In the barren wilderness shrouded in darkness and mist, the abandoned and nameless ancient city quietly dormant on this land. The desolate ancient stones and corroded metal remains stand silently in the cold wind, as if guarding the civilization after the disappearance some of the secrets.
And in the center of the ruins, the long-extinguished fire device pointed straight at the sky, and there was no trace of heat in the pitch-black tower. Near the fire device, thousands of monsters corrupted by chaos gathered silently. These berserk creatures, who usually only move blindly or fight fiercely, are now as quiet as pilgrims. They watch over the fire in the dark. The tower, motionless, is strange and inexplicable.
Even the old knight Maurice had never heard of such a scene, and no one mentioned it even in the ancient collections of the royal family.
Veronica and her knights hid behind a low wall, each equipped with full armor and swords, waiting quietly for the moment to strike. This distance is a safe distance determined by the old knight after several discussions with her: the perception ability of corrupted monsters is very subtle, they are affected by the power of chaos, but they have not been fully transformed, so they cannot be compared with ordinary servants of chaos. Outside a certain range, they are deaf, blind and stupid, but within a certain range (some scholars call this range the "control area" of corrupt monsters), their perception intensity can reach almost a hundred times that of ordinary humans, And it has the ability to directly "smell" the breath of life like a servant of chaos.
Therefore, when ambushing Chaos monsters, distance is very important.
The knights lowered their bodies carefully. Although all of them were experienced in many battles, these people were still quite nervous. There is an imperceptible layer of light floating on the surface of each of them. This layer of light is the effect of the order talisman: the power of the holy object is like a lighthouse in the chaos, so naturally they cannot get it here, so all the knights are now Activated her own talisman of order like Veronica. They are like astronauts who wear space suits and carry out emergency missions in space. They must complete the ignition task within an extremely limited activity time in order to survive, which will bring enormous pressure to people.
As for the sacred object, Hao Ren has temporarily taken it away. It's not that he feels sorry for the plate from the fifth plastic factory, but that it is so attractive to corrupt monsters. If there is a "nose" accidentally later The more sensitive corrupted monster sensed the position of the plate, and the whole lure plan was in vain.
As time went by, the knights became more and more nervous, and the duration of the amulet of order was limited, so this kind of lurking became the most test of patience, courage and discipline. The old knight turned his head slightly to look at Veronica, and the question in his eyes was very clear: "Your Highness, can the 'Ancient Guardian' really be trusted?"
Veronica returned a firm gaze, but no one knew whether her heart was as firm as her expression.
She raised her head and looked across the square.
There, the collapsed building wall created an open gap. It seems that a huge monster once rampaged into the square. From the gap to the outside of the ruins, there is an almost unobstructed passage. If the group leads away, the gap is the best direction. Veronica waited quietly, waiting for the agreed action to start.
After an unbearable silence, at last a light shone across the gap.
"Boom!"
Two earth-shattering explosions were the beginning of the whole operation—the "Ancient Guardian" seems to be quite good at the spells of fire and storm. His attacks are always so violent and amazing. When the grand explosions tear apart the night, Veronica Seeing that the two stone buildings on the edge of the square almost flew up, the broken stones and metals were splashed on the monsters near the gap like a storm, and the ugly and twisted monsters were beaten on the spot like broken sacks. hole.
The sudden attack caused all the monsters on the square to suddenly fall into panic and consternation—no matter what their strange silent state was before, they were all interrupted now anyway, and these monsters with little sense at all were suddenly controlled by madness and anger , heart-piercing roars came from every direction, and several huge demon bears slapped away the weak monsters around them with a single slap, roaring and rushing towards the direction of the explosion: there are not many of these chaotic monsters. Fear and reason can be said, most of them will not analyze the strength of the enemy and the enemy, and will not consider whether there is fraud. Faced with this kind of behavior that provokes their majesty, the only thing they can think of is destruction!
At this moment, a figure jumped out from the smoke and dust of the explosion, and Veronica clearly heard the angry shout: "Grandchildren!!"
Immediately afterwards, there was another continuous explosion, which was mixed with some kind of powerful beam attack, and the monsters on the edge of the square were swept down by the beam.
The corrupted monsters were completely enraged, only to hear roars resounding through the sky, and heavy footsteps resounding in disorder. Almost all the monsters in the square turned their heads to look at the gap, and then rushed over.
Veronica felt the ground under her feet shaking, and even the dilapidated buildings around her made creaking and shaking sounds. The surrounding knights looked at each other in horror, and someone muttered in a low voice: "Goddess bless..."
It's not the first time they've seen this kind of movement from Hao Ren, but the fighting style of the blasting ghost is not something you can get used to after watching it once or twice: facing this kind of violent force purely for destruction again, The Cavaliers are still inevitably moved.
Thousands of monsters rushed to the gap in the square, and soon Veronica's vision widened. The tower of furnace fire stood hundreds of meters away under the night, and there was no distance between her and the tower. More cover.
But not all monsters were lured away—just as Hao Ren and His Royal Highness had expected, not every monster "eat ridicule". Corrupted monsters are the product of chaos pollution, so all kinds of abnormal mutations are also part of them. Major feature: Some monsters will stubbornly stand still even in the face of provocation, while some stronger monsters are a little more vigilant. When more than 90% of the monsters are lured away by Hao Ren, those mutated monsters Or the more "smart" guys remain on the field, circling in circles in some confusion, becoming the last threat around the fire.
The princess knight draws her long sword out of its sheath: "Follow me to charge!"
The knights immediately released the shading technique on the blades, and a bright silver light flashed out of the darkness immediately. Dozens of people jumped out of the low wall, roaring and rushed towards the furnace tower in the center of the square.
The monsters reacted instantly after these humans entered their "controlled area". They roared at each other, met Veronica and the knights at an astonishing speed, and slammed into each other firmly.
In Veronica's field of vision, only the dark square tower more than ten meters high in front of her was her target. The fire was like a lighthouse in the dark night, guiding the direction of the knight princess. She charged forward, sweeping the long sword in her hand , A wrist-stinging impact came from the blade, and a black wolf-like monster was directly and violently blown away by the princess.
The figure of the black wolf flying in mid-air quickly disintegrated, and a pale silver light burst out from the wound on its abdomen. When it landed, the entire body was almost burnt to ashes.
Veronica continued to move forward, and after retracting the long sword, she felt that her arms were faintly numb: If it was a normal fight, it would be a trivial matter for her to destroy a corrupted black wolf, but it would not be like this. In order to save time, she used the cavalier's physical burst ability, which caused extraordinary consumption and retaliation.
But it was getting closer and closer to the tower of furnace fire.
"Don't waste time with these monsters," Morian's voice rang loudly from the side, "Defensive formation, cover the princess and go to the fire!"
At this time, all the corrupt monsters left in the square and the surrounding streets and alleys have been alarmed, and more and more monsters around even make Veronica can't help but suspect that those guys who were lured away by Hao Ren just ran back. — This is of course impossible, but the original number of corrupt monsters in the square is huge, even if Hao Ren lures away 90% of them, if the remaining 10% are gathered together, it will be a cold sweat Condition.
Just like the scene in front of Veronica's eyes now.
Thirty meters away from the fire.
The wounded knights were replaced to the inner layer of the queue and continued to support the battle with military crossbows. The other knights formed a powerful guard beside Veronica, cutting a bloody path through the crowd of monsters, and corrupting monsters layer by layer. They pounced on the ground, gnawed and tore the defense line formed by the flesh and blood in a primitive and brutal way, and then were chopped back layer by layer by these powerful warriors who had experienced many battles, leaving behind burning ashes and human corpses all over the place. blood.
There are still ten meters.
Veronica felt that victory was in sight. Although the pressure was mounting, she felt that it would not be a problem for her and the knights to break through the last distance, so she couldn't help but began to worry about the situation of the "ancient guardian". She looked up to the direction outside the town, as if trying to find the guardian and the thousands of terrifying monsters in the darkness.
Alone into the endless chaos, fighting thousands of monsters to the death, Veronica suddenly realized how crazy she let the "ancient guardian" do. The poets' exaggerated heroic stories are already surreal feats.
However, the guardian actually did it.
Even the old knight Morian next to him began to wonder whether the guardian was going to leave like this and never return.
But at this moment, a dazzling ball of light suddenly rose from outside the town.
Like a newborn moon, the ball of light protruded from the darkness, and then illuminated everything with radiance. Then it quickly shattered, and a huge mushroom cloud rose up amidst the smoke and flashes.
The deafening explosion and the tremor of the earth came later.
The fire was already in sight.
The knights quickly turned around and formed a solid barrier between the princess and the monsters. The old knight Morian shouted loudly: "Your Highness! Light the fire!"
Veronica was already ready, she turned the blade of the sword without hesitation, cut a wound on her hand, and the bright red blood with a little golden light flowed out immediately, and she threw the blood to the tower of furnace fire On the pedestal, read the ancient oath:
"In the name of the Goddess of Creation, in the name of the ancient oath, in the name of Ke Luo, the guardians of the seventy-seven thousand seven hundred pillars of imprisonment are here, and the light of order will surely illuminate everything!" (To be continued ~^~)