Chapter 416

Watching her departing figure, Broca in a dilemma. Now he either had to go with her to Londinium, or stay on the This Ship.

But if Kal'tsit were to encounter danger, then the mission entrusted to her by the City Lord would have failed.

Scout and the others stood on the deck, originally there to see Kal'tsit off. Seeing that Broca a difficult position, they pondered for a moment and offered a solution that would satisfy both:

"Here's the key to that brown land vehicle. Use this to go after it. We'll This Ship even further to avoid being caught up in the war."

Thank you so much!

Broca very grateful, unaware that everyone present was a pro- Shi Lei faction, which was why they were willing to offer help.

After thanking him repeatedly, he disembarked and started his brown land vehicle to catch up with Doctor Kal'tsit.

The wasteland produces no light source, only the faint moonlight slants across the earth. If one stands on high ground and looks far into the distance, one can see the dim lights of Londinium.

Kal'tsit seemed to know he would catch up, and her speed did not decrease at all.

Broca chased for several kilometers, and suddenly saw several familiar figures by the roadside.

One of them was Red, a member of the Rhodes Island who had been missing for several days. Although he covered his face with a thick scarf, the Red Blade was too conspicuous.

The woman beside her has antlers and appears to be Alina. She is Talulah's confidante; it's unknown whether the escaped Talulah is also in the group.

As for the other people accompanying them, their faces were completely covered by masks, making it impossible to see their specific appearances.

Judging from the direction this group was heading, their destination should be Londinium.

But why are they here?

Broca hesitated for a few seconds, but ultimately did not stop to go and ask.

Compared to his burgeoning curiosity, the tasks assigned by the City Lord were of higher priority. As the Commander of the Qianyan Army, he would certainly set an example in completing the tasks entrusted to him.

Kal'tsit's trip to Londinium is most likely to find the Doctor. We'll meet up with Lord Shi Lei then and tell him about Talulah and the Rhodes Island.

June 23, 7:15 pm

As the Sarkaz City Defense Army gradually withdrew from the Sardien District, the frequent personnel movements quickly attracted the attention of the Londinium Self-Rescue Army.

After a brief discussion, they decided to launch a surprise attack on several outposts that had not been evacuated in time. From there, they rescued many innocent civilians and imprisoned members of the Self-Rescue Army.

This large-scale mobilization under the cover of night not only alerted the Self-Rescue Army but also made the Victoria City Defense Army, who had surrendered, sense something unusual.

One of the Victoria officers climbed the city wall, wanting to know what these Demon Race were up to.

The Sarkaz Soldier stationed here are starting all the Secondary Cannon as instructed by General Manfred, and adjusting the muzzle angles to aim at the Sardien District.

This greatly frightened the Victoria officer, who quickly guessed that the Demon Race intended to bombard the City Defense Cannon. Unable to bear seeing his home destroyed, he stepped forward to stop them:

"What are you trying to do? Why did you adjust the angle of the City Defense Cannon? Do you intend to abandon the outer perimeter and completely destroy the other Moving Plot?"

The Sarkaz City Defense Army genuinely despised these surrendered Victorians. They were only restrained by orders to avoid escalating the conflict; otherwise, they would have already attacked them.

"Oh."

Upon hearing the Victoria officer's questioning, the Sarkaz Warrior revealed a disdainful look:

Do you have any questions about the general's orders?

These words immediately terrified the Victoria officer, who began to stammer as he spoke.

"Uh, friend, you've misunderstood. How could I dare disobey the general's orders? I'm just worried that your bombing might affect the Central Urban Area. After all, nothing like this has ever happened before, and no one would use City Defense Cannon to bombard the Sardien District..."

The Sarkaz Warrior, who were not under his command, grew impatient with the Victoria officer's rambling.

"Stop talking nonsense. The City Defense Cannon are no longer under your control. Are you going to call me 'Grandpa' twice before getting off the city wall, or should I just take action?"

The Victoria officer swallowed hard, his twisted expression looking extremely awkward.

"I..."

Seeing the opponent's hesitant appearance, the Sarkaz Warrior simply took the crossbow from his back:

"Want to die? I'll grant your wish!"

Just as he was about to pull the trigger, the light and shadow on the city wall suddenly flickered slightly.

Before the Sarkaz Warrior could react, a huge gash was slashed across his neck. His head fell to the ground like a ball, and blood gushed out immediately.

This startled the Victoria officer, who had no idea what had just happened.

He looked unusually tense, glancing left and right as if trying to figure out where the attack came from.

To everyone's surprise, the person in the shadows revealed themselves to be Ascalon, the Rhodes Island operator who had escaped from the Shard Building.

Her communicator was damaged in a skirmish, making it impossible to pinpoint Amiya's exact location.

On the way, Ascalon noticed the frequent troop movements of the Sarkaz City Defense Army and, finding it suspicious, stayed behind to infiltrate the city.

She was worried that the City Defense Cannon might injure the Doctor and others if it started indiscriminately bombarding them, so she had no choice but to take action.

"Hey, are you very familiar with City Defense Cannon?"

The Victoria officer's mouth agape as he sized up the Sarkaz woman before him. It was certain she wasn't affiliated with the Sarkaz City Defense Army.

"Ah, yes, I used to be a member of the City Defense Army."

Are the City Defense Cannon easily destroyed?

"Sorry, it's very difficult to destroy it. The City Defense Cannon are made of a very hard material; ordinary weapons are simply useless against them."

Ascalon frowned slightly and rephrased the statement:

"Is there a way to disable the City Defense Cannon?"

"Yes, I can tell you. But afterwards, I need you to kill me."

Such a request was quite strange. For some reason, Ascalon asked:

"Why?"

"If only Sarkaz is dead here, but I am alive, my family and my comrades could be secretly executed by Sarkaz. Only if I die will they not suspect anything and spare my family. If you agree, I will tell you how to shut it down."

Ascalon was speechless at the bizarre request from the Victoria officer. But with more and more Sarkaz climbing the walls, time was running out for her.

"Okay, how do I turn it off?"

Upon hearing the other party's agreement, Officer Victoria smiled with relief and thanked her.

"Thank you, Sarkaz. Although I don't know why you wanted to shut down the City Defense Cannon, I fully support your decision. There are only two ways to shut City Defense Cannon down right now. Before I came, I heard that Manfred had modified the command permissions. Now, apart from him, no engineer in the city can stop the City Defense Cannon. The other way is to blow up the Main Control Room."

Neither approach is ideal. The former requires defeating the powerful general head-on and forcing him to willingly hand over the code. The latter requires a massive amount of explosives, but such contraband is difficult to obtain in the city, and insufficient quantities will not achieve the desired effect.

Ascalon's brow furrowed even deeper, because she couldn't accomplish either of the two methods.

For example, contact the Doctor and Amiya as soon as possible and ask them to evacuate from the Sardien District.

"I've said everything I needed to say, let's get started."

Officer Victoria closed his eyes, prepared to face death calmly. Even with a thousand regrets in his heart, he knew he had to make the sacrifice for his wife and daughter.

But a minute passed, and nothing happened.

When the Victoria officer opened his eyes, he found that the female Sarkaz had vanished. Aside from the Sarkaz's corpse, there was no other trace of her presence.

"Grass!"

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Chapter 494 Seven Cannons in One Night (4K)

June 23, 7:26 pm

This morning, the Deep Pool Forces issued orders for Mandela's Team to proceed to Londinium. This was partly to cultivate relations with the Sarkaz, and partly to hand over the captured Lieutenant Victoria to the city's nobles.

But by sunset, Deep Pool had received no response and could not get in touch with her.

Currently, there are three main forces within the territory of Londinium: the Sarkaz City Defense Army, the local Self-Rescue Army, and the Duke's Army.

Although Deep Pool killed many people in Little Hill County, few people know the truth. Through online rhetoric and fabricated information, they successfully portrayed themselves as an armed organization created to crush the local mob.

With such a strong momentum, regardless of whether Mandela's troops are discovered by the Duke's army or the Self-Rescue Army, there will be no situation of fratricide or complete loss of contact.

Therefore, Ahmone, the strategist of the Deep Pool Forces, codenamed 'Chord', believed that Mandela's troops had most likely been captured by the Sarkaz City Defense Army.

The Messenger originally sent to Londinium for peace negotiations was detained and even imprisoned by the Sarkaz. Such a diplomatic incident must be rectified as much as possible.

So she personally led her team into the Central Urban Area to see General Manfred, hoping to use her silver tongue to salvage the image of the Deep Pool Forces.

However, the enemy was busy retreating their lines and trying to find the Rhodes Island members hiding underground. They had no time to meet with him and had their men refuse.

Seeing this, Ahmone had no choice but to settle for second best. She took the gift she originally intended for Manfred and went to the Central Urban Area Londinium to find Morning Earl.

This man was one of the nobles who surrendered the city and held some influence in the area. However, he did not appear in person but instead had his Butler receive Ahmone.

"Sir, please convey to Earl Morning that our leader accepts all the Sarkaz's decisions regarding the captured Deep Pool personnel."

If necessary, please have the Earl convey our apologies to General Manfred of Sarkaz. Deep Pool has no intention of disrupting peaceful relations with the Regent.

Although our inability to achieve true cooperation is doomed because of that Gallic Noble by his side, we are not in a hurry to become enemies, are we?

The Butler's face remained calm, revealing no emotion whatsoever.

"Yes, Miss, I will convey your message accordingly."

Seeing that the other party didn't seem to care much, Ahmone had no choice but to invoke the Duke's title as the behind-the-scenes supporter of the Deep Pool Forces, thus attracting the Butler's attention.

"In addition, we will have to trouble Earl Morning to mediate and return the Sarkaz Messenger that the other noble forces recently intercepted in the annexed lands to them."

Rest assured, the Duke Wellington will remember the Earl's efforts. He will not forget the leader and the Deep Pool.

Once the leader has settled his current affairs, we will personally visit Earl Morning in the Central Urban Area.

Seeing the Butler solemnly agree, Ahmone nodded in satisfaction and took her leave.

After she left the Duke's Mansion, she hadn't walked more than a few hundred meters when her accompanying subordinates asked her curiously:

"My lord, there's something I don't understand."

"Explain."

"Are we just going to give up on Mandela like this?"

Ahmone turned to look at her subordinate and explained:

"Well... it's not exactly giving up. Mandela's current predicament is entirely her own fault. Don't you think I've been good enough to her?"

A few months ago, Mandela messed up things in Little Hill County, greatly displeasing the leader. If I hadn't swallowed my pride and pleaded for her, securing her a chance to go to Londinium as a Messenger, she might have been court-martialed.

Mandela never understood that if Deep Pool wanted to go further, it couldn't afford to detach itself from the people. How could high-pressure tactics based solely on terror and intimidation possibly last?

If she could understand the leader's good intentions and learn to suppress her anger, Mandela would surely have a place by Ablana's side.

The leader never forgot her fellow Tara people who rose up with her. Having all come from difficult circumstances, they understood the preciousness of peace even more deeply...

Before Ahmone could finish speaking, a deafening cannon blast suddenly echoed from outside the Sardien District.

"Bang!"

The sudden turn of events startled the members of the Deep Pool Forces, who quickly moved together to protect the strategist's safety.

Ahmone squinted, looking toward the source of the loud noise, her brows gradually furrowing.

"If I'm not mistaken, it should be the City Defense Cannon! Could it be that Duke Nalou's troops have entered the city? Come with me to the city walls and see what's going on."

Meanwhile, in the Sardien District.

Shi Lei immediately sensed that the City Defense Cannon was bombarding the area two or three kilometers away.

The landing point was very deliberate, almost as if it was intentional on Sarkaz's part. There are many buildings here, but few people live in them; most citizens are hiding in the underground area.

The buildings on the surface were severely damaged, which also caused the underground passages to collapse.

Upon hearing the deafening roar, W quickly turned to Heredrey, who was more familiar with the city, and asked:

"Who exactly is the Sarkaz general defending the city? Could he have lost his mind and attacked the city instead?"

Heredrey gave a wry smile but did not answer.

Manfred is his boss, and he treats him very well, so there's no need to gossip about him behind his back.

W is not a local and doesn't know what effect the City Defense Cannon bombardment will have.