#1017 Tide

The large-scale military movement in the direction of Winterhold cannot be concealed—even overt.

In the Cecil control area, in the front-line command post of Winter Wolf Castle, officers and staff members gathered in the former castle hall. Information from all sides flows into this place like a river flowing into the sea, one message is delivered, one command is sent one by one. After being dispatched, the distant scene was mapped over each magic net terminal, and a large number of nervous and busy civilians and commanders were busy here.

Gawain was standing in front of a large sand table at the end of the hall. Beside him, Philip and Maryland were deducing the current deployment of the Typhons around Winterhold. Solderling, who had changed into the Iron Ranger Commander's suit, strode forward. In front of them, he said hurriedly, "The reconnaissance team found a large number of battle mages and mixed corps near Green Town. It is estimated that at least twelve corps are moving from there to the front line..."

Philip looked up at Gawain with a serious look on his face, while Maryland took the battle flag model next to the sand table and silently placed it at the corresponding position on the map according to the information brought by Soldrin - and here Around the newly added red flag, the red mark representing the Typhon Legion has covered the entire defense line of Winterhold, as dense as a river.

"Did all the superhumans of the Typhons grow out of the land..." Amber standing beside him widened his eyes in amazement, "Where did so many superhuman legions come from... They are Are you planning to flood the battlefield with a sea of ​​people?"

"All the standing armies and reserve armies in Typhon, some rotating troops near the southern frontier and the east coast, and the supernatural beings directly under the royal family...I am afraid they have all been transferred," Gawain frowned and said in a deep voice, "This I'm afraid the number can't even spread out on the main plain between Winterhold and Winterwolf..."

"Mom..." Amber was taken aback, "Is that Rosetta crazy? Not to mention how many people crammed around a Winterhold can really be used on the frontal battlefield, he is not afraid of the domestic situation getting out of control. The inside of this Typhon is going to become 'hollow'..."

"Indeed, with a transfer of this scale, I am afraid that Typhon has reached the critical line of maintaining normal order... But compared to this, Rosetta can mobilize such a large force from the country so quickly and on a large scale and still maintain Domestic order, this is the most worthy of our attention," Gao Wen said in a low voice, while his eyes slowly swept across the sand table. The topographic map became more three-dimensional. "...Soldrin, you mentioned earlier that a large number of convoys loaded with energy-forming crystals entered the Winterhold area from the Ankham crossing?"

Soldering nodded, "Yes, the exact number is unknown, only a very, very large number, and after entering the Winterhold area, they were diverted and transported to several mountains near the fortress - those mountains have been marked on the sand table. already."

Gao Wen snorted. He did see the high mountains marked on the sand table. They were distributed around the white castle on the top of the mountain.

Together with "Winter Castle", they form a series of excellent commanding heights. However, although they are excellent commanding heights, those mountains are still quite far away from Cecil's control area. Neither the rainbow main cannon nor the Typhonian legion-level spell could threaten any target on the line of fire between the two countries from that distance.

Maryland could see this too. He stared at the picture on the sand table and whispered as if to himself, "From this distance... we shouldn't be able to hit our outpost."

"Yes, it can't be hit, so I'm afraid this thing is not prepared for us," Gawain nodded lightly, then he thought for a while, and suddenly looked at Amber next to him, "Where is Veronica now? "

"In the prayer room on the top floor of the castle," Amber replied immediately, "are you going to call her over?"

"No, what she's doing now is very important, it's best not to leave that prayer room... I'll go there myself."

...

On the top floor of Winter Wolf Castle, the dazzling holy brilliance flows through the room like water, and some kind of slight chirping echoes in the air that strays from the edge of human ear recognition. An entire floor of the building is filled with a relaxing and inspiring energy.

Veronica Ophelia, holding a platinum scepter, was standing in the center of the prayer room on the top floor, feeling the flow of the holy light with her eyes closed slightly. There was a faint light flowing, and a symbol that symbolized pure holy light was stepped on by her. From time to time, some hazy phantoms appeared on the surface of the symbol - sometimes it was mountains in the distance, sometimes it was not like the world. Palaces, but more often they are incomprehensible, ever-changing light and shadows and lines.

Suddenly, Veronica opened her eyes, she turned to look at the door to the side, and in the next second, Gawain pushed the door and walked in.

"Good afternoon, Your Majesty," Veronica nodded slightly and said softly, "It's business as usual here."

"How is the monitoring situation?" Gawain said casually, "Is the power of the God of War still infiltrating this world?"

"Of course... the forces that do not belong to this world are increasing every minute and every second. The huge power of faith has gathered into a river, flowing from all over the place. At this moment, this place is the focus of the power of war in the world," Vero said. Nika said softly, and at the same time raised her platinum scepter slightly, and waved it towards the east wall, the thick wall made of enchanted stone bricks was instantly soaked in shimmer, and it seemed to disappear in the blink of an eye. Completely transparent, revealing the distant mountains in the direction of Winterhold, "You can see for yourself—through the veil of Light, you can see Him."

Gawain looked in the direction of Veronica's finger, and after concentrating a little, he almost immediately discovered the huge phantom that hovered between the clouds and the earth—he was like something in a higher dimension. The image cast by this material world at present seems to be wandering on the ground, but it has an unreal sense of distance and illusoryness, and no matter how much Gawain concentrates and observes carefully, he cannot see any detail of it clearly.

It seems that all the "details" have not been projected from that higher dimension.

"That's the God of War?" Gawain said with a serious expression, "Is this what Soldrin saw?"

"That is the god of war, but not quite, so even if ordinary people occasionally witness it, it will not be immediately spiritually contaminated. He is entering our world at a slow but practical speed, and with more and more priests and believers Being 'expelled' to this area by the Emperor Rosetta, the process of his 'coming' is also accelerating," Veronica nodded, "But even so, I'm not sure when he will be completely 'Down' down."

"Probably can't estimate it?" Gawain asked curiously.

"'Advent' is not entirely a gradual process, especially when the mapping relationship between the God of War and the world has gradually become chaotic," Veronica shook her head, "As long as all the conditions are met, then the God of War will Maybe tomorrow will fully enter the material world, but if a certain condition goes wrong, then he may also hover in this critical state for a whole year... So I am more curious about what's the trick that Emperor Rosetta has mastered. ', so that he has the confidence that he can constrain the arrival time of the God of War within a short range. You know, even with Typhon's national strength, it is impossible to maintain the current army around Winterfort for too long..."

"He has knowledge that we don't know... This knowledge may be more profound than the part that the disobedients know," Gawain said in thought, "Maybe one day I can ask him face to face, but now... I I don't care how he intends to completely 'get' the God of War down, I only care about when this will happen."

"Of course, I will continue to 'look out' here, and I will notify you as soon as the situation changes." Veronica said gently, then waved her hand gently, and the wall returned to its previous state again. And she continued to stand on the emblem of the Holy Light with a scepter, looking at the direction of the Typhon Empire like a tireless watcher.

As a powerful superhuman, she can continue to look here for a long, long time.

...

North of Winterhold, a certain mountain.

The cold wind came from the north, whistling through the canyons and mountains. The clouds seemed to be at a height within reach, and they continued to roll and change with the whistling of the high-altitude cold wind. A man wearing a dark blue starlight robe. , The mage officer holding a golden oak long staff stood on a high platform temporarily built with huge trees and stones, overlooking the busy construction scene below.

Revered mages in other realms have become ordinary builders here, and powerful spells are used to shape dirt and boulders, accompanied by all kinds of shining magical brilliance, large-scale stone platforms, towers, amplifiers and various All kinds of large-scale magic facilities took shape at an alarming rate. At this moment, there was already a huge circular caster square on the top of the flattened mountain.

Four stone-grey towers stand around the square. Above the round platform with a radius of tens of meters in the center of the square is a large ring inlaid with many gems and expensive metals. More than ten battle mages wearing combat robes are in the ring It's busy below - drawing magic symbols on the ground with molten metal, or setting gems in the right grooves.

"Sir, the focus ring has passed the resonance test," a mage descended from the air, bowed slightly in front of the mage officer, and said, "the rune drawing progress is more than halfway through, and the power output of the energy extraction tower has now reached 70%."

"Well, very good... With the rune base plate, the construction progress is indeed faster than expected," the officer nodded and asked casually, "How far has the energy gathering crystal inlay progress been?"

"Sixty percent of the inlays have been completed - the fastest time is tomorrow to complete the inlays," the Battle Mage said immediately, "In addition, the core orb has been transported to the foot of the mountain, and it should be delivered soon. "

There was a look of satisfaction on the mage officer's face. He nodded lightly, then raised his eyes, and his eyes crossed the rolling clouds between the peaks and looked at the direction of the distant Winterhold.

...

The "Hall of Mystery" on the upper floor of the castle is brightly lit, with waves flowing on a wall inlaid with gems and metal runes. On the wall surrounded by the streamer, several separate pictures show the scene on the top of several mountains. ——The various mage troops are busy setting up the caster positions. The large-scale towers and focusing rings have begun to take shape. In another part of the screen, you can also see several camps at the foot of the mountain, engineers and mage. They are busy building various positions and facilities.

Palin Winterhold waved his hand in front of the wall, switching between the groups of surveillance screens above, then he withdrew his gaze and looked at Rosetta Augustus not far behind.

"Your Majesty," the Earl of Winterhold nodded slightly, "the construction projects are over halfway through, and the projects on the main peak of Winterhold have been largely completed."

"Very well," said Rosetta Augustus with a nonchalant expression, "it seems that at least we are going well in this regard."

The Earl of Winterhold looked at Emperor Rosetta, he seemed to hesitate for a moment, and then hesitantly said, "Your Majesty, so far we have not had any intelligence synchronization or...communication with Cecil, and we have come here almost only by tacit understanding. One step, is this situation too dangerous? Even if Emperor Gawain knew our intentions, this 'trust' must be very limited. Our exchange of fire on the border has now escalated to a very dangerous level. It is difficult to say that this is 'Controlled military conduct', and now we have a massive 'surge'...is this too irritating to the Cecil?"

Rosetta was silent for a few seconds, then slowly shook his head, "On this matter, we can't have any intelligence communication with Cecil, not even hints - this kind of behavior is too challenging the 'order of a war' ', will lead the gods to unknowable changes... So far, he has enough variables."

"Then Cecil..."

"...Gawain Cecil is a visionary and wise ruler, and more importantly - he has a strong hand, as long as he can hold on, then the whole of Cecil can hold on," Luo Seta said slowly, but after a moment he changed the conversation, "But your worries are not without reason, Palin, the Cecil people's 'trust' and 'tacit understanding' in us are not unconditional, and to this day I'm afraid it's pretty much worn out... I'll think about it."

He shook his head to temporarily end the topic, and then walked to the window on the side of the hall, his sight looking through the crystal glass inlaid in the window, overlooking the castle courtyard below.

Soldiers are escorting groups of people in black robes past the courtyard. In one corner of the courtyard, many people in black robes can be seen standing there, bowing their heads as if waiting for judgment.

The faces of these black-robed people are covered by hoods, and their specific gender, age and posture cannot be seen, but they all have similar characteristics, staggering, shaking their bodies, and appearing in a dazed state as if they were sleepwalking. Between the hem and the sleeves of the hem, you can also see the disgusting, horrible tentacle-like things constantly shrinking and stretching...

Rosetta's gaze swept between the black-robed figures, and after a long silence, he said softly as if talking to himself

"Pray..."