The sun is high

"Is it an illusion?"

The experienced river valley level mage frowned.

He glanced at the nearby terrain, then at the aristocratic young men who were having intense discussions and exchanges, and then made his own judgment in the most cautious manner.

"Everyone leave your place immediately and follow me!"

He shouted in response to his faintly accelerating heartbeat. At the same time, he tore a page from the magic book he carried with him and quickly injected magic power into it. Then a bright, dazzling bright red light immediately shot towards the sky. It flew away and made a series of crisp sounds. After that, the red light turned into a ball and suspended in the air...

This is a universal public warning signal. In the military, it is generally used to mark dangerous areas and to warn surrounding personnel and latecomers to avoid and dodge.

However, this is an important camp that has just been set up.

There is even a special secret instrument set up in the camp, which is an important basis for monitoring the situation in Salem City and its surroundings. Therefore, the people who saw this bright red light did not react immediately until they heard the sound. The mage's roar.

"Stay away from the buildings! Stay away from the cliffs!"

The young nobles who came here to visit were actually the most obedient group. Before setting off, they had already received instructions from their elder officers in the family - they must obey the orders of the commander and team leader at all times, especially Trust the judgments made by the mages at critical moments.

Therefore, as soon as they heard the order, they dropped everything in their hands and quickly evacuated along the way they came. The whole process was orderly, with no one left behind and no other accidents due to panic.

The birds in the woods near the cliff left their nests at the same time as if they were frightened.

The plateau blue sheep resting on the nearby giant rocks screamed in terror. They hurriedly jumped on the rock wall and tried their best to move towards a safer place.

Hill snakes hiding in the cracks in the rocks emerged one after another. They gathered together and swam in the distance along the spacious road, seemingly not caring about the rolling wheels so close at hand.

As the camp manager and team leader, the River Valley-level mage was already sweating profusely.

He didn't quite understand why he had such a bad reaction, but his intuition told him that all the people in the camp must evacuate as quickly as possible. Even if they cannot leave Overlook Cliff, they must stay as far away from the surrounding protruding mountains as possible. With boulders, it is best to reach the flat woodland behind the cliff!

In this case, even those work record logs that must be taken away in principle are extremely glaring.

"Quick, quick, quick!"

The mage urged while using his hands to help the two military clerks carry the heavy files and thick magic records to a transport vehicle. Then he got into a vehicle himself and began to move quickly along the road. Evacuate along the road...

However, not long after walking out, the extremely terrifying premonition in the mage's heart reached its peak.

Almost out of instinct, he directly applied several protective rituals with different effects on the vehicle he was riding in. Before he could figure out the reason for doing so, the violent shaking started.

At first, it was just the sand and soil on the road that kept beating, but soon, bigger rocks also participated in this weird carnival, the trees began to sway, the shrubs danced, and obvious signs appeared on the clear lake at the end of the road. The water waves, those magical creatures that live in the lake and are most sensitive to environmental changes are almost crazy. These fish with magic in their bodies keep jumping out of the water like crazy, even jumping to the shore...

The earth was shaking up and down.

The vehicle could still barely move forward, but those members who evacuated on foot were unable to steady their steps. They even fell to the ground amid violent shaking and were unable to get up for a long time.

Dark cracks began to appear on the ground. They were like plant roots that had received sufficient nutrients. They continued to spread on the ground and among the rocks at an alarming speed, and the sound they made during this process made people laugh. People's liver and gallbladder are about to burst.

At this moment, it is difficult for both the noble recruits who have just joined the army and the experienced and calm-headed seniors to remain absolutely calm.

The only one who could still conduct normal command was the river valley-level mage who cast several magic rituals on himself in time to force himself to calm down.

At this moment, he showed the qualities that a soldier and an excellent spellcaster should possess.

Carrying it with them, the protective arcana used to protect these young noble members began to receive a large amount of magic infusion, which caused the arcana itself to directly enter a state of near overload, but its effectiveness was equally obvious - originally it was only The protection ritual that could cover dozens of people was completely opened, and all members of the evacuation team were protected, which allowed them to continue moving forward and to a certain extent avoid damage caused by falling rocks and trees.

This terrible tremor lasted for a while, and then slowly subsided. However, as the commander, the River Valley-level mage did not relax. His expression became more serious. While he ordered the team to continue to avoid danger, he moved toward A new magic signal was released in the sky.

This time, there were three bright red magic light balls shooting into the sky. Their colors were extremely conspicuous, and their flying heights were even more astonishing. The warning contained in them was self-evident.

Almost at the same time, the young nobles saw more red magic warnings floating high into the sky, and finally formed a continuous patch in the sky until the end of their sight.

Some people turned around and saw magic warnings, large and small, rising in the sky far away.

Different from the bright red light balls used by the Kingdom of Walter, the magical warning lights used by the Kingdom of Deland are purple, and they are also very conspicuous when they float high in the sky.

"Don't stop! Keep moving forward and get ready for round two..."

The mage shouted loudly, but before his voice could finish, the second round of vibrations had already begun.

This time, the earth no longer trembled up and down like before, but began to shake violently from side to side.

At this moment, the whole world seemed to have become a flower pot in the hands of a naughty boy. When he jumped up happily holding the flower pot, the soil and plants in the pot shook violently.

In the distance, among the countless floating magic light balls, the observation balloons with the logo of the giant plateau eagle looked particularly lonely.

Those are observation balloons of the Fourth Artillery Regiment.

However, the observers and recorders who rode them were now in a state of stupor.

They originally just carried out a routine lift-off in accordance with the specifications of the artillery regiment. However, not long after the balloon rose, a large number of red magic warnings covered the surrounding sky, and even the camp below them fell into panic.

At this time, no one can pay attention to the rising balloon. When the members in the pod looked down, they could only see their comrades moving away from the buildings and barracks at an extremely fast speed. The artillerymen endured the shaking while working hard to fix the cannons and shells in the artillery regiment's station. These things could not withstand shaking and collision. If an accident occurred, the consequences would be unimaginable.

"Look over there, look over there!"

In a certain pod, a recorder patted his companion on the shoulder and pointed into the distance in a loud voice.

The huge crystal telescope installed on the gondola immediately began to rotate. It was pointed at the southeast, which is where the overlooking cliff camp is located. However, when the observer aimed his eyes at the eyepiece, he was horrified to find that there was On the overlooking cliff, the completed secret ritual camp was now gone.

In other words, the entire protruding part of Overlook Cliff has now disappeared.

The huge cliff that contains a strong magical power and has witnessed countless years of human life is now as if it has been chewed hard by something. In the field of view of the telescope, the cliff of great significance is moving at an alarming rate. It collapsed and cracked at a rapid speed, and a large amount of rocks and soil fell down along those huge cracks. The hard earth seemed to have become a soft carpet at this moment, and began to tremble and tremble with the footsteps of the invisible giant.

At this moment, the observer forgot his faith. He neither sighed to Walter's giant eagle nor prayed to his own gods. He was like a confused child, murmuring: "Mom... "

Amid his exclamations filled with complex emotions, the magic warning device set up in the observation balloon pod suddenly began to flash, which meant that an extremely violent magic disturbance was occurring nearby.

Under normal circumstances, once encountering this situation, the members of the observation balloon should immediately start descending. However, when the two people began to operate in a hurry, they discovered that all the preset magic rituals and crystallization instruments in the pod were now fell into a state of paralysis.

For a while, only the magic warning device in the pod was still flashing a red light symbolizing danger and making a buzzing sound. When they wanted to send signals to other nearby observation balloons, they found that all nearby observation balloons were The balloons were all in the same predicament - they were out of control.

"Leave...leave quickly!"

The observer was experienced. He pushed his companion away and took out the spare parachute from the bottom of the pod. This device, which was attached with slow-fall magic and protective rituals, could help them return to the ground safely.

However, their reaction was still a little slow after all.

Just when the two of them were about to push open the pod door and jump out downwards, a storm composed of magic power swept over from a high altitude in the distance. The exaggerated magic power turbulence destroyed everything immediately. All the magic rituals and equipment operating inside the observation balloon were observed, and then these observation balloons and their members were immediately involved in the chaotic airflow.

At the last moment, the poor observer was thrown out of the pod alive by the violent vibration. His body stretched in the air, and his limbs swayed helplessly.

In panic, he successfully opened the parachute he was carrying. However, the next moment, the slow-fall magic ritual attached to it was also destroyed and annihilated on the spot in the magic turbulence. The violent air flow was like a huge hand, pulling him away. He threw it wantonly into the distance.

Time seemed to slow down in the last moment of consciousness.

In the midst of uncontrolled rotation and tumbling, observers saw that all the balloons had turned into bright flames.

Then he saw that the hills, woods, lakes and rivers were all trembling.

This is the dance of the earth.

…

It was not just the already tense confrontation line that was affected by this horrific earthquake.

In fact, this was a horrific disaster that affected the Luowei Plateau and the Goddess Plain.

Even the city of Bolden, which is far away in the center of the Rowe Plateau, was inevitably affected. Although there were no large-scale building collapses in the city, due to the ground shaking and the panic of the people, when the impact occurred , there were still many surprises.

Drivers were too nervous and fearful, causing their vehicles to rush into stores, and many factories caused numerous accidents due to the panic of personnel leaving. Important experiments being conducted in the magic school also failed due to this sudden impact. .

The most serious damage came from the alchemy workshop in the eastern part of Bolden City.

A fire broke out in a large warehouse filled with alchemical materials and products, including some magical raw materials that could be used to make powerful alchemical bombs. Their violent burning triggered a series of explosions, which destroyed the entire warehouse. A metal train parked nearby that was originally intended to transfer some of the supplies was also hit. Two of the carriages detached from the track, causing considerable casualties.

The Fifth Chasseur Regiment stationed near the city of Bolden and the Ymir Legion, which is directly subordinate to the royal family, took over a large number of affairs in the city at this important moment. However, what confuses ordinary people is that the Ymir Legion is mainly active in The Leyland district where aristocrats gather.

They very purposefully entered the manors and residences of some families with considerable reputation in the Kingdom of Walter, and began rigorous searches and inspections in an extremely rough manner. Some people said that within this day, the Leiland District From time to time, the sounds of various firearms and weapons can be heard, but not many people know exactly what happened.

In the completely closed Ernst Manor, Zeke Ernst, who had begun to accept the protection of the Chasseur Regiment and completed the screening and cleanup of the personnel and forces within the entire manor, came to the manor he was extremely familiar with in a wheelchair. In front of the hotel.

In his hand was a piece of detailed information compiled by royal spies, which was densely filled with many important events that happened today, and information about the earthquake occupied most of the space.

The old man read these contents silently, then he raised his head and looked doubtfully at the manor hotel, which was still under martial law.

The keen intuition in his body told him that today's series of events may have some subtle connection with what happened underground in the manor.