Sword of Dawn

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The heir of the Cecil family, the authority of magic technology, Rebecca, who has a high prestige among magic technicians, is standing next to the "Calibrator" at the front of the deck, with a high-spirited appearance, this Viscountess While directing the magicians to complete various inspections in a loud voice, he personally adjusted the amplifier on the base of the "Calibrator" so that this weapon, which is still in the "verification period", can be in the best condition.

She seemed to have sensed Gawain's gaze, turned around, and showed a happy and bright smile to Gawain: "Ancestor! It's ready!"

"Then let's get started," Gawain nodded with a smile, "Cavalier 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 becoming 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."

And Rebecca didn't care what the "Italian cannon" her ancestors said at all. She was used to the weird words created by her ancestors, and compared to these words, it was her who activated the rainbow cannon. Things you'd rather be doing right now.

She raised her hand high, and a clear and bright voice sounded on the deck: "The water pump fills with water—connect the power ridge!!"

The water pumps installed on both sides of the warship started instantly, and the powerful second-generation magic energy engine began to inject the water from the Baishui River into the base of the rainbow cannon. Below the deck, the hidden magic power amplification core of the rainbow cannon Instantly soaked in the cold river water, and with the connection of the power ridge, the "wing" devices on both sides of the warship also began to emit a low and pleasant sound, and brighter magic power began to gather on both sides of the warship , The surging power rushed through the various magical structures of the ship, and brought a burst of roaring in the cabin. In the roaring sound, the main body of the rainbow cannon was activated.

Its three curved "barrels" slowly rotated for a circle, and then the crystal prism fixed in the middle of the barrel brightened up, emitting a white light.

"The focusing crystal lights up and begins to illuminate—the target, the gate of the Rock Fortress!"

After a brief focus, a dazzling arcane light beam that was one meter thick shot out, piercing the distant rock fortress like a spear made of light.

After a few seconds of delay, the front end of the second ship "Morning Star" also erupted with the same energy beam, followed by the Aurora and bombarded the magic barrier of the Rock Fortress.

The second "Calibrator" beam missed a bit, and it landed nearly a hundred meters away from the first beam, but the "gunner" on the Morning Star obviously noticed this very quickly, and began to adjust the weapon, The bright arcane torrent in mid-air began to turn slowly, and it majestically swept across the magic barrier of the Rock Fortress—where the light beam reached, a huge and dazzling bright spot almost spanned half of the city wall.

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

Use the Whitewater River to cool the prismatic cannon - this solution was successful once in the previous test, and now on the battlefield, it still does not disappoint.

Sir Maryland looked palely at the two beams of punishment-like beams hitting the magic barrier of the fortress, and seeing the panic of the knights and noble soldiers on the city wall, he finally realized where the biggest problem was——

He never understood Cecil's true power.

This war was completely different from what he expected from the very beginning.

The dazzling white light beam is still burning the shield of the fortress. This is a weapon that does not appear in the information at all, and it is completely different from the "Sky Fire Explosion". A large and frightening bright spot erupted at the center of the "burning point", and the bright spot spread rapidly while vibrating like ripples, and it has spread to a height of tens of meters above the city wall at this moment.

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

The magic shield is disintegrating.

Those two beams are pure magical energy, and their intensity is extremely high. Such high-intensity pure energy is a deadly threat to any shield spells, it will easily penetrate, interfere, and block the energy of the shield Flows and prevents shield regeneration in penetrated areas.

What's more deadly is that the "irradiation" of the light beam is continuous.

The magic barrier of Rock Fortress is about to end.

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

The only hope to save the city barrier is to immediately mobilize the emergency magic power stored in the magic power focus and inject all of it into the barrier, so that the barrier may last for a while longer, until the weapons of the Cecils are overheated or cannot be released due to waste energy. I have to stop temporarily, so that the barrier still has a chance to regenerate...

However, there was no movement in those mage towers!

What about the mages in the city?

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

The old mage probably flew all the way here from a certain mage tower with the flying technique. He was out of breath and embarrassed. As soon as he landed, he shouted in despair: "General! The magic circle and rune stone that control the focus of magic power have been destroyed. !! The battle mages and soldiers guarding them are all dead!"

Chapter 0439 Knights

In the rock fortress city, in the mage tower used to control the focus of magic power, the fierce but short battle has ended.

The magnificent and bright arcane hall was once filled with magical brilliance. The explosion of magical energy and the explosion caused by the attackers left shocking damage everywhere. The walls were covered with craters, and the ground was torn by the explosion. The steel brackets were also melted by the high temperature, turning into a pile of twisted metal skeletons limp on the ground. At the entrance of the hall, the two arcane stone statues that were used to defend the hall have been turned into lifeless obsidian fragments, scattered all over the place On the ground, and in the center of the hall, in the huge circular magic circle, there are only some faintly discernible scorched marks of human figures and fragments of armor left.

Sir Maryland, who rushed to the scene as quickly as possible, stood in a daze at the entrance of the hall, watching the tragedy in the hall, without saying a word for a long time.

"...The battle broke out concentratedly inside the tower, and there were no traces of battle outside the tower or nearby outposts," the mage consultant said beside Sir Maryland about the clues collected so far. But—it was an intensive explosion in a short period of time, and there were traces of high temperature burning and explosion everywhere. The guard seemed to be killed before he could react—in addition, we also found it next to the wreckage of an obsidian golem this."

Sir Maryland looked at what the mage consultant handed over: it was a twisted and broken blade or blade, and the remaining runes and inlaid alloy parts could be seen on the side, no matter in terms of casting precision or design style, it was not It may be a product inside the Rock Fortress, and it is not the appearance of any standard sword in Ansu.

There is only one blade, the handle part of which is missing.

"... Cecil's equipment!" A southern knight who followed him exclaimed the moment he saw the broken blade, and then said very quickly, "General, this is an extraordinary weapon. The magical blade of the sword can emit extremely high heat, and can instantly cut through the armor of soldiers wearing light armor. One of my subordinates was killed by this weapon..."

Listening to the southern knight's words, Sir Maryland suddenly remembered another thing that happened just now: Viscount Carroll fell to his death under the balcony... There were no traces of fighting on the balcony, so he could only judge that Mr. Viscount was himself stumbled and fell.

The banquet took place last night, and Viscount Carroll hadn't appeared since last night. Everyone thought that the viscount, who was always worried, was too drunk to go back to rest early...

The attack in front of me took place inside the mage tower. Everyone was raided into the hall and killed without any precautions. There was no trace of battle outside...

The Cecils are in the city, and have been in the city for a long time, and even... are hidden among the guardians of the mage tower, or have gained the trust of the guardians.

It is the army of the southern nobles who are responsible for guarding the Mage Tower and the inner city wall. To be precise, it is the Countess Ropeni Grant...

A deep palpitation gripped Sir Maryland's heart, and together with this palpitation gripping his heart, there were constant sounds of commotion and faint explosions coming from the direction of the distant city wall.

This war...is this a war?

"There are ghosts in the city... Where is Countess Luo Penny?!"

The guard knight on the side immediately replied: "The Viches hasn't appeared on the city wall since this morning—nor has the bodyguard team she brought with her."

Sir Maryland immediately ordered loudly: "Go at once..."

Before he finished speaking, a disturbing whistling sound suddenly came from the upper floor of the mage tower. The whistling sound was mixed with the sound of something breaking, and the other knights and soldiers present immediately looked up subconsciously. Go, but Sir Maryland and the mage consultant turned pale at the same time: they thought of the possible reason for the whistling sound.

It's not the problem of the Mage Tower, but something connected to the Mage Tower - the magic barrier of the Rock Fortress.

The magic barrier is connected to the city wall of the fortress, and is also connected to every mage tower in the city. When the barrier continues to weaken, the first thing that will react is the magic crystal on the top of these towers.

He immediately rushed out of the tower with people.

The inside of the majestic rock fortress is reverberating one after another whistling sound. Along with the whistling sound, there is also a low-pitched roar that is becoming more and more obvious. It is the sound of the constantly shaking city shield, which is the sound of the air inside the shield. With the sound that resonated with the vibration of the city wall, the shimmering magic barrier is now covered with ripples, a pale pattern spread from the top of the city wall to the high altitude of the fortress. When Sir Maryland rushed out of the mage tower, those ripples Almost two-thirds of the sky has been covered.

This high-ranking knight has never faced such a desperate situation in his life, but he calmed down at this moment. He stared at the magic barrier that was disintegrating little by little, with one hand on the hilt of his waist Going up, he asked the mage consultant beside him in a low voice: "Master, how long can the shield last?"

"Twenty-ten minutes, or less," the mage advisor replied, "I will lead the still-living battle mages up to the city wall, and use our own mana to recharge the shields—maybe we can last for another three to five minutes."

"Don't waste mana. It's useless to use manpower to fight against that kind of weapon," the Jazz interrupted the mage advisor. "Let the battle mages recharge their batteries and prepare to fight in the city."

Then he turned his head and looked at his most trusted subordinate, the guard knight who had followed him for many years.

This guard knight should be one of the most capable people in Rock Fortress besides him.

The city shield can last for 10 minutes. After the shield is shattered, there is still the south city wall. The south city wall poured with metal can last at least a few minutes in the face of the "sky fire explosion" of the Cecils. "Skyfire" crossed the city wall and fell into the city, and it would only destroy the surface facilities inside the second city wall, while the main runes of the magic focus and the magic barrier were buried underground.

There was still something he could do before the walls came down too.

"Defend this city," the jazz said to his guard knights. "Also, find Ropeni Grant and her missing guards. They are most likely to have betrayed them. Once these are confirmed, we must deal with them in a bigger way." Get rid of them before they break."

The guard knight's eyes widened: "General, what are you going to do?"

"I swore an oath in the name of my family to defend Rock Fortress to the death, and now it's time for me to fulfill my oath," Sir Maryland pressed the hilt of his sword with clear and forceful words, "If I succeed, the Cecilians will The attack may stop, and if I fail, your allegiance will also end-you take the survivors out of the northern gate, go to the capital, and pass the whole story of the fall of the Rock Fortress to... the Prince of Wales. "

"General! I will go out with you!" the guard knight immediately said, "I also swore that I would always follow you on the battlefield. Fleeing before a battle is not what a knight should do, let alone what a nobleman should do!"

"The war of nobles is over!" Sir Maryland stared at the face of the guard knight, then his tone slowed down, "...The war of nobles is over."

……

Knights who still had courage stood up, and a knight group led by the commander of the fortress began to rush to the gate of the southern city wall. Sir Maryland rode on his deeply trusted horse, watching the gate grow closer and closer in front of him. closer.

The magic barrier outside the city wall has shown a critical state of collapse. Large areas of chaotic ripples are wandering around, and even magic holes have appeared in some areas. In those places where the barrier is broken, uncontrolled mana turbulence jumps on the city wall like lightning. There was chaos everywhere.

Crowds of southern knights and noble soldiers fled from the city wall, among them were some southern nobles.

They were still yelling and shouting on the city wall a moment ago, triumphantly.

Looking at these unbearable guys, a thought suddenly popped up in Jazz Maryland's mind:

Why did he accept these guys in the first place?

The nobles of this country... When did they all become this kind of guy?

Although he wanted to ignore them, Sir Maryland couldn't help but stopped. He pulled the reins in front of a group of panicked southern knights and shouted loudly: "Ladies and gentlemen-if you have any aristocrats, For the honor of being a knight, let’s at least maintain order in the city! The Rock Fortress hasn’t fallen yet!!”

After that, no matter how many people heard his words, he turned his horse's head and rushed forward.

There are hidden sabotage forces infiltrated by the enemy in the city, and they may cause greater losses at any time.

After losing the commander sitting in charge, the order in the fortress may fall into greater chaos.

The supreme commander of the fortress should not leave the fort lightly in this situation.

Jazz Maryland knew all this.

But someone had to stop those two ships, and stop those two terrible weapons that were loaded on them.

Ordinary soldiers and slightly weaker knights would die if they went out. Only he, a high-level knight, attacked under the cover of the knight order, I am afraid that there is a little hope-this is the value and usefulness of a strong personal combat power.

The city gate opened, and a pungent burnt smell rushed over.

It was the unique smell produced when high-intensity arcane energy stirred in the air and decomposed certain substances in the air.

The knights raised their heads, looking up at the two beams of light directly above them with shock and fear.

In this position and angle, they appear even more terrifying - the pure arcane light is pouring on the crumbling magic barrier like two long rivers of light, and it is like the majestic aurora crushing the city bit by bit.

The Second Dynasty of Ansu built it with countless manpower and material resources. It condensed the highest magic skills of the royal family at that time. The rock fortress that has stood on this land for a century is coming to an end little by little under the impact of the arcane torrent.

This fortress was used to defend the Cecil family, but in the past century, the Cecil family has never fought back once.

Many people didn't realize this until now—this was just the Cecil family's first attack since the Rock Fortress was established.

"Don't look up, look forward!" Sir Maryland raised his long sword high, then pointed at the White Water River, "Don't stop!!"

The knights pulled down their masks and began to accelerate slowly along with Sir Maryland's horse.

Most of them would not survive the attack, and in fact most of them would be useless even if they made it to the Whitewater River: the two ships were in the middle of the river, and as the king of the land, Knights are helpless when facing warships floating in the middle of the water.

But as a high-level knight, Sir Maryland can—there are countless ways for a high-level extraordinary person to ignore the little "terrain trouble" of the White Water River. As long as the distance is close enough, a high-level knight is enough to make the magic on the two ships The device stopped.

The Knights began to charge.

Chapter 0440 This is a War

When the horse under his crotch and the knights guarding him gradually began to speed up, Sir Maryland seemed to have finally found the feeling of the "battlefield" he was familiar with.

The sound of horseshoes gradually becoming neat and dense, the sound of the wind blowing on the visor, the sound became louder and louder, the knights were silent in these sounds, and charged silently, the protective aura belonging to the extraordinary knight began to spread around Spreading and gradually combining into a whole, it shrouded around this knight group composed of dozens of low-level, middle-level and one high-level knights, making everyone's figures hazy, and an invisible cyclone engulfed them. The magic power in the air formed a vortex moving forward swiftly. Outside the vortex, the cannon fire raged, and the two majestic and terrifying beams were still unswervingly cutting and piercing the walls of the Rock Fortress, while the knights inside the vortex They seem to have put everything outside out of the way. For the knights who have already started charging, their goal is only ahead.

Yes, this is the battlefield that Jazz Maryland is familiar with, and this is the "war" he is familiar with.

It's just that this place is still different from the battlefield he is familiar with: he is no longer facing another indomitable knight order, nor is he facing a line of defense composed of heavy infantry and militia spearmen. nor--

The nearest enemy is out of charge range.

All he could see was an open battlefield and the "Skyfire" whistling and flying over the battlefield.

This somewhat brought him a sense of weirdness. He wasn't used to this kind of battle where he couldn't get in touch with the enemy, but fortunately, there was still a target in his field of vision—the two weird warships parked on the White Water River. , the banners of House Cecil fluttered over the two ships, and the sword and plow symbolized the most honorable and ancient power in this country, and today it is the enemy.

This has to be said to be ironic and sad, but as a knight, it is also a special honor to be able to challenge such a powerful enemy.

The speed of the knights has gradually increased to the limit. After forming a charging formation, the speed of the low-level knights will also be greatly improved, and the entire charging knight team will explode unimaginable destructive power in the process. Apart from a knight order of the same size, strength, and speed, only the heavy infantry guards of the dwarf kingdom in the far west of the continent can block it in this world—Sir Maryland saw that the land on both sides of the knight order was moving The vortex of magic power tore off the curls and cracks, and large and small energy sparks began to jump in the air. The magic power around the knights was forming sharp arrows, which even gave him an unprecedented confidence——

What would the Cecilians have to do against such a blow?

It is a salvo of more than one hundred "Persuader I" rail guns.

The strange whistling sound came from the sky when the knights charged halfway, awakening Sir Maryland from the wonderful excitement immersed in the battlefield. He raised his head slightly and saw one after another light blue magic flames slashing across the sky. It broke through the air and fell to the ground, and its landing point was on the way of the knights' charge.

He realized almost immediately that Officer Cecil who commanded "Skyfire" should also be a knight, and definitely a qualified knight.

These attacks that fell from the sky almost perfectly blocked the timing when the knights were unable to perform evasive actions when they charged, and the advance was almost exactly the same.

"Don't stop!" Jazz shouted loudly, his voice vibrated the magic field within the range of the battle formation, and clearly reached the ears of every knight, "Raise the shield!"

The knights raised their protective shields, and at the same time activated the "glory armor" knight combat skills, a layer of metallic halo appeared on their armor, and the magic power wrapped in the entire charge array The same layer of protection floated outside the vortex.

The sky had turned gloomy at some point. Under the gloomy sky, the Knights were running on the open battlefield. The "Calibrator Beam" illuminated the sky above the battlefield, and hundreds of light blue shells were like a meteor shower. Like falling from the sky, bombarding their array.

The elite knights in Rock Fortress are different from the group of stragglers summoned by Earl Hossman.

They are an elite force second only to the Eastern Front Legion.

The knights who had fully charged and released their power to the extreme were also different from the careless, defenseless, and scattered knights on the gravel ridge.

The joint battle formation they formed was as strong as a city wall.

But the walls—even the charged ones—are, after all, a product of a previous era.

Deafening explosions came from all directions, and the terrifying "Sky Fire" tore the magic vortex around the knights. Sir Maryland saw the earth torn apart around him, huge amounts of gravel and soil were flying up, and the dust and mist that rose into the sky was filled with With the flash of arcane energy, the original perfect magic vortex was torn apart, and a part of the low-level knights behind the team disappeared in the big explosion that rose into the air almost before they had time to react.

Now, Lord Maryland finally knew how powerful the "sky fire" that bombarded the magic barrier of the Rock Fortress was.