The falling of the floating city is a slow process.
Because of its slowness, it initially seemed very harmless to humans and animals, so much so that the legionnaires and cult soldiers defending the embassy did not even realize that the floating city had launched an attack.
By the time they had doubts about whether the floating city had grown bigger, the speed of the floating city had already accumulated to a terrifying level, and they had no time to feel scared.
Yes, fear is a treatment that only those outside the attack range of the floating city are eligible to enjoy.
People who happen to be covered by shadows falling from the sky have no right to be afraid.
The collapsing "sky" crushed everything, the embassy, and the cult headquarters beneath the embassy. Everything disappeared in an instant. They were all smashed into pieces and then driven into the soft underground of Qianshui City.
Everyone who was just outside the attack range was shot away, and two entire legions of armored soldiers flew into the air in the blink of an eye, mixed with the broken masonry.
No one can cast the Feather Falling Technique in this situation. In fact, most of the frail army casters lost consciousness the moment they took off.
While these unlucky guys were still in the air, the real secondary disaster occurred - yes, the shock wave was not considered a secondary disaster, it was just a bonus effect.
The ground collapsed.
The floating city is like a giant palm falling from the sky, hitting the earth firmly. The target of this blow is the earth itself. Most of the force of this palm is borne by the earth, and it quickly destroys the internal self of the earth.
Coordinated stress structure.
A chain reaction occurs within the formation.
At first it was just a crack, but after a few seconds the crack spread into a "canyon", and the earth opened a huge mouth that swallowed everything.
And the floating city that caused all this quickly took off——
**
Wang was shocked: "Why did it take off again?"
Center: "This is a reaction force, which may cause damage to the main body of the floating city."
Wang frowned and thought for a second, then asked: "You mean, we hit the ground and then bounced up?"
"Yes, don't worry. The city's flight capabilities can ensure the stability of the rebound process. At present, the city's main structural integrity rate is 93%, which is within the acceptable range."
Wang: "What do you mean? Does it mean that I hit the floating city and lost 10% of its durability?"
Center: "It's seven percent."
Thank you for your correction!
Wang: "Then...will there be any impact if the 7% structural integrity rate is lost?"
Hub: "The maintenance department golem needs to be inspected to determine the negative impact."
Wang: "How many Golems in the maintenance department are operating now?"
"Zero. The maintenance department is completely offline."
Wang couldn't help but raise his eyebrows, which meant that it wouldn't be surprising if the floating city fell next. So he added an item to the to-do list: Someone knowledgeable should come and check the condition of the floating city.
But...what kind of person is considered knowledgeable?
At this time, Nini's voice came from the sound stone: "The ground conditions are not right, it looks like there is an earthquake!"
The king quickly touched the crystal ball and looked at the ground with the eyes of the floating city.
The entire ground was shrouded in a layer of smoke, making it impossible to see what was happening. A very sharp boundary line was formed between the water surface of the shallows near Qianshui City and the smoke belt.
There was no smoke in the forest around Qianshui City, but the birds flying into the sky looked like smoke. Otherwise, the king had no idea there were so many birds in the forest.
Wang: "Why are there earthquakes?"
Center: "The slaves are really ignorant of the secondary disasters caused by landing attacks."
Wang was in a bad state. If he had known that this could cause an earthquake, he might not have carried out this attack. His goal was only to destroy the Catalan Embassy and eliminate the teleportation array inside.
In his conception, after the attack on the floating island was over, Elzam's undead army would still need to clean up the remaining legions.
Now that's good, what kind of legion and whether Qianshui City can be left is a question.
Nini: "Look to the East!"
Wang changed his perspective and saw smoke and dust in the east, but he couldn't see what it was with the eyes of the floating city.
Wang: "Nini, what did you see?"
"The volcano, the volcano is erupting."
Wang: “Is a volcanic eruption also a secondary disaster?”
Center: "I don't know. It requires detailed collection of relevant data and geological analysis to determine it. It may just be a coincidence."
Wang looked at the smoke and dust in the distance through the "sympathy" of the crystal ball and fell into a strong shock.
The Cyclops Empire regards this attack as a regular means of suppressing other intelligent creatures. To other intelligent creatures living in this empire, what a terrifying group of tyrants they are!
"Wait a minute!" asked the center, "We have lowered it once before. Isn't it such a big problem?"
Center: "It was landing before, not attacking."
"I didn't say attack...oh shit!" Wang remembered. When he gave the order, he did use "land", but the language of the Cyclops Empire is very special. It has a set of changes to express priorities. The same word is different.
The degree of urgency means different things.
At that time, Wang felt that the situation was urgent, so he used a more urgent "landing".
The result was interpreted by the center as a lowering attack.
Moreover, Wang's original idea was indeed to "descend to attack" and attack the enemy by landing on the floating island. It was not a wrong expression.
But who knew it would be so terrible this time? The floating island, whose main body is a single piece of granite, lost almost ten points of strength, and the secondary disaster caused was an earthquake.
It's over, now the blame for the deaths of a large number of civilians has been taken.
The king touched his heart.
This was an emotion he had never experienced before.
Even now that his understanding of emotions has been greatly enriched after meeting everyone in the team and starting the adventure, he has never experienced such emotions.
He quickly found a possible name for this procedure from a book.
"Is this self-blame or regret?"
At this time, Elizabeth hugged him from behind: "I have been watching from the side just now. I can't understand the Cyclops language, but I can understand your expression. Combined with Nini's words, I can probably guess what happened."
Wang was silent. He didn't know why, but he felt that holding Elizabeth's hand would make him feel better at this time. So he raised his right hand and gently placed his palm on the back of Elizabeth's hand.
The back of the girl's hand was very cold, which was in stark contrast to the hot palm.
Wang felt the girl's face pressed against his back.
"No matter what happens," the girl's whisper was like drizzle, gently falling on his heart, "I will face it together with you. Even if you are called a terrifying demon in the future, I will bear the blame together.
.”
Wang did not answer, nor did he conduct a quantitative analysis of his inner emotions at this time. He just savored the emotions silently.
At this time, Rosalie rushed into the central control room - she had just gone to organize other residents of the floating city to "escape". When she saw this scene, she stopped and opened her mouth: "Huh?"
Marika walked over, whispered a few words and explained the situation clearly.
Rosalie said "Oh" and then wanted to speak, but Marika stopped her.
Time passed by like this, and Wang finally calmed down, took a deep breath, and then said: "It has happened. Prepare to land and do our best to rescue."
Rosalie: "That's right, the damn undead army actually slaughtered the entire city. In order to stop them, the Salvation Team came up with this strategy! The lich is really hateful!"
Wang: "Huh?"
Xiaobai made a fist with his right hand and smashed it into the palm of his left hand: "Yes, there is also this trick. I thought we were going to take the blame. Oh no, the lich is so hateful. Let's get down to the ground quickly to destroy the remaining undead creatures and rescue the living.
!”
Wang frowned and looked at Master Li Guang: "You... do you think so too?"
Li Guang looked at Wang: "Did you know in advance that this would result?"
Wang shook his head: "I don't know. But if I know, I can avoid this situation by changing the word form. I... don't think a 'don't know' can excuse me."
Li Guang: "Those who don't know are not guilty. Moreover, all of us, having experienced the previous landing, thought that this time would be the same. If we really say this, we are all guilty.
"And the donor's performance just now is enough, at least for me."
King: "But will those who died because of my fault think so?"
Liguang: "Then take this self-blame and guilt and walk the rest of the way."
Rosalie yelled at Wang: "Cheer up! Return to the previous attitude of not caring about good and evil, only calculating gains and losses!
"Don't just go out and say that it was your mistake that killed a lot of people! This will prevent us from completing the goal of saving the world. Reputation is also a resource!"
Elizabeth: "Yes, it has happened. The key is what to do next..."
Before she finished speaking, Nini's voice emerged from the sound stone: "There are new changes on the ground!"
Wang quickly turned his attention to the ground.
**
At this moment, on the ground.
In fact, because there were very few masonry houses in Qianshui City and most of them were shacks, the damage to the ground was not as great as Wang thought.
It would be better to say that those who died were all the rich and powerful who lived in brick and stone houses, and the common people did not die much.
Moreover, sturdy buildings like churches that used dwarven masonry techniques actually survived the earthquake.
But now, the real enemies of the living have begun to act.
Elzam Malcolm's head floated up among the ruins left by the earthquake, and his body was reorganizing - this process happened automatically. After all, at this moment, the "deaths" gathered in Qianshui City had exceeded the threshold.
.
The lich is the embodiment of death, which is part of the law of nature.
Even if the lich can use his subjective consciousness to temporarily suppress the instinct to sow death, even if the lich is a joke, even if he was a kind person before his transformation, and he only extended his life in pursuit of the truth of magic, it will bring about
Coming to death will not change anything.
Elzam murmured to himself: "Maybe, brother, you are blaming yourself for your mistakes now, but from my perspective, this is just a part of my destiny.
"Besides, I have long had the urge to harvest these damn living people, but I lost to curiosity for the time being."
Because of the death that filled the surroundings, Elzam's new body was completely black, and his entire skeleton was completely larger than that of an ordinary human being.
The light in his eye sockets also became many times brighter than before.
Elzam: "So, my young friend, don't believe too much in the kindness of the lich."
He opened his right hand - this time it looked like the claws of some kind of beast.
As the center of the undead army, he doesn't need to give instructions through words at all, as long as he has a thought in his mind.
However, Elzam Malcolm is a very ritualistic person.
"Start harvesting the living! Kill without mercy!" After saying that, he closed his palms fiercely.
A red light appeared in the eyes of the undead army gathered around him, a fierce light that would make people shudder even in the daytime.
All undead creatures that can howl, including ghouls, ghosts and death knights, all roared!
The wave of undead creatures swept towards the survivors in the ruins.
**
Nini loudly reported what she saw: "The undead army has begun to harvest survivors!"
The king's voice came from the sound stone: "What is it? Erzam wouldn't be like this... Damn it, he planned to sacrifice the entire city of Minos last time! This guy! Among the living below, there are still
Is there organized resistance?”
"Yes!" Nini reported, "At the dock! The dock area is still resisting. It seems that the damage in the dock area is relatively small!"
Wang's voice continued to come from the sound stone: "Okay! Xiaobai, take Nini down and tell the people in the dock area to gather towards the water. The floating island will fall in the water, let them get on the island! Rosalie
, organized people to put rope nets on the edge of the floating island. In order to prevent the soil on the ground from being washed away, we will not completely fall into the water."
**
At this time, Mrs. Hashir felt that her previous life was so ordinary.
Apart from anything else, there has been no earthquake in Qianshui City since its construction. There is even no record of an earthquake in this area. Now there is an earthquake.
Then Shallow Water City has never been invaded by the undead army led by the Lich.
Not to mention that this undead army was quite polite at first, but suddenly became violent after the earthquake.
Hashir could only sigh: "My bones are almost wet, please fix this for me."
"Grandma! What should I do?" one of the cadres of the Pelican Gang asked loudly, and he even started calling Hasil Grandma in a hurry.
Hashir: "What else can we do? We are not the Knights of the Order, how can we fight against the mad undead army? Get on the boat and run! Organize people to transfer the women, children, old and young who are hiding in the church to the boat first.
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Cadre: "But most of the ships were shaken by the earthquake just now..."
"That's called an earthquake!" said the well-informed Hashir.
"Oh, it was stranded by the earthquake, and the remaining ships are somewhat damaged. Now we need to check which ship can be used!"
"Never mind it!" Hashir waved his hand, "As long as it can float on the water, move quickly!"
After saying this, Hashir raised her head because she knew there was still a place where she could save the Pelican Gang.
Then she saw a gryphon descending with an elf.
Elf: "The floating island will land on the water. Move to the floating island quickly! Hurry!"
As soon as she finished speaking, the huge island in the sky that caused the earthquake began to slowly fall.
Hashir was still hesitant: "Is it really okay? We are just a bunch of gangsters, and although the Pelican Gang seems to be friendly and righteous, in fact we also do bad things. Except for the moon candy, which is more restrained, we do bad things.
You’ve done a lot.”
Elf: "I'm just conveying the city lord's order. When you go up, you can tell the city lord about this!"
Hahir was speechless: "Okay! You guys, you've all heard it, come to the island!"