Sword of Dawn

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And Gao Wen also knew that these reports that came according to the plan, these seemingly smooth and seamless links, in fact, a large number of soldiers and commanders risked their lives every minute, every second, and every detail. Smoothness means tightrope-walking precision—

Siren allies are indeed powerful, and the plan does appear to be perfect, but the risk never disappears, and even if its chances of success are high, the risk must be taken.

Beside him, Victoria, who has always been calm and calm, couldn't help but tense her face, with a trace of nervousness: "I hope everything goes well."

"It will go well... If the Krakens can't deal with it, the Second Corps supporting the White Sand Hills from the Rock Fortress and the Reserve Corps of Cecil City will be on top, and we will eventually eliminate that monster," Gawain said. Shen Sheng said, "Then, we will announce the truth of this operation with great fanfare."

Baldwin nodded slightly: "People will realize the strength of the new empire, the collapsed confidence will be recast, the situation will stabilize, and the nobles in the border areas will be more cooperative in the transformation..."

"Yes, people will realize the power of the new empire." Gawain nodded in agreement, but at the same time added in his heart——

They'll also realize that "god" isn't such an untouchable thing.

……

On the border between the Holy Spirit Plain and the Eastern Territory, this long chase has lasted for more than half.

The magic track extends between the plains and the hills, the heavy magic train is speeding on the track, the sky is gloomy, the hot wind from the plain area blows up the dust, slaps the relay piles on both sides of the track and the armor on the side of the train, the war machine tears apart The roar of the air and the loud noise of the continuous firing of the fort shocked the world. Where the giant beast passed, the birds were forbidden, and the surviving beasts on the plain ran wildly to escape from their caves, as if the end had come.

The arsenal section is firing frequently, not only the powerful main gun is firing, but also the defensive secondary guns installed near the main gun are also firing. The large and small acceleration rails point to the rear of the train. Heavy shells were thrown into the distance.

Under the dim sky, the shells drew eye-catching trajectories in the air. At the end of the intersection of the trajectories, a holy and brilliant light illuminated the plain, connecting the sky and the earth. The furious gods ran wildly on the earth, facing Mortal gunfire continued the chase.

This is no longer a battlefield that ordinary people can participate in, or even look directly at. Only in extremely far, far away, outside a safe distance, some brave lords of the Eastern Realm climbed up their towers and city walls, fighting with various extraordinary spells. With the blessing of the gods, they boldly took a look at the thunderous and flashing battlefield, and then half of them did not dare to take a second look, while the other half chanted the names of their respective gods, and chanted their own The name of the ancestors, praying that this fire will not burn on himself.

"The speed of the target is getting faster," the adjutant came to Maryland's side and reported loudly in the tactical section of the Iron Throne, "The distance between us is shortening!"

In a way, anger brings strength.

This is effective for humans, and it is also effective for man-made gods... even.

Maryland looked out of the car window, and at an appropriate angle, he saw the scene behind the train. The holy and malicious light was shining in the north, and there were continuous rays of light bursting out from that direction, leveling the rocks and woods, Destroy the mana tracks along the way, and cover the rocks and steel along the way with lush vines and flowers.

Maryland turned to look at the adjutant: "How far are we from the White Sand Hills?"

"Half an hour at full speed, General—we may be overtaken before then."

Maryland frowned, and between the conversations, the distance between the monster seemed to increase a bit.

A powerful beam of energy struck from afar and swept across the mana track. The shield covered on the track flickered violently before being penetrated. The rune structure below the track and the nearby magic net were detonated sequentially. Before the fusing, the continuous explosions had already impacted near the Iron Throne, even causing the speeding train to shake violently.

Suddenly, the former fortress commander felt a sense of familiarity.

He had also faced a similar crisis before - an extremely powerful enemy was attacking, and the power in his hand could only be consumed continuously. The strength was so disparate that it was almost a luxury to confront him head-on. It seemed that all he could rely on was courage. Other than that, there is only the pride brought by noble birth.

Last time, he chose the aristocratic way of fighting, rushed out with a team of loyal knights, and tried to save the situation with an honorable duel, and then he was defeated in a few strokes and was beaten Class, from then on I realized what the so-called "war" was all about.

When facing the real battlefield, he needs some more pragmatic means.

"Order all the members of the fourth arsenal section to move to the carrying compartment," the commander quickly finished his thinking, and quickly ordered, "Prepare to cut off the energy supply of the connecting hook at the end and the fourth arsenal section. In addition...

"Let the soldiers turn on the fuzes of all shells and leave all the grenades in the compartment before evacuating."

The adjutant froze for a moment, then stood up straight, saluted and accepted orders: "Yes, General!!"

In the compartment of the fourth arsenal section at the end, the soldiers were busy manipulating all the forts that could hit the target. The impact just now caused the vehicle body to vibrate violently, and the main gun also malfunctioned due to the impact. Some people Injured, but no one was out of position, and the veterans were still doing their best to recalibrate the main guns by the time the on-board communicator came on.

Not all soldiers thought of the general's intention at the first time, but all soldiers responded to the order at the first time.

"Move quickly! Boys!" A veteran who has experienced all the battlefields from Old Cecil to the present is the commander of this carriage. He has already understood the general's thoughts, and his voice is very loud at this moment, "Obey the order and open the shells Safety, open the safety of the grenade, and there are extra contact mines, all stuffed into the ammunition pile! Let's play a big one!!"

The train increased its speed as much as it could, and distanced itself from the giant deer. The soldiers quickly completed their mission in this short period of time, passed through the third arsenal section, and entered the empty carriage in front of them. .

Two minutes later, the commander of the third arsenal section received an order to manually release the connecting hook at the end of the train and the energy supply of the fourth arsenal section.

The large car that lost power quickly moved away from the main body of the train and was thrown far on the track.

A few minutes later, a heaven-shattering explosion followed by a series of small explosions sounded from afar.

Maryland looked at the direction where the explosion rose, and for a moment, he deeply hoped that the terrible "god" could simply die in this explosion and never appear again, but his unrealistic idea soon disappeared. It was dispelled by the holy brilliance that lit up in the explosion cloud.

The giant deer was not affected by the explosion of the carriage. The brilliance around it and the overflowing powerful magic power detonated that carriage in advance. The monster only slowed down a little, and then rushed up again.

Maryland frowned, but just watched all this quietly.

After 10 minutes, he ordered again——

"In the third arsenal section, people are moving to the delivery car, ready to die."

"Yes, General!!"

The explosion of the carriage could not harm the monster, but at least it could delay the time.

The White Sand Hills are almost here.

Maryland looked out the window again as a second mushroom cloud rose in the distant orbit.

The sky was terribly gloomy, as if the whole world was about to fall into the night, thick clouds came from nowhere gathered over the Baisha area, a gloomy and cold wind was sweeping wantonly in this area, suddenly, thunder and lightning exploded at the same time.

The sound of thunder seemed to explode into the hearts of everyone in the carriage, shocking even the most experienced, brave and calm soldiers and officers. In the faint blue light emitted by the mental protection system, almost everyone looked at each other subconsciously. After a glance, they all looked out the window in unison.

A drop of rain hit the car window, drawing a slanted trace on the surface of the crystal glass. Immediately before this trace was blown away by the strong wind, a second drop, and a third drop fell...

It's raining.

Countless raindrops formed a curtain, pouring down from the sky.

The Iron Throne rushed into the pouring rain without hesitation, just like entering an underwater world hanging upside down from the sky, followed by the furious man-made god, and the violent wind and rain engulfed everything in an instant. The intruders quickly expanded enough to cover the entire Baisha Hills.

The sky has been completely covered by a vortex-like upside-down cloud. The terrible thick cloud makes the whole region seem to have entered midnight. The cold wind howls and the torrential rain pours down. The lights emitted from all over the Iron Throne can only dispel the nearest The darkness of the world, and the world beyond can only be illuminated by the constant thunder and lightning.

In the light of lightning, Maryland saw countless shadows gathered in the sky, and countless strange things were growing in the storm and darkness. The boundary between visible and invisible was broken, and an indescribable, huge mountain-like The structures gathered together in the wind and rain, and dense forest-like limbs and tentacles hung upside down, sweeping towards the "giant deer" that was still shrouded in light.

Even in a frenzy, the "Giant Deer" was still instinctively aware of the approaching crisis. It suddenly gave up the Iron Throne, which was already close at hand, and turned to look up to the sky. the whole sky.

Countless shadows fell from the sky, as if many tangible and intangible things were cut off and destroyed by the light beams, but these shadows merged into the surrounding rainwater in an instant, re-condensed tentacles and limbs, and continued to move unswervingly toward the "giant" Deer" hangs over.

Those indescribable things gradually became clear. It looked like some kind of giant sea creature, but it also seemed to be a monster made up of countless imaginable shapes. It seemed that only when humans were the craziest and most absurd Only in the imaginary works of human beings can we piece together some shapes of this structure. It stretches out its thousands of limbs, blocks all the actions of the "giant deer" bit by bit, and closes up bit by bit, twisting and weird runes Shining on the surface of those limbs, suppressing all the resistance of the giant deer one by one.

Ta is eating—such an absurd and horrifying thought suddenly flashed through Maryland's mind.

But ta is indeed eating - those tentacles or limbs have begun to tighten, which is a prominent predatory posture when eating.

However, in the face of such a terrifying scene that seems to be enough to break the nerves of ordinary people, Maryland was surprised to find that his will was not tested at all, and even on the contrary... His thinking was unprecedentedly clear, his spirit was unprecedentedly uplifting, and all the previous accumulation Negative emotions and psychological pressure seemed to have disappeared, and a high-spirited mood surrounded him, and there was even... a certain kind of happiness in this mood.

The mental defense system will also have a similar effect, but its effectiveness is far from being comparable to this moment.

In such a wonderful mental state, Maryland saw those indescribable limbs or tentacles finally fully closed, and even the lingering light around the giant deer was completely blocked by the closed limbs.

Then, all the tentacles and limbs tightened for a moment, and there was a cheer that seemed to gather together countless voices in the wind and rain:

"lunch time!!"

Chapter 0658 It's Over

Thick clouds hung low, torrential rain poured down, and the entire Baisha area was shrouded in an endless darkness. Under the swirling clouds, the rain curtain seemed to be an ocean hanging upside down from the sky, and it was so dense that people doubted whether it would be in it The degree of suffocation, and in this darkness and squall like the end of the world, countless weird limbs are growing, countless indescribable things are cheering and condensing from the rain, and all those who have witnessed all this—the soldiers on the Iron Throne , officers, and war technicians will never forget the spiritual shock brought about by this scene for the rest of their lives.

All the crew members of the Iron Throne have passed a san check, and now the whole train is surrounded by a positive and optimistic atmosphere.

"Turn off the mental protection system." Commander Maryland felt that his mind was clearer than ever, and he judged that the on-board mental protection system was no longer useful, so he ordered.

That indescribable structure is still active, it hangs down from the vortex on the top of the cloud, as if a huge deep-sea creature is licking the earth with countless tentacles, but this huge creature is not the only one emerging from the cloud. structure——When the lightning exploded and the light was the strongest, Maryland could see many small humanoid creatures shuttling between those tentacles. They seemed to be holding various tools, Busy in the gluttonous feast, with the help of extraordinary eyesight, Maryland could tell that some of these individuals were similar in appearance to Miss Till in the territory.

But the shape of some other individuals is not so easy to describe... In addition to the humanoid body, they have put together all kinds of strangely shaped limbs, and some of them don't even know whether they should be regarded as limbs, as if... looks like...

Those are Cecil's allies, the sirens from the deep.

Thankfully, this powerful pack is Cecil's ally.

The adjutant walked over from the side, and the young officer had a look of confusion on his face: "General, what do we need to do now?"

"Don't do anything," Maryland said to the adjutant. "Just wait until the rain stops."

"Yes, General."

The two raised their heads at the same time, and looked at the gluttonous feast in the distance through the train window covered with reinforced shields.

In the center of this dark rainstorm, in the central area of ​​the transition field that has almost completely evolved into the water element field, the "forest" formed by the tentacles has completely isolated the man-made god from the outside environment. 3000 and [-] tidal banshees jointly mimic The huge "Sea Emperor" beast that emerged covered this area with its unprecedentedly large body. Between the thousands of tentacles hanging down from the Sea Emperor, the rune brilliance flickered on and off, and layers of illusory force fields intertwined into a dense The impenetrable barrier, all the desperate resistance of Julu failed in front of that powerful barrier.

And in the area shrouded by the Neptune, inside the barrier, Vanessa, the Siren General who holds the title of Lord of the Deep Sea, is directing the deep sea warriors to complete the final processing of the "food".

The environment where the torrential rain is pouring is the "mimetic ocean" created by the element transition field. The sea monsters can move freely in such an environment. At this moment, they are walking through the rain curtain as if swimming in the ocean. The charged war blade sliced ​​through the giant deer's huge body that was still struggling instinctively.

This is a rather dangerous job. Although the giant deer has died, the huge vitality and magic power remaining in its body are still maintaining the flesh and blood, and even allow the flesh and blood to survive independently for a period of time after being cut apart. Facing this Such opponents, even if they are powerful deep-sea fighters, even if they create home court advantage and ambush advantage, the Krakens will still inevitably suffer some casualties.

Near the shoulder and neck of the giant deer, an overly reckless deep-sea warrior swung his war blade and cut open a piece of still wriggling flesh. A dazzling electric arc erupted from the wound without warning, and hit the hapless sea monster head-on. The body of the latter only had time to let out a scream before it slammed into splinters and dissipated into the air.

The Krakens who were busy nearby saw this scene, and some of them yelled: "Ah—Yusheng failed, zero points out!"

This is a very popular ridicule in the siren society, used to ridicule those sea monsters who accidentally died because of carelessness.

Vanessa, who just happened to swim nearby, swung the tail of the snake, picked up the warblade dropped by the death warrior, and waved it at the soldiers who were a bit forgetful: "Pay attention to order!! Unless you have never died since childhood!"

The soldiers hurriedly dispersed and continued to perform tasks, to cut up the corpse of the giant deer or deal with the "troublesome products" bred from the blood of the giant deer. Vanessa casually threw the recovered war blade to her side A sea monster next to him—the sea monster turned into a sea monster with a lot of arms, and at this moment, there are several war blades wrapped around each arm.

"Take these weapons back, don't leave any of them behind, and get them after they are resurrected."

A tidal banshee with a lavender fishtail swam over from a distance, holding a short staff with complex patterns in her hand, and there were many samples of cut meat floating in the water bubbles around her: "General, cut The pieces of meat that came down have already completed preliminary identification."

"what's the result?"

"Delicious!" The sea monster with a purple tail nodded vigorously at first, and then frowned, "But the taste is not very good, and the energy is a bit mixed. This thing looks like a combination product, and the technology is very immature. .In addition, its regeneration is also limited, and it should have exceeded the threshold at present, and its regeneration ability is declining sharply, which is completely inferior to the giant squid..."

"Hmm... not surprising, after all, this is an 'imitation' made by humans," Vanessa said casually, "It's normal to have poor quality, but at least the quantity is large, isn't it? In addition, this thing can give feedback Is the furnace powered?"

"It should be fine, but it needs an extra layer of extraction process, otherwise it may put a certain amount of pressure on the reactor," the sea monster with a purple tail said seriously, "If the rainbow light technology transmitted by Tyr can be used smoothly, our energy The conversion efficiency will increase by more than [-]%, and this batch of new fuel will be very cost-effective.”

"Very well, let's collect them all - when we go back, some of them will be replenished for everyone's consumption, and some of them will be used to supply energy to the reactor. The queen will decide how to distribute them."

"Yes, general," the purple-tailed siren said with a nod, and then glanced at the giant deer being cut. "It's incredible... This season's land civilization can actually create such a thing. I always think that their technical level It's very low, but they made a rainbow light device and this thing... I don't know if their technology for making this thing can be made public. If they can, maybe they can solve the problem of insufficient production of giant squid .”

"I'm afraid not," Vanessa sighed. "I've heard that the technology used to create this 'god' is very cruel and dark. Not only is it unacceptable to humans' own moral values, but the Queen doesn't intend to have it either. We're here to deal with it." product of technology', as for the technology itself...just die."

The purple-tailed sea monster blinked, and muttered: "I couldn't accept it, but I still created it. Humans are such a strange race..."

"Their ethnic groups are divided, this is one of the characteristics, there is no way," Vanessa said, "The humans who cooperate with us are only one of their ethnic groups, and there are many similar ethnic groups in human society... It's quite troublesome to figure out the difference between them."

The purple-tailed siren thought for a while, and then sighed with regret: "Oh...it's really rare to have such a good cooking skill."

"Yeah, it's rare to have such a good cooking skill."

……

everything is over.

In the velvet study of Silver Castle, the latest information from the Iron Throne is displayed on the holographic projection device.

The sky and the earth were shrouded in darkness, violent storms washed over the Baisha area, and huge deep-sea creatures descended in the rain. A feast of gluttony was the final outcome of the man-made god.

In Gao Wen's view, this is really a hopeful video, but unfortunately the picture is too shocking, and it seems inappropriate to release it to the public under the current social background.

"We can think about how to promote it next," Gao Wen tapped on the table lightly, attracting the attention of the two guardian dukes (grand consuls), "The disaster caused by the death of all things, until now It’s only tentatively over, but we still have a lot to do if we want it to land smoothly.”

Duke Baldwin took a deep breath, but still couldn't help asking: "Is that the 'sea monster' you mentioned?"

"That's right, sea monsters, the deep-sea groups that appear in many legends, but unlike most of the legendary groups, they really exist and have established a certain connection with us."

Baldwin seemed to want to say something, but he hesitated to speak, but Victoria next to him spoke directly: "Is there any risk?"

"There are risks in contact with any alien race, but sometimes we have no choice, and in my personal judgment, these sea monsters are trustworthy-as early as two years ago, the southern border has established contact with the sea monsters, and we have some technology Although the scale of communication is small, it has at least achieved a certain level of equal dialogue."

Baldwin and Victoria exchanged glances, and seemed to be slightly relieved, but their spirits were still a little tense.

Of course Gao Wen knew why.

He spread his hands and leaned back on the high-back chair: "I know what you are worried about. Frankly speaking, they are a very powerful group. Although their domain is in the deep sea, they can indeed be on land if they want to." There's a storm going on...a storm in every sense of the word, but we have to be aware of one fact:

"Whether we like it or not, there are such powerful races in this world, such as sea monsters, dragons, and some powerful races that only exist in legends. They may live far away, but if If they are willing, they can come to this continent of Loren, but we... can't even get out of the coastline.

"These races really exist, and the only thing we, the races blocked by the ocean and our own civilization level, should be thankful for is that at least they are not hostile to us.

"But this kind of 'no hostility' was not won by us, it was given by fate.

"We can only do two things. First, face the fact, because escaping and pretending to be deaf will not solve the problem; Beyond our eyes, the world is still very big, and if we want to survive in this big world for a long time, development is the last word.”

Gao Wen spoke very bluntly. In the eyes of the two grand consuls, such blunt words might even hurt their confidence as human beings.

It's hard to admit that you're weak, and it's even harder for people like them.

But some facts must be recognized. Many times, the driving force for development lies in the awareness of one's own shortcomings, and this is precisely the reason why the human beings in this land have lived peacefully for 700 years under heavy protection after being blocked inland for 700 years. What was lacking in the future, from a certain perspective, was also one of the reasons for the decline of the Ansu Kingdom in the past.

Sirens are a peace-loving race. These lively and friendly creatures with wonderful ideas from the deep sea are valuable allies of the Principality of Cecil (now the Empire of Cecil). However, as Gawain said, this "friendliness" "It's not that human beings have fought for it, it's just that human beings are lucky.

That's why Gao Wen attached so much importance to the "technical cooperation" between Cecil and Siren. Even if the cooperation is only one or two key technologies, it means that at least human beings are qualified to "talk" to these deep-sea creatures.

If the Cecilians didn't even have the rainbow light technology in their hands, no matter how friendly those deep sea creatures are, would they be interested in a small principality on a distant land?