This is a world full of scorched earth.
The sky was obscured by gray smoke, and the sun's rays could only see a small dark yellow dot. On the earth, the forest was burning, the hills and grasslands were scorched black, and the corpses of countless people and animals were scattered among them. In the haze, only seven huge portals could be seen standing on the distant mountain peaks, with red rays of light projected from them, like seven dim suns.
Looking inward through the portal, one can see the blood-red sky and red lava lakes, as well as a series of ferocious fortresses made of bones and black iron, in which countless monsters with wings roar.
This is exactly the scene of the Molten Sea Hell on the level closest to the Mycrof Continent in the [Abyss], and those ferocious fortresses are the camps of the demon army.
Joshua's will was suspended in mid-air. He stared at this scene, the burning fire reflected in his red pupils. The soldier was silent. Except for the crackling sound caused by the burning forest, the surroundings were silent.
And this silence lasted until another wave of will appeared beside it.
"I didn't expect that you had actually seen the gate of the abyss open..."
A voice emerged out of thin air. This voice was ethereal and holy, with echoes as if spoken by many people at the same time. Its tone was very surprising: "Have you also experienced that era? Or can you see the future?"
"Who are you?"
Without answering the other party's question, Joshua did not look back. He stared at the seven huge portals in the distance and asked in a calm tone: "What do you want me to do when I see this illusion?"
"This is not an illusion, the inheritor of the power of the sages."
The voice said slowly: "This is a scene you have experienced or seen. All I did was provide a 'blank' scene, but you recalled it."
"... No matter what, if you have any purpose, just tell me quickly."
The other party did not mean any harm. This was the reason why Joshua could patiently communicate with the voice. However, this patience had its limits. The soldier turned sideways, looked in the direction of the voice and said impatiently: "My companion Waiting for me to wake up, now is not the time to dawdle."
Through his own will, Joshua could see the outside world. A black dragon was running on the land. It jumped over hills and canyons, forests and ruins, with countless rock giants and flying stone demons chasing closely behind it. On the dragon's back, the paladin frowned and used various methods to revive him. Ying and Rin also tried to communicate through their contract, but to no avail.
His body has completed self-healing under the influence of the Azure Orb. The feedback from the destruction of Thunder Mountain is so huge that even a serious injury on the verge of death is completely unaffected now. The reason why he cannot wake up is entirely because of his The soul is trapped in this illusion.
In the direction from which the ethereal voice came, there was only a ball of green light. Unlike Joshua's human form, which was exactly the same as in reality, this ball of green light flashed with countless faces. They were either majestic or loving. Facing this, In the light ball, the soldier narrowed his eyes and said calmly: "Moreover, if you hadn't suddenly transmitted the message when I was retreating, I might not have been injured."
"It was a regrettable accident, warrior. I had no idea that this was the critical moment... You will wake up, of course, but not now."
This voice seemed not to have heard the threat hidden in Joshua's voice, but said slowly as before: "The place where your companions are going is extremely safe. There are no Chaos monsters in that direction, and it is the only place that can Where to save the current situation... As for now, warrior, don’t you want to know what is going on in this world?”
"... It seems that you understand the current situation very well."
After a moment of silence, Joshua raised his eyebrows and smiled with interest: "Go ahead."
"I happen to be confused about this."
The world of Ilgona, on the Great Plains.
In order to avoid being attacked by the stone demon, Black led everyone along the way, but it seemed that because the other party could sense their presence, the half-dragon did not escape the pursuit of the rock giants, and more and more soldiers followed them closely. Behind him, there were even many other types of stone demons.
For example, there are flying stone demons that are so densely packed that they seem to be covering the sky.
Hei's speed is much faster than that of ordinary stone demons, not to mention the slow-moving rock giants, but the speed of flying stone demons is extremely fast. In addition, the half-dragon occasionally has to bypass some complex terrain, causing the distance to be stretched again and again. close.
"Hei, can you go faster?"
On the back of the dragon, Rin looked at the flying stone demon behind him like a dark cloud, and said to the half-dragon hastily: "The stone demons will catch up soon!"
And Hei Chang roared, and the golden core on his chest flashed—it wasn't that it didn't want to go faster, but no matter how fast it went, it couldn't keep its back stable, and everyone might be thrown off.
At this point, there is no good solution. As time goes by, the flying stone demon in the sky has almost caught up with the half-dragon that is running with all its strength. Several huge figures emerge from the churning clouds. They look like gargoyles, with With bat-like wings, this kind of stone demon seems to be an evolved form of ordinary flying stone demons. They scream and rush towards the half-dragon, spitting out beams of light entwined with thunder from their mouths, bombarding everyone.
"Hide to the right!"
"Speed up!"
Since Hei couldn't see the direction of the beam coming from behind, Ying and Rin could only observe it and tell it the direction of avoidance. The two of them had a tacit understanding and coordinated well. In this way, most of the beams were gone. It hit, but hit the ground, setting off waves of shock waves and smoke.
But there was a beam of light that crossed the arc and came at a weird angle. When they realized that this beam of light was different from the others, neither Ying nor Lin had time to remind them. It caused a buzzing sound. It hit the half-dragon's flank, and as the lightning flashed, Heihe let out a howl of pain.
The blow just now was like lightning, bringing an incomparable burning and paralyzing sting. Even though the black carapace has strong magic resistance, it still felt great pain, but in order not to affect the pain on the back. The Paladin and others endured the pain and continued to run forward, but the speed slowed down a lot. Suddenly more flying stone demons came into the distance, and the situation was critical.
"There is no time, we can only rely on luck. I hope this guy can wake up soon!"
Faced with such a dangerous situation, Loranda, who was still trying to awaken Joshua, had to temporarily give up trying to revive the warrior. He read the Holy Word and called out his shield and warhammer from the void.
[Soul Arming] This magical technique can turn weapons or armor of a certain quality into incorporeal bodies and store them in the magical space, allowing the paladins to fight with weapons no matter how bad the situation is, facing the sky. He rose into the air and quickly blocked the flying thunder beams, wielding his giant shield and cross war hammer, shattering all the densely attacking beams into arcs of lightning in the sky.
"Protect Joshua, and leave this place to me for now!"
Flying back on Hei's back, Rolanda briefly explained the mission to Ying and Rin, and then he flew up again, resisting the continuous attacks of the stone demon.
Facing these chaotic monsters, the Paladin showed amazing fighting skills. He used holy light and fighting spirit to block all the attacks coming towards Hei one by one while flying. Occasionally, a stone demon could get close to him. , will be shattered by the war hammer blooming with divine light.
If Loranda wasn't wearing armor now, which prevented him from taking on some powerful magic attacks, his performance would have been even more outstanding.
But no matter how powerful the Paladin is, he is only one person, and more and more flying stone demons are approaching in the air, gradually putting him in a difficult battle.
Moreover, as the magic in the atmosphere becomes stronger and stronger, these stone demons who originally only had the most basic abilities have gradually acquired various special powers, many of which can threaten the Paladins. I saw an eagle-shaped stone demon fanning The wings suddenly disappeared, and then appeared behind Loranda. It pecked hard at the Paladin's back, and the top of its sharp stone mouth glowed with a metallic light.
With this blow, even steel will be torn apart, not to mention the human body. Feeling the crisis instinctively, Loranda roared, then exploded with fighting spirit, forcibly moved a certain distance in mid-air, and dodged. After this attack, he angrily swung his giant hammer and blasted the stone demon with the ability to teleport into two pieces.
Although the crisis was temporarily out of the way, the situation took a turn for the worse. The rock giant in the distance had disappeared and was thrown beyond the horizon by the speed of darkness. However, the clouds were stirring in the mid-air, as if there was something huge coming from behind. .
After blocking several thunder beams, Loranda couldn't help but look up at the sky.
Then, in his shocked eyes, the clouds were torn apart.
An extremely huge stone demon that looked like a flying whale revealed its figure.
Different from the living stone demons around it, this huge flying stone demon is more like some kind of aerial fortress. It has no wings and only has a hexagonal geometric body. The bottom of the body is flashing with light blue magic symbols. Wen, it seems that is the driving force for it to float in the sky.
Loranda forgot to defend himself until a beam of lightning hit his head. He suddenly raised his giant shield and hastily blocked the blow.
Ying froze on the spot, the silver-haired girl opened her mouth slightly and let out an exclamation, while Rin shuddered, frowned and smiled bitterly: "What kind of monster is this?"
He once traveled with Joshua to a famine world full of desolate gods, where there were countless huge monsters. He and the warriors even fought against the extreme desolate gods that were comparable to mountains, so he was resistant to this scene now. sex.
But even so, nothing can be changed.
In the huge air fortress, there was a burst of noise. It was the same mental noise as the silver humanoid before, extremely harsh, but it could make people understand the content.
"Coordinate Terminal 4 to carry out the elimination mission. The target is five. It is estimated that the number of attacks required to destroy it cannot be estimated."
The voice was dull and indifferent, as if it was just a predetermined voice issued by a machine: "Start attacking—"
After finishing speaking, complex magic circles began to appear at the bottom of the fortress. They were rotating like gears. Then, a steady stream of magic fell from the sky, roaring towards the half-dragon and the people on its back.
Fireballs, frost, lightning and explosions, invisible impacts and glaring white beams, all kinds of attacks sloping down like rain, Loranda exploded with all her strength, the holy light mixed with fighting spirit, condensed in the big shield in her hand On the scene, he even retracted his cross hammer and concentrated on using his giant shield to resist various spell attacks.
But he could withstand a hundred spells, and the air fortress could tilt out two hundred. Under the nearly endless spell attacks, the Paladin finally reached the limit, and was then blasted into the earth by a blast of flames.
Faced with such a number of spell attacks, Hei's huge body is really an excellent target. Even if the half-dragon dodges, there will always be a few spells that will hit it. Although the carapace derived from the blood of the ancient dragon has excellent magic power. Hei resisted, but the constant attacks still left Hei's body scarred.
Ying and Lin used their bodies to protect Joshua. As divine machines, although they had a certain amount of power, they could never resist such a level of spell. Apart from this, they had no other choice.
—Is this the end
—Is it really like what the sky fortress said, that all of them will be eliminated here
"Okay, let's go further."
A voice came from beneath the divine machines.
Ying and Rin raised their heads in surprise. They looked at the warrior under them, and then smiled happily. After receiving the signal from their master, they hurriedly stepped aside and stood aside.
Joshua, who looked a little pale, slowly sat up. He stood up, looked at the huge aerial fortress in the sky that was preparing to launch a terrifying beam of light, and took a deep breath.
His voice was a little conceited, but firm.
"let me."
I wish you all a happy New Year and good luck in the Year of the Rooster!
I hope that in the new year, I can write more and better plots for you all without getting stuck!
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