Sword of Dawn

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In an instant, Maggie fell into great consternation: Cecil?Cecil's army? !

Why is the Cecilian army in this place?When did they get to this place?This is already a polluted area that has completely fallen. How did those Cecils get in? !

However, the astonishment returned to the astonishment in her heart, and Maggie's physical reaction still did not fall at all. She responded to the help of the strange elf almost immediately, and began to try to break through in the direction indicated by the other party, and at the same time said anxiously: "Boulder City needs support! The Duke of Jing and the last mountain army are still resisting! But they can't last long!"

It was a huge surprise to meet the Cecilian army here, but this accident made Maggie realize one thing: if the main force of these southerners has already arrived here, if they can fight all the way here, maybe Boulder City can still be saved!

The strange elf quickly responded, which made Maggie feel a little relieved: "Got it, I will report it immediately—but you'd better survive and explain the situation to Duke Cecil in person."

"I'll survive."

More attacks fell from the sky—including bright arcane missiles, and something that sent out a huge explosion.

A large number of crystal cluster giants were attracted by the attack from the sky, and Maggie's pressure suddenly eased. At the same time, she also saw those crystal cluster giants launch a counterattack against the griffins in the sky—they quickly Spreading out, while strafing the sky with dense and intersecting arcane arcs, they kept trying to block the flight path of the Griffin Knights, and those Griffin Knights kept shuttling between the arcane arcs with surprising skill, launching a round of Another round of attacks——

Things like this seem to be the norm.

Under the guidance of the strange elves, Maggie rushed towards the south of the battlefield, and a question suddenly arose in her mind:

During the 30-odd days that Boulder City was besieged, how much has this battlefield changed?

Chapter 0624 Rescue Plan

The reconnaissance team led by Sonya found a dragon being besieged by drake giants near the edge of the battle zone.

To be honest, Gao Wen was stunned when he first heard the news.

Because his first reaction was whether that Miss My little pony fell from the sky again—after all, that blue dragon had a precedent in this regard, and its flying skills were not very reliable.

But soon he ruled out this guess, because the report pointed out that the dragon was black, Gao Wen rationally analyzed it, and felt that it should not be the result of Melita being blown black by arcane lightning...

But no matter what, he immediately dispatched support troops to meet the opponent at the breakout location marked by Sonia. At the same time, he also set off immediately and arrived at an advance stronghold on the front line of the theater—a large number of troops were gathering at this stronghold. Prepare to use this as a stepping stone to launch further actions in the Red Maple area.

……

It wasn't until she saw several steel chariots with strange shapes and a large number of fully armed human soldiers appearing in front of her that Maggie was finally sure that she had survived.

That was Cecil's army—an army that could fight all the way from the edge of the contaminated area to the hinterland.

The engine of the steel chariot roars, the magic cannon emits a piercing scream, and the obelisk-shaped warhead accelerated by the orbit falls into the enemy's formation, ending those sad and twisted lives with an explosion, and there are soldiers wearing metal armor Carrying a heavy combat backpack, holding a flamethrower and marching with the chariot, flames billowed everywhere they passed, and everything burned.

The breath of iron and fire filled the battlefield, and the power of civilization, which was more barbaric than barbaric, completely shocked Maggie's heart.

Deafening explosions resounded in all directions, and the ground trembled slightly under the explosion. Maggie struggled to shake off a giant crystal cluster that was trying to grab her tail, and then watched the monster in the air being hit by more than a dozen blows. The light beam was cut into pieces, and the deadly magic effect was scattered around like cheap crossbow arrows, strafing all standing targets that were not friendly. Maggie couldn't help shrinking her neck under the huge earthquake , felt an inexplicable fright——

What kind of power did the founding duke who came back from the dead create in his kingdom?

She followed the safe route covered by the gunfire, and the strong dragon claws ran on the ground in a somewhat embarrassed posture. Out of the corner of her eye, she saw a car with a steel holy emblem, and many prayers and phrases stamped on the surface of the carriage with steel stamps. The large vehicle with the sacred symbol rushed up the ramp, and the weapons on the roof fired frequently, sweeping the battlefield with hot white light, and then the metal door on the side of the chariot opened, and several brave warriors wearing thick white armor and unusually tall stature came from inside They rushed out, holding heavy warhammers, their helmets and shoulder armor were engraved with scriptures everywhere, and the scripture cloth on their chests fluttered in the wind. They rushed to the battlefield, smashed the nearest cluster giant with their warhammers, and shouted Roaring: "Execute the purification of the Holy Light!"

Then, these berserkers picked up some kind of incendiary device hanging behind their backs and began to shoot around.

Finally, the battlefield returned to calm.

The Griffon Knight and the giant eagle hovered high in the sky, continuing to monitor the surrounding situation. A soldier who looked like a commander came to Maggie with a few soldiers. The commander looked at the scene in front of him with curiosity and caution. The black dragon glanced and asked aloud: "How is the situation? Can you understand human language?"

Enduring the throbbing pain from the wound, Maggie let out a deep, almost roaring voice: "Yes."

"Okay——" the officer nodded, and then noticed Maggie's massive bleeding wounds, so he immediately turned around and waved, "A priest is needed here—she is seriously injured!"

Even though Maggie's voice was deep in dragon form, the officer recognized the femininity in her voice.

Maggie originally wanted to say that her injury was not a problem, and that with the physique of the Dragon Clan, she could resist until she reached the evacuation point, but she soon forgot to speak in shock, because she saw those who were braver than Berserkers The heavy armored warrior walked towards him, and the leader untied a metal-cased prayer book from his waist, as if about to release the holy light technique...

So... These people are Cecil's priests?

At this moment, Maggie suddenly understood why the original Holy Light Church in the southern border was kicked out...

……

The rescue operation went very smoothly. Shortly after Gao Wen arrived at the advance base, the news of the mission's success was sent to him.

In the mission briefing, the commander praised the role played by the White Knight squad on the battlefield—they bravely eliminated the enemy and provided effective treatment to the aid target. Although there was only one squad member, they played a large role The role that soldiers can't replace is quite commendable.

This made Gao Wen quite relieved, and he strengthened his opinion: Priest, as expected, what he is good at is saving lives and healing wounds...

Before the evening of this day, the black dragon of unknown origin, but which seemed to be related to the Duke of the North, arrived at the advancing stronghold.

Thanks to effective treatment, she walked into the camp on her own.

Gao Wen specially vacated a large area in the camp to accommodate this visitor, because he remembered that the Dragon Race was a huge monster with a length of several tens of meters (data from Melita Pernia), but until then A black dragon appeared in the camp, and Gao Wen realized that the situation was different from what he expected.

It was an exceptionally thin dragon, with a wingspan limit of only a dozen meters, and a body size of only one-third to one-half the size of an adult dragon. Moreover, its wings were particularly distorted and short, as if they were not fully developed.

Although Gawain had only seen Melita Purnia's dragon form from a long distance before, and he could only measure the adult dragon's length visually, he was sure that the standard adult dragon was definitely taller than the black dragon in front of him. Much bigger.

Is this a baby dragon?

With such doubts in mind, he calmly met the black dragon who was walking into the center of the camp. The latter hardly paid much attention to the strange prefabricated barracks and rotating magic power monitoring devices around him, nor did he pay attention to the soldiers and officers nearby. Stopping to look around, she came to Gao Wen, and that face that was so different from that of a human... revealed a clearly identifiable anxiety.

Before she got close, she said quickly: "Dear Duke, Boulder City needs your support! Victoria, she..."

"Don't worry, I've received news that the main force has begun to move north," Gawain interrupted the black dragon. He noticed that his words obviously made the breathing of the dragon in front of him calm down, which made him very curious, "You Who is it? What is your relationship with Victoria Wilder?"

The black dragon was silent for a while, and then clearly said something that surprised Gao Wen: "I am Maggie, you have seen her before."

"Maggie?" Gawain was stunned for a moment, and after a few seconds, he finally searched the pronunciation from his memory, and remembered that it seemed to be the name of the black-haired maid next to Victoria—a very distinctive, unmistakable name. Like an ansu style name.

"So that's it... a giant dragon..." Gawain laughed and nodded slightly, "Has the Wilder family actually established contact with you..."

"I am loyal to Victoria with my personal will," the black dragon said immediately, and was a little curious, "You... don't seem surprised when you face the Dragon Clan?"

"I've dealt with dragons before," Gao Wen said casually, and then asked, "but the dragons I've seen are different from yours. If you take the liberty to ask, if you find it offensive or taboo, you don't have to answer—you , is it a young dragon?"

He remembered that the black-haired maid's human form was very mature, so he was very curious about her dragon form, and this was a good opportunity to learn about the dragon race. The other party wanted something from him at this moment, so he probably wouldn't ask for it because of this simple question. Turn on yourself.

He noticed that Maggie hesitated for a while in front of this question. There might still be tension and irritation hidden in the hesitation. It seemed that this simple question had touched an area she was unwilling to answer, but she still spoke, her tone A little hesitant: "This is... a disease..."

"Okay, I understand," Gao Wen vaguely guessed what was going on, and immediately interrupted, "Sorry, ma'am, my question offended me."

Immediately afterwards, he looked at Maggie's current form and changed the subject: "Ma'am, can you change into a human form? Maybe it will be easier for us to communicate."

The black dragon lowered its neck slightly: "Yes - please step back a little."

Several commanders including Gao Wen, as well as Hu Po and others who ran out to watch the fun, immediately retreated, while the black dragon in the center of the open space moved its wings and tail, accompanied by a powerful wave With the fluctuation of magic power and the sudden appearance of the cyclone, the whole body of the black dragon was shrouded in a constantly wriggling light curtain——

Seeing the continuous shrinking and changing of the light curtain, Gao Wen couldn't help but think of a sentence: Most transformation spells in the world originated from the dragon clan...

Maggie, with black hair and black eyes, wearing a maid's skirt and two long swords hanging from her waist, stepped out of the light curtain.

In the crowd, Amber couldn't help muttering to Philip: "Actually, I've always wondered where the clothes and belongings are hidden on the bodies of people who practice transfiguration..."

The young and straightforward knight was obviously not very able to adapt to the rhythm of this intelligence leader, and was stunned for a moment: "...Why are you thinking so strangely?"

"Thank you very much for your assistance." Maggie in human form came to Gawain and bowed deeply, but then couldn't help asking, "When will your army..."

"The main force of my legion will arrive at the battle zone in the evening, and we can launch an attack overnight, but before that, we must formulate an effective attack plan," Gawain interrupted the humanoid dragon, and pointed to a different place. The barracks used as the headquarters in the distance, "Please follow me, I want to understand the situation in the north first."

Maggie followed Gawain and several Cecil officers into the headquarters. Here, the first thing she saw was an extremely delicate and detailed map hanging on the wooden wall of the barracks.

On the exquisite map, she saw the giant wooden crossing marked with many tactical symbols, saw the criss-crossing arrows, saw the lines showing the position of the enemy and the division of the battle zone, and one after another that even she couldn't understand. Numbers and shorthand marks.

Even though she was only a maid in name, Maggie instantly realized what this map meant: it meant the Cecils controlled the battlefield, and it meant a way of warfare that had never been achieved before!

She even wanted to turn her head away at the first moment, because the information presented on the map was so much that it could influence the situation of the war, but soon she realized that Gao Wen brought her to see this map. map.

Gao Wen spoke from the side: "Mark where Victoria is, where the enemy is, their approximate size, and the situation of the main defense line—if you know it."

Maggie nodded, walked forward, and pointed to the location of Boulder City: "Victoria and the Mountain Corps are trapped in the castle area...

"The enemy has completely surrounded Boulder City. There are no gaps in the ground. The number... is conservatively estimated to be more than [-], and this number can increase at any time, because they have a steady stream of troops that can be mobilized. As long as the attack is frustrated, they will definitely increase their troops...

"This is Hongfeng City, on the east bank of the Gorgon River, the base camp of those monsters...

"When I flew across the sky, I saw that those monsters were dividing part of their forces and moving south..."

Gawain listened carefully to Maggie's information one by one, and kept summarizing and considering them, while beside him, Philip and several staff members were also discussing in low tones quickly, deducing possible attack routes.

"How long do you think Victoria can last?" Gao Wen asked suddenly.

Maggie said in a heavy tone: "They originally relied on the strength of the blizzard barrier to hold on, and they could last for three days. Later, Victoria took the initiative to withdraw from the blizzard and chose to face the enemy head-on. Relying on the walls of the castle area and the hard work of the soldiers, they may only be able to Two days... no, that's the Mountain Corps, they must last one more day! Even if there is no blizzard, they can last three days!"

Gao Wen sighed slightly in his heart.

Rather than lingering for three days behind a safe barrier, did the northern soldiers choose to die generously after three days of fighting...

"I've been on the road for a day..." Maggie added.

On the other side, Philip and the staff had already discussed something, and one of the staff came to Gao Wen's side and whispered a few words.

Gawain raised his head and looked at Maggie: "Ma'am, I'm afraid we won't be able to reach Boulder City within two days."

The black-haired maid's eyes widened instantly, but before she showed despair, Gawain had already continued:

"But we only need a day to get to Red Maple—and blow it up."

Chapter 0625 Combat plan, marching into Hongfeng

The tactical map was hung in front of Gao Wen's eyes. On the map, each location mark, each place name, and each river and tidal flat were accurately marked in the correct position.

The Gorgon River, Red Maple City, Boulder City, the boundary line of the war zone, the main position of Cecil's army, the direction of march... Advanced tactical concepts and convenient means of information transmission make this map present a map that can make this era a reality. The staggering amount of information of the tacticians also allowed Gao Wen to calculate most of the variables of a rapid march in a short time.

With the advancing speed of Cecil's army—even though it is already very, very fast—it is impossible for Gawain's main force to reach Boulder City in time. Arriving within a day, the exhausted army could not fight against the already strong crystal cluster army. After all, it was already the deepest part of the polluted area, and the crystal cluster giants entrenched there were all elites.

But he can attack Hongfeng directly.

Hongfeng is just north of the main force of the legion, and there is only a relatively flat riverbank plain between the two. The situation along the way has been ascertained by the reconnaissance troops. At the same time, this route is also supported by the artillery of the Cecil Inland Fleet. Within the range, even the Red Maple City itself is relatively close to the Gorgon River. When the Pioneer arrives at the western river of the Red Maple, nearly one-third of the entire city will be within the bombardment range of the naval guns.

Considering the unique organizational structure of the cluster giants, they will pay more attention to the "command center" than the human army. Once the Red Maple City is attacked, Gawain is [-]% sure that all the cluster giants in the vicinity will return to help - including the attack on Boulder City that wave.

This is Gao Wen's version of "Besieging Wei and Rescuing Zhao".

Maggie quickly understood Gawain's thinking, and realized that this was probably the most possible solution at present.

"When our shells hit the Red Maple City Wall, the Northern Legion was more than half safe-the crystal cluster giants have a certain degree of telepathy, and they will immediately sense the danger of the base camp and return to rescue. Gao Wen stood in front of the map, and swept his finger between Hongfeng and Boulder City, "There are two possibilities in the future. If we can completely destroy Hongfeng's command center before the returning enemy arrives, then lose the commander The crystal cluster army will immediately fall into weakness and lose control. They will return to the base camp according to their previous obsession, but their combat effectiveness will be greatly reduced. We can arrange our positions and simply eliminate those monsters that are similar to wild beasts;

"If the enemy's reinforcements arrive before we break through the Red Maple defense, then we will switch to mobile combat. The mobility and endurance of the mechanized troops are better than the crystal cluster giants. We can take advantage of this, and with the support of fleet artillery, Those monsters were wiped out on the plain in front of Red Maple City."

Gawain finished his tactic briefly, and then Philip and his staff began to revise and supplement this tactic. Maggie looked at the orderly scene in the headquarters in a daze, and suddenly felt that Cecil seemed to be It is dealing with this war by controlling the machine: all actions are planned, and all changes are set up. Soldiers, weapons, supplies, and even enemy resistance, all factors are turned into parts and filled into In the huge war machine built by the Cecilians...

The unavoidable accidents and chance factors in war, as well as the flexible combat capabilities that the army must have, rely on the resourcefulness of these officers with clear responsibilities to supplement them.

At this moment, Gawain's voice suddenly came from the side, interrupting Maggie's thoughts: "Also... I have another idea. Ms. Maggie, maybe you can make our tactics more varied."

"Me?" Maggie was taken aback, then nodded immediately, "If there is anything I can do, I will definitely cooperate!"

"You are a dragon, so you must be better at flying than a griffin or a giant eagle," Gawain's thoughts gradually became active. After noticing Maggie's dragon identity, some things had already been brewing in his mind, but at this stage, there are still some Tactics that cannot be realized naturally emerged, "How much weight can you carry at most when flying?"

"I..." Maggie hesitated all of a sudden, with a bit of embarrassment on her face, "I'm actually not very good at flying..."

Gao Wen frowned imperceptibly.

He thought of the pair of deformed wings he had seen before, and Maggie's too thin body in the black dragon state.

It seems that this dragon living in the human world has more serious physical problems than he imagined. The abnormal body shape and wings... It really is some kind of serious deformity.

Maggie couldn't help lowering her head: "I'm sorry, but I can't help you in this situation..."

"No, it doesn't matter, it's just an alternative," Gao Wen continued to expand his thoughts inspired by Maggie, and gradually showed a thoughtful expression, "And I have an alternative. Alternatives to the plan..."

While speaking, he stroked the ring of mithril that he always carried with him.

Now that you've established a "friendship" with the dragon, why not give it a try?Now may be the time...

The built-in magic structure in the ring was activated and gradually emitted a little heat. After a while, Gawain heard Melita Purnia's voice ringing in his ears: "The Mithril Treasury is always ready to serve our important customers—— Hello, Your Excellency the Duke."

"You should be nearby." Gao Wen was already familiar with the other party's skillful "official opening", and said in a flat tone, "Can you come over?"

The person on the opposite side of the ring seemed to be taken aback, and after a moment of hesitation, he said, "How do you know I'm nearby?"

Gao Wen's tone was half a smile: "Is there anything more worthy of 'observation' by 'you' than this war?"

"...That's true," Melita seemed to smile slightly, "Then please wait a moment, I'll be there in a while."

After the communication was hung up, Gawain's eyes swept across Maggie next to him—he suddenly became a little curious, wondering what the blue dragon lady from the Mithril treasure house would do when she saw this black dragon living in human society. What kind of development is there.

...Shouldn't there be a dog-blood bridge between two dragons fighting in the camp?

At the same time, in the warehouse area deep in the camp, Melita Pernia, who was wearing a lavender gauze dress and covered with light gauze, stood up in the warehouse of the "stay-at-home". She casually tidied up the bed beside her. Bedding and pots and pans—all "borrowed" from a nearby warehouse—then strutted out of Cecil's rice warehouse with their heads held high.

This way from the southern border to the giant log crossing, she has come here in this way - as it turns out, as long as she is not bumped into by that weird half-elf, Miss Melita's dignity as a dragon of the secret law can still be preserved, so long Time passed, and none of Cecil's quartermasters found anyone stealing rice from the army...

Gawain thought that Melita was nearby, and it wouldn't be long before he would arrive in front of him, but he never thought that "it won't be long" would only wait for less than 10 minutes.

When Amber came in with a strange expression and reported that the agent of the Mithril Treasury had arrived outside the barracks, Gawain even suspected that Miss Blue Dragon had been living in his camp...