The sun is high

In the current Watch City, the situation Felix mentioned is extremely common.

Dramatic changes in the living environment, fear of the unknown and death, and extreme distrust of rulers and managers... Factors such as these are superimposed and mixed with each other, which ultimately contributes to the sensitive and fragile nerves of the residents of Watch City.

Under such circumstances, the residents showed very strong resistance and resistance to the relocation proposal put forward by the Dawn Society. Coupled with the deliberate incitement of some remaining members of the Black Sun Society lurking in the city, the work of Felix and others The difficulty becomes even more astonishing.

In some urban areas, there have even been bad rumors that "the so-called relocation is actually to deceive people to be concentrated outside the city for processing." If the Dawn Society only dealt with the residents who further spread these rumors, but failed to truly find out who created the source of these rumors, then the situation will only get worse.

"However, Mr. Daswell has made some new developments... Several local guerrilla teams that have been wandering around Watch City have contacted him. It is said that many members of these teams are from the Rock Lake Mine. , he is a miner there, and he was also a resident of Watch City in the past."

Felix smiled: "If the Dawn Society can establish stable contact with them and even cooperate with them, then our persuasiveness to the residents of the city will naturally be improved. After all, the blood relationship between the locals is close enough, and explanations from relatives and friends It’s easier to convince them.”

"Ha, I knew you could always find a way."

Meyer nodded happily: "By the way, Felix, how are you doing with the statistics on the homeless orphans in Watch City?"

Felix replied: "It has been basically completed, but the number continues to increase. Yesterday morning, we found a dozen children in an abandoned sewer."

"All alive?"

"Three of them are sick and have been handed over to the healing doctors... The rest are fine, but it's too cold in the sewers and their frostbite is a bit serious."

Felix has always taken great care of children. Many people in the Dawn Society have seen Felix's behavior when taking care of children. That kind of gentle and patient appearance makes it impossible to compare Felix and the Sword of Dawn. linked to the identity of the person.

"It's not easy for these children. Most of their parents and family members disappeared during the purges of the Black Sun Society. The oldest one has been hiding there for more than two months."

Meyer raised his eyebrows with interest: "It sounds like that kid has become a little leader?"

"maybe."

Felix put down the water glass in his hand: "A half-grown boy, cautious and smart. Although he has returned to the station with us, his trust in us is still limited... This kind of child is always more willing to believe in himself s eyes."

Meyer shrugged: "Then let's do our own thing and let him judge the rest. When those children recover a little, we can also let them help us."

"Help? A bunch of kids?"

Elf mage Hetra pursed his lips. Unlike Felix, he was most afraid of children, especially half-year-old children: "Sir, Mel, I think it's good if they don't cause trouble."

"Don't forget the problem we are facing, Mr. Advisor, these children are much more persuasive than the miners' guerrillas!"

Meyer laughed, and then his eyes dropped again, falling on the metal cane in front of him.

As an ordinary person who cannot cast spells, it was the first time that Meyer felt the call from magic so clearly.

Those flowing lusters, those light and shadows like water... There seemed to be a strange sound coming from them, and some kind of wonderful rhythm appeared, constantly reverberating in Meyer's consciousness.

However, when Meyer tried to capture this wonderful rhythm and rhythm, they slipped away at an extremely fast speed.

Then, no matter how hard Meyer tried, the sound was like a tidal wave coming from far away. It was difficult to identify and his presence could only be vaguely felt.

The elf mage was keenly aware of Meyer's situation, so he explained: "I guess, Professor, you just heard it, right? That is the wave of the Sinar Sea, a phenomenon that only exists in magic theory. When the magic power is pure enough and highly condensed, it can resonate with any living being, no matter how much magic power it possesses."

He breathed a sigh of relief: "From the perspective of Dawn Society, I fully agree with Mr. Felix's proposal, because this cane itself is actually enough to be called a miracle."

"What if you stand in your own shoes?"

Meyer broke away from that strange "rhythm" and asked seriously: "Or, from the perspective of a Vann mage?"

"Then I would like more people to see it and even touch it."

Having said this, the elf mage showed a wry smile: "The blind desire for magic and knowledge can easily lead spellcasters astray. This is really very dangerous at the moment, although I personally do not agree with the idea of ​​a sword-wielding monastery. Fanatic belief, but compared to being lost or deceived, believing in miracles is acceptable."

"Well, I see what you're thinking."

Meyer nodded. Just as he was about to ask something else, a shrill alarm suddenly pierced the night sky.

That was a siren symbolizing an air raid. This siren had been used frequently since the Dawn Society's army came into contact with dangerous creatures such as the Asaru Giant Bird.

The Black Sun Society did not waste the combat power of these giant birds. After experiencing the initial defeat on the frontal battlefield, the Society transformed these huge flocks of birds into night harassers and attackers, specifically used to harass the outer defense line, or It was to use the darkness of night to launch the raid.

Of course, with its own defensive measures and weapons specifically designed to fight against enemies in the air, this level of harassment is not enough to cause substantial damage to the Dawn Society. At most, it will only bring more fatigue and tension. This is not enough for Dawn Society. For Dawn Society, which is full of fighting enthusiasm, it is really not a challenge.

Amidst the shrill air raid sirens, the three people in the room looked at the night sky at the same time. They saw the flocks of Asaru giant birds quickly collapsing under the cover of anti-aircraft fire. However, this time, these undisciplined giant birds But he seemed to have restrained his fear, and continued to rush towards the interior of Watch City despite suffering huge casualties.

Soon, the Dawn Society soldiers stationed in the defense lines of the Watch City and the edge building strongholds also noticed the strangeness of these giant birds. As more artillery fire was fired into the sky, the violent magic explosion successfully dispersed the night, and The scattered shadows of the remaining Asaru giant birds were reflected.

"Um?"

Felix's brows furrowed.

As the leader of the Sword of Dawn, Felix is ​​no longer unfamiliar with the battlefield, and he is well aware of the enemies that the Sword of Dawn may need to fight against.

Therefore, after discovering that the Asaru giant birds in the sky were uncharacteristically insisting on advancing despite heavy casualties, Felix immediately became alert, without waiting for him to use the secret communication device in the room to convey the warning and keep watch. The other Dawn Society officers in the city had already reacted correctly.

As the magic signals used to provide lighting flew high into the sky one after another, a large number of firepower points hidden in the Watch City were revealed, and the unique roar of the Far-Eyed Guns also began to echo in the city. After realizing that these Asalu giants After the bird may have some special mission, professional shooters immediately began ruthless sniping.

The lighting magic turned the entire city into daylight. Under such circumstances, no bird or beast could survive in the air. These inexplicable invaders seemed to provide the Dawn Society troops stationed in the city with an opportunity to show off their capabilities. Under the gaze of the residents who couldn't sleep, those terrible Asalu were quickly cleared away.

A giant Asaru bird fell on a building not far away. Its body was penetrated by the crystal bullets of the Far Eye Gun, but it did not die for a while, but continued to struggle. The huge The wings beat against the masonry, and the cry before death was strange and unpleasant.

"What are they here for? To die? It makes no sense."

The elf mage touched his chin in confusion. As an elf, he was extremely disgusted with this weird "unclean thing", so he immediately raised his palm, and a dark red fire immediately appeared from his fingertips. out.

However, before Master Hetra's destructive magic could be fully formed, the giant bird that fell on the opposite roof suddenly struggled to stand up, with two abnormal cracks on its huge and strange head. Suddenly appeared, and then, the flesh and blood in the crack surged, and actually evolved into two rotating eyeballs under the influence of some kind of ritual.

It looked directly at the temporary command post where Meyer and three others were.

The next moment, the spear made of dark red flames was thrown by the elf mage. The high-power river valley-level magic belonging to Hetra himself engulfed the ugly figure on the spot, and the blazing magical flames even obscured it. He caught that cold gaze and incinerated the writhing flesh on the spot.

Despite this, Master Hetra's expression was not at all relieved. After seeing the strange changes in the giant bird before its death, some extremely bad premonition had already welled up in his heart, and when he turned his gaze elsewhere, he saw something more. The corpses of Asalu that fell from the sky have undergone similar changes. Under the influence of some preset ritual, even just a piece of broken flesh that can no longer be distinguished can evolve into something in an instant. eyes and looked in the direction of the temporary command post.

"No, this isn't right..."

After seeing this scene, Hetra couldn't help shouting, and both Meyer and Felix also reacted accordingly at this moment. The former ran towards the wall and grabbed it. The secret emergency communication protocol that had been installed in advance issued instructions to all members of the Dawn Society stationed nearby to evacuate and hide immediately. The latter quickly came to the desk, hurriedly picked up the lid of the wooden box, and put the A metal cane of great significance was put away.

After completing what they were doing, the three people in the room immediately began to evacuate with the other guards and clerks. At this time, Watch City and everyone staying around heard a chilling sound. The whining sound came from very far away on the horizon. The source of the sound was moving very fast, and was approaching almost instantly!

"St. Steele Snowfield Cannon!"

This terrifying and familiar name appears in the minds of many residents of Watch City.

From the moment this giant crystallized cannon with a rich northern snowfield style was manufactured, it took on the important responsibility of defending the north and guarding the Kingdom of St. Steele. For a long time, St. Steele The residents of Tire even regard it as an important symbol of their homeland.

At the beginning of the last war, the residents of Watch City heard this soul-stirring and terrifying roar more than once.

They knew that when the shells of the snowfield cannon fell, the protective ceremony at the center of its explosion would collapse on the spot, the solid position would fall apart, and the marching army would be reduced to nothing.

It is no exaggeration to say that the battlefield baptized by the snowfield cannon must be the cleanest battlefield in the world.

Because after the cannonballs fall, there are often only the chaotic aftermath and huge craters caused by the magic explosion left on the battlefield. As for corpses, trophies and other things, they will no longer exist.

But now, the cannonball that was once used to protect the great "Mother of the North" passed over the heads of the residents of Watch City. It fell to the edge of the city and was set up in this city. There was a collision of city defense rituals above the ruined city.

After the "Night of Miracles", the protective ritual of Watch City, which had finally been repaired, now endured everything it should not have endured.

The people in the city didn't hear any sound. They only saw some kind of unusually cold black light and shadow blooming in the sky above Watch City. It was like a mist with life and consciousness, and it was like the darkness that once enveloped the city. The dome, the dark waves rolling endlessly, is suffocating.

The huge ritual solidified in the city wall came into effect, and complex patterns spread out in the air.

Then the explosion occurred.

The magic lines flashed violently, and the vibration spread directly throughout the city. A section of the city wall that was the cornerstone of the permanent protection ceremony of Watch City collapsed on the spot, and the ancient ritual core buried underground also completely collapsed at this moment.

Those Asaru giant birds that were not afraid of death and persisted in rushing into the Watch City were not intended to launch attacks at all. They were living beacons transformed by the magic of the Black Sun Society, and were used to locate targets and pull giant cannons for bombardment. instruction signal.

Now, the deadly cannonball that had also been transformed by the Black Sun Society had successfully shattered the hastily repaired city defense ceremony, and the aftermath of the explosion surged toward the city below.

And that is where Meyer and others are.