After losing the blocking and protection of the city wall, the defenders in the city became precarious.
The reloading speed of the early flintlock guns was not fast, and if there was no good discipline to maintain the front, sporadic shooting was not very effective as a deterrent. In the subsequent street battles, the Crancia army advanced all the way, with overwhelming force, first charging up the city wall,
Occupy every key point on the city wall, then overlook the interior of the city, and advance toward the center step by step.
"Let's go, idiot."
One of the defenders dropped the musket in his hand and pulled his comrade, hoping that the other comrade would leave with him. However, this former comrade seemed to have lost his hearing in the artillery fire, and he kept repeating the action of loading and shooting like a maniac.
Shoot bullets one by one to who knows where.
While the two were struggling, a group of warriors holding stainless steel shields had already rushed onto the city wall. The bullets fired on the shields made a tinkling sound, but they still moved forward.
Seeing the troops coming in like a tide, many defenders finally couldn't bear the collapse of their morale and had nowhere to escape, so they dropped their muskets and weapons and surrendered.
On the bell towers and tall buildings in the city, many mages were standing in resistance. They controlled golems and exploding flames to attack all enemies approaching them.
"Ignore the golem and focus on the mage."
The officer below commanded, then raised the black magic crystal guns one by one, aiming at them.
"Fire!" A short firelight lit up, and then bursts of blood appeared from the mage's body. He fell from the tall building and hit the ground, forming a pool of dark red blood.
Since defeating the Frost Alliance several times, Crancia has also captured many intact magic crystal guns. After two months of training, these soldiers can use them well.
War is a process of rapid learning, and after several battles with the Frost Alliance, Clancia has gradually gained a lot of musketeers. They are even more efficient in combat than the enemy, and their discipline is better and their will is firmer.
Muskets from both sides fired in the streets, and the city was enveloped in thick smoke. There were broken glass, wood, walls, etc. everywhere, and the ground was almost covered with dust and gravel.
After a series of exchanges of fire, the soldiers in neat boots stepped on the stone brick ground and moved towards the clock tower in the middle, which is the center of Mozwa.
The entire city is shaped like a dial, with twelve towers pointing in the twelve o'clock direction. They were the twelve early universities in Lurna. Although some declined and merged later, only eight remained. But these eight universities
It also represents the eight largest factions and fields of mages in the country.
The central engraved tower is located in the center of the ‘dial’ and is where offices and meetings are held on weekdays.
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When the army in front entered the city, Lorraine Hill also rode a horse and slowly approached this magnificent city. Gray stone bricks could be seen on the mottled walls, as well as a few moss and water marks in the gaps.
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The Kingdom of Lurna was not powerful in the distant past, but a small kingdom by the sea. After the destruction of the Kingdom of Oz, many mages migrated westward and settled here. They built their own wizard towers, alchemy workshops, etc.
, start recruiting apprentices or students, and then slowly become stronger.
Until a few hundred years ago, the twelve largest and most powerful factions united to restructure the country's power order and chose Mozwa as its capital.
For this reason, the capital of this country is designed to be very cutting-edge and has a kind of beauty that mages appreciate. It is regular and neat. The outer city wall can also be regarded as a circle divided by 36 edges. There are also several layers of intersecting city walls inside.
The city is neatly divided into areas to facilitate management and planning. Surrounding the central engraved tower are twelve magnificent universities.
"Your Highness, I have something to report to you ahead of time."
After entering the city, Lorraine Hill was preparing to wait on the city wall when a soldier came over on horseback.
"What's going on?" She looked up at the panting soldier.
"Frost United has expressed its willingness to surrender unconditionally and hopes that we can suspend firing to reduce unnecessary casualties."
So fast? The girl thought to herself. Listening to the increasingly sparse gunfire in front of her, she guessed that there were indeed not many enemies who still had the will to fight.
"It's acceptable, but if you want to surrender, you need to shout in advance, put down all weapons and armor, and then walk out of the bunker with your hands raised."
"After that, we will send people here to tie them up one by one and let the follow-up troops take unified custody."
"Yes, Your Highness the Sage." The soldier saluted loudly, and then continued to rush forward.
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Following the joint orders from the senior generals of the Frost Alliance, the soldiers in the city finally accepted the reality and walked out of the towers and fortresses one by one. Under the surveillance of muskets, they raised their hands and accepted the other party's binding and imprisonment.
Lorraine Hill gave up riding and walked in the city full of ruins. Surrounded by broken and messy shops, there were also many corpses lying on the ground gradually stiffening.
Wearing gray boots, she lightly jumped over a pillar across the street and continued forward, with a little silver hair exposed under the light gray hood.
Some Cranthian soldiers were searching and clearing the buildings along the street. Occasionally, scattered residents would come out and look at this group of foreign soldiers in horror.
Fortunately, the current military discipline in Crancia is very strict, and no one has done anything excessive. They first briefly asked the resident what kind of work he did in the city and why he was here.
If there are no problems, they will be taken to a place for centralized management, where there will be specialized soldiers to guard them, as well as food, water, and medical personnel.
Suddenly there was a slight sound in the ruins, and with the sound of stones rolling down, a buried figure slowly crawled out.
Looking at the dusty uniforms and the blood stains on them, they should be Frost Alliance soldiers who were affected by artillery fire and fighting when the city was breached.
Before he could struggle to stand up, a dozen Crancia warriors surrounded him.
"Put down your weapons and raise your hands."
"Don't try to resist, you will only make your own death in vain."
"The Frost Alliance surrendered, and the war is over."
Each voice blasted into the soldier's mind like a bombshell. His eyes, which were still awake, looked at the surrounding enemies in confusion and confusion.
Fortunately, the extremely sharp spear tip and blade finally made him regain his consciousness, and he raised his hand tremblingly.
"Please...don't...don't kill me..." His voice was tense and uneasy, which was the fear of losing control of everything in his life.
"Relax a little, then back away and stay away from the weapons at hand. This will be good for you and me." A Cranthian soldier patiently guided him. Although his side had an absolute advantage, he did not want to injure any member of the team because of his carelessness.
"I...I can't move...I, my legs are gone..."
The soldier's voice was filled with wet choking and panic. He didn't know if he would die here today, if he would be abandoned by others, or how he would spend the rest of his life without legs.
Several Crancia soldiers looked at the dark red blood stains under the rubble and dust, as well as the twisted limbs, and sighed silently, but they couldn't.
The last captain came forward and asked the other two soldiers to approach carefully and take away the weapons in his hand, then surrounded him and dug his lower body out of the rubble.
"Send him to the resettlement point. Clean his wounds and perform amputation. He may be able to save his life." The captain said to the soldiers carrying the stretcher. They could only help him so much.
At this time, a clear voice sounded.
"Stop for a moment." Lorraine Hill, wearing a light gray hooded robe, walked over.
Looking at the sudden appearance of the slender girl, several soldiers were a little surprised. Fortunately, the small badge on the chest indicated that she was from Crancia, so they were not overly nervous.
"I can treat him first." Lorraine Hill didn't want to reveal his identity yet.
"But this is a bit unruly. You must prove that you have enough ability, otherwise random attempts will only make the patient more..." Before the captain finished speaking, Lorraine Hill took something from his sleeve.
A small bronze medal appeared with a small red string on it.
"A graduate of Sage Academy?" The captain looked at the small bronze medal, which had an embossed pattern on it. The faint petals and leaves were exactly the pattern of sage.
The petals of sage are mostly blue and purple. Its growth is very resistant to pests and diseases. In the past, it was regarded as a universal elixir. Although this is an exaggeration, it is indeed a medicinal material with various functions such as sterilization, disinfection and antisepsis.
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After Lorraine Hill established the first extraordinary medical school in Solander, he named it after it. Each graduate will be issued a bronze medal symbolizing status. They walk in the mountains and fields to provide services to those remote and barren areas.
Provide the most basic and most urgently needed medical support to the people.
After seeing the bronze medal, the captain seemed relieved and asked the two team members to put down the injured enemy soldier for the time being and let the mysterious girl whose face was half hidden in the hood take a look.
Lorraine Hill stepped forward, stretched out his white palm, and covered the soldier's body in the distance. A faint brilliance appeared in his eyes, checking the injuries on his body.
Although one of her calves was twisted, fortunately it didn't take long and it was not completely necrotic. With her current strength, treatment would not be difficult.
A faint white light emerged from the palm of his hand, and then strands of white flames gently outlined and wrapped around his calf. First, blood, dust, sterilization, etc. were removed, and then his wrist was slightly turned, and the leg bones below were also manipulated.
He straightened it up in the air and made a slight sound.
"Ah -" the soldier lying on the stretcher shouted in pain.
"Be patient for a little bit, it will be fine in a while." The girl's clear voice is like the breeze and flowing water in the mountains, making people feel calmer and calmer.
The originally dark red wound slowly returned to its normal color as wisps of white light penetrated into it, while the internal nerves and muscles returned to their original state under extremely precise treatment.
Lying on the ground, the soldier only felt a cool feeling coming from his calf, and then his ankle slowly regained consciousness. A real unbearable joy rose in his heart, and he looked at the girl with gratitude.
Although he could only see the delicate chin due to the angle, in his heart, this mysterious girl he had never met before was more beautiful and kinder than any angel in the church.
"That's good."
After checking it again, Lorraine Hill put down his hand, blinked and said this.
"Thank you, thank you, thank you..." The soldier said incoherently. His lack of knowledge could not find any elegant or better words, so he could only keep repeating to express his gratitude.
"Let me repay you in any way you want."
"Nothing." Lorraine Hill shook his head slightly.
"If you see people who are in trouble and really need help in the future, just help them. Then, goodbye, sir."
The girl with silver hair and gray robe crossed the street lightly, and left quietly under the thanks and probing eyes of the people behind her.
Walking on the gravel-strewn streets, she felt a little depressed because of the war, but she suddenly felt better at this moment.
What she has done is not worthless. After the war is over, this country will usher in a new beginning, she imagined.
As the sky and night get closer, Mozwane finally slowly returns to peace.
Burning braziers or torches were set up on the streets, and most areas returned to silence, while a small number of places where people gathered were still very noisy.
"Everyone, line up and come one by one."
In a camp where refugees were resettled, an aunt in charge of the kitchen held a spoon and asked the people to line up, and then distributed cooked porridge one by one to replenish water and food. People after the disaster were talking quietly in the night.
Some of them were grateful that they survived the war, some missed seeing their other family members yet, and some were thinking about how to live in the future.
Inside the Engraved Tower in the city on the other side.
The candle lamps in the tower were lit one by one, illuminating the meeting hall on the top of the tower. The windows on the four sides overlooked the entire city shrouded in night, which was immersed in cool tones and only a few lights could be seen.
"Don't the generals of the Frost Alliance know the whereabouts of those people?"
Lorraine Hill and several representatives from the Starlight Alliance sat around the table and asked several intelligence officers in the army.
"Yes, we asked the soldiers and officers in the city, but we still don't know where the core group of mages went."
"Did he escape? But our maritime patrol ships and monsters found no trace of him." A mage from the Chuyue Council frowned slightly.
"Not sure. If they were escaping, they should have brought some important things and people with them, but in fact they didn't. We even found many valuable alchemical creations in the central hall, although many of them were still experimental bodies.
But it’s also an extremely precious thing.”
"And their families don't know where these mages have gone. They seem to have disappeared out of thin air."
"Disappeared out of thin air? Could it be that he used some ability to travel through space?" a general speculated.
"This should not happen. According to what those His Highnesses from Sequence 9 said, they did not find large-scale spatial fluctuations."
"That means they are still hiding in the city." A veteran said with certainty.
"Maybe there are some underground facilities or passages below. When we fought with the nobles of the West Wind, we could often find cellars or escape passages in the castle. And these mages are so cunning, they will definitely leave themselves with a way out and a backup plan.
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"It seems that the search must continue. But this time we have to apply to the church for a group of extraordinary beings in the necromantic sequence. Whether they are ghosts traveling through entities or the induction of soul fire, they are more suitable for this job.
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"Then I'd like to ask Beenice to crown me." Although Beenice was not here, Lorraine Hill still said this, as if he was sure that the other party would hear this.
As the sage finished speaking, a golden crescent moon appeared on the table, and then slowly dispersed, and the communication of information was completed here.