Mycroft continent.
Church of the Seven Gods, Holy Mountain in the Far Sea.
The old pope stood on the top of the holy mountain, looking down at the gloomy clouds dyed golden by the setting sun and the churning sea below, his eyes sweeping across the end of the sky.
Eagle looked at everything in the distant sea, such as the endless sea breeze surrounding the oceans, and the increasing number of five-color dragons. He missed nothing and had a panoramic view.
As the war on the Far South Continent gradually subsided, the number of mad dragon armies around Edda Gray Island became more and more numerous. Before that, they had not been able to block every sea area, but now, the mad dragons have completely blocked the entire far sea. occupy.
The Holy Mountain has become an isolated island. Even if the Far South Kingdom and other forces on the mainland want to send reinforcements, it is difficult to reach it. Until the coastal ports are repaired and a new fleet is created, the broken kingdom cannot extend its power beyond the land.
The long silver hair was flying in the wind. Eagle stared at the sky. He was already very old. The old pope did not transform his body into the perfect state of youth like other legendary strong men. He was just like a normal human being. As we grow and age, we watch indifferently as our skin becomes sagging and wrinkles spread.
But this does not mean that he is weak. On the contrary, Eagle is the strongest human being on this continent, the well-deserved number one person under the sky, and a god walking on earth.
Holding the pure white staff, the old pope's silver eyes became brighter and brighter. He could see that above the clouds in the distance, under the deep sea in the distance, in the center surrounded by countless magic dragons, there were three extremely powerful forces that seemed to occupy All the auras of existence in this world do not cover up their existence, but reveal their figures openly and accumulate strength.
That was the breath of the three legendary giant dragons among the five-color dragon clan. These existences, second only to the gods, released provocative pressure, forcing Igor to stay on the holy mountain in the distant sea and confront them.
This confrontation has been going on for a long time. It started ten days ago. It will continue until both sides have prepared all their forces and will end when the war is about to begin.
"Huh." Suddenly, Eagle turned his head and looked at the vast sea on the east side of the Holy Mountain. He whispered in surprise: "This is..."
In the sight of the old pope, the Abyss of Anos, which was originally shrouded in storms and with huge waves, suddenly became calm, and even the aura of the abyss that gradually spread and corroded everything completely disappeared, but he was not happy about it; He frowned and murmured solemnly: "They failed?"
Eagle could sense that in the original center of the Abyss of Anos, where the raging whirlpool was, the space from the other world was constantly eroding the Mycrof continent, converting it into part of the abyss.
Although the old pope was a little surprised that Robzek and Joshua, two extreme powerhouses, had failed the mission together, it was not that he had never made such a bad prediction.
“Although it’s a bit unexpected, it’s not the worst outcome.”
The silver-haired old man glanced in the direction of the three legendary dragons with a headache. With the help of the arrangements in the Seven Sacred Mountains, he was confident that he could completely suppress the abnormality caused by the cracks in the abyss, or even seal it directly, and then rescue everyone, but the five-color The strong ones among the dragons will also take this opportunity to launch an attack. Although Eagle is not afraid of these enemies and is even confident of defeating them all, he does not want to make more changes for no reason.
In the distance, the aura of the abyss gradually became thicker, and the old pope's face became more solemn, while on the side of the five-color dragon clan, the aura was getting higher and higher.
But just when Eagle was about to take action from a distance to separate the merging abyss on the other side from Mycroft's world, the chaotic aura condensed in the Abyss of Anos suddenly stagnated and stopped growing.
Even because the world's spontaneous resistance is getting weaker and weaker, I can still vaguely feel that there is a powerful force erupting in the abyss on the other side, a force that Eagle was very familiar with at that time.
Temporarily dissipating the power concentrated on the pure white staff, the old pope narrowed his eyes. He thought for a while, and then chuckled.
"It doesn't matter, I will believe you just once."
The old man turned his attention back to the majestic breath of the three legendary dragons: "Even if it reaches the point of no return, I still have time to take action."
—Blood Moon Abyss.
Joshua crushed the crystal dragon fragment in his hand.
A dark soul howled and tried to escape, but was captured and swallowed by the black aura surging from the warrior.
The power of the fluctuating killing intent originates from the soul fragments of the defeated. Although Joshua calls it this name, others who know the existence of his glorious power, such as Loranda and Moria, think its name is It should be called Soul Abyss.
Just after asking all the key information about the fusion ceremony from the collapsed Mandalgar, Joshua turned his head and looked at the constant fluctuations of time and space at the edge of the plane, then immediately stood up and flew in the direction of the Time Ship. go.
Soon after, he arrived at the ark.
At this time, Hill, Fina and Heidu had all turned into prototypes. Their strength was exhausted and they were unconscious on the deck and around the Time Ship. Only Robzek was left with a frown, standing by the side of the ship, using the Holy Light. Bind the parasitic brain-eating insect in his brain and turn it into nothingness bit by bit.
After all, he is not Joshua, and he cannot do things like opening his own skull and pulling out parasites. It is better to say that the method of the Paladin is the safest and most normal, but it requires a quiet and undisturbed environment, which is very expensive. It also takes a little more time.
By the time the warrior landed on the deck of the Time Ship, Robzek had just finished purifying the parasites in his brain. With the heavy burden in his heart gone, the flow of fighting spirit and holy light all over his body became smoother, and he returned to 50% of his original state. the power of.
"How's it going?" This was not the time for greetings. Joshua spoke very directly. He asked directly: "Do you still have the strength to help others expel them?"
Robzek glanced at the conspicuous scar on the left side of the warrior's skull. The paladin, who had already guessed a little bit of the process, softly underestimated: "It looks like you won't need it anymore."
Then, he nodded solemnly: "Most of my strength has been restored, and the speed of expelling others will be faster - you have defeated Mandalgar, are you going to destroy the fusion ceremony?"
In fact, Robzek has many things he wants to ask Joshua, whether it is the terrifying strength or the ominous divinity revealed, but now is not the time. Their first task is to destroy the abyss rift, and Before that, destroying the fusion ritual was a necessary condition.
"No need. In fact, once Mandargar dies, the fusion ceremony will be over." Joshua shook his head. He glanced sideways at the filthy sea of blood and said with emotion: "The crystal dragon itself It is the center of the ritual, and it has the aura of Mycroft, the Abyss, and the Evil God of Famine. Only in this way can it promote the integration of the two worlds. Only in this way can it achieve the legendary realm while completing the ritual."
"As soon as it dies, the ritual will automatically terminate and will gradually destroy itself as time goes by. We don't need to worry about it."
In fact, if the warrior had not exploded with divinity before, all Mandagaur had to create was one more Chaos Rune, and it would have suppressed Joshua. In fact, there was not much difference in strength between the two. The main thing was that Mandagaur wanted to He was not good at melee combat because he was distracted by controlling the ritual, and he had to protect the Chaos Runes from being destroyed by warriors, so he suffered a little loss.
If fighting in the void around the blood moon, with the speed of the crystal dragon, warriors who cannot use the earth to accelerate can't even touch its edges, and will only be slowly consumed by the endless magic.
But no matter what, Mandagal was completely dead and his soul was devoured. Joshua won this battle.
"Really?" The Paladin looked at the sea of blood in surprise. He originally thought that there was a core to this ritual, hidden in the depths of the red moon. He did not expect that the crystal dragon itself was the basis of the ritual. Robzek's mouth Lifting it up, he breathed a sigh of relief and said: "In this way, the task is almost completed. We can also destroy the abyss crack as soon as possible, and then call the church to teleport us back."
But Joshua shook his head, and he motioned the Paladin to look at the edge of the abyss: "I'm afraid it's not that simple."
Following the warrior's gaze, Robzek looked towards the end of the plane. Being at the Ultimate Level, he naturally saw the dense fluctuations of time and space - because of the interference of the previous parasites, he had no time to pay attention to the surrounding situation, let alone The subtle fluctuations in time and space in the distance.
The Paladin took a breath: "What is that? An invading demon army?!"
Joshua corrected: "The devil-blood dragon is not a demon."
"Wouldn't that be worse!"
After speaking, the Paladin frowned, his expression ugly: "Look at this speed, within twenty or thirty minutes, they can penetrate the plane barrier and reach this abyss... Even if we destroy the abyss crack now, It’s impossible to teleport back so quickly.”
This time it was Joshua's turn to frown: "Such a slow speed? When my Gale floating battleship is towing and teleporting, it doesn't take a few minutes."
"Although I don't know what the Gale is you are talking about, but we are teleporting across dimensions."
Robzek walked to Saya's side. He stretched out his hand and pressed it on her forehead. Even if the nun was unconscious, her expression was not painful. Instead, she looked a little sad. As the person who was usually closest to Nolan, she was betrayed. She was also the hardest hit.
While expelling the parasites for Saya, the paladin explained to the warrior: "After we blow up the rift in the abyss, it is equivalent to completely leaving the world of Mycroft. There is no contact at all. The church will use the inscription in the central hall of the Time Ship - That is the place where you were teleported from - the time and space runes inside perform a reverse traction ritual to 'summon' us back to Mycroft's world. This process is very long and takes at least half an hour."
"Originally." At this point, Robzek looked around at the situation in the blood moon plane. He couldn't help but shook his head: "We thought this was an ordinary abyss plane, with the earth and demons rushing into the abyss. At the end, after blowing up the space-time rift, we only need to persist under the siege of scattered demons for more than half an hour before we can return. Who knew there would be so many unexpected situations."
Putting aside the rituals and plans of the Crystal Demonic Dragon, the size of this abyss was beyond their expectations. Since it was a fragment of a complete plane, the entire Blood Moon Plane was not as big as the one sent by the Demonic Blood Dragon. The distance between the edge of the surface and the blood moon is slightly farther than the distance between the abyss crack and the blood moon, so it cannot be delayed for long at all.
Having said this, Saya slowly woke up. When she regained consciousness, she noticed that the Paladin was expelling the parasite for him. The Sister immediately cooperated. With the combined efforts of the two, the parasite was wiped out in a few seconds and completely disappeared.
The two of them joined forces and quickly revived Loranda. With the combined efforts of the three church members, it only took less than five minutes to wake everyone up—the crew of the Time Ship in the cabin were still unconscious, but The situation is urgent now and I can't take care of them.
"Long story short, we're in a very dangerous situation right now."
Touching the head of the sick and weak black dragon girl, Joshua said to everyone seriously: "In ten minutes, the army of the demon blood dragon will come to this plane. We now have three choices."
"Which three options?" Fina asked first. After knowing the current situation, Ms. Blue Dragon did not panic. She calmly asked the soldier: "Let me explain in advance, don't mention the options that will inevitably lead to death. It will only increase your displeasure. "
"First, we take the Time Ship directly out of the blood moon plane, and then detonate the Wheel of Holy Light on the Mycroft continent side to temporarily seal the abyss crack. Although such a seal is very unstable, it is better than safety. If we find opportunities in the future, we can gradually improve it.”
Joshua did not say any unnecessary words and spoke concisely: "The second thing is that we take action now to completely destroy the space-time rift on this side of the abyss. However, we have to hold on for nearly half of the time under the army of the demon-blood dragon. It will take an hour to return, and we must ensure that the Demon Blood Dragon has no means of affecting teleportation."
"To be honest, except for me and Robzek, even if we are optimistic about this option, more than half of the people present will die."
"Let's talk about the last one." This sentence was said by Loranda. He was rubbing his head. Although the brain-eating insect did not really hurt everyone's brains due to timely suppression, it did damage some parts. , the blond paladin felt very uncomfortable now: "This choice is close to death, I want to hear the third one."
"The last one is a bit risky."
The warrior said softly. He raised his head and looked at the molten star on the top of the ark, with an indifferent expression: "And it's a little luxurious."
After speaking, Joshua lowered his head and looked at the thoughtful Robzek: "The third option is that you use the Wheel of Holy Light to destroy the cracks in the abyss, and I use the Molten Star to interfere with the demon blood. The dragons’ teleportation—if you’re lucky, you can probably persist until the end of the church’s reverse summoning ceremony, and the demon-blood dragon won’t have time to teleport over.”
As a treasure full of positive energy, the fragments of the sun and the explosion of the Molten Star have a power that far exceeds that of the Wheel of Holy Light. If this power can be used correctly, it can completely interfere with the teleportation of the demon-blood dragons. Qiao Xiuya felt that this was a very good choice and he was eager to try it.
"No, Master." But after hearing this, Hei immediately subconsciously refused. She looked at the warrior with worried eyes, and her tone was helpless and nervous: "This is too dangerous, you will... die..."
Halfway through, the black dragon girl bit her tongue and immediately covered her mouth with a cry of pain, but even so, she still looked at Joshua with her golden eyes, her eyes full of pleading.
Everyone knows that the danger involved in blowing up the cracks in the abyss and preventing the teleportation of the demon-blood dragon is not of the same magnitude. If there is a slight mistake, countless angry demon-blood dragons will tear the warriors apart - look at those time and space He knew from the fluctuations that there would be no less than tens of thousands of demon-blood dragons that were about to be teleported over. Even a legendary powerhouse would have a headache if he wanted to deal with them, not to mention the warriors who were obviously in poor condition due to successive battles.
Saya immediately shook her head and refused: "If this is the case, we will choose the first option, return to Mycroft Continent as soon as possible, and blow up the space-time rift. In this way, even if there are hidden dangers, half of the task is completed, and there will be remediation in the future. Chance."
The nun has always disapproved of meaningless sacrifices. In her opinion, this option was more dangerous and more dreamy than the second option.
Ms. Blue Dragon, Hill and Loranda are also not optimistic about the third option. It is not that they are afraid of death, but the possibility of realizing it is too low. They would rather try the second option and work together to resist the evil blood dragon. Attack, and they are not willing to let the warrior interfere with the time and space transmission of the demon-blood dragon alone. They are not so shameless and let Joshua bear all the dangers alone.
But Robzek's expression became serious.
Both are extremely powerful people, but he is different from the gold-level Saya, Loranda and others. The silver-haired paladin understands the power that Joshua showed during the previous battle with Mandalgar, and the warrior proposes a third option. Suggestion, obviously he has enough confidence, and coupled with his previous experience in destroying time and space gates, maybe this is not as difficult as most people think.
He turned his head and looked at Joshua. Robzek looked at the other person's red pupils and felt the warrior's firm confidence.
—Maybe, you can try it.
This made him decide.
"Saya, go to Nolan's alchemy laboratory and take out the Wheel of Holy Light."
Closing his eyes, the paladin said solemnly: "Loranda, just go to the central hall and inform the church to start the summoning ceremony now."
After speaking, he did not look at Joshua, but raised his head and looked at the top of the ark, where the gem emitted brilliant light, like a small sun, and solemnly said: "Joshua, I will give you the Core Star. "
"Okay." The soldier raised his mouth slightly. He patted Hei's head beside him, then stepped towards the top of the ark, as if he couldn't wait.
"Captain!" Loranda, who originally thought she had chosen the second option and was about to inform the church, immediately turned her head after hearing Robzek's last words and said with a hint of anger: "What are you doing? —”
He is not afraid of death at all. Death in the battle with demons and chaos is the fate of the Paladin. As long as he can complete the task, he will not hesitate to let Loranda devote his life, but he is absolutely unwilling Seeing his friends sacrificed in a meaningless place was like how countless of his companions were killed by the terrifying Chaos Plague in the Plague Land.
Saya, who was already walking to the laboratory to obtain the Wheel of Holy Light, also stopped. Unlike the blue dragon lady and the elf boy who were also frowning, she was waiting for Robzek's explanation.
"Since the army of the demon-blood dragon can break through the barrier between the abyss and the abyss, it can naturally break through the more fragile areas between the abyss and Mycroft Continent." The silver-haired paladin shook his head. He didn't care about the emotions of others. , but glanced at Joshua's back, and then said in a deep voice: "The first option is very likely to end like this. The Demon Blood Dragon can still break through the time and space rift that is not completely destroyed, and come to Mycroft World, if this happens, we will still die and the mission will not be completed."
"The second option is extremely dangerous, and the third option is also the same, but there is a slight possibility of returning safely."
Having said this, he took a deep breath, and then said in a tone close to a sigh: "Time is running out, I believe Joshua, what about you?"
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—More than ten minutes later.
The edge of the blood moon plane.
Huge space-time rifts slowly opened, filling the field of vision, and endless demon-blooded dragons would come one after another.
Looking at this scene, Joshua, who was suspended in mid-air, clenched the core star in his hand.
He heard the sound of the abyss crack in the distance completely distorting and disappearing due to the self-explosion of the Wheel of Holy Light.
The traitor is dead, and the future door to the abyss is completely closed.
The sun-like power was held in the palm of the warrior's hand, generating bursts of hot wind. He smiled and raised the gem, stimulating the power within it.
History, destiny, everything will be completely changed by this. From then on, a new world will be born, and a new future will be generated.
The wind howled.
This filled him with determination.
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This chapter feels a little weird, but it’s something I’ve always wanted to write.
The core of the game Alien World is to change the established history and destiny and shape a new future with your own will.
Joshua is fearless
In this regard
he is full of determination
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