Chapter 573 What is a temporary pain, what is a major worry
The rules of communication in the military are always strict, and it is impossible for such inexplicable "pranks" to occur for no reason. Moreover, the Dawn Fortress uses precious magic circles to send messages to the royal capital, which has always required the commander to personally sign a warrant before it can be executed. How could the Marquis of Iserlohn do it?
This boring "joke"?
"Your Majesty, have you immediately sent a message to the fortress and asked Lord Iserlohn what happened?" the Minister of Military Affairs asked immediately.
"People from the Department have already taken care of it. But the communication array seems to be unstable, so we are still dealing with it for the time being." Queen Griffin shook her head lightly.
"What?"
First there was an inexplicable blank urgent message, and now there was no contact. These signs were enough to make people suspicious, and Léajean was already on guard.
"Mr. Leiagen, have any other letters or news been sent back to Dawn Fortress through ordinary channels recently?"
Seeing that the Minister of Military Affairs was stunned and silent for a moment, the queen asked.
"No, everything is normal. Moreover, the nearest material transport team also returned to Fort Asser in Greenland County safely two months ago and found nothing unusual." After thinking about it, Rea gave way.
"Really..." Queen Griffin nodded noncommittally, and then looked at the attendant: "Andre, you should immediately send a message to Earl Yasai of Greenland County, asking him to send elite cavalry to Dawn Fortress as soon as possible to investigate the situation. If
If you find any abnormality, report it to Standwell as soon as possible."
"Yes, Your Majesty!" After receiving the order, the attendant resigned from the study.
"Mr. Lei Arang, although I still don't know what is going on in the Dawn Fortress, problems must be considered from the worst side before we can achieve the best results. I hope you will formulate a combat plan immediately after you return, so as to
The title is 'Dawn Fortress is besieged by the undead and needs reinforcements', and submit it to me as soon as possible."
"Yes, Your Majesty." The Minister of Military Affairs bowed in response.
"Let's deal with the affairs of Dawn Fortress like this for now. Sir Leo, what's the situation with the remnants of the Church of Light in the kingdom recently?" Returning to the throne and sitting down, the Queen changed the subject.
"Your Majesty, the situation is still not very optimistic," the Minister of Military Affairs said frankly and apologetically.
"oh?"
"Because the demon army is still invading continuously, most of the military forces in the kingdom, including several legions dispatched by the royal capital and most of the armed forces of local nobles, are firmly tied to the war against demons. Therefore.
In the short term, it is impossible to allocate forces to effectively and systematically exterminate those remnants." Léajean explained.
"Mr. Leah Gen. You are the royal minister and you have the overall safety of Erathia in mind. I am very pleased about this. But there is one thing you must keep in mind." Nodding with no expression, Queen Griffin suddenly said.
"Your Majesty, please make it clear."
"The devil is only a temporary pain, and no matter how great the harm is, it will eventually be removed; but the remnant of light is a serious concern. If it cannot be dealt with, it will shake the foundation of the country."
The Queen's words were as cold as ice and snow, and the Minister of Military Affairs couldn't help but be shocked when he heard them.
"Please keep this in mind. Then redefine the overall military strategy and send it to me for review."
"Yes, Your Majesty." He looked up at the queen on the throne, and Léajean lowered his head again.
Three days later, the urgent military message from Standwell was delivered to Greenland County day and night. However, hundreds of kilometers away and farther north, the undead army had already arrived in front of the Dawn Fortress.
This is the first time for Moriarty to come to this "Twin Cities" which is famous in the human kingdom and even the continent.
It wasn't until he stood in front of "Thunder" and "Night Watch" that he discovered that the "blurred impression" he had established about Dawn Fortress in the past was actually "wrong".
Maybe the description in the book is pretty good. The "Twin Cities" are majestic and majestic, with high walls and deep fortifications, and stern towers. Even the weaker "Night Watch" is not inferior to the scale and shape of Rheinburg; maybe it is also recited in poetry.
Not bad. For thousands of years, countless human heroes have fought against the invasion of the undead here. Every stone brick in the "Twin Cities" is engraved with familiar or unfamiliar names, as well as lines of passionate oaths; maybe White can tell
That's right, the Dawn Fortress is the last frontline of mankind. Every living life rushes to this hell in this world just to protect the peace behind them...
But at this moment, standing directly in front of the fortress, Moriarty gradually forgot everything else. All he saw, thought, and felt was only one thought: "sacrifice"!
The soil outside the fortress is a mixture of jet black and deep purple, and is always moist and greasy. The black color comes from the filth of the power of death, and the deep purple color is the contamination and sedimentation of countless red blood, but where does the blood of the undead come from?
The city river under the fortress is greasy, smelly and corroded, and there is always a thick layer of ointment powder floating on the water. It is the remains of human soldiers who died in the battle after being cremated and dumped into the river. It is because they are worried that they will be summoned by the undead as an accomplice in the future, so they can't
Buried in peace.
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At a glance, Dawn Fortress looks like a high wall poured out of human bones and blood. Generation after generation, people have poured themselves into this wall. Make it high, make it thick, make it deep, and make it thousands of years old.
Unable to fall, indestructible.
Apart from this, there is no other personal benefit. There is only sacrifice.
Moriarty suddenly understood that the reason why Griffin Hart gathered an army to go on an expedition to Dejia was not simply to show off his force, but more to "tear down" this high wall so that future generations of mankind would not have to do this forever.
Endless sacrifices. Unfortunately, "Heart of the Griffin" failed, and with the rise of the Holy Spirit Temple, such sacrifices are getting worse.
Just like Moriarty looked up at the Fortress of Dawn, four human temples stood in twos and twos on the Twin Cities, looking down at the sea-like army of undead below the city.
"Teacher, the enemy's military strength is very strong. Two thousand skeleton warriors plus a thousand zombie corps are almost the scale of a national war. Moreover, during the last reconnaissance before the Rangers returned, they found that there was an endless stream of undead in the black forest.
Monsters are coming out, and there are quite a lot of them.”
Julian was extremely talented and was promoted to the temple when he was only in his thirties. However, this was his first time facing an attack by an undead army like this. Although he was brave and brave, he was still a little nervous.
"The evangelist of death is here in person, and this kind of pomp is still necessary." The old marquis was still there, and his electric eyes only searched carefully for the figure of the death monarch, but did not find it. Then he said strangely: "There is really no witch.
The demon comes..."
"Yes. The only reasonable explanation is that the Death Preacher will directly break through our city defenses, and then skeletons and zombies will break into the decisive battle." Julian gritted his teeth and said: "Teacher, three days have passed. Why, Mr. Xiu Sai?
Haven’t come yet? Moreover, our magical communication with the royal capital has never been connected again.”
After saying that, Julian turned and looked at the high-level air mage Yang who was further back: "Master, when will the communication array be repaired?"
"There is nothing wrong with the magic circle itself. There should be some external interference that hinders communication. Unfortunately, I have not been able to eliminate this interference and have not yet found its source."
His beard and hair are all white. He is over eighty years old and is one of the only high-level magicians in Erathia who has been trained by himself. In addition to being one of the vice-presidents of the "Moon Society", he is also deeply loved by the royal family and Iserlohn.
The trusted palace master-mage.
Generally speaking, even though Julian was a Taoist, he was very polite and respectful to Master Yang. He was suspected of being disrespectful by asking directly like he just did, and it also showed that he was in an anxious mood at this time.
"Julian, the master is solely responsible for the communication array issue. You only need to take care of the military affairs." Sure enough, the old Marquis immediately reprimanded the students for their flawed attitude: "As for the death preacher, he is even a sword master.
It won’t be here for a while, but with the suppression of the central light array, I won’t be able to fight!”
"Yes, teacher." Julian said no more.
One kilometer away, the "Vigil Fort" looks at each other in the distance, and the Bailie Gate and Inscorse also stand side by side. Looking at the invading undead army from a distance. And looking at the enemy's formation at this time, they have indeed deployed heavy troops on their own.
this direction.
Among them, two thousand skeleton warriors have formed a concave moon formation, surrounding the "Vigil Fort" on three sides, faintly pressing against each other.
Behind them is a whole group of undead priests, led by three peak level 12 death priests. Their high standards are frightening.
Another thousand zombies and death knight companies were deployed between the two castles to block the communication from "Thunder" and completely isolate the "Vigil Fort".
"Ah, as expected, the undead regarded us as the main target." For some reason, Bailiemen suddenly smiled, with a vague expression of contempt.
"Just what I wanted..." The Skeleton General was still solemn and solemn, but his eyes were shining.
"The Sword Master hasn't arrived for three days, so it seems he won't be able to come." Looking in the direction of "Thunder Castle" again, Bailiemen's smile gradually faded.
"That's...the Marquis's problem..."
The Skeleton General's speeches are always short and sharp, and his speech is often offensive. People who are not used to it will often feel slighted or even insulted.
"You're right." Bailiemen nodded, and after a moment, his smile returned.
At the same time, under the city, the ghost dragon messengers and skeleton snipers were already in place. But for some unknown reason, the death preacher was nowhere to be seen. Even after walking out of the Black Ember Forest, even Moriarty could not feel Jie Xiu's presence.
As for the specific location, I only know that it is hiding in the army, but it just doesn't come out.
There was no unnecessary shouting, persuading surrender, or even calling for formation, because both warring parties knew that this was a life-or-death, inextricable battle, so the war officially started immediately.
Using the hollow dragon roar of the ghost dragon messenger as a horn, a ray of death divine power shone down and fell on the five hundred skeleton warriors in front of the "Vigil Fort". Immediately, "1 full attribute" began to work on a large number of undead, causing the main skeleton formation to
His momentum suddenly became extremely ferocious.
"attack!"
The skeleton sniper stood at the front of the military formation with his bare hands, and there was billowing black air rising around him, making him look like he was in a storm. With a roar that resounded across the battlefield, the skeleton army immediately roared and moved, splitting into three groups of hundreds of people.
The team formed a "pin" shape and charged towards the "Vigil Fort".
At the same time, the three twelfth-level death priests in the priest group also jointly cast spells. Each of them held a dark arm bone in their hands, which was densely engraved with death talismans and strange curses. It was the secret of the Holy Spirit Temple.
It is a carrier of divine magic. However, it requires the joint use of three bones and the summoning of three high-level peak priests, which also shows how extraordinary it is.
Sure enough, just a few breaths later, a violent wave of divine magic suddenly erupted, and an even stronger radiance of divine magic enveloped the three death priests.
Looking further, I saw that half a kilometer below the castle, a large amount of bubbles suddenly popped up in the dark and dirty moat, and the ground rumbled with it.
But in the blink of an eye, strange tentacles that looked like dead bones and withered flesh and like vines swarmed out of the bottom of the river, quickly crisscrossed each other, and finally turned into a "special ground" nearly a hundred meters wide, covering almost the entire front section.
The surface of the moat turned the original trench into a smooth road.
"What!?"
Seeing such a change, both the "Thunder" in the distance and the human defenders on the "Vigil Fort" were in a collective uproar, and their morale was deeply depressed. Because without the barrier of the moat, the skeleton army could directly attack
The city, the impact force immediately increased tenfold. Even the faces of several strong men in the temple suddenly became very ugly, but the Skeleton General remained cold and unchanging.
"Arrow Tower, intercept immediately! For the other three city walls, allocate half of the troops to the front to gather! Also, don't be stingy with the kerosene, burn all the bones and debris!"
At the critical moment, Bailie Gate roared, causing all the human defenders to tense up and quickly recover from the surprise.
Facing the skeleton army formation that had already rushed within 100 meters, the two frontal arrow towers of the "Vigil Fort" began to counterattack. Immediately, crossbow arrows like locusts flew out, covering the undead within the range.
However, due to the "1 full attribute" of the Ghost Dragon Messenger, the life strength and defensive capabilities of the undead have been significantly increased. In addition, the piercing damage of the arrows is difficult to cause critical damage to the skeleton warriors composed of the surrounding bones, which can kill with one hit.
Therefore, despite the rain of arrows, the skeletons still advanced rapidly.
Until these undead stepped on the "floating bridge" erected by the magic of death, came to the foot of the fort, and truly touched the wall of the "Vigil Fort".
Originally, there was no special form, but when the finger bones of the first skeleton warrior touched a certain city brick covered with vicissitudes of life, suddenly, a hazy light that looked like the morning sun or sunset shone on the surface of the wall in front of him.
Then, the light spread out and instantly covered the entire high wall of the castle like water dye.
Seen from a distance, the "Vigil Fort" seems to be surrounded by an infinite and boundless bright light, which is extremely sacred.
And when this bright light shone down on the undead, its "1 full attributes" suddenly became ineffective, as if they had been offset by some kind of force.
Therefore, when the arrow tower attacked again, the undead souls that had been stripped of their beneficial status suddenly became much more vulnerable, and their bodies began to be broken by the straight-shooting crossbows one after another, causing death and injury everywhere.
The "Light Blessing Array", also known as the "Central Light Array" in Iserlohn's mouth, was originally a top-level auxiliary array established with the help of the Church of Light hundreds of years ago. It was placed at the foundations of "Thunder" and "Night Watch" respectively.
It can have a strong suppressive effect on undead and other strange creatures. It can even gather the power of light in nature and condense it through a special structure to release powerful sacred attack power.
However, there was civil strife in the kingdom later, with the nobles and the church fighting each other, and the "Light Blessing Array" was also affected and damaged. Now it only retains part of its function of passively suppressing the undead.
But even so, with this formation, even if a death monarch like the Death Preacher stands within the scope of the formation, he will have to be restrained and suppressed. This is also the biggest basis for Iserlohn's confidence that he can fight with it. (Unfinished)
