It's not the first time that the Dead have appeared in the world of Grandia, and they've not always been so vicious.

Northwest of the Tomb of the Sages, on the tall and majestic defense line of the four holy cities, [Constructed Fortress Karola], which was completely composed of steel and cannon barrels, an officer wearing a heavy protective suit and looking at the edge of the distant sky suddenly remembered this land thirty years ago.

At that time, the shadow of the dead was not called the shadow of the dead, these beings derived from the deceased living, were called aftermath by everyone, under the action of the special primordial crystal energy of the Grandia continent, the human soul would imprint itself into this piece of heaven and earth before dissipating, forming something similar to an epitaph, and when all the harsh conditions were met, the aftermath would reappear, reproducing some of the actions or words of the living before their death, and the relatives who saw this scene would regard it as a good omen and thank the deceased for their protection.

The world of Grandia is a single world composed of a whole continent, according to the creation legend of the Sage, this continent is located in the middle of the four oceans, the end of the world is a void and chaos, there is no shortage of curious adventurers in history who want to explore the end of the sea, but in the end they and their ships disappeared from the edge of vision, never to return, but according to some adventurers who returned decisively halfway, they saw the remnants and warnings of these predecessors, so they quickly returned and did not continue to move forward.

Therefore, in the beginning, the reverberations were not in the form of a ferocious form devouring all beings, but always existed in the form of an epitaph of the deceased, a last blessing before death, and a carrier of some kind of inheritance. The tomb of the saint is the place where countless remnants remain.

Different from the remnants of ordinary people, the phantoms left by the strong in this world are more powerful than ordinary people, so that they can have a certain ability to think, think, and even leave a part of the inheritance, but their existence will plunder the free energy in the surrounding heaven and earth, make the fertile land barren, and dry up the forests and lakes full of life, so for the safety of this world, as long as possible, the vast majority of strong people and great people will be sent to the tomb of the saint for burial and sealing before they die.

Now, the heavens and the earth have changed drastically, and the remnants have become dead shadows, to extinguish all life in the world, the huge sealing circle cluster of the Sage's Tomb is the last line of defense in the human world, if it is breached, then there will be no place in the entire Grandia world to survive, and after the phantoms of countless great men and powerhouses are awakened, it is enough to destroy the world they lived in before their deaths.

Stroking the barrel of the magic crystal cannon at his side, the officer remembered many things, the scene of his peaceful conversation with his father's remnants many years ago, and the scene of his hometown being swallowed up by the darkness of death many years ago.

But his thoughts were quickly interrupted by the sight before him—at the end of his vision, opposite the massive fortress of the Constructed Body, in front of the walls of the city that shimmered with a steel-gray silver light, a black mist suddenly appeared, drifting from the far northwest, obscuring all light in its path.

Little by little, the sun was dimming, as if something was gnawing at the light inside of it.

This is when the army of the dead came.

On the walls of the Carola Fortress, countless cannon barrels began to adjust their angles in unison, ready to reload, clearly visible runes and magic arrays appeared in the void, bronze battle flags hunted and flew on the tops of countless turrets and watchtowers, and everyone was ready to attack.

Not only that, but the other three directions of the Sage's Tomb, as well as the other three cities, reacted in the same way.

In front of the city, which was in symbiosis with a huge vine that seemed to be able to entangle the mountain peaks, tens of millions of seeds rained down, and countless thick thorns and self-exploding pods appeared around the city walls, and they flashed with a dangerous blue light, as if a violent explosion would occur at any time, and in the city, huge ancient war trees also woke up from their slumber and began to advance towards the battlefield.

Below the city inside the mountain, at the foot of the peak, countless shattered rocks seemed to come to life, and began to spontaneously combine with each other, forming a huge and strong earth elemental guard, which formed an endless army of elements, waiting at the foot of the mountain.

Behind the towering city walls, in the city ruled by giants, with the piercing sound of electric arc flowing, the entire city was shrouded in a huge semicircular thunder barrier, presided over by the giant on the throne, and under the support and control of countless human beings, the entire city seemed to turn into thunder, even if the steel touched those arcs, it would be vaporized instantly.

In front of the defensive line formed by the four major cities, a gray fog was rapidly spreading and expanding, taking up half of the sky.

The black waves, like the tide of the sea, rushed towards the defense line.

The final war has come. Whether it is the Grand Commander of the Undead or the four city lords, they all know part of the truth about this world, they all know their duties, and they all understand how cruel and desperate their final outcome is.

The 103,000 people, this is the quota left for them by the Creator, except for the last 103,000 people, everyone else will turn into nothingness and perish with this world.

- But, no matter how desperate you are, you have to fight to the end and prove your courage.

It was the advice of a sage like a star at the beginning of the creation of the world, and this advice has remained in the lineage of these top beings for thousands of years, and has not disappeared.

- Prove the value of your existence.

That is the essence of salvation.

So, in front of the walls of the fortress of Carola, the officer in the heavy protective suit clenched the gun in his hand, although he did not know this advice, but his heart was full of anger and courage after decades of suffering and fighting, the loss of his family and the fall of his hometown.

"Ready!"

He shouted loudly, raising the command gun in his hand, and the sound reinforcement circle on his chest also spread his voice throughout the city wall, above the barrel, the light of the charged magic crystal illuminated the resolute faces, at this time everyone looked down from the city wall, and could see that the darkness had covered the mountains and plains in the distance, and the endless black dead figures were derived from the mist, and these remnants that had passed away in the past were awakened by some mysterious power, turning into bloodthirsty and cruel monsters, like a turbid wave.

"Fire!"

The trigger of the gun was pulled, and four pale pillars of light rose from all directions, meeting everyone's eyes.

Suddenly, the huge steel wall of the Carora Fortress began to tremble violently, with this command, there were countless runes on the silver-gray wall that followed the surge of energy and shone brightly, and the energy channels that were stabilized in the atmosphere lit up with arc light, as if a white rainbow ran through the entire city, and thousands of artillery fires of different colors erupted violently under this sufficient energy supply, and the power of the shock even shook the entire city, causing countless structures to collapse, And tens of millions of light cannonballs just like this cut a long arc in mid-air and landed on the earth, blooming the most dazzling light.

Boom Boom Boom !!

The explosion and shock wave instantly covered all the army of undead in the direction of the Kalos Fortress, and even the gray mist was dispersed a lot by the strong energy impact, and the first wave of undead was completely wiped out, but the following monsters were coming in a steady stream, although their number was not endless, but it was the sum of the number of all the dead in this world.

In fact, it is no different from infinity.

In other directions of the Sage's Tomb, the other three cities also began to fight at the same time, again and again rhythmic and regular artillery bombardment, magic sweeps, huge wars, the impact of ancient trees and earth elemental armies, and the extremely efficient harvesting of those low-level dead, one after another Earth Realm, and even Heaven Realm-level strategic magic was sent out from the city, covering the land within a radius of several kilometers, and even everything at the end of the field of vision was washed into white ground by these great magics, completely turning over one by one.

But under the impact of several waves, dozens of waves of successive deaths, the defense line of the Holy City was still constantly retreating, and in just half a day, the front line of the war was advanced from nearly ten miles in front of the city to the perimeter of the city wall, and many powerful magic could not be used due to this constraint.

"Sir! The enemy's front line is too close to the walls, let the artillery and spellcaster units pull down! ”

On the watchtower at the edge of the walls of the fortress of Carlos, a soldier in black exoskeleton armor stood in front of the officer who gave the order to attack, and he roared amid the roar of artillery fire and the noise of explosions: "It's time for us to get on top!" ”

"Damn!"

The officer in the heavy protective suit gritted his teeth, he stood in front of the tower, his eyes swept over the front line, in fact, as the other party said, there are already some dead shadows who are using their almost weightless characteristics to start climbing the city wall, no matter how advanced the magic crystal cannon is, it will not be able to hit the enemy on the wall without damaging the city wall, but even so, he turned his head and glared at the young man in front of him: "Son...... Captain Falin, do you want to die like that?! ”

And the young man who was born in the last days and grew up in the last days showed a helpless, but resolute smile.

"Everybody is going to die."

"But I want to die worthwhile," he said. ”

But at the same time as he said this, at the edge of the watchtower on the side, the observer who was observing the follow-up of the army of the dead in the distance suddenly let out an exclamation: "Report to the sir!" There is a case! ”

"What's the situation?!"

Waving his hand to make the young man who was the captain of the wall team stand back and prepare for battle, the officer frowned and asked loudly, "Detailed report!" ”

"There!"

The observer put down his lookout and handed it to his commander, who was the guide: "At ten o'clock, at the end of the field of vision, behind the army of the dead!" ”

And the officer did not hesitate to pick up the lookout and look in that direction.

Then he blinked in shock.

As if it was an illusion, but as if it wasn't, behind the army of dead in the distance, in the center of the military situation, waves of black waves were set off, like a tsunami, but the officers could clearly see that the so-called black wave was the tens of thousands of dead armies, they were being lifted by some kind of force, and even flew in pieces and bombarded into the sky, so it formed a scene like a wave.

Rumble!

A faint red glow appeared in the distance in the midst of the churning waves, and a low, inconspicuous sound followed from afar, which could easily be overshadowed by the sound of artillery fire around the fortress of Carora if it had not been deliberately noted, but the officer had accurately grasped it.

What is it? The Shadow of the Dead's hidden means? Reinforcements from other holy cities? Many thoughts flashed through the officer's mind, but he rejected them one by one. The power of the dead is fixed, and in the past twenty-seven years, the Holy City has determined the information of the strong men who have always died outside the tomb of the saints, and all the great men and strong men who have not been sealed know the dead shadows of their high-level people, and there is absolutely no red light that has set off a huge wave in the distance.

As for the reinforcements of other holy cities, let alone joke, although the four holy cities are all remnants of human gatherings, but because of the different concepts of the city lords, everyone is a competitor, and cooperation to deal with the dead is the limit, how can they send strong people to help each other defend the city?

Where does this light come from?

"Ahh The army of the Dead is in disarray! ”

On the side, the observer who had taken out the spare lookout scope shouted in surprise again, and in the distance, a faint red light was like a meteor, sweeping away a large shadow of the dead and the dark clouds above them, revealing the gray-blue sky behind them.

The uniform army of darkness was in disarray, some continuing towards the fortress of Carola, and some towards the place where the light was encircled.

And above the earth.

Men bathe in starlight.

Because the sun is extinguished.

The sun and moon of the Grandia world are nothing but an extremely condensed energy aggregate, burning and extinguishing with the world itself, this is the essence of the stars in a small world with a round sky, the so-called fusion star is the fragment of this huge energy aggregate, but the stars are different from these rays of light that will dim when they are on the verge of doom, they are the reflection of the existence of other worlds in the multiverse, a star twinkles, it means that a world is in crisis.

And now, the stars in the sky are invaded by a light mist that is like a galaxy that sweeps across the multiverse, releasing a light far beyond the usual.

The Great Tide is near, and the shattered world of Grandia is about to be baptized by it.

And that is when the end comes, when all things come to an end.

The warrior stood on the ground, slowly advancing, with him as the center of the radius of three thousand meters, there was no trace of the dead, countless ferocious and brutal monsters wanted to rush forward and tear apart this seemingly ordinary human being, but when they entered this realm, they felt their bodies light, as if the power that attracted them to stand on this land suddenly disappeared, or was neutralized by some other force.

Countless dead figures rushed towards the man like waves on the sea, but the ending did not change at all, the moment they stepped into the realm of the warriors, they were bounced away by an invisible huge force at the same time, slapped away, and went straight into the sky, because of the loss of gravity, so tens of thousands of dead armies were like a huge wave in the sky, and they were not able to get close to the central target at all.

The man walked under the gaze of countless scarlet eyes, his face did not change in the slightest, his clothes flew in the gale, countless rocks and sand suspended at the warrior's side, like a satellite, the earth soaked in blood and shadow power was illuminated and purified by the blazing light of life released from his body, turning into patches of white ground emitting hot air, and even dark golden lava could be seen cooling from the footprints of the man.

Joshua van Radcliffe walked wordlessly among the hosts, the furious shadow of death was no more dangerous than dust in his eyes, the roaring artillery fire in the distance and the fierce battle of the holy city could not attract his attention, and the warrior never interfered with the battle of others and affected the determination of others.

At this time, he was just concentrating, single-mindedly moving forward, towards a higher place in his heart.