The strongholds under the desert were cleared, and the personnel led by Sylutia and other masters captured many of the people hiding among them, and also learned the ultimate purpose of this organization, which is to bring "Two-Headed Serpent" back again.
According to the summary of the interrogation results, this organization started preparations several years ago. It first spread Plague in various places, causing death and despair in order to meet the Dead Ember" and "Nightmare" and "Aspect Power" requirements required for the ritual.
When last year came, the leader of the organization led most of the elites to leave the stronghold and go deep into World of Shadows to begin preparations for the final ceremony.
Although the purpose of the other party is known, the specific whereabouts of those people are difficult to trace. The World of Shadows situation is complicated, and the various Secret Realm and Abyss are arranged in a disorderly manner, which will also greatly interfere with the secret method of searching for the "Secret Speech" path.
"Their earliest team had already set off when Oren arrived at the stronghold under the ice sheet last year." Master Xuyage shook his head regretfully.
In the following months, Sylutia returned to Silver Radiance Church's headquarters, presided over various Purification and treatment ceremonies, and received critically ill patients from all over the world.
As for the matter of tracking down the members of the evil organization, Mage Alliance has sent other people to handle it, including two sages. This is probably the highest-level operation of the Mage Alliance in hundreds of years.
However, everything seems to be slowly falling apart. First, news of a new outbreak of Plague spread from various places. Strange diseases that have never been seen before suddenly spread, which greatly increased the pressure on the members of Silver Radiance Church".
The second is the World of Shadows erosion that has been stable for hundreds of years. During this year, there have been frequent outbreaks, and the erosion has expanded.
The degree of dispersion is more than five times that of previous years. In many remote and uninhabited areas, diffuse sinking areas have appeared. Some third-level Magic Creature can already step into the Surface Continent from such places.
In order to restore these eroded areas, Mage Alliance began to frequently recruit manpower and troops to suppress and support these areas.
One day, after finishing a lot of work and tasks, Sylutia took a rare walk out and saw the legionnaires walking in formation on the street. Their steps were neat and disciplined, and the barrels of their muskets were shiny with silver.
These soldiers were wearing uniform dark military uniforms, holding the latest "Silver Falcon-2" rifled guns in their hands, and wearing standard Chrome Silver sabers at their waists, which could break through the second-level Magic Creature's defenses. Behind them, there were medium and large war machines slowly passing by, blocking the sky above Sylutia's head.
"Which regiment do these soldiers belong to?" Sylutia asked Cheris beside him.
"They should be the 18th legion equipped with new equipment, and they are also the first-line legion in the Alliance."
"After receiving training, weapons and equipment will be distributed uniformly, and then you will take the train to the mission location."
"There are currently five combat areas in the Alliance, namely Babu District, White Valley District in the north, Kingdom of Mothles in the south, Shubia Ridge in the Western Mountains, and Chequ Plain in the southeast."
"Large-scale World of Shadows erosion has occurred in these places. Many Magic Creature are running around. The Alliance has mobilized the strength of 14 legions to suppress it."
"That's right----" Sylutia recalled with his fingers lightly touching his ears.
"I remember the Alliance only has 24 legions in total."
"That's right, Alliance Council directly funds and manages 24 legions, each legion has 20,000 people, a total of 480,000 people. These are the legions directly under Alliance Council. They are well-equipped with new muskets and armor, as well as Cannon and war machinery."
"Secondly, there are the garrison corps in various regions. They only have a small number of muskets Cannon. Most of them are still cold weapons and have no war machinery. For example, the City Alliance guards that Sylutia saw in the Western Mountains "are like this."
Although Mage Alliance rules an extremely wide territory, it does not have many standing troops. This is because for many years, the Alliance has no organization within its sphere of influence that is capable of confronting the powerful Mage. Even if Western Mountains is conquered, the airship brigade and war machinery sent in the early stage are enough to clear out the resistance. In the future, only some elite Mage will be needed to clear out the remnants and allow the army to move in.
"Now all the major legions are recruiting soldiers. According to the Alliance's announcement, the previous 20,000 legions will be expanded to 80,000. All the original soldiers will be upgraded to one rank, allowing them to lead the new recruits and form a combat force as soon as possible." Cheris added.
"I didn't expect so many things to happen during this period of time." Sylutia shook her head. In the past two months, she had been busy hosting ceremonies and treating patients almost every day, and she paid much less attention to the outside world.
"How bad is the erosion at World of Shadows right now?" She continued down the street.
"According to the intelligence from the Inspection Department, the highest Magic Creature of Fifth Order has appeared so far, which destroyed an important city with 30,000 people in Kingdom of Mothles."
"That Magic Creature is a Horned Blood-Devourer Beast". It is about thirty meters tall. When it ran, the ground shook and the mountains shook. It directly smashed the four walls of the city, causing the city's defense line to collapse and be submerged by the sweeping Magic Creature."
"The local city's guard Mage is only at level 4 and is completely unable to resist. He can only watch the city being destroyed, with residents everywhere being brutalized by Magic Creature."
"The supporting team arrived a day later. Although the Magic Creature was killed, only more than 8,000 people survived in the city of 30,000."
"Although the leader of Magic Creature has died, many escaped monsters and Magic Creature still need to be cleared. Later, the Alliance sent the Seventh Legion and the Eleventh Legion to support."
"The situation is not optimistic----"
A week later, while Sylutia was still presiding over the ceremony in the Laurel Hall, a rush of footsteps came outside the Hall, followed by anxious voices.
"Sorry, please wait here. I won't see you until His Highness Sylutia has presided over the ceremony." Knight, who was guarding Hall, stopped the reporter.
Although the other party was anxious, looking at this powerful fourth-level Knight, he could only suppress the anxiety in his heart and pace back and forth.
Half an hour later, with Sylutia speeding up the progress, the Purification ceremony ended. She walked quickly out of the Hall in a white dress and saw the figure who had been waiting here for a long time.
This soldier was wearing a tattered military uniform with blood stains on his clothes. He looked quite embarrassed.
"What's the matter?" She asked quickly, regardless of her usually gentle and polite image.
"Saintess, your highness, please help our captain." He said as if he saw a savior.
"Take me there, and you can report the details on the way."
"Yes!" the other party responded excitedly.
After that, Sylutia said hello to Knight and Priest behind him, told him to arrange matters after the ceremony, and then led a team of about twenty people to the place where the soldier reported.
They were going to the train square on the south side of Council District. When they arrived here, they saw dense white stretchers and tents on the square. There were probably thousands of injured people lying here, many of them were still groaning, and some were already weak, and they were only one step away from death.
Seeing the appearance of Silver Radiance Church" Saintess, enthusiastic shouts erupted in the square, and many people shouted as if they had seen a savior.
"Master Saintess, help me."
"Master Sylutia, please."
"Please show mercy to His Highness Saintess----"
The white ocean was full of cries and howls, and the scene in front of him was like a tide, drowning Sylutia.
When Sixteenth Legion and the Fifth Army were encircling and suppressing the Magic Creature that had been eroded by the shadows, they were attacked by the terrifying Magic Creature that descended on Sixth Order. It was a huge monster with a wingspan of about 100 meters. Its shape was similar to a pterosaur, with four pairs of wings and a long beak full of serrations. Every time it dived, it would pierce a large number of soldiers and swallow them into its mouth.
Facing this monster, the two large war machines of the Alliance deployed and continuously aimed and bombarded them. In the process, it was difficult to take care of the soldiers below, and then Blood-Feast Demon and many small Magic Creature spread like a tide.
It is roughly estimated that about 30,000 Magic Creature broke through the erosion gap and entered the surface at that time. Although most of them were only First Order, once they formed a large scale, they brought unimaginable Impact power.
The soldiers of the two legions set up defense lines in strategic areas in the valley, blocking these Magic Creature and Impact like embankments. The Cannon and musket positions on the mountainside on both sides were constantly burning, trying to kill these Magic Creature as much as possible to prevent them from breaking through the defense line.
By the time several master-level support forces arrived and killed Magic Creature, the pterosaur responsible for the disaster, the two legions were already on the verge of destruction, with nearly 80% of the casualties, and only a few people emerged intact from the mountain of corpses and sea of blood.
It was still noon, but the sky was so gloomy that it was almost dusk, and even the sky was not as dazzling as the white cloth in the square.
"How many more people can be recruited to assist?" Sylutia asked the deputy Silver Radiance Church beside him.
"We are already operating at full capacity. If we must continue to recruit manpower, we can only bring back the group of members who just went to rest and continue to work overtime."
"I understand, go and inform them. Human lives are at stake. In addition, let the logistics department take out the Full Moon Dew" that was previously stored and distribute it to each member of the recall team."
"Yes, Your Highness." Then a Priest left with a dozen Silver Thorn Knight to inform and recall those members who were resting.
The situation is becoming more and more difficult and complicated. Sylutia looks towards the dark sky with sad eyes.
When will this Season of Sinking Fog end----