This is not the first time that the shadows of death have appeared in the world of Grandia, and they have not always been in such a vicious form.
Northwest of the Tomb of the Saint, on top of the tall and majestic defense line of the Four Holy Cities, [Construction Fortress Carola], which is composed entirely of steel and gun barrels, an officer wearing heavy protective clothing looked at the edge of the distant sky. For some reason, I suddenly remembered this land thirty years ago.
At that time, the shadows of death were not called shadows of death. These existences derived from the dead were called reverberations by everyone. Under the influence of the special original crystal energy of the Grandia continent, human souls were dissipating. In the past, it would imprint its own brand into this world, forming something similar to an epitaph. When all the harsh conditions are met, the reverberation will appear again, reproducing some of the actions or words of the living person during his lifetime. , and relatives who see this scene will regard it as a good omen and thank the deceased for their protection.
The world of Grandia is a single world composed of an entire continent. According to the creation legend of the Saint, this continent is located in the middle of the four oceans. The end of the world is a void of chaos. There are many curious people in history. The adventurers wanted to explore the end of the sea, but in the end they and their ships disappeared from the edge of sight and never came back. However, according to some adventurers who decisively returned midway, they saw these predecessors Because of their reverberations and warnings, they quickly returned and did not move forward.
Therefore, at the beginning, the reverberation was not a vicious form that devoured all sentient beings. They always existed in the form of epitaphs for the dead, last blessings before death, and carriers of some kind of inheritance. The Tomb of the Saint is a place where countless reverberations remain.
Different from the reverberations of ordinary people, the phantoms left by the strong in this world are more powerful than ordinary people, so that they can have a certain degree of thinking, thinking ability, and even leave part of their inheritance, but their existence will plunder The free energy in the surrounding world has made the fertile land barren and the forests and lakes full of vitality withered. Therefore, for the safety of this world, as long as possible, the vast majority of strong and great people will be killed before they die. He was buried near the saint's tomb and sealed.
Now, the world is undergoing drastic changes, the reverberation has turned into the shadow of death, and all life in the world is going to be exterminated. The huge sealing array cluster in the Tomb of the Saint is the last line of defense in the world. If it is broken, then the entire Grandia will be destroyed. There is no place in the world that can survive anymore. The shadows of countless great and powerful people are awakened, which is enough to destroy the world they lived in during their lifetimes.
Stroking the barrel of the magic crystal cannon at his side, the officer remembered many things. It was the scene where he had a harmonious conversation with his father's reverberate many years ago, and many years ago, his hometown was plunged into darkness by the shadow of death. The devouring scene.
But his thoughts were quickly interrupted by the scene in front of him - at the end of the field of vision, opposite the huge structure fortress, in front of the city wall that shimmered with steel gray and silver light, a black mist suddenly appeared, coming from far away. Floating from the northwest, it blocked all light along the way.
The sun was dimming little by little, as if something was eating away the light inside it.
The army of dead shadows arrived at this moment.
On the wall of the Carolla Fortress, countless gun barrels began to adjust their angles uniformly, preparing to reload. Clearly visible runes and magic arrays emerged in the void, and bronze battle flags were on the tops of countless turrets and watchtowers. Hunters were flying, and everyone was ready to attack.
Not only that, the other three directions of the Saint's Tomb and the other three cities also had the same reaction.
In front of the city, there is a huge vine that seems to be able to wrap around the mountain. As tens of millions of seeds rain down, countless thick thorns and self-exploding pods appear around the city wall, and they are surrounded by danger. The faint blue light seemed to explode violently at any time, and in the city, huge ancient war trees also woke up from their slumber and began to move towards the battlefield.
Below the city located inside the mountain, at the foot of the mountain, countless broken rocks seemed to come alive and began to spontaneously combine with each other to form huge and strong earth element guards. They formed endless teams of The elemental army was waiting at the foot of the mountain.
Behind the towering city wall, in the city ruled by giants, accompanied by the harsh sound of electric arc flow, the entire city was enveloped by a huge semicircular thunder barrier. Under the auspices of the giant on the throne, countless human beings Under the support control, the entire city seemed to turn into thunder, and even steel would be instantly vaporized when it touched those arcs.
In front of the defense line composed of these four cities, a gray fog was rapidly spreading and expanding, occupying half of the sky.
The black waves, like the ocean tide, rushed toward the defense line.
The final war has come. Whether it is the leader of the undead or the four city lords, they all know part of the truth about this world. They all know their responsibilities, and they all understand how cruel and desperate their final ending will be.
One hundred and three thousand people, this is the quota left to them by the Creator. Except for the last remaining one hundred and three thousand people, all others will turn into nothingness and die together with this world.
—But, no matter how desperate you are, you must fight to the end to prove your courage.
That was the advice left by a star-like saint at the beginning of creation. This advice has remained in the inheritance of these top beings for thousands of years and has never disappeared.
—Prove the value of your existence.
—That is the essence of redemption.
Therefore, in front of the walls of the Kalora Fortress, the officer wearing heavy protective clothing tightened his command rifle. Although he did not know this advice, decades of suffering and fighting, the loss of his family and the fall of his hometown It filled his heart with rage and courage.
"Prepare!"
He roared loudly, raising the command gun in his hand, and the sound amplification array on his chest also spread his voice throughout the city wall. Above the gun barrel, the light of the charged magic crystal illuminated Zhang Jianyi. At this time, everyone looked down from the city wall and could see that darkness had covered the mountains and plains in the distance, and endless black shadows of death emerged from the mist. These remnants of the past were awakened by some mysterious power and transformed into The bloodthirsty and cruel monster surged in like a turbid wave.
"Fire!"
The trigger of the command gun was pulled, and four pale beams of light rose from all directions, catching everyone's eyes.
Suddenly, the huge steel wall of the Carolla Fortress began to tremble violently. Following this order, countless runes on the silver-gray wall shone in response to the surge of energy, and the energy stabilized in the atmosphere was The passage lit up with arc light, like white rainbows running through the entire city. Thousands of artillery fires of different colors exploded with this sufficient energy supply. The force of the countershock even shook the entire city, causing countless structures to collapse. , and tens of millions of light cannonballs drew a long arc in mid-air, landed on the ground, and bloomed with the most dazzling light.
Boom boom boom boom boom! ! !
The explosion and shock wave instantly covered all the dead shadow army in the direction of Carlos Fortress. Even the gray mist was dispersed by the strong energy impact. The first wave of dead shadows was completely wiped out, but the subsequent monsters were coming in a steady stream. Although their number is not infinite, it is the total number of all the dead in this world.
In fact, it is no different from infinity.
In other directions of the Tomb of the Saint, the other three cities also started fighting at the same time. Rhythmic and regular artillery bombings, magic sweeps, the impact of huge ancient war trees and earth elemental armies were extremely efficient in harvesting the low-level dead. Shadows, earth-level, and even heaven-level strategic magics were emitted from the city, covering several kilometers of land, and even everything at the end of the field of vision was washed white by these great magics, completely turning everything over.
However, under the impact of several waves and dozens of waves of dead figures, the Holy City's defense line was still retreating. In just half a day, the front line of the war was pushed from nearly ten miles in front of the city to the perimeter of the city wall. Constrained by this, many No powerful magic can be used.
"Sir! The enemy's front line is too close to the city wall. Let the artillery and caster troops withdraw!"
On the watchtower on the edge of the Carlos Fortress wall, a soldier wearing a black exoskeleton armor stood in front of the officer who ordered the attack. He roared amid the roaring artillery fire and numerous explosions: "It's time. Let’s get on top!”
"hateful!"
The officer in heavy protective clothing gritted his teeth. He stood in front of the tower and glanced at the front line. The fact was that just as the other party said, some of the dead shadows were already using their almost weightless qualities to start climbing the city wall. Even the magic crystal cannons No matter how advanced he was, he could not hit the enemies on the wall without damaging the city wall, but even so, he turned his head and glared at the young man in front of him: "Son... Captain Falin, do you really want to die that much?! "
The young man who was born in the apocalypse and grew up in the apocalypse showed a helpless but determined smile.
"Everyone is going to die."
He said: "But I want to die worthy."
But just as he said this, at the edge of the watchtower, the observer who was observing the follow-up situation of the Death Shadow Army in the distance suddenly exclaimed: "Report to the commander! There is something going on!"
"what's the situation?!"
After waving the young man who was the captain of the wall team to step back and get ready for battle, the officer frowned and asked loudly: "Detailed report!"
"There!"
The observation soldier put down the lookout glass in his hand and handed it to his commander, who pointed out the scope: "At ten o'clock, at the end of the field of vision, behind the army of dead shadows!"
The officer did not hesitate to pick up the lookout glass and look in that direction.
Then he blinked in shock.
As if it is an illusion, but also as if it is not, behind the army of dead shadows in the distance, at the center of the army, waves of black waves are set off, like a tsunami, but the officer can clearly see that the so-called black waves are exactly Thousands of dead shadow armies are being set off by some kind of force, and they are even being blown away in pieces and blasted into the sky, thus forming a scene like a wave.
boom!
There was a dim red light in the distance among the surging waves, and a low, but not obvious sound came from the distance. If you didn't pay attention deliberately, it would easily be missed by the artillery fire around the Kalora Fortress. The sound was ignored, but the officer accurately grasped this point.
What is it? Shadow of Death's hidden method? Reinforcements from other holy cities? Many ideas flashed through the officer's mind, but he rejected them one by one. The power of the Dead Shadow is fixed. Over the past twenty-seven years, the Holy City has determined the information of the powerful men who have been killed outside the Tomb of the Saint. All the great and powerful dead shadows who have not been sealed are known to the top brass, and There was absolutely no red light that appeared in the distance and set off a huge wave.
As for the reinforcements from other holy cities, it’s no joke. Although the four holy cities are all remaining human gathering places, due to the different ideas of the city lords, everyone is a competitor. Cooperation to deal with the shadow of death is the limit. How? Will they send strong men to help the opponent defend the city
Where does this light come from
"Ah! Death Shadow's army is in chaos!"
On the side, the observation soldier who took out a spare lookout shouted in surprise again, and in the distance, a dim red light was like a meteor, sweeping away a large shadow of death and the dark clouds above their heads, revealing the gray-blue behind them. Sky.
The uniform army of darkness was in chaos because of this. Some of them continued to advance towards the Carola Fortress, and some of them moved towards the place where the light was to surround them.
And above the earth.
Men bathe in starlight.
Because the sun goes out.
The sun and moon of the Grandia world are nothing but extremely condensed energy aggregates that burn and extinguish with the world itself. This is the essence of stars in a small world with a round sky and a small place, the so-called molten core star. They are fragments of this huge energy aggregation, but the stars are different from these lights that will dim when they are on the verge of doomsday. They are reflections of the existence of other worlds in the multiverse. The twinkling of a star means that a world is in crisis.
But now, the stars in the sky are invaded by a mist of light that looks like a galaxy and sweeps across the multiverse, releasing far more light than usual.
The great evil tide is approaching, and the broken world of Grandia is about to receive its baptism.
And that is when the end comes and all things perish.
The warrior stood on the ground and advanced slowly. Within a radius of three thousand meters with him as the center, there was no trace of death. Countless ferocious and arrogant monsters wanted to rush forward and tear this seemingly ordinary human being to pieces, but they When entering this realm, I felt my body light up, as if the force that attracted me to stand on this land suddenly disappeared, or was offset by some other force.
Countless dead shadows were like this, rushing towards the man like waves on the sea, but the outcome did not change. The moment they entered the warrior's realm, they were all bounced away by an invisible force at the same time. , flew straight into the sky, and because of the loss of gravity, the tens of thousands of dead shadow army were blown away like a huge wave in the sky, submerged in the clouds and mist, and could not get close to the target in the center.
The man walked under the gaze of countless scarlet eyes, his face unchanged at all, his clothes were flying in the strong wind, countless rocks and sand were suspended beside the warrior, surrounding it like satellites, and the earth soaked in blood and shadow power was covered by him The blazing light of life released from the body illuminates and purifies, turning into patches of white land emitting heat. You can even see dark golden lava cooling where the man's footprints have stepped.
Joshua Van Radcliffe walked silently among the thousands of troops. In his eyes, the violent shadows of death were no more dangerous than dust. The roaring artillery fire in the distance and the fierce fighting in the holy city could not attract him. Attention, a warrior never interferes with other people's battles or affects other people's determination.
At this time, he was just concentrating, moving forward single-mindedly, moving towards a higher place in his heart.
(End of chapter)