Chapter 345 Subtle Changes

Hela felt that she had slept very comfortably, just like lying on comfortable velvet, warm and cozy.

It sounded like tiny raindrops were hitting the window outside, but the house was very quiet. Dim spell runes were engraved all around the tent, gradually weakening the sounds outside until only a little rustling sound remained.

Hela, lying on her side on the bed, changed her posture, listened to the subtle sounds, and rested quietly.
"buzz"

Just as Hela was resting, an alarm clock on the bedside table rang.

The time has come.

Hela rubbed her eyes and looked sleepily at the alarm clock on the bedside table.

She pushed back the quilt, and the cold wind blew over her warm body. She gradually began to wake up, and her exhausted body seemed to have endless strength again, and the magic power in her body was almost restored.

This is Hela's room in the northern wall. It is very simple, just a tent and some simple furniture. In addition, except for the tent, these furniture were basically made by Roland and Hela in their free time.

Although the battle at the northern wall was extremely fierce, the entire army of the War Council was trying their best to resist the attack of the green tide.

Faced with the frenzied attack of the Green Tide, even with the Northern Wall, soldiers of the War Council were dying almost every second.

After more than ten months of intense fighting, almost every member of the War Council's standing army died several times.

However, the ones with the highest number of deaths are still ordinary legion soldiers and first-ring transcendents. The frequency of death of second- and third-ring transcendents is relatively low, and among the mid-level transcendents, only a few unlucky ones have been accidentally killed so far.

The main reason is that ordinary legion soldiers and first-ring extraordinary people resurrect faster, and although the resurrection of second- and third-ring extraordinary people is not slow, it still takes longer than that of first-ring extraordinary people. As for mid-level extraordinary people, it goes without saying that they have a particularly long period of weakness after resurrection.

Therefore, once a second-, third-, or mid-level transcendent is in danger, a large number of ordinary legion soldiers and first-ring transcendents will rush to help without regard for their lives.

Of course, although the war has lasted for more than ten months and has been maintained at a high frequency and high intensity, it is still necessary to rest. The soldiers of the War Committee are not gods, and even if they can be resurrected, it is impossible for them to maintain high-intensity fighting for more than ten months.

Therefore, the war committee adopts a rotation system to allow every soldier to have time to rest as much as possible, while also providing as much food and dessert as possible to maintain the soldiers' material needs. At the same time, some mind casters are specially arranged to soothe the soldiers' mental problems through spells.

Originally, there were some more traditional ways to vent this kind of mental problem, but Roland didn't like those traditional methods. In the Old Enlightenment period, he had abolished them all. Even after the establishment of the War Council and the integration of the army, Roland forcefully abolished these traditional methods. He would rather spend more time training a few more psychic spellcasters.

Hela glanced at the alarm clock on the bedside table and yawned lazily, then her eyes gradually became clear.

It’s almost time to go out.

Hela got off the bed and took out the robe from the space bracelet, which appeared directly on her body. Then, Hela stopped the alarm clock on the bedside table and picked up the magic book on the bedside table.

Hela looked at the magic book that Roland had made for her with some nostalgia. Ever since the continuous fluctuations of elements came from the magic formation, she often recalled the past days.

Although life was dull during the years of seclusion in the Kes Mountains and not as exciting as in the North, Ginza, and Donnar, they were the happiest years in Hela's memory.

He got up at sunrise and went to bed at sunset, following Roland's ordinary meditation and study, constantly improving himself. Occasionally, he would go with Roland to explore the various ruins under the underground of the Kes Mountains. The occasional outing of the Gray Crow would bring some small excitement to his ordinary life.

For example: the extraordinary creatures hunted by Gray Crow, various fruits with strange tastes, etc.
Although Hela did not dislike the busy life in Donnar,
Hela shook her head, putting all the thoughts in her mind behind her. Then, she tucked the magic book under her arm and walked out of her tent quickly.

She untied the spell runes on the tent and then walked out the door.

After walking out of the tent, countless noisy sounds came into Hela's ears.

There were simply too many soldiers at the northern wall, and even with rotations, the soldiers in the rear camp always maintained a balanced number.

Excluding those soldiers who went back to their rooms to rest, that was still a considerable number. Even if each person only spoke a few words in a low voice, the total noise was extremely loud.

In addition to the noise of the soldiers in the rear camp, there were also various sounds on the battlefield in front of the northern wall.

The loud noise of the elemental cannon firing, the sound of swords clashing and tearing flesh, the roar and wail of the green-skinned orcs, and the sound effects of various spells.
Even though the camp was some distance away from the northern wall, the sound was still very loud when it reached the camp.

Although it was very noisy, Hela had already gotten used to it. Even if she had just woken up, Hela would simply adapt to it in a few seconds.

Hela raised her head slightly and looked towards the northern wall in the distance. On the barrier above the northern wall, balls of light were constantly releasing beams of light onto the battlefield.

On the city wall, elemental cannons were firing continuously, flashing with light. As Hela watched, she also saw an elemental cannon that suddenly flashed and was about to explode.

A goblin artificer grabbed the hot metal tube of the elemental cannon and fired wildly.

With the continuous firing, the temperature of the barrel became higher and higher. The goblin's hands, which had been roasted red, began to melt and stuck directly to the gun.

But even so, the goblin artificer became even crazier and fired wildly.

Meanwhile, several other goblin machine-smith apprentices tried every possible means to cool down the barrel.

Just when the cannon barrel was almost at its limit and couldn't get any redder, the goblin artificer finally stopped attacking. He looked at several apprentices beside him. As they were looking at the red cannon barrel, ready to move, the goblin artificer spoke something.

Then, an apprentice came out, took out some strange devices from a box nearby, and put them on his back, while the other apprentices worked quickly around the elemental cannon and quickly removed the red barrel.

Finally, as the other apprentices saluted and watched, the apprentice with the strange device on his back grabbed the red barrel of the gun. His fragile skin instantly turned fiery red, and his face changed drastically in intense pain.

However, he still gritted his teeth, saluted to the other apprentices, then turned around and jumped directly from the northern wall. In less than ten seconds, flames appeared where he jumped.

However, after he jumped down, the other apprentices did not go to see what happened to him. Instead, they immediately took the new gun barrel brought by the undead and hurried to reinstall it.

Among the artificers of the War Council, although the goblin artificers are not as capable as the dwarf artificers, they are definitely the most ruthless when it comes to fighting for their lives. Each of them does not take their own life seriously, and the average number of resurrections is several times that of other artificers.

The same is true for ordinary goblin soldiers. They don't take their lives seriously at all. Although the average number of resurrections is not several times that of other soldiers, it is still much higher.

As for why, it is mainly because ordinary goblin soldiers are not as strong-willed as the goblin artificers. If they die too many times, they will have mental problems and need time to recover.

However, thanks to their fearless and unafraid attitude, the goblins also gained the respect of other soldiers.

Although they can be resurrected after death, other soldiers have also been resurrected and know the pain of death. They also have mental problems and cannot fight as hard as the goblin soldiers.

Hela withdrew her gaze and walked calmly along the road in the camp towards the northern wall.

Although Hela was a mid-level transcendent, she was mainly responsible for commanding spellcasters, not ordinary soldiers. Therefore, although Hela was wearing a robe, the soldiers along the way basically did not recognize her. They could only confirm that she was a spellcaster through her robe.

Therefore, the soldiers along the way were all busy with their own affairs and did not pay attention to Hela, the spellcaster. At most, they just saluted.

Walking along the road, Hela came to a church area.

Although it is called the church district, it is actually just an empty lot without any buildings, except for some simple symbolic objects.

This open space is mainly set aside for believers within the army to pray together.

Roland's attitude towards religious beliefs is that it doesn't matter. As long as it doesn't affect others, Roland won't care. Therefore, there are many believers joining the army.

Although most of them are shallow believers, prayer is still helpful, and spiritual comfort can soothe and alleviate their mental problems.

When she was in the North, Hela was still a shallow believer of the Pantheon.

However, after following Roland for so many years, Hela has long become an atheist.

After leaving the church area, Hela also left the camp.

Not far from the church, Hela saw two knights praying quietly on the side of the road.

A knight with the appearance of a Donnarian, a former knight of the Order of the Radiant.

The two knights had their backs to each other, one facing the capital of the Central Kingdom, and the other facing the capital of the Silver Empire.

The knight worship of Donnar originated in the capital of the Central Kingdom, and although the Pantheon belief of Sinnar did not originate in the capital of the Silver Empire, under Littorio's integration, the orthodoxy of the Pantheon was also established in the Silver Seat.

The two of them turned their backs to each other, ignoring each other, and each prayed their own prayers.

Hela was not surprised by this. Although a church area was designated, not all believers would go there to pray. In fact, only shallow believers would go to the church area to pray, while believers with deeper faith would basically choose to find a quiet place to pray.

After Hela passed by, the two knights finished their prayers one after another, and they each picked up their weapons.

The former knight of the Radiant Knights looked at Knight Donnar standing beside him and spoke calmly.

"Pagan, don't die again."

"Humph, you should say this to yourself. Don't die and drag me down again."

Knight Donnar said unhappily.

Afterwards, after finishing their prayer, the two walked along the road towards the northern wall together.

Hela returned to the northern wall and quickly rejoined the battle.

It was unknown how long it had been since Hela rejoined the battle, as she witnessed the soldiers and spellcasters around her being replaced one after another.

When the corpses of the green orcs piled up like a mountain again and the green orcs were able to rush to the front on the corpses, Hela mobilized the magic circle of the northern wall and blasted away all the greenskin warlords who jumped up one by one.

Although she couldn't kill them, Hela could still easily knock these bulky green-skinned warlords away.

After knocking all the greenskin warlords away, the extraordinary people of the northern wall also ventured out and set fire to the pile of corpses, trying to burn down the mountain of corpses.

This is also the most dangerous time for the extraordinary people. If they are not careful, a cautious green-skinned warlord who did not rush to the wall and was blown away by Hela will suddenly attack and kill the extraordinary person who emerged from the protection.

Then, after killing the greenskin warlords, they would immediately hide again. In this case, the death rate of the extraordinary people who ventured out of the protection was very high. On average, nine out of ten died, which was as high as 90%.

If it weren't for the Fountain of Life that can resurrect, and the fact that the corpses of the green-skinned orcs would be summoned as undead and driven away by the Necromancer, causing the mountain of corpses to pile up at a slower speed, the northern wall would have been breached long ago.

Just after a large number of extraordinary people died and the pile of corpses was finally pushed down.

Hela, who was supposed to continue casting spells, suddenly stopped. Standing on the high wall, she suddenly looked in the direction of the spell formation.

Then, a strong shock came from the magic position, and at the same time, a heavy emerald green rain fell from the sky.

After the heavy rain fell, the green-skinned orcs who had been attacking frantically on the battlefield for more than ten months stopped. They looked up one by one, ignoring all the attacks from the northern wall, and looked at the falling rain in confusion.

Amidst howls of fear, the frantically attacking green-skinned orcs changed direction and began to flee.

The green tide receded.

Looking at the fading green tide, the soldiers on the northern wall looked at each other, each of them unable to react.

"we won?"

A legionnaire whose blade was bent raised his head slightly, looked at the heavy rain, and muttered to himself hesitantly.

Just as the extraordinary people and legion soldiers on the northern wall reacted, the uneasy Hela turned around and jumped from the northern wall.

"Gray Crow."

At Hela's call, the gray crow, which had just fought several battles on the battlefield, quickly left its virtual state and flew into Hela's body.

A pair of pure black wings appeared behind Hela.

Then, flapping her wings, Hela turned into a black line and instantly flew towards the direction of the magic position.

After seeing Hela's actions, the extraordinary people on the northern wall also felt a little uneasy. The intermediate extraordinary people from Roland's headquarters and the intermediate extraordinary people from Donnar looked at each other, and after looking at each other, they quickly looked away.

Tula lowered her head and, under the pretext of guarding against another attack by the Green Tide, calmly commanded her army to continue maintaining the defense of the northern wall. At the same time, she also quietly gave some orders to some soldiers and extraordinary people who were repairing in the rear camp.

(End of this chapter)