Many times, this world will not develop as you planned. Just like Gao Wen thought that the confrontation between the royal family and the Eastern Realm would last at least until the completion of the construction of the Great Wall. Anzu still has at least one year before the flames of war resume. It was safe, but the fact is that just over half a year later, another fire started from an unexpected place. To be honest, the actions of the End of Everything were unexpected by Gao Wen.
He really knew that the dark sect was a hidden danger, and he knew that the cultists were full of madness and destruction, but until he discovered the "vine" in the shadow world, he never thought that the erosion of the end of all things would be so serious, and until the A month ago, he did not expect that they would directly attack the royal family and the aristocratic army in the east. Their actions have completely deviated from the concept of "dark sect".
On the 5th of the month of recovery in Ansu 738, Gao Wen, Hu Po and others returned to Cecil City, and immediately summoned the military and intelligence personnel in charge.
In a high-level meeting room of the Government Affairs Hall, Amber reported the information just sent by his subordinates:
"...About two-thirds of the officers of the Military Intelligence Bureau have received orders and are on their way back to the southern border. The remaining one-third of the personnel are in a state of loss of contact. The last time they sent back information was the last day of last month. The operatives in Baisong Town in the controlled area sent back news that the local residents are holding secret and suspicious gatherings, and the local lord has not shown up for three weeks.”
Gao Wen looked at Amber: "Where are the missing people mainly located?"
"The intersection and confrontation zone between the royal family's control area and the east border control area, the information in these areas has been completely interrupted at present."
Hetty, who was on Gawain's right, stood up: "Since the end of last month, the teams of merchants, travelers, and adventurers from the above-mentioned areas have all been interrupted. The people who entered the country were on the 41st day of the cold moon. We have a caravan and we have closely monitored all the people who entered the above areas last winter and are still stranded in the southern border. We have not found any signs of curses, magic spells or plagues. , but the isolation continues. In addition, the intelligence sent back by Baisha Mining is all normal, and the order in the East has not been affected. I have ordered Home to be more vigilant and prepare for evacuation."
Gawain nodded and turned to Rebecca: "Is there any progress on Kamel's side?"
Rebecca also stood up quickly: "Yes, yes, Mr. Kamel has produced a lot of information, including the characteristics of the various stages of the mutation of the gods and the characteristics of the magic reaction. He said that the biggest characteristic of the gods is that they will not be affected. Controlled release of arcane energy with mixed attributes, but he also said that this is all data from a thousand years ago, and there is no guarantee that the abominations that will be created by the death of all things will be the same."
Finally, Gawain looked at Philip and Byron.
"The armored forces have assembled in the Rock Fortress and the Glen area," said Philip the first to stand up. "In addition to the tanks with heavy burners, we have also prepared a large amount of 'conventional' fuel, including alchemy grease and Sticky gum."
Then came Byron: "Warships can block the Dorgon River at any time."
Gawain exhaled.
Fortunately, no matter how unexpected the demise society's actions were, he wasn't really unresponsive.
He was always prepared for the worst.
Then, he turned his attention to Soldering.
The high-ranking ranger had already stood up on his own initiative, pretending to be waiting for an order.
"Bring your best team members and the best equipment and enter the eastern part of the Holy Spirit Plain. You must understand the situation there."
Hetty took a slight breath. Even though she had already guessed that this would happen, she still couldn't help reminding: "This may be regarded as a provocation or even an invasion by the noble lords of the Holy Spirit Plain..."
"Then they are welcome to come to me to protest with their heads," Gao Wen said flatly, "They are incapable of protecting their land and people, I will help them, if they are not able to understand the situation, then I will also help them. "
Then he continued to order: "Solderling, you enter the confrontation zone along the direction of Pompeii-Lemburg-Giant Wood Crossing, but don't go too deep. If you find refugees that can be rescued, send a signal immediately. I will order Sir Wald to prepare A group of mechanical boats are on standby at the mouth of the Dorgon River, waiting to pick you up at any time, but if you find that the spread of the plague has begun... withdraw immediately."
The high-level ranger hit his chest with his hand: "Yes."
Gawain will do his best to help those people in the Holy Spirit Plain who may be in danger, but he can't save everyone, and he must also consider that the deadly plague has spread deep in the royal family-Eastern border confrontation area, and the refugees who fled from the above-mentioned areas carry the infection. In this situation, he must first ensure the safety of the southern border.
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In the Holy Spirit Plain, deep in the confrontation zone, a sudden thick fog enveloped the entire giant wooden crossing area.
White Pine Town, Giant Wood Valley, Gorrondo area, Gray Mountain City, Boulder City... In just a few hours, more than ten towns and countless villages, camps, and manors were shrouded in fog.
The huge sun is already in the sky, but the heat of the sun is still unable to disperse the dense fog. Houses, churches, bell tower spiers, and city walls are all in a hazy appearance in the gray-white fog. The sunlight was particularly dim due to the thick fog. Under the weak skylight, the doors and windows of every house were closed, and towns and cities seemed to suddenly become empty cities.
In front of a barracks, the soldiers were anxiously looking at the scene on the street not far away. It seemed that there was a frightening power hidden in this abnormal fog. I couldn't help but get nervous after the street.
"This damn weather... the thick fog of shit," a soldier gripped his spear tightly, cursing to relieve the tension deep in his heart, "the fog this spring is too big!"
"I've never seen such a fog in my life," another soldier murmured, "I heard that it's just this horrible weather in Typhon where they spend half the year in the fog. "
"I'm kind of itchy and I suspect I haven't showered all winter."
"Don't doubt it, you fucking #mom haven't showered all winter."
A few small talk seems to have slightly dispelled the tension in the hearts of the soldiers, they became relaxed, and once again turned their eyes to the shadowy street in the distance.
A tall figure coming out of the thick fog came into the soldier's sight.
"Who is it!" The soldiers clenched their weapons subconsciously and shouted at the figure walking out of the thick fog.
In another town, several knights who were patrolling the surroundings of the lord's castle stopped cautiously, and a tall and vague figure was coming out of the strangely thick fog in the distance, approaching silently.
The figure was dressed in a black long robe, and all the faces were hidden in the shadow of the hood. The knights could only recognize that the other person had an astonishing height, just like the legendary mountain people who had half the blood of giants, nearly three meters tall. The height makes people only look up.
The knights quickly drew their swords in their hands and shouted loudly: "Stop! You are stepping into the viscount's forbidden land!"
The tall figure stopped, as if a pair of heterogeneous eyes were quietly watching the knights in front of him in the shadow of the dark hood.
The knights suddenly felt a little itchy on their bodies.
In towns and streets, figures wearing black robes and nearly three meters tall walked out of the thick fog.
They seemed to wander the streets aimlessly, but they appeared almost evenly in every place.
The closed doors and windows were opened, and a large number of civilians hiding in the houses came out.
Some of them were nervous, some were fanatical, and some were joyful. With various expressions, they walked onto the street silently and tacitly, following behind those tall figures.
More confused sights appeared behind the open windows. The owners of these sights stared at the scene on the street in a trance, as if they didn't know what happened, but as the tall figures in black robes walked away from them, However, the trance in these visions gradually subsided, and they also opened the door of the house and walked onto the street.
On the roof of a church, twin elves with almost identical appearances stood on the eaves, looking at the scene in the thick fog with a smile.
"Did you hear that?" they whispered, "That heart is really starting to beat..."
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The sound of heartbeats filled the entire underground rift, powerful and deterred the minds of everyone who dared to set foot here.
Standing on a platform floating above the magma, the priests of the Death of All Things guarding the Abyss of Flesh and Flesh, holding their breath, stared at the front with extreme fanaticism and anticipation.
A huge mass of flesh bound in mid-air by rune chains is constantly wriggling and changing with the sound of the heartbeat. After each heartbeat, this huge and twisted mass of flesh will become more cohesive and free from the horrible, filthy bloody form.
It gradually condensed its limbs, gradually condensed its fur, and gradually condensed its shape like a giant deer.
Numerous blindfolded, ears-plugged, and rune-collared slaves lined up on the long bridge, walking along the bridges leading to the body of false gods, whenever they approached the "Giant Deer" Within a few meters, their bodies will be eroded by some invisible force, instantly turning into indescribable twisted flesh and blood, blending into the body of the false god, and then most of the flesh and blood will be discarded as "waste" and fall into the pool below. In the flowing magma, only a few shimmering "factors" remained, which became the "food" for the growth of the false god.
That is the evil factor, which is an element of gods that humans have inherited from the Gondor era to the present.
Now, they are reuniting to form a new god.
However, the number is still not enough, and this level of "sacrifice" is still not enough. The process of awakening the body of the false god is stagnant at the last step. With his eyes closed, the fur all over his body and the blood vessels and muscles under the fur are constantly wriggling, as if he is continuing the process of merging and collapsing.
A figure came out from the depths of the shadows. He was wearing a black priest robe with complicated patterns, but his face was hidden in the depths of some kind of distorted illusion. He stepped in the air to the head of the "Giant Deer". The deceased headmaster and the priests farther away knelt down neatly: "Great headmaster!"
For hundreds of years, he had kept himself locked in a secret room and almost never showed up in public. The Grand Priest of the End of Everything finally left his room and came to this final ritual site.
"There is only one last step left," said the man whose face was shrouded in illusions. "The awakening of artificial gods requires more evil factors, and requires the first and final believers...
"let's start."
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Gulp...
The soldier swallowed nervously even though the figure in black robe had stopped not far from him.
He had to muster up his courage by shouting: "Take off the hood at once!"
The black-robed figure stood motionless, until half a minute later, he turned his head slightly, as if listening to the voice in the air.
Afterwards, it took off its hood, and the black robe also quietly turned to ashes.
A giant made of flesh and crystal stood in the thick fog, its crystallized eyes staring at the soldiers in front of it, without any human features.
The soldier opened his mouth in great horror, but he couldn't make any sound anymore.
He stared at the giant, trembling all over his body, as if he was watching the messenger of God. His teeth quickly turned into crystals, crystal clusters grew on his body surface, his joints crackled, and energy surged between his flesh and blood.
He raised his head, and in the rapidly dissimilating field of vision, he saw a sacred radiance emerging from the depths of the dense fog, and a giant deer covered in white came out of the radiance. The giant deer had light-cast horns and crystal-like eyes. .
Julu looked at him with pity, and seemed to be looking at everyone in the world, and a sigh came from the brilliance.
There seemed to be endless regret and helplessness in that sigh.
Ansu 738, 10th of the Moon of Resurrection.
The first disaster caused by the power of gods in this era was started by human hands.