As time goes by, the atmosphere becomes more and more solemn.
People gathered in the valley, staring at the flat land that was supposed to be the entrance to the abyss but was now covered with lush vegetation, whispering or pacing anxiously.
Tens of thousands of elite Lulian soldiers have surrounded the valley. And more troops are still on the way.
A few prayer hours ago, the royal family had issued an order to mobilize the frontier troops currently gathered in the border cities of Longmen and Atlan to dispatch four knights to Lulian and put them under the command of Adolf, while the Tomahawk Knights who had been stationed on the northern border of Lulian
The group also set off as soon as possible.
Their forward troops will arrive in sixteen prayer hours.
At the same time, the province of Saxony adjacent to Lulian and the farther province of Sinasili also sent troops. The province of Saxony sent a team of 30,000 cavalry and 4,000 knights. Sinasili
Then a total of forty-two large sea ships were dispatched, carrying thirteen thousand soldiers.
These troops, like the Lulian Army under Adolf, were originally preparing to go north to join the imperial coalition fighting against the demons. Some were even ready to leave. However, they did not expect to receive a temporary order and had to turn south.
What's more important is that everyone heard that Lord Abraham has left the Magic Mountain and personally led eleven powerful men from the Holy Domain and dozens of high-level knights and magicians to rush here on a magic ship.
This news made people excited and shocked. You must know that this is a power that was not used at the most critical moment in the war with the Fei Lie Empire. But this time, the Empire did not hesitate to use it.
Towns dozens of kilometers around the entrance to the abyss, no matter east, west, north or south, have been evacuated. In the sky, patrolling griffon knights and messenger falcons passing by from time to time. On the ground, people carrying luggage and driving ox carts helped the elderly and the young.
The ranks of civilians stretched for dozens of miles.
It can be said that the entire Saint Solan Empire is running like a machine. The response speed of all parties to the crisis is even far faster than when Lulian was invaded by the Fei Lie Empire.
"How about it?"
In the tent outside the valley, Adolf, who was dressed in military uniform, took his eyes away from the map on the table and cast his eyes on Fano who walked in. He asked anxiously.
"The evacuation work is almost completed." Fano, who looked tired, took a sip of water and said, "The mobilization of troops is also almost completed. The first and second lines of defense are currently ready. The third line of defense is being built.
The members are more complicated and have more problems..."
"I don't care about this," Adolf interrupted Fano, pointing to a circle of red lines on the map centered on the entrance to the abyss, and asked: "How long can our first line of defense last?"
Fano said: "If the reinforcements cannot arrive in time, we can only persist for no more than five prayer hours. If it is more, our casualties will increase exponentially."
"Five prayer hours..." Adolf chewed these bitter words in his mouth and said, "You should all understand what it means if we fail to drive the abyss demon back as soon as possible."
Fano was silent, and the dozens of generals, noble lords and representatives of major forces gathered in the tent were all silent.
Of course everyone knows what this means.
Although there are currently five lines of defense planned around the entrance to the abyss on the map, and three lines have been completed. However, in addition to the innermost first line of defense, everyone has subconsciously ignored even the second line of defense.
Because they all know that the only line of defense that can actually deal with demons is the first line of defense. Once the demons break through this line of defense, the situation will be out of control. The second line of defense and the third line of defense are just two larger ones on the map.
It's just a red circle.
Rather than stopping the abyss demon, it's more about reassuring yourself. It doesn't have any effect at all.
Just like using a paper cup to hold water. A thin piece of paper may be able to hold a small cup of water, but a large basin of water or a large vat of water. If you use thin paper as a container, you can imagine the consequences.
The devil that emerges is water.
If they cannot be stopped on the first line of defense, then the difficulty of intercepting them on the second line of defense is ten times that of the first line of defense. And the difficulty of intercepting them on the third line of defense is a hundred times or even a thousand times. As for the fourth line,
The five items are actually just plans.
Let alone Lulian's current military strength, it is simply impossible to establish it. Even if the military strength is sufficient, its only role is to serve as a reserve force for the front line of defense.
However, it is not easy to intercept the demon army at the first line of defense.
Due to terrain restrictions, the first line of defense can only accommodate up to 3,000 troops. Even with the support of the second line of defense, the total investment cannot exceed 10,000.
If there are more, not only will frequent mobilizations easily lead to chaos and create opportunities for the devils to break through, but the combat effectiveness of the supplemented troops will not be enough to maintain the defensive strength of the first line of defense.
After all, those who can resist demons need at least justice-level knights. And 10,000 justice knights are the number of long knights of twenty knights. This is already the current Lulian army and the major forces doing their best,
This is the limit of what I have just pieced together.
For this, we have to thank Fjord for a victory that completely drove Fei Lie's army out of the south of the empire. The invasion of the demons made Lulian the rear area, attracting all the major forces in the southeast, northwest and northwest of the empire. Otherwise, we would have been back a few times.
Adolf couldn't gather such an army even if he tried to sell everything.
As for lower-level knights and ordinary soldiers, they would not play any role in such a war.
Although Adolf was able to mobilize more than 300,000 troops even though he was desperate, such an army would not only be unable to resist the demons, but would also become a source of motivation for more demons to break through the abyss. Using human lives to fill the gap is like using oil to extinguish a fire.
It's the stupidest tactic.
This is also the reason why everyone has no hope for the next few lines of defense.
Now, everyone's only hope is to hope for the early arrival of reinforcements. Only by concentrating a large number of strong men on the first line of defense can this red circle be built into an iron that can break the devil's head and bleed.
Only by forming a barrel formation can we have hope of winning.
If the nearest Tomahawk Knights are included, and if the eleven saintly warriors led by Abraham can arrive before the demons break through, then the strength of the first line of defense can be increased by more than ten times!
But……
"The abyss has been closed for more than forty-eight prayer hours," Adolf said seriously, "If we look at the timing of the disaster ten thousand years ago, in ten more prayer hours at most, we will face the demon of the abyss.
Attack. But our nearest reinforcements will take sixteen prayer hours to arrive..."
He closed his eyes and gritted his teeth.
At this time, Adolf suddenly thought of Roy.
He didn't know what happened to Roy in the abyss. Whether he had been buried in the clouds and storms, or whether he had become a part of the flesh and blood of those demons who broke through the abyss blockade.
Adolf was just a little distressed.
In just a few months, he almost watched this black-haired boy grow from a childish boy to a young man whose face lines gradually showed traces of cuts and axes. He is the lucky star of the Lulian family and all Lulians.
of heroes.
The Castle Ball at Meding, the Rebellion in Munich, the Battle of the Fjord, and the killing of Fred... scenes flashed through Adolf's mind.
After a long time, he opened his eyes and looked around: "Everyone, get ready. This will be a bloody battle with no retreat!"
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Where is this?
When the red light group burst, the mercenaries felt their eyes go dark. When they regained their sight, they found that they had arrived in an unknown gray world.
The original team was broken up, and they appeared in twos and threes in different places. Some people appeared by the stream. Some people appeared on the lawn, some people appeared in the woods, and some people appeared in the room and corridor.
and beside the fountain.
This seems to be a huge garden.
It is said to be huge not only because of its vast area, but also because the buildings, roads, sculptures and even the plants and trees here are particularly huge. Walking in it, people feel as if they have been shrunk, from adults to adults.
Children aged two or three.
The sky was gray, glowing with a palpitating red color. The distance of sight was less than thirty meters. And everything in sight looked so dilapidated.
Many buildings have collapsed. There are ruins everywhere. The surrounding vegetation is also dead. The dry tree trunks and dead leaves and vines that turn into slag when stepped on give this place a lifeless and eerie atmosphere.
But before the mercenaries could recover from the joy that they were still alive, a disaster struck silently.
One after another, demons fiercely jumped out from the ruins, from the fountain filled with black mud, from the woods, and from the corner of the corridor, and launched an attack on them.
…………
"Why are there demons here?" In the corridor of a dilapidated building, three mercenaries were running away while resisting the swarming demons.
A mercenary running at the end chopped down a level five demon. Suddenly, he noticed several fast black shadows flying towards him.
Compared with the fifth-level demons around them, these black shadows are faster and have more powerful auras.
"Level 6 demons! Damn it! So many level 6 demons!"
The mercenary lost his mind for a moment, screamed wildly, and tried his best to activate the battle ring. The long sword in his hand danced into an airtight ball of light, protecting his body.
There were just a few rapid muffled bangs, bangs, bangs, and the rushing black figure was stunned. The mercenary was also shocked and flew backwards. He hit the wall and spit out a mouthful of blood.
The mercenary didn't pause at all. Regardless of his injuries, he struggled to get up, staggering and trying to keep up with his comrades who were running away in a hurry.
He knew very well that with his glorious three-star strength, he might still be sure to win against one or two level six demons, but if he faced four to five at the same time, he would only end up losing his life. Moreover, he had already seen that there were more demons behind him.
More level six demons are rushing towards this side.
The mercenaries waved their weapons wildly and ran to the corner of the corridor. However, just as they turned the corner, they all stopped, and a look of despair appeared on their faces.
What appeared in front of them was a dense group of demons. At a glance, the corridor, which was twenty meters wide and nearly forty meters high, was already crowded with demons. Not only could there be no gaps on the ground, even in the air.
Full of demons crawling on the walls or hanging upside down from the ceiling.
They surged, making the unique and heart-stopping "roaring" sound of the abyss demons, and rushed toward themselves. The entire field of vision seemed to be covered by a huge black cloth.
What makes people desperate is that most of these demons are sixth-level demons. It's like someone has gathered all the sixth-level demons from the third level of the abyss here. And behind these sixth-level demons, there are dozens more
There are only seven level demons and a dozen or so eight level demons.
If the three mercenaries had any illusions about breaking out of the siege and escaping, now, all they have left is despair.
The devil pounced.
The three people were slashing and resisting like crazy. The range of their battle rings was getting smaller and smaller, and the wounds on their bodies were getting more and more. Finally, as the last drop of source power was exhausted, their bodies were submerged in the swarm.
Among the coming demons.
When the last scream fell silent, the demon group suddenly separated into a passage.
A weird demon like a rubber ball came over escorted by several eighth-level demons.
puff.
The ball demon stretched out a long sharp mouthpart and pierced the body of a dead mercenary.
The scarlet blood was sucked into the demon's body along its mouthparts, and its body became larger and redder. The mercenary's body shrank rapidly at a speed visible to the naked eye.