Chapter 11: You're Late
Following the instructions of the Mirror of Radiance, and the powerful energy fluctuations that could be sensed even from hundreds of kilometers away, Joshua flew from the southeast of the Grantia continent towards the Shaya Mountains.
According to a map from the town of Yaren, this place was the border between the two empires, and the two countries built a number of semi-permanent fortifications to face each other with the Shaya Mountains and the Gloom River Forest as the dividing point, but since there has been no conflict between the two countries for many years other than proxy wars, it has gradually become a transportation artery and a commercial hub.
However, this is almost thirty years ago, after the cataclysm, most of the troops in the territory of the Ulan Empire were scattered by endless deaths, after all, the soldiers and village bandits who have lost supplies and equipment are not far behind, although the border legions of the Gru Empire have lasted for a long time, but they have only supported for so many more years, due to the endless invasion of the undead at night, all the grassroots production of the two empires has almost completely stopped, and only the deep mountains and old forests have a moment of rest.
"The Gloomy River Forest is one of the few neutral sanctuaries in this world that is absolutely safe."
In the sacrificial hall of the small town of Aren, the old Heroic Spirit said this, and at that time he was emotional, as if he knew some secret that no one else knew: "A powerful being named Urbanny inhabits that forest, and whoever offers a sacrifice will protect that person. In addition, it is also an ancient life that has survived for at least nearly a thousand years, and knows many secrets that mankind has forgotten. β
"Warrior, if you want to find something, if you want to know something, you can ask it."
But it is obvious that there is a strong battle in the forest of the dark river today.
Pushing all the way, sweeping away at least tens of thousands of dead figures, Joshua could certainly detect that there had been a fierce battle in the Saya Mountain Range, which was now shrouded in dust clouds, not long ago, and of course he could also detect that there was a huge existence resting in the dust mist.
This unknown existence, the upper body alone is more than four hundred meters tall, and it is still constantly absorbing the surrounding earth and stones, condensing into rock armor, making its body continue to grow, the warrior can see that its left arm is seriously injured, and it is a technique that Joshua is extremely familiar with.
Something like the self-detonation of the Molten Star, or the power of the Sunlight Gun.
- This is probably what Arein called the 'Lord of the Gloom River' Urbandeni.
The warrior's heart suddenly understood, there was no doubt that this existence, which seemed to be comparable to the Titans, did have the confidence to open up a supposedly absolutely safe shelter in this dangerous apocalyptic world, and if he approached so rashly, there was no doubt that he would be attacked by the vigilant opponent.
But...... What does it matter?
If you want to ask for information, you need to show your strength.
Making an excuse for himself, the corners of Qiao Shuya's mouth showed a smile that was very familiar to the Shenji siblings behind him, and he said in a low voice: "Hotaru, Rin, you guys stand back first, I'll go and see the situation." β
And because of the different rules of the other world, a thought flashed in the hearts of the Shenji siblings who could only maintain the form of a weapon.
- Look at the situation, master, you are obviously just going to fight!
But he didn't care about the spiritual level of his weapon, and the warrior had already dodged and flew towards the Shaya Mountain Range.
And sure enough, he was greeted by an angry punch from the Titan.
Bombarded by the arrow of light, the giant's arm that caused the stone armor on his body to turn into magma broke through the dust and mist, and hit directly at several times the speed of sound, at this time, Urbandni was like a lava demon god from the abyss hell, and it didn't distinguish the difference between the warriors and the previous Shadow Lords, but simply vented his pain and anger.
"Die!" The giant roared.
"Good time!"
Looking at the punch that seemed to be swept by the mountain peak, Joshua's eyes lit up, he stood steadily in mid-air, his muscles were agitated, and the fighting qi after heavy refining was running in his body, and the energy was fission layer by layer in his body, releasing majestic power, and then the warrior opened his arms like this, so that the fists wrapped in golden light, as if two suns stretched out, like an ant facing a speeding carriage, facing the giant's heavy blow.
In the next moment, the two touched.
The ant stopped the carriage.
Bang!
The roar of the shaking mountains sounded, and the two terrifying forces were suppressed to the extreme in an instantβit was as if a nuclear bomb had exploded in place, accompanied by a large area of dust and mist, and a deadly translucent shock wave swept through the already crumbling Shaya Mountains, causing its rock formations to crumble, collapsing by a third, and countless rocks falling from the sky like rain.
After the explosion, the huge rock giant body could be seen falling backwards uncontrollably, and Urbanny stretched out his left hand, as if trying to grab the mountain peak to support his body, but it only left five deep finger marks on the mountain wall, and the next moment, the mountain-like mass hit the ground, and the impact like an eight-magnitude earthquake caused the earth and rock to surge.
It can be seen that the right hand of the giant's punch has been completely turned into lava by the high temperature and high heat, and the deep rock has been covered with cracks, which looks almost broken, and the breath of the sun comes out of it, tearing the atmosphere and bringing up a blazing wind.
On the other hand, because the warrior was too small, his whole person was now knocked away by this huge force and disappeared into the clouds.
After flying upside down for thousands of meters in mid-air, Joshua relied on his fighting spirit to fix his body and barely stop castration, and the aftermath of the Giant's Fist turned into a tornado and spread in all directions, causing the clouds around him to flash with thunder.
"It's kind of amazing."
Spit out a mouthful of blood, the warrior completely dissolved the power of the giant's punch, he exhaled in mid-air, there was a trace of electric light in this blood-smelling hot air, which was the residual energy released by the rapid operation of the extraordinary organs in the warrior's body, at this time, his fists were also bloody and blurred, and even the bones of his arms were distorted.
Even Joshua couldn't completely defuse the 10-million-ton just and simple blow, and the blood flowed out like a fountain at the arms where the flesh and blood were broken, but the blood of the warrior seemed to have life, and after flowing out, it quickly scabbed over, covering the wound, and the twisted bones were reset with the muscles squirming.
For Joshua, who was already close to the realm of a perfect body, this was just a minor injury.
Not far away, the skeleton puppeteer piloting the Crystal Golem suddenly stopped the golem he was sitting on.
"Not reinforcements?"
It muttered to itself with some confusion: "It's already a fight?" β
The mist humanoid, which was so ethereal that it didn't exist at all, made a vague sound.
"No, the other party is the living, and if we go back now, it will only lead the two sides to join forces to deal with us." The caster thought for a moment, then shook his head and decided: "Moreover, this is not a real battle, they will be over soon." β
And the truth is exactly what it says.
The fallen Titan struggled to his feet, his arms outstretched, clinging to the other peaks around him, barely regaining his uprightness, and then Urbani's angry voice resounded through the sky.
"Human! You're not with those undead, why are you provoking! β
After striking at the warrior, the giant immediately sensed that the possessor of this incomparably pure life energy could not be those dead heroes who had recovered from their resting and long sleep, even the arrow god who could control the arrows of the sun god, and there was a trace of dead silence in the arrow intent, which was the breath that only those who had died could have.
Joshua's life energy naturally did not have this breath, on the contrary, his power contained enough vitality to regenerate the dead wood, and it had nothing to do with the shadow of the dead, and Urbanny knew on the spot that he had probably made a mistake.
But it was also very aggrieved - because it sensed the warrior's fighting spirit, so it decided that the other party was the enemy, and then went all out to vent its anger, but now, since it knew that the other party was not an enemy, the wounded Urbanny would never find a strong enemy for himself.
And Joshua naturally didn't explain this kind of question, and when he heard the giant's question, he knew that there was no way to fight it, so he sighed regretfully, but there was a glimmer of light in the warrior's eyes, and he knew some information from the other party's punch.
The Lord of the Dark River didn't use too much skill in this blow, and the Titan Giant simply used his own strength to add the power of moving mountains and mountains to his punch, but this was not what Joshua knew.
He felt the aura of the Earth Excalibur, the same Ember Sword that had nearly killed him!
- This world is indeed inextricably linked to the Mycrof Continent. The warrior thought so. But the specific connection still needs to be asked and analyzed.
Slowly flying back to the Shaya Mountains, at this time, the warrior with two weapons floating behind him had to listen to the nagging of the Shenji sister and brother behind him.
"Master, this time it is clear that as long as you walk over ordinarily, it will not cause conflict, why do you have to fly over so arrogantly......"
"Yes, look at it like this, this giant's strength is very strong, if it wasn't for the injury it was caused by the previous battle, even if it was your master, you might not be able to help it in your heyday."
The silver-haired girl's voice echoed helplessly in the warrior's mind: "It's okay to take the initiative to find those dead shadows, this giant is obviously at least neutral, what if it turns into an enemy." β
Hotaru and Rin's opinions and complaints are very pertinent, but they don't mean much to Joshua, who was originally deliberate, intending to test the giant's strength and take a shot to see how his strength recovered.
He was again above the Shaya Mountains, but this time, the giant didn't punch.
"Celestial Peak...... In the territory of the Gru Empire, when did another powerhouse of this level appear......"
In the deep rock eye sockets of the Titan, two purple flames were burning, and Urbanny looked at the warrior in front of him, and a trace of instinctive guess flashed in his heart: "No, some time ago, there was a space-time fluctuation on the edge of the southeast direction, this should be a powerhouse of the other world...... But why is the aura on him so similar to ours? Why did he come into this world? β
In the Grandia Continent, there are also occasional strong people from the outside world who come to communicate, and after exchanging some knowledge information, the two sides have never seen each other again because of the barrier of time and space, but because of this, although everyone will be surprised by the visitors from the other world, they are not ignorant.
"Wandering through multiple worlds in search of a way to break through the Sanctuary?"
Joshua didn't care what the other party was thinking, he just landed on the top of a mountain peak and stared at the behemoth in front of him.
- Sure enough! It definitely has something to do with Mother Earth Goddess!
The warrior immediately confirmed the identity of the other party.
In the previous life, in the late era of the Great Demon Tide, many gods and mist from the boundless heavenly realm were jointly broken by many elite players, [Raging Lan], [Ring Ocean Sea Breeze], [Hundred Demon Snakes], [Rock Mountain Giant], the gods and mist from the god of war, the incarnation of the ocean, the ancestral behemoth and the mother earth god, were the last group to be attacked.
And the Divine Mist of the Mother Earth God, the last challenge of the Rock Mountain Giant, is to defeat a 'Chongshan Titan' who stands more than a kilometer tall and will cause a continental-level natural disaster with his every move!
Unlike the common elemental Titans, the Chongshan Titans are the direct descendants of the Earth Mother God, they can ignore the conflict of the elements, use the plural elements to build their bodies, and carry all the power like the earth, and now, in the giant in front of him, who is probably the Lord of the Dark River, Joshua has seen the multiple attributes such as 'earth', 'fire', 'water' and 'plant', which is enough to prove the identity of the other party, a titan giant with the blood of the gods.
The two sides did not take the lead in speaking, but looked at each other cautiously, scrutinized, and analyzed the information on each other's bodies, but soon after, Joshua, who had roughly completed the analysis, took the lead in speaking: "First meeting, powerful Titan Giant, you should be the master of this place, the Lord of the Gloom River, Urbane?" β
And the giant, who hadn't seen through the details of the warriors for a long time, snorted coldly and acquiesced in his identity.
For Joshua, because it was indeed he who took the initiative to provoke - of course, the giant on the other side also felt that he took the initiative to attack, so both he and Urbandeni's attitude was quite peaceful, and he did not get angry because of the previous fight, and even on the contrary, the warrior had a very good impression of this powerful titan giant.
"Humans."
The giant opened his mouth and let out a voice that made the mountains tremble slightly: "What are you here for?" According to your strength, you don't need my protection, so you just want to ask for information? β
"Yes." Joshua simply took out a handful of primordial crystals, including the fragments of the holy stone seed, which he flew all the way to, and after sensing the powerful energy fluctuations below, he deliberately went to find it, and the warrior used his fighting spirit to levitate these gems that emitted brilliant light in mid-air, and said loudly to the giant: "I want to ask some questions, and these are the sacrifices offered to you." β
ββ¦β¦ It's okay, just ask. β
Glancing at the gems in mid-air, Urbani nodded slightly, although there are not many of these protocrystal fragments, but the quality is indeed very good, for the sake of these gems, the giant decided not to care about the other party's injury to himself.
- It's tricky anyway, and it may not be able to beat.
And Joshua also asked his own questions.
He described the appearance of the red-haired dragon-winged girl in detail, and also deliberately pointed out the style of the robe on the other party's body. The warriors could see that the other party was being chased by the undead, and the number was definitely not small, which should not be a trivial matter for this continent to forget when they turned their heads.
After hearing this question, a strange expression appeared on the face of the Titan Giant's rock.
"I can answer this question, but can you tell me why you are looking for the other person, and whether the intention is good or evil?"
Joshua thought for a few seconds, and he felt that there was no need to hide this, so he reached out and pressed it to his heart.
The cyan light of order began to fluctuate, which made Urbandni, who sensed the fluctuations of the robes on Hehira's body, stiffen.
"As you can see, I'm here to find this long-lost companion."
Joshua said frankly, "I'm from another ...... Your Excellency, Lord of the Gloom River? β
The warrior was about to introduce his origin and the reason for finding the other party, but he saw the titan in front of him shake his head.
ββ¦β¦ Human, I will not accept your sacrifice for this inquiry. β
Urbani turned his head and looked at the southwest of the continent, purple flames churning in the giant's eyes: "Her words, she should be on the other side of the continent now." β
At the same time, the semi-located portal constructed by the Lord of the Gloom River teleported to the dragon-winged girl in a barren wilderness, looking around with a confused expression.
"Here...... Where is it? β