Sword of Dawn

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How important is the railway?Before seeing the detailed information about the train brought back by the expedition team, Rosetta Augustus had only a general impression, but after seeing those detailed information, he realized this almost subversive almost instantly. What a terrifying power and potential application of our technology—

It can transport troops enough to capture a city to its destination in a short period of time, and can maintain logistics supplies at a very low cost. If it is for transportation to other countries, cutting off the railway can instantly make a city or even a region's supplies Paralyzed by supply - its transportation power is so powerful that many things unimaginable on traditional roads and horse-drawn carriages have become possible on railroads.

Last winter, the aristocratic parliament and the royal advisors were greatly shaken after receiving relevant information about the railway. They discussed the feasibility of laying a railway in the empire with shock and tension. They discussed for three days and three nights, and finally A report of more than 90 pages was given to Rosetta. The whole report first confirmed one thing:

Typhon needs this advanced transportation technology because Typhon's factories need it.

Subsequently, two of the most significant potential risk assessments were presented in the report -

First of all, be wary of the Ansu people using the transnational railway to launch an attack on the empire-at the speed of the train, once the first wave of attack comes without warning, the guards at the pass may not even have time to blow up the track.

Second, how to protect the railways within the empire, ensuring that they are fully under imperial control and preventing them from being destroyed by the enemy.

As an empire that has emerged from the flames of war, Typhon has never lacked vigilance against wars, especially after the empire has developed to a certain...critical state, Ansu has become an imaginary enemy in the hearts of almost all Typhon's upper echelons.

Daniel looked at Rosetta Augustus silently for a few seconds, and then his slightly yellow eyes rolled slightly.

"Your Majesty, I'm just a technician, so I probably don't quite understand your military concerns, but from a technical point of view, I can give you some advice."

"That's exactly what I want."

"The key to the problem is energy, or the magic net," Daniel said calmly. "Whether it is a railway or a train, they all rely on the magic net laid along the way, and if the Ansu people, or Sisi The Er people really want to launch an attack on the empire, and many of their war memories also need to rely on the magic net to operate - the magic net they can carry must be limited, so preventing the empire's magic net from falling into the hands of outsiders is the key.

"I've recently been thinking about a control structure for the magic net. Maybe we can set up the overall control of the magic net in the core area of ​​​​the empire, so that it can shut down the supply of the magic net in any area at any time, or even destructively. ...

"Unless the enemy controls the core area of ​​the empire and captures the imperial capital and the imperial palace, their energy supply will be cut off in any area of ​​the empire..."

"...This plan is very good," Rosetta Augustus thought about it, and said slowly, "Well...very good."

As the Emperor Typhon spoke, he raised his eyelids and looked into Daniel's eyes quietly.

The artificial nerve cord behind Daniel was still squirming slightly, and his face was calm, facing Rosetta's gaze calmly.

"Master, I will leave this matter to you. Please come up with a plan as soon as possible and submit it to me for personal review."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

The old magician left, and Rosetta picked up the materials she had put away before, and glanced at them casually.

"Ansu..."

He murmured the name of the ancient kingdom that was in the vortex, and his eyes were calm, neither hostile nor sympathetic.

Cecil's sudden rise was unexpected. Those incredible technologies and the existence of Gawain Cecil himself made him feel a long-lost threat. Therefore, this powerful ruler of the empire couldn't help but think of Some "defense" stuff.

But in essence, he still prefers to attack.

"After this battle is over, the blood of the Ansu people should be almost exhausted..."

Daniel left the emperor's study, left the long corridor in front of the study, and took a deep breath until he passed through the front hall of the Obsidian Palace, left the main entrance of the palace, and walked to the square in front of the palace. Then exhale slowly.

The artificial nerve cords crawling on his back squirmed quickly for a while, and gradually returned to calm after a few seconds.

Thanks to the knowledge bestowed by the master, he was able to control his emotions and reactions so successfully. If it was him who was nearly out of control before, it would be absolutely impossible to complete such a difficult negotiation.

After relaxing a little bit, the old magician raised his head and began to look for his apprentice who was supposed to be waiting for him in the square.

Mary was not standing where she should be.

Daniel frowned slightly, and couldn't help muttering while looking around: "That idiot...where did he go..."

He didn't look for too long, and after only a few minutes, he saw his familiar black-haired female apprentice——

At some point, Mary ran to the edge of the square. At this moment, she was squatting in front of a little girl who came running from nowhere. Looking over from a distance, Daniel even saw two magic balls of light jumping in Mary's hands.

Like a humble street clown, she ran into the square and performed tricks for passing children?

Daniel was stunned for a moment, and then walked over angrily, and until he got behind Mary, the young female mage hadn't reacted yet, and was still vigorously conjuring magic light balls to tease the little girl in front of her , the latter opened her eyes wide, watching the performance of "Sister Mage" in amazement, but she finally noticed the old mage with a gloomy and terrifying face, and shrank her neck in fear.

It was only then that Mary noticed the familiar aura behind her, she trembled almost subconsciously, then stood up quickly, turned around, and saw the gloomy expression of the instructor without any surprise.

She immediately lowered her head and twisted her hands together nervously: "Gu...Teacher...I..."

"How is this going!?"

"The kid is lost, I... I just want to..."

Daniel's angry words were about to come out, but he couldn't help being stunned for a moment after hearing Mary's words, and then he looked down at the little girl.

A lost little girl, dressed decently, so she should not be a child laborer who escaped from a factory, but she is not at the level that can enter and leave the palace, most likely a citizen living nearby.

For some reason, another thought popped up in Daniel's mind——

A long time ago, when Mary ran into his mage's tower in a daze, she seemed to be this big...

He raised his head and looked at the female apprentice who was looking nervous, even terrified.

Now, the little girl who ran into the mage's tower in a daze had grown up.

If Mary hadn't run into his mage's tower back then, what would she be like now?Will he look at an old magician with such trepidation, waiting for punishment?Or they will live peacefully beside their parents, or they are already married and have a husband...

Daniel's face moved, as if he wanted to squeeze out a pleasant smile, but his dry and stiff muscles seemed to be unable to do such complicated things, so he could only shake his head and stroke the little girl's hair: "No Running around and getting lost will make parents worry."

Then he raised his hand and beckoned to the guards near the square.

The guard immediately ran over with utmost hospitality, not daring to be slighted—even if the soldier didn't know the chief scholar of the Imperial Engineering Association, he had just watched Daniel walk out of the Obsidian Palace accompanied by his attendants. Naturally, treat them with respect.

"The child is lost. Take her to her parents—I will confirm this with your officer later."

Daniel ordered casually, and the soldiers agreed one after another.

After the soldiers and the children had left, Daniel glanced at Mary: "It's too stupid to be cured. Even with your status in the Industrial Association and the contacts you know in the noble council, you can command this street." You can't be any soldier on the battlefield, but you only know how to coax children with a few tricks."

Mary lowered her head, not daring to say a word.

Daniel's gaze then fell on Mary's neck, on the iron rune collar.

"Remember what I told you, what will happen if you leave the area I set for you at will?"

Hearing the tutor's words, Mary reacted in shock, and almost subconsciously reached out to touch the iron ring around her neck.

However, before some more terrifying thoughts emerged, she saw the mentor stretching out his hand to herself—the hand squeezed the iron ring around her neck, followed by a light click, which had accompanied her for many years The iron ring was opened lightly.

Daniel muttered: "I knew that bringing you this thing won't stop you from running around, so just throw this shit away.

"Throw away the neck rings of those idiots when you go back."

Chapter 0623 The Fallen Dragon

On the 43rd of the recovery month, it was clear, light wind, and good visibility.

Jinna, the Griffin Knight, drove his partner for eight years to cover the Elven Giant Eagle across the clear sky.

The scene of the land below was clearly presented in Jin Na's sight. She saw that the land scorched by the flames and the calibration beam was scorched black, and there were terrible bomb craters all over the scorched earth, and a few wisps of smoke were still rising from between the bomb craters. And in the land far to the north, the figure of a shambling giant can be vaguely seen.

This is the trace of war, a war like never before, where machines and monsters have torn the land apart and will continue to do so.

The shape of war has changed - a knight who once served Viscount Leslie understood this well.She changed from a messenger for the nobles to an aerial scout of the Cecil Legion, and rode a griffin all the way from the south to the north. She overlooked the war, the battlefield ravaged by the war machine, and sighed with emotion. The change in my own life is feeling the change in the form of war.

The knights charging on horseback have been replaced by chariots roaring with artillery fire, and the soldiers wearing simple armor who charge indiscriminately have also become magical combat soldiers comparable to extraordinary people. Many new things have replaced the old things, and the Griffin Knight will again When will it be replaced?

A cloud of mist floated from nearby, and the giant elf eagle on the side slightly adjusted its flight direction. Jin Na also immediately adjusted the auxiliary reins of the griffin to keep up with the figures of the elf allies.

Griffin Knights are one of the few "old-age units" in the Cecil Legion. Due to their unique flying ability, there is no new unit to replace them. These sky-flying knights are still the best messengers and Scouts, many companions are also quite proud of this, but Jin Na always has a premonition that that incredible duke will come up with something that can replace the griffin sooner or later, and she, who only knows how to control the griffin, will be able to do it again at that time. What kind of embarrassing situation is there?

I usually read more books...it is also convenient to find a new job.

Some distracted thoughts flashed through her mind, and the female knight hurriedly raised her hand and patted her cheek, forcing herself to focus on the task.

It has not penetrated into the hostile area yet, but we still cannot relax our vigilance. Although the griffins fly in the sky, those extraordinarily powerful cluster giants have the ability to use lightning to hit the air-there are already two unskilled griffin riders in the sky. Jin Na didn't want to be the third person who died during a reconnaissance mission.

The female knight adjusted her posture on the saddle, and glanced at the hangers on both sides of the special large saddle, on which was installed a new type of equipment prepared for the Griffin Knight: a weapon capable of firing extended-range arcane spells. The magic terminal of the missile is used for self-defense, and a clasp connected to a wire rope-pull the clasp, and the two ten-kilogram recrystallized bombs hanging on both sides of the Griffin's shoulders and necks will be thrown to the ground for attack.

In the eyes of the Griffin Knights, this is a very satisfying and even surprising good thing, but the Duke seems not satisfied with it. Jin Na once heard the Duke chanting about the load-carrying capacity of the Griffin by chance. It's still not enough, ten kilograms is an aerial bomb, etc. I don't understand...

At this moment, a voice suddenly sounded beside Jin Na's ear: "The red line is about to be crossed, be more vigilant."

Jin Na raised her head and saw that the giant elven eagle that was the leader of the team had already started to climb, and the high-ranking messenger riding on the eagle's back slightly opened his hands——a light blue magic aura centered on the giant eagle The center spread out to the surroundings, and the three griffins guarding the giant eagle were immediately protected by the power of the wind element, and they easily kept up with the height and speed of the giant eagle.

The giant eagle knights of the elves have better ground observation ability and flying ability, and are more qualified scouts than the griffon knights, but they have poor load-bearing capacity, so that they almost lose weight after bringing a thin elf. They can't carry more loads, and naturally they can't carry any self-defense weapons and protective gear. At the same time, these elf allies are extremely valuable. It can be said that the few giant eagle knights can't afford to lose any of them. Therefore, in the recent reconnaissance mission, The commander began to arrange for heavily armed Griffin Knights to serve as the guards of the giant eagle—the Cecil-style Griffin Knights had thin steel plates hanging on their chests and abdomen, shield generators on their bodies, and carried ground-to-air weapons. Weapons, the pure combat power is far stronger than the giant eagle.

The howling wind swept past the shield, leaving only a breeze blowing on the faces of the knights. The entire reconnaissance team quickly raised the altitude, and soon reached the bottom of the cloud layer.At this height, the eyes of both humans and griffins can no longer capture the details on the ground—even with eagle eye, so the specific observation task depends on the elf messenger and her... eagle Shaped pigeon to complete.

There was a light blue gleam in Sonia Frostleaf's eyes. She cast a spell that could enhance her eyesight on her "cuckoo", and then shared the vision from the giant eagle-this is a long-term training. The ability to cooperate, because wild birds will immediately fall into confusion after suddenly gaining enhanced vision, and cannot accurately judge their true height. Among the giant eagles raised by the elves, nearly two-thirds of the eagles will be unable to adapt to this situation. He was eliminated due to one spell, so he couldn't become a scouting partner.

If the poorly gifted "Cuckoo" hadn't been trained by the Thornheart Master, who is best at training giant eagles, he would have been eliminated long ago.

If only Master Briarheart hadn't kept so many pigeons in Moon Valley...

Sonia sighed for no reason in her heart, and then the corner of her eye suddenly caught a little abnormality on the ground below.

"Attention, the surface on the right front - the sunny side of the hill, there is a situation."

There seems to be a battle going on there.

Hundreds of crystal cluster giants are gathering beside the small hill, besieging a huge figure that landed on the hillside, arcane arcs are constantly shining in the air, and the one being besieged is a Winged, bulky, and covered in black scales...

It looks like a dragon.

Sonia judged the threat within the visible range, and then used the wind spell to issue an order: "The team pays attention, prepare to lower the height and observe, and increase vigilance."

Several griffin knights responded immediately, and Jin Na also pressed a leaf-shaped metal piece to her lips: "Got it, we are on alert."

This leaf-shaped metal piece is not a new type of communicator made by Cecil—the Griffin Knight's communication equipment is fixed on the saddle. Although it is already the most advanced small magic net terminal, it still weighs two kilograms.The "leaf" in her hand was given by the elf, which allows the holder to use the "Wind Words" near the "messenger". Although there are many restrictions, it is quite useful in this mixed team with the elf messenger as the core. convenient.

After the height was lowered, more details came into Sonia's eyes - she saw clearly that the besieged one should indeed be a dragon, at least very close in appearance, but the dragon was thinner and smaller than the dragon she knew, and its wings were also smaller. It looks a little twisted and weird.

The situation of that dragon is obviously not good. Although its power is stronger than that of the crystal cluster giant, it is already outnumbered at this time. It uses its fangs and claws to fight against the enemies that keep coming up. A cluster giant attacked from a dead corner, adding a new wound to the dragon that fell on the ground.

"Is that a dragon?" The escorted Griffin Knight exclaimed, "I've only heard of it from stories!!"

"Why did this legendary creature also appear on this battlefield?"

"Ms. Shuangye, what should we do? Do you want rescue?"

Sonia Frostleaf thought quickly—on the battlefield, one cannot simply think that "an enemy's enemy is a friend", but a black dragon besieged by a drake giant still draws too much attention. Why was this dragon besieged?Why are you here?What did he or she know and see?These problems made the high-ranking messenger realize that he couldn't just sit back and watch the black dragon die here.

In any case, compared with the crystal cluster giants who are clearly enemies, the dragons in the elves' records are at least neutral to the mainland.

But only one scouting team is not enough to deal with so many druse giants.

"Report to the command first. Miss Jinna, you guys find a way to attract the attention of those giants and reduce the pressure on the black dragon. I will guide that dragon to break through—"

While speaking, Sonia had directly used the messenger's powerful communication spell to contact the headquarters far behind—she briefly explained the incredible incident she had encountered, called for support from the rear, and agreed on a rough breakout direction. Following behind the escorting Griffin Riders, they lowered their altitude again.

……

Maggie could feel the wounds, the heat, the pain, and it was becoming more and more unbearable—and so was the dragon.

She knew that her physical strength was rapidly draining, but she could no longer see the hope of breaking through.

Perhaps at the moment when he was struck by the arcane lightning and fell, his end was already doomed.

The deformed and weak wings are destined to be unable to fly too high - but Maggie still can't figure out how those crystal cluster monsters transformed from civilians and mediocre nobles have such strong air defense awareness and anti-air capabilities ? !

How did they train their accuracy!

However, no matter how upset she was, as the situation worsened, Maggie knew her time was running out.

In the end, she failed Victoria.

An ugly druse giant launched a sneak attack from the left side. This is an exceptionally powerful fighter. It pounced like a gust of wind. Maggie blocked the blow with a powerful tail sweep, and then a burst of flames swept the enemy away. Burned to ashes, but a sharp pain came from the right side of her body - a vile spellcaster shot an arcane arc into the gap in her defense.

"You deformed monsters!" Maggie roared, shouting the words she was least willing to hear, "Deformed! Deformed! Deformed!"

However, the crystal clusters didn't care about these at all, they surged up again.

Maggie shrank her defenses, preparing to generously greet death with a thunderous counterattack, but at this moment, she suddenly heard a voice beside her ear: "Hold on! We're here to help you!"

This seems to be the wind language of the elves?

Maggie was stunned for a moment, and then heard two consecutive deafening explosions coming from a distance—boom!Boom!

The explosion landed far away, and almost didn't affect the cluster giant at all. However, the mutated monsters were instantly diverted and looked at the direction of the explosion and the nearby sky—I wonder if it was an illusion. , Maggie even felt that the reaction of those monsters was almost "startled".

Then, she saw the black shadows approaching rapidly from the sky.

A giant elven eagle and three human griffins.

What kind of strange combination is this?

Feng Yushu came again: "Can dragons on the ground still fly?"

At this time, many cluster giants had been diverted. While dealing with the remaining enemies, Maggie responded with dragon language magic: "Can't take off."

"Understood, I'll show you the direction, and follow me to break through—we are the vanguard reconnaissance team of the Cecil Legion."