Chapter 438 Beam

While the southern knights and nobles were venting on the city walls the tension and fear they had accumulated for a month, Sir Maryland was not as hot-headed as the southerners—though he had been at the banquet the previous day. With a very optimistic and confident attitude, it was announced that the magical barrier of the Rock Fortress had successfully broken the "Sky Fire Myth" of the Cecil people, and this confidence was spread to everyone in the fortress, but after the Cecil people launched the second During the first shelling, he immediately summoned the chief mage advisor in the fortress.

The Mage Advisor was in control of the magic barrier at all times. In front of him, Sir Maryland didn't hide it at all: "Can the barrier really withstand that kind of attack?"

"For now," the old mage with white hair and white hair said cautiously, "if the Cecils really only have this amount of strength...then the fortress will be able to last."

Maryland immediately heard the deep meaning of the old Master's words: "What do you mean?"

"The barrier is not as indestructible as it seems, General," replied the old mage. "The Cecil's 'Skyfire' is more powerful than expected. It is practical enough to shake the shield, if not for the fortress' magical barrier that is self-healing. ability, and with intermittent interruptions in Cecil attacks, our barriers are constantly being depleted—until repairs can’t keep up with the depletion. And there’s a very disturbing situation…”

Sir Maryland's brows were already tightly wrinkled. He looked around and confirmed that there were only his most trusted knights and the mage advisor in front of him, and asked aloud, "Master, please speak directly."

"I observed the magical positions set up by the Cecil people with the eyes of a mage, and only half of the large and small 'Sky Fire Devices' are running..."

Only half is running?

What are the Cecils doing?

A sense of crisis for no reason welled up in the high-ranking knight's heart. He stood up, put his hand on the hilt of the sword, and almost immediately ordered the activation of the backup mage tower in the inner city, transferring all the stored energy in the magic focus to On the barrier, but before he could act, there was a sudden knock on the door of the room, and a messenger shouted anxiously from the door: "General! Emergency!"

The messenger quickly got permission to enter the room. The soldier had a terrified expression on his face. As soon as he entered the door, he immediately said: "General! Someone found the body of Viscount Carroll under the castle terrace! He seems to have lost his footing last night. Falling from the castle!"

"What? Carroll is dead?" Maryland's eyes widened instantly, "Stumble...fall?!"

The unease in his heart was quickly magnified,

This shocking information did not affect his judgment, but made him intuitively realize that the Rock Fortress was in a huge crisis, but before he could react, the second messenger arrived.

The soldier brought information from outside the fortress: "General! Two ships suddenly appeared on the White Water River! With Cecil's mark! And... it looks very unusual!"

Sir Maryland came to the city wall at the fastest speed, and at this moment, the two large ships that were going upstream along the Whitewater River had reached a place where they could be clearly seen even without the eyes of a mage.

They are indeed unusual - at least the speed is unusual!

Sir Maryland looked intently in that direction—in the southwest of the fortress of rock, in the open area of ​​the plain, on the broad surface of the Whitewater River, an unnatural wave was going upstream. In this wave that violated the laws of nature, two strange-looking ships They were galloping, their shells covered with metal cladding, their decks were fitted with huge monstrous contraptions, and they were apparently powered by the abnormal waves rather than the sails - in fact they had no sails at all, in the Where the sails were supposed to be, only a few pairs of white structures like "wings" can be seen symmetrically distributed. They may be able to face the wind, but they are definitely not things that bring power!

And above those two ships, the flag of the Cecil family, painted with swords and plows, was flying in the wind.

The southern knights and a few nobles on the city wall also obviously saw what was on the river in the distance. Their strength was low, maybe not as clearly as Sir Maryland could see, but they could also tell that it was an unusual ship, so they were pointing curiously. Point and discuss the origins of those two ships.

The next moment, Sir Maryland's eyes widened.

The two ships began to decelerate, and the deceleration process was smooth and abnormal. During this process, the "wing-like structures" on both sides of them were being opened under the action of some kind of mechanism, and the white "sailboards" faced the noon sun. There are stars shining on...

what is that?

...

On the deck of the first battleship "Aurora", the soldiers and magicians were busy, and the voices of passwords and reports were constantly coming from everywhere:

"The magic array has been deployed, and the energy is rising steadily!" "The power ridge is normal, and all layers of magic nets are connected!" "The mechanical platform in the deck area has been unlocked, and the angle of the main gun mount has been adjusted." "The technicians check the runes in the work area. Status, report the situation!"

Gawain stood on the platform in the middle of the battleship, watching the "magic arrays" on both sides of the station ship smoothly unfold under the action of mechanical linkages, watching the magic runes of key equipment on the deck light up one by one, Listening to the successive passwords and reports coming from the surroundings, my emotions gradually became high, and I couldn't help but feel a little bit of emotion that didn't fit the current atmosphere - as expected, this style of painting did not match the medieval battlefield at all...

Then he looked forward, at the huge weapon mounted on the front of the deck.

Rebecca, the heir of the Cecil family, the authority of magic technology, and the most prestigious among magic technicians, is standing next to the "calibrator" at the front of the deck at the moment, with a high-spirited appearance, the viscount While commanding the magicians to complete various inspections in a loud voice, he personally adjusted the amplifier on the "calibrator" base, so that this weapon, which was still in the "verification period", could be in the best condition.

She seemed to sense Gawain's sight, turned around, and showed a happy and bright smile to Gawain: "Ancestor! It's alright!"

"Then let's start," Gawain nodded with a smile, "Knight Philip has been waiting for these two 'Italian Cannons' for a long time."

Byron next to him heard Gawain's words and couldn't help but become curious: "'Italian cannon'? Isn't this cannon called a calibrator..."

Gao Wen laughed: "Don't worry about these details, it's the nickname I gave it."

Rebecca, on the other hand, didn't care what the "Italian Cannon" in the mouth of her ancestors meant. She was already used to the strange words created by her ancestors, and compared to these words, it was her who activated the rainbow cannon. Things I'm more happy to do at the moment.

She raised her hand high, and a clear and bright voice sounded on the deck: "Water pump filling - turn on the power ridge!!"

The pumps set on both sides of the warship started instantly, and the powerful second-generation magic energy engine began to inject the water of the White Water River into the base of the rainbow cannon. Below the deck, the hidden magic power amplification core of the rainbow cannon. Immediately soaked in the cold river water, and with the power ridge connected, the "wing"-shaped devices on both sides of the warship also began to emit a low and pleasant sound, and brighter magic light began to converge on both sides of the warship. , the surging power surged in the various magic guide structures of the ship, and brought a roar higher than a while in the cabin. In that roar, the main body of the rainbow cannon was activated.

Its three curved "barrels" slowly rotated for a week, and the crystal prism fixed in the middle of the barrel became brighter, emitting a white light.

"The focus crystal lights up and begins to illuminate - the target, the gate of the rock fortress!"

After a brief focus, a dazzling arcane beam with a thickness of one meter spewed out, piercing the distant rock fortress like a spear cast by light.

After a delay of a few seconds, a similar energy beam erupted from the front end of the second ship "Morning Star", followed by the Aurora and blasted against the magic barrier of the rock fortress.

The second "calibrator" beam missed a little, it landed nearly 100 meters next to the first beam, but the "gunner" on the Morningstar apparently noticed this quickly and began to adjust the weapon, The bright arcane torrent in mid-air began to turn slowly, and it majestically swept across the magical barrier of the rock fortress - where the beam reached, a huge and dazzling bright spot almost covered half of the city wall.

The drain valve at the rear of the two warships opened, and the steaming cooling water was pumped into the river. The technicians in the cabin below the deck soon sent a report: "The core temperature is stable! You can continue to irradiate!"

Using the White Water River to cool the Rainbow Cannon - this solution has been successful in previous tests, and now on the battlefield, it still does not disappoint.

With a pale face, Sir Maryland watched the two beams of light that seemed like punishment from heaven bombard the magical barrier of the fortress. Watching the knights and noble soldiers on the city wall panic, he finally realized where the biggest problem was—

He had never understood Cecil's true power.

This war was completely different from his expectations from the very beginning.

The dazzling white beam is still burning the shield of the fortress. This is a weapon that did not appear in the information at all. It is a completely different weapon from the "Sky Fire Explosion". In the burning of the beam, the magical barrier of the rock fortress is " A large and frightening bright spot erupted at the center of the "burning spot". The bright spot oscillated and spread rapidly like a ripple. At this moment, it had spread to dozens of meters above the city wall.

Ordinary soldiers and civilians may not understand what that is, but as a high-ranking knight, Sir Maryland knows it all too well—

The magic shield is disintegrating.

Those two beams are pure magical energy, and the intensity is extremely high. Such high-intensity pure energy is a deadly threat to any shield-like spell, and it will easily penetrate, interfere, and block the energy of the shield. flow and prevent shield regeneration from penetrating the area.

And what's more deadly - the "irradiation" of that beam is continuous.

The magical barrier of the Rock Fortress is about to end.

As soon as this desperate thought came to mind, Sir Maryland turned his head suddenly and looked at the mage towers in the inner city.

The only hope for saving the city's barrier is to immediately mobilize the emergency magic stored in the magic focus and inject it all into the barrier, so that the barrier may last for a while longer, until the Cecilian's weapons are overheated or unable to release energy. Had to stop temporarily, so that the barrier still has a chance to regenerate...

However, those mage towers remained silent!

What about the mages in the city?

Not long after the idea appeared, Sir Maryland saw the chief mage advisor flying from a distance.

I am afraid that the old mage flew all the way from a certain mage tower to here with flying techniques. He was panting and in a state of embarrassment. As soon as he landed, he shouted in despair: "General! The magic circle and rune stone that controlled the focus of magic power were destroyed. The battle mages and soldiers guarding them are all dead!"

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