Chapter 232: Deadly Dawn (2)

Who were the first victims?
Most documents cited Captain Sinai, who died with all the other 294 crew members in the cabin of the Queen of Sin at 16:49 on the 9th of July 22nd, 25th century.
However, in fact they were not the first to be sacrificed.
As a preparation step for the raid, the Palm Leaf Naval Academy of the Imperial Navy was destroyed at 16:34 that day.
1,709 naval cadets were slaughtered, including the dean, instructors, logistics personnel, and a Marine Corps responsible for security.
The news about the destruction of the Naval Academy was submitted to the emperor at 16:44 on July 9th. It revealed the calculations and planning carried out by the enemy, but did not show any more specific information. Therefore, the emperor did not immediately conduct martial law throughout the city. Instead, all secret guards were sent to investigate.
The specific information of the destruction of the Queen of Crimes is no longer available. It is like a small boat breathing in the storm, carrying hundreds of souls, penetrated by something that lives in the fog, was born in the fog, and originated from the fog. , That is the empty hunger with sharp teeth and eyes, permeating every vent and hatch like high-pressure oil.
All crew members screamed when suffocating in the darkness, there was nowhere to escape, no place to hide, those things that originated from the darkness were filled with the Queen of Sin, every cabin and deck, every room and passage, as a sudden rainstorm drowned Underground dwelling, suffocating everything, filling the room, full of nose and mouth, full of lungs, full of ears, full of belly, soaking the brain, extinguishing gunfire, wiping the blunt blade, engulfing the screams of those who are dying.
An hour later, the lighthouse at the estuary of Silver Point Bay found the evil queen floating like a dead fish. The lighthouse chief determined that if he had not received any semaphore before the end of the rotation, it was necessary to send an intercept signal.
As the storm approached, nearly 10,000 ships of all sizes in the various port areas of Yinjiao Bay needed to berth that day.
The interception did not finally start, because the Queen of Sin issued a slogan requesting parking at 18:12 on July 9th. The lighthouse chief determined that the other party might have some power failure, so he let the other party rise from the waves. Floating up.
If the lighthouse officer at that time was more careful, he would definitely find that he could not see any crew on the deck. If he was more careful...
Minec III and his chief imperial wizard Tren Balta stand in the Purple Palace Observatory, the tallest building in Cusconal.
They looked through the transparent dome and looked at the twilight outside.
Suddenly the emperor asked the wizard what he thought of such a scene.
"It's a little different tonight..."
Tren Baltar opened his hood, and as the crystalline prosthetic eye twisted and twisted, he blinked his left eye.
He tried to get a sense of what happened when a star disappeared, but now there is nothing but darkness.
"The stars are extinct."
The old Fox Wizard whispered, his voice looked deep and helpless.
Minec III gave a wry smile.
Although Tren Balta spent most of his time in his astrological tower, he was right. A few days ago, he had personally checked the situation with a telescope-the darkness soaked the entire sky, and the brightest stars were all Has been suffocated.
It seems impossible that so many stars are extinguished, but this is how it happened.
And now, darkness is gathering around Cusconal.
"You are right."
Minec III was very tired. He had received a lot of information, but when he realized that something was happening, the group of people he once trusted the most disappeared.
Completely, all that is left is gone.
"What is making them extinct?"
The emperor asked the wizard.
"I can't understand it at all."
There are many possibilities for the culprit, but in the current situation, there is only that one explanation.
"Because of a group of twisted people."
Tren Balta thinks it's best to say it right away.
"Arcanist, they have gone astray and are coming towards us."
The emperor shifted his gaze from the dim starlight down to his throne, Cusconal.
This is an eternal city with countless history and glory, and his family has ruled here for centuries under the name of Kaimon.
Although Cusconal has experienced countless wars, he stood proudly every time. His great-grandfather even fought battles with Western invaders here, and thus became a legend.
This country has a long history and is the oldest empire of human beings. Although it is a bit stale, the people here have survived for thousands of years. Some of them have become wizards and arcanists, and all are the cornerstones of the empire. .
Now, those arcanists are going crazy, ready to devour everything here in the blink of an eye.
With a sigh, the emperor decided to use a more optimistic tone.
"Don’t worry, Tren, come to the starting point. I have already recruited the army a few days ago. We still have some old friends who will come to help us. And...there are the elite 200,000 people who are stationed in this city. Troops, including the Secret Guards and the Three Witches, and the sacred church, they will not let the capital fall."
Suddenly, a man rushed into the dome. His bright bald head was sweating and disheveled.
He was Francis, the leader of the secret sword, and the emperor especially remembered his name because of Diego.
"His Majesty!"
Francis said quickly:
"The telegraph system is completely paralyzed, we are completely isolated!"
Minec III gave another wry smile, and the last method failed. As early as a few hours ago, Cusconal’s railway system to the outside world was in chaos, and the road was the same.
A few weeks ago, the Aswan region issued an early warning, indicating that the large-scale invasion of Ok was imminent. He had to mobilize the main force of the Western Empire Corps to guard the important province of Gramatia. Because of the rush to prepare for the war, Hundreds of thousands of troops have been blocked on railways and highways outside the capital.
According to the original plan, they should come to the outskirts of Cusconar in batches, and then change their equipment, and then board the troop carrier directly to the port of Tyre.
But I don’t know what went wrong, or what went wrong, the whole plan was chaotic from the beginning~EbookFREE.me~ chaotic preparation, chaotic command, chaotic schedule, should not be The emerged troops came out one by one, but the expected troops were still stationed on the spot. Although he was already disappointed with the military department, they made him even more desperate this time.
"Yeah, I knew it would become like this."
"Let me try?"
Tren Balta said tentatively.
"Maybe I can communicate with the army in the nearby province."
"It is too late to count on you now, and you should also know how dangerous it is."
Minec III said.
"Your Majesty... why?"
Francis showed confusion.
"Go find a wizard yourself and ask how they feel now."
The emperor snapped that a member of the wizarding royal family had just committed suicide not long ago, just to calm the noise in his brain.
"In any case, we have to rely on ourselves now."
In the silence that followed, Francis looked at the emperor and the royal wizard, and whispered:
"What order do you have, Your Majesty?"
Minec III took a deep breath and tried to hide his shaking hands, and then said:
"The martial law of the whole city, General Wilson is solely responsible, and later he will issue military orders and send letters to the Three Witches and churches. We have been completely isolated, preparing them to fortify and assist around the Witch Hill and St Andrews Cathedral. Deal with the mess on the street, and you, at all costs, find the Arcanist hiding place, and wipe them out!"
After issuing this series of commands, Minec III looked at the night sky again, and suddenly his eyes saw another scene of fear and trembling.
"Sky, sky!"
The other two looked up.
The dark night is being dyed into ominous blue...