"Manticore Group 4 has lost contact."
"More than half of the 12 Manticore groups suffered casualties."
"Seven groups of Chosen Ones from Zhongjiang Branch have lost contact."
"One hundred and forty-four people have been resurrected in the nearby Life Temple and Light Temple."
The sound of announcements came one after another next to the communication crystal. The messengers copied the full text of the messages on the slips of paper, tore off a page from time to time, and carried the pages back and forth inside and outside the hall.
The Imperial Black Army had set up a headquarters in a nearby fortress half an hour ago. As a former fortress city, Ayinbrok certainly had more than one fortress. Dots of fortresses were scattered in different neighborhoods. Over the course of thousands of years, The central city expanded around these fortresses - but the only one that could move was the Ayinbrok Mobile Fortress.
Those giant steel towers built on steel beam truss structures were the observation towers of these fortresses, with forts on them. However, those old-fashioned devices were dismantled centuries ago - the Oshu people even neglected to move the fortresses. Maintenance, not to mention others - the head of the War Knights and the commander of the Imperial Army's 17th Garrison Legion, Count Tanilal, was currently on one of these forts, raising his telescope with both hands to observe the battle situation on the front line.
The clerk on the side handed over the order and reported: "Three dragon knights have arrived, Your Majesty the Legion Commander."
"Sir Fritz? But we did not ask Lavender for aid."
"It's an emergency response mechanism," the clerk replied, "Your Excellency, Legion Commander, I'm afraid something has happened to the great alchemist."
Tanilal's face was as dark as the sky before a storm, and Ayinbrok was in trouble one after another. The last time it almost triggered a confrontation between the dragon knights, but this time it was even more exaggerated. Even the mobile fortress that had not moved for centuries was rebuilt. activated.
and destroyed half the city's energy supply.
Last time, the Inspection and Cavalry Administration finally took responsibility. Since the Imperial Army was not dispatched from beginning to end, it was commended by His Majesty the Emperor. But this time, the Supreme Commander personally issued the order. If the Imperial Army did not perform heroically, then he, the legion commander, would probably be doomed.
Now a great alchemist is trapped in it, which has triggered the reaction mechanism of the three dragon knights at the same time. He can almost foresee the severe reprimand from the imperial capital.
In this direction, he didn't actually need a telescope to see the movement of the front line. The huge fortress occupied half of the sky in Ayinbrok and was clearly visible from any high point in the entire city. The fortress is slowly retreating towards the north of the city, passing through the noble district. The huge steps are like a tall tower, raising pieces of smoke and dust.
The imperial black army launched an offensive along different streets. The giant war structure concentrated firepower and broke one of its walking legs. The tower-like walking legs collapsed and destroyed an entire block, but for those with six pairs of walking legs, It's just a drop in the bucket compared to an adequate fortress.
What really caused damage to the fortress was the Cagallon, the last third-class battleship of the Ayinbrok Imperial Navy. It hit the middle rib of the fortress with itself a quarter of an hour ago, taking the ship's magic furnace with it. They turned into powder together.
The flash caused by the explosion almost darkened the entire sky. The impact storm instantly flattened all the blocks from Kingdom Avenue to 17th Street. The Imperials did not carry out civilian evacuation work at all, and the casualties caused by the explosion were countless. .
The explosion paralyzed the two stepping legs of the fortress and opened a huge hole in the middle area of the fortress platform. However, Ayinbrok was indeed an alchemical miracle that the elves participated in the construction of, and even so, it still stood firm.
However, a raging fire was ignited in the section fracture, and a column of smoke rose into the air.
As for the heavy frigate Ikaruga, which was responsible for providing cover for the Cagalon, it was hit by the air combat structure taking off from the Seven Seas Traveler and caught fire in many places. Finally, the fire burned through the core power room, and the Ikaruga disintegrated in the G7 channel. Exploded into a ball of fire.
At this point, the Ayin Block Imperial Navy was completely destroyed.
At this moment, in the Hall of the Holy King——
Although the dragon knights had arrived, the Oshu battle craftsmen did not give up the attack, and the chaotic battle continued.
In the midst of the chaos, Fang Yu suddenly noticed a dark shadow lurking past from the corner of his eye——
He turned back in that direction.
I just saw a few elite craftsmen from the combat department of the Craftsman Association emerging from my field of vision. Those people were shouting:
"Revenge for Master Amasite!"
Three alien flexible structures similar to Centaur Annihilators jumped out from the blue light curtain generated by the void, and stabbed Princess Brianne in the center of the hall with spears.
It's just that they found the wrong opponent.
An exquisite structure is currently standing under the towering vault of the Holy King's Hall, with its six unfolded wings shining as brightly as in the golden sunlight, even though its back is facing the spear thrust by the Centaur Annihilator—— But Fang Plover, who was opposite him, had a panoramic view of this scene.
He raised his right hand, causing the construct to turn around and avoid the tip of the spear.
Fang Plover's eyes were steady and his thoughts were as fast as lightning. .
At the next moment, the upper body of the Seraph was rotated almost 180 degrees at an incredibly flexible angle, and he grabbed the spear in the hand of the centaur construct behind him.
The centaur and the horse bounced off the two magical cores near the saddle, and brought up a large number of lightning beams. It gathered the lightning into a network and turned into a beam of lightning arrows to pierce the former, but the Oshu man immediately stared at him. big eyes.
At this moment, every circuit and every magic core on the magic glove on Fang Piao's right hand was flashing, and arcs of magic jumped between each other.
The Six-Winged Seraph leaped forward as if he was alive, grabbed the magic core that bounced up from behind the Centaur construct, and thrust it downwards - inserting it back into the slot along with the jumping electric light. .
The core of the magic guide was crushed to pieces, and a large amount of electric light burst out, spreading downward along the back half of the centaur construct, causing it to fall to one side.
The Oshu craftsmen couldn't believe what they saw. How could anyone control the Seraph so flexibly? It was not like an alien flexible construct, but like a rune doll with an independent soul. .
If it weren't for Fang Plover's magic glove establishing a connection with the Seraphim, he would have almost thought that the huge construct was acting autonomously.
However, the opponent is an elite in the combat department after all. At the last moment, he still raised his magic gloves to try to make the Centaur Annihilator break free.
But how could Fang Yu give him this opportunity.
He gave the order and ordered the Seraphim's other iron arm to grab the back of the centaur's body, pull it back, and slam it to the ground. The ground in the hall shook slightly.
Even though the Centaur Annihilator has all kinds of abilities, it loses any room for resistance once it falls to the ground. The Seraph directly grabs the opponent and lifts it off the ground, and then throws it forward with force, causing the heavy construct to hit the other person with a huge sound of wind. One of the same kind.
The two structures fell down at the same time with a loud noise, and were crushed into a pulp together with the craftsmen behind them.
On the other side, the lizard prince Teneric has also finished handling the battlefield. Where he passed, a piece of flexible debris stood ruggedly. He was retracting the spear from the chest of a Centaur Annihilator, and pulled out a long Magic arc coming.
The tall construct lowered its head, and the light in its eyes dimmed.
The short battle caused the Oshu craftsmen to collapse. The fighting power of the three people was incredibly high. The elf princess was even more unstable and rarely appeared in the sight of the Oshu people. However, every time she appeared, she would almost certainly take someone away. Fighting craftsmen’s lives.
What's more, in the chaotic hall, the Oshu people also have other enemies.
From time to time, a burst of fire appeared, and amid a huge roar of muskets, a ball of magic sparks or blood mist exploded on the forehead or chest of the construct or the Oshu craftsman on the side. The whole person immediately flew backwards and fell. Get into the crowd.
The noble daughter held a magic gun in her hand. After firing, she immediately hid behind a pillar on the side and nimbly hid in the blind spot. A craftsman who noticed this released the clockwork goblin, but she immediately raised her gun in that direction and shot it. Beaten to pieces.
Soon, the Oshu craftsmen were retreating to the entrance of the hall.
But at this moment, the elf princess and the lizard prince stopped at the same time. They both raised their heads and looked in the direction of the entrance to the hall.
"It's Count Lavender," Brianne Miaoxing put down the longbow in her hand, narrowed her eyes and said, "I fought against him fifteen years ago."
"Is it the Battle of Bain?" Fang Plover asked.
"Well," the elf princess nodded slightly, her eyes flashing with eagerness, "He had just become a dragon knight at that time. I wonder if this guy has improved after so many years of the Battle of Bain."
The hall seemed a little quiet. Everyone felt the stasis of approaching in the air. Under the calm surface of the sea of light, the undercurrent of ether had already surged. Even the battle craftsmen of the Oshu people stopped and seemed a little unaware. At a loss.
Once ordinary people get involved in a Dragon Knight-level confrontation, they will be turned into powder.
"I'm here to stop him," Brianne turned around and said, "Ed, go to the lower level. The Oshu people don't dare to make a big move in this city. As long as you protect the power core of Ayinbrok, you still have a chance to escape. .”
Fang Yu looked at the eclectic princess of Alvin Quinn, the master of the Far Star Bow - the legendary hero who fought against Byrne.
This elf princess is not a dragon knight, but the Far Star Bow in her hand is an artifact of the Avenquin elf clan. She once relied on it to fight against an imperial dragon knight in the Battle of Byrne. That was her first battle to fame.
And the other protagonist in that battle was naturally the person Brianne was talking about.
But fifteen years is a long time for a short-lived mortal. Sir Fritz Hamilton fifteen years ago is certainly not comparable to today.
Brianne smiled and felt a little pity: "It's a pity that the old guy Amasite still has starlight. I heard that the Oshu people will use some means to slow down the speed of the starlight of their great alchemist passing away despite his age. Otherwise, Today the Empire will lose a great alchemist."
She doesn't mind exchanging one life with the great alchemist of the empire. After all, she is still young, the stars are abundant, and the elves have long lifespans. At Amarshet's age, after this battle, she may not have a good life for a few days. .
Since she chose to take action, of course she was prepared for the inevitable.
The Elf Princess looked at Tenaric on one side, "Prince Tenaric, you stay with me to face the enemy. Hundreds of years ago, my people saw your warriors. I want to know what the Whitehead clan is today." Will their descendants still be as heroic as their ancestors?”
Tenerik didn't answer, just nodded silently.
The two of them faced the front, and Fang Yu didn't hesitate much when he saw this. They were all people who had experienced countless battles, so they naturally understood what the best choice was.
While turning around, he asked in his mind: "Ms. Alessa, how is the damage to the fortress now?"
"The previous impact damaged a spare power core located on the left side of the fortress. There are now six remaining. Now three teams have invaded the interior of the fortress, and one of the teams is approaching one of the six power cores."
"But fortunately, the explosion also physically locked the three elevators in that direction, slowing down their attack speed. The explosion also penetrated the lower area, wiping out all the Oshu combat craftsmen gathered there."
"The bad news is that the power system may reduce efficiency as a result, and our departure from Ayinbrok will be delayed."
"How much is the delay?" Fang Yu asked.
"About an hour," the Dragon Queen warned, "but if the power core is further damaged, our speed will slow down."
Fang Plover nodded. He looked back and saw only the tall backs of the Elf Princess and the Lizard Warrior in that direction.
Brianne was looking at Tenerik who was standing aside, and asked curiously: "Aren't you afraid of the descendants of Gudasok?"
No one can face the power of the Dragon Knight——
Naturally, Teneric was no exception, but it replied expressionlessly: "The prophecies of the stars will not be wrong."
Brianne rolled her eyes.
Elves and lizard-men are considered to be the two oldest groups in the world, and their history is not far behind that of the snake-men. Although the elves of Numerin have long since escaped, the lizard-men of Gudasok are not actually the first batch.
The elves and the lizards are consistent in some ancient traditions, but one of them is obsessed with escaping from the world and the other is obsessed with the prophecies on the stone tablets. These two points are somewhat disapproving of this deviant elf princess. .
And the other side.
When Fang Yu arrived at the elevator, he discovered that there was an unexpected person here - Friston was looking at him without saying a word, with no emotion on his face.
This craftsman guild leader, another shadow of the genius seven hundred years ago, seems to have been transparent from now on. He neither participated in the Oshu people's siege against them, but also did not stand on their side in turn, just as if Like a bystander.
"President Friston?"
Friston did not answer, and only said one sentence: "The transmission device in the B3 area of the lower level of the fortress has long been damaged. It has been disassembled many times over the past two hundred years and is no longer in use. However, I left a transmission core privately. It can still be used after my maintenance.”
"If you kill Armasite, the Imperial Dragon Knights will not let you leave, and this fortress cannot stop them. This is your only chance."
Fang Yu was stunned for a moment and couldn't help but look at the other party in confusion.
Friston spoke again: "Is everything you showed before true?"
"Mr. Friston," Fang Yu thought for a moment, then took out the pitch-black crystal that was completed during the competition and showed it to the other party: "This crystal is the ironclad evidence left after the starlight extinguished. All the elements are Completely annihilated, leaving only a void.”
"That is what the end of that world will look like, and what I did was to extract the information from the soul and ignite the starlight. The interception of the soul is no different from this. The essence of the starlight is actually information, and it will not be drawn out of thin air. It will increase and it will not decrease out of thin air.”
He picked up the crystal in his hand and handed it out: "This is a forbidden technique. I shouldn't show you all this unless I have to."
"Is this what he left behind?"
Fang Yu nodded, but in fact it was more than that. Friston in the tower only calculated all this, but this experiment was actually designed by himself.
Friston fell silent.
Fang Yu looked at the other party. The empire had gone its own way. If there was anyone in this ancient country who could stop this, then maybe the president in front of him might still be able to do so. He thought for a moment, then tried:
"Mr. Friston, the Empire is heading on a wrong path. Its essence is not fundamentally different from what the Shadow Man has experienced. It may not be too late to turn back now for the original intention you seek."
Friston shook his head.
The president gave a wry smile: "Once the empire is up and running, no one can look back."
"how come?"
"You don't understand, Ed, but it doesn't matter. You will see it all soon," he sighed, "but I will think about it. You are right, indeed we still have a chance."
He took the crystal from Fang Yu's hand, looked at the dark crystal silently, and held it in his hand. Then he put his hand back into his pocket, took out a cross-shaped key from there, and handed it back to Fang Plover:
"I put the core in the warehouse in area D4. There is a secret vault there. This is the key to the secret vault."
After saying that, he turned and left.
Fang Yu's words undoubtedly touched him, but it was not about the future. He already had a plan in his mind, but the sudden intervention of the Seven Mage Family and the attitude of His Majesty the Emperor made him deeply uneasy.
The political forces in the empire were complicated, and it took him less than sixty years to straighten them all out. But whether he had really achieved his goal, it now seems not ideal.
But as the other party said - he was far from giving up yet, Friston's eyes flashed with a heavy light, holding the crystal in his hand - he still had another possibility - to return to Nozpitz. underground.
Return to the Tower of Winter Solstice.
Where he came from, and maybe he could find the answer he wanted there.
As long as that person is alive.
Fang Yu watched the president leave and didn't know what to say for a moment. This incident actually happened because of him, but he didn't expect it to develop like this in the end.
He really never thought that he could convince the Imperial people. He had felt that way since he was in the Imperial Workshop. The arrogance of the Imperial people might not lead to the right path. There should be no hope of fighting against the evil star from the beginning. on this ancient country.
It's just that the descendants of the Silver Helmet Guards a thousand years ago have become what they are now, and the occultists have also fallen apart. After the Silver Tower was destroyed and rebuilt, it is no longer what it used to be.
The oathkeepers scattered around, guarding the secret oath. How many clan members are still left has long been a mystery. At least the Istanian clan has disappeared since the last descendant, Ms. Misu, became the dark dragon. exist.
Where are the remaining light-bearers?
He couldn't help but think of his elf sister far away in the Hill of Giant Trees, Miss Attila.
He walked towards the elevator in silence, but a hand suddenly stretched out from behind and grabbed his hand - the hand was a little cold, but familiar.
Fang Luo looked back, only to find that Sylvide had followed him at some point. The noble daughter looked at him with bright eyes, holding his hand tightly, intertwining her fingers. The look in her eyes was self-explanatory, "I with you."
Fang Plover nodded slightly.
She leaned over and hugged him from behind.
…
Brianne and Tenerik looked at the man who pushed open the door of the hall and walked into the hall.
The other party only wore the most ordinary aristocratic attire, a tight shirt, a black vest, straight and slender breeches, a pair of leather boots, a gray military coat, and a machete hanging diagonally from the belt below.
The scimitar has a golden cage handle, engraved with a monster named Melter - a mythical creature from the legend of Etalia - with his left hand on the cage handle, and unlike most imperial nobles, he is not wearing gloves. , the skin is pale and transparent.
The other hand was hanging down, and there was nothing under the right sleeve of the coat draped over his shoulders.
This man with gray hair and green eyes lost one of his hands in the last war. The Oshu people privately called him the one-armed sword master or the one-armed dragon knight, but they forgot his original name. .
Fritz Hamilton.
Count Laventure.
At his strength, it is difficult for Xinghui to repair his body. In fact, for most aborigines, physical disabilities are often difficult to recover from. Star Gate has unique benefits for the Holy Chosen, which is also the origin of the Holy Chosen.
Of course, everything given must eventually be taken back, and everything in this world must be taken in return.
The favored Holy Chosen received all the benefits, but in the end they naturally received a much shorter star life than the natives.
From the outside, the man who pushed in the door was just an ordinary imperial military noble, but the overwhelming momentum that came towards him took everyone's breath away, especially the lizard prince who was standing in front of him. , and even almost knelt down.
It thrust the spear heavily in front of its body with its hands to support itself so as not to lose its composure.
Brianne, on the other hand, looked normal, "Little Fritz, we meet again."
However, she still frowned secretly. The opponent's astonishing momentum was not the same as it was fifteen years ago. This is mortals. Short-lived races envy the long life of elves, but why don't elves envy the growth rate of mortals.
The achievements they achieved in a long time can be achieved by mortals in just a short life. The mortal civilization rebuilt this new world on the ruins at a rapid speed, but to the elves, it seemed like they had just passed. Generations of time.
No wonder they choose to avoid the world.
For a moment, she roughly understood the past choices of the Numelin elves.
"Princess Brianne," the man said, "you killed the great alchemist Amasite. Don't expect to leave this place today."
Brianne smiled, "Little Fritz, do you think you can keep me?"
"Of course I can't," said Fritz, "and I know you're stalling for time."
He looked at the floor of the hall, his eyes seeming to penetrate there, "But do you think I'm the only one here?"
Brianne's expression changed.
A deafening roar came from outside the hall, as if a giant beast was shaking the fortress. The astonishing shock wave made the entire hall tremble. There were obvious cracks on the stone pillars, and a large amount of sand and gravel fell from the vault.
Brianne looked at the other party in shock and anger and said: "You are actually using the power of the Dragon Knight in the city, while the people of the empire are outside!?"
Under the hall, the only two elevators were shaking as they descended. The cables and rigging above were making creaking sounds. The gears were rubbing against each other and catching fire, shooting out a large number of golden sparks.
Fang Plover felt his footing was unstable, and hurriedly protected Sylvester with one hand while asking the Dragon Queen: "Alessa, what happened outside?"
"Damn it," Alessa screamed in her mind, "it's the Dragon Knight!"
"If I were still in my heyday, these poor bugs wouldn't be worth mentioning," she roared angrily, "but luckily I left the shield unopened when those ants attacked just now, otherwise we would have been completely ruined by that attack just now. .”
And it was at this moment, outside Ai Yin Block Fortress.
The citizens of Ayinbrok were looking at the sky in panic, where the huge shadow of Andromeda was holding a long bow, pointing at the mobile fortress below.
It had already fired one arrow at first, but after the huge light arrow traversed half of the city, it hit the arc-shaped shield deployed on the Ayinbrok Mobile Fortress, and then was deflected to one side and hit in another direction. of several blocks.
Together with the Imperial Army and the Oshu selectors in the block, they were reduced to ashes. After the rising light pillar, only a huge crater with a radius of nearly three kilometers was left in that place. The crater was originally located within the area. All the buildings and creatures have been wiped out.
The mayor of Ayinbrok almost fainted from the shock of this scene.
He almost angrily informed the Adventurer's Guild, asking them to tell the Imperial Army to stop such attacks immediately. They were not attacking Ayinbrok at all, but destroying this city, which was the Empire's city.
But Count Tanilal was unmoved after receiving the information, and only said calmly to the city government staff:
"This is His Majesty's order."
People looked at each other in silence.
And in the sky, a second light arrow appeared under Andromeda's long bow.
...(End of chapter)
