The history of war is almost equivalent to the history of development for mankind, destroying everything in war, and recreating civilization in the ruins. Such a cycle is the trajectory of mankind over thousands of years.
However, before the Third Era, no matter what kind of history, human warfare has never been as magnificent as it is now, and the reason is very simple. Unlike wars between nations, human wars against aliens are races. Battle.
There is no mediation, no compromise, only going all out to eliminate each other. In this process, people from different countries and religions are united. To a certain extent, this kind of war can be said to be beyond common sense.
And this time the scorched earth battle is the same.
At midnight, on the edge of the Harvey Desert, the ready-to-go army stretched out in the dark for several miles. The soldiers in iron armor were silent, with only the sound of breathing and the sound of the night wind blowing the flags in the air.
Surrounded by many priests of the Holy See, Noelle, dressed in military uniform, stood side by side with Charlotte, and the two quietly looked at the end of the east, waiting for the passage of time.
Up to now, the main battle army at the core of the rescue operation has reached 250,000 people. After the Acate-led pagan army that originally escorted Kadia home, he returned to the front line after receiving news from Roja. Cynthia, Rodney, and Wood are three more powerful sources in the team.
The three source-level 2 powerhouses are undoubtedly a powerful force, but they are not enough to change the situation in the war. However, the addition of 50,000 pagan legions and the elite Akats is for Noel and others. It is a tonic.
In this rescue operation, the main attack team needed enough breakthrough power to break through the blockade of aliens. Therefore, the soldiers have high requirements for combat power and willpower. However, the pagan legion and the Akat who regard Roja as the holy child The leading pro-military team perfectly meets these two points.
The two teams with the highest will to save lives were left in the center. After these two teams, no reinforcements came, but the opposite aliens were completely different.
At this moment, across from Noelle and others, in the dark night, as many as 200,000 aliens were arrayed in the desert. The dull sound of the horn continued in the distance, and the light of the torch merged into an ocean. .
In the dark night, countless monsters flew up into the sky and screamed at the human army, seeming to stun their masters. On the ground, monsters with blue faces and fangs were holding weapons, waiting for the moment of war to come.
Now that the king of alien species is located in the desert, all aliens have entered a state of excitement. They are not afraid of death, and even eager to show their bravery by killing in front of the king of race.
The roar was murderous, the sword blade was shining with silver light, and the entire alien team was restless, but facing such monsters, the human iron army was unmoved.
Whether it is a tall giant at the front or a staff officer in the rear camp, no one is intimidated by the aura of the alien. For the soldiers who walked out of self-blood and fire last year, such a deterrent is useless. Screamed, and their will will never be shaken by it.
Under the threat of the alien king, the human situation is already in danger. If Roja, who can definitely defeat the alien king in the future, cannot be rescued, the future of the entire race will be in darkness, and there is even a danger of genocide.
For the continuation of the race, for the elderly parents and young children behind them, they must fight and win.
The Austin Empire army controlled by Lilian did not come. No one knows the reason. On the edge of the battlefield, long-distance communication has been interfered by aliens. Not to mention external inquiries. Even the order to start the war cannot be used with curses. Convey, but even so, action must be carried out.
"Is it almost time?"
"Um."
Looking at the clock on the side, the girl with brown-red hair reminded me of this, while the blond angel nodded slightly and gave an affirmative answer. The expression on his face was slightly nervous. After a moment of silence, Noelle stepped forward. Walked to the empty stone square in front of him.
It was a square bordered by four angel sculptures. Each sculpture was an image of an angel holding a weapon and wearing a battle armor. On the ground, there were complicated and exquisite patterns. A stone long sword is inserted.
The area of the entire square is small, but from the masonry it can be seen that it was built for a long time, and in fact, it is indeed an antiquities passed down from the Second Age.
[War Angel Plaza], this is one of the most valuable curses of the Holy See today. It is also an ancient artifact inherited from the ancient angels and whose construction age is no longer censorable. In the Second Age, it was once regarded as an imperial weapon, but now , It is one of the treasures to protect mankind in race wars.
In the silence, Noelle stepped into the square. The moment she entered, the angel sculptures in the east, west, north and south flashed at the same time, and the sacred breath suddenly spread, and there were countless priests around the square. Then he raised the scepter and gathered the curse power toward the four sculptures.
Under the continuous injection of curse power, the entire square was enveloped by a faint light, and the sacred aura became stronger and stronger. In the center of the wide platform, the blond girl stroked the stone sword with her blue eyes. It was thrown into the sky, and with Noelle’s sight, the originally gray sky began to change.
Among the originally dense dark clouds, a little light did not know when or where it began to appear, like fireflies all over the sky.
It is a little bit of light, like a shavings of light, and it is also impossible to perceive the existence of the magic reaction. Tonight when both the enemy and the enemy are lined up, in the dark night sky full of monsters, these tiny lights It was so inconspicuous, but at the moment when she saw these light spots, the girl's eyes flickered.
Under the night sky, in the center of the square, the blond girl held a stone sword in her hand, and the blood in her body burst out suddenly. Under the resonance of the blood of the ancient angel king, the eyes of the four angels of war sculpture lit up at the same time, and then a skyrocket appeared. And four beams of golden light appeared.
"boom!"
In the silent black sky, the violent roar suddenly appeared accompanied by the response of the curse that shook the sky. The golden light quickly rendered the sky like dye. Under the changing sky, the shadow of the King of Angels appeared behind Noelle, she pulled out A stone long sword was drawn and lightly swiped across the wrist.
The blood flowed out and dripped slowly along the long sword. When the blood touched the square, the exquisite pattern carvings on the ground lighted up at the same time, and the whole building began to hum.
It was the blood of angels and the blood of kings. After a thousand years, the ancient formation was completely activated under the blood of the Angel King Noel. In the violent shock, the souls of the angels of war emerged from the sculpture, facing The blonde girl leaned over to salute, and at the same time, the four beams of light rising into the sky merged into one, turning into a thunderbolt that shook the sky.
In the light, Noelle looked towards the distant sky, she raised the long sword in her hand, and the dripping blood stained her face, and at the same moment, in the golden sky, there were originally no-notice floating spots of light. Turned into a starry sky.
It is a gleaming light, and it is also a holy sword burning with golden flames. The moment it floats in the air and hangs above everyone's head, even the fearless alien will feel an instinctive fear. .
Under this fear, thousands of priests raised their staffs and weaved legion spells to disperse them. However, no matter what kind of spells, the moment they rise to the sky will be corroded by gold, and then Dissipate from nothing.
After many attempts to no avail, the helpless aliens had to attack in advance. Amid the low horn, tens of thousands of aliens left the bunker and charged towards the human army. At the same time, in the distant square, blond hair The girl opened her eyes and solemnly recited the name of the spell.
"[Trial]."
The next moment, the golden long sword fell like rain, slaughtering the people in the flames, the human coalition cheered in the rain of light, and the bodies of the aliens were burned through, and the entire army formation quickly began to collapse.
The golden light flickered between the sky and the earth, and starting from this, the communication of the curse power also began to spread quickly in the rear, and spread step by step.
From the army on the northern plains to the squads in the southern mountains and forests, from the towering fortresses to the front lines that are no more than miles away from the enemy camp, the commanders of various countries and regions finally received the same order after a long and tense wait. .
Go to war.
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When Roya Akat woke up from his deep sleep, he saw a beautiful face quite close to his cheek.
The pure white skin, the small nose, the sakura-colored lips are moist and shiny, the amaranth-colored eyes are full of mystery, and the long eyelashes with beautifully shaped eyebrows make the girl's temperament more playful and even more mysterious than the mystery. unpredictable.
At this moment, the black-haired boy who had just woke up couldn't help being taken aback by his surprise, but then he recovered.
"...Scared me, Altacia."
"!"
It seemed that it was because the boy woke up too suddenly. It wasn't until Roja spoke something that the wide-eyed white-haired witch suddenly reacted. She blinked for a moment, and then straightened up with a stiff face.
"Oh? I, I thought it would take a while, hero hero, you came back so soon."
"Well, after all, Gulandal speaks few words and is more direct."
Looking at the witch whose cheeks were reddening and asking such a question, Roja nodded and replied, without asking Altacia knowing that he had any questions about going to Gurandal.
As the ancient god who finds Roja the most guests in his dreams, Miss Witch is familiar with this kind of thing, and as the discipliner of Xia, the Witch Clan knows a lot about the blood of the boy, so she can know his whereabouts in the dream. It's nothing unusual, but there is a little boy who cares a little bit.
"By the way, Altacia, what did you want to do just now?"
"Huh? Hero, what do you mean?"
"It was when it was very close to me."
"..."
Hearing Loya's words, the smile on the white-haired witch girl's face freezes for a moment, her cheek twitches slightly, but she then gives the answer.
"...Heartbeat."
"Um?"
"My hero's heart is actually only a quarter left. This is something I didn't expect, so I checked it a little bit."
"That's it, thank you. It was a little messy this time, but fortunately, you can treat me."
Under Altacia’s explanation, the black-haired teenager showed a clear expression. After feeling his regained heart, Roja couldn’t help but thank the witch, and Altacia’s face also showed a smile. , Slowly breathed a sigh of relief in my heart.
"No, it's nothing, this was originally my job."
"Do you work... By the way, Altasia, the defenders of Tuck Fortress..."
Looking at the white mist still floating nearby and the empty courtyard, Roja asked with some doubts about the progress of the matter, but when he heard the boy's question, Altasia smiled.
"The words of those people have been sent back."
"Huh? So fast? How long did I sleep?"
"It's about an hour, but the flow of space and time here is rather strange, so it's about a day over there."
"one day?"
Hearing Altacia's words, Roja couldn't help but his face became serious. Although a day is not long, many things may change when he loses contact with the outside world, such as Noelle and others.
According to the original plan, if all goes well, Roja should join Noelle and others on this day, but unfortunately, the king of aliens has discovered Roja, and in this case, the original date is also It doesn't make much sense.
The previous campaign of encirclement and suppression of Roja involved a large number of troops, and it is impossible for humans to notice it. If Roja had not been abandoned, the human side should have been fighting aliens in the Harvey Desert at this time. Is the best opportunity.
Must act as soon as possible.
The young man who was thinking so hardened his gaze and asked Altacia about the situation of the defenders. Upon hearing this, Miss Witch thought for a while and said:
"If you are in a state, because it has been wiped out, it will definitely be affected, but as long as there is a healing spell, it should be able to restore combat effectiveness in a short time."
"Huh? Healing spell?"
That's all right.
Hearing Altasiya’s answer, Roja couldn’t help but heaved a sigh of relief. He couldn’t guarantee anything else, but when it comes to people who can heal spells, as the fortress of Tuck in the eastern border of the Kingdom, Almost half of the people.
After all, for soldiers, learning to attack incantations is at best icing on the cake and more meritorious service. Learning to cure incantations is to give charcoal in the snow at a critical moment, or even to save their own lives.
"And... it doesn't matter if these humans have not regained their combat effectiveness. I have found some other things, so let's treat them as gifts this time."
"Hey? Altasia?"
"Then, I'll go back first."
Before Luo Ya asked in detail, the white-haired witch slowly disappeared after a slight smile, and Luo Ya was stunned for a moment and then sighed, secretly sighing that the witch was unpredictable.
"It's time to leave this space."
Roya stepped out of the sky courtyard and walked between the thrones on the top floor. He looked at everything he was familiar with nearby, and the scenes that had been here flashed in his mind.
After a long time, the black-haired boy sighed, he stretched out his palm, felt the connection with Wilhelmina, and whispered the name of the skill softly.
"[Silver Mist Bite]."
In the voice of the words, a silvery white mist erupted from Roja’s palm, covering his whole body, and the boy's figure disappeared. After Roja left, the mist floating in the air suddenly began to condense, turning into a fuzzy Human form, it looked at the place where the young man had been in silence for a long time, and then disappeared silently with the wind.
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On the whole, Roja's journey back is fairly smooth, and the coordinates determined according to Wilhelmina's location are also very accurate.
When the black-haired boy returned to Tuck Fortress in a cloud of fog, the girl with gray-blue hair was checking the status of the two fallen people in the contact room. After seeing Roja appeared, the girl's body was slightly After a meal, he rushed forward and hugged Roja.
"Minna?"
Looking at the rare girl who acted so aggressively, Roja couldn't help but feel a little surprised, but before he waited for anything to say, suddenly found that the girl holding his gray-blue hair was a little trembling, and Wilhelmina's voice finally spread. Come.
"...You are finally back, great."
"..."
Hearing the girl's words like this, Luo Ya couldn't help falling into silence. He stretched out his hand to stroke the girl's hair, and his heart softened for a while.
Although Wilhelmina is very strong in terms of extraordinary power, she is also a girl anyway, waiting silently in this huge and empty fortress. This is undoubtedly a psychological test, not to mention this is not the world.
"Minna, how long have I been away?"
"... The clocks here are all stopped, so I don't know the exact time, but it should be around one day."
After a moment of silence, the gray-blue-haired girl said so, and Roja, who heard the words, nodded, comparing Wilhelmina's time with the previous Altasia, thus confirming some information.
Looking at it this way, the time relationship between the space where Tuck Fortress is located and the outside world seems to be one-to-one, which means that as long as the soldiers lying on the ground not far away recover quickly, everything is still in time.
"Who are the two soldiers?"
"It just appeared suddenly, it seems to have passed out, and I haven't figured out the specific situation."
Wilhelmina looked at the warriors who fell on the ground behind her with some concern, while Roja nodded and checked, and found that the two of them seemed to have been unconscious due to the impact of excessive curse power. It should be a sequelae of what [Hidden Mist] did at that time.
After realizing this, the black-haired boy calmed down a bit, and then walked out of the room, followed by Wilhelmina.
Different from the empty corridors before, the Tuck Fortress at this time was full of people. They were either priests, logisticians, or warriors on alert. Roja and Wilhelmina looked at each other quickly. In action, they walked through the corridor towards the command room on the top floor.
Now that the fortress personnel have returned, the first thing Roja needs to do is to contact the high-level staff, inform them of the current situation as soon as possible and prepare for war. If you go out a minute earlier, human casualties may be reduced.
On the other hand, the person who is about to meet is also one of Roja's goals this time. He is not only an old acquaintance of his father Kadia, but also an elder whom he has always respected.
After walking through the long stairs full of people and through the heavily guarded promenade, the black-haired boy finally came to the door of the command room. After knocking on the door and no one answered, Roja did not wait any longer and pushed directly. Into the door.
After entering the room, the boy saw several staff members lying on the ground, and at the end of the table, there was a blond man.
Cain Hizkrit, the former prince of the Church of St. Meister, the biological father of Noel Hizkrit, and a good friend of Roja’s father, Kadia, was [hidden mist] In the two years of swallowing, it has become a symbol of the war dead. Fortunately, after many twists and turns, under Roja's efforts, he did not really get into the soil after all.
He walked up quickly and lifted the blond man up. Luo Ya was relieved after checking it. Then he put it on his seat and cast a healing spell. Maybe it was Kain's good foundation, maybe it was Roya's healing spell. With improvement, after two minutes of rescue, the blond man finally awoke.
"You... Are you, Roja?"
Slightly opened his eyes, the blond man stared at the boy for a long time, and made such a question. In an uncertain tone, he seemed to not understand why the boy in front of him was a size bigger, and when he heard his words, Luo Ya nodded. Answered seriously.
"It's me, Your Highness Kain, I'm Roya Akat, how are you?"
"Well, I can still do... Wait! I remember! We were caught by that white mist..."
"Yes, the entire Tuck Fortress, including you, and the soldiers in it have been swallowed by the white mist, which is one of the [Six Plagues] [Hidden Mist], more than two years ago."
"Two years ago!?"
Hearing the last key word in Luo Ya's words, the blond man couldn't help but exclaimed, while Luo Ya nodded, and spoke as calmly as possible:
"Yes, a lot of things have happened in the past two years or so when you disappeared. Please listen to me..."
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In Roja's previous life, there is a saying that describes war, which is a common matter for soldiers to win or lose.
The victory or defeat of a war is often influenced by more factors than people think. From the equipment, training level, arms, and terrain of both sides to the change of the battlefield situation in minutes, these may change the ownership of victory or defeat. , And among them, the change brought about by strategy and tactics can be said to be the biggest one.
Different from heterogeneous people who have a low level of grumpy IQ, human beings have a plan, and they also have the technology and ability to implement the plan made in reality. Therefore, they can maximize their advantages. For a long time, human beings have been able to fight against heterogeneous people. There are back and forth, a large part of the reason is this.
And this time the scorched earth battle, it can be said that the current mankind's overall planning ability has been exerted to the extreme.
At the moment when the battle in the Harvey Desert began, as many as three million human coalition forces on the entire eastern frontline launched a full-scale storm at the same time. Through the connection of thousands of curses, the combat forces from the sky to the north and the north to act in unison, on the plain, The steel hero rushed to the enemy camp amidst thunderous horseshoes, and among the mountains and forests, the silent assassination team reaped their lives in silence.
Such a large-scale, unified operation of such a force can be said to be unprecedented before this, and the goal of the troops in various places is also very simple, that is, in the next two days, they will do their best to hold the enemy and stop the aliens. The tribe reinforces the actions of the alien king.
Under the unimaginable organizational power of human beings when facing a common enemy, this unprecedented large-scale feint has played a very good effect. Almost all alien tribes have fallen into the quagmire, and on the frontal battlefield, the battle situation has been as expected. Generally, it starts to move towards the human side.
Holy See [War Angel Plaza], it is a strategic weapon that can only be activated by the blood of angels. In the last alien war, Holy See John used the blood of the seven archangels to activate it, which severely damaged the enemy and finally The victory was laid, and this time, the [War Angel Plaza] was activated by Noelle, who had a stronger blood.
The King of Angels, this is the king of the race, and the existence above the seven archangels. Under the king's order, the enemy has only one death, and the reality is reflected in the holy sword hanging on the heads of all aliens.
That is the unavoidable holy sword, on which is burning the sacred fire that burns sins, and under such a powerful wide-area attack, the alien army is almost on the verge of collapse.
Thousands of warriors were decapitated while running. The splashed blood stained the desert red, and the burning sacred fire ignited their bodies. No matter how heavy the shield was in front of the holy sword, it would be nothing, and all the spells were reversed. The system will be infested by the golden sky, and will disintegrate under the power of [Angel King].
Under Noelle's full urging, the continuous rain of holy swords continued for several minutes. When the light on [War Angel Plaza] slowly extinguished, there was already a post-war scene ahead.
Countless golden swords stand in the sea of blood on the corpse mountain, and the raging flames burn the corpses. Under such a mighty force, the army of aliens has been scattered and fleeing, and the priests who use legion spells are also Nearly dead and wounded.
However, it was not over yet. After Noelle, the brown-red-haired girl also stepped forward. She looked at the front and waved her hand expressionlessly, and then the second round of blows began.
At Charlotte’s signal, the Rosé military began to act. Various gleaming curses were pushed out, and thousands of long-range weapons were also activated. Under the command at no cost, Sorovia The family began to be the most extravagant and the most violent long-range strike of mankind.
The light of various gems flickered in the army, and the rumbling sound of the giant curse could be heard clearly from a few miles away. Under the huge consumption of tens of thousands per second, the entire sky turned into Sorovia’s family. The playthings, countless attacks covered the sky, like the ocean, flooding the army on the other side of the desert.
"boom!"
Hundreds of long-range attacks landed at the same time under the stunned gaze of more than 200,000 people, overlapping with earth-shaking loud noises. Within a second, countless aliens were wiped out in the light, and the aftermath of the attack hit the ground. It caused violent shaking in the entire area.
In the twinkling light, the brown-red haired girl waved her hand again, and the horn sounded over the desert, but it was different from before, this time it was on the human side.
"Woo!"
Amid the fierce horn sound, a huge giant suddenly appeared, waving his fist and charging ahead, and behind the giant Geert, there was Britney the Valkyrie flying into the sky in iron armor.
The assault troops erupted with a terrifying roar under the two generals, and then began the entire army's charge, while in the rear, Rose's long-range strike continued, as the soldiers' charge extended backwards.
Under such tactics, the aliens have no chance to breathe, and the vanguard of the human army is like a broken bamboo. From the rain of the holy sword to the carpet bombing, less than one in ten enemies have survived the two attacks, and the living ones have basically lost their combat effectiveness. , And in fact, compared with killing the enemy, crossing the enemy’s corpse and complex terrain is more difficult for the human army.
The human coalition forces coordinated across the board to attack and make a single-point breakthrough in the Harvey Desert. This is the strategy of the human side. In the case of unfavorable forces, use the Holy See's artifacts and Noel's [Angel King] bloodline to attack first to kill the opposing priest army. , And then the Sorophia family incanted to wash the ground, and then launched a full-scale offensive, this is a human tactic.
With the cooperation of strategy and tactics, the human side achieved a huge advantage and quickly broke through the first line of defense of aliens. However, as the war progressed, this situation did not last for too long.
It is true that aliens do not have too high-level command, and their brains are mostly dominated by madness, but it is not that they do not have their own advantages. In this desert, the most obvious change is the leader.
The king of aliens, that is the first enemy faced by humans in the endless battle between humans and aliens in thousands of years. It is also a monster that exceeds common sense and pushes the human race to the brink of critical survival. It is an unprecedented fierce attack on the human side. Next, he also welcomed these challengers in his own way.
At the moment when the spell bombing of the Sorovia family came to an end, the response of the mantra from the depths of the desert suddenly increased. In a short period of time, a gray light flashed in the sky, and ash-like fragments of the mantra floated. Down, silently blended into the body of the alien on the ground.
Under the influence of this ashes, the aliens erupted with a terrifying roar, their response to curse power increased, their bodies swelled, one after another buffs appeared on them, and with such support, the situation on the battlefield began to reverse. .
"Impossible, group skills of more than 100,000 people?"
"Damn monster!"
Looking at the miracle performed in the distance, the soldiers of the Human Legion exclaimed, the momentum of the charge could not help but stop, and in the army formation, Noelle's golden pupils also shrank suddenly.