Griffith could no longer wear plate armor. Although he may still encounter dangerous battles in the future, his physical exhaustion will hardly allow him to return to Cang Yue Mountain wearing double-layered heavy armor.
There was an astonishing fire raging on the top of the mountain, and the flames and smoke were frightening. But the flames did not burn across the top of the mountain, but appeared there like a gate to hell and bit the sky.
Griffith lost his breastplate and his nearly smashed helmet, and walked up the mountain wearing only his mail armor and carrying basic light weapons. The blood in the boots had condensed into lumps, the knees and legs were numb, and each step of the initially insignificant stone steps was like a chasm in the sky.
There were charred ashes and broken flesh everywhere along the way. The solid floor tiles were shattered by the huge force, and the remains of incendiary trebuchets still lay on the burned hillside in the distance.
After the defense line at the foot of the mountain was breached, the fire support from the Holy Grace Church extended all the way to the hillside, and burning ashes could be seen everywhere. The defenders fought against the swarm of corpses on the mountain road.
Lying on the roadside were the bodies of dead young soldiers and city defenders, as well as many armed citizens. They stretched intermittently toward the top of the mountain, strewn with the remains of living corpses along the way.
Fierce fighting raged from the foot of the mountain to the top. In several locations, Griffith also discovered hot psychic remnants, distributed in a diffuse pattern. This should be the trace after Amber's ability was activated.
Halfway up the mountain, Griffith discovered the body of local Extraordinary Lieutenant Skoltz. He was covered in bruises and his face even showed signs of corpse transformation. There was no doubt that he had fulfilled his duties until the last moment.
On the slopes beside the mountain road, the originally lush woods and shrubs have withered. Their shapes are very strange, as if they were still blooming and growing on the eve of withering, and then suddenly exhausted their vitality and turned into dead branches and leaves.
Spreading blight marks vary in radius and sometimes appear as messy lines. If this was due to Elodie's nature, it would mean that she stopped several times on her way to the top, pacing back and forth aimlessly.
Griffith was on the verge of falling apart. The wounds, blood loss and loss of physical strength made him almost crawling on the steps. Although healing potions and self-healing restored many wounds, exhaustion and weakness were unstoppable.
…
He didn't know how long he climbed, but he finally reached the top of the mountain. It was already dark, and the screams of the tourists could no longer be heard. They were either transformed into monsters or escaped from the back mountains.
Tens of thousands of people crowded on the mountain road to escape. One can imagine what a tragic scene it would be.
Suddenly, an earth-shattering roar came from the north. The powerful psychic fluctuations make people feel palpitated. Lightning and thunder danced wildly in the dark sky.
The extraordinary commando team is coming...
On a large-scale battlefield, many of the powers of extraordinary beings will be suppressed, and they themselves will be restrained by fear of deadly threats that may appear anywhere. However, once they reach the stable rear without the threat of the army, the power of these terrifying high-level extraordinary beings is unimaginable.
No, I have to hurry. Griffith took off his mail armor and crawled on the ground.
Once the transcendent encounters Elodie, it's over.
Suddenly, his body felt intense pain and confusion. Some kind of power radiated through him, and the Barrier Breaker's resistance was breaking down.
Is it Elodie? I'm very close to her! Griffith became energetic and crawled towards the source of power with all his strength.
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In the center of the Cangyue Mountain Memorial Ceremony, there is a small mountaintop lake. The story of the Hanami Memorial Ceremony took place there. It's just that the small lake has disappeared, replaced by crazy fire that emerges from the ground. Flames, firelight and heat waves shoot straight into the sky.
Elodie knelt down not far from the fire. She still maintained her human appearance, covering her face and crying. Horrible psychic energy roars in the air? There is no other living person here.
"Elodi!"
Griffith shouted and ran over. Suddenly? It was as if he had hit an invisible mountain and was blocked dozens of meters away.
An invisible force blocked him, preventing him from making any progress.
"Don't go there yet."
A hoarse voice sounded from behind. Griffith was startled and hurriedly pulled out the corrupted feather sword.
He witnessed a horrifying scene. A monster in black robes, as dry as a mummy dug out of the ground, stood behind him. There were signs of magic and psychic energy surging around him.
It turned out to be a lich. Not a lich but also a necromancer!
This terrifying undead creature did not seem to be hostile. It looked at Griffith and Elodie, and then said:
"Apprentice knight, don't move forward rashly. Your strength has been exhausted? You can't resist the Queen's fearful aura. Even if you want to help him, your physical condition can't do anything."
"Who are you?" Griffith suddenly felt a familiar feeling? "Do we know each other?"
The necromancer pointed at his head, which seemed to be pieced together from fragments:
"I am the resident mage of Conix, and I am advancing to the eternal lich.
"After being killed by the cultists' puppets, my remains should have been contained. However, suddenly a voice awakened me and gave me strength.
"I heard the will of the eternal ancestor. His followers transported an important holy relic to this island. It is waiting to be revived through the call of the ancestor."
Griffith suddenly thought of the Equinox.
"Yes, the Equinox. Quarksol, its insect shell organ, and the "Lin Yuan Collection" it coveted just happened to be involved in this incident. The real danger on the Equinox is that Officials were unaware of the relic hidden in the box. Before you and Amber could find any clues, the relic had been taken away and kept by other cultists on the ship.
"The knowledge of the ancestors made me notice that the life breath of the scattered holy relics is so powerful, and its extraordinary properties are extremely terrifying. Even the power attached to the container can trigger the transformation of the crew into living corpses.
"For a few days, we didn't even notice the existence of the holy relic. It was kept on the island, waiting to be activated by the sealed object 'The Call of the Ancestor', forming a terrible disaster that plundered life and spiritual energy. Then, the Holy Relic The relics will be resurrected and will descend to serve the will of the ancestors.”
Griffith glanced at Elodie and asked calmly: "This plan has been ruined?"
"That's right, the cultists didn't realize that there was already a higher-priority being on Neopolis who was awakened by the ancestor's call first. Its terrifying spiritual radiation infected nearby humans, causing unimagined destruction. and devoured.
"The holy relic failed to contain enough characteristics of the summons from the ancestor, and the plan failed.
"What is in front of us is an earlier layout and a more mysterious existence.
“He is the ladder of evolution towards higher life forms!
"Griffith, do you feel it? This poor girl has endless vitality. Weak lives will mutate and fail under her influence. However, she has unlimited possibilities. The only thing she has to do is Just one thing."
Of course Griffith understood. Whether it's magic, holy weapons or sealed objects, even the crawlers on the ground and the birds in the sky, everything in the world is inseparable from one thing.
He looked at the Necromancer and said slowly: "Whether it is the holy relic or the characteristics in Elodie's body, once they are activated, the only thing they have to do is to replenish their nearly exhausted power as soon as possible, that is, to forage. "
“That’s right,” Connix said approvingly, “Their powers may be different, but with the summoning and blessing of the ancestors, they can all transform humans into living corpses, and then absorb the vitality and spiritual energy lost in killing and death. Living corpses and other monsters are nothing more than tentacles for their prey.
"Griffith, this girl can be saved, not only can she be saved, but she can also become a perfect being like an angel.
"I have a way to help her, but I need your assistance. We need to avoid the extraordinary beings who have already arrived and help the new queen get closer to the crowd. Her extraordinary power will automatically replenish energy and ultimately maintain her sanity, and then Upgrade and become eternal!
"There is nothing to hesitate. We should help her become Him. The first step is to infect the mortals who are fleeing in the back mountains. Tens of thousands of lives are enough to complete the initial evolution. Then, Queen Elodie will give us a new high-level existence. The rewards are endless.
"I will become the eternal lich, and you, the invincible death knight."
