Chapter 756: Chapter 457 New Method_2
"This is something I must do," Claire shook her head, her body slowly rising from the ground, appearing slow but actually moving quickly, soon disappearing from sight.
Following that, a dazzling white light suddenly emerged from the night sky. Colin narrowed his eyes slightly; it was Claire, radiating powerful energy fluctuations.
Swoosh!
Startled by this undisguised surge of power, Shelley arrived first, followed by Atbolde and Lillian.
"What is that?" Shelley asked, looking up in confusion.
"Lady Claire, she’s trying to disperse the clouds."
"Is it going to rain? Hasn’t it been clear lately?" Lillian asked subconsciously, a sense of unease bubbling up within her.
"I don’t know, but this rain, I fear it’s not that simple," Colin shook his head, looking towards the sky.
At this moment, Claire slightly lifted her hands, and the clouds in front of her began to churn like waves. Vast amounts of pale white vapor were drawn out, then condensed into droplets in the palm of her hand.
In just the blink of an eye, a translucent stream suddenly appeared in the night sky, and the clouds nearby were noticeably thinner.
Claire was about to guide the stream towards the ground’s rivers, but her expression suddenly changed!
"These clouds...something’s not right!" Atbolde looked up, his eyes sharply narrowing.
Colin’s expression also changed dramatically, and he instinctively flew towards the sky!
Shelley thought about following him but decided to stay and keep a wary watch on the surroundings.
"I hadn’t expected there really to be a problem..." Midair, Claire, observing the clouds ahead, narrowed her red eyes.
In her view, the clouds, which had already dissipated significantly, were now visibly growing back to their original size at a rapid pace, and, as if provoked, they became even denser!
"Lady Claire," Colin reached Claire’s side, his expression grim as he watched the clouds before them.
"Let me try again, keep an eye on the surroundings for me," Claire said after a moment of contemplation.
"Okay," Colin nodded, concentrating his spirit.
Hum—!
Claire took a deep breath, and a strong white light erupted from her head.
Whoosh whoosh!
Clouds within dozens of kilometers were affected, large amounts of vapor gathered like swallows returning to their nest, rushing towards Claire!
In an instant, the sky turned into a lake, the encircling dark clouds dissipated in large patches, revealing a brilliant starry sky and a bright moon!
However, the scene only lasted for a moment; in the blink of an eye, the stars and moon dimmed again, an endless grey-black fog regrouped... A new formation of dark clouds appeared, clearly looking even more profound than before.
Heavy rain seemed about to fall.
Claire’s intervention not only failed to disperse the clouds but instead stimulated them, making them larger.
Colin furrowed his brows, a decision forming in his heart.
"I’m going to seek assistance from the Supreme Council..."
"I’m preparing to start the spring harvest early!"
Colin paused briefly, turning to look at Claire.
She was currently turned to the side, gazing into the distance, her complexion somewhat pale, clearly having exhausted quite a bit from her earlier efforts.
"You want to start the spring harvest early?"
"Did you discover something, my lady?"
They spoke again at the same time.
"You go first," Colin paused, gesturing for Claire to speak.
Claire nodded slightly, then turned her head again towards the south.
"I’ve detected an abnormal source behind the clouds, in the far south."
"The south..."
"It indeed seems to be related to the Divine," Claire affirmed.
The south... precisely the direction of the coastal battlefield.
As she spoke, Claire took out the Great Councilman Badge, beginning to relay the situation to the Supreme Council. At the same time, she continued:
"You want to start the spring harvest early? But with this heavy rain..."
"The heavy rain has not yet arrived; grab what we can before it does," Colin said gravely.
"That’s true, the wheat matures in just over a dozen days, and despite the serfs’ best efforts, it will still take at least half a month to harvest all the wheat; we must hurry," Claire said, intentionally displaying her acquired knowledge.
Colin glanced at her, about to shake his head to explain, when suddenly Claire spoke again:
"The situation is dire," just half an hour ago, the Divine launched a fierce offensive. The Merredith defensive line is in crisis, with a large number of Wizards rushing to support... Now, there are no more Fourth Rank Wizards nearby in Tilamei to come to our aid."
Claire lifted her head, her face looking terrible, as she stared anxiously at the clouds in front of her, suddenly filling her chest with anxious emotions.
The wheat in the Tilamei Plain had basically reached the appropriate harvest period.
If it isn’t harvested within half a month, the wheat will overripe, leading to shedding and dry grains, thus reducing the yield.
Moreover... there are clouds overhead, and if it keeps raining, this year’s wheat will certainly be greatly reduced!
"The frontline is critical..." Colin furrowed his brow, unable to suppress a vexed sigh.
But such emotions were only temporary. He took a deep breath and said in a deep voice, "Lady Claire, I need to go and command the wheat harvesting now. Regarding the changes in the cloud layer, please pay more attention to any anomalies."
"... Go ahead." Claire sighed, feeling somewhat defeated.
She had thought that coming to the Tilamei Plain this time, she would be able to thwart any Divine conspiracy that might arise, but it turned out she couldn’t make any difference.
Instead... looking at the cloud layer overhead, Claire felt even more troubled.
She hadn’t expected it to make the clouds even larger; if it looked like it would rain in a day before, now it seemed it would happen in less than half a day.
"Just try to harvest as much as you can before it rains," she couldn’t help saying again.
Seeing her low spirits, Colin spoke up to comfort her:
"Lady, there’s no need to worry too much. The spring harvest doesn’t need half a month; if we work day and night, by this time tomorrow, most of the wheat will be harvested."
"Only one day and two nights to harvest most of it? Doesn’t it usually take at least half a month?" Claire was slightly taken aback, beginning to doubt whether the various information about Tilamei she had read before coming here was wrong?
Perhaps those books didn’t record information about Tilamei Plain but about another place?
"Tilamei Plain has a new method of spring harvest this year," Colin smiled and simply explained.
He looked at the clouds again and added, "I can sense that these clouds are still brewing. With some luck, we might be able to complete the harvest before it truly starts to rain!"
...
The frontline.
Doric Coast.
It was deep into the night, but the entire coast was lit up as bright as day due to various attacks and illuminations.
Whoosh!
Boom!
Witchcraft and Divine Arts clashed, sparking bloody sparks.
The sea domain close to the coast had turned a vivid red, filled with shadows of Divine Believers and Wizards... This was the busiest part of the entire battlefield.
Compared to the coast, the sea domain a bit further away was considerably more silent.
Thirteen Sky-reaching Grey Towers stood silently. A dozen distinct figures hovered in front of them.
"My lord is watching over you, continue the attack, kill all these filthy Wizards!" The middle figure, pale gold in color, softly commanded.
Almost immediately, a violent disturbance erupted in the distant battlefield.
Crackle!
At the same moment, a fiercely flashing lightning-like light lit up from behind, moving through the tops of the thirteen grey towers like a traveling dragon.
An invisible wave spread rapidly from the grey towers towards the front, across the Siya Continent.
Under this influence, the Divine Believers on the battlefield saw an increase in both their recovery abilities and strength.
Of course, this was just the most basic ability of the grey towers.
"The sea level is rising?!"
Back at Doric Coast, Agnes looked shocked as he listened to the Wizard’s report in front of him.
"Yes, sir, it’s not the tide, the sea water is rising abnormally."
"Ding—!"
At that moment, the crystal on the table suddenly buzzed!
Whoosh.
Agnes pressed his brow and gently waved his hand.
The crystal flickered once then stopped buzzing, and at the same time, a new message appeared in his mind.
"Extremely weather conditions emerging across the continent... likely related to the Divine... detect if there are any anomalies on the frontline..."
’Divine’s new tactic huh... this is troubling.’
Agnes’s expression slightly darkened as he strode out of the command room.