Heart of the Castle

Chapter 868 Tallon's deadly battle, the arrival of the Great Monarch
Today's first ray of golden morning light shines on the white snow on the highest peak of the Iron Furnace Mountains, reflecting a dazzling and beautiful light; Dawn slowly climbs down the mountain with leisurely steps, making the mountains gradually turn from blue-black to green. The fog floating in the mountains is gradually dissipating under the sunshine, and settles in the half-withered grass and bushes, condensing into glistening dewdrops, which at first glance seem to be flawless diamonds sprinkled from nothingness.

Hundreds of demon priests wearing blood-red robes gathered around the alchemy summoning circle located in the center of the Iron Furnace Mountains. One hundred and eight of them stood on the small nodes of the summoning circle, and the rest formed a group around the periphery of the summoning circle. lock up.These demonic priests were chanting strange and evil mantras in low voices in the abyssal language, while raising their hands high and making various complicated gestures.Their voices converged into a sound wave with some kind of powerful penetrating power, which echoed in the sky above the alchemy summoning circle, stirring up waves of violent waves in the air.

The deceitful lord Shakros stood quietly in the center of the alchemy summoning circle, his body like a condensed gray and black haze was covered with a robe embellished with hundreds of ghost crystals.The core node of the alchemy summoning array shone dimly under his feet. The power of hundreds of demon priests was concentrated here, and then injected into his body through the summoning array, allowing him to regain the power of a legendary powerhouse.

This feeling of lost and regained even made Shackles look a little dazed.The deceitful lord has always been proud of his mind, but he doesn't care much about power. However, when his body was destroyed by the Burning Dragon King, his soul could only survive with the help of the Abyss Lord's secret method. The horrible taste, and the sense of powerlessness from the bottom of my heart.

This annoyed Shakros almost to the point of madness, and the desire to regain his strength had become the only thought in his mind during this time.The great lord of the abyss, Amurhydra, once promised that as long as he successfully obtained the priesthood of the lord of glory, Flandara, he would use divine power to reshape his body. This is of course a path that can see the light of day, but it is not the only one. What about one?

When thinking of this, Shackles' face looked a bit gloomy. Fortunately, most of the undead creatures' faces were like this, and they were far away, so no one could see his abnormality.In the eyes of those demon priests, the deceitful lord Shakros was waving his gray hands all the time, manipulating the rituals and sorting out the power, so that every line that made up the alchemy summoning array was full of bloody light.

As the summoning ceremony progressed, more and more abyssal magic power was integrated into the alchemy summoning array. Even Shakros, who possessed legendary strength, gradually felt a strange pressure, which was almost unacceptable.Just when Shakross was thinking about whether to suspend the ceremony, a group of colorful rays of light fell from the sky with the sound of howling wind, and then most of the rays of light dispersed, revealing the thin figure of President Arlyaf of the Erudite Guild.

"Your Majesty Shakross, following your orders, I have brought you information about the battle ahead." President Alyaf bowed respectfully and put his hands on his chest. "Do you need a full debrief?"

A strange light flickered in Shakros' eyes, "No need, Master Arlyaf, I just want to know one thing now, have our troops broken through the defense line of Tarlon Fortress?"

"Unfortunately, Your Majesty Shackles, although our army is brave and invincible, the defenders of Fort Tarlon are stubborn and resist desperately with their high walls. Our army attacked the top of the city several times, but was defeated. The current battle situation is at a stalemate." President Alyaf said in a low voice, "But just now, His Majesty the Lord of Terror Charlemagne has prepared to lead the Iron Guard of Terror to fight on the front line in person, and the stalemate should be over soon. broken."

"This is indeed something the Terror Lord can do. Although he is much more stable than the Berserk Lord Ramston, he belongs to the abyss demon refining family with a violent and cruel temperament. It is not surprising that he cannot hold his breath." Shaq Rose nodded slowly, and then continued to ask, "Then, have the legendary powerhouses on the human side been dispatched? How about the casualties of their ordinary soldiers?"

"Under the fierce attack of our army, the casualties of those humans were quite heavy!" Aryaf tugged on the luxurious scholar-master necklace on his neck, his tone and expression were full of pride and excitement, as if he died at the hands of a demon. Those under the claws are not the same as his compatriots with the same blood, "I saw at least a thousand defenders died in battle, and many of them were high-ranking guardian knights of the Shining Temple! But the Griffin Knights The regiment's stubborn resistance was extremely fierce, they formed a sharp sword with the Judgment Knights, and fought across the entire battlefield..."

"Master Alyaf, these words of yours are wonderful and can be written in historical works, but there is no need to say more here." Shackles interrupted impatiently, "I just want to know now, human beings Did the legendary powerhouse of one side appear on the battlefield?"

"No, no, Your Majesty Shakross, none." Alyaf wiped the sweat from his forehead with the back of his hand, "But you know, I can't get too close to Fort Tarlon, if I'm found , I am afraid that the legendary powerhouse on the human side will really appear."

Shakross held back a contemptuous snort, he still needs the help of Arlyaf, and the president of the Erudite Guild, although his character is worrying, is the only one who still showed a certain degree of respect after he lost his power. A person who looks respectful and polite.Although it was probably just a habitual gesture, it still touched Shacklecross's heart.

"It seems that either there are only one or two legendary strongmen in Tarlon Fortress, and they dare not act rashly, or they have already discovered our plan..." Shacross showed a thoughtful expression, and then shook his head, denying Without this possibility, "No, no, those humans will not know about this plan, they have no channel to get the news."

"Your Majesty Shackles, in my opinion, the summoning ceremony can continue." President Alyaf observed the various nodes of the alchemy summoning array, and couldn't help but suggest, "The power of the summoning array is now fully charged. , each of the lines that make up the summoning array has reached the upper limit of its bearing capacity. If the ceremony continues, it may cause the entire summoning array to be overwhelmed. Even if the ceremony is temporarily stopped, it will bring a serious burden to the summoning array .”

"Is that so?" Shakros sighed helplessly, "Then there is no choice, Master Aryaf, this alchemy summoning array needs two core nodes to run at the same time to start, please you and I Let's perform the ceremony of summoning the Great Monarch of the Abyss together."

"It's my honor, Your Majesty Shacklesh." President Alyaf's smile looked very frank, as if it came from the heart, and then the master scholar walked to another core node, with his hands raised and his robes Colorful rays of light burst out from above, and the aura rose steadily, until it broke through the limit of legend before it stabilized.

"Your Majesty Shakros, I'm ready, can I start the summoning ceremony?" President Arlyaf's voice came out from the colorful light curtain, which seemed a little illusory, as if he was a different person. "The situation of the alchemy summoning array is worse than I imagined. I am afraid that in 10 minutes, several main energy transmission lines will be destroyed by the infinitely expanding magic power of the abyss."

There was a hint of hesitation in Shakros' eyes, but then the treacherous lord made up his mind, "Start the summoning ceremony, Master Arlyaf, let go of your power, stretch your origin, travel through the plane, until you penetrate the barrier of the abyss demon realm!"

As Shacross chanted loudly, rich blood-red rays of light erupted from every corner within the range of the alchemy summoning circle, reflecting red half of the sky above the Iron Forge Mountains.The blood-red light gathered into a powerful force, and with the help of this force, Shakross' thoughts began to rush out of his body and spread in all directions.

This force is very powerful. Shacklecross felt that his semi-illusory body was gradually becoming materialized under the wash of indescribable powerful force. A sudden impulse rose in his heart, and he really wanted to freeze this moment like this. Come down till the end of time.

However, this is of course impossible. This power is formed by gathering the power of hundreds of demon priests in the alchemy summoning array. It cannot last at all, and it does not need to last. Ideas began to appear, and touched Shackles' mind, sending out a series of signals humbly and politely.

It was Alyaf, the president of the Erudite Guild.

The two ideas began to control this power together, and slowly walked between the main plane and the interlayer of the abyss, but they had to stop after not advancing long, because although there was still a void ahead, there was A thick barrier that cannot be described in words completely blocked the way forward.

Shakross subconsciously took a breath, he knew one thing very well, this barrier is basically indestructible, not to mention him and Alyaf, even if the gods take action, they cannot completely subvert the rules of the multiverse .

However, for the weaker abyssal creatures, this barrier does not exist, because there are many cracks and holes all over it, and the larger ones are enough to allow legendary demons to enter and exit.However, the Abyss Lord Amur Hydras who has already ignited the divine fire is not included. Just opposite the barrier, a powerful force as deep as the sea is gathering, with two extreme opposite attributes of infinite light and endless darkness. , making people feel a creepy feeling just by sensing a faint breath.

The Great Monarch of the Abyss is ready to accept the summoning and descend the real body on the main plane. What Shakros and Arlyaf have to do now is to use the powerful power of the alchemy summoning array to confuse this barrier and make it There is a larger gap that can accommodate the real body of Amur Hydras.

The blood-red light began to condense, gradually forming a huge ball of light like a blood-colored sun.The scorching heat of this ball of light seems to be able to directly burn the soul, even Shakross couldn't continue to stay in the ball of light, and had to turn into an illusory gray shadow and float away.As for the master Alyaf, he had already left early when the barrier appeared, and sang poems praising the great monarch of the abyss in a safer place.

The barrier in front of him began to emit invisible roars. The barrier itself has no wisdom at all, but it has an instinctive judgment on the power of the abyss. It judges that the power of this blood-red light ball has exceeded the limit of legends, and it must Which side was imprisoned in the Abyss Demon Realm.So when the bloody light ball gradually approached, a faint phantom began to appear on the barrier, and the phantom became more and more real, like a huge mouth, trying to swallow the bloody light ball in one gulp.However, at the moment when the phantom turned from illusion to reality, the great lord of the abyss, Amurhydras, suddenly released all his aura. The strong light aura was like a destructive hurricane blowing in the abyss demon realm, causing dozens of people The small and medium planes made a terrible cracking sound, which also dispelled all the haze around his body.

Two diametrically opposed forces appeared in areas that were inappropriate for each other. Finally, a fatal error occurred in the judgment of the barrier. The huge mouth suddenly opened, and the irresistible and powerful attraction drew the blood-colored light ball and the abyss together. The monarch swallowed it at the same time, and in the next moment, the two exchanged positions.

That bloody ball of light was just the power of hundreds of demon priests barely condensed by the alchemy summoning array. Although it felt extremely powerful, it didn't have any effective means of use.After losing the control of Shakros and Arlyaf, the bloody light ball immediately disintegrated into countless scattered rays of light, illuminating a corner of the Abyss like a meteor shower passing through the sky.

And in the center of the alchemy summoning array in the Iron Furnace Mountains, a strange scene happened that was even more earth-shattering. A thick golden light rose straight up, penetrated the clouds, and went straight into the unfathomable depths of the sky.The intensity of this ray is enough to scorch the eyeballs of bystanders, and it contains terrible scorching energy. Everything it touches is instantly reduced to ashes, no matter whether it is rocks, trees or streams.

Before hundreds of demon priests had time to cheer for the success of the ceremony, they were engulfed by the suddenly expanding golden light. The dark magic protecting their bodies disintegrated almost instantly. All the heroes who made the great lord of the abyss, Amur Hydras, successfully descended to the world fell to the ground, and their bodies were burned to ashes in an instant, and then turned into bursts of blue smoke together with their sinful souls.

The two core nodes of the alchemy summoning array are the only safe places. The same powerful rule-repelling power is gathered on these two nodes, so that the treacherous Lord Shakros and Master Alyaf are safe and sound, but this pair of eyes looks like the end of the world. The scene was really thrilling, which made them all show expressions of awe and envy, their dull eyes fixed on the golden light that connects up to the sky and penetrates down to the center of the earth.

The Iron Furnace Mountains, which stretched for dozens of kilometers, suffered a catastrophe that was worse than last time. The ground shook violently, and roars emanated from the center of the earth, like a dying beast that had been wounded to the point; , and quickly spread outwards, and finally made a loud noise like a sky-shattering earth-shattering, and collapsed, the smallest fragments of which were larger than a house.

After a few heartbeats, the golden beam of light still stood in the center of the alchemy summoning circle, and the vibrations on the ground became more violent, and finally swelled up with terrifying groans, split open, and spewed out a thousand-meter-high lava fountain.A gust of hurricane blew wildly from the rift in the earth, roaring and rushing out of the demon camp in the fatal pass.This hurricane broke tree trunks, blew away mountain rocks, and swept away a full twenty fully equipped elite demon teams, leaving only deep purple blood stains and broken armor and sword fragments on the ground.

"My lord of glory... this is the end!" On the wall of Tarlon Fortress, a priest of Guangyao threw down the scepter in his hand, threw himself into the blood and mud and shouted, "Brothers, The doomsday judgment recorded in the scriptures has come, let us meet the end of life together!"

"Go and end it yourself, I don't want to die yet!" A foot kicked hard from behind and kicked the Guangyao priest over. This would not have caused much problem, but the bad luck The guy's head happened to collide violently with the crenel of the city wall, and he passed out without a word.

Grand Duke Zandora snorted unabated, walked past the body of the Guangyao priest, and led a dozen Deldes knights towards the battlefield.His left shoulder was covered with blood-stained bandages, his armor was covered with scratches and wounds, and half of the golden dragon badge on his helmet had been broken at some point, only half of the dragon claw still survived.

However, it is this embarrassing appearance that is more respected and revered by people than when he was in glamor. Grand Duke Zandora can fully feel that those Deldes knights followed him sincerely, and it was definitely not because of the law. bound by law and oath.

"This feeling is really amazing." Grand Duke Zandora strode across the broken cracks on the city wall, thinking with a smile on his face, "Perhaps Levi Ston... and the heroes recorded in the epics It is because the characters are fascinated by this feeling that they can persist on the road full of thorns, right?"

"Your Excellency, look, that is... what is that?" A Deldes knight suddenly shouted with a changed voice. Grand Duke Zandora put away his wandering thoughts and turned his head. , looking in the direction of the fatal pass.

The next moment, the regent of the Kingdom of Deldes involuntarily took a breath of air, stopped in his footsteps, and his body was as stiff as a taut bowstring.

"My Lord of Glory... Could it be that the pastor is right, is today really the day of final judgment?"

(End of this chapter)