Chapter 572 Black Death

A bright moon suddenly appeared in the sky, and the bright moonlight filled the earth, giving people a sense of leisure, tranquility, and a hazy beauty like a dream.

The moonlight shone on the cold fort and reflected the extremely serious faces.

Ji Xun has seen the methods of those foreign gods many times, so it's not surprising at all.

Even the sacred object of the Silver Moon Sect, the [Moon], is still on his body.

But this was the first time for most of the coalition forces to see such a magical scene.

The canyon is filled with light mist, and the bright moon hangs high. When people look at the moon, it is reflected in their eyes.

This is a means of belief pollution.

However, the coalition forces have already had plans to deal with foreign gods. They not only have various restrictions and formations to shield against pollution, but also some relics that absorb divinity.

This moonlight had no effect at all on the sergeants on Kieran's defense line.

Ji Xun and Dong Qi quickly arrived at the observation window of the fort.

Before long, the two of them saw scattered lights appearing on the horizon in the direction of Lige City at the end of their field of vision.

Then those light spots gradually gathered into a wave of flames, rushing towards the canyon.

Ji Xun picked up the telescope and took a closer look.

In front of the enemy camp are some dilapidated mechanical cities and poorly equipped slave legions.

Dong Qi also saw this scene and muttered: "There are a lot of people."

She knew that this was just a probing attack and that these people could not possibly pose any threat to Kieran's defense line, so she didn't pay much attention to it.

But Ji Xun frowned slightly as he looked at those people, "There will be a fierce battle in the future."

Dong Qi glanced at him doubtfully and cast a puzzled look: "Huh?"

The two knew what the other meant without saying much.

Ji Xun's eyes were distant and deep, and he said directly: "Olan Royal Court originally used these vanguard troops as consumables. The purpose is probably to 'sacrifice'. The more people die now, the more power gathered by the following foreign gods will The stronger you are, the harder it will be to deal with in the future.”

But this is a conspiracy. Even if you think about it, you can't deal with it.

The enemy has sent a batch of cannon fodder. If you don't kill them, they will come to destroy the defense line;

If killed, another medium will be added to the sacrifice.

No matter which way you choose, the enemies will become stronger and stronger.

Dong Qi frowned and muttered: "But, there are at least tens of thousands of people."

Although she knew that there would inevitably be deaths in war, she still couldn't understand that those in power would just say that a hundred thousand lives were lost.

This always made her feel that the Oran Royal Court seemed to take life too seriously.

After all, these people are nominally citizens of Oran.

Ji Xun didn't pick up the slightly cold topic.

But the fact is that in the eyes of gods, believers have always been consumables.

All he said was: "There will be more to come."

Only one side of the two sides can survive this war, so the Oran Royal Court will definitely use all means available.

If Olan's side relies on normal means to attack Kieran's defense, there is a chance that they can win.

But that could take months, even years.

That King Arthur couldn't wait.

So this war was destined to be extremely tragic from the beginning.

Moonlight is like a stimulant. Those Silver Moon believers will die for their gods and will never hesitate.

If nothing else, Donghuang has a large enough population.

Several moon gods want to win the war as soon as possible, and this method is also the most practical.

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Dong Qi listened to Ji Xun's words with a serious expression, his eyes flashing with thoughts.

The two wanted to observe more carefully, but at this time the fog outside suddenly became thicker.

It started to rain lightly in the sky, and the cold wind howled by.

The field of view was suddenly restricted and visibility became extremely low.

This rain and fog not only obscures the view, but also serves as a means of perception.

The ability to change the climate is also extremely terrifying on the battlefield.

Ji Xun saw traces of the flow of laws in his eyes, and said to himself: "'Elemental King Lagros' also took action."

A huge uncertain factor in his deduction is the two seven natural disaster monarchs.

That King Arthur was completely crazy, desperate to win and completely unblock the two outer gods.

In that case, the coalition will win or lose in the end.

The scene of the collapse of the Talon Empire three thousand years ago may also be repeated.

Dong Qi frowned as he looked at it.

Even though her eyes were filled with fog, she had no intention of leaving.

Ji Xun's eyes dimmed, but he greeted him easily: "Let's go and eat first."

This is just the beginning of testing. The war will not end so soon, and we still have to eat.

"fire!"

"Bang!"

"Bang!"

"Bang!"

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The enemy's vanguard has already attacked, and the coalition forces have opened up artillery coverage without hesitation.

The sound of artillery fire was dense and orderly.

Although the view was obscured by rain and fog, the coalition forces had already deployed a large number of intelligence personnel and reconnaissance machinery.

Even if there is no field of vision, the headquarters can accurately locate the enemy's position through multiple arrangements.

Artillery at this distance is the best means of attack.

The coalition forces have the support of the huge arsenal in New World Technology City. They have already stocked up on sufficient ammunition, and various artillery shells are pouring out like raindrops.

Occasionally, there were artillery shells hitting the rock wall on Oran's side, but the range was a little worse. Apart from shooting down some gravel, there was no threat at all.

Most of Jilan's defense line is in the heart of the mountain, and the canteen is even deeper.

Except for the slight sound of gunfire, it was completely unaffected.

When Ji Xun and Dong Qi came, there were not as many people coming to eat as on weekdays.

The young sergeants all looked nervous, while the generals and high-level card masters seemed very calm.

It’s time to eat, it’s time to drink.

The food during the war was excellent, both in appearance and taste.

And in order to take into account the tastes of various places, there are hundreds of kinds of food every day.

Ji Xun's demand for food is not that high, but little Ivan likes the feeling of eating at a buffet, so the canteen is a must-visit place every day.

Everyone in the defense line knew Ji Xun and Dong Qi, the "number one mechanical war goddess," and everyone said hello when they passed by.

During the war, everyone ate in the cafeteria, no one excepted, even the leaders of several organizations.

When Ji Xun came, he happened to see Chujiu and Griffith there.

He and Dong Qi walked over.

Ji Xun took the initiative to greet Griffith: "Senior."

Although Dong Qi was not familiar with the leader of the Rebel Dragon Army, she also knew that he was currently the highest combat power in the coalition. She followed Ji Xun and greeted him obediently as a junior.

Griffith smiled softly.

If you are friends with Chujiu, there is no need to be so acquainted with each other, just nod your head to say hello.

Ji Xun and Dong Qi sat across from them. Looking at the invisible aura lingering outside Griffith's body, he seemed to see something different and said in surprise: "Has there been a breakthrough in the senior realm?"

When they were chatting, he knew that this rank had reached a bottleneck.

Just like Marshal Andre of the Iris Legion, it can be said that there is no great opportunity. This is almost the ceiling that human extraordinary people can reach.

Just like this, as soon as Ji Xun opened his mouth, he immediately felt that he might have seen it wrong.

But don't want to,

Griffith nodded and said softly: "Yes."

Hearing this, Ji Xun glared: "Huh?"

Really a breakthrough?

"hehe."

Griffith chuckled, knowing why he was so surprised.

After all, even for herself, it was unimaginable a few days ago.

That stunningly beautiful face was filled with a gentle smile, and she said: "Thanks to you for finding the correct use of [Gray Mist Relic]. I tried to go to the relic space. Although I didn't have the chance to meet Lan Ling like you did. Your Majesty. But I also found the Rose Tavern and drank a glass of soul wine [Dream God's Dew], which greatly improved my imagination in the process of painting. The magical realm of "imaginary universe" was finally stuck. Something is loose”

She was not an outsider either, she spoke out about her opportunities.

"oh?"

When Ji Xun heard this, he suddenly said, "That's it."

Chujiu, Nanjing and Reni have all been to the tavern, but no one except Ji Xun has seen the witch Lanlingster. It's not surprising that she hasn't met her.

But that soul wine is a real big opportunity.

Most people cannot afford to drink that wine, and the exchange requires a ninth-level soul.

Others may not have it, but this one can.

At this juncture, the coalition's highest combat power can break through the realm, which is good news.

Ji Xun asked curiously: "Isn't that senior about to take the last step?"

Griffith shook his head and said, "It's still early."

Ji Xun could hear the uncertainty about the divine level from his tone. He thought of something and asked, "Does your order have a promotion ceremony? I mean, it's like a war order."

Since Andre of the Iris Legion wanted to use this promotion ceremony to condense his godhead, he thought that other sequences were also possible.

"have."

Griffith also said, but changed the subject, "However, the final step of promotion in the [7 Arts] path is very difficult. The promotion ceremony required is also related to the times. Only in peaceful times, when literature and art are flourishing, will the laws be more updated? Clear.”

After a pause, she expressed her thoughts: "The culture and art of the Talon Empire were highly prosperous, and then they entered the Dark Ages because of the war. In that desperate era, the master's paintings could not even be replaced by a black stripe. Bread. It’s not much different now. So I plan to wait until the war is over and become a teacher in a college to add some color to the dead art world. That is my dream life. When civilization and literature and art are reborn, it may be mine. When the promotion ceremony is completed.”

"Renaissance?"

Such a word suddenly popped into Ji Xun's mind.

With a flash of inspiration, he discovered that the so-called "promotion ceremony" seemed to be the development trend of a certain civilization.

This trend is not influenced by personal will, but it allows outstanding talents in the wave to shine brightly.

Griffith saw the thought on his face and said: "The essence of the promotion ceremony is to steal the 'power of rules' that governs the operation of the universe. The power controlled by the gods has changed from the essence of laws to rules."

As she said that, she looked at Ji Xun and was slightly surprised, and said: "However, I have barely scratched the surface so far. I can't explain it to you very clearly. Generally speaking, people below the ninth level can't understand what they say. Yes. But it seems like you understand."

"That's it"

Ji Xun actually seemed to understand.

It was rare for someone to guide him, so he expressed his thoughts: "Senior, I am also a little confused and want to ask for advice. I also encountered the feeling you mentioned when I was working on the mysterious magic method of "Inducing the Gods to Fall".

I didn't understand why the experience value of that secret method didn't move at all before.

Now I know that I have comprehended something too advanced.

Hearing what he said, Griffith's expression gradually became strange.

Finally, when Ji Xun finished speaking, she responded: "Haha, you are really different. I can only give you limited advice on this point. I um. When you have time, you can communicate more with His Majesty and Priest Nan. They can give you more help at the current stage."

"Oh"

Ji Xun listened and nodded.

He knew what Griffith meant, with a little bit of teasing, but 70% serious.

Chujiu and Nan Jing's realm is similar to his, but both the Augustus royal family and the high priest's lineage have a deep accumulation of heritage. The problems they are facing now have also been encountered by the predecessors of the Taren Dynasty, and there are relatively more things to learn from.

At this point, Ji Xun looked at Chujiu in front of him and asked: "Is there no news about Xiaonan going to the underworld?"

Chujiu said concisely: "Yeah. It should be soon."

The word "Yeah" means that everything is normal.

There is no need to say more about the two.

Nan Jing has been in the underworld for many days. As a high priest, she has a lot of heavy responsibilities on her shoulders.

Some things cannot be said even to Ji Xun and Chu Jiu, the two closest people.

This time, Nan Jing went to the underworld, probably because of the death of Nan Shenyu, the last high priest of Taren.

It may involve the "plane monitor" mentioned by Lan Lingster.

If the outer gods in the Orlan Royal Court are most afraid of Griffith, the ninth level, it is definitely the high priest Nan Jing.

Ji Xun did not talk much about this topic. Looking at Chu Jiu in front of him, he also asked: "Chu Jiu, have you also broken through?"

Chu Jiu nodded and simply won back with a sentence: "Yeah."

Ji Xun smiled, "No wonder."

No wonder Griffith asked them to communicate more.

In fact, Chu Jiu's changes are even greater. Since the assassination, her royal power fate is almost visible every day.

The subjects are strong, and the king's luck is also strong. This is the royal power.

More and more old ministers of Orlan defected, and Chujiu now had the air of an emperor.

In other words, Ji Xun's previous life said that this was the "emperor's purple aura", which was domineering and could be seen with the naked eye.

At the same time, her strength and laws also soared a lot.

This made Ji Xun feel inexplicably emotional sometimes.

The Q and K sequences related to [Royal Power] are so special.

Sometimes, you can become stronger just by sitting on the throne without doing anything.

The table was piled with delicious food.

Soon, little Ivan's belly was bulging.

In front of him was the pioneer and practitioner of "Extraordinary Compatibility Balance". Ji Xun chatted with Chujiu and talked with Griffith about some things related to practice.

However, while chatting, an accident happened.

The sound of the cannon suddenly stopped.

Ji Xun frowned.

Chujiu and Griffith also looked serious.

The perception of the three was much stronger than that of others, and they guessed what happened.

Dong Qi didn't understand, and looked at the three people's expressions and asked, "What happened?"

Ji Xun said, "Olan has stopped attacking."

Dong Qi is a combatant, and of course she can't control the overall situation as well as Ji Xun and the others. She still doesn't quite understand why they are so serious.

Ji Xun didn't wait for her to ask more, and said directly, "If nothing unexpected happens, the Oran Royal Court should have found out after probing that it can't be taken by force. This is to use a strategy. The artillery bombardment can be stopped by using some pioneers (cannon fodder) that can't be bombarded."

This is not difficult to guess. The history of any human civilization is actually the history of war.

As long as you can think of a strategy, someone must have done it in history.

When Ji Xun heard the artillery stop, he had actually guessed it.

"Oh."

Dong Qi also understood it roughly.

Sure enough, before a moment, a messenger hurried over and said something to the court lady not far away.

The female official's expression changed, and she hurried over to report to Chujiu: "Your Majesty, the sentry has received news that Oran has used a large number of civilians as the vanguard, and many of them are the families and clansmen of the ministers."

"Yes. Got it."

When Chujiu heard this, although his expression did not change, a hint of solemnity flashed in his crystal eyes.

She stood up and said to Ji Xun: "I'll go and see."

Ji Xun also wanted to see what kind of trouble Oran had made, and said: "I'll go with you."

Several people quickly came to the nearest artillery command room.

The weather was foggy just now, but suddenly the clouds cleared and the rain stopped, and the light was unprecedentedly clear.

The moonlight illuminated the plain across the canyon, and at the end of the field of vision, there were large and small craters and corpses lying in all directions on the ground.

In front of the artillery position of the Jilan defense line, the first wave of attempts by the Oran Royal Court failed without suspense.

Now it's the second wave.

A new batch of pioneers are moving towards the canyon little by little.

It was a dark mass, probably tens of thousands of people.

Through the telescope, Ji Xun could clearly see the expressions of those people.

Among those tens of thousands of people, some were professional soldiers from Orlan, and there were more people with gloomy expressions and low moods, obviously civilians who were dragged here.

It was those civilians that made Chujiu and the people around him silent.

Because they were all their relatives in front of them.

Reni from the God of Play family, Rick from the Forbidden Spell Master family, and various old servants of Orlan who had recently come to surrender.

They more or less saw their relatives and clansmen in the crowd.

Although the Oran court had been in exile for the past two hundred years, the exiled generations of Oran kings had made a lot of preparations for the restoration of the country.

The old ministers of Oran also took root and multiplied in major cities throughout the Federation.

Just like the Golden Oak Company in Innocence City, it was a force secretly supported by the Oran court.

So, there are actually many families of the old ministers of Oran.

Now everyone can see clearly that King Arthur wants the families of these Oran subjects to be cannon fodder to make the coalition forces afraid to act rashly.

Even now, looking back, the reason why those who defected to Chujiu were so easily taken out may not be intentional.

Then a group was left, waiting to be used as a threat now.

On the defense line, everyone was silent as they watched the human wall approaching little by little.

Everyone knew that this was the siege tactic of Oran.

Let them get close, they will destroy the city wall;

If they really fired and killed all these people, the morale of the coalition forces would immediately become unstable.

After all, there were not only the families of Orlan's old ministers, but also some people related to the Revolutionary Army and the Lionheart Family.

Everyone was mentally prepared to face the cruelty of war, but they didn't expect that King Arthur would be so merciless and use such a despicable tactic at the beginning.

Fortunately, there was an emergency plan in place. Chujiu, as the commander-in-chief of the coalition, decisively ordered: "Put the people in the quarantine area. No one can contact them without authorization. Those who take the opportunity to make trouble will be killed on the spot!"

"Yes."

Everyone took the order and left.

Chujiu watched everyone leave, turned his head to look at Ji Xun beside him, and asked: "What do you think?"

She knew Ji Xun's ability very well. The two of them had actually discussed this possibility before. Now that it happened, she asked a question.

Ji Xun narrowed his eyes slightly and said concisely: "Insects, plague, spies, assassins and faith pollution."

He advanced to the eighth level through our [J War] sequence [National Warriors], so he saw the war more deeply than others.

The laws of war were now embodied as battlefield strategies, and they were now in front of us.

In Ji Xun's mind, he saw the future scenes of what would happen when those cannon fodder came in.

These people must not be killed.

But the Jilan defense line was not breached, and it was meaningless to rely on these few people to launch a sneak attack.

In any case, isolating this group is the best choice.

The coalition's defense line in the Jilan Mountains did not completely block the Hell Gate Canyon, but deliberately left a passage.

Those tens of thousands of people were released just like that.

Some of the Oran soldiers hiding among the civilians approached the defense line and wanted to rush into the artillery platform, but they were beaten into a honeycomb by the mechanical sentry towers everywhere, and soon they were quiet.

The remaining people were guided and stopped in the isolation zone of the canyon.

It looked like the Oran Royal Court had sent a group of hostages in vain.

But because it was so smooth, Ji Xun became more and more certain that it might be the worst situation.

In the isolation zone of the canyon, countless gun barrels were pointed at the tens of thousands of people.

Most of the people in the crowd were women and children, as well as octogenarians.

Most people didn't know what was going on, and they looked at the cold fortress around them in panic.

They had just seen with their own eyes that the soldiers hiding in the crowd were beaten into pieces of rotten meat, and everyone's eyes were filled with fear and despair.

The adults could still understand the broadcast and kept silent, but the young children were frightened by the terrifying atmosphere and kept crying.

I don't know who started it first, but the old people and women followed Taotao and started crying.

Being sent to the front line as cannon fodder by their own king was already very aggrieved, and now they were being pointed at by guns, and they had already lost their minds.

After all, the people below were their own families, and the old ministers of Oran on the coalition side were also heartbroken.

King Augustus, Chujiu, spoke in person and quickly stabilized everyone's emotions.

But in a blink of an eye, the expected accident occurred.

In that group of people, abnormal blood suddenly overflowed from the eye sockets of some people.

Gradually, strange black spots appeared on the skin of adults and children.

Not just one, but a patch.

The time was also very precise.

"Plague! They have the plague!"

"The holy water of the Holy Grail of Kingship can cure all diseases. Let's find King Augustus, she will definitely save everyone!"

"Yes! Find King Augustus!"

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Someone in the crowd shouted, and the crowd that had just stabilized suddenly became chaotic.

Now, everyone understood the vicious intention of the Orlan Royal Court to send this group of old, weak, women and children.

As Ji Xun said, they brought [plague].

Thanks to the emergency plan before, no one was allowed to contact this group of people. Even those bodies that were beaten to pieces when they tried to climb the wall were immediately burned and disinfected.

Otherwise, if this group of people came into contact with the people in the defense line, the plague would probably cause the coalition to lose without a fight.

The spies took the lead in stirring up trouble. The adults could have remained calm, but now they panicked.

They could have died by themselves, but when they saw the babies in their cradles and their elderly parents, their hearts collapsed.

The elderly, the weak, women and children formed a closed loop of fear.

The elderly and children had weak resistance, and soon some people started coughing up blood.

In the panic, some people in the crowd tried to flee, but were forced back by gunfire.

Seeing the people running around being killed by machine guns, the group knew they couldn't escape, so they just cried.

Even if there was a last glimmer of hope, they couldn't bear to watch their children die in the plague.

The women and the elderly could only kneel on the ground and beg: "Great King Augustus, please save my child."

This voice gradually formed a torrent of desperate voices, echoing throughout the canyon.

This cry also made the group of old ministers of Orlan look at it, with gloomy faces and fists clenched to the point of water coming out.

Ji Xun looked at the turmoil at the bottom of the canyon without any change in his expression, but just complained in his heart: "【Black Death】? King Arthur really used some strategies to cut off his descendants."

The plague dared to be used indiscriminately, and there was no fear of backlash.

Another possibility is that the other party can accurately control the spread of the plague.

In addition to the top card masters of the few professional sequences of 【Diamond 3-Plague Doctor】, there is another possibility, that is the 'Source of Plague·Takpara'.

Ji Xun had read about the 【Black Death】, a plague that caused countless deaths and was almost unsolvable, in the documents of the Talen period.

The target is the Seven Lords of the Calamity.

Although the Lord of the Plague's jars were all taken by the Southern Continent Dragon God Aierel to trick the Golden Dragon God. But as long as there are living things, the plague will never disappear.

The Oran Royal Court is also very vicious.

[Black Death] has no cure.

As they deliberately spread, the [Royal Holy Grail] in Chujiu's hand can cure it.

But the problem is that the Holy Grail can only condense a limited amount of holy water, and it needs to consume the holder's royal luck and source mana.

One or two is fine.

If you want to cure these tens of thousands of people, I'm afraid it won't work even if you exhaust Chujiu's source mana.

But if you don't save them, Chujiu, the people's hearts that King Augustus has just gathered, will probably collapse immediately.

The most important thing is that once the luck jumps, there will inevitably be some negative effects in the war.

King Arthur threw out such a vicious plan as soon as he arrived, which immediately put the coalition forces in a dilemma.