In the past two days, Avid carefully checked the materials for the temporary teleportation circle brought back by Surdak. Except for a high-grade gem base that was penetrated by the archer's arrow, all the materials for the temporary teleportation circle were
Two magic rune boards were also damaged, requiring Aved to repair them himself.
Of course, what makes Avide scratch his head the most is the high-grade gemstone base, which cannot be repaired at all. He can only replace it with a new one. This kind of high-grade gemstone base may not be available even in Mukuso City on the dry cloth plane.
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Aphrodite has successfully arrived in the city of Hiranza and checked into the hotel in the Garden Square.
So Surdak also took the opportunity to go through the Void Gate and visit the city of Halanza.
In winter, Helensa City is covered in snow. It seems that every winter, snow removal work in the mountain city is the biggest problem. In order to quickly transport the snow from the city, the city hall has to temporarily hire some four-wheeled carriages.
Walking on the somewhat sloping streets, Surdak could easily overlook the snow-covered oak forests outside the city. This time when he returned to Helensa City, he did not report to the guard camp, but went directly along this road.
The streets are rushing to the Magic Guild.
There was still plenty of time, so Suldak did not take the magic caravan, but walked under the street trees on both sides of the street...
On the street, a magic caravan slowly stopped on the side of the road. Miss Hoyle opened the door, leaned her upper body out of the car, and asked Surdak on the street: "Viscount Surdak, are you
When did you come back?"
"...Just arrived!" Suldak stopped, saluted Miss Hoyle and said: "Good afternoon, Lady Bird."
After marrying Tax Collector Bird, Miss Hoyle has become Lady Bird. In recent years, she has not only become more mature, but also much plumper.
"Where are you going? If you're on the way, can I come up and give you a ride..." Miss Hoyle said enthusiastically.
"Magic Guild." Surdak answered.
"Come up! I happened to be passing by that way." Miss Hoyle said with a smile.
"Thank you for your carriage, Lady Bird." Suldak readily boarded the carriage, and Miss Hoyle's maid quickly moved the seat opposite her.
After Suldak sat opposite Miss Hoyle, the carriage slowly started to move again.
"Viscount Suldak, are you going to get together with Karl and Bird at the old place tonight?" Miss Hoyle asked curiously.
Suldak shook his head and said: "I am in a hurry to come back this time. I may have to leave immediately after meeting the Lance magician. The party may have to wait until there is an opportunity in the future..."
"You have all become so busy recently! You lead the army to station in other dimensions, and Darcy has to be busy until midnight every day before she can sleep..." Miss Hoyle said softly.
Suldak did not take up the topic and continued, but listened quietly.
Miss Hoyle is the cousin of Darcy Christie. The two of them usually have a very close relationship, so they naturally know Darcy's current situation. She is now the consul of Helensa City and can be regarded as the city's top administrator.
Surdak looked out the window...the trees outside were covered with rime.
The carriage stopped at the entrance of the Magic Guild, and Miss Hoyle said to Suldak:
"Goodbye then, Viscount Suldak!"
Suldak also recovered his thoughts, smiled slightly, made a knightly salute to Miss Hoyle and said:
"Goodbye, Lady Bird."
After saying that, he jumped out of the carriage briskly and walked through the snow on the ground into the lobby on the first floor of the Magic Guild.
The receptionist on the first floor knew Suldak and quickly found Lance.
Lance was wearing a set of dirty magic robes. It looked like the magic experiment just now was not very successful. His hair was standing on end, there were traces of smoke on his face, and the glasses on the bridge of his nose were also damaged.
One piece was broken, and the whole person seemed to have rushed out of a fire that had just exploded.
"Why are you back again? After all, this is a border town stationed in the plane. You come back so frequently. Are you sure the military department won't cause trouble for you?" Lance asked Surdak.
Surdak smiled and said: "This time I am back to perform a mission. By the way, I came to you this time to ask you to help find a high-grade gem base, the kind specially used for temporary teleportation circles.
...Is there any way to do it?”
Lance felt like he was on fire, "Do you think I am the president of the Bena Magic Guild? I can get any resources. This kind of gem base is usually controlled by the Astrologer Guild. This thing
Even in Bena City, you may not be able to buy it. Even the mid-level gem base is difficult to buy here in Helensa, and basically everyone doesn’t need it..."
"Okay then, I'll go to Bena City to try my luck..."
Surdak said to Lance.
"Hey, you came back just to buy that thing, right?" Lance said with some exaggeration.
"you guessed right……"
Saying goodbye to Lance who looked convinced, Suldak hurriedly left the Magic Guild and returned to the Plaza Garden Hotel. He used his aristocratic status to send Aphrodite to the magic airship and chose a luxurious cabin before passing through in a hurry.
The Gate of the Void returned to the plane of Ganbu.
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On the Ganbu plane, the rebels used the dock of Takarai Town as a breakthrough point and captured the entire town in just five days.
In the last two streets of the wealthy district, the nobles organized a raid at night. Several nobles and their knights successfully broke out from Takarai Town, but most of the nobles were killed by the rebels.
The cavalry stopped, and the civilians following the nobles originally planned to sneak out in troubled waters, but unfortunately they were surrounded by the rebels in the square at the gate of the city.
The corpses of a group of nobles and knights who had resisted the rebels in the wealthy area were hung on the crosses erected in the square at the city gate together with the knights of the security brigade. There were no less than two hundred wooden crosses erected in the entire square. The earliest one was
The corpse had been exposed to the sun for two days in the square, and the corpse already gave off a rotting stench.
The rebel soldiers asked the prisoners to dismantle an exquisite wooden attic in the town, pile the collected firewood into a square platform, and place all the noble knights on the fire and burn them to ashes.
In the past few days, fires have broken out all over the town. Most of them are rebels disposing of the corpses of the town. Some are their comrades, and some of the fires are burning the resistance of the nobles in the town.
There was a faint smell of corpses and fireworks floating in the sky over the entire town.
At noon on the fifth day, the rebels had planted a flag stained red with blood on the flagpole on the top of the bell tower and announced to the residents of Takalé that they had temporarily taken over the town.
On the street outside the manor, the panicked residents of the town began to be interrogated and counted by the rebels.
It is confirmed that those residents who did not participate in the battle can return to their homes in the town on their own. Of course, there are several houses in the south of the town that have been turned into ruins. If you happen to encounter them, you can only consider yourself unlucky. The rebels will not be in these ruins.
I will build a new house and compensate you.
Compared to other manors that were disturbed by the rebels, the manor of Magician Avide was not disturbed by the rebels.
In the afternoon, several secretaries sent by the rebels led people into the manor and conducted an identity census for the small town residents in the yard.
There was also a rebel knight who led several of his men to visit the magician Avid, so Avid took him around the manor until he saw the two-headed cannibal lying in the backyard garden basking in the sun.
The demon immediately became solemn, declined the invitation of Magician Avide to have afternoon tea on the terrace, and hurriedly left the manor.
Afterwards, the rebels did not bother the magician Avide again, but the rebel cavalry patrolling the streets every day increased the frequency of patrols.
According to the information Samira heard outside, the rebels did not seem to have any plans to run the town of Takarai for a long time. They also seemed to know that their current strength was not enough to fight against Lord MacDonnell's army, so
After they occupied the town of Takarai, their biggest move was to do their best to move all the supplies in the town.
The treasury of the town hall was opened by the rebels on the night they invaded Takarai Town. There are also several military supplies warehouses in the security brigade, and almost all the military supplies in them were transported to the riverside dock.
In addition, the biggest losses were caused by the trading houses in the town. Almost all businesses were looted by the rebels.
After the rebels invaded the wealthy areas, these manors were also heavily purged by the rebels. However, there were some manors that were not looted by the rebels, including the manor of the magician Avid.
The reason seems to be very simple. The rebels are currently unwilling to provoke the magic union. In addition, the rebels have more or less used their own money with the magician Avide in the past two days to help the fleeing residents of these towns, indirectly maintaining the war in Takarai Town.
order of time.
Watching the truckload of supplies being transported from the street at the gate to the town dock, this time also fully demonstrated the maximum benefits that a victory in a war can bring.
Surdak and Gulitem stood on the second floor terrace, looking at the long rows of four-wheeled carriages on the street, and sighed: "It seems that no matter whether it is mining or opening up new territories, it is far inferior to robbing towns to gain wealth."
Huge profits!"
"It is said that the lords of the Green Empire often wage wars. However, due to the frequent outbreaks of plane battlefields in recent years, His Majesty Charles issued a decree prohibiting the lords from waging wars during the period outside." Magician Avid was lying on a deck chair on the terrace.
Up, he said with a relaxed expression.
The bandage on his chest has not been removed yet, but his complexion is very good, and he can sit up under his own power, and can even walk slowly. As long as he does not do strenuous exercise and does not make his heart beat faster, his heart will not hurt.
Surdak asked the magician Aved: "You mean that wars often broke out between the various lords of the Green Empire before?"
"Wars don't break out often, but whichever lord owns a vast land and does not have corresponding military strength will be declared a war by other lords. This is quite common..." Magician Avid explained to Suldak
road,
"I thought that after acquiring the land, I obtained permanent ownership. It turns out that I can snatch it back through this method!" Surdak suddenly realized.
"However, in recent years, internal declarations of war have been prohibited. After all, a plane war broke out!" Magician Avide said: "As long as the noble lords participate in foreign wars, they are protected by the laws of the Green Empire..."
Surdak looked at the rebels outside the courtyard, and there seemed to be something in his eyes.
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The relationship between the Magic Guild and Takarai Town Hall has always been tense. This time the rebels attacked the town and the Magic Guild did not come forward.
Therefore, the magicians in Takarai Town have not been affected by the war. As long as they are magician nobles, the rebels will automatically ignore them. However, if the magician is found to be suspected of participating in the war, he will also be specially treated by the rebels.
Take care of it.
That’s how reality is…
On the evening of the sixth day, an army of Lord MacDonnell appeared on the mountain ridge to the north outside the town.
This army belongs to Lord MacDonnell's 7th Cavalry Regiment. It was originally stationed between the towns of Hatangada and Takale. It only took a day's journey from the station to Hatangada Town.
This support arrived four days later than expected. The reason was that when the army received news that the town of Takarai was attacked by rebels, it was searching for Surdak and his assault team southeast of Grove Ridge.
It took them three days to get over there.
Lord MacDonnell's flag fluttered over the mountains, and the rebels in Takarai Town began to station themselves on the city wall, assuming a fighting posture.
The 7th Cavalry Regiment arrived outside the north gate of Takarai Town, and five hundred cavalrymen lined up outside the town...
I thought they would launch a massive attack at dusk, but in the hottest part of the afternoon, a sixty-man cavalry squadron tentatively launched an attack. They were met with a hail of arrows from the archers at the top of the city.
Immediately like a turtle, he retracted his head.
This cavalry regiment is a light cavalry, and its armor is relatively thin. It has no way to deal with the longbow archers at the top of the city. They found that the rebels had deployed at least hundreds of archers at the top of the city, and they immediately gave up the attack.
idea.
At the same time, the rebels in Takale Town also accelerated the speed of moving supplies.
But on the surface, they put on a positive attitude of accepting the battle. On the morning of the seventh day, the rebels even opened the north city gate, and a heavy armored infantry regiment came out of the city to form a formation, preparing to fight the lord's army outside the city.
However, it was at noon that day that the reinforcements from Mukuso City had arrived outside the west gate of Takarai Town. They were an infantry regiment of 1,500 people, followed by ten catapults.
Almost as soon as the formation was set up, the catapults behind the military formation began to fire flaming flints towards the town of Takarai...
A huge fireball with a diameter of one meter crashed into the town. Originally, only seven or eight houses were burned in the town of Takale. Under the successive bombardment of ten catapults, the entire west side of the town was almost completely destroyed that afternoon.
Fires broke out in hundreds of houses, and nearly a hundred were directly destroyed by flints.
The residents of the small town who had already resettled in this war once again fled their homes crying for their mothers. They first gathered in the central square of the town and found that the flints thrown by the catapults rarely landed in the wealthy areas.
One side.
These small town residents once again hid in the wealthy area...