Twilight War

02

The crimson cinnabar was painted on the black banner as the emblem of the double swords, and the half-wet cinnabar oozes from the banner like blood.

17 people stood under the banner, all wearing black black iron armor.

The forehead belts of the seventeen painted Ni double swords are placed in front of everyone on a sandalwood tray. The black brocade is cool to the touch.

Hitting the building is the voice of change.

Patriarch Huangxuan stood at the front, also dressed in black. He was born with a kind of awe-inspiring beauty, and at this moment, he was even so beautiful that he had the sharpness of cutting people, like a sharp blade.

People in the audience bit off their fingers one after another, and dripped blood on the black forehead belt. The inverse double sword emblem in the center of the forehead belt was stained red with blood, as if carrying Yama's desperation and killing intent.

"Have you already made up your mind?" Patriarch Huangxuan said, "This is the way of no return."

"We made an oath that day, and this life already belongs to Huangxuan. We live as Huangxuan and die as Huangxuan." Standing at the front, Nanzong picked up the black forehead band on the tray and said, his voice Very calm, but it seems to have the determination to never regret.

"So what if we die. Even if we die, we are still the ghost soldiers of the Huangxuan family, and one day we will fight back with banners flying all over the sky!" Cang Yuan also picked up his forehead band and shouted these words almost like a roar.

Holding the forehead band in his hands, he smiled carefreely.

Everyone tied the black forehead belts on their foreheads one by one, and the blood from the forehead seemed to seep into the flesh and blood.

Patriarch Huangxuan held a bowl of Qiansha wine and drank it down in one gulp.

"I swear that I will return with my soul, and my family and country will live forever."

After finishing his drink, he looked at everyone calmly and said.

"I swear that I will return with my soul, and my family and country will live forever!"

The black porcelain wine bowl fell to the ground, and the splashed wine fell on the unsheathed cold blade, and the splashed wine on the black clothes was like dark blood.

A strong man raises his sword and goes to die for his life.

"I swear that I will return with my soul, and my family and country will live forever!!!"

The wine bowl shattered like the sound of building.

The sound of Yu is generous, why not get drunk.

03

Holy Rose King Hall, Council Hall.

"Silver City was attacked?" Isabel looked up from the pile of documents, "How could it be!"

"Your Majesty, we don't know the exact situation yet, but according to the report of Silver City Guard Admiral Carlos, the attackers were a dozen people dressed in black." Brunhilde said standing in front of the Queen.

"Most of the silver of the great abyss in the Vana Empire is stored in Silver City." The queen said looking at Brunhilde.

"Yes, including the Silver of the Great Abyss obtained from the Kingdom of Eastern Brilliance in this Glory Expedition. Because there is a problem with the distribution plan of the Silver of the Great Abyss by the Privy Council, it is also stored in Yincheng."

"You mean the heart of the Vana Empire was broken into just like that?"

Silver City is indeed the heart of the Vana Empire.

The silver transportation route of the abyss with Silver City as the center weaves into a huge network, like the blood vessels distributed throughout the empire.

Every day, tens of thousands of tons of silver from the great abyss are continuously transported from Silver City to various departments of the Vana Empire, maintaining the operation of the entire huge state machine like flowing silver blood.

Every beat of Silver City is about the running of the country.

Compared with Silver City, Corinth is more like the brain of the Vana Empire. It is the center of politics, technology and culture, and it governs the entire empire like a brain.

"I don't know what happened, these people suddenly bypassed layers of guards and appeared at the East Gate of Silver City." Brunhild said, "Admiral Carlos has begun to quickly organize a counterattack, and he can arrest the intruders at any time." entrant."

"Do you know why those people came here?"

"The person who came had a black forehead belt tied on his head. On the forehead belt were the double swords of the Huangxuan family. He seemed to be looking for something. Several guards were caught by them and kept asking about the whereabouts of the 'Jade Tiger Talisman'. It seems that they are here to retrieve the 'Jade Tiger Talisman'."

"Jade Tiger Talisman? Was it obtained from the Kingdom of Eastern Brilliance during this Glory Expedition?"

"It should be, but I don't have much impression. There are too many things brought in this time, many of which we don't even know. All of them are stored in Yincheng's vault. It may be something important to the Huangxuan family. .”

"It should be. It's so important that they don't hesitate to go to Silver City at night." The queen smiled, "It's beyond self-control."

"What weapons are the Guardians of the Silver City equipped with?" the Queen asked suddenly.

"It is the 'Oathkeeper' recently developed by the Empire, with a caliber of 8mm, eight rounds, and a maximum range of 500m."

"I'm not at all interested in the details of that gun," said the Queen. "Which fool equipped the guards of Silver City with a gun?"

"It was applied by Carlos. He believes that only the best weapons are worthy of the guards of the Silver City."

"Take him down when this battle is over," said the queen. "The Oathkeeper's firepower is the most powerful among the newly developed muskets. Is he trying to ignite the silver of the abyss?"

"Please rest assured, Queen, Carlos said that all the pipelines in the city are strictly sealed, and there will be no ignition incident."

"That's good, tell them it's better to be captured alive."

"Those intruders are all equipped with swords." "Thousands of people can't catch a few of them?" The queen walked to the bookshelf behind her, and unhurriedly pulled out a several-meter-long parchment scroll from the corner.

She spread the parchment on the desk, on which the city structure of the Silver City and the locations of various secret passages were meticulously outlined with emerald ink, and every checkpoint was marked out in detail.

Yincheng is like a gigantic precision instrument, and each checkpoint is like a gear that meshes with each other. This machine is hidden in the mountains, pulsating slowly at the heart of this country.

The queen's porcelain-like fingers slowly drew on the map, "The vault in Silver City was supervised by the Flamel family, and it is impossible to open it without my key, so don't worry too much about them breaking into the vault. We have a lot of time and can drag them slowly." The Queen said, "We must use them to catch the planners of this incident, otherwise there will be endless troubles."

"The planner should be the head of the Huangxuan family. It is said that he was hidden in the dungeon by Huangxuanye during the expedition of glory and survived. After we withdrew, he quickly organized the remaining forces of the Huangxuan family in Jiangnan, probably to prepare To avenge his father."

"War always kills people. If they come, they will die more. If they don't come, I can let them go." Isabel is still studying the map seriously.

"You said they have entered the Dongzheng Gate? This is the farthest from the vault, but it is indeed the weakest defense." The Queen's finger moved slowly along the line from the Dongzheng Gate to the vault, "'Jade Tiger Talisman '? Ever heard of this thing?"

"No, but I have heard of jade charms. I don't know if it has anything to do with it."

"Forget it, let's study what they are looking for after this battle is over."

On the towering hillside in the distance of Yincheng, Patriarch Huangxuan is riding on a strong black horse, wearing a black military uniform with dark golden dragon patterns embroidered on the lining, looking at the Yincheng hidden in the mountains under the undulating hills .

The entire Silver City is like a metal castle hidden outside the world.

Above the Silver City is a gloomy sky, with gray stratus clouds slowly covering the full moon at night.

"Is this the heart of the Vana Empire?" Patriarch Huangxuan asked the person riding the silver horse beside him with a serious expression.

"Yes, this is Yincheng." Wihipel also looked at Yincheng at the foot of the mountain and said, he was wearing a white military uniform, but without any armor, he didn't look like he came to fight, but he looked like an officer attending a banquet.

"How many people did the Patriarch send?" Wei Xipelwen, "As far as I know, there are [-] elites of the Vana Empire guarding here, and they are equipped with the latest 'Oathkeepers' developed by the Vana Empire."

"Seventeen."

"How much?" Wihipel turned his head to look at Patriarch Huangxuan.

"Seventeen dead soldiers from the Huangxuan family are enough."

The black forehead band was fluttering in the air. Zang Yuan and the other three were facing back to each other, looking at the soldiers of the Vana Empire who surrounded them. Dozens of soldiers of the Vana Empire were all wearing red uniforms, standing in the gray Like a river of blood in the dark night.

"Where is the Jade Tiger Talisman?!" Cang Yuan shouted to the officer of the Vana Empire, "We are just here to get the Jade Tiger Talisman, hand it over!"

"Her Majesty does not want your lives, as long as you lay down your weapons! We can spare you." Adjutant Yincheng stood at the front of the line and looked arrogantly at the four intruders in front of him. These few people broke into Yincheng at night, It's simply overpowering.

There are countless sophisticated and huge machines in the Silver City, and these machines are all used to process the Silver of the Abyss.

In addition to these huge machines, there are hundreds of huge mine pits. Thousands of tons of silver from the abyss are transported from the bottom of the mine pits to the storage room of Silver City along those huge steel pipelines. Those are equivalent to gold. expensive fuel.

The metal pipes shone with a cold luster in the dark night.

"I swear that I will return with my soul, and my family and country will live forever."

Cang Yuan gritted his teeth and recited the Huangxuan family's oath, as if just reciting these words would give him the courage to fight.

Holding the Quan Leng Sword, he charged forward suddenly, like a heroic spirit going to die!

The forehead belt tied on the forehead fluttered in the cold wind of Yincheng, and the double swords congealed from the blood on the forehead carried the chill of hell!

The three people behind also rushed forward, as if they were not afraid of death!

The sound of fire|guns was like dense cannon drums, and the Tibetan abyss was like an ink stain fused with blood into the Vana soldiers, and the metal pipes were cut off suddenly during the fight!

They were like shadows in the dark night, fighting among the soldiers of Vanna.

The soul returns, and the family and country will always exist.

Mercury-like fuel slowly flowed out of the pipe, and the high-concentration steam evaporated instantly. The soldiers of the Vana Empire fell into the flowing silver of the giant abyss, and were instantly pierced by the hidden abyss!

A soldier behind him shot suddenly, and the bullet pierced Cang Yuan's shoulder, as if it wanted to smash his flesh and blood into pieces.There was no time to care about the person who attacked him, because in an instant, another bayonet slashed behind him, tearing his back completely apart. Cang Yuan swung his sword back, and blood splashed on his black clothes. Like a low drink.

Blood and silver fuel mixed together, and Cang Yuan stood up from the pile of corpses, surrounded by the corpses of the Vana Empire.The forehead band on the forehead was messy, and the blood mixed into the black silk brocade only dyed the silk brocade into a deeper black, only the Ni Shuangjian in the center was as scarlet as cinnabar.

The other two people walked to him slowly, dragging their seriously injured bodies, "Where's Qi Ke?"

"Here." A voice slowly came from the pile of corpses. The right leg of the young man with the black forehead band was cut off, and his upper body was also injured a lot.

He held his sword and sat up from the pool of blood, "I can still live, but I can't go on with you." He smiled with the corners of his mouth, and lifted his blood-stained hair, "I'll stay here, You go, go to fight!"

Cang Yuan stretched out his hand and made a fist with him, "It's okay, I'll be with you in a while."

Two other people also came over and shook hands with him, "See you later..."

"I swear that I will return with my soul, and my family and country will remain forever." Qi Ke smiled and said to them.

"Family and country will always be here." Nanzong recited these words calmly and resolutely, and then walked slowly along the road of Yincheng with two other people. The black figure was like Mo Song in the landscape painting of the land of Donghuang.

They kept cutting down the huge pipes along the way, and the expensive silver of the abyss slowly flowed out of the pipes, slowly covering the bluestone-paved ground like mercury.

High-concentration steam spread throughout the entire Silver City like fog.

04

Too number one.

An icy mist filled the sea, and a huge steam keelboat sailed in the night.

"It's so quiet here today." Da'an was a little cold from the sea breeze with his sleeves in his hands.

"Yes." Si Tianming beside her nodded and said, his voice was very soft, as if he was about to drift away in the mist, Da'an knew that his thoughts were not here.

"I don't seem to have seen Zangyuan and the others. I told them two days ago that I would bring them some sweet-scented osmanthus cakes today." Da'an said with his head tilted.

"Nanzong and Qike also said they wanted me to bring some wine." Da'an was a little unhappy that he didn't see them, "I brought everything here, why can't I see anyone?"

"They won't come back today." Si Tianming sat cross-legged on the dew-soaked deck, picked up Da'an's wine and poured himself a bowl.

"Put it down! I brought it to them." Da'an yelled.

"I'll drink this wine for them." Si Tianming said.

"Daan, do you know what the word 'Huangxuan' means?" Si Tianming said while shaking the wine in his hand.

"Of course I know, 'Huangxuan' means 'Xuanyuan', and it is the taboo of the Xuanyuan Yellow Emperor who was born a god and ruled all directions." Da'an said with a smile.

"Xuanyuan Yellow Emperor caressed all the people, traveled all over the world, and enjoyed the worship of future generations for thousands of years. And the founding father of the country laid down this country for Emperor Cangwu, so Emperor Cangwu personally gave his surname Huangxuan, which means supreme honor."

"The word 'Huangxuan' is indeed the highest honor, but these two words... are stained with blood after all." Si Tianming said slowly shaking his head.

Da'an looked at Si Tianming with some doubts, she felt that something was wrong with Si Tianming today.The usual Si Tianming has always been out of shape, with an inscrutable expression on his sleeves.

But today's Si Tianming made her feel a little...sad.