Chapter 1389 Another Front Line

The setting sun gradually sank, and orange-red light penetrated the thin clouds and sprinkled on this barren and corrupted land. The land stretched out in Andersa Wendell's sight, and the black "ground" was like a tide It surged up, and the filthy giant waves came rushing forward, engulfed with madness and malice that seemed to swallow up the living, causing the whole land to tremble violently.

A dark red signal bomb rose into the sky, and exploded in the clouds into a light cluster that was more brilliant than the setting sun. Under the illumination of the signal bomb, the defense line built by the Winter Wolf Knights seemed to be coated with a layer of flame-like brilliance in an instant— —The next second, there was a whistling sound as if a hurricane was forming from the rear of the position. The sound changed from low to high, and gradually became a muffled thunder.

Andersa looked back and saw a large area of ​​rune brilliance suddenly appearing above the two hills on the north and south sides behind the Knights' garrison. Countless mysterious and complex runes fell from the sky like a torrential rain, covering the entire hill. A three-dimensional and constantly evolving complex light curtain was formed. Immediately afterwards, a large number of rings were differentiated around the rune curtain, forming a huge matrix in the air. The twelve magic net energy supply stations set up around the hill immediately It roared, and the huge magic power gathered from the magic net and was transmitted to the matrix of the battle mage group through the broadcasting device. After a moment's delay, the spell took shape.

The clouds in the sky were instantly torn into pieces by a powerful force. Dozens of brilliant halos formed a continuous "ocean" over the knights' garrison. The sea was filled with turbulent heat waves, and thousands of laser beams with astonishing heat were like a torrential rain. It splashed down like a wave, sweeping unscrupulously in the surging "black tide", like a storm sweeping through the snow, countless burnt limb fragments and red smoke from flesh and blood evaporated in the blink of an eye. covered the entire plain.

After a round of laser rain (legion-level thermal energy ray storm), the menacing dark tide has been cut and riddled with holes, and the reduction in its number can be seen with the naked eye. However, the monsters don't know pain and fear, and they don't know how to cover and line up. Soldiers lined up, so after a very short delay, the tide surged again - although it was much thinner, the momentum of rushing towards the line of defense did not diminish at all.

"Recharge," Andersa said to the communication device beside her. "After three rounds of thermal energy ray bursts, the electric field trap and the near protective wall will be activated. The Knights will start warming up the thermal shield and prepare to engage the enemy."

"Yes, General!" The voice of the Commander of the Battle Mage Corps came from the communication device, and as the voice fell, the sky above the two hills on the two wings behind the Knight Corps brightened again.

On the base of the mage group, the battle mages have already begun to guide the second thermal energy ray burst. They are standing on the huge legion-level magic circle, which is quickly assembled with prefabricated and modular engineering components. There are still interfaces connected to other energy systems and a large number of pipes and grids on its edge. When the legion mages started to guide the spellcasting, those grids on the edge of the magic circle soon began to emit a lot of hot steam and emit The blue shimmering "waste energy", the engineering mages standing on the edge of the magic circle stared at the pipes connected up from the bottom of the mountain and the valves, pressure gauges and other devices around the pipes, preventing these things from being damaged by overheating.

The times are advancing,

Even the Typhon Empire, which relies on traditional mages as its main force, knows how to adapt to this era. Smart mages have found a way to combine magic technology with traditional spellcasting methods, and the pressure of war has forced all new ideas, New technologies have the opportunity to mature quickly - use external energy stations to charge legion-level spells, use engineering prefabricated parts to replace the old-style array layout, rely on alchemy coolants and large circulation pumps to solve legion-level spells The cooling cycle is too long. In addition, there are personal mana coordinators, equalizers, load insurance, and unlimited alchemy potions. Relying on these things, the power that the battle mage group can exert is almost doubled. .

This is the benefit brought by technological progress, and it is also the experience exchanged for blood on the battlefield.

After a moment's delay, the second charge was completed, and the whistling sound from low to high came again from the sky above the hills, and the sky under the setting sun was once again ignited by the gorgeous laser rain, and the light burst splashed on the earth, and the distortion body and biochemical synthesis The tide of beasts steamed into smoke in this torrential rain.

The three rounds of thermal energy ray bursts ended, and most of the monsters surging on the ground were destroyed. The remaining ones continued to charge forward. They successfully reached the defense line constructed by the Winter Wolf Knights, and behind this defense line, a A huge tower is standing upright on the ground. The top of the tower has a metal-like texture, and the dim magic runes are gradually lighting up on the surface of the tower.

That is the purification tower. It is gradually "awakening" at this moment, and the ordered energy field it released has already begun to affect the chaotic magic energy environment in this area. Only by relying on the special "force field" in the wasteland can it maintain its own stability. The aberrants keenly sensed this threat, driven by instinct, they became ten times more violent than before, and frantically rushed towards the "last line of defense".

This made them plunge into the electric field trap—a bright electric arc suddenly erupted from the surface, and quickly spread throughout the "black tide" with the monster that stepped on the trap as the node. Even just looking at the electric current makes people feel chills in the bottom of their hearts.

This was a weapon developed during the previous "Battle of Typhon-Cecil" and it was used against the Cecilian war machines, but now the Typhons have discovered that this trap is useful against swarm impacts. Even better with live targets - it cooks hundreds of cyborgs to a crisp in a split second, and spreads quickly between targets in dense formations.

When the electric field covering the entire land finally gradually extinguished, there were no more aberrations and synthetic beasts that could move.

These monsters staggered, roared, twitched and staggered into the heat shield in front of the knight order. The crimson heat exploded from the surface of the shield, knocking these stupid and filthy things to the ground, and then the knights came out with their swords. Sheath, the final fight was fierce and short, almost one-sided massacre, the entire battlefield finally completely quieted down.

"...they are getting easier to deal with," Andersa Wendell said softly, looking at the calm battlefield and the soldiers helping the wounded and clearing their positions, "although there are still so many of them, they can no longer It has caused us too much loss."

"They are declining, just as His Majesty expected," the female adjutant with silver short hair and a dark complexion said seriously behind Andesa, "In contrast, our soldiers have also gained in this war. With the rapid growth, the technology and tactics are improving, and the current results are normal due to the ups and downs."

"Yes, they are declining - but this also means that the battle in the 'Deep Blue Well' in the center of the wasteland is becoming increasingly fierce, because those cultists are concentrating all their power there," Andersa said in a deep voice , "The Iron Man Corps of the princess of Gondor is fighting against the power of the entire wasteland alone. The death order passed down from above is to advance to the 'old imperial capital defense circle' within a month. In other words, the defense force of the Deep Blue Well It should only last for a month at most..."

She raised her head and looked at the vast wasteland. Even though the weather has gotten warmer, Andersa's voice still sounded chilly at this moment: "Within a month, if the Alliance army can't break through this battlefield, the blocking wall can't do it." If it starts smoothly, then all our efforts and sacrifices so far will eventually be equal to zero-when the entire planet is 'domesticated', the accumulated victories now will be meaningless."

The silver-haired adjutant raised her head and glanced at her general. She knew that the other party would never tell the soldiers this kind of words. The soldiers were fighting with high morale amidst a series of victories, pushing forward with all their might, and the huge shadow behind the victories would cast a shadow on everyone. It caused tremendous pressure, and some "truths" are destined to be faced only by a few people.

The glorious sun finally fell to the horizon completely, and a residual dark red glow spread along the clouds in the sky, which seemed to be filled with blood. On the battlefield, engineering mages used fossils to build several towering towers for mud and fortification techniques. Although the gray stone wall of the barrier is not exquisite, it does not have a desolate look on the wasteland under the bloody afterglow, and the high wall and the temporarily laid shield brought the soldiers after the battle. A precious sense of security—in this exotic land far from the boundaries of civilization, the peace of mind and the opportunity to rest behind the high walls are like gold for expeditioners.

The magic spar lamp was lit, the magic net laid with prefabricated parts and the mobile energy vehicle started to supply energy to the entire frontline base, the defensive crystals on the temporary city wall made a low buzzing sound, and the mage released by the night sentries The Eye is hovering high in the sky. Andersa Wendell walked between the barracks, listening to the rough chatter and laughter of the soldiers sent by the night wind.

A sudden melody from nearby made her stop. It was the tune of folk songs from her hometown. Andersa subconsciously followed the sound. She saw a group of soldiers gathering in the open space under the lights. A blond-haired woman The knight held the "Berum Qin" that is common in the Enchhawk area, and a simple, lively and melodious melody came from the instrument.

Andersa didn't intend to disturb the rare leisure time of the soldiers, but when she was about to pass by quietly, the female knight saw her general first. She stopped the instrument in her hand and stood up to Andersa. saluted in the direction of the other soldiers, and then the other soldiers reacted and stood up to salute.

Andersa smiled, and came to the group of soldiers. After accepting their salute, she set her sights on the female knight: "Very familiar melody... What's your name? You're Enkihawk people?"

"Report to the general, I am the captain of the twelfth combat squadron of the second battalion of the eighth regiment of the New National Knights, Marianne Raven," the young blond female knight immediately straightened her body and answered meticulously, then shook her head, "I Not from Enchhawk, but my roommate when I was studying abroad was, and I learned this piece from her."

"Miannu... I have some impressions that you were on the list of recruits last week." Andersa nodded lightly. At the same time, she also recognized the mark on the young knight's breastplate, that mark It means that this female knight is a newly promoted commander who has only recently been promoted, and this type of newly promoted commander has become more and more common on the front line recently-as the situation changes, the frontline battle situation is gradually brought under control, and this war has changed from the previous one. The catastrophic desperation has become a training ground for the empire to train its troops. The empire is sending a steady stream of recruits to the front line to receive rounds of training. heavy losses suffered.

And as far as Andersa knows, Typhon is not the only country that is doing this, basically every military power that is capable of sending a large-scale expeditionary force to the wasteland is using this method to "train troops". For the countries of Loren, it was a tribulation, but it was also an opportunity. Under the pressure of the war, many countries were coerced into starting industrial reforms, and a large number of materials and personnel that had to be mobilized after repeated wrangling were brought together. The military is growing, the technology is advancing, and the alliance... has truly become an "alliance".

Frankly speaking, Andersa doesn’t think that war is really the driving force of social development—although many people think that she is naturally warlike, but as a soldier, she understands war very well. War is war, and it destroys rather than destroys. Construction, by itself, does not create anything good and useful—it is the pressure of life and death, the will to survive, and a correct and consistent belief that really push countries forward in war.

Without these things war can bring nothing but sheer decline and destruction.

So Andersa sometimes feels very fortunate that this war that turned the world upside down broke out between the civilized world and the wasteland, rather than an endless bloody battle between two civilized countries—Typhon and Cecil once Almost falling into this abyss, she passed by another fate on the edge of that abyss, and knew what kind of future it was.

"Study abroad... in Cecil?" Andersa asked curiously.

"Yes, General," Mariano replied immediately, "I was one of the first batch of noble children sent to Cecil to study..."

"Very good," Andersa smiled, and at this moment, she suddenly noticed a small pale yellow flower pinned to the joint of Marianne's shoulder armor—this inconspicuous flower probably belonged to this heroic figure. The only "soft" place on the sassy female knight made her gaze stop for two seconds, "This flower is..."

"Ah, report to the general. I found this when I was patrolling outside the camp. It was in a crevice of a rock." Marianu seemed to be blushing a little, her voice lowered, "I just think it looks nice."

Andersa slightly opened her eyes.

The waste soil pollution area is almost dead, and even moss can hardly survive, let alone such fresh flowers, which made the young general wolf think of the bunch of flowers brought by the soldiers when they returned from the base of the Cecils— — But she knew that the little flower in front of her could not be the product of the "living forest", because the spreading direction of the living forest was on the other side, and its border was still some distance away from the front line of Typhon.

She suddenly turned her head and looked at the tall tower located in the center of the base. The towering purification device exudes a soft radiance under the night, but its purification core has not yet fully "awakened". According to the calculations of the technicians, the purification tower has not yet activated It takes at least twelve hours.

What's more, even if the purification device has been activated - it is impossible for a flower to bloom in the blink of an eye.

"General?" Mariannu noticed Andesa's strange expression, and couldn't help asking in a low voice, "Is there anything wrong?"

"...the blockade is starting to have an impact."

Andersa spoke in a low voice, as if talking to herself.

The blocking wall is starting to have an impact.

Things in the Wasteland... are turning around!