The witches fell to their knees in unison, and although the surrounding samurai did not make the same move, they all released their weapons to make way for them.
"If it is salvation you are looking for, it is what we have longed for and been waiting for."
she says.
"but."
"If what you are looking for here is destruction, even if it is just a mantis' arm as a chariot, even if this body is destined to die here." The great witch lowered her head, but said word by word:
"It will also be stopped."
"Ha." The silver-haired lady didn't seem to be shaken after hearing her words, but the surrounding atmosphere suddenly became tense. The samurai immediately regrouped the loose formation, the archers reattached their arrows, and the spearmen also Changing the holding posture with one hand to two hands, some of the miko hesitated to stand up, while others took out the lightning runes they carried with them. Wannalan and Mu'er also turned around accordingly. The green-haired Grand Mage raised her wand in a warning manner, and at the same time, her small body floated into the air without any assistance.
"You should be my witch?" The silver-haired lady said in a manner that was no longer as gentle and approachable as the Luoan girl had known in the past - even though they had never met her a few times - she said this. Her eyes sparkled with electricity, and when she spoke these words in the ancient Japanese language, she was as cold as the edge of a moon spear.
Erica suddenly became like this, and even Muer and Wannalan next to her seemed a little nervous. Henry looked as calm as ever, but the Luoan girl heard her teacher whispering:
"Although it is already so weak, it is still divinity and a part of the rules of the world."
"Rules have no human nature, no warmth and sensitivity that humans should have. It doesn't care or care, it just exists and operates."
For some reason, Mira felt that it was meant for her, and she could understand the meaning of it.
"Before that, I was a person from the Great Moon." - The great witch spoke again, bringing back the white-haired girl's thoughts. She held her hands on the ground with some trembling, but raised her head and looked into the cold eyes of the god she was supposed to serve but was contradicting at the moment.
His expression was determined and unwavering.
"The courage or foolhardiness of the human race always amazes me." Erica finished speaking in a voice that still made people feel very ethereal. She closed her eyes. When she opened them again, she seemed to have recovered. He met that capable mercenary who was like the big sister next door.
"It's ironic that a shrine maiden who serves God is a realist who puts her hometown before God." Her tone returned to human-like warmth and emotional ups and downs, as if everything before was nothing but It's like some kind of illusion: "But if this is the case."
Erica walked forward, and the samurai and ashigaru raised their weapons nervously.
And she approached the battle formation composed of spears and arrows without a care.
"We might be able to work together."
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Even if the wider outer city is removed and only the inner city of Xinjing is taken into account, its area and grandeur are comparable to the size of the national capital of Rigal.
Unlike the outer city, whose regions can be clearly divided into southeast and northwest, the inner city is more like the labyrinth-like structure that the noble families of Rigar love to create. Long city walls and corridors of varying heights are placed one on top of another, and narrow and wide areas are deliberately arranged in random order. Even when undefended, the attacking troops can be put in a dilemma, while the defenders can Use familiar forks to flank and attack from behind.
In order to prevent someone from completely controlling the structure of the inner city of New Capital and the Imperial Palace, even the garrisoned troops usually only know what kind of access there is in the area they are responsible for.
The similar colors and monotonous walls are extremely confusing, so much so that the garrison frequently reports that a certain section of the city wall is haunted by ghosts at night. They believe that the maze-like wall structure not only works on the living, but also prevents many dead souls from getting out and staying here.
The Grand Miko and the Moon Water Force under her command are located in the outermost area of the inner city.
And the reason why she took over as a substitute and became the commander of the samurai is also very simple:
"On the day of the earthquake, for unknown reasons, all the ghosts stationed in Xinjing, except for a few, went crazy. Because the high-ranking Chinese in Xinjing like to use tall and powerful ghosts as their personal bodyguards to show their dignity, 7 High-ranking Chinese people above 60% were directly killed on the day of the earthquake."
"Due to the death of the commander, I am now responsible for commanding the Moon Water Troops and building a line of defense on the outermost layer to defend against the ghosts who fled frantically." The great witch looked very tired and rubbed her forehead, and the sage swept I took a look at the castle tower used as a command post - a Kazuto castle defense tower building. The view here is very good. Looking down, there are many samurai, ashigaru and shrine maidens coming in and out, but they are all simple country people. Compared with Ashigaru, there are many numbers and armor styles, but they lack the kind of gorgeously dressed sergeants.
"As a means of punishment?" Henry said, going straight to the point. As the most noble being of Otsuki Shrine, she was thrown to the outermost part of the inner city to be in charge of city defense. This seemed like an important rebuke, but in fact it was like being given to the frontier, and she was squeezed out of the core of power.
Moreover, without those grassroots non-commissioned officers such as team leaders and sergeants who are responsible for conveying orders, as the commander-in-chief, it is quite stressful to mobilize so many manpower to defend such a huge area.
The inner city is a labyrinth-like area with numerous branches and paths that only the garrison troops know about. The purpose of this design has never been as defensive as the towering outer city walls of Xinjing - most of its walls are low, so it is difficult to block the destruction of the interior by siege weapons, and many places are even so narrow that they can only One person and one horse are allowed to pass.
It is narrow, low, and complex, with many secret passages for the garrison to pass through, bypass, and attack from the side.
Yes, the inner city is a whole killing zone.
When the towering outer city wall fell and the enemy troops invaded the city, the civilian houses and streets in the outer city would inevitably hinder the movement of the army and siege equipment. The maze-like design of the inner city on the road to the Imperial Palace can further force the enemy to abandon heavy equipment and enter with only infantry and cavalry.
This is a man-made street fighting area and depth, which can break up the huge enemy force that can break through the city wall outside Xinjing into pieces, separate and cut it into countless small troops, and then use the geographical advantage to encroach.
Do everything possible to slow down, cut, and kill the enemy infantry, preventing them from entering the important areas where the Imperial Palace and Tiange Academy are located. Until reinforcements from Fusang or other provinces arrived.
——And based on this information, even our Luoan girl can judge it.
What a meaningless position the Grand Miko is responsible for for the external defense of the inner city.
A city defense equipment designed from the beginning to let the enemy in. Even if the defense target is a relatively small number of berserk ghosts instead of a large number of human infantry, this method of stationing on the outermost city wall is still inefficient and extremely inefficient. It may not make sense.
Because of the city wall at this height, the ghost clan can directly jump over it.
The body functions far beyond those of humans make it impossible for the infantry, no matter how well-prepared, to stop the ghosts who want to go somewhere. This is the reason why they were not able to kill all the ghosts at the beginning. Therefore, the most efficient way is to have the samurai in each area responsible for the defense of their own area as before. Once a ghost enters the maze area, the nearest troops will entangle it first, and then be surrounded and killed by reinforcements.
The defense line set up like this on the outermost periphery is not only longer and thinner, but also easy to be jumped directly, so it is extremely inefficient in terms of tactical layout——
but.
This may be exactly the purpose.
"Yes, none of the local sergeants who are responsible for grassroots control are willing to reward them. After all, they are all people under the major Chinese factions, and their bosses were killed by the ghost clan. In theory, I should be in charge of the ghost clan. That's the person." The great witch smiled helplessly as she answered Henry's previous question that wasn't a question, and the haggard look on her face was clearly visible.
"So we can only recruit people from our own people and stuff them in. On the one hand, they can be used as a supplement to spiritual skills to increase the means of dealing with the overly aggressive ghost clan. On the other hand, they can also serve as grassroots commanders."
"Fortunately, these people are not from Xinjing and are willing to obey the woman's instructions."
Fully responsible, inefficient, and prone to loopholes in the deployment method.
Anyone who has just arrived but has some military background can see the problems with this kind of defense. Naturally, the great witch and the high-ranking Chinese who gave her this position can also. But that's their purpose.
"Human politics is really dirty. Even at a critical moment of life and death, you will still find ways to hinder others." Mu'er sneered beside him with an unhappy look on his face. The white-haired Luoan girl now somewhat understands this young man. Under what circumstances will a short magister get angry? She hates things that are unreasonable, stupid and inefficient. In her opinion, it is inappropriate to spend a lot of time on things that should be solved early and should be solved more easily.
In retrospect, Muir's somewhat tit-for-tat attitude towards Mira and the degeneration of the silver species she mentioned seemed to be the same. In her opinion, she should have mastered some magic instead of being as ignorant as she is now. Combined with the great witch and her entourage's influence on Luo Anren's title of "Moon Guard" - she has indeed always had a strange feeling for Erica, the ignorant and fuzzy remnants of those dreams she had seen and forgotten in the inner world and along the way. Feelings, and what those in Placia did.
Many clues have been connected, and the answer seems to be close at hand.
"Since you know who I am, I assume you have seen what is enshrined in the shrine?" Erica said, looking directly at the great witch, who nodded hesitantly and slowly.
"I need that thing. The crack is widening, and it is slowly forming its own personality and consciousness. The ghost tribe is the first to be targeted and excluded because they are half of the ordinary things, and they are also the most interested in it. Threat." The silver-haired lady said this. Her words sounded incomprehensible to the ears of people around her who didn't understand the situation, but there were only acquaintances present at the moment, and the attendant witches and samurai were all dispatched by the great witch.
"It's eating, and the more memories it has of eating, the more it knows about it."
"The more you understand how to use your abilities."
"If we let it get it first, this continent will be doomed."
"Disordered and chaotic life can only mean death and destruction, and all of this is already happening." What Erica said seemed confusing, but if combined with the many things they saw along the way, it would be somewhat understandable. .
"Idiots still think that power struggle, status and superstition are the most important until now." The silver-haired lady spoke in that cold, inorganic tone again. She turned her head and looked out the window, where the busy samurai and ashigaru were People moved various materials back and forth. Although many houses were damaged during the earthquake, it was still prosperous because of the people coming and going.
"If you are truly a devout person who believes that God is too noble to resist, and when a crisis comes, you will only kneel down, pray, cry and be grateful, then I'm afraid you won't even have this opportunity."
"Rejoice." She glanced at the great witch with her eyes that exuded cold white light.
"Because of the fact that you love and are willing to save lives, you may be able to become the Great Moon Country."
"The greatest sinner of the ages."
"Hiss--" The sliding door on the top floor of the castle tower was opened, and the Qingtian family, whom they had not seen for a long time, appeared at the entrance wearing slightly dirty Chinese clothes.
The breastplate was exposed under the collar, and the gauntlets covered the back of the hands under the cuffs. They were fully armed.
"Did you shout?" Erica looked at Henry.
"The more helpers the better." The sage shrugged.
"We're going to break in after all."
"But Otsuki Shrine."
