The violent explosion sounded for dozens of miles.
At the same time, everyone outside the "Forest of Ashes" discovered something strange deep in the forest.
"Is there a volcano erupting in the forest? No, why is it emitting black gas..."
"Look, that forest is moving! Damn it, what the hell is that?"
"It looks like a flower?"
"Have you ever seen flowers as tall as the Alcoron Mountains?"
"..."
At this moment, both the Colemans and the hunters in Mechanical City were stunned.
Before they could understand what was going on with the black energy that suddenly shot up into the sky, the mountains suddenly shook.
Then, they saw that a large area deep in the forest suddenly turned into a giant piranha flower, slowly closing its petals and swallowing everything in the center of the forest.
A huge black and red flower suddenly appeared in the forest, it was so big that it was jaw-dropping!
But at this time, somewhere in the forest, "Elder Ghost Mushroom" Dalle, who was in control of the [Wood Totem] of the Coleman clan, was shocked, and murmured to himself with a pale face: "It is said that the plant that grows in hell is the Moro Corpse." "Wanghua', this thing is so good in the Zhongting tribe..."
After a pause, his eyes trembled, as if he understood something, and murmured desperately: "The [Black Tide] is coming..."
... ... .
The vision is far more than just the "Forest of Ashes".
In the forest, the black tide spurting out from the "Eye of Hell" was like a "flare", detonating a series of chain reactions.
Almost at the same time, black air columns like blowouts appeared everywhere in the vast wasteland west of the Alcoron Mountains...
The black air covered the sky and the sun, and the entire wasteland seemed to be like a hell, with no daylight forever.
At the first moment when black air filled the earth.
Somewhere in the wasteland, in the frozen soil, the ground suddenly bulged and cracked.
In the shallow soil, a highly decomposed body of a hunter slowly stood up.
Its eyes have rotted away, and its arm was bitten off by an unknown animal.
The corpse stood up staggeringly, and the black air in the air seemed to be attracted by a mysterious force in the corpse, and was absorbed like a whale...
After a moment, the eyes of this rotten corpse condensed into a black flame like a will-o'-the-wisp. Taking a closer look, the black flame is condensing into black crystals...
This weird scene is happening all over the wasteland.
Even if only the bones were left to rot, they were "resurrected" again because of the black energy...
Hundreds, thousands, ten thousand, one hundred thousand, millions...the number is endless.
Not just people, but also monsters.
... ...
On the battlefield, this strange scene was also happening.
The hunters were surprised to find that the enemy they had just killed slowly stood up again due to inhaling the black air.
The monster that was just killed was also resurrected...
What was even more horrifying was that they discovered that the resurrected "corpses" could not be killed at all.
Even if they are beaten into sieves by muskets, they can still move; even if they are cut off at the waist, they can still drag their bloody internal organs, crawl towards living people with both hands, and bite them crazily. The higher the level of the corpse, the more terrifying the strength, cruel and completely irrational...
Then, after the living person was bitten and killed by the corpse, not long after, he absorbed the black energy and became a new "living corpse", standing up staggeringly.
More and more wet corpses, rotting corpses, mummified corpses, and white bones crawled out of the soil...
It can’t be killed, and it can’t be finished.
It's like a scene from hell descending into the world.
This is the paradise of the dead.
... ...
In the extraordinary world, corpses do not decay so easily.
But the less likely the corpses are to decay, the stronger they were during their lifetime.
For countless years, one civilization after another has been buried under this land, as well as countless powerful beings...
The corpses that had been sleeping for countless years were awakened by the black tide, and monsters struggled to crawl out from the depths of the soil.
And in those places where the black tide blowout was the strongest, huge figures slowly stood up. They seemed to have taken a long sleep, and when they woke up, they were going to destroy the world.
These "living corpses" seemed to be guided by some mysterious aura, turning a blind eye to the monsters around them, but instinctively wanted to bite all living humans.
The "City of Glory", thousands of miles away from the Forest of Ashes, is the largest human stronghold west of the Alcoron Mountains.
Not long after, in the wasteland outside the city, densely packed "living corpses" crawled out of the ground.
They were attracted by the breath of living people and gathered towards the Glory City...
At first, the hunters could easily smash the skeleton monsters crawling out of the shallow soil. But gradually, some troublesome "living corpses" that can kill high-level extraordinary people appeared in the deep soil, and more and more...
The hunters hunkered down in the Mechanical City, no longer daring to set foot in the wasteland easily.
In just half a day, more and more high-level "living corpses" gathered outside the Glory City, millions of them densely packed. There are skeleton monsters that are weak enough to be smashed by guns, and "giant corpses" that are hundreds of meters tall and cannot be damaged by artillery...
... ...
In a posthouse in the Glory City.
There was a young man in a black suit sitting next to the window, drinking coffee leisurely.
He looked at the black air column rising into the sky on the wasteland in the distance, as if he had expected it, and murmured to himself: "The 'Black Tide' has broken out."
This person was none other than "Clemens F. Metternich" who had fought against Rennes as a landlord.
The black gas blowout shocked everyone in the city, but he took a sip of coffee slowly and looked into the distance with his eyes gradually deepening.
A dense army of "living zombies" began to appear outside the city, and everyone in Ruishe City entered a state of war readiness.
Glory City changed its defensive posture, and the artillery and magic towers also showed their ferocious fangs.
In the city, there was a scene of urgency and panic.
Metternich's leisurely style was incompatible with his busyness, and he drank the entire cup of coffee unhurriedly.
Then he tapped the rim of the cup rhythmically with the sugar spoon, making a crisp sound.
Dang, Dang, Dang...
After pondering for a long time, he seemed to have decided something and muttered to himself: "Now, it's time to end that bet..."
Think about it and stood up.
Metternich suddenly felt a very strange aura. He picked up the silver-handled cane beside the table and, like a magician, made a dazzling stick flower in the air.
"Tuk!"
When the cane hit the ground heavily, there was a clear sound, and there was a flash of smoke, rising from the feet and instantly covering the whole body.
When the smoke clears, take another look.
His black dress, which was ironed and straight and looked extremely gentlemanly, suddenly turned into colorful colors like magic. It looked like a clown costume from the circus that made people laugh, which was very eye-catching.
And that originally handsome face was suddenly covered with heavy makeup, a shockingly white thick foundation, a red nose, funny eyebrows and exaggerated blue-red eye shadow, and of course that bad short grass-green hair and a red-green horned hat. ...
He changed from a gentlemanly palace staffer to a funny clown in an instant.
As soon as his attire changed, Metternich's temperament also suddenly changed, with an exaggerated fake smile appearing on his face.
He looked at his clown suit and said with satisfaction, "Tsk, tsk, I still like this outfit better..."
Without looking back, he popped out a gold coin and left it on the table to settle the bill.
When I looked again, I saw that the person had already stepped onto the street and walked happily towards the beautiful pyramid-like glass building in the city.
As he walked, the clown took out a small mirror and looked at himself in the mirror.
Sudden,
He stopped, seemingly dissatisfied with his makeup in the mirror, and pursed his lips.
Then, he tilted his head and thought for a while, then seemed to remember something, and excitedly snapped his fingers, "Click~".
With a flick of his wrist, he pulled out a throwing knife as if by magic. Looking at himself in the mirror, he twisted his mouth and without hesitation used a sharp knife to cut both sides of the corners of his mouth, leaving a bloody wound.
Then he held a small mirror in one hand, dipped it in blood with the other, touched up makeup on his face, applied blush, and created a crescent-shaped smiling face...
Looking again, in the mirror, there is a bloody clown with a very charming grin, and a thick and violent smile in his eyes.
"This would be perfect~"
He seemed satisfied, threw away the mirror, and stepped through the door of the library.
... ... .
The clown walked in and shouted at the top of his lungs, "Hey, Master Cavo, I'm here to play cards with you!"
The surrounding scenery changed, and everything in the library suddenly became illusory, with books floating everywhere in the air...
Even the clown's own body seemed to have lost weight, appearing on an illusory black and white checkerboard.
"I am honored to be able to play chess with Master Cavo. If word spreads, I will be proud~"
The clown didn't care about this weird environment, and the smile in his eyes became more and more arrogant.
Without any hesitation, he stepped on the grid of the chessboard and walked toward the old man with a white beard and glasses who was reading a book not far away.
Cavo seemed not to be at all surprised that Metternich would come.
He was just surprised to make such a big noise, so he asked: "Did you make the noise outside the city?"
"yes!"
The clown didn't hide it either, tilting his head and smiling.
"The information about the 'Morogos Temple' was originally read from an interpretation of ancient documents I found in the Omar Royal Treasure House..."
Black blood scabs solidified at the corners of his mouth, and he could see a pair of big white teeth: "Then, just when those old nobles were about to eat the Black Gold Chamber of Commerce, I gave it to the 'Black Gold People'. Of course, the two big Naturally, the empire and the five major families in Glory City got the news and got involved... "
After hearing the ins and outs of the matter, Cavo did not make any further comments. He only said lightly: "A lot of people will die in this turmoil in the wasteland."
Joker: "Yeah, a lot of people will die... But it's not bad. On the contrary, it's a 'good thing' for this era."
Cavo was slightly surprised: "Oh?"
The clown continued: "'The black tide is coming, and hell will come to the world.' This is the content of the document. But after I read it, it only fooled those ancient people. The current steam city is enough to cope with everything... After all, you know, no matter how good those underground beings are, this world will not allow the existence of power beyond your level."
Hearing these words, Cavo raised his head and glanced at Metternich, slightly surprised.
He seemed to acquiesce to the clown's statement, and said: "Then what?"
"Then, it's a new era."
The clown became more and more excited as he spoke, as if he were a salesman selling his own products. He spoke in a crisp and clear voice: "Although after the [Black Tide], the living environment in the wasteland will be very harsh. But this place will become a real In the wilderness hunting holy land, those zombies crawling out from the ground will bring out countless ancient civilization relics. And the 'abyss demonic energy' will also turn this wasteland into a holy land for extraordinary people to practice! By then, the massive hunters from the two empires will The desolate people will get wind of the situation, and there will be a large-scale migration of the population. The nobles will be panicked, and a new order will be established. Of course, before that, I will also let Omar completely collapse in the near future. Sid's group Although the political power controlled by vampires by blood is not easy to deal with, the tide of the times will sooner or later eliminate those guys who should be lying in coffins... "
After hearing everything, Cavo closed the book in his hand calmly, "So?"
The clown narrowed his eyes into a slit, "So I want to make a bet with you."
Cavo said nothing calmly, as if he already knew the result and was waiting for the next step.
At this time, the clown's expression became more and more excited, and he said: "I lose, I lose my life; you lose, give up on the Glory City! Even if you force it into your hands, it is not what you imagined. That 'City of Freedom'..."
Cavo didn't deny it and asked: "Do you think I would bet with you?"
The clown was confident: "I have put all my chips on the gambling table, and you and I are both in the game. Regardless of the outcome, who do you think is qualified to play?"
Cavo glanced at him: "Oh? Are you going to play the clown card?"
"Yes! After all, this round... I am going to risk my life!"
As he spoke, the personality in the clown's eyes changed, and violence surged out.
He turned over a pair of pure gold playing cards in his hand and threw it into the sky. At this moment, the illusory chessboard around him was forced back.
One side is 9, 10, J, Q, K, A...
On the other side, there are king, queen, bishop, knight, rook and pawn on the chessboard.
Gold poker cards of various numbers and colors faced off against the black and white chess pieces on the opposite side.
"It's an interesting ability..."
Cavo's expression didn't change at all and he praised him. .
He looked at the sky full of poker cards and was unmoved, and asked calmly: "Is it worth it?"
The clown squinted and patiently watched him turn the book: "If the solidified soil barrier is not broken, the new shoots will never be able to grow. If you don't have the courage to break it, I will help you..."
Cavo: "You want to pave the way for Princess Omar?"
The clown shook his head: "No, the original...the eldest princess was just a seed, and she just helped. Of course, now it seems that she is the most anticipated one."
Kavo raised his white eyebrows and was noncommittal.
The clown said this, narrowed his eyes and asked: "When we went to the plague base before, the doctor named Ren's remarks made me feel that I saw more new things. Don't you think he said that this era could be better? ?”
Cavo nodded in rare recognition: "I agree with the theory that the young man said, but there is still a long way to go. And you are too radical."
After being rejected again, the violence in the clown's eyes has reached its peak, and his rational personality has been completely suppressed.
He said almost ferociously: "Master Cavo, don't you want to give this era a little hope?"
Cavo shook his head: "I see hatred and extremeness in your eyes. So, even if I agree with some of your views... I will not let you do whatever you want."
"So there's nothing to talk about?"
As soon as he said this, the clown grinned crazily, and the light in his eyes became more and more violent, "Hahahaha... Then let's have a bet!"
His violent personality has long made him unable to bear the urge to compete with Master Kavo, the number one among the "Top Ten Legends"...
Even if it means risking your life!
This is the return of the gambler sequence!
... ...
An hour later, Metternich vomited blood and walked out of the library door in a slightly embarrassed manner.
He looked back at the depths of the library with complicated eyes.
Not far from the library, the eldest prince Quentin has been waiting for a long time. When he saw Metternich walking out alive, his face was filled with joy, and at the same time there was a hint of coldness in his eyes.
Seeing His Royal Highness the Prince coming uninvited, Metternich seemed to have expected it. He grinned at the terrifying bloody mouth, walked over, and said with a sly smile: "Your Highness, Your Highness, you are fortunate to have lived up to your command."