After the earth-shattering explosion, when the smoke and dust cleared, the battlefield was empty, leaving only the huge crater formed by the explosion to prove that the apocalyptic scene just now was not just an illusion.
It turned out that not only the Apocalypse Knights, who had been hit hard by the accident, had to retreat temporarily, but Gronn also chose to avoid it because they did not know the details of the opponent and were afraid of the opponent's terrifying strength.
Gron didn't know what kind of opponent he had just defeated unintentionally...
The "Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse", as the Holy See has never recognized it from the outside world, is no longer a secret ace force. Its reputation is even higher than that of the Holy See's famous Judiciary Priests and Templar Knights in the mainland.
The Templars represent the righteous and bright side of the Holy See, and are also an important tool used by the Holy See to ensure its positive image in the hearts of the general public. The Judgment Priest is the darkest side of the Holy See. In the darkness, he uses thunderous means and a ruthless attitude to punish all opponents of the Holy See, including blasphemers, heretics, imperial dignitaries, dark mages... and Tons of innocent people accidentally implicated.
It is precisely because of the arrogant and unreasonable behavior of the Judiciary Priest that he can cut off an arm with just one finger, which makes the Judgment Priest infamous. At the same time, it also makes him a powerful weapon for the Holy See to deter enemies. He is worthy of being called the "dark side" of the Holy See. name.
As for the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, they hide an even greater darkness than the Judgment Priests. Although the Judgment Priests are cruel and ruthless, they cause far more evil than the dark mages who conduct evil experiments. However, because it holds high the banner of "eradicating heretics", the Holy See generally does not publicly deny the existence of adjudicating priests or condemn their actions. Sometimes it even makes suggestive remarks to address opponents in the name of "adjudicating priests". Make threats.
But the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, no matter what the occasion, no matter how solid the accusations, the Holy See has never recognized this force that has made countless great contributions to it.
This may seem unreasonable, but actually it doesn't matter. The highest doctrine of the Holy Light Holy See is to praise the Lord of Holy Light as the supreme god-king. Some extreme Holy Light Christians even refuse to recognize any other gods. It is believed that except for the Lord of Holy Light, all other gods are heretics, false gods, or even the incarnation of the devil that should be destroyed. There are many inexplicable religious wars on the mainland that were originally caused by these ridiculous reasons.
The Holy See has a large number of well-equipped holy war legions, but the only components of the legion are priests and holy warriors, and other necessary troops can only be supplemented from the outside through "mercenary" methods. In other words, every official member of the troops directly under the church must be a devout believer in the principles of the Holy Light.
However, the power possessed by the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse obviously does not come from the Lord of Holy Light. Among them, the "Death" Knight possesses the "death" power. This is an area that the Holy See has been constantly criticizing and fighting against.
Recognizing the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse is equivalent to admitting that one's own beliefs are contradictory. This is an unbearable blow to any religion. The Apocalypse Knight is not only the sharpest stabbing sword, but also the most tender weakness of the Holy See.
On the Blade Tower Continent, the Four Knights of the Apocalypse are a mysterious legend. This island ruin that suddenly appeared in the world actually forced the Holy See to dispatch the Knights of the Apocalypse, and all four of them were sent out at the same time. I don’t know what the Holy See’s intentions are, and why they didn’t Like a fairy tale circus with many restrictions.
Goron ignored these questions for the time being. He didn't even know whether the guys who suddenly appeared were the indigenous residents of the island.
The ruins of the city below are still empty. There is no sign of any life activity. Due to the erosion of time, there is almost no complete building visible on the island. Naturally, it is difficult to see the original style of this ruins. The four Gorons lowered their bodies and ran silently. They waited until they found a ruin that was not completely collapsed on all sides and could barely hide their bodies before hiding in and panting to rest on the spot.
"Who are those people? I feel that they are as powerful as the deputy captain of the Blood Red Riding Hood..." Marvin complained in a low voice. He actually did not expect his doubts to be answered, but the people on the side Kaka suddenly replied: "They are the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse. The ace troops of the Vatican's secrets. The strength of the four of them together is enough to subvert a small principality."
Goron glanced at Kaka meaningfully, but did not ask why Kaka knew this secret. Instead, he said to himself: "Even the Holy See has intervened in our mission. What is hidden on this island? Blood Red What do they want us to get from here? And why do they hide the details of the mission from us?"
"That's because the more you know, the greater the possibility of mission failure." A strange and sharp voice sounded above everyone's heads, startling the other three except Gron. They instinctively did The attack he made almost shattered the uninvited guest into pieces. If not for Gron's timely action, he blocked the attack of Marvin and others. I'm afraid their mission goal, to find the ghost old bird "King Kong Barbie", has failed.
After the old bird continued to curse for nearly five minutes, it turned to look at Goron and said in surprise: "You brat, did you know that I was hiding nearby and escaped here?" of?"
"Probably..." Goron replied noncommittally.
"You brat, you'd better respect me a little more, or you'll suffer in the future." The big parrot said with an old-fashioned look. Then the topic changed, and he seemed a little excited, taking pictures of this pair of feathers. The ragged and ragged wings said: "But to be honest, you guys can really surprise people. Originally, I didn't think much of you. I was waiting to see you break into the forest in a mess on the first night, and then be killed by the people here. The automatic defense mechanism was swallowed up, and you ended up waiting on the beach obediently, and then you were "extremely lucky" to be involved in the battle between the ghost ship and the guardian of this ghost place, and what's even more incredible is that, None of you died, this is really surprising to me~~~!”
"We are also surprised. I thought that you, this ugly old bird, might die at any time, but I didn't expect that you turned out to be an energetic, stinky bird that talks nonsense and is very noisy." Goron's tone was particularly special. The coldness: "If my guess is correct, the sensory interference barrier on this island should be ineffective on you. If you didn't hide in the forest on your own at the beginning, but stayed by our side to guide us, we might You won’t encounter so much trouble, am I right?”
"That's right!" Faced with Goron's accusation, the old bird roared angrily: "This island has existed for tens of thousands of years. Although no one can completely conquer it, many of its secrets have been It’s already pretty much known. If it’s as simple as you say, then there’s no point in fairy tales pinning a precious opportunity that only appears once in hundreds of years on you brats who don’t even have full hair. ?”
The old parrot was just as Gron described it. Either he looked like he was dying and didn't say a word, or he talked endlessly. Of course, Gron knew that things would not be that simple. First of all, given the tight time limit of this mysterious task and the importance the Fairy Tale Circus attached to it, by this time there would no longer be such a meaningless and boring test. The reason why Goron said this was to stimulate this old bird and make it spit out as much stuff as possible.
Gron was not disappointed...
"How did you know that the hallucinogenic enchantment on this island is activated by directly stimulating the seals of the gods in the living body? In other words, the stronger the strength, the keener the senses, and the greater the impact. Sixth-level, seventh-level As soon as super creatures of this level approach this place, they will fall directly into a void space where they can't feel anything and have nothing. Those who are not lucky enough will not be able to fly out for the rest of their lives. However, ordinary people who have no dissociation seal at all enter this island. I just feel scared and want to leave immediately.”
Hearing this, Marvin directly interjected: "Since the stronger the life is, the stronger the counterattack will be, then wouldn't it be enough to just send some ordinary people here? Find those guys who have little power but are very courageous, and force them to They do things for us.”
The old bird immediately gave him an extremely contemptuous look and replied: "The hallucinogenic barrier is just a part of this island's self-defense mechanism. You saw those giant sword girls last night, right? They are the most powerful ones on this island." Terrible guardians, to tell you the truth, the strength of these guardians is enough to easily match the third-level and fourth-level warriors. And under the cover of the hallucinogenic barrier of the forest, even the fifth-level warrior king cannot defeat them. Fairy tale It’s useless for all the core members to come here, so we have to pay a huge price to guide the ghost ship to this sea area and use its power to consume those guardians who are in the way.”
"So what now? The barrier has been destroyed by those Apocalypse Knights. Our future work will not be left to them. Don't tell me that Fairy Tale has not arranged for core members to be on standby near this island." Kaka said coldly He said: "Although they were caught off guard by this kid's shamanic magic just now, it would be a big mistake to think that the Knights of the Apocalypse only have this strength."
For some reason, Kaka seemed to know a lot about the Knights of the Apocalypse, but at least she was right about one thing. If he didn't have the same views as her, Goron wouldn't have chosen to escape.
"It's useless, the hallucinogenic barrier was only forcibly interrupted for a moment, and now it has been reopened."
"It's opened again? But why don't we... don't have the feeling that our senses were sealed just now?" Monica looked left and right, and said with a puzzled look.
"Because the moment the barrier is closed, people who have landed on the island are already resistant to the barrier. Although they cannot completely ignore the interference of the barrier, at least normal senses can still do it, but no longer If someone lands on the island, they will still be trapped in the barrier as before, so boys, don’t expect any reinforcements.” (~^~)