The sun is high

Although from the actual situation, the Kingdom of Votel has also joined the wartime alliance led by Merlin Lehe, but on the front battlefield, this martial country with amazing military strength has not shown its true strength. strength.

Until now, the Votel Kingdom has still adopted a relatively conservative support strategy.

Under the order of Queen Sophia of Walter, a very special regiment was dispatched and began activities behind the Dawn Society and the remaining coalition armies.

The combat effectiveness of this corps is very limited, because its main components are not the professional soldiers representative of the Kingdom of Walter, but those Council scholars who are proficient in magic engineering, workers responsible for temporary railway construction, and can provide Technicians of different races for fortification construction and weapon maintenance.

Faced with the huge sense of oppression brought by the Black Sun and the Black Sun Association, Princess Sophia, who has completely taken over the military command of the kingdom, showed her unusually generous side. She did not follow the opinions of the mainstream officers and staff in Votel's country. The plans and suggestions provided completely locked up the technologies and secrets related to magic fortifications and steam railways in the country, but actively arranged for the special corps to be within the "permissible range" to replace the alliance during the war. Temporary railway tracks were built at the junction of the Northern Territory and the Goddess Plains to consolidate the logistics system to ensure the long-term combat capabilities of the Alliance army.

At this point, Princess Sophia reached a high degree of consensus with her teacher, the "Three-clawed Falcon" of the Ernst family.

The fundamental reason why the Walter Kingdom made such a plan lies in the strange situation that is happening behind the kingdom.

The rugged hilly land, which is close to the Luowei Plateau and was regarded as an important strategic buffer zone by the Kingdom of Votel in the past, has now become an extremely terrifying hidden danger.

Ever since the black sun rose and the city of Salem was completely destroyed, the once rugged land has been completely transformed into a land of death full of sores and cracks. Those weird radiances appear in this land every moment. It flickers in the area, and does everything possible to damage and corrode those ignorant people and brave observers who dare to get close to this place.

Although the light pouring out from those cracks is not comparable to the black celestial body hanging in the sky, the destructive traces originating from the dark abyss are still full of them. These terrifying powers and those that make people feel incredible The strange scene will always cause extremely serious mental impact in a subtle way. Even if sufficient precautions are taken, those scholars and soldiers directly dispatched by the Kingdom of Walter and the Council of Mages will also carry out the execution. Symptoms of mental confusion or even collapse may occur after a period of work.

The cold light pillar that penetrated the sky did not suffer any weakening due to the final appearance of the black sun. On the contrary, the strange symbols and patterns that continued to appear from inside the light pillar became more and more dense during this time, even if Scholars who participated in the study of these strange lines are now unable to completely identify them. All they can do is to continuously record these lines and "decipher" them through various methods. the message in it.

However, these weird mysteries are not the only things this land of the dead has to offer.

There are also potentially huge threats.

In fact, from the very beginning, the strongholds and outposts set up by the Kingdom of Votel's army around the rugged hills have always detected some abnormal traces of movement, including but not limited to strange mud, twisted footprints or footprints, Missing cases reported by travelers and hunters, etc.

After a period of time, these abnormal traces went one step further. Several important monitoring stations directly responsible for the Ymir Corps were completely destroyed overnight. All personnel in the monitoring stations disappeared. The latecomers responsible for the investigation were only It can be seen that everything in the site has been severely damaged, and the scene is messy, but there is no blood or human body left at all.

To this end, the Kingdom of Votel has specially increased the control and monitoring of the rugged hilly areas. In order to ensure safety, the elite Fifth Chassing Regiment was dispatched to the town of Brown Hill next to the rugged hills. They had been active in this area in previous battles. Their fighting will was firm enough, and they also had considerable experience in dealing with magical creations and extreme situations.

The Fifth Chasseur Regiment did not live up to the trust of the Kingdom of Votel.

Relying on his connections among the nobility, the military system and the council, Alfred, as the top leader of the Chasseur Regiment, successfully obtained some secrets that ordinary officers could not know. Based on these secrets, he worked with Master Krauts to design A complete and rigorous monitoring method has been developed.

So, under the high alert of the Fifth Chasseur Regiment, they finally succeeded in capturing the terrible signs that were happening inside the rugged hilly land one day.

The monitors discovered that there seemed to be some shadows spreading and moving outwards in those bottomless gaps.

These shadows are not the same as the human figures that appear in the beam of light along with the patterns. They have completely lost the basic feature of the human shape. Instead, they look like the aggregation of many different life forms, or the use of ink on the canvas. Smudges smeared randomly.

Most of the time, these strange beings only wander in the cracks that are difficult to approach, but at certain moments, a very small number of them will leave the cracks and actively follow the traces left by the human past, Explore outside.

As both sides tried their best, the conflict inevitably broke out.

During a routine observation activity, the team of the Chasseur Regiment responsible for guarding the scholars of the Council encountered these twisted shadows. After a fierce battle, the brave soldiers finally used their own sufficient crystal bullets and alchemy bombs to defeat these twisted shadows. The indescribable presence was repulsed, but in the process, several soldiers also suffered serious injuries.

When the shadow-like limbs of these monsters passed through the bodies of the soldiers, their bodies began to wither and die quickly. Then, this symptom spread to other parts of their bodies, and they simply No one can survive the pain of physical contraction.

And after these injured people died, the strange disease did not let go of their corpses. It compressed their corpses into another form bit by bit. In the end, the corpses of the deceased became like The rocks dotted in the middle of the cracked abyss are like hard and gray. In the cracked cracks, there is a little magic color squeezed from the depths of life and soul.

In this way, scholars who studied the cracks in the earth came to a surprising conjecture.

Under the Luowei Plateau, not only has the magic power enough to re-summon the arrival of the black sun been sealed for a long time in the past, but a special "structure" is also hidden.

The dead who died for various reasons in the distant past were filled here. They may be "materials" to seal the black sun, or they may be "sacrifice" used to support some kind of ritual... In short, these The remains of the deceased continued to evolve and layer under the influence of the power homologous to the black sun, and eventually formed rock and crystalline veins full of fissures.

Compared with the past, this conjecture is obviously very creative and imaginative. If research continues along this line of thinking, perhaps scholars will soon be able to draw some new conclusions and results.

However, the monsters that emerged from the depths of the cracks did not give the Kingdom of Walter more time.

In just ten days after the first conflict, the hidden threat from the rugged hilly land began its first round of expansion. Those twisted dark shadows turned into ferocious beasts, emerging from the edge of the cracks in the ground. After drilling out, they accurately found the forward posts and observation stations set up by the Votel Kingdom, Merlinle and the Legal Committee in the surrounding areas, and launched a brutal attack on them.

Facing an enemy in this form, both soldiers and mages felt somewhat powerless.

Although they were able to effectively defeat the opponent's attack with the weapons and magic in their hands, the shadows that were successfully defeated eventually just dissipated like smoke and dust, and it wouldn't be long before more weird and dangerous monsters appeared again. Climbed out of the bottomless abyss and launched a new round of attack on Votel's army's defense line.

As a last resort, the Fifth Chasseur Regiment had no choice but to abandon all the strongholds and outposts set up in the rugged hilly areas, and relied on the fortifications built in advance in the area around Brown Hill Town to re-build the overall defense line.

Compared with the ongoing war in the northern region, the impact brought by the rugged hills is more direct. After all, the battle taking place here has completely transcended Van En's normal understanding of war.

And when the twisted shadows as the vanguard cleared the entire rugged hilly land, more frightening changes followed.

Observers riding observation balloons and airships discovered that some more concrete and larger beings were crawling out of the cracks. They looked like aggregation of mud, stone and crystallized minerals. Invisible magic combined the two. The two were forcibly kneaded together, forming giant beasts with various shapes and extremely oppressive shapes.

After a short meeting, a ferocious train carrying a variety of heavy crystal cannons and a large amount of supplies drove into the platform of Brown Hill Town. After unloading the supplies brought to the Fifth Chasseur Regiment, they immediately Using the rails to rush to the front line of defense, that night, continuous roars echoed in the rugged hills, and the magic paths created by the powerful crystal shells flying left no clouds or mist remaining in the sky.

This level of bombardment is enough to cause the most serious blow to any defense line or position. However, when the lighting magic flies in the sky, people find that these shockingly powerful explosions only play a certain degree of containment.

As if they had received clear command and unified orders, the twisted things coming from the depths of the cracks began to quickly disperse into the cracks of different sizes soon after the bombardment was launched, using these natural bunkers to avoid them. shelling.

During the interruptions in shelling, they would quickly emerge from their hiding places and push outward at extremely fast speeds.

This change made the officers on the front line look at each other.

Intuition and experience told them that behind this neat and orderly behavior, there might be a brain that knew enough about the army and war.

…

In a building in Watch City, a regular meeting of important members of the Dawn Society was taking place.

In addition to Meyer, Felix and other core members, some newly trained young members with potential were also invited to join the club. These young people were curious about every face in front of them, especially Meyer. Er and Felix, the former is the de facto leader of the Dawn Society, while the latter has added a bit of mystery due to previous events.

Now, this "saint" with a thin body and a slightly gloomy face is stating some important information to the attendees in a calm tone that cannot be heard elsewhere: "I know, we Comrades on the front line, especially young comrades, are somewhat optimistic about the current situation. In everyone's opinion, the wartime alliance obviously has an overwhelming advantage against St. Steele... This is inappropriate."

"But it's true, Mr. Felix!"

A young Dawn Society officer raised his hand and spoke: "Confidence and trust in allies are also the pillars of soldiers' combat effectiveness. Although Votel's army did not fight side by side with us, every artillery support they provided can provide Our soldiers bring great enthusiasm and confidence!”

Felix raised his hand and pressed it, then nodded and replied: "Well, this is exactly what I want to tell you next... There have been serious changes in the direction of the rugged hills, and the army of the Kingdom of Walter will inevitably The ground will be mobilized towards the south, and the artillery units originally arranged to support the northern front will also be mobilized to the south. This means that in the next period of time, the artillery fire we use to suppress enemy positions will be greatly affected. weakened."

"What Felix said is completely true. This transfer order has also been notified to Merlin Lehe."

Meyer added on the side: "Not only that, our comrades who are still active in the Goddess Plains and Rowe Plateau will also organize branch personnel to form a temporary team to support the defense line of Brown Hill Town... I will ask you to come here today, and we will I want to discuss this matter and let everyone speak freely.”

Having said this, Meyer's eyes slightly shifted toward Felix. Seeing that Felix's eyes always seemed to be tilted to the corner of the room, Meyer followed his gaze. He raised his hand and pointed at a young officer who was a little depressed and seemed to have not had enough sleep.

"Mr. Godger! What do you think of this matter?"