The patter of rain fell, and many civilians and soldiers in the city seemed to have forgotten that they were still under suspicion of war today.
Only the soldiers on duty were wrapped in cowhide tarpaulins and monitored every move outside the city.
The tens of thousands of girls outside the city are still standing five or six hundred meters away from the city wall.
It's just that the inside and outside of the city of Machle are like two worlds.
It was raining heavily in the city, but outside the ruler there was clear sky.
Hey, it seems that the rain tonight is much heavier than in the past few days, and does it last a little longer?
Gradually, the defenders on the city wall felt that today's rain was somewhat unusual.
It has been more than two hours now, but there is no sign of the rain stopping.
And there was a heavy downpour the whole time.
Compared with the previous two days, which were only moderate rains and only lasted for more than half an hour at most, there was a clear difference.
"Captain, do you want to report to the commander?"
One of the soldiers guarding the city made a somewhat worried suggestion to the leader.
The leader of the team glanced at the candlelight-extinguished room in the tower in front of the city wall and shook his head.
"Wait a minute, don't you know the commander's temper? He just went to sleep now. If you go to him for such a thing, I'm afraid you will be scolded."
"Besides, it's just raining. As long as there are no other conditions, there shouldn't be any problems!"
The soldiers who heard this nodded and did not dare to say anything more.
In fact, this is indeed the case. What will happen if the rain is heavier and lasts longer?
Will the city of Machle be flooded?
And in fact, it is indeed the case.
Anyone who has experienced sustained torrential rain should know this.
Rainfall that may seem harmless in the past can be very scary once it reaches a certain level.
Especially after a whole day of rainfall during the day, the ground drains have already accumulated enough rainwater and cannot absorb more.
In this way, the rain that fell this night flowed directly on the street.
At first, because of the darkness, people didn’t notice much.
Those who should sleep should sleep, and those who should go to the city wall to stand guard should go to the city wall to stand guard.
But when civilians in some low-lying areas in the city were suddenly awakened by the feeling of moisture in their sleep, they realized that their homes were directly flooded.
And the water had reached the head of the bed at some point.
In this way, they will feel moist to the touch.
"Why hasn't it stopped raining?
The people who were awakened anxiously stood up and opened the door, only to be shocked to find that the street outside had turned into a small river.
The huge raindrops in the sky are still falling like a torrent.
Boom, boom, boom!
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty! Your Majesty, Your Majesty!"
Kandel heard a knocking on the door in his sleep, and immediately woke up from his sleep.
The moment he woke up, he was startled and quickly looked out of the small window of the tower toward the outside of the city.
But they found that everything was normal outside the city, and there was no movement of the enemy.
There was the sound of raindrops all around the city wall.
This made him a little annoyed. Why did he wake himself up when everything was fine?
"what happened!"
Kandel immediately opened the door and asked sternly.
Faced with the question, his subordinates quickly made a report. "Lord Commander, it's not good, the city is flooded!"
"The city is flooded? What kind of water is flooding?" Kandel was still a little confused and didn't understand what it meant.
"Lord Commander, it has been raining for four full hours tonight. Not only are the raindrops heavy and numerous, but water has accumulated in many places in the city at this time."
"Those ditches didn't have enough time to drain the rainwater from the city."
The subordinate explained in more detail.
"What, you said the rain hasn't stopped for four hours? Has it been that long?"
After hearing this, Kandel finally woke up and was immediately horrified.
He went to bed not long after the heavy rain started.
I thought the heavy rain would stop within a few minutes after work during the day.
But now I realize that the rain has not stopped.
"Yes, Lord Commander, the rain has not stopped."
"Quick, take me to see you bastards, why didn't you come and tell me earlier!"
Kandel didn't care about anything else and walked out of the arrow tower in the rain.
And when he came to the city wall and looked into the city, he saw that there were already large areas of water in many places in the city.
A lot of debris and household garbage began to float on the streets.
"Quickly, take a look at the supplies. Make sure they don't get soaked in water."
Seeing this scene, Instructor Kandel did not feel any regret for the civilians in the city being flooded.
He immediately thought of supplies. Since they wanted to defend the city, they naturally had to ensure that the supplies were not soaked by water.
"Lord Commander, please rest assured about the supplies. Because the supplies are at the highest location in the city, they are still safe at the moment."
"It's just that many civilian residences in the city were flooded, and they evacuated to avoid the flooding. At this time, they had no place to hide and could only soak in the rain. The civil affairs officer in the city asked the adults what they should do."
"What should I do? Do you need me to teach you? Just requisition some houses that are not flooded and let these people squeeze in."
Kandel didn't say anything in anger.
"Yes, Lord Commander!"
Immediately, the subordinate immediately went to take care of it.
Kandel frowned slightly as he looked at the rain.
"I don't believe this rain will last until tomorrow."
"Besides, even if you rain until tomorrow, I'm still not afraid. Can you still rely on the rain to flood the city of Macile?"
Kandel obviously didn't realize how terrible it was that the rain continued to fall.
Moreover, he also felt that those existences like witches outside the city would definitely be exhausted at some point.
So this rainfall shouldn't last long.
When the weather clears up after the rain, the situation will naturally calm down.
It's just that Kandel really thought too wonderfully.
Since the rain was executed, how could Narant let the rain stop midway?
In this way, his lucky daughters are now divided into four teams to take turns.
Each team has 2,500 people.
Then one team rotated for half an hour, so that a steady stream of precipitation would fall into the city of Machiel ahead.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! As for why the rain can last for so long, but the girls who release the lightning talent do not last long.
The reason is simple, that is, the amount of energy required to make rainfall is completely different from that required to release lightning.
The output of lightning every moment is enough to withstand several minutes of heavy rain.
In this way, each girl can maintain lightning for almost five minutes, which is already the limit.
It can rain heavily, and each girl can sustain it for at least an hour.
Nalant divided them into four groups and took turns.
Not only will there be enough time to restore the natural power, but it will also not overdraw the girls' strength.
In this way, even if it lasts for ten days and ten nights, it won't be a big problem for the girls.
The only thing to consider is that everyone needs sleep.
Even with extraordinary power, it can only last three to five days without sleep.
But three to five days is actually quite enough.
Based on the current situation, Nalant felt that the city of Machile could collapse in two days at most.
Time passed, and soon the morning sun rose from the east.
Watching the rising sun, Nalant and others came to the front of the formation to watch in high spirits.
A group of leaders and priests also came to Nalant's side.
"This... is still happening!"
And when they saw that there were still heavy dark clouds gathering above the city of Machile.
There was also the heavy rain that had covered the entire city of Machile, and they couldn't help but utter a sound of surprise.
They thought that last night would be like daytime, and if they let the rain fall for a while, it would stop.
So they didn't know how Nalant got the confidence to attack the city of Machiavelli.
But now I see the heavy rain that has not stopped that night, plus the turbid water that is constantly being discharged from the ditches in the city like a flood.
They finally knew what Narant wanted to do.
That was the flooded city of Marcheleth.
As for whether it will be successful?
People are not sure.
But no matter what, the soldiers and civilians in the city will definitely not have an easy time.
After all, the water discharged from the ditch has become so ferocious, so one can imagine how serious the water accumulation in the city is.
Even if it does not pose a danger to human life, flooding houses and materials is enough to cause heavy losses to the city of Machiavelli.
In fact, the situation in the city was much more serious than these leaders and priests imagined.
At this time, the water in the city was no longer limited to low-lying areas, but covered the entire city.
The water depth has reached two meters. Only behind the inner city, because of the higher terrain, there is only one meter of water.
But even so, basically all the houses were submerged in water.
Civilians and soldiers could only take shelter on the second floor of the house, or simply on the roof.
If you want to cross the street, you can only use floats or go directly through the water.
"Damn it, how long will this rain continue to rain?"
On the city wall, Kandel looked at the clear sky outside the city, his face looking horribly ugly.
I just received the news that the city is almost completely flooded.
Civilians can only hide on rooftops or other high places to avoid danger.
More importantly, the supplies that were safe last night were flooded today.
Because the rain was so heavy, many supplies that needed to be kept dry were difficult to move.
Since it cannot be moved and there are not many high places to store supplies in place, flooding will naturally happen.
Moreover, this situation will become more serious as the rain continues.
The city walls of Machiavelli are towering and the gates are airtight.
Except for a few ditches sealed with thick mithril steel strips, there is no other means of drainage.
In this way, the city of Machle is like a water tank.
As long as it continues to rain, the waterlogging in Machile will become more serious.
"Commander Kandel, the food of most civilians in the city has been flooded and is inedible."
"Now I have received help from the civil affairs officer, let us find a way to drain the rainwater."
"Otherwise, when the last bit of food is submerged, there will be no need for the enemy to attack."
"I'm afraid that all the food in our city will be flooded, and then everyone will starve to death." The priests of Macile City had also arrived on the city wall at this time.
Machile's combat defense was left to Kandel.
However, it is Rem, the priest, who is responsible for calming the emotions of the people in the city and ensuring the stability of the city.
But this rain directly made the originally stable city become precarious.
"Rem, what can I do? Do you want me to open all the four doors to drain water?"
"Then why are we still defending the city? Aren't we going to bring these Io continent invaders to our doorstep when the time comes?"
When Kandel heard this, he responded angrily.
Originally, he thought it would be extremely easy for him to deal with the invaders from the Io continent this time.
But now he realized that the opponent's methods were endless and he was unable to resist them.
"But Commander Kandel, if this continues, tens of millions of civilians in our city will either drown or starve to death."
"If this is really the case, it would be better to surrender the Io continent's army."
"After all, Arnold and the others said that this Io continent's army is different from other divine invaders."
Rem heard this and suggested speaking to Kandel.
Obviously, what Rem cares about is not the gain or loss of the city, but the life and death of the civilians in the city.
Because this is related to their essential work, maintaining the common people's faith in the God of Fire.
Since we want to maintain our faith, we naturally need to help and protect civilians.
It was precisely because of Rem's outstanding performance in the past that he treated all believers and civilians with a kind heart.
Only then did he stand out from the crowd of priests and become the priest of Machile City, which has tens of millions of civilians.
"Shut up Rem, how could you say such words that betray the God of Fire!"
"I, Kandel, am the commander of Macile City personally appointed by the God of Fire. As long as I am here, I will not surrender even if I fight to the last man!"
When Kandel heard Rem's persuasion, he felt as if his tail had been stepped on, and he immediately yelled angrily.
Rem also didn't expect Kandel to be so irritable. He frowned but said nothing more.
Kandel ignored him, "I want to see how long they can go down!"
But Kandel didn't know that what he said was a slap in the face.
Because Nalant really showed it to him.
Early the next morning, the water level in the city had risen to an average of two and a half meters.
At such a depth, the low-lying areas outside the city have been completely flooded, and even the roofs of many bungalows have been lost.
Only some buildings in the Twin Cities or houses on higher ground can still be seen above the water.
The consequence of this is that the civilians in the city have nowhere to hide and can only crowd on a few rooftops.
As for the soldiers in the city, they have all climbed up the city wall.
Of course, in order to avoid Nalant's trebuchet bombs, these soldiers basically withdrew to the rear city walls on the left and right sides of Macile City.
And Priest Rem actually came to Kandel again.
"Commander Kandel, a total of two thousand people died in the city last night due to floods and various other factors."
"And the rate and number will continue to increase because they are cold and hungry."
"So, Commander Kandel, I don't think we need to defend anymore.
"Because the reason why we defend this city is the civilians, but now the civilians are in danger, and there is a difference between defending and not defending,"
Priest Rem still came to persuade Kandel to open the city gate.
Can Kandel quit?
No, he can only defend this mountain range.
Because this is the death order given to him by the God of Waves.