Chapter 579: Edge of Wasteland

black forest.

There are countless versions of legends and stories in Ansu folk about this strip-shaped forest located at the southern foot of the Dark Mountains and adjacent to the wasteland - for example, every tree in the forest is the result of the changes of the victims who failed to escape the wasteland. For example, there is a passageway to a chaotic world buried under the black forest. For example, the black forest as a whole is actually a huge monster with evil wisdom. , completely destroying the civilized world created by mortals...

But Gawain knew that the birth of the Black Forest was actually not that complicated.

It used to be just an ordinary jungle, located on the border of the Gondor Empire, blocking the mountains and wastelands to the north.

It is the power of chaotic magic energy that has turned a previously harmless and fertile forest into a forbidden area of ​​life today.

The power of the magic industry is forcing a broad avenue out of this forbidden area of ​​life.

The ferocious and twisted demonized trees grow recklessly on the barren land. The tall and dry tree crowns weave a strange net in the sky. The thin mist unique to the black forest floats slightly close to the ground, creeping slowly. The vines and bushes carefully hide themselves in the mist, as if ready to prey on those who accidentally entered their hunting range, and between the bushes and the mist, those flesh-fleshed demons that are already between life and death Creatures are also dormant, waiting quietly for prey to enter their prey circle.

There are outsiders in the forest, the fresh breath of life spreads in the mist, and the predators are getting excited.

Then, the sharp whistling sound broke the rules of "hunting and killing" in the Black Forest.

The powerful heavy-explosive grenades and field artillery shells fell from the sky, and the rolled up blast shredded the mist, as well as the predators hidden in the mist, and the towering ancient trees swayed and fell in the continuous explosion. The wriggling poison ivy panicked and tried to burrow into the ground - before being caught in deadly heat and shock waves before escaping, and it was wiped out.

The surviving monsters roared in the smoke, and the sensible ones began to flee frantically, while the irrational ones instinctively rushed in the direction of the threat, and in the smoke, the intense scorching rays and lightning arrows quickly disappeared. stopped their final charge.

The hoplites, wearing heavy armor and carrying burst-type heat ray guns or lightning generators, advanced step by step, and stopped at the edge of the visible range, suppressing all possible counterattacks in the smoke with intense firepower Strength, and steel rangers carrying grenade launchers interspersed among these hoplites, clearing the corners where the magic reaction was strongest with powerful grenades.

After a period of intense shooting, the magical reactions observed by the soldiers' tactical goggles extinguished one by one, and the hoplites immediately scattered to the sides and retreated, while the taller and more heavily armored white knights carried the With heavy burners, he stepped forward with heavy steps.

"In the name of the Holy Light - perform purification!"

There was a low and majestic roar from under the captain's helmet, and the white knights immediately activated the heavy burners they carried-the front ends of these flat-shaped weapons, which were connected with the rune drag chain and the white knight's armor, immediately sprayed out long. The flames reaching dozens of meters burned everything within the sight of the knights.

The most elementary "greasy technique",

Combined with the burning hand and the blessing of the wind element, the flames formed can burn almost all organic matter. If the opponent is an extraordinary person and can use protective spells, then the effect of these burners will definitely be greatly reduced, but if it is used to clean up "organic waste", then there is nothing better than these heavy burners.

There are outsiders in the forest, the smell of iron and fire spreads in the mist, and the predators are... approaching eight mature.

"Keep pushing!! The Light blesses your burners - keep pushing!!"

Under the effect of the squad leader's "Holy Light Inspiration" (roar version), the white knights began to continue to advance, and continued to burn the area where there might be a residual threat, while the hoplites followed closely, using their respective Fire carried out cover and coordinated advance duties, and the Iron Rangers, who had completed their fire support duties, moved quickly around the line, using their state-of-the-art tactical goggles and well-trained reconnaissance techniques to provide vigilance for the entire team.

The soldiers cooperated skillfully, the division of labor was clear, and the advance was extremely fast. Obviously, it was not the first time for them to do this.

There is no doubt that the best training for these soldiers is to perform missions in the Black Forest.

Behind the fighters, the multi-purpose vehicles and towed artillery began to move on. These vehicles would re-enter the front of the team at the next advance point and carry out the next round of fire bombing with their own weapons. The next stage of "cleaning" and "purification" is carried out in the area of ​​​​this cycle, so that the road continues to extend forward until it reaches the end of the black forest and enters the wasteland.

Gawain sat in a chariot, watching the white knights using heavy burners shouting the slogan of the Holy Light and setting fires everywhere, he couldn't help sighing: "To be honest, at this point...their The means really have nothing to do with Shengguang..."

"Didn't Wright say it, the important thing is belief," Amber sitting next to him said casually, "In other words, as long as you claim that the Holy Light protects you, even if the baked potato is sprayed from your muzzle, that is the Holy Light. the will of..."

"I don't think that's what Wright meant by 'faith'..." Gawain glanced at Amber, and then couldn't help but sigh, "But then again, these burners are really useful..."

Amber blinked, looking at the flames and the rising smoke in the distance, he couldn't help shrinking his neck: "I just feel terrible... This kind of weapon... Only Rebecca can rub the fireball. Guys with dozens of colors and shapes can come up with them. And to be honest, using something like this in the forest that breathes fire can’t really start a runaway fire?”

"This is the black forest, which is different from the normal forest," Gawain shook his head with a smile, reminding Amber to pay attention to the distance, "Of course the burner can't be used casually in the forest, but you didn't find it...burning here Will the flames go out soon?"

Amber then noticed that the fire field created by the white knights did not spread outward, and the flames burning on the ground would soon be extinguished, and couldn't help being a little surprised: "Really... how did you do it?"

"The chaotic magical energy environment in the Black Forest prevents the spread of the fire - the flame from the burner is created by magic, and although it can indeed cause a natural fire, the premise is that its magical response must be maintained for a long enough time, however in this There, most magical responses don't last long - unless they get a constant supply of mana."

"...The Black Forest is really a strange place," Amber scratched his hair, "No wonder you insist on using this method of blowing everything up to open the way. In this strange environment, after the regular superhuman team goes deep, I am afraid it will take a few minutes. It's gone."

Gao Wen smiled and did not answer.

Blowing up everything is the only way to deal with the Black Forest. However, to achieve this method, the premise is that there must be a strong enough force.

In order to deal with the threat of the wasteland, in order to fight against potential enemies in the future, he has never slackened his "force". Although the weapons and equipment of the Cecil Combat Corps are actually the pinnacle of the human army in this era, but to deal with Those strange and unpredictable aberrations, no matter how powerful the firepower is, there is not too much firepower.

Cecil's weapon design department has never stopped research and development work. While "big projects" such as magic vehicles, magic net communication devices, and magic trains continue to make progress, the equipment in the hands of the soldiers is actually improving rapidly. on.

In the early days of the Magic Age, the birth and development of many things were actually "the presence or absence of ideas". Without ideas, a new thing or even an entire field will be blank, and as long as there are ideas, then this Things in the field will develop like a blowout.

After the success of the heat ray gun, the technicians discovered a "key idea", that is, "As long as low-level magic in the traditional sense is used properly, combined properly, and then industrially mass-produced, it will play an astonishing effect. ".

This idea was called by Gao Wen as a "minimalist practical idea", that is, under the premise of controlling cost and system complexity, the basic spells should be arranged and combined as stable and reliable as possible to achieve the highest practical effect.

Low cost, high stability, and mass production.

On the basis of this idea and the heat ray gun, a series of weapons with the universal magic terminal as the carrier and the low-level offensive spell substrate as the core were quickly designed. By replacing the modules in the magic terminal, the soldiers The attack method of the scorch can not be limited to scorching rays, acid arrows, lightning bolts, ice bombs and even weak healing and auxiliary spells, as long as the energy level meets the requirements and is compatible with the basic structure of the magic terminal, then all can be achieved.

The heavy-duty burners in the hands of the White Knights are the things that Rebecca tinkered with not long ago, and it is also an extension of this "minimalist and practical idea".

In those new weapons, Rebecca and her technicians stuffed the rune substrates of Grease and Burning Hand, and used the "Blessing of Wind" to increase the spray range of Grease, which turned out to be A design that works surprisingly well.

Three basic spells combined to form a powerful weapon of war.

Gawain didn't mind that the essence of these weapons was just some "arrangement and combination of inferior spells". For him, these things were easy to use.

On the 40th of Harvest Moon, Pathfinder forces burned the last trees on the southern border of the Black Forest.

The intertwined poison ivy and ancient wood were turned into ashes, and the monsters corrupted by the chaotic magic energy gradually became the smoke floating in the air. On the land that the white knights stepped on, the magic flames generated by the heavy burners quickly extinguished in the chaotic magic environment. When the smoke and dust gradually dissipated, the scene at the end of the forest instantly opened up.

The endless plains of corruption stretched ahead, and the huge light curtain of the magnificent wall connected the heaven and the earth in the distance.

Accompanied by the sound of the mechanical device running, the specially modified magic vehicles that can adapt to the complex road conditions in the wasteland drove out of the forest area and came to this scorched soil polluted by the magic tide.

Gawain got out of the car and set foot on this barren land. He saw that several elves, including Sonia, had left the convoy earlier than him and were waiting for him at the moment.

The elves are the "technical guides" in the process of the barrier repair project, and naturally they have to follow along.

After Gawain approached, Sonia said with emotion, "We finally got out of that black forest—traveling through such a blasphemous and twisted jungle is really torture for elves."

A high-ranking ranger couldn't help but say, "That's true—but thanks to those cars, we're separated from the fallen forest by at least a layer of crystal and steel."

"Yeah, the magic device..." Sonia glanced at Gawain, "I have to admit, the things you've led humans to tinker with are really good. But I think you'd better use the so-called heavy-duty with caution. Burner stuff - especially in forests. Black Forest is okay, if you use them to burn healthy forests...I personally don't take it very well emotionally."

"Set fire to the mountain, and sit in the prison - this sentence is written in the Cecil Civilization Convention," Gawain spread his hands in tears, he knew that the elf Sonia saw that thing after seeing it. Sooner or later, you'll say, "Don't worry, we're not crazy people who only know about destruction."

As he spoke, he still felt a little emotional in his heart: Sonia and the elves would instinctively murmur after seeing the burner, but Solderin, who is also a genuine elves, did not touch the burner for the first time. Similar reaction, in fact, he was quite excited...

I'm afraid that guy has traveled in the human world for too long and has forgotten that he is a child of the forest...