The sun is high

When the rain of crystal shells fell on the shadow army marching in the rugged hills, a storm was brewing in the North.

Unknowingly, the front-line offensive against the Kingdom of Saint Steele has fallen into a complete stalemate.

The main reason is naturally the strengthening of the resistance of the Black Sun Society.

Although the residents of the North have become more and more resistant to the Saint Steele army since the war broke out again, the Black Sun Society has never left room for these potential sources of soldiers like other countries or organizations.

Changing and reshaping the consciousness and mind of the recruits through secret rituals has become the most gentle means used by the Black Sun Society.

Projecting the illusions of many ancient gods and using various lost magics to directly distort the cognition of the civilians in the North, they can "voluntarily" follow the recruiters to the barracks. In fact, they are already very lucky, because the recruits at least do not need to endure too much pain in this process.

Especially the pain at the physical level.

For some villagers who have a strong will to resist and even dare to directly resist with violence, the Black Sun Society does not mind calling on some terrifying ancient creations for bloody suppression and deterrence.

Facts have proved that this means of suppression is extremely effective. After all, no matter how brave the rebels are, they will be helpless when facing those strange and bizarre existences.

And these creations summoned by the secret ceremony have gradually become the main combat force in the Saint Steele army under the strong promotion of the Black Sun Society.

As for those soldiers with limited combat effectiveness, who may even wake up at any time in the battle because of the failure of the secret ceremony, they have now been completely arranged by the Black Sun Society into crystal bullet "launchers" and "crystal gun mounts".

Except for sometimes throwing these poor people up to fill the line, most of the time, the direct confrontation will be completed by those creations.

Those ancient beings, like the giant bird of Asharu, who had been serving as cheap cannon fodder in the distant past, were sent to the battlefield by the members of the Black Sun Society in various ways. The great failures of these creatures and the gods they once followed in the past have now been transformed into chains to restrain and drive them.

That is the "blessing" transmitted from the Black Sun and the Abyss Palace.

The power to control and command these miserable survivors was thus handed over to the hands of their fanatical believers by the Black Sun Society.

In a subtle way, the situation in the north echoed the situation in the hills south of the Rowe Plateau. The difference between the two directions is that the battle line in the north is wider and the war itself involves a larger area. In the south, the twisted shadows directly controlled by Novi, the No. 1 leader of the Black Sun Society, have begun to spread outward, attacking the defense line set up by the Kingdom of Water near the rugged hills at all costs.

In order to better deal with the unrest in the hinterland, the Kingdom of Wotl, which has the strongest military strength among the plateau countries, had to re-arrange and mobilize its army. Except for a small number of troops that actively cooperated with the coalition forces and had already arrived at the front line, the troops originally set up in the north to launch long-range artillery attacks on the positions of the Kingdom of Saint Steele began to move to the south in an orderly manner, and a new round of conscription has been started in the towns within the threat radiation range of the rugged hills.

In the north, other armies that lost the fire support of friendly forces began to start a bloody and cruel meat-crushing war with the mixed army composed of strange creatures. Faced with these enemies that are difficult to guess with common sense, the leadership core of the Dawn Society also quickly changed the strategy of action. The infiltration and interspersed troops that helped the Dawn Society gain a huge advantage in the past period of time began to withdraw, and the powerful crystal cannons and experienced battlefield spellcasters also began to gather.

Meyer, Daswell and others had a clear idea - before they knew the enemy's specific situation and intentions, they should not advance rashly, and they should not sacrifice those brave and enthusiastic soldiers to maintain the "face of the front line".

However, this defensive strategy was criticized by Merlin and Xiangfang at this moment.

Under the deliberate promotion of some fanatical "miracle supporters" and "Meir believers", the change in the combat strategy of the Dawn Society troops was deliberately portrayed as a weak gesture of "showing goodwill" to the Black Sun Society.

Although Professor Weka, the "good guy" who presided over Merlin and foreign affairs, tried very hard to mediate and suppress this behavior that would obviously damage the alliance relationship, various voices still emerged in an endless stream, and there were news from unknown sources that were constantly released by some newspapers and magazines located in the south of the Goddess Plain.

Anyone with a discerning eye knows that in the south of the Goddess Plain, a large number of members of the Black Sun Society and small gatherings influenced and controlled by the Black Sun Society are active. Under the deliberate manipulation of these guys, a considerable amount of processed and processed information began to spread widely in the Goddess Plain and even the Rowe Plateau. Even within Merlinle and the internal community, people began to question the rationality of this alliance.

In response, some decision-makers of the Law Committee chose to turn a blind eye.

Among them were some deep-sea mages.

Soon, more unfavorable information about the Dawn Society was released, and the most egregious among them was the attack on the leader of the Dawn Society, Frey Meyer himself. "Afterwards, it was revealed to the public that the so-called Dawn Society was actually just an extension of the Black Sun Society. The direct evidence of this was the close relationship between Frey Meyer and Kozlov, a core member of the Black Sun Society - the two were former members of the Black Sun Society. Teachers and students, and even Frey Meyer himself can be regarded as Kozlov's protégé.

The witness released a series of evidence, from Meyer's detailed experience in the Kingdom of St. Steele, to his experience in the army of the Kingdom of Votel, to the letters exchanged between him and Kezlov in the early years, The figure of "Baron Sugar Ernst", who had many connections with the Black Sun Society, is even more looming among them.

It can be said to be a mountain of ironclad evidence.

Combined with the current stalemate on the northern front and the shrinking defense strategy of the Dawn Society, more and more evidence shows that the Dawn Society is not a safe partner, and the alliance strategy launched with the Dawn Society as the important core should be blinded. Cast a terrible shadow.

Under this circumstance, even the so-called "miracles" that happened in Watch City were regarded by the fanatical believers of the Goddess Mel as the "goddess" herself correcting some mistakes personally.

The rumors about Professor Meyer himself only opened a hole, and more confusing information followed. Dawn Society, as well as the strategies, concepts and ideas adopted by Dawn Society, soon began to be widely questioned and attacked. , in this, a considerable part of the firepower was also vented on Sugar Ernst as the "core figure". Even if there was no suppression and funding from the Black Sun Society behind it, the writers of magazines and newspapers would never It’s so easy to let such a wonderful character go.

Not to mention, at the current moment, the whereabouts of Sugar Ernst himself is unknown, and the Ernst family has not come forward to clarify or interfere, which gives people a broader space for imagination and "creation".

In this bad situation, the Dawn Sword, as an important intelligence department, was the first to be affected and impacted.

Under the orders of some leaders of the Legal Committee, a group of "veteran" River Valley-level mages brought several sword-wielding hermits to the headquarters of the Sword of Dawn one early morning. However, here they met a man sitting Felix on the chair at the gate.

This leader of the Sword of Dawn, who came from Salem City and seemed a little green not long ago, was leaning on the slightly deformed metal cane, sitting on the chair and looking directly at everyone who came. In his hand, he also held an important document signed by two deep-sea level mages and Weka, the head of external affairs of the Legal Committee, and others.

This document officially gave Felix a status similar to that of "The Chosen One."

Of course, Felix himself was extremely resistant to this identity. After all, no one knew the truth behind that miracle better than him, and no one knew more about his friend's sacrifice in the battle of Watch City than he did - but Now, this special identity has become a solid enough shield. As long as Felix holds on to this shield, he can gain more time and space for his comrades and ideals.

"Since the war against the Kingdom of St. Steele broke out, the Sword of Dawn has proven its significance and value with countless actions and sacrifices."

At this moment, Felix's weathered and thin face became colder than the ice of Merlin. He leaned on his cane and said in a neither humble nor arrogant tone: "It's not just the members of the Dawn Society who work here, but also the members of the Dawn Society. There are many intelligence officers from various countries, as well as loyal hermits from the Sword-bearing Ashram... Everyone, before you step here, you'd better think carefully whether your actions have gone against the will of the goddess Mel. ”

"I'm right here, you can come over."

Felix politely moved out of the way. However, the aggressive uninvited guests did not dare to do anything in the end. They could even see the members of the Dawn Society working nervously in the Sword of Dawn headquarters.

The storm continues, and everyone knows that this is just the beginning.

But at this tense and delicate time, a novel about Van En, about country and war, love and hatred, life and death, began to spread unknowingly.

Many people are not familiar with the author of this novel, but those who follow and support Dawn Society are just the opposite.

The author's pen name is "The Ghost of Salem".

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Large trains powered by magic crystals and steam are now also used by the Kingdom of St. Steele. This steam train is an imitation of the version in the Kingdom of Walter.

Under the orders of the St. Steele royal family and the Black Sun Society, the design intention of this train became extremely crude and direct. In order to maximize the transportation capacity and ensure the transportation of personnel, weapons and materials, the scholars and craftsmen of the Black Sun Society They drastically simplified and changed the internal structure of the trains. These changes turned these steel behemoths into complete "hollow transportation vehicles."

The thin metal shells of worrisome quality and the empty carriages are simply huge iron boxes. Once filled with unkempt passengers, plus the pungent alchemical gases produced when the steam train is running and the vomiting of motion sickness patients. , it is easy to make these carriages unwelcome.

But today's St. Steele Kingdom definitely can't control so much.

Now, the officials and generals of Saint Steele, who have tasted the sweetness of the exaggerated capacity of steam trains, just want to do everything they can to send all the resources that can be mobilized to the front line. They have received reliable intelligence and news from the Black Sun Society before, and believe that the critical time to launch a counterattack has come.

Even in the current environment, the main force of the army of the Kingdom of Saint Steele has been replaced by those terrifying existences, but the manpower required for building fortifications, building lines, operating weapons, etc. is like a huge black hole, and they have to continue to fill it with people.

In this case, even the city of Korlo, which was previously used as a rotating resting place by Saint Steele officers and nobles, has launched a large-scale conscription activity. In addition to ordinary soldiers, alchemists who can prepare magic potions, doctors who can provide healing magic, and apprentices of mages were also sent to the front line without explanation.

In a carriage filled with many alchemical potions and basic medicinal materials, a slender figure was leaning on two bags of medicinal materials, slowly flipping through the book in her hand with the help of an old crystal lamp fixed next to it.

This was a novel, the cover was a little old, but the pages inside looked a little new - obviously, this book was disguised like its owner, under the cover of an ordinary alchemical book, it was hidden with content strictly prohibited by the Saint Steele government.

This was the only entertainment that Weilin could enjoy when she went to the Saint Steele front.

In fact, Weilin was already very familiar with the words in the book. After all, when they were still in the manuscript stage, she had read them carefully several times. With her excellent memory, she could even recognize which parts of the novel had been revised.

But she was still very fascinated.

During the previous period of time, Weilin also changed a little.

In the past, her calmness and calmness were more like an illusion, which would often be completely stripped away by external interference at certain moments. But now, this quality has penetrated into her mind and soul, allowing her to face all the situations she encounters in a more reasonable state.