In the Abyss of Anos, the overwhelming sea water is pouring down. Looking around with the Time Ship as the center, except for it, there is no fire of life burning within a few kilometers. The world is plunged into darkness, only thunder and talent Tear apart this heavy silence.
The surging tide was filled with the overturned corpses and minced meat of sea beasts with their bellies exposed. The hot steam rose from the smelly sea water and turned into clouds with a hint of red. From the clouds, there were bursts of wailing and misery. Screaming, like hell.
But the huge waves will eventually subside.
The offensive of the sea beasts has been completely annihilated by the church's exploration team. Even the black dragon hidden behind the scenes was killed by the soldiers with bare hands.
The battle came to an end temporarily. As Robzek's order was issued, the White Ark started up again, its engine humming, driving the huge hull to break through the waves.
Their destination was the sea area where Joshua and the black dragon finally fought.
Among the red clouds, there is a huge black object floating with the waves. It can be vaguely seen as the body and head of a giant dragon. It can be seen that its limbs and tail were torn off due to the huge brute force, and it was ignored. thrown in other locations in this sea area.
And on this dragon body, the continuous sound of broken bones sounded one after another.
Joshua walked with a serious face. He stepped on the huge back of the black dragon. Every time he stepped, he crushed a large piece of dragon bone under his feet. The black and red fighting spirit invaded and destroyed the magic talismans engraved on the bones of the giant dragon. The whole text was wiped out.
Just like this, the warrior walked step by step from the dragon's back to the dragon's neck. Wherever he passed, the huge magic power contained in the black dragon's body dissipated with the wind and turned into a blur of colorful light in the clouds.
He came to the dragon's head. Joshua stood between the dragon's horns, lowered his head and said in a deep voice: "Don't pretend to be dead, Grandy, I know you are still alive."
To these words, the black dragon had no reaction. Its eyes lost their luster. The dragon pupils that were originally as dazzling as amethyst were now like two purple stones, completely losing the breath of life.
This huge and ferocious head was covered with scars. Its lower jaw seemed to have been hit by a giant hammer. It was completely beaten into a pile of minced meat. The tongue and strong dragon teeth were incomplete, and black blood flowed from the slightly open mouth. It flowed out of the opened dragon's mouth, staining a large area of sea water black.
No matter how you look at it, it's dead
But Joshua didn't take this trick. His arm shook, and his right hand, which could separate gold and cut iron, inserted into the towering dragon horn beside him. Then without saying a word, the warrior pulled it up hard.
Snap!
There was a clear cracking sound, and the dragon horn that was originally several meters high broke off, revealing the skull connected to it at the bottom. Joshua stepped hard again, and suddenly large pieces of flesh, flesh and bone flew out and fell into the sea.
On the black dragon's head, there was also a large black hole that led directly to the skull cavity.
Seeing that Grandi had not responded, the warrior couldn't help but raise his eyebrows. He stretched out a finger towards the black mind, and a black-red beam of fighting energy appeared out of thin air. This beam directly penetrated into the black dragon's skull, as if to pierce it. His brain was turned into a puddle of mud.
At this moment, an extremely thin layer of magical mist appeared in front of the Dou Qi beam, barely blocking the warrior's attack.
"I know you're alive."
Seeing this, Joshua stopped attacking. He calmly said to the black mind: "I don't like nonsense. I will ask you questions next. As long as you have a good attitude, obey orders, and behave positively, I will not destroy you." His soul will hand you over to the Church of the Seven Gods."
Leniency for those who confess, severity for those who resist.
"...Can I surrender?"
After a moment of silence, as his mental power vibrated, an old and helpless voice echoed in the soldier's heart: "I said, I said, as long as I can survive..."
"Do not talk nonsense."
Shaking his head, Joshua moved his right hand, and another black-red fighting energy beam hit his mind. This time, the black dragon had no energy left to gather its few magical powers to block it. Suddenly, the mental power that shook the warrior's mind immediately They broke up and slowly reunited after a long time.
In his mind, under the light of fighting spirit, he could see a gray worm-like thing shaking in the black dragon's skull. It had been stabbed by the fighting spirit beam and was now curling up in pain. At a glance, it looks like a brain, but it can move independently, and you can even vaguely see a layer of fine black dragon scales on the complex wrinkles.
Death Smoke Grandi had long since transformed itself into a semi-dead creature, and its body had been refined into various magical equipment by itself. This black dragon had not even spared its own brain.
"Reincarnation in the abyss...but only in the brain."
Looking at the disgusting brain that seemed to be made of abyssal worms, Joshua narrowed his eyes slightly: "I'm starting to wonder whether you are Grandi or the abyss demon who stole Grandi's body."
"Tell me." The warrior didn't pay too much attention to this matter. He spoke condescendingly to this strange group of biological matter: "Why did you come to the Abyss of Anos? A black dragon of the ultimate level, whose ability is extremely effective in war. The lord, instead of besieging the Holy Mountain, came to block the church’s exploration team.”
"... Because of the order of the Presbyterian Council, my ability is good at large-scale suppression, but it is an indiscriminate attack, which can easily injure friendly forces. Moreover, it is the job of the Seven Gods Church to clear negative energy, so I was severely restrained."
The black dragon learned the lesson this time. It answered the warrior's questions one by one, detailing everything: "The Abyss of Anos is related to the plan of the Council of Elders. I was sent to cooperate with another black dragon to guard it."
"What's the plan? Why are you blocking us from going to the central whirlpool?"
"I don't know." The black dragon's spiritual transmission was very fast, as if it was afraid that the soldiers would misunderstand: "I joined in the middle, and my task is to cooperate with my companions. All plans are controlled by it alone, and it sent me and other sea beasts to stop it. You didn’t say why when you approached the maelstrom.”
"Yeah."
As if he could easily tell the truth from the other party's words, Joshua didn't even hesitate and continued to ask: "Who are your companions? Why are there family members of the Famine Evil God among the sea beasts attacking this time?"
Before he finished speaking, he stretched out his hand a little more, and the straight beam of Dou Qi sank directly into the black dragon's skull. This Dou Qi broke through several layers of barriers mixed with invisibility, aura masking, presence weakening and other spells, and blocked a human-sized man who was sneaking towards the bone. The brain-shaped worm squirming in the seam stayed in place, and the black-red fighting spirit turned into flames, completely burning it to ashes.
Vaguely, waves of killing intent spread, and a soul fragment in the small worm was swallowed. The black dragon's spirit collapsed again, and the huge brain-shaped worm in the skull also began to convulse and curl up crazily. The warrior watched all this with cold eyes, After a long time, Grandi slowly recovered.
"... You, you can actually eat my soul?!"
This time, the black dragon was really scared.
As a spell caster, Grandi's spiritual world is simply indestructible. Let alone Joshua, a dabbler like him, even if the real abyss demon comes to perform various tortures, it may not be able to pry open its mouth. In addition, With some of Black Dragon's previous arrangements, even if the soul is completely destroyed, there is still a glimmer of hope for rebirth.
The reason why it was so cooperative before was mainly because the black dragon wanted to delay time and find a way to escape. Its modified brain could split itself and separate out an accessory brain carrying soul fragments. This accessory brain can grow on its own. After the destruction of the body, he was reborn as a complete 'Death Smoke Grandi'.
The little worm containing a trace of its soul was discovered, and its only possibility of escape disappeared. But the most important thing was not this. The black dragon was shocked to find that the fragment of his soul did not return to the original body, but completely disappeared. Swallowed by the strange power in that warrior's fighting spirit.
Even Grandi cannot guarantee whether its soul can be reborn after being swallowed by this power.
"I told you, don't talk nonsense and have a good attitude."
Joshua didn't care about the black dragon's attitude. He just warned: "Otherwise, it will be more than this next time."
Under the threat of soul annihilation that is far beyond death, Grandi's attitude has indeed corrected a lot. It actively cooperated with the soldiers' interrogation and told a lot of information concisely.
"My companion's name is Mandalgar, the Death Dragon. His name should be familiar to the older generation of Far Southerners."
The black dragon's mental fluctuations were much weaker, but the speed of transmitting information was three minutes faster than before: "Mandagal is one of my few friends. It once almost died in the hands of a holy sword user in the far south. I held a 'Soul Resurrection Ceremony' for it, fixing its dissipating soul on its dead body... However, a few decades ago, it gradually disappeared from the sight of its kin, and even I didn't have much contact with it. "
At this point, there was a trace of confusion in Grandi's tone: "The Famine God, what is that? Is it the name of a certain abyss lord?"
Judging from the tone, it really didn't know what the Evil God of Famine was.
This is normal. In fact, most people in this world do not know the names of evil gods. Only a few families who guard the sealed land, as well as the senior leaders of the Church of the Seven Gods and the heads of major forces know some of them. Mi Xin, although Grandi is a supreme black dragon lord and once destroyed a small country, all he knows about Mycroft's world is that 'there are many worlds in the multiverse'. For those ancient evils, it He also knows the abyss at most.
It seems that it has no idea that the desolate predator under its control is the descendant of the evil god, and maybe it really thinks it is some kind of strange demon. But in fact, the chaotic power of the evil god originating from nothingness, and The demonic powers of Chaos Destruction vary greatly.
"That's it...that's good."
Nodding slightly, Joshua also understood that although Grandi was powerful, he had not entered the inner circle of the five-color dragon plan. He thought for a moment, and then continued to ask indifferently: "Why did you stop us from going to the central whirlpool? Yours What are your companions doing now?"
"Mandagal is holding a large-scale magic ceremony at this time. It cannot be disturbed by anyone. It doesn't even let me help, but wants me to come and stop you."
The black dragon answered almost as soon as the warrior asked the topic. It seemed to have guessed that Joshua was going to ask this question: "Soon, the central whirlpool will be hidden by the magic barrier, and Mandagaur will continue to Complete your own ritual.”
Without asking Joshua, he knew that Grandi must know nothing about that ritual, but the black dragon had some guesses: "I don't know why, Mandargar's body has returned to youth and is full of vitality. I originally thought It used the same reincarnation magic as me to change its body, but now that I think about it, it's a bit weird... Its ritual is also very weird. It's different from the power of any lord in the abyss, but it still has the same source of energy. The evil aura from ancient times..."
At this point, it kindly reminded: "After me, there are three monsters close to the Ultimate Level that will come to stop you. Their speed is relatively slow, but I have already felt their breath."
After listening, Joshua narrowed his eyes. He had almost finished understanding the general information. At this moment, the red clouds and mist in the surrounding sea slowly dissipated, and the white ark was also heading in this direction.
After thinking about it, the warrior shook his head with regret: "What a pity, Grandi, you were not cooperative enough before and knew too little. I will destroy your soul instead of handing you over to the Church of the Seven Gods. Let them handle it.”
When he said this, he was aboveboard and did not hide anything from the black dragon: "You can resist or you can escape. As a reward for answering my question, I will give you this opportunity and I will not devour your soul."
The warrior didn't bother to break his previous promise. He let Grandis do what he wanted to see if the black dragon could surprise him.
—Above the Ark.
Everyone has discovered the huge corpse of the black dragon. The dragon's claws, still wrapped in a circle of magic light, floated with the waves and were caught by the sailors of the Ark.
Saya's extraordinary vision was best used in this situation. She easily found the warrior standing on the dragon's head among the clouds and mist, and guided the direction of the Ark.
However, just as they slowed down and gradually approached Joshua, the red clouds in the sky were dispersed by a majestic fighting spirit, and countless black and red flames spread from Grandi's incomplete dragon body, and Crush it like crackers.
Countless burning dragon corpse fragments drew dark red arcs in mid-air, and then submerged into the sea water. At this time, Joshua also flew straight towards the direction of the ark.
The warrior landed on the deck, and the big pit he had stepped on was extremely conspicuous. The black dragon girl rushed forward happily and threw herself into Joshua's arms. She seemed to want to stick out her tongue out of habit, but her head was stuck. Being held down by a big hand.
Joshua seriously stopped Hei's habitual intimate movements - not for any other reason, because as long as the black dragon girl's human form opens her mouth, she will definitely spray out dragon breath. This was what happened to him last time. After a plot, half of the chest meat was almost cooked.
The soldier responded one by one to everyone who came to inquire about his physical condition. Since time was urgent at this time, he did not explain in detail the process of killing Grandi and interrogating its soul. Everyone only knew that Joshua had gone through a hard battle and beheaded it. Killed the black dragon and got some information from its mouth.
"ceremony?"
Hearing this word, Loranda's eyes suddenly became sharp. He thought for a while, and then said seriously to Joshua: "Holding a ceremony related to the evil god near the crack in the abyss? What is Mandargar planning to do? Let's ask him. Is the evil god invading the abyss?"
He glanced slightly at the jealous blond paladin. The warrior knew that this guy who looked sunny and handsome now had degenerated into a human traitor who opened the door to the abyss more than ten years later in his previous life. Although it is just a rumor and unlikely, there must be at least some connection.
And his question is really not impossible. The abyss invasion in the previous life was obviously the work of more than one evil god. A few abyss lords and demon kings were not able to break the seal of the sage.
In this regard, Joshua patiently explained: "I don't know anything about these issues, and neither does Grandi. The only thing we can do now is to rush to the central whirlpool as soon as possible and kill the black dragon."
"That's right." On the side, Robzek nodded in agreement: "Although we don't know the nature of the problem, if we destroy it, the problem will be solved naturally."
He now seemed to have the same personality as Joshua, which made Saya standing aside sigh slightly.
Hill and Fina did not participate in the discussion. They were not interested in these issues. The two people talked softly on the side, not knowing what to say.
And just then.
In the sky covered by clouds, a huge rune appeared on the clouds.
This rune was weird and twisted, revealing an aura of blasphemy and depravity. It was so different that everyone present noticed it immediately.
The moment they saw this rune, many crew members immediately knelt on the ground and howled in pain, covering their eyes. The evil power passed through their sight and stimulated their nerves.
The powerful people will naturally not have any adverse reactions, but their faces are extremely serious. There is the power of chaos behind this rune, which makes everyone's heart beat faster involuntarily.
It is obvious that an unknown ritual has begun, and the power from the other world is leaning on the cracks of the abyss, eroding part of the Abyss of Anos.
In the sea not far away, three huge chaotic auras were also approaching the Ark.
"Don't fight them."
Said decisively, Joshua turned to look at Saya and Hill, and said solemnly: "Which direction is the big whirlpool?"
No nonsense, Saya immediately pointed out a direction, and after Hill sensed the ocean current, he slightly corrected the direction.
Next, under Robzek's order, the Time Ark started up again, its magic engine buzzed, and it began to drive rapidly towards the maelstrom.
But Ark's speed was not fast enough. After a moment, a second twisting rune appeared in the sky.
Hei Zheng rubbed her head against the warrior's chest. Joshua touched her head, then frowned and looked into the distance. With his extraordinary vision, he could already see three huge crystal monsters swimming rapidly between the waves. , according to the speed of the Ark, they can easily catch up with them as long as they slightly correct the angle.
"No, let me try harder."
Making a decisive decision, Joshua walked to the bow of the ship.
The majestic fighting spirit surged out of his body.
Fighting spirit, the power of life, comes from a strong body and a tenacious will. Like magic, it has the possibility to change reality.
Because of the Azure Orb and the large number of chaotic monsters he slaughtered, the warrior's fighting spirit was endless, far exceeding gold. A huge fighting spirit that even the most experienced warriors did not possess spread from Joshua's muscles, internal organs and bones. came out, and then attached to the ark.
Gradually, in the eyes of everyone who gradually understood, the entire part of the ark that touched the water was covered with red fighting spirit, as if other warriors attached fighting spirit to their swords to add strength to them, but Joshua What it does is attach a giant ark nearly two hundred meters long.
"Stand still, everyone."
Joshua controlled his fighting spirit and distributed it in various corners of the Ark according to the key points. He crossed his hands in front of his chest and looked into the distance with a smile in his red eyes: "We're going to speed up."
After finishing speaking, countless black and red vindictive energies burst out at the same time. The terrifying impact force exploded, carrying the Ark at high speed. It broke through the waves and reduced the resistance. Suddenly, the speed of the Time Ship more than doubled than before. Three The chaos monster was pulled away a long distance in an instant.
Rise in the wind and break through the waves.
If we say that chaos is the nothingness that existed at the beginning of creation,
Then chaos is the heat death of the universe, the end after the destruction of all things
In this book, the two are indeed different, but they have a slight connection.
(End of chapter)