Chapter 67 Before the War

On the way here, I heard that the thing was very big. With my three giant dragons and Ziyue's Skyfire, a total of four giant dragons could barely carry one of the things. It took them four times to transport the four big things. Although I was prepared, I was still shocked when I saw the real thing.

Four high towers with post-modern design style stand on the square in front of the Juling Tower. The huge magic machine is almost 0 meters high, and the square base is almost as big as 8 basketball courts put together! The square base is an approximately truncated cone-shaped part. However, because the top and bottom of the truncated cone are almost the same, it is basically not easy to see. There is a long thing like a radio transmitting tower on the top of this round platform. This small thing has a long lightning rod-like thing pointing straight into the sky. There are eight protruding metal forks in the middle part of the machine. They are all bent upward in a certain arc. They look like they should be the auxiliary part of the needle tip above.

"What did Arni say this thing is for?" I asked Ziyue, who was the only one who went to see the Dark Goddess. "Don't they have an instruction manual or something like that?"

"I don't know! I was preparing to move the cannon, but Al Ni said this thing was more useful, so he asked us to move it back. We were in a hurry and didn't have time to ask. I thought you knew how to use it! "

"I didn't create it, why would I know?"

"Aren't you familiar with Al Ni?"

"But this is a new product. It was just made by the Dark Temple and is still being tested!"

"Then what should we do now? Because of these four big guys, we didn't even bring back a single cannon!"

"What else can we do? Find a way to activate it quickly!" I turned around and called my demon pets and demon servants over. "Do you know how to use this thing?"

"It looks like a protective shield! But the one we used was not of this model!" said a demon knight.

Ling Ye said: "It is indeed a device like a protective shield. Look!" She pointed to the eight metal forks on the top. "There are citrine and synergy runes on it. It must be a device to generate a defensive force field!"

"This seems to be the launcher slot!" Amynis pointed to a circle full of runes on the base. "If that's right!" she said as she pressed down.

Chi! With a slight sound, the place where Amynis pressed sank, and then all the runes next to it lit up. The entire circular area covered with runes shrank inward, then moved sideways and closed up. What was left at that location was a cylindrical depression with a radius of one centimeter. The bottom of the depression was still a hole, but smaller.

"According to the custom of our Dark Temple, this should be the starter!" Ling looked at the hole and said, "Master, please put your hand in and try it."

I nodded, tentatively put my hand into the depression, and then stretched my hand towards the small black hole, but I couldn't reach in, the magic dragon gauntlet was too big! I took off the gauntlet and tried again, and this time it went in. Because it is too deep, nothing can be seen in the small hole. I stretched my hand all the way in, and finally stretched my whole arm in until I finally found something, which seemed to be an upright stick. If you touch it carefully, there seems to be some texture, and it feels like a handle. I grabbed it and tried to pull it out, and it was successful. It came out in one go. I pulled the handle out of the hole in one breath, and it got stuck until it was flush with the hole. At this time, the machine actually rang.

"When the city defense system is started for the first time, please confirm that this is the final placement location, then push the 'operate' handle into the centimeter, then rotate it 90 degrees clockwise, and the machine will fully start. If this is not the final placement location, please push the 'operate' handle Return to the starting position, and then repeat this operation after the placement is complete!"

What I just heard was not a system prompt, but the sound of this machine. I didn’t expect it to be so advanced! The final placement location needs to be confirmed, which means this thing cannot be moved once unfolded! "Eagle, where is the best place for us to put this thing?"

"I have no objection. Urban design is not my specialty!"

"Since it is a defensive facility, it is best to place it at the four corners of the city so that it can cover the entire city!" Su Mei suggested.

"Then move them to the four corners!"

My order is very simple, but moving these behemoths is not simple at all. The four giant dragons can barely lift this thing with the cooperation of other magic pets. Finally, all four machines were installed in place, and I started trying to start them up!

Grab the handle, pull it out, and hear the same prompt. I don't know how to push it back a few centimeters, but with a little strength in my hand, it will automatically slide in as soon as it reaches the right position. Sure enough, as soon as the resistance on the handle was loosened, the handle turned 90 degrees, and there was another sound!

"Initial startup is successful, connection points are verified. This system cannot work alone. To start this system, at least 3 machines need to be working at the same time!" When the voice ended, the machine in front of us began to react. First, a vibrating sound was heard, and then all the citrines on the entire machine lit up and made a buzzing sound. The eight metal forks standing halfway up the waist began to rotate slowly, and circles of halo began to appear, and the entire machine was gradually surrounded by the halo. The launch tower on the top of the machine actually unfolded outwards into an umbrella-shaped structure, with only the long metal needle in the middle still standing there. As the buzzing increased, everyone could tell that the machine was reaching its limit, and suddenly an electric arc flashed across the entire machine. The electric arc quickly climbed up the umbrella-shaped launch structure, and then there was the sound of beeping discharge. The entire umbrella-shaped structure suddenly shook, and a faint yellow light beam shot straight into the sky. At this point the machine has started.

There is no way, one machine cannot be effective, everyone is scattered, one person per person! I'll drive one, Ying will be in charge of one, and Ziyue will be in charge of another. This can go faster! I was the first to arrive, turned on the machine and turned around to look at the other two corners. Ten seconds later, a beam of light shot up into the sky from the side Ziyue was responsible for. At this time, three machines had been started, and the first machine suddenly emitted a light curtain towards this side. When the light curtain came into contact with the machine on my side, the machine on my side immediately shot towards Zi A light curtain was emitted from the other side of the moon, and after receiving the light curtain, the machine emitted a light curtain back to the first machine. The three machines actually pulled out a triangular wall of light!

The fourth machine in the opposite corner of the first one that Ying was responsible for also suddenly lit up a beam of light, and then it fired light curtains at the machines on both sides at the same time. The machine Ziyue and I were responsible for received the light and immediately closed the light curtain across the middle of the city. Now the four light curtains have completely surrounded the city. But this is not the end!

The entire light curtain suddenly began to expand toward the outskirts of the city. They left the machine and surrounded the city wall. It was not until the light curtain left the city wall about a meter away that the light curtain completely stabilized. I originally thought that this light yellow light curtain would stabilize like this, but it suddenly disappeared!

Eagle and Ziyue happened to appear next to me through the teleportation array at this time (there are many teleportation points on the city wall of Essinger), and the light curtain suddenly disappeared, confusing both of them. "Why did you disappear?"

"I don't know either!" I really don't know why it suddenly disappeared!

"Isn't it broken?" Ziyue looked at the machine next to me. The citrine is still lit, the machine is still humming, and the metal forks are still rotating slowly. The light beam on the top has not disappeared, but the light curtain has disappeared!

Su Mei’s words suddenly woke us up. "Could it be that it has entered energy-saving mode? These things are powered by magic crystals. Isn't it a waste to leave them on all the time?"

"I don't know if it's true, but it's probably very 'sexual'!"

"But how do we know if it's working?"

"How about we find a few people from other guilds to experiment?" Ying's idea is very special! "As long as he is not a member of the guild, no matter how many people there are, as long as he launches an attack on the city, it should be considered an siege. As long as this thing is activated, it will be considered a success!"

"But who are you looking for?"

"This is not easy! I just helped Hongyue complete such an important task. It's not trivial to find a few people to help! Just wait, I'll go right away!"

Only now have I discovered that it is really convenient to have teleportation arrays, and you can teleport anywhere. Although most teleportation arrays are restricted to specific groups of people, I am the city lord, so I can use all teleportation arrays! Arriving directly at the City of Devotion, it happened that Hongyue was about to enter the teleportation array. It happened that she was going to visit my Essinger. It happened that she also had many subordinates with her. It happened that these people had all kinds of professions, so I happened to They were all brought back!

Ziyue and the others were startled by me. Although I said I would be back soon, it only took two minutes, and it was indeed ridiculously fast!

The experimental method is very simple. First, Hong Yue's men are asked to gather outside the city. Hong Yue and I open the system application at the same time, and then apply for a drill. This mode is specifically designed for competition between guilds. In order to test the defense capabilities of their own cities, many guilds will invite other guilds to conduct experiments. The guilds that help siege the city can receive guild reputation rewards, and the defending guilds usually pay some fees as rewards. In order to be realistic during the siege without causing heavy losses such as collective guild demotion due to heavy casualties, the system created this exercise mode. It can start after the presidents of both parties apply. Those who die during the exercise will actually die. Not only will they lose their level, but their equipment will still be exploded. Both sides can collect the equipment exploded by the other side and use it immediately. However, after the exercise, the level is automatically restored, and the equipment is automatically returned to the owner before the exercise. Basically, the attributes are restored! The medicines and ammunition consumed during the exercise will also be restored later, and even the destroyed city facilities will be restored automatically!

Hongyue and I applied for a 30-minute exercise time. Because the city state will be restored after the exercise, so in order not to affect the construction of Essinger, we only applied for 30 minutes!

The first test was a dark magician brought by the red moon. He first used the most powerful attack magic. After a long preparation of 10 seconds (10 seconds is already a long time in actual combat), a huge black magic 'Fireballs appeared above his head. The fireball roared towards the newly built city gate. When it was still meters away from the city gate, the fire suddenly stopped in the air. Standing on the city wall, we can clearly see the huge fireball hitting the yellow light curtain. No matter what, it at least proves that this machine is normal. If someone attacks it, it will automatically intercept it!

The fireball flew forward desperately on the light curtain, but the light curtain was like a plastic film, stretched to a dent, but it did not break. Beads of sweat appeared on the mage's head, but the light curtain still firmly resisted the fireball. The mage finally couldn't hold on any longer and suddenly fell to the ground. The black fireball lost control and immediately lost its power. The light curtain was full of elasticity and immediately returned to its original shape. The fireball was bounced back! However, it did not hit the mage who fired it, but exploded farther away. It seems that the light curtain only has tension and cannot achieve accurate rebound attacks!

I used private messaging to contact Hongyue outside the city. "Try asking the mage to cast a magic that doesn't require control!"

"OK!"

Another mage used a thunder magic, and the result was very accurate this time. The lightning immediately rebounded as soon as it came into contact with the light curtain, and it accurately blew away the shooter. Now I understand that attacks that rely on inertial flight reflected by the light curtain are accurate, but manipulable spells like fireball are not!

Then came the attack of the experimental archers. As a result, no bow and arrow could penetrate the light curtain. They all flew back and stuck on the shield of the shield man who had prepared it. If the shield hadn't blocked it, the archer would have Feel your arrow!

The warrior's attack is more interesting. A direct attack with the weapon will be bounced away, but because the warrior's weapon is grasped, it will not hurt itself even if it rebounds. But when the warrior tried to cross the light curtain, the brown candy effect appeared again. The light curtain was pulled out of a depression of five or six meters, but it was impossible to cross until the warrior ran out of endurance and was pushed back to the original place by the light curtain!

Our discussion concluded that the defensive nature of this thing is almost all-round, but it is obviously impossible to have perfect defense facilities. If it is really impenetrable like today's experiment, wouldn't the city be invincible? Su Mei's final estimate is more decent. She believes that this thing has a defense limit. If the attacks are intensive, the defense will decrease. If thousands of mages attack at the same time, some magic will probably penetrate the defense system, but the specific requirements are It's not clear how strong the attack power is to be able to pass through the light screen, and we don't have to go to so many people to experiment!

After the exercise, I was busy building the city with everyone all afternoon. In the evening, I drove everyone off the line and went to sleep. Tomorrow is the siege battle. How can we not get some rest? After dinner, I came up alone to watch the night. I sat on the top of the Soul Gathering Tower in the center of Essinger and watched the 'behemoth' sleeping soundly under the night. Everything around me was so silent. Now I realize that loneliness is not necessarily bitter. of!

It actually started raining around one o'clock in the middle of the night, but I didn't go to hide from the rain. The magic dragon armor can be used as a diving suit, so what's the point of worrying about a little rain! The lightning flashes that appeared in the sky continued to hit various places in the city, but there were many lightning rods in the city, so they did not cause any damage! Of course, the main target of the lightning strike is the Spirit Gathering Tower, but the lightning cannon itself is like a lightning rod and cannot hurt me at all!

A flash of lightning suddenly illuminated the sky, and there was actually a group of people moving in the dense forest outside the city. That was not my Seventh Army. They were working as laborers at the construction site in the city. Outside the city was a force I had never seen before.

I quickly got back into the tower, and there was no time to go down the stairs. I jumped directly from the middle of the spiral staircase, spread my wings to control the falling speed, and performed a high-altitude rapid descent. After landing, he immediately ran out of the hall. "Lucky and Plague, get up and follow me out!" He woke up the sleeping dragon and hurried out of the city, letting them fly out with me, Ling and the others.

Vina's first reaction was to think that the Temple of Light had sent someone to arrest her, and I told her not to worry. "Don't worry, those who come are not from the Temple of Light! The war is about to begin, and they will not go out easily. Moreover, this is a cursed earth, and it is night. The forces of light are absolutely suppressed, and they will die if they come!"

At this time we can clearly see those people. There are many cavalry, but most of them are walking. There were many giant trailers pulled by eight mammoths behind them. There seemed to be a lot of things on the trailers. Although they were covered with black canvas, the deep ruts on the ground showed that these trailers were pulling tons of stuff. of goods.

Judging from their well-equipped equipment and uniform uniforms, they are at least definitely not players. No guild has such a large and neat lineup. It would be possible to let Hong Yue or Feng Yin Piaomiao gather together a few hundred people with unified equipment, but this group of people totals 50,000 to 60,000, and no guild can find so many players with the same equipment! What's more, their equipment seems to be quite advanced!

We finally arrived at the city gate. Before we came out, I had left Grandma in the Council Hall to help me command the city tree. Now the city gate’s ups and downs are controlled by it! He had already closed the door before coming out. You should be careful before you know whether we are the enemy or not!

Standing on top of the city gate, Ling looked at the troops over there and said, "Why do they look familiar?"

Scott also said: "It seems to be the troops of the Dark Temple, but it is not!"

Emenes suddenly shouted: "It's Essinger's garrison! I've seen it before! They were trained by me before the Demon City was destroyed, and I was their instructor!"

"You are the only one who is still an instructor? What are you teaching?" Vina doesn't believe in Amynis's strength at all!

Amynis said angrily: "I am the number one illusion master in the Dark Temple. Is there no problem in teaching camouflage?"

"This is your specialty!"

While they were talking, the large army had already arrived at the city. The five leading knights rode up to them. The rainwater slid down the edges of their armors, and the lightning was constantly reflected, making it look like the armor was shining. I recognized them at a glance. These five were all Death Knights, level 950 bosses. Any player in front of them would be killed with one hit, including me!

"The person above is His Highness the City Lord! We are Essinger's garrison, the Mist Legion, and we have come to Essinger to garrison under the instructions of the Dark Goddess Temple! Please come down and confirm, Your Highness the City Lord!"

Now it’s confirmed, it’s Isengard’s garrison that Al Ni mentioned when the Dragon King held a meeting with me and Al Ni! "Wait a minute! I'll come down right now!"

Hurry up and take your demon pets and demon knights down to greet them. One of the Death Knights, who seemed to be the leader, came out. He jumped off his horse very respectfully, and then knelt down on one knee in front of me, with his left hand across his chest. "The Death Knight Oster Vader pledges his allegiance to you, please His Highness the City Lord to take over the troops!"

"Are you Wei Da?" Wei Na's expression suddenly became abnormal. "Do you recognize me?"

Vida raised his head in confusion, then froze. After waiting for a while, he recovered and took off his helmet, revealing a handsome face. "Is that you, sister?"

"Sister?" I looked at Wei Na. "He is your brother? Is he also a vampire?"

Vina was a little excited. "We were not born from the same mother. My brother is a complete demon, and I am a demon, a vampire!"

What a miracle, I didn't expect that the leader of Isengard's guard, the Death Knight, was actually Weina's brother! That is to say, this Death Knight is more qualified than Ling. He had already joined the Dark Temple when the last two Dark Gods were in power. This guy is actually a veteran of three dynasties!

"Sister! We will discuss our matters later. Let me complete the task first!" The Death Knight is indeed extraordinary. He performs the task so thoroughly that he can talk about it even when his relatives meet! But he is a devil, and it is normal for his emotions to be underdeveloped!