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Chapter 1216 - 830: The Foolish Ones

A thousand miles away.In the large city guarding the vital transportation hub—White Stone City, the small teleportation array inside the Night Watchers’ stronghold lit up with intense spatial distortion.

The light dissipated, and five well-equipped, imposing figures instantly appeared. They were the "Defenders" squad which had received the orders.

Cedric, the captain, didn’t pause for a moment. As soon as he stood firm, he shouted: "Confirm coordinates ’Hamilton’! Equip everything! Mounts ready!"

The members of the squad moved like lightning, taking out their mounts from the special Magic bags at their waists.

Five tall and robust land birds, covered with tightly forged steel armor, appeared in the specially made beast pen at the stronghold.

These were not ordinary mounts; they were carefully bred and alchemically enhanced war companions of the Night Watchers.

Over the years, the breeding of land birds by the Night Watchers had expanded enough to allow every Night Watcher to have two.

Under the development of the Beast Taming secondary profession, many superior breeds have also been cultivated.

It can be said that these mounts are perfect to the extreme.

The only difficulty might be that they cannot directly fly, but only glide from high places.

But even this is very, very good.

Just having land birds is enough to make many forces extremely envious.

What’s more, through breeding and level improvement, land birds can use simple Magic, and their intelligence has increased significantly.

Each has reached about Level 6, with beaks and claws as if forged from high-grade steel, muscle beneath the armor containing explosive power and comparable to ordinary war horses in speed and endurance.

Cedric took the lead, flipping over and leaping onto his largest land bird, "Barrier".

The mount’s armor gleamed with a cold metallic sheen in the dim light of the stronghold, with visible flows of Magic Power across its surface.

Outsiders might see the Night Watchers as overly lavish.

Even the armor on the mounts is inscribed with runes.

He shared the emergency information he received with the other Night Watchers remaining in the stronghold—they mostly handled intelligence transmission, logistical support, or were low-tier combat personnel.

This was the configuration of Night Watchers in large cities.

"White Stone stronghold Night Watchers hear the order!" Cedric’s voice echoed in the stronghold hall.

"A void rift precursor discovered in Hamilton Town! Situation urgent! Stronghold entering red alert battle preparation! Information immediately encrypted and sent to provincial headquarters!

"Stationary personnel activate local ’Void Defense Plan’ step one! Now, all combat personnel who can handle weapons, immediately go to the armory to collect ’Standard Emergency Pack’, follow us to Hamilton Town!

"Remember, it’s not about battling the void head-on, it’s about establishing a perimeter, clearing possible secondary contaminants, protecting civilian evacuation! Quickly!"

"Yes!"

A chorus of replies arose in the stronghold.

Several stationed combat members immediately rushed to the armory, swiftly arming themselves.

Meanwhile, the responsible person in the White Stone stronghold—a calm and capable middle-aged male mage, Ovid—had already donned the silver-edged gray robe symbolizing his status.

He grimly nodded quickly to Cedric: "Leave this to me! Proceed at full speed! Hang in there! Messenger!"

"Yes!" A young Half-Elf Night Watcher responded and ran over.

Mage Ovid spoke quickly, his eyes glinting with wise calm: "Immediately notify the city lord, military commander, and all high-level noble representatives of this city with the highest priority of this information and forthcoming orders.

"The wording is as follows: ’Anwein Continent—central plains—Hamilton Town confirmed the imminent opening of a void rift!

"This level of disaster will lead to high concentration void energy contamination and large-scale invasion of void creatures, its radiation influence far exceeds a single town, covering at least a fifty-mile radius around Hamilton.

"White Stone City may also face secondary contamination impact and wandering void creature threats! Now, according to ’Night Watcher—Void Emergency Act’ and ’World—Concord—Joint Defense Treaty’, require White Stone City to immediately enter emergency status! The orders are:’"

He took a deep breath, his voice carrying indisputable authority and a hint of urgency: "First, the city immediately enters void alert! Close all non-essential outer gates, activate all defensive rune towers, cancel all guard leave, city defense forces ready for deployment."

"Second, noble private troops, city guard promptly gather in the designated square, ready to follow Night Watcher deployment for perimeter defense and clearing tasks!"

"Third, immediately organize city forces to prepare to receive and accommodate the soon-to-arrive evacuees from Hamilton Town and other surrounding villages!"

"Fourth, warn all nobles and their families, obstructing orders, hoarding speculation, or spreading rumors at this time will be viewed as betrayal of the human camp and assisting void invasion!

"Night Watchers will employ all means for destructive removal! Understand? This is an order, not a request! If you don’t want your entire family to become snacks for the void, execute it immediately! Send it out!"

Though he says this.

But he knows, some foolish nobles will definitely violate the fourth clause he mentioned.

It’s the nature of those nobles, impossible to change.

But no matter, in the face of the void, everything must yield.

These are just treaties signed without ever considering those treaties would be realized on themselves; these nobles will soon learn the obligations required after signing their names.

This matter must be carried out according to the rules, as this is the first void invasion since signing the treaty.