"You shouldn't stop there, undead."
Withdrawing the dragon-hunting sword and gun, Joshua stood on the spot with a calm aura, like a majestic mountain peak. He did not continue to take action, killing Arman thousands of times in one go, exhausting all the essence of the undead army in his body and completely wiping him out. Instead, he said in a deep voice: "I see, you are seeking death. This kind of fighting is against me." insult."
"Extremely boring."
His voice was weak and without any emotion. At this time, Joshua just shook his head as a warrior.
"Should I be stronger?"
As for Arman, whose body had reorganized again, his expression was in a daze for a while. The corner of his mouth curled up in an emotionless arc: "It seems that someone once... no, there was a dragon who said this."
General Long Kai couldn't help but recall the past when he was still alive.
That was a long, long time ago.
Nearly five hundred years ago, in the southwest of the Central Empire, the Shadow Weaver Forest was attacked by several heavenly red dragons and suffered a severe drought. The empire was busy suppressing the turbulent civil strife and pirates on the border and had no time to rescue those living around the Shadow Weaver Forest. As a result, famine raged in the cities and towns, with dead bones everywhere. All the survivors would kill for a little water and food, and even feed on human flesh and blood.
In this tragic natural and man-made disaster, in a small mountainside town named Fernand, only a young man named Arman survived by relying on the poisonous underground water flow in the mine. One of his sisters, two His younger brothers and sisters have all died, or even been eaten by other crazy hungry people, and those hungry people have long since died in the despair called hunger and thirst. The young man who has even lost his enemy will have eyes full of resentment and curses. Turning to the end of the sky, the edge of the Sea of Tears.
That is the direction of Long Island.
That is the direction of hatred.
Taken in by a distant relative, the young man who worked so hard that he went crazy tried every means to hone himself, and his hatred drove him to fight without stopping. A few years later, Arman entered the Imperial Capital Magic Academy to improve his strength as much as possible, but due to When he was young, he drank too much mine water containing heavy metal impurities, and his body suffered serious defects. As a result, his strength has never been able to catch up with his classmates with the same talent, let alone achieve his goal of conquering Dragon Island. Kill all the dragons.
And just when he was gradually falling into despair, a college classmate who usually kept a low profile and no one knew his origins found Arman.
"Arman, your body limits your achievements, but your talent and hard work should not be buried here."
The young man smiled and said: "I appreciate you and be loyal to me. I can give you the power to fulfill your wish."
That was the fifth prince of the Central Empire, the contemporary emperor.
That was Arman's guidance, the person who gave him the secret technique.
It is also an existence that allows the generals who fought bloody battles to fully assist and finally ascend the throne of the next generation of emperors.
Therefore, thirty years later, the invincible Lord of Arms, under the orders of the Emperor, led the empire's most elite army of 300,000 across the Sea of Tears, encircled Dragon Island, and completely wiped out the pure-blood dragon clan.
"That's what the Gemstone Dragon King once said."
More than five hundred years later, the general emerged from his peaceful sleep and said in a nostalgic tone: "You came here for revenge. It was fate that you destroyed the dragon clan. I don't have any resentment. But it's a pity. You are not a real strong person."
"It's a pity that you are not strong enough. This is what this strange dragon said at the time."
Standing opposite the general, Joshua was silent. He listened to Arman talking about his fragmentary memories without any thought of interrupting.
Because as these memories are told, the aura of General Longkai is also changing bit by bit. This change is very strange, as if the dead earth is resurrecting, and life is beginning to be born in the darkness.
"I am not a warrior like you, a person from another world." The dragon-slaying general, Arman Fernand, put the sword in his hand back into the scabbard on his waist with some loneliness. He smiled and said: I am the general who leads an army. , my martial arts skills only need to be enough to be able to support my bodyguards when attacked by a strong man like you. "
"My individual strength is indeed limited to this. With this broken body alone, I am no match for you." But when he said this, Arman suddenly changed the subject, and his voice no longer sounded like As before, it was as cold and dead as a machine, but with a trace of vivid desire: "But you are right, I really shouldn't lose like this."
"I should do my best." The sword was sheathed, and the general, covered in dragon scale armor, looked up at the huge shadow of the military god, while the skeleton military god lowered his head and stretched out his huge energy. With his arms, he lifted him up and let the opponent stand in the palm of his hand. Layers of black clouds that were so thick that they were bottomless and did not reflect the slightest light poured out crazily from Arman's armor analysis, and then submerged into the body of the military god. , a deep male voice echoed in the air: "So, as you wish, witness it—"
"The limit of the Lord of Hosts!"
At this moment, the energy fluctuations in Arman's body declined to the middle level of Jiyi in an instant. The violent energy as majestic as the sea was all poured into the huge phantom of the military god and the surrounding undead army. among.
In terms of combat effectiveness, this is undoubtedly a decline - Arman, who has condensed the energy of the entire army, is still above the warriors in terms of pure strength. However, due to the gap in skills, even with the help of the phantom of the military god It's just that he can compete with Joshua. In one-on-one, all the changes in moves are seen after hundreds of rounds. But now that all the energy is divided among tens of thousands of troops and the huge military god, he is basically defeated by each one. fate.
But the next moment, a gust of wind blew.
The undead soldiers, who were originally like machines, now seemed to be waking up from a dream. The scarlet light without any fluctuation in the eye sockets began to flicker with a smart light. Layers of gray-white flesh and blood viscera grew out of their bones, and then filled them. After a brief commotion, these soldiers, who had regained their blood, memory, and murderous intent, focused their ferocious gazes on Joshua again.
This is the tiger and wolf division who followed General Slaying the Dragon and experienced hundreds of battlefields. Although they couldn't figure out what was going on for a while, because of the link with the secret skill of the Lord of All Armies, they clearly understood that the person in front of them was Men are their enemies!
The boundless blood evil energy gathered, and flesh and blood began to regenerate on the huge phantom of the God of War. With a hoarse roar, a completely different image of the skeleton from before, with a resolute face and armored belt, stood tall on the earth. , at this moment the sword and hammer in his hand were all regenerated, even heavier and sharper than before.
"I have never been proud of my personal brute strength, but the strength of everyone to win."
Standing in the hands of the God of War who had regained flesh and blood, Arman, who had gradually merged with the God of War, gave the last order: "Dragon-slaying Army Formation!"
"yes!"
In the response that resounded throughout the sky, on the forehead of each reborn undead soldier, several or even dozens of runes containing fighting intent and killing intent rose into the sky. The runes were scattered all over the sky, seemingly scattered. In fact, the flight trajectory has a secret pattern. In a few breaths, these battle formation runes have formed a huge formation with a diameter of several thousand meters. The flesh-and-blood military god is its core, and the core of this formation is At the center was Joshua, who was completely covered and blocked most of his movements.
At this time, within the formation, the shadow energy from thousands of near-gold-level undead soldiers repels everything. They are constantly shifting and moving with runes, forcing the soldiers to stay in place, and the rapidly rotating evil energy kills Intentionally corrupting everything related to life, the flesh-and-blood military god who was stationed by Arman roared angrily after gathering momentum for a long time, and slashed towards the warrior with a sword.
The towering giant swung his sword. The blow was like a landslide and a tsunami, like thunder and lightning. The sea-like energy frenzy burst out in an instant after a long period of accumulation. In just the blink of an eye, Joshua could only confront the strong head-on. He was already overwhelmed by the majestic sword energy.
With the army as the limbs, the God of War as the core, and himself weaving the formation, stationed in the center, gathering the power of tens of millions of people to crush everything, this is what Arman has chosen as an undefeated general. the way! At this time, he only had more than 10,000 elite soldiers under his command, but you can imagine how powerful and spectacular he looked when he led an army of 300,000 to pacify Long Island when he was in his heyday!
With this sword slashed down, Joshua, who was restrained by the formation, could only raise his gun to fight hard. At this moment, the warrior who got his wish and saw Arman's full strength also showed his true skills!
Bang! A sound as if some restraint was forcibly broken by brute force resounded from all over Joshua's body, and then, countless crimson energy veins like plant roots surged out from every energy node of the warrior, like the flesh and blood tentacles of a Titan. After condensing the majestic energy around him, a layer of steel-like steel armor reflecting silver-gray metallic luster appeared around Joshua, turning him into a steel giant more than ten meters tall!
The steel armor formed by condensing all the life force contained in the azure orb is imitating the Titan of Zichong Mountain, possessing unparalleled huge power, and what is gathered at the tip of the sword and spear is also a spiral of high temperature and impact that burns all things. , the two supported each other, exerting the destructive power of one plus one, which is greater than two. In this way, Arman gathered the power of ten thousand armies and collided with a sword that was enough to split the earth's crust!
At the moment of the collision, Joshua shuddered, his fighting steel armor was shattered, and his arms exploded like countless flesh and blood fragments, and his whole body was smashed into the depths of the earth again by the force of the army.
But Almon, who was controlled in the body of the military god, was even more miserable - the fusion core gun that penetrated everything destroyed all the defenses on the body of the military god, directly hurting him as the operator. At this moment, not only the waist of the military god was opened. A large hole was opened from the front and back, hundreds of undead soldiers instantly dissipated, and the lower body of General Dragon Armor was completely beaten into nothingness.
But the next moment, red light lit up in the deep pit, and the wound on the military god's abdomen was healing quickly.
For both, this is just the beginning.
In the world of Grandia, in the northwest of the continent, in Getar, the former imperial capital of the Ulan Empire, on top of the seven obelisks, a swordsman who was sitting quietly on the top of his own obelisk, seemingly thinking about something, suddenly raised his head. .
"The full power form of the Lord of Hosts?!"
He stood up abruptly and looked towards the south. His faint tone, which seemed to never change, was filled with shock: "How could Arman be forced to this point!"
When two strong men at the peak of the heavenly realm fight, energy fluctuations can spread across most of the continent. At this time, it is not only the leader of the undead swordsman, but also Urbandeni, who is lurking underground in the center of the continent, in the Shaya Mountains, recuperating. Stretching out his tree root clone, the purple flame stared south with one eye.
"This is the strength of the successors of the saints and the great commander of the undead..." It murmured in a complicated tone: "Humans are such a terrible race. They can shine so brightly in less than a hundred years."
In the town of Alleyn, the old heroic spirit who was sleeping in the sacrificial hall was also awakened. He did not speak, but frowned slightly, and then relaxed.
The winner has emerged, so he doesn't need to continue paying attention.
At this time, Landia continent, southwest wasteland.
The huge military god was slowly dissipating into fragments of light all over the sky together with countless undead soldiers.
The core that is linked to the energy of thousands of undead soldiers was pierced by a stunning spear. The general who was the controller was also knocked out of the formation. The price for the secret skill of the Lord of Armies to be completely cracked was All existence related to it will be destroyed.
"happy!"
Flesh and flesh were reborn, and his helmet was shattered. You can see Arman's appearance at this time. He is a majestic middle-aged general with mostly gray hair. He is not tall. The injuries he suffered in his childhood have always made his body unable to match his peers. The level of existence is the same, leaving many flaws and flaws.
Regardless of the body that was turning into fragments and dissipating, he said with a cheerful smile: "I led the army and went all out, but was defeated by the front. I have fulfilled my promise and can dissipate as I wish!"
"What exactly is a promise?"
The fighting steel armor was shattered and his arms were seriously injured. Joshua, who was still a little unsteady on the spear in his hand, could barely support himself to stand. He frowned and asked doubtfully: "Although you have been fighting with me, But some key information was always revealed casually. In the first half of the period, you even deliberately fought in person, obviously seeking death."
"What on earth are you thinking about?"
The soldier asked in a deep voice: "Why do you want to use the Shadow of Death to corrupt this world?"
"... a warrior from another world."
Until now, the general who didn't know Joshua's name looked at him. Arman said softly: "Unlike those dead shadows, the seven undead commanders were all controlled by the Ulan Empire in the name of 'fulfilling a wish'. If the bait is not enough to call for resurrection, they will not fulfill their promises, so we have to do it ourselves."
"What caused all this was the 'wish' of that Lord. My wish has been fulfilled by him, so I follow him as promised."
"Even if the wish of the adult you mentioned is to destroy the world and massacre innocent people?"
Joshua asked.
"Even if it means destroying the world and killing innocent people."
Arman replied without hesitation.
Regarding the general's recovery, Joshua shook his head in amusement: "Your previous behavior of begging for death is not what you said."
"… Of course."
After hearing this question, Arman was silent for a long time, and then he also sneered: "Keeping promises and oaths is my code."
"But after all, I was once a hero."
Then, the light spots evaporate.
He completely dissipated.
I originally planned to end it in 2 chapters, one chapter fighting and one chapter memories, but I didn’t expect it to take so long... I’m in a bad state recently. If you feel that there’s something wrong with what you’ve written recently, or that it doesn’t look good, please be sure to post it on I really need your opinions in the post-chapter section or the book review section.
The truth about the end of the Grandia world is actually different from what most people think...
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