The sun is high - #153 - Chapter 152 Ghost

“Think of a new pen name.”

Meyer’s words made Shuge feel like he was back to that day in Salem City.

He remembered that he was standing by the window of House No. 37 of the Goblin Merchant Group, looking at the thick smoke caused by the riot in the distance.

Shuge suddenly remembered someone.

A man who should have died in Salem City.

To this day, Shuge has not heard or seen any news about Putlin. He has only seen an unknown description of the changes in Salem City in the corner of the newspaper. The describer claimed that when the bell tower When it collapsed and the scene descended into chaos, several young men broke through the guards’ blockade and shot at the prince’s vehicle.

More news was lost in the changes in the situation.

All the people trapped in Salem are the same.

They have all been forgotten. People with cold hearts will not mention such a place at all, while people with compassion can only avoid talking about Salem City. After all, there is nothing they can do now.

Therefore, everything there was buried in time.

A city thus became a living ruin.

Thinking of this, Xiuge put down his pen.

“The Ghost of Salem.”

Professor Meyer gently read out the pen name written by Shuge. A trace of emotion and sadness flashed across his face, and then he stood up and walked to other carriages. As a person who often writes, he knew , it is best not to have any interference with Xiu Ge at this time.

The ink slowly dripped from the crystallized nib, leaving trace after trace on the paper.

These traces form a story.

A story that takes place in an unknown border town.

As in the past, love became the beginning of this story.

But this time, it changed its past appearance.

Between the words of Xiuge, there are mottled traces like moss, which make the description that should have been quite fragrant become realistic.

Heavy breathing, approaching dark clouds, unconscious murmurs and the sound of rolling wheels on the street are intertwined, making everything seem extremely heavy, as if the holiday decorations that were once hung on the eaves have fallen into the muddy ditch. among.

When the happy couple ended their entanglement with each other, a heavy rain poured down…

Xiuge gradually entered the state.

No one bothered him.

The soldiers did not dare to casually talk to this military mage who was already famous in the Chasseur Regiment. They knew that this young man was a member of the Ernst family, and even if this was put aside, he was enough to become an elite in the army. .

The female students at the Medical College were called together by Professor Meyer and began a temporary lecture on magic explosion injuries. Professor Meyer could always explain the boring courses vividly, and his humor and the interesting cases he used , causing bursts of laughter among the students from time to time.

Wei Lin came over once. She wanted to talk about her recent new discoveries. When she saw Xiuge was writing at his desk, she immediately chose to return the same way.

Sally also came once, but she just quietly brought a kettle filled with refreshing drinks for Shuge.

Just like that, when night gradually approached and the crystal lights on the steam train all lit up under the influence of the magic circuit, Xiuge suddenly raised his head and stopped writing.

It had been a long time since he had written with such concentration. This brought back memories of Shuge Ernst and reminded him of his past self.

From a certain perspective, the two are indeed similar – they both like to immerse themselves in the world of words and write stories that may or may not be related to themselves. Whenever this happens, they can get unlimited insights from it. peaceful.

Of course, the article is not finished. To be precise, it is just the beginning of a long story.

During this period of time, what Shuge saw and heard with his own eyes created the beginning of this story. In this limited text, the “magic mouse” as the narrator witnessed the unfolding of a human love affair. Beginning, development and end.

It was a story that happened between a businesswoman and a young driver. At first, they were just obsessed with each other’s body, but gradually, this obsession penetrated into their souls and hearts. However, the story was always unsatisfactory. When the relationship between the two may develop further, a recruitment notice quietly came to the young driver.

Here is where the story really begins.

Xiuge hasn’t thought about what will happen next. He just followed his impulse and painted the pictures in his mind. But as for how the story will develop later, the young man who is about to go to the front line will have What an experience…

Xiuge has no idea yet.

Just like Professor Meyer’s attitude towards this war, Shuge now wants to “take a look” before making further judgments.

Shuge felt as if he had really become a ghost escaping from Ernst’s old house in Salem City.

Or was he originally a ghost floating in Van En?

The steam train continued to advance along the railway track, and amid the constant vibrations and sounds, Shuge, together with other soldiers of the 5th Chasseur Regiment, was approaching the southern front of the war.

…

As countries declared war one after another, contacts and frictions between armies began to become frequent.

Except for the Isar River front dominated by the St. Steele people, the central front near the “Silver Corridor” of the Black Nest Mountains and the southern steps close to the rugged hills and Salem City are extremely quiet.

Unlike the Luo Wei Plateau, where three kingdoms exist at the same time, the situation on the Goddess Plain has always been much more stable.

The Royal Family of Delan is the nominal ruler of the entire Goddess Plain. Its existence enables the many principalities on the plain to always maintain restraint in dealing with each other. Even if there is severe friction and conflict, the Kingdom of Delan can still Come forward directly for mediation.

Geographically, the principalities, large and small, are like the guardians of the central Kingdom of Deland.

During the war between the plains and the plateau two hundred years ago, the Kingdom of Votel believed that the Royal Family of Deland had almost no ability to control and govern the principality, so it launched a rather bold attack. Although during the war In the early days, a large number of principalities collapsed under the offensive of the plateau army, but as their strength regrouped, they successfully pushed the Votel people out of the Goddess Plain.

Many scholars even believe that it was the war that the Wartel Kingdom mistakenly launched that year that made the relationship between the plains countries closer and allowed the Delan royal family to completely establish a foothold on the plains.

Facing the “old enemy” coming from the Luowei Plateau, the Kingdom of Deland showed the highest degree of vigilance. Although the previous “big earthquake” seriously damaged the already set defense lines, after these days of emergency repairs, Deland The military has basically filled the previous gaps.

However, even after the official declaration of war, the Votels still did not launch an attack.

It looked like they were immersed in the afterglow of the Winter Festival…

However, as night fell, the false tranquility was shattered by continuous and intensive shelling.

Under the skillful operation of the rotating members of the 3rd Artillery Regiment, the new crystallized cannons developed by the Mucci Workshop, or now the Votel Royal Workshop, kept roaring, and their huge metal bases were It is firmly fixed on the ground, and every time it is launched, it will create violent vibrations.

After a round of shooting, these artillerymen will immediately open the metal valve on the side of the crystal cannon, dissipate the magic mist generated by the violent reaction of the magic crystal, and complete the loading of new shells at the same time. After the shells are filled, The military mages in charge of the artillery positions will complete the calibration of the magic ritual as quickly as possible. After the inspection is correct, there will be a new round of artillery bombardment.

The power of the new cannonballs is naturally incomparable to that of pure crystallized cannonballs. The magic crystal content in them is much less, so there is no way to cause a large-scale magic explosion like the one in the Isa River Basin.

However, they also possess amazing advantages that traditional crystallized artillery shells cannot match.

Cheaper and more stable.

Highlight a large amount.

During the first round of bombardment, the officers of the Deland Army discovered that the Votels’ shelling could not even completely destroy a front-mounted magic sentry tower. This made them laugh out loud, thinking that the Votels had been waiting for too long. There was no war, and even the maintenance of artillery shells had serious problems.

But soon, these officers paid the price for their poor judgment.

Within a few minutes, the second round of artillery fire from the Votels began, and at this time, the artillery positions of the Deland army were still in a state of preparation.

The loading of artillery shells, the debugging and inspection of the magic ritual on the crystallized cannon, and the debugging of the bombardment angle…

This time, what fell from the sky was no longer a few sporadic cannonballs, but an astonishing rain curtain woven by the cannonballs – they dragged one after another weak traces of magic in the evening sky. , and when they all fell to the ground, the impact and explosion caused directly formed a terrifying straight line on this vast plain.

Without waiting for the commander’s orders, the spellcasters active in the position had spontaneously activated the protective ritual field to resist impacts and explosions.

As a result, a large number of prepared magic book pages began to burn and disintegrate under the influence of magic power, and the magic rituals imprinted in them began to be widely used in the position, protecting all important officers, spellcasters, and artillerymen.

The countries in the Goddess Plains have a close relationship with the Legal Committee, so now all their military mages are theoretically following the orders of Merlin Lehe. There is no doubt about the strength of these professional spell casters. Even the abilities they can use The magic equipment and resources are of the best type.

Their current operations are in line with all the judgments of the Legal Committee on the battlefield, and also in line with the expectations of the commanders in the Delan army – everyone knows that this level of protective ceremony is enough to allow everyone to survive the most ferocious shelling from the other side. .

During the shelling just now, ordinary soldiers in the forward positions suffered a certain degree of casualties, and some pre-built fortifications were also damaged, but for the entire defense line, such losses were nothing at all.

However, as the last cannonball in the sky hit the protective ceremony ground, the bombardment came to an abrupt end.

The position of Delan’s army fell into silence. Apart from the wails of some of the injured, there was only the hum of magic emitted by the operation of the magic ritual field.

That was originally a reassuring hum, but now, it seems to have become a great irony.

Votel’s artillerymen were like naughty boys. After throwing a few stones at the “neighbor’s” window, they fell completely silent, as if they knew what strategy their opponents would adopt for the bombardment.

At this time, the spellcasters responsible for guiding the artillery positions all looked embarrassed.

In past wars, although all human nations have possessed crystal cannons and crystal blunderbuss, no one was always willing to strike first during a confrontation.

First, this is related to the aristocratic etiquette between countries.

The second reason is that after the crystallized cannon is fired, it often leaves very clear magic traces in the environment, and the military mages only need to trace these magic traces to easily locate the enemy’s artillery positions.

But this time, they couldn’t do it.

The moment the bombardment stopped, the enemy mages apparently began to clean up and cover the magical mist left by the artillery position at an extremely fast speed, and the traces dragged out by the flight of the artillery shells were far thinner than those of traditional crystallized artillery shells. , before the mages of the Legal Committee could capture them, these traces had naturally dissipated in the air…

At this time, on the position of the Third Artillery Regiment, which had just completed two rounds of shelling, more than a dozen military mages had taken over the positions of the artillerymen. In their hands were all hanging shaking incense burners, and special incense was being used in the magic ritual. With the help of the weapon, all the magic mist generated by the cannon fire was quickly dispersed, and all traceable magic traces were forcibly erased.

The retaliatory bombardment came.

However, there was a clear deviation in the location where the shells hit – they deviated from the position of the 3rd Artillery Regiment by nearly a kilometer. However, the effect caused by the magic explosion was equally astonishing. Under the action of those few shells, a small The hills were almost flattened, and the nearby snow was scattered in all directions.

“Hey, if you ask me, crystallized cannonballs are still powerful enough!”

An accompanying mage obviously didn’t like the new crystal cannon. He complained to the artillery officer beside him: “Although the Pingyuan guy shot it crookedly, look at it, that’s the power the cannonball should have…”

“The value of that shell is as much as your salary for a year.”

The artillery officer smiled: “And who said we don’t have it? Wait a few days for the follow-up regiments and supplies to arrive, and then it’s time for us to take action…”

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Second update realized

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