Amidst the sharp ringing of the bells, the sound of steel rubbing against each other rang out from all over the fortress.
The pillar of flame was burning vigorously, spreading light down from the top of the fortress, illuminating the lightless ocean and the black tide coming along the ocean current.
"Are they all monsters?"
"Yes, the expected third wave is one hour ahead of schedule. It is also much smaller than the previous two waves."
Stone sighed softly: "After all, it is to celebrate the rebirth of Leviathan, the evil son of the sea born from the Dark Earth Mother. If the total number is exhausted, I am afraid it will far exceed human beings' original expectations... "
On the high wall of the fortress, Ye Qingxuan frowned.
The demons in the sea follow the currents, and now every current has become a troop transport line for the demons, constantly carrying countless demons forward.
Finally... gathered in Avalon.
Damn the “Avalon Phenomenon”!
According to human observation, almost all ocean currents will converge around Avalon, bringing a large number of fish tides every year, forming a natural shipping route.
All along, the unique conditions have brought immeasurable benefits to Angelou.
This is the "Avalon phenomenon" that ocean and water conservancy scholars around the world have been pondering. As a result, no one has ever thought that the unique geographical advantage is not the favor of fate, but a harbinger of misfortune.
This is a huge trap created by the Lord of Destiny set by Leviathan many years ago in order to completely engulf Angel.
Thinking of this, Ye Qingxuan rubbed his forehead with a headache: "How many people are there in the Doctrine of the Faith now?"
"A little over three hundred."
Shi Dong's answer made Ye Qingxuan a little stunned.
"Isn't the Witch Hammer's establishment still there?"
"Originally, there was one, but after the Ministry of Doctrine of the Faith was split, it was also dispersed and assigned to the Knights Templar, leaving only one name. Mr. Maxwell later sent four hundred young people to Here, unfortunately, the time is too short to be used. When we left the Holy City, we took only 300 people with us. Of the more than 100 people, half were old people like us, and half were still young. Too small. There are only about 140 people capable of fighting."
"Too little."
"enough."
Stone said: "There is at least one fortress that can be defended now. The purifiers of the Inquisition are born to fight against demons that are a hundred times more powerful than our own. If we go east again, we may face even more troublesome situations. . I believe you will quickly get used to this disparity between ourselves and the enemy, Your Majesty the Grand Inquisitor."
Ye Qingxuan glanced at him, looked away, and continued to focus on the black tide surging in the sea: "Have you counted the number of enemies?"
"This size is probably around 20,000."
Shi Dong took a look and gave the answer: "Most of the demons in the sea are two meters long and half the height of an adult when walking upright. Because their limbs are similar, they are called water ghosts or fish-men. Some of them are There are more detailed classifications, such as elite bone eaters, tide callers, deep divers, whale shark riders, and storm priests whose intelligence is comparable to humans, etc.... This should be a newly hatched one. Small tribes. The strength of marine species is often polarized. Some species are like nomadic mountains. Just one of them is completely terrifying. There are more monsters that rely on numbers to pose a threat. For natural disasters, this kind Toys are consumables without any value, and can only be used on a scale of one hundred thousand or one million. When necessary, they can also be used to make food. After all, it is difficult to satisfy the appetite of a giant sea monster. "
Ye Qingxuan listened silently, but couldn't help but take a breath of air in his heart.
In this world, two-thirds of all the areas that humans have explored are oceans. Less than one-tenth of one-third of the land is cultivated, yet it has already supported nearly 300 million humans.
This is only a rough estimate of the holy city. Add in tax evaders who hide their household registrations, slaves who are treated as private property, and the number of people who are underreported by various countries. According to estimates by scholars, the world has a population of about 400 million.
This is the current limit of what human land can support.
What about the ocean…
Murlocs are not as picky as humans. They can eat seaweed, kelp, fish and shrimp, and even the corpses of similar species. Once the dark earth mother scatters the seeds, fruits can be grown all over the mountains and plains from the deep sea.
In the Holy City barrier, Ye Qingxuan once saw the vesicle forest that breeds demons. The terrifying transformation efficiency and scale were simply suffocating.
As long as there is a supply of ether in the earth's veins, living creatures can be decomposed and reconstructed in just a few hours, and the demon's embryo can be formed.
Because of this, every time Leviathan wakes up is a terrible event that threatens the security of all countries.
It often takes Angelo to prepare for war ten years in advance, and when the Holy City has stationed saints, he can be sure to seal Leviathan again before the evil son in the sea is hatched.
Now Ye Qingxuan can only be thankful that only Angelo's sea area is affected, and the threat is limited to this lightless sea.
This disaster must be resolved as soon as possible.
Humanity cannot afford a war of attrition against the evil sons of the sea.
Once the fish-men's deformed system truly takes shape, humans will have to face hundreds of times more monsters. Not to mention the giant sea monsters that feed on murlocs, as well as Leviathan itself.
But now, Ye Qingxuan wanted to see how more than a hundred people from the Department of Doctrine of Faith could repel 20,000 demons.
"It's just a bunch of little things."
Shi Dong laughed twice: "Even the memory inheritance has not been awakened, and there is no ability. If it is just based on quantity, it is only a larger number of beasts. To be honest, I'm afraid it's not worth seeing."
While the two were talking, the neighing sound gradually increased.
Amidst the boiling and rolling turbid waves, the first water ghost climbed onto the shore, stepping on the rough gravel and gravel, and crawled towards the fortress.
Then came the second one, the third one, the fourth one... and finally, only a thick dark green shadow could be distinguished, like moss in the sea spreading and growing on the ground.
"Isn't it fully developed? What a pity."
Shi Dong narrowed his eyes: "He was born not long ago, and there is not enough calcium. The exposed bones have not hardened yet."
Ye Qingxuan followed his gaze, and his eyes fell on the fish-man at the front. When he saw the extremely humanoid monster, he thought it looked like some kind of enlarged deformed baby, with the bones hanging out of it. It also has a faint white color, its body is covered with scales, and its head also has the characteristics of a large number of fish.
Sensing the sight coming from the city wall, the murlocs raised their heads and neighed loudly.
The sound was like a sharp knife scraping an iron plate, which made people feel nervous. Even if they speak different languages, it is enough to understand the meaning of the neighing sound.
-hunger.
From birth to this moment, there is still an unsatisfied hunger.
Born with a strong coveting and insatiable greed for human flesh and blood.
Just by smelling the scent of humans, the glands in the body secrete a large amount of haste, causing muscles to bulge and bones to proliferate, and the feeling of hunger occupies all consciousness like fire.
In an instant, the body of the water ghost expanded greatly, and the huge eyes on both sides of the head were covered with bloodshot eyes. In the whites of the eyes, the strange fish-specific pupils shrank and trembled, and it was already going crazy.
"The sense of smell of fishmen is very sensitive, and the upper body skin under the scales actually grows a large number of olfactory cells. Like all types of demons that are famous for their numbers, once they smell the smell of humans, they will enter some kind of stress response. Abnormal gland secretion, hunger doubled, not feeling full, and often eating too much food to death. It is also worth noting that, whether it is an evolutionary change or something intentional, they rarely produce pleasure. And the feeling of satisfaction, only when the digestive organs take in the body's hemoglobin, the pituitary gland can synthesize hormones similar to dopamine... "
Shi Dong paused when he said this.
Ye Qingxuan understood what he meant.
In other words, they only feel happy when they eat people... No, they even enter a state of madness as if they were taking forbidden drugs.
They will instinctively crave human bodies. Even after tasting blood once, they will be ten times crazy when they see humans for the second time!
"A predator made for humans?"
Ye Qingxuan murmured softly, but he couldn't help but want to sprinkle two buckets of black dog blood on the grave of the Hundred-Eyed Man.
Look at the good things you've done!
At this moment, he heard the sound of hinges rubbing together, and the gate of the fortress beneath his feet suddenly opened.
A hoarse singing voice sounded.
"The day of judgment is coming! That day is coming! I don't know when that day is coming!"
Amidst low singing, several burly priests walked out from behind the door.
Wearing chain hoods and heavy iron armor, they looked like a mixture of heavy infantry and priests, but they did not hold holy books or swords in their hands.
Instead, he held up a large flaming banner that was more than two meters high.
The heavy and huge banner burned, glowing with terrifying temperature and light.
The holy emblem on the banner was bathed in flames, as if dancing in song.
Behind the few priests holding flaming banners, thin footsteps sounded, followed by hundreds of noisy and hoarse voices.
It was like a song, or like some kind of wild roar coming from instinct.
"The great day of judgment is coming! Saints and sinners will be separated on the right and left! This day is coming, are you prepared? This day is coming, are you prepared?!"
It was like a group of lunatics and drunkards responding frantically, and the singing was disorganized and shrill.
Ye Qingxuan couldn't help but frown after hearing this.
"Leaving the city to fight now?"
"Because we don't have any equipment to defend the city." Shi Dong said, "If we are pushed to the city wall, it will become troublesome. It is better to solve it outside the fortress."
In the hoarse singing, the priest holding high the flaming banner moved forward, and Ye Qingxuan finally saw clearly the figure in the chaotic queue following the priest.
Then he couldn't help but take a breath of air.
Under the illumination of the flaming banner, those things that staggered and staggered behind, and enthusiastically sang along with the priests... were all demons!
The monsters with huge cuts and wounds on their bodies were following the priest like dogs at the moment, and the hemp threads used to suture the wounds on the back of their heads revealed their rough stitches in the firelight.
They sang the hymn noisily and intermittently, and followed the flaming banner fanatically...
"You feed demons?"
Ye Qingxuan looked back at Shi Dong with stunned eyes.
"Ashamed to say it."
Shi Dong smiled awkwardly, "There are so many demons and we can't kill them all. We can't kill the rest for food, so we can only let them use some of their residual heat..."
boom!
Before he finished speaking, a terrifying fire shot into the sky from among the water ghosts.
The firelight jumped and reflected on Shi Dong's face, making the smile strange and ferocious.