Sword of Dawn

The stonemasons and apprentices sat on the ground to rest, watching with envious and awe-inspiring eyes the magic-guiding materials rise into the air under the guidance of Hetty's magic power, and were accurately drawn on the surface of the stone wall, while a huge translucent hand Assisting at the side, remove the vines that affect the drawing of the magic circle or adjust the subtle rune lines, or inlay mana crystals and other amplification materials on key nodes, and in the gaps between the runes in this magic circle, It was the cavities and pores they had dug out earlier, and they were filled with glistening crystal "grit".

In their eyes, those fine crystals whose average size is only the size of a grain of rice are indeed similar to "gravel".

These exhausted people still don't realize what they are participating in. They don't even know Gawain's plan to blow up the rock wall. They are just working here according to the lord's order, but Amber looked at these people, But a strange feeling arises spontaneously.

Except for drawing the detonation circle at the end, most of the whole process was actually done by ordinary people-the serfs in the kiln area fired the crystals, and the Magic Net No. [-] used to charge the crystals was also done by It was built by ordinary craftsmen. Although Rebecca participated in the design of the magic net, she did not use any extraordinary power during the whole process. Afterwards, the folks transported the crystals here, and the masons cut holes in the rock wall and filled them with crystals...

In fact, if it is not necessary to draw the magic circle on the rock wall, and due to the limited time, even the work of drawing the magic circle can be done by ordinary people, as long as they can ensure that all the runes are drawn in the right places, and at the key points It only needs to install the magic materials on it correctly - although this requires some knowledge and skills, it does not require any extraordinary power. Amber believes that even civilians in the territory can master these as long as they go through study and training.

As for how people without mana can activate this magic circle... Rebecca has already made a rune trigger, and this rune trigger has been proved to be able to operate on the detonation circle.Even if there is no rune trigger, the "Magic Net One" in the territory has already realized the ability to supply external energy. As long as the charging route of the Magic Net No. [-] is extended, ordinary people can detonate this set, which is called by Gao Wen. "Large art" stuff.

It is true that this process is far more complicated and difficult than the great magisters snapping their fingers, but even considering the possibility of this process being realized, Amber shudders a little:

A group of ordinary people who have no ability to cast spells can use this "magic device" to blow up the entire cliff...

Thinking about it, she couldn't help but feel strange when she looked at Gao Wen: This strange man who doesn't look like a noble at all...does he know what he is doing?

But after thinking about it for a short while, Hu Po's remaining serious energy was exhausted. She clapped her hands, looked up at the sky, and found that it was not time for dinner, so she turned around and disappeared. In the depths of the shadows.

She still needs to continue to monitor the movement of the mutants and send their information back here at any time. The task is still important.

On the other side, on the mountain pass on the southwest side of the camp and on the mountain path into the mountain, two knights, Philip and Byron, were accompanying Rebecca, doing something they had never done before.

Command his men to lay traps on the ground, a trap that will explode.

The soldiers and the recruited civilians were responsible for digging the pits, and Rebecca led the craftsmen to place the "landmines" in place, because as long as the rune trigger was placed on the magic circle, those crystal particles that seemed harmless to humans and animals would be destroyed. It will become a dangerous thing enough to break mountains and rocks, so each rune trigger is adjusted and placed in place by Rebecca herself, and in order to prevent unscrupulous guys from accidentally touching the mechanism, Rebecca is still in every rune trigger. A red stone is placed next to the trap to mark it.

Yes, I made a mark, this is completely inconsistent with the basic professional ethics of planting landmines, but it doesn't matter, it's just bullying those aberrants who have no brains...

Knight Philip looked at his soldiers sprinkling thin soil on the surface of a placed wooden box with a strange expression, and then glanced at the other people who were digging a hole not far away in full swing, and finally couldn't help but mutter to Byron: "Isn't this... a bit inconsistent with the spirit of chivalry?"

"Not in line with chivalry? You mean digging traps?" The gray-haired middle-aged knight glanced at the young talent, "Then what do you think about chivalry?"

Philip put his hands on the hilt of his sword solemnly: "A knight should confront the enemy dignifiedly, arm himself with bravery and justice, challenge the most powerful enemy head-on, defend the people and the land, and if he wins, he will return with honor. If you fail, you will bury your bones...instead of digging traps here."

Byron waved his hands again and again without waiting for the other party to finish speaking: "Stop, stop - you really can't get rid of this problem, you are as young as an old believer. Don't forget, these traps were ordered by the Duke, who is one of the knights. He is a knight, a hero among heroes, and the codes of chivalry in various countries are even formulated based on him, do you think the things he arranges are not in line with the spirit of chivalry?"

Philip was already entangled in this matter, but when he heard it, he became even more entangled: "So I can't figure it out either."

"In my opinion, this is quite in line with the spirit of chivalry," Byron touched his chin, and began to use the eloquence cultivated in the mercenary period to spread a set of fallacies and heresies, "We dug a hole here dignifiedly, this is the same as The Juma on the battlefield is as dignified as the armor on your body, and then we are also going to challenge the most powerful enemy-look at this pit full of ground, the monster that can come out of it must be the strongest Only such a guy will run to the last line of defense to fight us, and those who can't even get through these pits are all weak, and fighting the weak will insult the spirit of chivalry..."

Philip thought about it carefully, and looked at Byron with some doubts: "According to what you mean, these traps are for identifying real powerful enemies?"

Byron nodded: "That's almost what it means."

Philip thought about it again: "I always feel that you are talking nonsense."

Byron laughed, and turned to tell the craftsmen who were placing the "landmines": "Pour some rocks or something on top of this, as long as you don't press the mechanism. I have seen the scene when these things explode, if there are stones in the pit It explodes even more powerfully..."

Rebecca's eyes lit up immediately: "Oh! It's okay?!"

"Of course," Byron smiled. "Don't underestimate the wisdom of mercenaries—and the justice of knights."

"Then wait a while, I'll let people bury those rotten copper and iron taken out of the mountain into the trap..."

The half-ordained knight and the viscountess whose head was caught by the door smiled at each other, reaching a tacit understanding, working together, and working hand in hand...

Knight Philip, who witnessed the whole process, let out a long sigh.

After several hours, everything was finally arranged, and all soldiers and civilians withdrew to the camp.

Gao Wen also withdrew.

Those monsters are already very close. According to Hu Po's report, they are approaching the first trap in the north of the mountain.

Once they begin to sense the breath of living people and active magical energy, they will turn from a slow wandering state to a frenzy, and rush towards the largest human settlement within the range of perception.

The layout of the camp has been completed, and a large area from the western mountain pass to the camp seems to be a completely unsheltered open space, and after crossing this open space, there are temporary wooden fences and wooden spikes-these The effect of the thing on the aberrants is almost negligible, probably at most it slows down their movements.

Armed knights and soldiers behind the fence are the camp's last line of defense.

Gawain stood with the camp guards. Beside him was Rebecca, who was holding his staff tightly and looking nervous. Behind him were two knights, Byron and Philip. Other soldiers and militiamen were guarding with swords and shields. The south gate of the camp - since those monsters hardly have the ability to think and do not know the tactics of detours, so as long as the gate facing the dark mountain is guarded, it is equivalent to guarding all the defense lines.

That's probably the only good thing about fighting aberrations.

"Are you nervous?" Gao Wen noticed that Rebecca had taken a deep breath for the third time, so he asked casually.

"A little bit," Rebecca squeezed out a smile, "strange, I wasn't nervous when I fought them last time..."

"Because you didn't have time to be nervous at that time, but this time you knew they were coming three days in advance. Waiting is the scariest thing in this world." Gawain shook his head with a smile, "But don't be afraid, you have to Trust in the power of those crystals—you made them."

Rebecca nodded, but then shook her head again: "But I haven't been very reliable in everything I've done since I was a child..."

Gao Wen hurriedly coughed twice and covered it up: "Ahem, don't say it here, it will shake the morale of the army."

Why is this child's iron problem always bad?

But obviously, the soldiers around didn't pay attention to what their lord and the previous lord were saying.

They just watched the mountain pass, waiting for the moment when the "thunder" burst as the lord said.

On the dark mountain range, the only way to the mountain pass, Hetty stood alone on a protruding boulder at the top of the rock wall, quietly looking at the winding natural mountain path below.

She could already smell the foul breath of those monsters.

The air around her was slightly distorted, and Amber's figure emerged from the shadows. The half-elf lady's expression was unprecedentedly serious: "They are here."

Hetty nodded slightly, and looked towards the end of the mountain road below.

A filthy mist rises there, plants wither and fall in the mist, and giant-like monsters of flesh and blood come out of the mist, one, two, three... more and more.

Hetty dissipated the concealing spell cast on her body, and in an instant, the aura of a living person and active magic energy were all revealed. In the eyes of those monsters from the magic tide, these two auras were as brilliant as fire in the dark night eye-catching.

The monsters that were still swaying slowly "woke up" in an instant. They let out chaotic and crazy roars, and then they sped up suddenly like a group of hyenas smelling blood, and swooped in the direction of Hetty.

Those huge figures started to run wildly on the mountain road, and Amber immediately got goosebumps, but Hetty just watched this scene quietly. She stood at the magic power injection point of the detonation circle, but did not take any action. any action.

"Okay... so close!" Amber cried nervously.

"Not yet." Hetty just shook her head, "The more we bury here, the less pressure they will face, so wait."

Amber grabbed Heidi's arm, and at the same time, half of her body was gradually blurring: "Okay, I'll wait for your signal, as long as you detonate it, I will immediately pull you in!"

Hetty nodded slightly, raised her hand, and released the simplest flash technique in the direction of those monsters.

The most basic spells caused more obvious mana fluctuations, and those monsters swarmed even more frantically. They pushed and shoved, crowded together, like a deformed monster formed by a mass of blood and mud, rushing to the mountain road with hands and feet. In the middle, he even began to try to climb the cliff where Hetty was standing.

Hetty activated the magic circle under her feet without hesitation, and pulled Amber's arm: "Go!"

The two figures instantly disappeared into the surging shadows.

The magic circle on the rock wall emitted a dazzling white light, and detonated countless "mana crystals" buried in various places on the rock wall a second later.

It was like thunder.

Chapter 0089

The explosion caused by the magic crystal and the explosive detonation on the earth are not the same thing at all. Although the end result is a grand firework, the process is very different. The latter is a rapid chemical reaction, but the former is the essence of In essence, it is a magical process.

Therefore, the detonation of the magic crystal does not require excessive encapsulation, nor does it pay attention to the specific container used, and does not even have any requirements for the "charge specification". Instead, it requires that all energy storage crystals be placed in the detonation Within the range of the highest efficiency of the magic circle, what is required is the accuracy of detonating the magic circle itself, the quality and coordination of the magic-guiding materials, and the total amount of magic power stored in the crystal.

And when these conditions are in place, its power will make any bomber feel happy.

The entire cliff was shrouded in dazzling white light. Within the radiation range of the detonation circle, every crack and hole filled with crystal particles began to produce violent magic explosions. Those aberrants who were crowding together and started to climb the cliff Just as the target suddenly disappeared, he fell into a brief chaos, and then he was smashed down by the "art of explosion" that suddenly came...

It's a pity that Hetty, who has been pulled into the Shadow Realm by Amber, has no chance to see this spectacular scene.

The collapse of the stone wall triggered a chain reaction, and the unstable boulders on the mountain road were also loosened under the violent vibrations. The rocks and soil clods poured down like a torrential rain, and the flesh and blood giants were buried by the collapsed earth and rocks. A considerable part of it was smashed to pieces on the spot, roaring and turning into continuously steaming elemental smoke.

But after the collapse was over, nearly half of the monsters were still alive—some of them fell outside the collapse area, and some were not killed at all. Those extraordinarily strong deformed bodies flipped over and covered themselves The huge boulders and mud crawled out of the ruins unsteadily, and the chaotic magic power released by the surrounding companions quickly repaired their tattered limbs. The monster with a broken arm and leg recovered [-]% to [-]% of its mobility.

The breath of Heidi and Amber had gone, but the surviving monsters recovered from the chaos and turned their heads to the north neatly.

They "smelled" another breath, a little farther away, but there was a huge number, that was a large number of living people, and there were active magical powers.

The aberrations have no morale, and the stimulation of the "prey" breath makes them enter a primitive and manic state of excitement. The flesh and blood giants push and push forward, leaving behind those companions who have been smashed into rotten flesh and bones, Like a hyena smelling blood, he rushed to the mountain pass to the north.

Then they stepped into the minefields all over the mountains and plains.

The sound of explosions and collapses in the dark mountains was like thunderclaps, which could be clearly heard even from the camp. The soldiers who were waiting in battle couldn't help but feel a little commotion when they heard these loud noises, but they were worshiped afterwards. Ren and Philip Knight's shouts were suppressed.

Gao Wen was relieved after hearing the explosion: There was an explosion, which means that at least the first step of the plan was successful.

With Amber responding there, Heidi's safety should be no problem, and hearing the continuous roar mixed with the explosion, it can be confirmed that the collapse of the rock wall is as planned, then next, wait for those brainless The monsters were blown up into the sky one by one.

Ten minutes later, another explosion finally came from the mountain.

Those were completely different sounds from the first explosion—they were weaker, but they were continuous, almost every few seconds. It was as if the mage was throwing a big fireball (looking sideways at Rebecca), and the sound was getting closer and closer. At first it was still coming from the deep mountain, and soon it was near the mountain pass.

Gawain could almost imagine the scene of those monsters burying their heads in the minefields—how pleasant would this scene be?

The soldiers listened to the sounds of battles that were completely different from previous battles, and while holding their weapons tightly, they looked at each other: They knew that there was no defender in the mountain at all, but the movement sounded scary, there were hundreds of flesh and blood giants Passing through those winding and narrow mountain roads, what is blocking them is not brave soldiers, but a lot of exploding traps... Is this also war?

Of course, the movement in the mountains also spread to the places where the civilians lived. At first, the trembling ordinary people just hid behind, but the continuous explosions made them unable to restrain their curiosity. It wasn't the sound of soldiers fighting desperately, but it was like thunder. Country people from remote places would never have the chance to see high-level mages in their lives, and of course they had never heard of great mages throwing big fireballs and flames at each other. The movement of the explosive technique, so they can only imagine out of thin air: Even if there are dozens of magisters fighting outside, the movement may be nothing more than that.

Finally, some people who were extraordinarily daring and unable to hold back their curiosity got out of the tent, boldly came to the south of the camp, and looked at the direction of the dark mountain range. At this time, the explosion in the mountain finally spread to the mountain pass—— In other words, those aberrants who came over in a hurry finally reached the mountain pass by wading through the landmines.

A cloud of smoke and mist rose from the foot of the mountain. In the black-red cloud of dust, the first giant of flesh and blood rushed out roaring. It was like a disaster messenger who came to the world to punish mortals in mythology. It waved its deformed arms and shouted The profane words broke through the minefields all over the mountains and plains, and rushed towards the human camp in blood and fire. During the rushing process, they rose into the air with the force of the explosion, and then divided into more than 20 parts and fell on the ground evenly. The successors are trampled into flesh...

The soldiers guarding the camp watched helplessly as the first monster completed the whole process of roaring debut, fearless charge, explosion on the spot, spiral ascension, disintegration of the demon, and deep love for this land in a few seconds. They already subconsciously He clenched his sword tightly and held his breath, but suddenly felt a little embarrassed.

Except for the soldiers who had assisted Rebecca and Hetty in testing those explosives, 90.00% of the ordinary people present knew for the first time that the wooden boxes they made and buried in the ground had such and such properties. power.

But this is just the beginning.

Rolling dust and mist poured out from the mountain pass. It was the gravel dust rolled up by repeated explosions on the mountain road, and it was also mixed with the chaotic magic fog formed by the distortion body. In the tumbling dust and mist, there were countless The tattered flesh and blood giant that has been blown up.

Gao Wen soon realized that it was really cool to use minefields to blow up people, but being bombed by a group of fools would seriously affect the operating experience. Knowing the direction of the food, looking down is a frame A-they rushed into the minefield one after another, ascended and rotated in various postures in the chain explosions that shook the ground, and landed in random numbers and directions. Even so, they still have no fear, they are still charging in one direction, and there are still new monsters running out of the mountain pass.

Some of the monsters that had been blown up in the middle were even tenaciously alive, crawling this way with their remaining limbs.

No, this will not boost morale, and many people may be stimulated by this terrifying scene.

People who are caught in fear will even ignore the fact that the number of monsters has been greatly reduced.

Gawain thought he should do something, but just before he took action, he heard Knight Byron beside him burst into laughter.

The gray-haired half-way knight who was a mercenary pointed at the deformed freaks that were blown up, broken off, and crawling on the ground with the sword in his hand, laughing out of breath: "These... these things They are really stupid and weak, look at how they are still crawling around on the ground after being blown up... haha... More than half of them can't even climb halfway before they are trampled into meat paste by their own people ! Back then...how could we be intimidated by this kind of stuff?! Haha..."

Knight Byron's tone was full of contempt. He laughed and touched Philip's shoulder with his shoulder: "Knight Philip, what do you think?"

Immediately afterwards, he lowered his voice: "Damn it, I'm so embarrassed to be alone."

Knight Philip stood up straight and looked at Byron with a stern face: "Knights shouldn't laugh at the weak. They are in such a mess now because we borrowed the wisdom of our ancestors..."

The surrounding soldiers had already been infected by Byron. At this time, they resonated deeply when they heard Philip's righteous words. The slight commotion before quickly dissipated. They looked at the monsters that kept rushing out and being blown up into the sky, and they were afraid. Finally faded away.

Individuals who are big-hearted even want to laugh a little.

Gawain looked at the two knights next to him in a bit of stupefaction. He suddenly felt that this territory was really Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. These two knights were all talents, especially that Philip, who usually looked so serious and upright. , but I didn't expect it to be a joke...

Philip himself knew nothing of all this.

He had already clenched the knight's sword and took half a step forward.

Based on his memory of those "minefields", he judged that not all of those monsters would be destroyed in the explosion, at least dozens of them would rush out, and now the real hand-to-hand combat...is very close.

Gao Wen also made the same judgment, raised his long sword, and shouted orders to the soldiers: "Let's celebrate after these monsters are eliminated—everyone pay attention, raise your sword!"

A cold light of steel rose up, and under the sunlight that had gradually begun to sink to the west, a faint brilliance floated on the armor and weapons of the soldiers.

Enchanted weapons and armor are particularly "eye-catching" in the eyes of those aberrants.

The first monster to break out of the minefield staggered to the front of the minefield, waving its remaining small half of its arm towards the sky, with a chaotic roar in its chest, and then rushed over.

"Attack!"

Chapter 0090 Scared Me To Death

Just as Gawain predicted before, just relying on a cliff collapse and landmines cannot completely wipe out those monsters.

Of course, if he has more depth, bigger minefields, and more powerful exploding crystals, it is not impossible to do all of this. After all, those monsters have no brains. As long as there are enough mines, they will always attack honestly. Step on them all and go to the sky collectively - but if the conditions are not met, saying anything is in vain.

There were still some monsters who got away with it—or rather straightforwardly rushed past all the explosives, and then rushed up with a roar.

At this point, any hesitation and fear will disappear. The soldiers have already stretched their nerves to the limit.

The cries of people and the roars of monsters resounded together.

This is their second confrontation.

The last time, it was in the Cecil Territory that had been burned by the dragon flames. The soldiers wore crude and crude steel equipment, and used those magic weapons to face the almost invulnerable and extremely resilient aberrations. But this time , They were wearing extraordinary armed forces left over from ancient civilizations, protected by shields, and enchanted swords and spears, while the enemies in front of them had been bombed to pieces.

Although this is a simple camp, the real situation is much better than last time.