Two Worlds: I studied abroad at Hogwarts

Chapter 97 Fire Dragon Attacks the City
After returning to Veteran Alley from the port, Moon was once again praised by everyone.

Especially after learning that this trip to the Venetian Islands would not cost a penny and that you could enjoy free food.

These veterans and their families all showed expressions of relief.

Everyone in the alley knew that the days ahead would be very difficult.

Veterans need to deal with the dangers of war, and those who go to the Venetian Islands also need to find ways to restart their lives.

Although there is no war in the Venetian Islands now, it is not easy for people in the alley to find new sources of income in the short term.

So if we can save some money now, we will be better prepared to deal with various emergencies in the future.

After emerging from the crowd, Moon came to Neil's house.

Neil, who had already received the order to set off, directly gave Moon a small bag of silver coins.

"Although I don't know what the spellcaster needs, you always need to buy things."

Moon took the purse and weighed it briefly. There were about a hundred silver coins in it.

That's equivalent to Moon's salary on the farm for ten years.

"Uncle, these"

"Why do you think it's too little? This is my savings that I've been hiding for three years."

Hearing Neil's slightly reluctant tone, Moon laughed out loud.

Ever since Moon learned about the conditions that Gold offered him for traveling on the ship, he knew that he wouldn't be short of money for the next period of time.

However, after hearing the difficult origin of these 100 silver coins, Moon still accepted them silently.

"That's right. I'm leaving for the Snow Eagle Mountain defense line tomorrow, and I have nowhere to spend this money."

Neil once explained to Moon how to obtain food and various daily necessities during the war.

In times of peace, you buy it with money; in times of war, you have to rob it.

This is the war survival experience that Neil summed up.

"Okay, I'll put the money to good use."

"That's right. There's no need for men from the Scarlett family to be so timid. Once you settle down, remember to write to me."

"I will."

It is actually very difficult to transmit messages during war, but the federal top leaders will still try their best to maintain this means of winning over and maintaining people's hearts.

Therefore, even during the most intense period of war, the communication between soldiers and their families would not be easily cut off.

Of course, precisely because of this, this method of delivering messages is not easy to succeed.

The transfer order Neil received included an address that could be used as a temporary mail delivery address.

[The 5th Battalion of the 1st Infantry Regiment, under the Snow Eagle Mountain Defense Line]

There were originally 33 veterans in the alley, and this time 28 will report to this location.

Just as every household in the alley was preparing for a long journey.

To the northwest of Xilin, a magic siege had already begun in Liuyun City, five hundred miles away.

Although Liuyun City is not on the first chain of the Snow Eagle Mountain defense line.

However, as the first city to break out of the Snow Eagle Mountain defense line, it began to prepare for war half a year ago.

All nighttime activities in the city were banned, and the guards at the city gates were doubled.

All soldiers' leave was cancelled, and in order to prevent mistakes, three shifts of soldiers were arranged to patrol in a staggered manner every day.

It is precisely because of this strict precaution that emergencies inside and outside the city can always be discovered quickly.

Before dawn, when the soldiers were preparing to change shifts, an alarm bell suddenly rang out from the bunker on the city wall.

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"Something is flying towards Snow Eagle Mountain!"

The soldier who rang the alarm bell shouted frantically outside while ringing it.

In the pitch-black night, anything in the distance that wasn't higher than the mountain would be obscured by its shadow. Because of this, the soldiers hadn't noticed the object that had appeared in the sky.

However, it was not until the enemy got closer and closer, and their height gradually exceeded the dark shadow of the mountain, that the soldiers were sure that it was an enemy attack.

The loud ringing of the bell alerted everyone.

The officer on duty at the city gate tonight was Lieutenant Colonel Owen. After receiving the news from the soldiers, he immediately issued an order.

"Sound all the alarm bells in the city and tell everyone to take shelter immediately!"

"All soldiers, leave the city walls immediately!"

"Also, call Major Mikael and the others over immediately!"

As the highest-ranking officer in charge of the guard tonight, Lieutenant Colonel Owen made the wisest judgment at the first moment.

Having participated in the Federal Sovereignty War, he knew very well that the rapidly approaching guy was the fire dragon of the Maynila Empire.

Not long after the order was issued, a huge black shadow carrying a strong wind arrived above Liuyun City.

The fire dragon's huge wings carried a strong wind and roared past, instantly knocking down the tallest stone fortress on the city wall.

The crowd in the city who had heard the alarm and were about to hide were frightened by this scene and ran away in panic.

"There's only one of these giant creatures! Why did it come to Floating Cloud City?"

Mikael Richie is the highest-ranking of the three spellcasters in Floating Cloud City.

Before he received the order, he heard the roar of the fire dragon.

"No, I don't know. Could it be that Black Earth City has been breached?"

Black Soil City is part of the Snow Eagle Mountain defense line, and its location is right between Flowing Cloud City and the Maynila Empire.

"Captain Augustine, don't talk nonsense! If the Snow Eagle Mountain defense line is breached, the first to arrive will definitely not be the Fire Dragon!"

Augustine is a spellcaster who graduated after the end of the Federal Sovereignty War.

Because he had never seen the true appearance of a fire dragon, he was frightened by the huge creature that just flew across the sky.

"Do you remember the [Shield Defense] we taught you in the academy?"

"Remember! This is a defensive magic invented by the dean specifically for combating the fire dragon's breath."

"That's right, now we have to rush to the city gate to cast this spell to prevent the fire dragon from destroying the city gate!"

"But the city gate is too big. It's definitely not possible with just the two of us!"

[Shield Defense] is one of the magic spells summarized by federal spellcasters in the last sovereignty war to deal with fire dragons.

This magic was originally in the hands of federal spellcasters, and only three high-level officials could master it.

Later, after being researched and improved by Major General Layton, it became a joint defensive magic that could be performed by multiple people.

It is precisely because of this magic that there are at least three spellcasters in each of the twelve major cities in the Federation.

"Captain Duke is with Major General Mikhail Liz. We're the only two here right now. You should know that the city gate is very heavy. If it's destroyed by a fire dragon, we won't be able to build a new one in a short time!"

Mikael said this and rushed out of the sturdy underground fortress.

Seeing this, Augustine had no choice but to follow.

Siege warfare has always been the most brutal and common form of warfare waged by the Federation and the Maynila Empire.

In such wars, city gates have always been the key nodes of attack and defense for both sides.

The gates of Liuyun City are made of oak that is over a hundred years old, and then wrapped with a layer of hard and thick iron sheets.

To build such a city gate, not to mention the difficulty in obtaining materials, the construction period alone may take more than a year.

Although the battle situation on the front line is still uncertain, the city gates, especially those facing the Snow Eagle Mountain line, must be safe.

When the caster ran towards the city gate, the fire dragon turned in the sky and immediately aimed at the north gate of Liuyun City.

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