable environment. Fortunately, there is a river or other water body nearby, and I will release a signal there to guide it—then, you have to find a way to lure that 'deer' into the trap."

"...This is a very risky thing."

Gao Wen frowned, and his eyes slowly swept across the map hanging on the wall not far away.

The sea monsters can cross the endless sea through a method called "elemental leap", but this process is accompanied by a very obvious phenomenon of energy concentration. Even if the giant deer is unconscious, I am afraid it will not be stupid Silly waiting for this process to complete, so in order to ensure the success rate of "hunting", the trap must be prepared in another place in advance, and then use a certain method to lure the giant deer into this trap.

While thinking, Gao Wen gradually came up with a plan.

Chapter 0655 Trap

This will be the most challenging and risky operation since Cecil joined the army.

But until the operation is successful, and until the secrets behind it can be revealed, most of the people involved in this operation will not know the truth about it.

Mortals will try to hunt down a god—although it is only a false god created by man, and although the most critical link is completed by a powerful ally, the nature of this operation is still shocking. In this religion everywhere, acts of faith In a very common world, ordinary people would never dare to imagine in this regard. Even the powerful and highly organized Cecil Legion, if they face these truths before the operation begins, I am afraid that the army's morale will inevitably be shaken, A decrease in combat effectiveness.

The vast majority of soldiers will only know the orders issued by their superiors, and even a large number of middle and low-level commanders will only know the content of the links they are responsible for. Senior officials, and the people who planned it all.

Maryland, Commander of the Iron Throne, stood in the tactical section of the armored train. Through the windows covered with shields, he saw the soldiers busily shuttling around the armed platform and the defense line, the vehicles transporting ammunition, and the vehicles that were driving In the background of all this, the sky hangs gloomyly around the earth, and the charred city walls and towers in the distance stand silently on the plain, everything looks low and depressed, as if foreshadowing a new era. A storm is coming.

An adjutant wearing a black officer's uniform entered the tactical section, saluted the Maryland Cavaliers, and said loudly: "General, all ministries have been mobilized, the inspection of the railway line has been completed, and the conditions of the crews are normal!"

Maryland woke up from her thoughts and nodded, "Very well—where is that monster now?"

"The target is still wandering in the southwest direction, but it is gradually approaching the defense line," the adjutant replied immediately, "the current distance is about fifteen kilometers."

"Has Commando 'Brave' moved into position?"

"The commando has arrived and is cruising around the target awaiting orders."

"Continue to stand by..." Maryland took a light breath, and then slowly exhaled, "The order is coming soon."

"Yes, General!!" The adjutant answered bluntly, turned and returned to the communication station, while Maryland looked back from the window and looked back at the holographic image projected above another Magic Net terminal.

The sacred and weird, majestic and terrifying giant deer is wandering anxiously on the plain. Compared with when it just appeared, it has obviously awakened further, some kind of incomprehensible to human beings, which has gone beyond the common sense of "magic" The power of it shrouded around it, and wherever it passed, mutations occurred within a radius of hundreds of meters. Half of the land was scorched and hot, lifeless, but endless flowers and vines spread across the half of the land, full of vitality , as if the natural principles of life and death have been embodied in some way, and they are naturally displayed around this monster.