Meanwhile, in Fasar village.
Basel and other captains have begun to arrange for residents to wait near the city walls and gates.
In addition, Basel personally led his soldiers to search for black stones in the public buildings of the territory.
This was also Zhou Bai's order. Now that they knew of the existence of the black stone, they couldn't just let it quietly threaten them in the territory.
Therefore, Zhou Bai directly showed the black stone in his hand to Basel.
After recognizing Black Stone's appearance, Basel naturally began to lead the search, dividing the team into different teams to conduct a carpet search of the public buildings in the territory.
Of course, many professionals also began searching the territory after learning about the situation.
Now these black stones are like a giant sword hanging over the heads of the residents of Fasal Village, and may fall at any time.
"No, I can't find it at all." Standing in front of the tailor shop, a soldier said to Basel with a dejected look on his face.
The tailor shop was so small that the ten of them conducted a carpet search inside. They searched for anything smaller than the black stone, but now, let alone the black stone, they didn't even see the black stone powder.
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"Look again. If you can't find it, change the location." Basel said.
"yes."
In this way, the whole team searched again, but in the end, there was still no result.
In this case, they had no choice but to change location.
But one after another, there was no trace.
This scene not only happened to the team led by Basel, but the other teams also had no gains.
After some discussion, everyone couldn't help but feel suspicious about the presence of black stone in public buildings.
"Is it true that there is no black stone in Fasal Village at all? The Hope Village said it to discredit the lord and to make us more loyal?" One of the soldiers couldn't help but speculate on the conspiracy.
This possibility is very high. After all, after knowing what the lord did, they were completely disappointed with the lord. Not to mention respecting him, they even wanted to get rid of him as soon as possible.
Basel listened and paused. The same thought just popped up in his mind, but he quickly suppressed it because he knew that there was no need for Hope Village.
The Lord abandoned the Fasar Village, which to a certain extent also meant that he abandoned them. Under such circumstances, their loyalty to the Lord would be greatly reduced, so there was no need for the Hope Village to do anything unnecessary.
Therefore, the fact that they have not found the Black Stone can only prove one thing: the Black Stone has definitely been specially handled by their lord, and they cannot find it at all with their current strength.
Thinking of this, Basel felt a little more resentful in his heart. In order to take revenge on Hope Village, their lord was really too ruthless.
Thinking about it, Basel spoke directly, "It can't be that Hope Village did it. If they used a fictitious existence to fool us, wouldn't they be afraid of the current situation? It can only mean that this matter is true, and they really took out the black stone."
Basel's words shattered the soldiers' fantasies. They knew this very well, but when they thought about it, they felt comforted in their hearts, comforting that they were not that close to death.
"You guys keep searching, I'll go to Hope Village to learn more." Bazel pursed his lips and said, "You don't have to worry too much. We are all mid-level professionals, and the power of high-level magic scrolls is limited. With our strength, we can always live longer and have a chance to escape. As for the search, we will try our best for the sake of so many residents in the territory! Besides, our relatives and friends are here too!"
What Basel said was also realistic. If the residents of Fasal Village were worried, they would definitely not be the ones who were most worried.
It’s just that they don’t have to worry about themselves, they also have to worry about their families.
"Yeah." After listening to this, the soldiers looked much more resolute and their motivation suddenly increased.
After pacifying the soldiers, Basel turned and went to the city wall.
Zhou Bai was no longer on the city wall, but Li Xingteng was still waiting there.
The platform of the giant chariot has been expanded a lot, covering at least two giant chariots, so the entire platform seems to be about two hundred square meters. Even though it is paved with wood, it looks particularly stable.
As he watched, Basel's expression was a little surprised.
Isn’t this a bit fast?
It can only be said that Basel knows nothing about the speed of infrastructure construction of country C.
Li Xingteng saw Basel's
"Where is the village chief?" Basel asked.
"Of course I am busy. It seems that there has been some progress in the research of magic circles." Li Xingteng introduced briefly, "If you have anything to say, you can tell me first, and I will report to you later."
"Our people have been searching for the black stone in the territory for a long time but haven't found it." Basel sighed and said truthfully.
"Not even one?" Li Xingteng looked a little surprised.
Bazel shook his head.
After listening to this, Li Xingteng knew that this matter was not simple, so he said directly: "I will report to the village chief, you wait first!"
After saying that, Li Xingteng left.
Looking at Li Xingteng's leaving back, Basel recalled what Li Xingteng had just said. There has been progress in the research on the magic circle. He now only hopes that the Hope Village can really save them from danger.
At this time, Heidi and Alick had already made a preliminary analysis of the magic formation and were explaining the situation to Zhou Bai.
Wolawi and Norris, two former captains of the Fasal village soldiers, were also there.
They had just met their families, all of whom were safe but trapped in the village of Fasal.
If they want their families to be safe, they can only place their hopes on Hope Village.
So after meeting his family, he followed Zhou Bai closely.
Zhou Bai did not refuse their following.
"There is more than one magic circle here, it is a large magic circle formed by multiple magic circles. If you want to crack it, you must crack all the magic circles together. Otherwise, the slightest movement will only cause the magic circle to be activated prematurely." Heidi said, frowning unconsciously. Their level is still too low. Facing the high-level magic circle, they are indeed a little helpless, especially since this magic circle is a linked magic circle, which is definitely the top work among high-level magicians.
"So what you mean is..." Zhou Bai asked directly.
"We can only activate the magic circle. After it is activated, we can find a way to crack it through the operation of each small magic circle. As long as we act quickly, we should be able to avoid greater losses." Heidi paused and said, "This is the conclusion that Alick and I came to."
Their strength is stronger than that of the average mid-level magician, but it cannot make up for the difference in level.
Zhou Bai looked at the direct words between the two and sighed in his heart.
As expected! It’s not that easy to solve it in advance.
If this is the case, it would be difficult to find a breakthrough in the territory.
Just as Zhou Bai was thinking this, Li Xingteng appeared and repeated Basel's words.
Zhou Bai listened, and pursed his lips slightly, "It is indeed the case. I had guessed it when I asked them to search, but I didn't want to give up this hope after all."
They could think of finding the black stone before it exploded. Could Wolf, who placed the black stone, not think of such a thing?
Zhou Bai reasonably suspected that Wolff's decision to let Nicholas do this was just a random move, and his backup plan must be after the move.
This may be related to the nature of the black stone, but unfortunately they are all
But when it comes to knowledge of minerals, who can compare to the goblins!
Thinking about this, Zhou Bai immediately checked the list of participants in this battle.
Sure enough, there were a few goblins in the logistics team.
For this battle, the combatants must be at the intermediate level or above, and the requirements for logistics personnel have been lowered a bit, at least to be entry-level professionals, so the goblins are basically not qualified.
It was Harrison who suggested that these goblins appear here. He said that they have a certain talent in weapon repair, and they are kept here to repair siege weapons and other weapons when they have problems. With their skills, we can only lower the requirements for them a little.
Now let’s see if they can recognize the black stone mineral.
Zhou Bai immediately looked at Bayer and said, "Ask the goblins from the logistics team to come here."
When Wolawei and Norris heard that there were goblins on the battlefield, they were also surprised. Didn't they say that there were no slaves in Hope Village? Aren't goblins slaves?
Suddenly it occurred to me that maybe what Hope Village meant by "no slaves" was humans!
Thinking of the goblins' talent in minerals, the two of them couldn't help but look forward to it.
At the same time, I became more curious about Hope Village.
They saw undead and orcs in the camp of Hope Village, and now even goblins. Hope Village is really special.
Just as they were thinking about this, several goblins came up to Zhou Bai and his group.
"Village Chief." The goblins shouted one by one.
Several goblins looked excited about being summoned.
It is their luck to be able to do something for the territory or you, the village chief.
Zhou Bai didn't say any more nonsense and directly handed the black stone to them, "Take a look at what's so special about this black stone, especially when it is placed in a building."
After taking the black stone, several goblins began to examine it carefully.
After a while, one of the goblins spoke up, "This is black stone, a very unstable ore. It will explode when it encounters fire, and the more it is, the stronger its power will be. However, its production is extremely rare, and it mostly grows in the north of the Stan continent. The place where it grows is covered with ice and snow all year round, so it is very difficult to mine. We have heard about this ore from the elders in the tribe before, but we still don't know how to mine it."
The goblin's name was Yegor, and he sounded a little excited as he spoke.
They have learned about a new kind of mineral.
Although the goblins have become the targets of enslavement by other races because of their special abilities, the elders of the goblin clan will still pass on what they have learned throughout their lives from generation to generation. They know very well that if they don't even have the ability to identify and mine ore, the next generation of goblins will only have an even more miserable life.
In this way, many of the next generation of goblins’ knowledge of minerals is a collection of their ancestors’ knowledge.
In this way, it is passed down from generation to generation, waiting for the opportunity to belong to the goblins.
After the excitement, Yegor continued, "As for what special role it has when placed in a public building, I don't know."
Zhou Bai listened and looked at the other goblins.
The other goblins shook their heads in unison.
"We, like Yegor, have never heard of it."
As they spoke, all the goblins had a hint of apology on their faces, sorry that they had not played a role.
"I'm sorry." Yegor expressed his apology directly.
Although Zhou Bai was a little disappointed, he still said, "It's okay. You have helped a lot. Maybe after today, you will know the role it plays in public buildings. Everyone's knowledge is accumulated step by step. How can we imagine it out of thin air?"
"Well, thank you, village chief." Several goblins including Yegor nodded vigorously.
At the same time, I also swore secretly in my heart.
They must work hard to learn more about minerals, and they really hope that they can be of great help to the village chief and the territory in the future.
After letting them return to their original positions, Zhou Bai looked at Heidi and Alick, "Can you tell if this magic circle would continue to work if we had not attacked Fasal Village and Fasal Village had only lost the territory war instead of being occupied?"
After these words were spoken, Bayer on the side seemed to be hesitant to speak, and in the end he didn't say much, but just looked at Heidi and Alick.
"The magic power of the magic circle is limited. Once the magic power of the time magic is consumed, the magic circle will still operate."
"You said that the time magic and space magic of this magic circle are running at the same time. Does it mean that if we don't touch it and wait for it to be automatically consumed, the residents inside will be able to come out?"
"I'm afraid it won't work. Time magic and space magic run at the same time, but the magic power of space magic is stronger than that of time magic. This means that after the magic circle is activated, time magic will be ineffective, but the magic power of space magic will still exist and will still lock the entrance and exit of Fasal Village until its magic power is exhausted." Heidi shook her head.
In short, this magic circle has blocked any of their attempts to take shortcuts. They only have one choice, which is to break the defense of Fasal Village and activate the magic circle.
"Since waiting or not waiting are the same choice, Village Chief, let's just stop waiting and launch the final attack on Fasal Village now." Alick continued to request a battle at this time.
Wolaway and Norris listened with a heavy heart.
The disaster of Fasal village seemed inevitable.
With the entire territory in disaster, can all their families be safe?
His eyes fell on Zhou Bai, but his expression was somewhat complicated.
Through the brief conversation just now, they knew very well that the village chief had made enough efforts, and his words even revealed that he was willing to give up the plan to capture Fasar Village for the sake of the lives of the residents of Fasar Village.
Compared to the lord who caused this situation, they just want to say that comparing yourself with others is really frustrating!
"Well, prepare for the attack!" Zhou Bai paused and gave the order directly.
Since the results are the same, then buy yourself some time.
"Yes." Heidi and others responded quickly.
In a short period of time, the entire Hope Village team was back in action.
It just so happened that the soldiers, who had just had a full meal, were now ready to fight.
There were people resisting before, but now no one is resisting. It’s a pure attack. What are they afraid of?
While Hope Village was preparing for the attack, their movements were also discovered inside Fasal Village.
Basel, who was waiting on the city wall, felt his heart skip a beat.
Soon, he saw Zhou Bai.
"The magic circle will only work after it is activated, so I hope the village will continue to launch an attack soon." Zhou Bai said directly, "Before that, I have a suggestion."
"What's the proposal?" Basel asked quickly.
"You can mobilize the soldiers in your territory to protect the public buildings in the territory. Although the Black Stone cannot be found, they cannot escape the range of the public buildings. If the public buildings are well protected, at least the Black Stone in the public buildings will not explode in a short time." Zhou Bai said directly. This would also provide them with time to crack the magic circle.
The only ones at risk are the people providing protection, because while they are protecting public buildings, they also have to protect themselves under the magic circle.
Bazel listened, paused, and gave his answer after a while, "I am willing, but I don't know how many people in the territory are willing..."
"Just explain the good and the bad to them. We have to wait until the space magic circle is activated before we can solve it. If before that, the whole territory will be blown up, and none of you can escape. How long can you hold on? Buying time can save others as well as yourself. What do you think?" Zhou Bai asked back, and every word struck Basel's heart.
"Okay, I'll go and mobilize."
"Please hurry up, we will launch the attack as soon as we are ready." Zhou Bai said very straightforwardly. She did not intend to give them too much time to consider. The longer the time, the less likely those people would be able to make a decision.
Therefore, after Zhou Bai finished speaking, all the siege weapons immediately began to work.
The walls of Fasal village began to shake again.
This time, Bazel had no time to waste.
These people were already feeling nervous because of the sudden attack on Hope Village. After hearing what Basel said, without Basel saying anything more, they couldn't wait to choose different public buildings to protect.
Basel, who was watching this scene, suddenly understood Zhou Bai's idea.
After asking a team of his men to join the protection, Basel returned to the city wall, facing the side of Fasal Village, looking at the magic circle above Fasal Village, ready at all times.
At this moment, there are still many people looking at the magic circle.
In this way, the Hope Village team outside launched a large-scale attack on Fasar Village without any resistance from inside the village.
However, most of their attacks relied on stones and their own magic and physical strength, and they were reluctant to take out arrows, weapons and other slightly more precious items.
At this point, siege weapons such as catapults and giant chariots, which rely entirely on manpower, came into play.
Perhaps it was because there were still stones in the warehouse before Wolfe left, the defensive power of the city wall was not absolute, but after constant struggle, it slowly declined until it completely lost its function.
The moment Fasal village was breached, all residents of Fasal village received the same notice.
[Dear host, Fasal Village has failed in this territory war and has been captured by Hope Village. It has been monitored that the lord of Fasal Village has abandoned Fasal Village and the residents have become captives of Hope Village...]
When seeing this news, all the residents of Fasar Village felt sad in their hearts. After all, having been residents of Fasar Village for so long, how could they not have feelings for their territory?
Of course, the sadness at this moment is more about the sorrow for their own fate, which means that they cannot decide their own destiny independently, and the future is already in the hands of Hope Village.
Will Hope Village treat them as slaves?
Zhou Bai naturally received a system notification at this time.
[Dear host, you have harvested 6372 residents of Fassar Village in this territory war. Can you choose to make them residents or slaves? ]
[Dear host, you have harvested 2312 Fasal slaves in this territory war. Can you choose to make them residents or slaves? ]
Looking at the system notification, Zhou Bai chose the former without hesitation.
When she made her choice, the residents and slaves of Fasal Village received the message.
When the resident status was confirmed, many residents of Fasal village breathed a sigh of relief.
At least in name, they have been determined.
Basel also relaxed. Although they would not become slaves in the end given their status, they would feel more at ease if they could become residents as soon as possible.
As for the slaves, they were even happier, hoping that the people in the village had not deceived them.
As a result, the slaves became more enthusiastic in collecting resources at the resource points within the territory of Fasal Village.
As for the residents of Fasal Village, their minds were quickly replaced by reality, and their eyes unconsciously turned to the magic circle.
Now that the city walls have lost their defensive power, it's time to activate the magic circle!
Next, it’s the key whether they can survive.
Indeed, the moment the wall of Fassal Village was breached, the time magic on the magic circle instantly lost its effect, and the magic power began to transfer to the surroundings, along the patterns, and finally entered the magic circle of fire attribute.
At this moment, the sky above Fasal Village slowly turned red.
At this moment, the residents of Fasal Village were deeply aware of one thing.
Hope Village, what it says is true.
Just when the entire magic circle was completely dyed red, after a dazzling light, the fiery red began to descend.
Streams of fire poured down from the sky above the entire Fasal village.
Beautiful yet extremely dangerous.
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