sjar Chapter 81 "Heavy Rain"
Chapter 81 "Heavy Rain"
They hadn't completely left the city yet, and the thick smoke and flames outside the city were reflected in the sky.
No matter how anxious Cecilia was, there was nothing she could do.
Many residents in the city who came to join in the fun blocked the road, making it difficult for carriages to move forward.
I could hear people talking in a flurry.
Joyce led the knights in front.
This is not the way to go.
Cecilia got off the carriage. Joyce noticed that Her Royal Highness had gotten off the carriage and immediately came to Cecilia's side. "Your Highness, it's too chaotic now. You should wait in the carriage first."
Cecilia shook her head. "No need. It's not far from here to the city gate."
Joyce was just about to say that the city gate was some distance away from the giant settlement.
But Her Royal Highness the Princess had already started walking.
Joyce immediately summoned the knights back and followed His Highness.
Although it was not far from the city gate, it still took quite some time.
Along the way, the roads were crowded with people, and many of them were very panicked, worried that the fire would burn into the city.
Some people also determined that the direction of the fire was where the giant settlement was. Due to the conflict in the Buddhist gold mine some time ago, many people felt that this was a punishment from the sun goddess to the giant settlement.
Cecilia looked at the man who said this. She had never seen this face in the church these days.
People who are not Christians are advocating that the sun goddess bring down divine punishment, and it seems that the people around them also agree with this statement.
Cecilia's pace did not slow down at all because of this incident.
When she was still far away from the city gate, Cecilia could already smell the smell of gunpowder in the air.
It turned out that the explosives that the city lord had prepared exploded.
Cecilia couldn't stop feeling regretful.
Walking a little further, the dust in the air made my throat itchy and I couldn't stop coughing.
When they arrived at the city gate, Cecilia ordered them to immediately find a way to put out the fire outside.
The people guarding the city didn't care at all, "There's no need to worry about what's happening outside the city, right?"
Cecilia glared at him, "What? Are you going to wait until the fire reaches the city before you can put it out?"
The people guarding the city went to do it in a frustrated manner.
Cecilia was worried, so she arranged for two knights to find the city lord and told him to put out the fire outside the city at all costs.
Since she arrived in this city, she rarely took out the badge that symbolized her status as a princess. Cecilia handed the badge to one of the knights and said, "Thank you for your hard work."
The roads in the city are relatively flat, and are much easier to walk on than the roads outside the city.
After leaving the city gate, Cecilia walked towards the direction of the giant settlement based on her memory.
The sun has completely set, but there is no need for lights on this mountain road.
The fire in the distance was getting brighter, and the air became hotter the further we walked.
Cecilia even thought that it was a good thing that there was not much vegetation on Mount Kabika itself, otherwise the fire would have spread even faster.
If Cecilia remembered correctly, if she continued walking along this mountain road and turned around the huge rock in front, she would see the giant settlement.
"Go find some more water! Find everything that contains water!" someone shouted.
After turning around the boulder, Cecilia looked at the giants running back and forth in the settlement.
Cecilia leaned against the boulder and almost slipped.
still alive.
At least some people are still alive.
The person in charge was Diliya, and the giants running back and forth were holding buckets of water in their hands.
There is an inland river in the city of Aslade. The river is not very wide, but it is still a river.
But that river does not pass through the giant settlement.
It became extremely difficult for the people in the giant settlement to put out the fire.
Cecilia looked at the remaining knights around her and said, "Go and help. Remember to be safe."
The knights responded, including Joyce.
The sudden appearance of nearly ten humans instantly made the giants alert.
Delia saw Cecilia walking at the back and waved to the giants, "It's Her Royal Highness's people."
The knights immediately joined the fire-fighting team.
To the giants, human help is dispensable.
Cecilia walked over to Delia, "What happened?"
Diliya looked at the exhausted Princess and said, "The explosives placed in the city exploded."
As she spoke, Delia pointed to Cecilia the real source of the fire, which was quite a distance south of the giant settlement.
But the fire had already spread to the interior of the giant settlement.
"The knight you sent suggested that we not put all the explosives together. If they exploded, the consequences would be disastrous. So we placed some in the east, south, west and north."
Cecilia turned her head and looked at Delia. The city lord told her how many bombs he had used outside the city, and the total number of those bombs should never have had such an effect.
I didn't expect it to be like this.
"The specific locations in the four directions of east, south, west and north were calculated by that knight. He said he had done this before in Petra and knew the range of an explosive explosion. Then we followed his instructions and hid the bomb within the range he calculated."
Cecilia understood it now.
Even if the bombs in this range explode, they will not explode along with the bombs in the other three parties.
Delia patted Cecilia's shoulder and said, "I have to say that the knight's calculations were very accurate. When the explosion occurred in the south, only one house in the settlement was affected. Fortunately, the giant inside was not seriously injured."
"And the knight?"
Diliya pointed to the east and said, "He should have taken people to move the bombs in the east by now. If the fire continues to spread, it will sooner or later burn the explosives in the east and west. He took people to move them as soon as possible."
As he was speaking, the fire ahead seemed to be getting bigger.
The raging flames screamed out humanity's incompetence.
Cecilia nodded, "I understand the situation. I'm sorry for coming here just now."
As she spoke, Cecilia walked forward.
Thanks to the fight with Freya in the morning, Cecilia always felt that her magic had improved.
Just right, you can test it.
Cecilia asked Delia to take her to the highest point of the giant settlement - the watchtower at the entrance of the settlement.
She simply summoned her magic wand, and a huge teleportation magic appeared above the entire fire.
Cecilia recalled the upstream of the river in the city of Aslade.
Elar, standing on the hillside of Kabika, was watching the situation here.
He stood at a higher place and could see very clearly the teleportation magic summoned by Cecilia. He also saw the rolling river water in the distance passing through Cecilia's magic and turning into heavy rain, which gradually weakened the fire.
Ellar could clearly hear the giants in the giant settlement shouting joyfully, "It's raining! It's raining! May the Sun Goddess bless you!"
He could also see the joy on many giants' faces.
But he couldn't see the expression on Cecilia's face.