Heart of the Castle

Chapter 539 The building will fall, and the morning star will come

The golden light was like a huge fist, firmly grasping a mass of bloody light, and the coercion emanating from the abyss succubus Lilaya had faded to the point where it was almost unperceivable.The vast majority of people, including the royal capital's nobles and all the knights, were all smiling. Only two people were still frowning. One of them was the acting head of the Knights of Death, Thomas Dejansen, the Lord of the Eyes, and the other was It was Mr. Frederick, the old housekeeper next to Lord Griffin.

Li Wei's smile just appeared on the corner of his mouth, but it was washed away by the anxious voice of the butler Frederick, "Master Li Wei, the situation is not right, immediately order to retreat!"

The griffin lord almost instinctively raised his hand to give the order to retreat. This order is absolutely puzzling. If the messenger beside him was not an alchemy swordsman, he would have at least asked in a low voice to confirm whether the order was correct. just work.

Alchemy soldiers would never have this kind of problem. Almost at the same time as Li Wei made a gesture, the alchemy swordsman put the horn by his mouth and blew it with all his strength.

The high-pitched and mournful sound of the horn sounded through the air, beep-beep-beep-beep-every note seemed to explode in the ears of the knights of the Northern Alliance Army, urging them to retreat immediately, and the chest of the alchemy swordsman who played the horn bulged , Even the armor worn on the body seemed to be cracked, and the magic runes on the horn lit up in turn as the notes became louder and louder, finally forming a roar and whistling.

BACK BACK BACK BACK—THE HORN IS BLOWING—BACK BACK BACK BACK!The Griffin Knights immediately turned their horses' heads, and the knights directly under Li Wei, such as Wilpus and Dragunson, also obeyed the order after a moment.

But Lord Cedric and other northern lords and their knights were not so decisive. When the horn sounded, they either looked at each other suspiciously, or threw doubts or inquiries towards Levi. His eyes, or continue to look at the group of red light that has been severely compressed by the golden light with disdain.

In short, no one chose to retreat immediately.

In the next moment, many of them deeply regretted their mistakes.

In the golden light that was so thick as to be real, a woman's crazy laugh suddenly came out, "You are all going to die! You are all going to die!" The voice announced, "I am waiting for you in the abyss hell!" Then the red light accompanied With the sound of bones breaking, it suddenly shrank to the middle very quickly, and it turned into an extremely bright and dazzling small light spot in the blink of an eye.

"Quickly rewind!" This time it was Tomad Jansen, Lord of the Grim Reaper's Order, who gave the order in horror. His golden eyes showed unconcealable horror, and even his expression was slightly distorted, as if seeing the gate of the abyss and hell opening. It's like opening your face.

In his eyes, that bright spot of light suddenly swelled, and in the blink of an eye, it turned into a bloody sea of ​​flames, violently impacting on the surrounding golden light, and the shock came later, causing many war horses to hiss. Knock down the master who is not good at riding.

If it was just a slip and fall, it would be a great relief to these unfortunate knights.It's a pity that none of them thought of this. Before they could utter their curses, they found that their vision had been covered by a pure bloody flame!

The power of this bloody sea of ​​flames was beyond everyone's expectations. The golden light formed by the rich light divine power was completely vulnerable to the sea of ​​flames, and it almost didn't even serve as an early warning.With the crisp sound like countless crystals cracking together, the hymn reverberating in everyone's ears suddenly stopped, and then dozens of high-ranking priests of the Guangyao Cathedral vomited blood at the same time, mixed with golden blood like a hot wind It spread out like a shower in the middle of the night, and the scene looked even spectacular.

A chilling spectacle.

The bloody sea of ​​flames then spread rapidly, so fast that it was like a haze spreading across the sky. A giant vortex seemed to appear in the center of the sea of ​​flames, and every time it rotated, more hell flames were thrown out to join the sea of ​​flames , making the sea of ​​flames spread faster and faster in all directions.

At least hundreds of nobles and knights in the royal capital were engulfed by the sudden sea of ​​bloody flames before they could react in time. Then there were screams full of pain and madness, but most of them subsided in an instant. Only knights with above strength can persist for a few more seconds.

But for them, this is probably a more cruel ending, because neither the Sanhua of Dou Qi nor the Tianhua of Dou Qi can stop the penetration of the original power of the abyss, it just delays their inevitable ending.

Li Wei saw with his own eyes that Knight Templeton—a high-ranking knight who was directly under his command but had the idea of ​​going out independently—did not obey his order and retreated. When the bloody sea of ​​flames expanded violently, he and the others Waking up just like a dream, he turned the horse's head as fast as he could.

What they didn't expect was that the well-trained war horses seemed to lose themselves in front of the approaching bloody sea of ​​flames. No matter how much the knights on the horses whipped and cursed, they stood still in place, and some knights who could keep calm immediately The Knight of Templeton is one of those who jump off their horses and try to escape the flames with their own feet.

However, it was too late, the bloody sea of ​​fire quickly caught up with them, Knight Templeton was also caressed by a tentacle stretched out by the sea of ​​fire, his body glowed with cyan fighting spirit, and every strand of it was almost condensed into A sign of Tianhua.However, in the bloody sea of ​​flames that possessed the original power of the abyss, he was exhausted after only struggling for no more than three breaths.

Knight Templeton fell to his knees, his face distorted and deformed by the extreme pain. He opened his mouth as if he wanted to shout something, but he couldn't make any sound, at least in Levi's ears, except for the howling of the expanding sea of ​​fire. Other than that, no other sound can be heard.

Then the Griffin Lord saw that the armor on Knight Templeton turned red as if it had been scorched by high temperature, and the golden buckles on the shoulder armor were melted into drops of metal dripping down; seeing his cloak scorched black and curly, Then a bright red flame was ignited; he saw his chest swelled into a huge ball, and every pore was emitting blood mist and light of the same color.

Then Knight Templeton's entire body exploded violently, and the skin, muscles, and tendons all melted into a part of the bloody sea of ​​flames, leaving only a bone without any flesh and blood.And this skeleton did not scatter and collapse on the ground, but tremblingly took one step forward, another step forward.

This kind of thing has been repeated hundreds of times in the sea of ​​bloody flames. As long as it is swallowed by the sea of ​​flames, no matter whether it is a knight with fighting energy or an ordinary person, he will not be spared. After more than ten seconds of pain, the blood light formed after the outbreak was only a little more intense.

Cardinal Enoch Sebasta is the only one among all the clergy who did not vomit blood, but this does not mean that he was less injured. Received more backlash damage than anyone else.A very strange feeling descended on the cardinal. It was not pain, but extreme exhaustion and weakness. He was limp from head to toe, making him feel like he was floating on a piece of warm water, with the golden sun shining in front of him. , as if you can reach out and touch the supreme heaven where the Lord of Radiance is...

That is indeed where the highest heaven is, yes, Enoch Sebasta really wanted to give up everything and merge into that ray of light, but he knew very well that he couldn't fall down at this time, otherwise I'm afraid there would be no one from the Radiant Temple of the clergy can get out of here alive.He suddenly bit his tongue hard, with such force that he almost bit off his tongue completely.The smell of blood emerged from his mouth, accompanied by a sharp pain that made him shudder through his whole body, driving away most of the exhaustion in his body, and then he let out a muffled growl, and the golden sun-ray scepter pointed at There was a severe pause on the ground, and the sacred light shone again around the scepter, colliding with the surging bloody sea of ​​flames.

Cardinal Enoch Sebasta didn't just bite his own tongue, what he used was a special magic that could stimulate potential.This kind of magic is somewhat similar to the ability to resist death by sacrificing grudges. It can greatly strengthen the user's physical fitness, and ignore even the most serious trauma on the body.

However, although the magic effect is powerful, the cost is also huge.Not only does the user have to suffer terrible backlash damage when the effect of the magic spell ends, but the damage received before will explode together, which can easily cause the user to die irreparably and directly.Therefore, this kind of magic is also called taboo magic. Although most of the high-level priests are bestowed with this kind of grace, there are very few people who dare to use it.

It was the first time for Enoch Sebasta to use forbidden magic. The pain on his tongue was quickly submerged in the joy from his heart. It was so strong that even a cardinal could not even imagine the power of light infused into his body. , that is called pure light, and it seems that there is even a trace of original power in it.The cardinal even lost his sanity for a few seconds in the wave of indescribable joy. He searched all the hymns he found in the scriptures, but he couldn't describe a ten-thousandth of this joy.

In the end, he could only describe it in this way, as if it was the feeling of the Lord of Radiance descending on him.

For the clergy, this is simply a fatal attraction and an unstoppable pleasure. Enoch Sebasta suddenly understood why most of the clergy who survived the backlash damage of the forbidden magic would encounter In times of difficulty, he did not hesitate to cast this terrifying divine spell again. Compared with the feeling of being one with the gods, death was really insignificant.

There was another loud bang, and a golden light shot straight into the sky with Enoch Sebasta as the center, causing the entire sea of ​​bloody flames to fluctuate violently, and the momentum of expansion also stopped.

But that's all, the bloody sea of ​​flames that cannot be stopped by gathering the power of the bright enchantment of the entire king's capital, even if the cardinal uses the power of forbidden magic, can barely stop the time of a few heartbeats.The brilliant golden beam of light was then stained with spots of blood. Although the barriers of the entire Glory City responded to the cardinal's call and poured down a large amount of divine power of light, they still couldn't stop the erosion of the bloody sea of ​​flames.

For those who are about to be engulfed in a sea of ​​bloody flames, these few seconds are undoubtedly extremely precious. The clerics of the Guangyao Temple who were seriously injured cast a healing spell on themselves, and then turned around and ran away. The same is true for the nobles of the capital. .If it was just death, perhaps the devout believers of the Lord of Radiance would not show such panic, but they have seen with their own eyes the end of being swallowed by the sea of ​​flames, which is an eternal slavery that even the soul cannot escape.

The Northern Allied Forces and the Reaper Knights were also retreating. The terrifying power displayed by the bloody sea of ​​flames could not be stopped by courage and sacrifice. I am afraid that rash actions would only lead to sacrifices in vain.Now the two last elite troops of the Kingdom of Arthur have merged into one. The Griffin Knight and the Death Knight rode side by side. If it weren't for the different flags flying above their heads, they would hardly be able to tell the difference between them.

If the sea of ​​bloody flames could expand infinitely, I am afraid that apart from the Griffin Riders who evacuated first, only a very small number of people could escape from the scythe of death.Of course the Griffon Lord, with the help of Dark Nightmare in the North, would be one of the survivors, and he even had time to slip past the unconscious Celestial Knight before pulling him onto the back of the black horse and leading him outwards to escape.

The sea of ​​flames gradually stopped when it expanded to a radius of about one kilometer. Although there were still countless blood-red tentacles flailing outwards at the edge, they did not expand as a whole, but began to slowly rotate towards the center instead.A gigantic obsidian castle pulled by hundreds of iron cables appeared above the vortex in the center of the sea of ​​flames. At first it was only an illusory shadow, but every second became more real than the previous second.The sense of deterrence that made it difficult to breathe appeared again. This time, even Li Wei's face changed color slightly, and transparent beads of sweat could not help but ooze on his forehead.

"This castle seems... a little strange?" Levi turned his head hesitantly, and asked the pale old magician softly, "Mr. Dish... I feel... as if I have seen this castle somewhere before." A castle?"

"Your feeling is absolutely right, Master Levi." Mr. Dish replied, "In the crater of the old sir, you and Wilps have dealt with the phantom formed by this force, and finally played the role of the castle. All the strength of his heart, and took advantage of his negligence to repel him."

"Is it the demon prince whose forehead was pierced by the fireball technique?" Li Wei's expression became a little more relaxed. The phantom was indeed extremely powerful at the beginning, but the high-end combat power around him was only the great knight leader Wilpus. That's all, and now there are dozens of strong men with the strength above the Grand Knight Commander, so it shouldn't be difficult to deal with.

Mr. Dish saw Li Wei's underestimation of the enemy, and couldn't help but sighed softly. "Master Li Wei, don't take it lightly. Last time, the Demon Grand Duke was just a plane projection. This time we have to deal with his body. The difference in strength is more than ten times? Not only that, maybe that demon The Grand Duke also has a few helpers of similar strength!"

Mr. Dish's guess was correct. As soon as he spoke, the obsidian castle floating on the sea of ​​flames had been fully formed.The high temperature scorched the air, forming countless grotesque twisted airflows on the surface of the castle, but these would not cause any hindrance to the vision for the real strong.

The top of the castle does not have the usual high tower spire, but an open platform, surrounded by many obsidian statues, each statue looks very real, with terrifying claws and hideous teeth, with a very strong The abnormal aesthetic point of view unique to the abyssal demon family.

Three figures stood on the roof of the castle, looking down at the City of Glory with greedy eyes. Among them, the two figures standing on the left and right were burly demon lords.The demon lord on the left is wearing a thick ancient bronze armor, with countless magic runes etched on it, and an abyss beheading sword stuck at his feet. A ferocious head with the characteristics of apes and hyenas grows on it. The huge sharp horn is obviously an abyss alchemy lord of the same family as General Kleinus, but in terms of the strong power fluctuations on his body, he is stronger than General Kleinus.

The figure of the demon lord on the right is taller and burly than that of the abyss refiner, and his muscles are also extremely developed, but this is not uncommon among the abyss demons.The difference that people can tell at a glance is that above the muscular arms of the demon lord, there are equally muscular and powerful arms stretched out.The only demons with this feature are the abyss evil gods. They are the combination of the craziest beasts and the best fighters. Each arm holds a magic hammer forged from abyss magic iron. The dwarf blacksmith In front of these terrifying weapons, the full-body heavy armor carefully forged by the master is as fragile as if it was made of parchment.

Whether it is the lord of the abyss refining demon or the lord of the abyss evil god, they are all existences that can rival the strongest knights among humans. If the sky knight Osiris is not injured, he may be able to win a one-on-one battle with difficulty, but if One against two, then it is only a matter of time before the Sky Knight fails.

However, these two powerful demon lords can only stand on the left and right now, and standing between them is a slender—or even petite—female.This woman looked like a beautiful human girl, with a small bright red mark in the middle of her forehead, and long fiery red hair scattered behind her head, reflecting the brilliance of the flames.

"It's finally here, it's a waste of time than I imagined..." Following her voice, the crimson flames gathered behind her into huge translucent wings of light, flapping the scorching air around, "Then, In order to realize that great plan, let's burn this city to our heart's content!"

"Obey, morning star of the abyss, Your Excellency Serafalna the Demon Grand Duke!" The two abyss lords bowed their bodies at the same time, their excited low roars shook the air, "Let us release destruction under your command, burn with all our might, and then dominate everything !"

(End of this chapter)