At first, I couldn't believe my eyes, I just thought that my judgment was wrong—if even the kingdom of fairies has been destroyed by the demon king's army, then the reason for our action is ridiculously ridiculous.
But the war-torn scorched earth cannot be faked.
Even a goblin who is proficient in magic and loves mischief would not set a handful of hellfire in his home.
The corpses of the abyss orcs and goblins found near the entrance later confirmed my guess.
I didn't stay longer, but simply cut off the rope on the shaft, turned over and sat on the dragon riding, and ran onto the blood-stained road.
Ge Wei told me that she can last for five hours, but this must be just an exaggeration for my peace of mind, even if I believe it is only 20% moisture, considering the need to go back and forth, I can search for the time of the combat power that is currently helpful Only less than two hours!
After thinking about it for almost a moment, I decided on the direction to go.
Because it’s only been about three months since I’ve crossed over, it’s impossible for me to have been to the country of goblins. My understanding of this country, apart from the occasional rumors, is only the knowledge I learned a few days ago before I left. .
Fortunately, the fairy country itself is not too huge. In terms of area, it seems to be only as big as a county outside. And where I am going, there is an obvious landmark.
A magnificent castle of trees.
There is a saying on the earth that a single tree can form a forest. I remember that it seems to describe a banyan tree... But in Olavia, a single tree can form a forest, not just a forest.
It is not a castle "made of trees" or "built on trees", but through magic, it guides a huge tree that is similar in size to the Sirius tree, or even taller if you look closely. Yes, the living castle!
Although in terms of height, the Goblin Castle is not as good as the Thunder King's castle built by humans, and its imposing manner is also somewhat different from the Burning Steel City that the dwarves dug out of the ground, but its grandeur is not the same. The trees grow by themselves, so it has a different kind of shock, which is enough to become a landmark building that the fairies are proud of.
Even from a distance, one can still see the giant tree growing alone on the plain.
That's where the Fairy King is, and theoretically, the most heavily defended part of the Fairy's kingdom.
If there are still organized troops in the kingdom of fairies... Immortal Kingdom, it should be there.
I rode a dragon and galloped across the plains.
I ran past the Fountain of Youth, which claims to rejuvenate people. This kind of spring water contains quite a lot of magic essence. Although it doesn't have the magical effect of keeping people young as rumored, it does have some benefits for human beings. It's just that at this moment half of the Kraken's corpse occupies most of the spring water, and the stinky blood pollutes this beautiful land, making the Fountain of Youth turbid, and the surrounding land also presents a strange dark red color.
I ran across the legendary Golden Grove. The golden apples produced here are almost treasures in the outside world. At this time, the golden forest was in a mess, as if it had just been ravaged by a twelfth-level typhoon. There was almost no complete tree, and even the legendary black dragon that guarded the golden forest was left with a dilapidated corpse, which fell on the ground. In the middle of the forest, there are many monster corpses of the Demon King Army around it.
I ran over the hill of treasure that people yearn for. Before that, I always thought that the Hill of Treasures was a hill made of treasures, but it was just a rumor spread by the outside world. After all, Marco Polo also used the phrase "gold everywhere" to describe the celestial dynasty of that era; after coming here, I But he was surprised to find that the Hill of Treasures was actually made of gold, gems and other precious treasures.
But no matter whether it's the Demon King's army or the elves, it seems that they don't pay much attention to this small hill with little strategic significance, so that it is actually the only relatively complete fairy wonder on the road.
Passing through those places that are popular in the outside world, I came to the field where the castle of trees is located.
It should have been a beautiful green field, but now you can see the scars left by the war everywhere.
What puzzles me is that although the corpses of monsters and fairies can be seen everywhere, I haven't seen a "live" Demon King Army until now.
I can't judge whether this is a good sign: if the goblins have repelled the Demon King's army, that is certainly a good thing; The interior of the castle, then my past trip this time is undoubtedly a self-inflicted trap.
But at that time, I had no choice.
So I headed there without hesitation.
Dragging the carriage before entering the Fairy Kingdom, and being ridden by me after entering, this nearly half a day of wild running finally exceeded the limit of riding a dragon. It sprained its feet and fell to the ground, panting. After a few breaths, he died suddenly like that.
And because of my inertia, I was thrown several meters away, and after I fell to the ground, I rolled several times before stopping the momentum.
If I were still the same as I was before time travel, I would have fallen to my death and even lost the ability to move.
But after three months of training and actual combat, I have never experienced this level of situation. When I landed, I kept holding my head with both hands. Although that posture is not good-looking, it can protect the body to the maximum extent. Stay in your head.
Although his body was very painful from the bump, and he might be bruised and bruised afterward, he managed to maintain his sobriety and mobility.
With hardly any time left for myself to breathe, I staggered and ran the final distance enduring the pain, and then climbed into the entrance of the castle of trees almost on the ground with hands and feet.
Corpse, corpse, corpse.
The castle of trees is also littered with corpses.
There were shocking bloodstains all over the wall.
The only thing that puzzled me was that unlike the fierce confrontation outside, the dead bodies in the castle showed no sign of any battle at all.
It was as if everyone was killed in their sleep.
The previous fall also caused burning pain all over my body. I think it may be because I broke one or two bones-maybe many people will have similar feelings. On the day of the injury, the wound was not too serious. It hurt, but it was the second day after that that the wound started to hurt as if there was a delay.
After taking a deep breath, I continued to walk deep into the castle.
But the further you go, the more it feels wrong.
If the monsters belonging to the Demon King's army that invaded the castle could still be seen in those places just now, then the corpses lying on the ground in these places now are all from a group of elves.
Going on for a while, I suddenly found some clues.
If you look closely, you can vaguely see bloody footprints on the edge of the pool of blood all over the floor.
So I started to follow my footsteps... Now that I have no way out, if we can't find someone who can help us, then Gewei will be in danger.
I don't know if you have experienced rib fractures. Anyway, when I followed the bloody footprints, I found that the footprints seemed to be thinking about the upper floors of the castle. Every step on the stairs, I felt a dull pain in my chest.
In order to relieve this pain, I can only try to divert my attention to other places.
Like footprints on the ground.
According to the pace of the footprints, the owner of the footprints was not running in a panic, but walking very calmly step by step. Even the distance between the footprints seemed to be measured with a ruler, almost identical.
This made me have some bad guesses: Could it be that the owner of this footprint is not a victim who fled, but a murderer who killed the living in the entire castle
While I was thinking this way, probably because I had already reached a relatively high place, there were no corpses around, and naturally there were no bloodstains. The dark red shoe prints also became lighter and lighter, and finally disappeared on the stairs.
Fortunately, there is no fork in the road after that—this staircase leads to a high platform at the top of the castle of trees.
After stepping out of the stairs, my vision suddenly opened up.
As possibly the highest point in the entire fairy kingdom, the high platform of the tree castle can almost have a panoramic view of this small world wandering in Olavia.
It must have been a magnificent and beautiful scene in the past; the fountain of youth reflecting the sky, the golden forest shining with golden light, the jeweled treasure, and there are many wonders that I have not passed, such as the crystal clear crystal forest , the mushroom swamp that competes in splendor, the river of life flowing with milk-like sweet juice...
But at this moment, this once beautiful world only feels devastated.
Curly columns of smoke rose everywhere, like black pillars reaching to the sky, reminding people with the presence that cannot be ignored, the fact that the place has been ravaged by the flames of war.
At the front end of the high platform, there is a huge pure white sculpture like a throne carved from marble.
At first glance, the sculpture looks like an eagle spreading its wings, or a fan-shaped screen composed of several giant swords.
And this is not a real throne after all, under the sculpture is a square platform.
There was a man standing in front of the platform.
He was wearing a long cloak in the color of a phoenix butterfly, his muscular right shoulder was exposed, and his hair was gray curly hair similar to that of a judge's head. Even if he could only see a little bit of his side face, he could still be spotted Has a bushy beard.
Even if it is a conservative estimate, the height of the other party is more than 1.9 meters.
The figure is even more burly to the same as a bodybuilding champion.
Even in the mercenary regiment, only the barbarian warrior from the highlands had such exaggerated muscles.
I don't know if it's an illusion, but I felt a sense of sadness and despair from the other party.
Later, I discovered the crown on the opponent's head, which was inversely proportional to his size and was about half the size of a palm.
"Sorry," so I asked aloud, "Are you His Majesty the Fairy King?"
The action of the other party was obviously interrupted by my questioning.
He turned his head slowly.
As I guessed, the other party has a typical European face, and the beard on his face is not at the level of a beard, but closer to the level of a bearded man.
It's just that his complexion is extremely gray, even if it is described as haggard, it is not an exaggeration.
A person's head obviously cannot turn 180 degrees, even if the other party is the fairy king, so when he turned his head, his body was slightly turned sideways, allowing me to see the other party before I interrupted him. doing what.
—He is thrusting a sword into the stone platform below the sculptural screen.
The reason why I inserted it instead of pulling it out is because I can still see some blood on the blade...
"Human, where do you come from?"
"I'm from the human king, and I'm asking you fairies for alliance."
Because the other party's aura was too dangerous, coupled with that undisguised alert attitude, I didn't continue to move forward, but just took out the letterhead of Her Royal Highness, which I kept close to me, and put it on the ground in front of me.
But the other party did not intend to accept it.
He didn't even bend down to pick up the soap... Ahem, the letter paper didn't mean anything.
"Alliance?"
There was a sarcasm on the other party's face, but I didn't know whether he was mocking himself, me, or Her Royal Highness who wanted to be an alliance.
"That's right, the world is facing a catastrophe, whether it's humans or elves, now only by uniting all the living forces can we fight against the Demon King's army."
I buried my anxiety to the bottom of my heart and tried to convince him with only sincerity on my face.
"Only one of your words is true."
However, the sarcasm on the other party's face became stronger, and he said lightly: "'The world is in a catastrophe'."
"what do you mean?"
At this time, even I, who reacted slowly, could hear something wrong in his words.
"The world is in catastrophe, but the disaster is not the Demon King's army, but me."
"Varied… "
I was taken aback by what he said.
"You must have already vaguely noticed it."
The other party continued: "The Fairy Kingdom no longer exists...all the fairies are dead except me."
Although I did have this vague feeling, I was genuinely shocked when he actually said it.
At the same time, he was even more worried about Gewei's situation.
If there is no goblin army, how on earth can I save her
But soon, I was trying to keep my focus on the situation.
"Did the Demon King Army do it?"
This kind of weird situation always makes me feel a little creepy.
"I did it." He confessed: "Probably about half of it."
really.
"Aren't you the king of fairies? Why..."
I have trouble understanding his motives.
"The goblin has passed down a cursed magic sword from generation to generation."
He let go of his hand, and I saw the sword stuck on the stone platform.
Judging from the appearance, it is a very standard Western two-handed sword, but the person who cast it may be an artist or a master craftsman or something. In short, the gilded sword, the delicate and unique hilt, and the very elegant blade As well as the inscriptions on the blade, all make people feel that this sword is more like a work of art than a weapon.
It's just that more than half of it has been inserted into the stone, so the tip of the sword can't be seen.
"Before each generation of Immortal Kings takes office, they will be warned that they must not take out the sword that is guarded in the center of the tree root unless they encounter a desperate situation where the goblins are about to be wiped out."
He said slowly: "I thought that I, like my father, would never use this sword in my life... But I didn't expect that because of a small negligence, those monsters would flee into the fairyland... My clansman was killed... They killed and their bodies were eaten, but I could only sit in the castle, unable to do anything but try to call my people to the castle to take refuge... "
Probably because it was too painful for a person to suppress, he just told me everything without hesitation.
"In the end, they finally attacked all the way to my castle. My people are no match for those monsters. If this continues, they will die here sooner or later. So in the end I took out the magic sword suppressed in the heart of the tree. "
"Magic sword?"
I repeated it blankly. There are also magic swords in the human kingdom, but they are basically magical weapons like "swords with magic".
"That's right, the magic sword! It's a weapon that possesses terrifying power and can also confuse people..." The expression on his face became a little frenzied, and he said slowly: "Once you hold the handle, Once you pull out the scabbard, once you start using it, you can't stop... Slashing, chopping, chopping, the magic sword that will never stop until it kills all living things!"
I thought of those bodies down there.
Almost all of them were killed by one blow, and there was no trace of resistance or fighting.
If it was possible to achieve that level because of that sword, then it is indeed a terrifying weapon that can be called a real magic sword.
"By the time I woke up, it was too late... My enemies, my people, my wife and children, all died in my hands! This is the magic sword! I should have realized earlier Arrived! You should have realized it the moment you grasped it! Even if you risk your life and lead my people to break out of the siege, it is better than living in the world like this!"
He became hysterical, and it seemed that he had killed his subjects and his wife and children with his own hands, which was a great blow to him.
"It's all the fault of this world! It's all because of this damned world, those damned Demon King Army, that everything has come to this point!" He laughed wildly: "So, let this world, for me My people, let Talisa and Meimei be buried with them!"
"What do you want to do!"
I couldn't help asking out loud.
"Immortal Kingdom is a space floating outside Olavia, but it itself is unstable. My ancestors once designed the greatest weapon in the world for us weak fairies."
His eyes fell on the marble statue behind him: "As long as you use the 'key' to open the lock, this space formation will start... The entire fairyland will turn into a sharp sword under the traction of the 'key', Pierce into the world of Olavia! Destroy that damned world!"
Obviously, that magic sword is the so-called "key".
And this kind of suicide attack will undoubtedly completely collapse the fairy kingdom.
Normally, this kind of thing is not so much a decisive weapon, but more like a nuclear weapon on the earth. It is the most deterrent when it is not in use.
"You crazy..."
In this regard, I can only make such an evaluation.
"Alright, before the world is destroyed, let's do a final warm-up."
He let go of the hilt of his sword and walked slowly towards me.
Immediately, I pulled out the standard long sword that was already full of gaps in the scabbard as if facing a big enemy, and made the most standard starting gesture.
"Are you going to fight me with bare hands without a weapon?" I tried my best to disrupt the opponent's rhythm with words.
"Who do you think I am?"
The other party didn't take it seriously, and just punched me casually, making me feel like I was hit by an oncoming car a few meters away, and at the same time with dull pain all over my body, I flew out and hit the wood behind me. the wall.
"Guha..." The force of the impact was so strong that I felt as if the air in my lungs had been squeezed out.
Was that punch just now wind magic? Without chanting, without casting spells, and without even seeing the slightest sign, I have been recruited on my side. The gap is indeed so large that it is a bit desperate.
But now is not the time to give up.
After touching my chest to make sure that the broken rib was not inserted into the internal organs, I stood up unsteadily again, thinking that my opponent raised the sword.
"The pride of a swordsman? Hmph."
The corner of the opponent's mouth twitched slightly, and then he stretched out his hand and grasped it, and a lightsaber like a Jedi appeared in his hand.
It seems that he intends to use my best swordsmanship to defeat me.
Although I have heard of such a subtle and somewhat paranoid guy in some aspects, it is actually the first time I have seen it.
Maybe it was because the other party was crazy.
But in this way, I also have a little chance of winning.
At that time, I was too weak. If the opponent kept keeping a distance and used magic to fight me, I would probably be blasted out of the dregs after dodging one or two magic spells...
Although I was already seriously injured, in order to pursue that small chance of winning, I didn't hesitate much, dragging my seriously injured body, I slashed towards the opponent first.
Unlike the swords of the Celestial Dynasty, which mainly focus on stabbing, the two-handed swords in the mercenary group are basically chopping. In fact, the usage is closer to the knives in the Eighteen Weapons of the Celestial Dynasty.
When the Fairy King saw my clumsy attack, the look of contempt in his eyes became heavier, he simply turned sideways slightly, and then slashed along my sword like that. If my moves remain the same, my fingers will be cut off one step before my sword strikes him.
However, his response was right in my arms.
As I said before, the only swordsmanship I knew at that time was called Jackdaw Retaliation.
The reason why I learned this sword technique is mainly because this sword technique is very handsome to use, and it is indeed very practical.
It can be seen from the name that this is a sword technique that slides away to attack and counterattack after the opponent attacks. It is chic and elegant to use, and can even give people a feeling that the user can predict the future.
In fact, this move is very strict in predicting the enemy's attack route and the opponent's change of move. In theory, only experienced veterans can learn it. Therefore, when I first learned this move, the leader felt incredible. And think I'm quite talented in swordsmanship.
At the same time that the Fairy King made that move, I immediately used the jackdaw to fight back, intending to use the blade of the sword to strangle the opponent's lightsaber, but my long sword was fused by the lightsaber instead.
But this was more or less within my expectation. At almost the same moment, I immediately stretched out my right hand to grab the tip of the melted old iron sword, and stabbed towards the opponent's heart!
But this was also missed by the opponent with an elbow.
It's just that my third wave of attack has arrived, and the half of the sword that was left turned over with a shake because of excessive force.
His right hand is still maintaining the lightsaber, and his left hand has just made an elbow strike. In theory, there is no way to block my blow.
But this is only a theory after all, and when the enemy is a magician, the theory is not so reliable.
Almost in the blink of an eye, the other party withdrew the lightsaber—although he could try to stab me through with the lightsaber, but he would also take a blow from the hilt of my sword, regardless of whether it would hurt or not , but momentary dizziness is certain. For a swordsman, that moment was enough for me to insert the broken sword into his brain again.
Then he kept his right hand resting slightly on his abdomen and opened his palm towards me.
The next moment, I was blown away by the same wind bomb as before.
"Cough..." This time because the distance was too short, I flew farther than last time, and finally hit the stone platform heavily.
At that moment, I almost felt like I was going to die.
Even if the wind bombs at very close range didn't smash my internal organs, they could still beat me to internal bleeding.
Now that there are no priests who can treat them in time, this is basically no different from the death penalty.
Probably because he couldn't defeat me with just the swordsman part, the Fairy King stood there motionless, but the expression on his face kept changing.
But it doesn't matter anymore, because my goal has been achieved.
I used up my last bit of strength to get to the stone platform.
"What do you want to do?!"
The voice of the Fairy King came from behind me. It is estimated that he has already tried to pull me away from here with magic transmission or other magic.
But I have to move faster!
I just grabbed the handle of the magic sword with both hands.
The next moment, the world seemed to stand still.
I don't know how to describe that feeling, it just seems that there are many images flashing around me.
The next moment, I suddenly understood.
That's prophecy.
When I grasped the hilt of the magic sword, the magic sword predicted my future.
I will kill everything in this world.
Whether it is what I love or what I hate, whether it is an acquaintance or a stranger, whether it is a man, a woman, or a child, in the end they will all die under my sword.
Whether it's the princess or Gewei.
Everything I hold dear, everything I want to protect, will be destroyed by my own hands.
At the end of everything, I will destroy this world just like that lunatic and goblin.
I will be like a puppet, step by step, irreversible towards the established ending.