Chapter 1085 7. Xingyue Bay
Free City cooperated with Vitalig's plan and deliberately floated over the important town of Border City, and then crossed the Great Wall they built in the north without stopping.
After entering the long no-man’s land, the cold wind and familiar sights reminded Annan of the past.
I and Olmedo were chasing each other in the snow, making snowmen, and standing under the snowy trees... But do you have this memory?
Memories and feelings are Annan's illusions. The North is covered with white snow everywhere, and there are dirty ratmen wandering around. Everywhere looks the same.
When a majestic snow-capped mountain appears in the north, we are back near home.
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On the third floor of the mage tower under construction, a barefoot girl sat on the high wall of orichalcum, looking at the howling land of wind and snow and the frozen coast.
Those black and gray spots scattered among the snow are not exposed mountain rocks, but wandering ratmen. They wanted to follow the Free City in the sky, but they were soon left behind and disappeared from sight.
Liberty City heads north along the coastline. As we go deeper, the air begins to become thinner and the temperature becomes lower and lower. Even though the barrier held up by the mage tower blocks most of the cold wind and cold air at high places, people in the city still have to wear several layers of clothing to keep out the cold.
At a certain moment, a bright light flashed from the portal in the center of the square, and a messenger walked out and hurriedly walked into the city lord's palace.
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"McKenn Ratmen are angry..." The messenger loudly reported the intelligence on the front line: "They are converging on the old capital, preparing to gather the rat tide and launch a new wave. Offensive. The demons have not made any move, they are still huddled near the snow-capped mountains, waiting for the arrival of spring. We may bump into them."
Wearing glasses, Annan stared at the map and found the location of the snow-capped mountains with his fingers. : "The devils are not enough, the coldest time has come, they can only stay by the stove to keep warm."
Olmedo and Itilia exchanged a look, Olmedo took a deep breath: "Annan, the devil..."
"... During the time when the demons occupied the North, they transformed it. Now there are magma pools everywhere." Olmedo finished the rest of Ingrid's words.
The North is riddled with holes where rats and demons have ravaged. Even if you return to your hometown, what you see will not be the same as before...
During the long silence, Annan stretched out his trembling hands to take off his glasses, and said with a pale face: "Olmedo, eldest sister, Femi stayed.
The others stood up and left the meeting hall, leaving only a few people who were named. They made eye contact with Annan, who was silent, like the calm before the storm. br>"This week, we will be able to reach the former Breeze City. Now you are saying that there are rat people and demons there? Everyone out there wants to go back and see it and I can’t let them down! ”
"Meow!"
Lily, who heard Annan's cry, ran over on tiptoe and was picked up by the maid Abby.
“The scum that hinders us!”
After venting, Annan exhaled: “Isn’t there a good news?”
Olmedo said: “ Although this trip is dangerous, it can be avoided
"What chance?"
"Both ratmen and demons need reaction time. The speed of the floating city is faster than their information dissemination. As long as we finish what we need to do before they react, we don't have to face it. They."
"About how many days?"
"Five days"
It should be enough to remember the past.
...
Three days later, a huge thing on the horizon floated silently and oppressively over the ruins.
This is not Xingyue Bay, but it is very similar. It also has some connections with Annan - Glacier Port.
Looking back now, the fight between Annan and the second son of the Diatra family was like a fight between children... I don’t know if Gema is still alive, but he has become such a famous person. Even if I am alive, I dare not show my face again...
When we arrive at Glacier Port, Xingyue Bay is not far away.
The old people in the city all ran out and gathered around the edge of Liberty City, looking at the ground beneath their feet and the mist-shrouded snow-capped mountains in the distance, either in silence or in a daze, or sobbing softly. In the distance, a city wall rising from the ground suddenly appeared on the horizon.
Tap—tap—tap—
The sound of uniform footsteps followed closely. Everyone turned around and saw the Hellfire Legion arrayed at the airport, wearing crimson stainless steel plate armor and graffitied with blood and rat head patterns.
"Prepare——"
...
"Hiss..."
In the snow, two rickety rat men covered in animal skins chased the footprints of the small beast.
A shadow fell, covering them. The two wererats raised their heads at the same time.
A huge city, blocking out the sun like a solar eclipse, hovers directly above our heads.
They stared blankly at the rocks at the bottom of the city, and the outlines that descended from the edges like flames.
Crunch——
The sound of stepping on the snow made the two rat men panic, and they fled into the woods without looking back.
Not far away, the Hellfire Warrior who was standing on a low hill holding up a magic gun put down his gun. His expression was obscured by the helmet covering his face, and he turned around and headed towards Xingyue Bay.
Hellfire was first dropped on the ground. , the Punishment Legion presses the formation from the side.
Sporadic gunshots rang out, startling the birds in the forest. The Hellfires quickly cleared away the Ratmen around Xingyue Bay, allowing Annan and others to descend.
Not long after, Annan and the others landed from the airport like a tourist group with the crowd of people who wanted to come and see.
Annan left nothing to the rat people, and the rat people left nothing to Annan.
Everything that could be dismantled and used was demolished and used by the rat men, leaving only the city wall that was almost like stone and a ruin.
I’m afraid the Rat Man couldn’t figure it out even if he thought about it, how could humans build a twenty-meter-high city wall in this remote area that can neither be chewed nor burned, and even used to vent is too laborious.
Considering the small area of Xingyue Bay, it is like a chicken pen surrounded by fences.
But facing this simple and even crude building, Annan was full of nostalgia.
The construction of Xingyue Bay has been a long time ago, but it seems to be right before our eyes...
The old people who have followed Annan since Xingyue Bay also cried and laughed, even Femi, who led the soldiers to enforce security on the perimeter, turned around, with a flash of reminiscence in his eyes.
Annan did not stay too long in Xingyue Bay, where nothing was left. He turned back and said to Olmedo:
"Don't worry, let's go to Breeze City now."
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Whoosh——
Among the snow-covered pine trees, an arrow was pointed with a tricky twist. He shot at the lone Skaven from an angle, but due to the poor tail feathers, the sure-hit arrow missed the Skaven's head.
The alert rat men screamed and rushed towards the pine tree where the enemy was hiding. The next moment, a figure sprang out from the bushes and deftly cut the rat man's neck with a bowstring.
Then he skillfully cut open the rat skin and dug out a piece of about three pounds of raw meat.
This is the only edible part of the rat man's body - even if it is edible, it can only be barely swallowed when it is almost burnt.
Just as he was about to leave, the figure suddenly raised his head.
On the horizon, a black spot floated from one tree branch to another, getting bigger and bigger.
(End of this chapter)