Facing the extremely fierce and earth-shaking battle outside the city, the elves in the city felt sincere fear, but also felt a trace of deep hatred and helplessness in their hearts.
This is their world, their country. Logically speaking, they should personally defend their city and hometown, even if they die in battle, they will get what they want.
But now, they are huddled in the underground shelter in shame, tremblingly waiting for the strange outsider to return victoriously, or for the rock giant's feet to crush it - whether it is fighting, escaping or dying, the right to choose and decide. Not in their hands.
In the center of the city, in a spacious room in the city hall, countless elves stared at the huge light screen in mid-air, holding their breath and looking at the blurry scene above.
In the eyes of many elves, the fog in the light screen is dispersing under the influence of some kind of power. Even the clouds are becoming thinner. The thunder, heavy rain and haze disappear in a few seconds, revealing the bright light behind it. Stars and night sky.
But what they focused on was not this, but the center of the light curtain, the 'peak' with a hint of metallic light on the outside.
This 'mountain' is hundreds of meters high and extremely huge. It is covered with strange and ferocious lights, and is wrapped with cyan lightning. The mountain is covered with strange and twisted runes. Just by looking at it, It makes people feel a strong sense of malice and discomfort.
Now, the mountain peak is trembling non-stop, releasing subtle lightning and shocks all over the body. It is this power that breaks away the clouds and mists, revealing the night sky.
Watching this scene, a middle-aged elf sitting in the front row trembled all over. Even through the light screen, he felt a deep chill. The elf closed his eyes and murmured in a low and desperate voice. : "Integrating into one body, the stone demons actually still have this method... Were the previous battles with us just child's play?"
For those soldiers who fought tooth and nail to defend their homeland and risked their lives and souls, could it be that the reason for victory was just because the enemy didn't care
Because of the previous fog, the elves did not see the scene of the rock giants merging into one, but based on the previous movements, anyone could guess a rough idea. However, because of the viewing angle, he also did not see the warriors rushing into the mountain. Among them, they thought that Joshua had escaped or simply died.
Even such a powerful being cannot defeat it. When I think of this, invisible fear suddenly spreads in the room. The huge pressure is like a stubborn stone, stuck in the throats of everyone present, making them unable to speak even if they want to. , a young-looking elf smiled miserably and took out a gun from his waist, preparing to give himself a quick and easy blow. Although his behavior was stopped by his companions in an instant, the heavier pressure came. imposed on everyone.
"What the hell is this?!"
Someone struggled and roared with a voice that was suppressed to the limit: "Why - does this kind of monster appear in our world?!"
he is asking.
But no one answered.
A desperate silence overwhelmed everything.
Until the horizon shines with light again.
The night sky was illuminated by red light, and the darkness was torn apart by it, but what this brought was not the radiance of hope, but the poisonous fire of hell. Under the numb gaze of all the elves, a magic circle composed of ten haloes Appeared in the sky of this world again, as if a behemoth projected from outside the world brought meteorites one after another.
But this time, the place where they fell was no longer the desolate suburbs and jungles, but the capital of Babel Province—
central.
Hei noticed the strange change in the sky. Half Dragon groaned and sprayed beams of light from the core of his chest with all his strength, destroying the meteorites. However, its power had its limit, and there was no end in sight for the number of meteorites. In Half Dragon After several minutes of struggling to intercept it, the first meteorite that successfully fell finally hit the east side of the provincial capital.
The flaming boulder dragging its long tail flames rotated and hit a tall building. In an instant, the tall building turned into debris all over the sky. Countless smoke and dust floated into the air. The shock wave it set off was comparable to that in the city. The strong winds of the tornado blew away everything on the street.
The fire spread rapidly, accompanied by strong winds, sweeping half of the city in an instant, and the terrifying vibrations endangered the underground shelter. All the underground lights were dimmed and extinguished in an instant. In the darkness with debris falling continuously above the head, the narrow shelter The place seemed to have become a hell of wailing and crying. Countless people panicked and wanted to leave this dangerous place that could collapse at any time as soon as possible. However, they found in despair that all the entrances and exits to the shelter had collapsed. Although This huge underground space was extremely solid. Even so, it did not collapse, but they had no way to get out.
There was the first one, then there was the second one, then there was the third one, then there was the fourth one. Even if Hei tried his best, he could only smash dozens of meteorites, but now there are more than dozens of stone demons falling from the sky. ? Loranda stood beside him, wanting to help the half-dragon, but after all, he was just a paladin. Even Joshua couldn't stop so many meteorites, let alone him.
Therefore, under the helpless and angry gaze of one person and one dragon, meteorites continued to impact the city, and the fire spread rapidly, turning the entire city into a sea of fire in an instant.
The city was destroyed.
And this scene doesn't just happen in one place.
In the nine major provinces of the federation, where every big city is located, and where many lives gather, meteors like heavenly punishment appeared. It bombarded the most densely populated areas with accuracy. Only the central district of the federation used one. An advanced experimental technology, some kind of magic energy barrier with deflection function resisted such an onslaught.
In just a few minutes, the death toll in the Gulf Federation exceeded one million, or even more. Others were just surviving in shelters. The number of dead has become a number under such a terrifying number. It's enough to make people numb, but what's even more terrifying is that the stone demons are still coming in a steady stream, as if they won't stop until they completely kill all life.
In the Babel Province, countless rock puppets slowly stood up from the fire-burning pits. The light in the eyes of their heads was uncertain, and they seemed to be judging the situation through the magic circle in their heads. Above their heads, one by one, The golden thread fell down and hit the earth, producing endless vibrations and smoke.
It takes months to build a house, several years to build a city, several generations of efforts to form a country, and hundreds of thousands of years to form a civilization.
And to destroy them - it only takes a few seconds.
Above the sky, the mysterious light wheel rotates slowly. No one knows its origin, and no one knows what the secret is behind it. Apart from bringing down the stone demon and destroying all life, no one can see its other purpose. .
Maybe there's just pure destruction.
Under the light of the light wheel, the puppet-like army of stone demons swept away everything. They stepped forward in unison, and the earth trembled under the footsteps of these monsters. From time to time, a group of stone demons regrouped into huge stone giants. .
In less than ten minutes, the originally peaceful elf city turned into something alien.
On the top of the hills near Thunder Mountain, the half-dragon and the paladin gritted their teeth and watched the scene happening in the city. Their eyes were filled with anger and their fists were clenched until their knuckles turned white. If they were not worried about Joshua's safety, they would And if you need to be alert to the rock giants around Thunder Mountain, they may have already returned to the city to destroy the stone demons that have just arrived and are wreaking havoc and killing.
In fact, the life and death of the elves in this world has nothing to do with them. Whether they are dead or alive is not an important matter. Among them, there are no friends of half-dragons and paladins. As creatures from another world, strictly speaking, these elves are considered Not to mention that everyone has some problems.
They shouldn't be so angry - they should be.
But anger is unreasonable.
Black roared, his voice full of fury, and golden flames seemed to be burning in his pupils. Although the half-dragon didn't spend much time with this group of elves, he found these people very interesting. They respected him very much, and even regarded him as Above all, they revere themselves as the being who helped them.
The kindness of those around you will eventually make intelligent life feel happy.
Moreover, it also thought of the elf child who was not afraid of it, and the white-haired old man who spoke strange voices. They were both its friends - but now, none of these people knew whether they were dead or alive, and the city was on fire. , the stone demon wreaked havoc, destroying everything.
The Paladin was surprisingly calm. He had already vented his anger when talking to Joshua before. Although he was full of anger now, he knew what he should do now.
This civilization, with elves as the main race, is now being invaded by an unknown evil god. Apart from the known [Famine God], [Plague Evil God] and [Abyss], this is the fourth one that has actually appeared, not just The Chaos forces in historical records knew nothing about this terrifying existence, but because the time and space passage was closed, they had to face the opponent's army directly - their situation was far more dangerous than imagined.
"Now, it's up to Joshua."
Clenching his fists, Loranda stared at the slightly trembling Thunder Mountain. He said solemnly: "If he can deal with this big guy, then everything will be easy."
Otherwise, no one would be able to escape from that terrifying fire net.
And among the mountains.
Joshua, who was being talked about by others, was traveling through a huge vein made of rocks.
It is more like a line than a blood vessel. This slightly metalized mountain peak is full of huge caves and tunnels, in which countless mist-like magic powers flow rapidly. Joshua follows the flow of magic power, Heading towards the core of Thunder Mountain.
Along the way, he saw countless complicated magic runes flashing on the stone walls of the cave in a mysterious trajectory. The warrior just took a glance and discovered that they included things such as [Activate Life], [Thunder God Pattern], [Assimilation] and [ Indestructible Barrier] and other extremely cherished runes, even high-level runes that are considered secret in the Mycroft continent.
The more he watched, the heavier Joshua's heart became.
The Evil God of Famine was born from the remnants of the crystal insect Yourmadais' clan and the resentment of the world being eaten away. Although it is incredible, it is easy to understand. Most evil gods and chaos monsters are born in this way. , they are derived from the remains of order and the realm after death. They are monsters that are absolutely not recognized by the world.
But - looking up to the front, more and more, almost endless magic lines cover the interior of the Thunder Mountain. The misty magic glow even causes subtle thunders to appear in the air. These thunders are like nerves, and they are like nerves. The speed of light transmits a large amount of information, allowing the core to control such a huge body as Thunder Mountain.
Magic is the condensation of wisdom. What exactly is this chaos? The technology contained in this may not be as good as even the highest level of Mycroft Continent!
Feeling the concentration of magic power around him, Joshua looked heavy. Now he was only a few seconds away from the core of Thunder Mountain. But the journey was so smooth that the warriors couldn't help but be more vigilant. The enemy's strength and technology were far away. It was beyond his expectation. Joshua did not believe that an enemy of this level would not be alert at all.
After turning a corner, there was no way, but the warrior could feel that behind the stone wall in front was his target, the energy core of Thunder Mountain.
But just as the warrior expected, as he advanced, the infinite magic power gathered together with the thunder and light, forming a dazzling light group. This light group had a roughly human shape, with liquid plasma flowing around it. It was combined to form At that moment, it rushed towards the warrior. This lightning humanoid had the power of a golden high-level, and it was incorporeal. Its speed was almost instantaneous. The moment Joshua noticed that it was taking shape, the fist shining with lightning rushed towards Hit the warrior in the face.
Why each stone giant is considered a different race will have to wait for a later setting.
(End of chapter)