Their performance was faithfully transmitted to various screens through the flight camera above their heads.

Baker sat in the aircraft, looking at them with a heavy heart.

Qin Ke and Leus have already gone to find someone to rescue the students trapped in the map, but the situation is not optimistic.

Chigui is not a common evil spirit. It is rarely encountered even outside the defense line. Many card masters have only heard of the name of Chigui and will never see it in their lifetime.

Therefore, they don’t know enough about Chigui.

If they were to ask who on the continent of Saint Robert knows the most about Chigui, the only person they can think of is Gwen.

But the Feilong defense line was broken, and Gwen had to rush back to the First Military District.

Is it really such a coincidence?

If Baker had some doubts about the so-called conspiracy before, he had to believe it even if he didn't believe it after so many coincidences.

Now that Leus has taken over the entire city of Cor with the people of the Fourth Military District, the situation in Cor has stabilized. It is useless for Baker to stay there, so he chose to take other injured and recuperating students back to school to take charge of the situation.

The situation at Mosca Academy is not bad.

Fortunately, Gwen rushed back in time to stabilize the situation. The soldiers of the First Military District blocked most of the evil spirits, and only a small part rushed to Denning City.

Under the leadership of the teacher, the senior students were divided into groups and eliminated the evil spirits together with the Denning City guards.

But even so, there were still many casualties.

Baker looked at the number of casualties reported, and his mood became even heavier.

Their academy had only encountered a small number of evil spirits, and it was already so serious. How exaggerated would the casualties be for the First Military District, which was facing the evil spirit army?

At this time, Gwen's deputy general was also reporting the number of casualties of the army in this evil spirit invasion.

"...3732 people died, including 605 card masters, 7081 people were injured, including 2531 seriously injured, and in addition, 1050 people were missing..."

The deputy general finished reading with difficulty, and then secretly looked at Gwen.

Such a number of casualties was the first time in decades for the First Military District.

Gwen was silent.

He had just returned from the front line, his body was covered with blood and dust, he hadn't slept for days and nights, his eyes were slightly blue and black, and his eyeballs were covered with red bloodshot.

"What about Lanni Island, Solo Castle and Bozun Castle, have you received any response?" he asked.

These are the names of the three garrison bases of the First Military Region.

The deputy general pursed his lips and shook his head.

The 1,050 missing people were the number of people in the three garrisons.

But they all knew that the evil spirit army was able to break through the Feilong defense line, which meant that the garrison bases were most likely in danger.

The deputy general said: "There are many evil spirits rushing in now. If we let them spread, it will be more dangerous. General, how about we deal with the evil spirits in the defense line first, and then find a way to send a team to investigate the garrison base?"

Gwen was silent for a moment, and finally replied with difficulty: "Okay."

The deputy general was also very upset.

The destruction of the three garrison bases not only meant that the lives of more than a thousand soldiers were in danger, but also meant that the results of the First Military Region's twenty years of hard work were wiped out overnight.

But Gwen recovered quickly.

There is no use in unnecessary grief and anger.

If the garrison base is destroyed, then rebuild it.

It's not that they have never failed. In order to build the first garrison base, I don't know how many people died.

His best comrade died in the process of building Solo Castle, but without their sacrifice, there would not be the three major garrison bases later.

The deputy general worried, "General?"

"It's okay." Gwen came to his senses, "Go on."

His God Card was too tired and had entered his spiritual body and was sleeping soundly. He didn't even have time to catch his breath before he had to arrange the accumulated military affairs one by one.

Seeing his state, the deputy general couldn't help but say, "General, do you want to take a rest?"

"No." Gwen pinched his eyebrows, suddenly thought of something, and asked, "How is the situation at Mosca Academy?"

The deputy general said, "Fortunately, it is said that Principal Baker has returned, and Mosca Academy is slowly returning to normal."

Gwen nodded.

Just as he was about to say something, the guards outside came in and reported: "General, Principal Baker of Mosca Academy is here to visit."

Gwen was stunned.

As the deputy general said, Baker had just returned to the school and must have countless things to do. Why did he suddenly come here?

Although he was puzzled, he still received Baker.

The two did not exchange too many pleasantries. Baker asked: "Excuse me, Admiral Gwen, what is the reason for this evil spirit invasion?"

Gwen frowned.

This is the military secret of the First Military Region. It is indeed a bit presumptuous for Principal Baker to ask this question.

But he thought about the losses suffered by Mosca Academy and the problem of the First Military District, so he said, "A section of the Feilong Line was destroyed by the evil spirits. That section was not in the repair area. In addition, no problems were found in this section of the line during the previous inspection, so the patrol team was a little careless. This is because I am not strict enough. When the evil spirits in the line are eliminated, I will naturally give everyone an explanation."

He admitted his mistake so neatly, but Baker's brows were locked tighter.

Gwen realized something in an instant: "Principal Baker, is there something hidden?"

Baker did not hesitate to tell Gwen everything they had guessed that there might be a conspiracy.

In fact, these things can also be said in the communicator, but the matter is of great importance, and he is more worried about the safety of the communicator, so he simply came in person.

Gwen thought further than he did.

In connection with the various things that have happened in these years, it seems that something is gradually being strung together into a thread, but the most important bead is still missing. As long as the bead is found, everything will be solved.

And that bead, could it be Gu Xingmian?

"Admiral Gwen? Admiral Gwen?"

Baker's voice gradually brought him back to his senses.

Baker told him again about how Xiao Qiong and the others were trapped in the map by the Chi puppets, and then said, "Admiral Gwen, you are knowledgeable, is there any way to rescue them?"

Gwen frowned and said, "The Chi puppets are indeed troublesome. If the Chi puppets have not grown up yet, maybe we can still destroy them, but the grown Chi puppets..."

He smiled bitterly, "To be honest, I am not sure."

Baker's heart sank to the bottom again.

Gwen turned on the screen, looked at Xiao Qiong and the others' performance, and said, "They are quite smart. They didn't attack the Chi Gou..."

Seeing that Baker was confused, Gwen said, "The Chi Gou is one of the few evil spirits that will not actively attack humans. It will just make people lost. The only trouble is its companion. But I saw that they killed it very skillfully and carefully avoided the Chi Gou. If they persist, they will have no problem holding on for a few days."

He thought for a while and said, "Wait for me to deal with these military affairs, and I will go back to Cor City with you."

Baker didn't expect to survive from a desperate situation. Although Gwen said that he was not sure, he could only try his best now.

He nodded, "Okay."

Baker also had to go back to school to deal with the rest of the things, so the two agreed to meet in Denning City, and then take Gwen's military aircraft to Cor City together.

After Baker finished his business, he hurriedly took the suspension car to the agreed location.

Who knew that when the car was halfway, someone suddenly hit it. If Baker hadn't reacted in time and used the God Card to save the other person, it would have been troublesome.

The man didn't know whether he was injured or scared, and he lay there motionless.

Baker had to get out of the car in a hurry, intending to use a treatment card on the other person first.

Who knew that as soon as he walked out of the car door, a group of people rushed out from the side, and they all had God Cards. They were actually a group of card masters.

They ignored Baker and tried to catch the fallen man.

The man woke up at this time, gritted his teeth and tried to get up and run away again.

Before he left, an auxiliary card turned into a rope to tie him up, but the next second, the rope was blocked by another auxiliary card and turned back into an auxiliary card and fell to the ground.

Baker then noticed that there was a group of card masters, and the leading card master had a small braid and looked sloppy.

They stopped the man behind them and asked him in unison.

"Mr. Fang, are you okay?"

"We just received the news, sorry we are late..."

Fang Xihua shook his head: "It's okay, thank you."

The card maker on the other side saw that he was protected and became anxious: "What do you want to do? Do you know who wants to catch him!"

"That's right, the criminal wanted by the card maker family, you dare to protect him, it's outrageous!"

"Bah!" A card maker on Fang Xihua's side said viciously, "You bunch of running dogs who are accomplices to the tiger, I think you are the ones who are outrageous!" "

What do you mean! If the card maker hadn't been kind and made auxiliary cards, do you think you and your poor God Cards can fight evil spirits? Joke!"

"According to what you said, Mr. Fang is also a card maker, it is natural for me to protect him!"

"What sir! He's just a thief!"

The two sides had a fierce verbal battle.

Baker soon understood what happened.

Previously, there was a mysterious host in the card maker forum who sold the star patterns that were privately kept by the card maker family at a very cheap price. Later, the card maker family knew about this and offered a huge reward to catch the mysterious host.

And those card maker apprentices and independent card makers who learned the star patterns of the mysterious host also secretly formed an organization to protect the mysterious host.

Fang Xihua was one of the leaders of this organization.

The card maker family could not find the mysterious host, so they also regarded this organization as one of their targets. As long as they caught him, they could also receive a large reward.

The team of card masters who wanted to capture Fang Xihua did so for the bounty, while the other team came to protect him out of gratitude to Fang Xihua and his team.

"Damn you stupid lackeys! Mr. Fang sells all the auxiliary cards he makes to us at the cheapest price. What did he steal? On the contrary, it is the card maker family. For so many years, we card makers have protected the St. Roberts continent, but they have made a fortune with the expensive auxiliary cards."

"That's right! If they weren't too much, the mysterious OP wouldn't have been so disgusted and released the Star Pattern. He is a hero!"

...

The residents nearby also understood the quarrel between the two sides. Let's not talk about the disaster that just happened. If it weren't for those cheap auxiliary cards, their casualties would have been even more severe.

Everyone has a scale in their hearts, who has been protecting them for so many years. They

immediately stood on Fang Xihua's side without thinking.

The common people couldn't beat the card masters, so they cursed to support Fang Xihua and his men.

Compared with the card masters who were busy training all day, the common people who lived in the market cursed more fiercely and harshly. Not only did they curse, but as long as they opened their mouths, they would scold them loudly until they were forced to be afraid to speak.

The team of card masters who wanted to arrest people had never been so aggrieved, but they couldn't curse them. If they wanted to take action, the guards next to them had already rushed over and watched them covetously. As long as they dared to make a move, they would be arrested and thrown into prison.

They could only say angrily: "You can only be so arrogant for a while. When the guards of the Card Maker Family come, you still can't escape!"

The guards of the Card Maker Family are the card masters they raised themselves. Not to mention the high level of the God Cards, but also so much money has been spent, and there are all kinds of high-level auxiliary cards. In addition, the Card Maker Family is backing them up. It is really difficult to deal with them.

Several card masters on Fang Xihua's side changed their faces.

The opponent did not fight with them, but just blocked them. It was clear that they were just pretending to be powerful and wanted the guards of the Card Maker Family to deal with them.

Baker frowned.

The academy and the army are both connected to the card maker family, but that doesn't stop him from always hating this group of greedy and domineering card makers. However, with his status, if he came forward to help Fang Xihua, he might get into a lot of trouble later.

He quietly left the crowd, intending to call Admiral Gwen on the communicator, and then disguise himself to rescue people.

Who knew that as soon as he took out the communicator, he heard a familiar voice: "What happened?!"

It turned out that Admiral Gwen had come. Compared to him, Admiral Gwen was much more famous and was recognized almost immediately after he showed up.

Baker was a little anxious, thinking that Gwen had come to look for him because she hadn't seen him for a long time, and that's why she saw this.

Gwen listened to both parties calmly after they explained what had happened, then he said, "Mr. Fang is my friend. I want to invite him to the First Military District. Are you going to stop me?"

The team of card makers was stunned, looking embarrassed, and said, "Admiral Gwen, this is a prisoner from the card maker family. This... isn't good, right?"

Before Gwen could say anything, the people of Denning City couldn't stand it anymore: "What do you mean! Are you threatening Admiral Gwen?!"

But that team seemed not to understand what was being said, and was still saying something in a weird tone. They started cursing at the common people directly, and then were scolded by the eloquent people of Denning City so hard that they couldn't raise their heads.

Just when the team didn't know how to explain, the guards of the Card Maker family came. They immediately felt relieved and went to meet them, flattering them about what happened before.

The card maker who led the guards looked arrogant, and there was nothing cheap from head to toe.

In comparison, Gwen was much more plain.

When he saw Gwen, he was a little surprised and a little embarrassed. Although he was always conceited, he was not a fool. The person on the opposite side was the general of the First Military Region. Even if he had the support of the Card Maker family, he was afraid to face Gwen.

Gwen said calmly, "Are you going to take my friend away?"

The card maker could only step forward and said, "Admiral Gwen, I'm afraid there is a misunderstanding. Mr. Fang is a prisoner of our card maker family. You see..."

In fact, there was nothing wrong with what he said, but the "pig teammate" in front of them had already been angry and aroused everyone's anger towards them. Someone in the crowd shouted, "I Fuck your ancestors! You got the God Card because of your bad luck! If you ever return to the card pool, you will be inferior to others because of a stupid card maker like you! "

The card maker has always been high and mighty since he joined the guard of the card maker family. He has never been scolded like this before. His face immediately turned red and he subconsciously drew the auxiliary card: "Who the hell..."

But before he could finish his curse, he was quickly subdued by Gwen in the next second.

This was too sudden. He didn't even react. Some of the guards with him reacted, but they were pampered and couldn't compare to Gwen's bodyguards. Each of them was trained on the battlefield and was caught in an instant.

The card master was stunned: "Admiral Gwen, what are you doing?!"

Before Gwen could say anything, someone in the crowd said: "Everyone saw it! He was the first to draw out the auxiliary card to deal with Admiral Gwen! Admiral Gwen was just counterattacking!"

The crowd was stunned for a moment, and then many people said.

"That's right, he was the one who took the auxiliary card first, I saw it all!"

"A guard from a card maker family dares to be so arrogant and attack a general with great merits. I think you are the ones who are rebelling!"

"The dog is so ferocious, it's because of the master behind him..."

Because the people had been caught, the residents who were trying to suppress their anger immediately threw the vegetable leaves and rotten eggs in their hands at them. They originally wanted to beat up the team of card makers who wanted to capture Fang Xihua earlier, but they saw that the situation was not good and actually slipped away in the chaos.

Gwen handed him over to a bodyguard, then walked up to Baker and said, "I'm sorry, Captain Baker, I'm afraid I have to go back to the military district. Do you want to come with me?"

Baker was still a little confused. How did things develop step by step to this stage?

But after hearing Gwen's words, he still followed him to the aircraft in a daze.

Sitting in the aircraft, his mind finally turned around.

He knew that he should not make enemies with the card maker family, why didn't Gwen understand? And how could he, such a stable man, walk out like this without figuring out what happened.

Besides, Gwen could obviously come to the school to pick him up, why did she go to the trouble of running to Denning City?

It seems that it was just for this show.

He looked at Gwen and Fang Xihua suspiciously: "Is this a joint act of yours?"

Fang Xihua apologized: "Sorry, Principal Buckle, I frightened you."

According to Fang Xihua, they, the apprentice card makers and independent card makers, formed an organization to protect the information of the mysterious owner on the one hand, and to promote his will on the other hand, to help each other, and not to go along with the card maker family and sell auxiliary cards at high prices.

Although they are card makers, they also want to contribute to the protection of the St. Roberts continent.

Buckle was in awe when he heard this.

However, under the financial attack of the Card Maker Family, spies infiltrated the organization, and they corrupted some unstable card makers, got a part of the organization's list, and began to arrest them.

Although their organization also has card makers, they are not as good as the card makers who have been raised by the Card Maker Family at a high price. Moreover, the Card Maker Family has taken root in the St. Roberts continent for many years. Such a huge monster is not something that their new small organization can fight against.

Because of this, they took a gamble and chose to cooperate with the army.

Unexpectedly, Admiral Gwen agreed without saying a word, and even took the initiative to propose to play this drama with them.

Baker was stunned: "Wait, so the team that came to arrest people before was also acting?"

Gwen nodded: "They are my soldiers." As soon

as he finished speaking, a carpenter with a pigtail came out casually: "Captain Baker, I'm sorry for my poor acting skills!"

Gwen: "August, be serious."

"Yes! General!"

Baker: "..."

To be honest, with his previous temperament, if Gwen hadn't said it, he would never have thought that this was a colonel of the First Military District.

Baker let out a long breath and looked at the sky outside the aircraft.

The sky of the Saint Robert continent seems to be changing.

When Baker and Gwen rushed over, Xiao Qiong and others were still trapped in the map controlled by the puppets and were helpless.

They tried many methods but couldn't get out. Using the God Cards was useless. Even the mushroom spores were confused and kept spinning in the map.

If Gu Xingmian could still lead them out of the gray mist by perception, the Chigui was different. He was not aggressive and did not control their thoughts. However, whether it was the bright red on the ground or the erroneous objects formed by the transformation of rocks, he was using the power of nature to stop them. He

seemed gentle, but in fact he was more terrifying than other evil spirits.

In this environment, they were tense and had to be on guard against the companion creatures that jumped out at any time, but they could not get out and could only watch their physical and mental strength being exhausted bit by bit.

This was simply torture, causing them to die slowly.

But Gu Xingmian knew that it was not their fault. He was not affected because he was in Xiao Qiong's spiritual body. If he continued to walk in this environment like them, he would probably not be much better.

Gu Xingmian's analysis was like a revelation. The few people who were originally restless broke out in cold sweat.

Mo Ye was already nervous, and was startled by this. His nerves, which were already stretched to the extreme, seemed to be broken in an instant. He could not help but be dazed for a moment.

Although he quickly realized that something was wrong and reacted, at this moment, a red blood vessel quickly popped out from the ground and attacked him.

Mo Ye reacted quickly and fought back hastily, but unfortunately, because he was too flustered, although he destroyed the blood vessel, his attack accidentally injured the Chigui on the ground.

Everyone was shocked.

They had tried it before, stabbed the Chigui a little, and were almost killed by a big rock that fell from the sky. Fortunately, they dodged quickly, and the land was not covered by Chigui at that time.

With this lesson, they were very careful all the way.

But now...

almost instantly, the ground began to shake under their feet, and a long crack extended to their feet.

Carlos reacted immediately, summoned the Griffin, turned over and jumped on it, and then went to pull Luisa next to him.

Mo Ye and Burke also reacted and tried to pull Fu Fenglin, Xiao Qiong and Song Nanting.

But the crack was too fast, and Song Nanting was the first to be hit. She didn't care whether she would hurt the Chi Gui at the moment. The auxiliary card in her palm turned into a sharp blade and stabbed it into the ground fiercely, stopping the downward trend.

Xiao Qiong's wire rope also took action in time, tied her waist and pulled her up.

However, to make matters worse, the Chi Gui that was originally quietly covering the ground suddenly went crazy and attacked them.

Burke was originally saving Song Nanting with Xiao Qiong. Snow Owl flew a little lower, and was caught by the Chi Gui and dragged under the crack.

Countless Chi puppets also stretched out from the cracks, and they were playing tug-of-war with Xiao Qiong, trying to drag Song Nanting down.

Song Nanting was not the type to wait for others to rescue her. She turned around and attacked the Chi puppets, and climbed up with Xiao Qiong.

Xiao Qiong's palm auxiliary card almost used up the afterimage, as if he didn't consider the consumption of mental power at all, and actually killed all the Chi puppets that tied up the snow owl.

But just when he was about to pull Song Nanting out of the abyss, the crack in the ground that had originally cracked began to slowly close again.

Song Nanting almost instantly judged the current situation. If it continued like this, she would not only be unable to be rescued, but would also drag Xiao Qiong down.

"Let go!" She raised her head.

Under everyone's panicked gaze, she gritted her teeth, cut the steel rope, and fell into the abyss.

"Nanting!"

At the same time, Xiao Qiong heard Gu Xingmian's voice in his spirit body: [Jump down!]

Without saying a word, he jumped down before the ground closed.