The Amber Sword: Act 78 The tip of the iceberg
The four inner court Knights are still persuading Jean Count.
Jean Count is obviously not convinced about the invasion of Gorgon Ravine. Just like persuading his Rogers and the others to see it with his own eyes, he would definitely not believe that the underground army of Gorgon Ravine would suddenly appear on the surface. After all, they are too far away. Troglodyte, Minotaur in the maze, are the terrible creature in the bedside story. Although he could not explain the reason why the one's own ally disappeared, he could only assume that it was a private scheme of Brando, but he could not see through the other party's plot forget it/that's all.
But whether he wants to, Brando's so-called "persuasion" is not so much a threat as a suggestion. In the end, he has to reluctantly surrender the right of command.
The sun sets at dusk, and the setting sun sinks into the mountains to the west. The whole hilly area seems to be in a strange silence. The Vargus lights can no longer be seen in the Churning Silver Valley field in the north. The sky is dark and the hills are dark. After being quiet, the silence was creepy.
The four inner court Knight silently walked on the edge of Red Pine Forest. After walking for a while, Female Knight Narsha finally couldn't help but say: "Maybe Jean Count is right, the situation is not so bad, maybe it is only one Only from Gorgon Ravine's rogue, such things often happen isn't that so? "
Rogers frowned tightly without answering.
"What about the weird beams of light and meteors across the sky that we saw last night, and Kui's messenger Magic was disturbed? This is a premeditated attack," Trevor shook his head: " The old guy of Jean Count is just unwilling to bow to Aouinian. You and I understand that the noble masters in these places have always been stubborn and good-looking. "
Narsha was silent for a moment, as if trying to find a reason to refute, but unable to convince itself. Finally, she asked with some concern: "If Gorgon Ravine really invades us, how bad would it be for the Empire?"
"It depends on how large the invasion of Gorgon Ravine is," Rogers replied Shen Sheng.
"How big do you think this invasion will be, could it be that they can really threaten the Empire's southern defense?" Narsha asked incredulously.
No one seems to be able to answer this question. They feel that Brando is alarmist more or less, but Rogers and Trevor are not familiar with the forgotten country in the underground. In fact, most people even recognize all underground ethnic groups. People are rare. Rogers and Trevor suddenly thought of something, and they set their sights on the dark-haired boy wearing robe.
Kui calmly replied: "Gorgon Ravine is slightly different from us. They do not have a unified country. There are only large and small Thane existence in the dark underground. The only exception is Dark Elf."
"Kui, what kind of strength can the largest Thane have?" Narsha asked.
"Approximately equivalent to a moderately powerful kingdom on the surface."
"Are there so many Thanes?"
Kui shook his head: "In addition to the three black dragons most commonly known to be exiled by Dragon Race, they are the well-known kings of Minotaur Gerat and Medusa Empress Petana. They are called the king of Underground world."
"If you want to threaten the southern defense of the empire, is such a Thane's strong enough?" Narsha asked again.
"It may be enough to give it its best, but the underground world wars rarely do their best, because to guard against the enemy in the dark. The two Thane team is a more reliable guess, but such Thane is also second to none in Gorgon Ravine existence, they rarely come to the surface world that is also unknown to them. Without these underground kings make a move, ordinary Thane would probably require ten or even twenty to join forces to launch a war of this scale.
"Kui, how likely is that?" Trevor asked back.
"Maybe, the underground world is a world that believes in the dark Laws. It's normal in the dark to swindle. They rarely trust each other, let alone form alliances," Kudah said.
Narsha looked at his companion with some admiration: "Is it possible they form an alliance under special circumstances?"
"Maybe," Kui answered, "but I'm not sure. The Count of that Trentheim person may know more about these underground people."
"Why did he say that, maybe he was alarmist?" Female Knight obviously didn't like to hear him say that.
The dark-haired boy replied, "He and the Female Knight around him are quick and confident in judging the movement of the Gorgon Ravine army. I can't do this."
Trevor feels that this companion ’s statement is a bit overdone. He shook his head. Although Kui has a genius mind, he is slightly worse in the world. He is well aware of the trick inside. Those Aouinian can be completely Installed. He listened to the questions before Narsha, and he also had some shake in his heart. Can Gorgon Ravine really pull out an army of ten Thanes to find trouble for the empire? The empire is indestructible in the hearts of its people. It may encounter bad luck for a while, but it is impossible to coincide with the worst case. Trevor cannot even imagine that Rocerch -- Broken Sword Mountain Range Fortresses will be threatened. It is not a two-strong fortress. A defense line with a depth of nearly a hundred miles and complete facilities.
He faintly agreed with the Female Knight statement. Perhaps the enemy in front of him is just a rogue army that fights the autumn wind from the underground world. They may be composed of one or two Thane's troops. They have collected the benefits of Torquine Leonin and came to the Empire Disturb the territory, distract the Imperial Army, and seize the opportunity to **** some forget it/that's all.
He was thinking so, but Rogers on the side suddenly asked, "Quui, how strong will the entire Gorgon Ravine's power be?"
The dark-haired boy raises head suddenly looked at this companion who had been frowning for a long time.
"That's impossible," he replied.
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Although both Trevor and Narsha hope that Gorgon Ravine's invasion of the empire is nothing more than a private act of one or two Thane, but south of Rutherf, at the end of Rocerch Highlands, everything that is happening is obviously contrary to expectations. The mountain pass was once a majestic fortress, but now only gravel and rubble are left. The whole fortress seems to be hit by the terrible force from the front. The original intact city wall opened a huge gap, and the gap was bathed in the moonlight. The whole section seemed to have been burned by flames. Even the masonry showed a black and bright color after carbonization, and the rubble shone. It was gravel after crystallization. There are such scenes everywhere in the fortress. In addition to the heavy dead objects of Death Qi, there are charred and twisted corpses, animal -- cattle, horses, donkeys, and even the huge Earth Raptor, which is almost burned into the skeleton. Leaning against the side of the street, which was also burned into a frame structure, it had no traces of struggle, which made people think of the time of death, and the extreme high temperature instantly transformed this behemoth from the flesh to the soul into ash.
But it ’s not just animals. Human bodies are also everywhere. Some of them are wearing armor --, but now they have become molten metal solutions that have re-solidified after melting. Some are just commoner, but whether they are elderly or children, men As a woman, they turned into an unrecognizable coke. Such corpses were scattered throughout the street. Their position indicated what they were avoiding during their lifetime, but time remained at this last moment.
The entire fortress seems to have been plowed from the middle. The streets and buildings in these areas have become fragmented, but the other blocks are still well preserved, except that the street and the slopes on both sides are full of sharp wood. Piles, countless human corpses were inserted on these wooden stakes, the corpses stared blankly at the dark sky, the sky was covered with clouds, and their eyes had long lost their vitality.
The broken fortress has become a dead city, without Kirrlutzian or existence, their enemies are like Grim Reaper passing by here, taking all life silently.
This kind of scene is on top of Rocerch Highlands, east of Broken Sword Mountain Range. It is not the only case, but it is performed in many places at the same time. This is Fort Parsilian. Although the Rocerch -- Broken Sword Mountain Range Fortresses of the Empire is composed of thousands of fortresses, levels and forts, only the three fortresses of Fort Jadeclaw, Ernoburg, and Fort Parsilian are the true core of this line of defense. The other fortresses are just around them. Built for the purpose of protecting them, Fort Parsilian is the last level of this line of defense in the direction of the empire. In the history of thousands of years, it has never been captured or even attacked, but today, an Kirrlutzian has never dealt with it. The army has rewritten this history.
Frith When he woke up from the rubble, he still couldn't forget the most memorable scene he had seen in his life before. He remembered that the fortress was attacked by a group of Harpy who did not know where it came from. The highest Commander in the fortress. It was determined that this was an monster attack, and perhaps a new lair was generated somewhere near the fortress. This kind of thing often happened in the border area. The desolate Rocerch Highlands was originally a wandering place of monster. Imperial soldiers joined without surprise. fighting. Frith is an imperial crossbowman and naturally wants to participate in the battle, but he is relatively safe in the shooting room with others. -- Although the noise on the wall is a bit unbearable, militia heavy equipment is pushed behind the shed by the slideway. The creaking and grating sound is also tooth ache. At that time, he used a heavy crossbow winch to make a good string, put a crossbow, and then went out to the perforation to observe.
Then -- at that moment
He seemed to hear a scream of screams from the wall, like a drop from the sky, and a cry of a ghost at midnight, a shriek made him feel cold, and then he shot through Kong saw a huge, cold, unemotional eye like a black cast iron ball. With that glance, that eye made him fall into the abyss, and the chill of the bone was rising from his feet, lifting him Frozen there, although he opened his mouth to scream, he couldn't make a sound.
He faintly heard the horrified shouts of his colleagues from the wall, and the shouts hummed together, as if describing a monster that scared them.
But Frith hasn't had time to hear what it is, and then the ground shakes. He sees that the wall of the shooting room collapses towards him. After the foot is empty, the world is in darkness.
Frith did not realize again until he realized that the collapsed masonry of Correct had saved his life.
He lay in the dark without knowing how long it took before he recovered a little strength, then he could not care about his soreness, and gritted his teeth to open a passage from the rubble and rubble. As if it was miraculous, he found that he was not seriously injured. Except for the faint pain in breathing, which made him suspect that one or two ribs were broken, his hands and feet were very flexible, only scratches, and he used his hands and feet from the rubble. Climb out, the next moment, the bleak miserable scene in the fortress reflected in his eyes, Frith clenched his teeth for a moment, all this seemed to have appeared in his dream, although he had expected it, but still couldn't help shaking stand up.
He raises head looked at the direction of the mountain pass, which was the direction where the monster army disappeared. From there, it was the mountain road leading to Fort Jadeclaw, and behind it was the ventral area of Rocerch -- Broken Sword Mountain Range Fortresses. His heart was cold, and already realized that this was not a monster attack , But a premeditated raid.
That eye ...
Frith thought back to the scene he had seen before. He seemed to want to convince himself that it was just an illusion. The real fear hidden in spirit / mind reminded him what it was.
That's Dragon Ah––
A black dragon.
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Kirrlutz has a saying: every day of the empire is calm and peaceful, every day of the empire is turbulent. This sentence may be a bit inappropriate to describe the entire Kirrlutz Empire, but it can not be more appropriate to describe the imperial capital Lucita.
From three days ago, the White Rose Garden was shrouded in a depressing atmosphere. St. Cantipei's Palace Inside Death Qi Heavy, as if each Anyone who walks in bad luck . In the past, this usually means that Her Majesty's mood has changed again. Generally speaking, there are many factors that cause Her Majesty to be angry. -- Let's say there is some noble Annoying her, or letting her down, for example Holy Cathedral of Fire Offend this again supreme one Majesty, Holy Cathedral of Fire Her Majesty and Her Majesty often offend each other. This is a well-known fact, but besides the two main reasons above, there are some side things, such as mountain people , Anzeluta People or some other barbarians killed the empire's tax officers, or several marriages with the royal family Archduke And sent someone to a banquet for Her Majesty or something -- The Silver Queen The relations with the foreign relatives of these empires are extremely poor, which is recognized by the entire empire.
In fact, there have been some new names recently. For example, a certain person from Aouine's Lord Count is said to have become a thorn in the eyes of Her Majesty; in addition, there are rumors about the woman mountain people Count. It is said that every time Her Majesty summoned her , The mood will become very bad.
But this time, neither noble caused trouble, Holy Cathedral of Fire was also divided. Although last month, the seventh prince accidentally fell into the cliff on the way back to the capital of Vala, and was seriously injured, but the mountain people also behaved in this regard. They were extremely obedient, and they even sent an envoy to explain the matter. This envoy was about to reach the imperial capital. This attitude was obviously to completely surrender to the supreme one of the empire, and it seemed that Her Majesty did not need to do so. Outrageous.
On the other hand, neither Floral Leaf Shire nor Ludwig seems to have heard any news. The Lord Count rumor of the Trentheim person has also been sinking into the sea these days. According to the news from Her Majesty's maid, Since recently, I haven't called any female Count.
The only thing that counts as news is as if a few days ago Vanquer, Purple Roland Valley and other regions have reported a rare divine artifact response, but these divine artifact resonance are only generated independently in very few regions, but in the wider No one has observed that the Sorcerers of Tower of the Stars and Moons has not yet concluded whether this is a fantasy or true existence fact.
But in fact, in the circle of the high-level noble of the Empire, only a few well-informed people understand that since that day, the Empire has lost news of areas south of Anzlova. The news here refers to the secret report of Correct belonging to the royal court's inner court Knight. The original report was once a day. From three days ago, from Vargus to Bear Lake, to Rutherf, and even to the south of the entire Rocerch fortress group. , As if disappeared from the map, lost audio.
If it ’s weekdays, the two-day delay is nothing, but just before that, almost the entire empire ’s eyes are still focused on this area. The empire ’s nobles is still waiting for Brando and Anzeluta regional nobles. The result of the last battle of the city, but all of a sudden, the area disappeared. Whether private or sent by a royal agent, it is as if the world has evaporated and it is gone forever.
Everyone at immediately thinks this is the ghost of the Trentheim guy's Count.
But the news that followed sent the entire empire into a dead silence.
Morning on the third day.
Constance summoned her two Knights Captains into the White Rose Garden --
At this moment, in front of the queen, Mr. Royal Knights Commander Travis and Mr. Dragon cavalry Commander Kevin are constantly wiping the cold sweat on his forehead with a handkerchief. One of them is from the Palut family, and the other is also from this. The family of the regional nobles trusted by Her Majesty, their apparent identities are the heads of the two embargoes at Constance, but anyone who has lived in a period of time in Lucita will know that these two gentlemen have in fact been secretly in charge of the inner court Knight Foreign affairs.
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