It was night, over the Anson Mountains of the Ulan Empire, the clouds had become thick, and the dripping rain carried a bone-chilling chill, soaking every piece of soil.

The moon disappears as a result.

So darkness came like a tidal wave.

The night sinks like water, the mist surges, and the quiet eucalyptus forest dances like a ghost with the wind.

Nishizawa rode his war horse and stood in front of the village he was sheltering, and he fell silent as he watched the army of dead looming in the mist and woods, as if there was no end.

After a long time, the Immortal Knight stroked his own mount, which had also been reconstituted as a Heroic Spirit, and gave an unspeakable wry smile as he muttered to himself, "That's a lot, more than the one I died." ”

Four hundred and eleven years ago, the fire spirit knight Cize Dawell was in the Anson Mountains, one man and one horseman, at the cost of exhaustion, igniting the fire of the burning mountain, defeating the 3,000 elite mountain troops and four knights of the same rank who were raided by the Gru Empire, so that the frontal battlefield of the Ulan Empire would not be defeated, and most of the living forces were retained. After the war, the descendants of the knights were given the title of Anson, and countless survivors of this came here with reverence to pay homage to the statues and steles of the heroes.

Three hundred and eighty-four years later, darkness swells, and the Heroic Spirit returns to the world to find that although his path is over, his battle is far from over.

This time, however, the enemy changed from the living to the dead.

More than 20 years ago, under the attack of the dead like a tsunami, the revived Nishizawa led his descendants to open up a small village in the mountain range, which is located in the northwest of the Grandia continent is inaccessible, except for the undead of some fierce beasts, there will be no strong soul awakening, so in the past 27 years, although everyone is hard, but they are living steadily, in addition to daily farming, it is more difficult to find the original crystal veins in the mountains.

But now, that quiet time has come to an end.

The shadow known as the Army of the Dead has arrived.

Like an island in the middle of the sea, the town is now completely surrounded and has almost no way to retreat, except for the primordial crystal cave behind it, which leads to no apparent direction.

The knight clenched his spear in his hand, pressed his left hand on the flail at his waist, and in a weak voice, he said to the villagers who had already prepared their luggage behind him and were waiting uneasily: "Run, run along the mine road, stay by the underground river cave you found last time, block the crack and the hole, and never come out again." ”

"So, what about you, Ancestor?"

A girl's uneasy voice asked.

"Me?"

Heroic Spirit closed his eyes, he chuckled softly, and the Fire Spirit Knight opened his eyes again, and the magic energy began to boil within him, and the human form made of light turned red in an instant, like a raging flame.

"Of course I'm going to do it, what heroes should do."

At this time, the darkness was expelled by the light of the flames, and the little sparks were not extinguished in the ice and rain, but flickered to release the temperature and heat, and while the villagers retreated in an orderly manner, the knight drove the war horses forward, and the army of the dead, who should have no wisdom and only knew to obey the order, gradually retreated, as if instinctively afraid of the flames ignited by the soul of this heroic spirit.

The next moment, the sound of killing sounded, and a ten-day fire ignited in the Anson Mountains.

Just as it was four hundred and eleven years ago.

The same scene happened in every corner of the Grandia continent.

In the fishing villages along the coast, the mages who wield the frost have frozen tens of thousands of undead knights, and in the quiet forests, the rangers wielding the bows have wiped out one dark army after another with a rain of arrows like meteors.

Countless awakened but unfallen Heroic Spirits did their best to protect the people and things they wanted to protect, but under the pressure of the enemy's endless numbers, they all ushered in the end of defeat one by one.

With the imperial capital of the Ulan Empire as the center, one after another undead troops that are not the same as ordinary dead shadows, silently went to one after another shelter hidden in the deep mountains and old forests, under their attack, these villages and towns with heroic spirits or human powerhouses were attacked one after another, and some kind of mysterious and dark secret method made these heroic spirits that could not be corrupted even by the cataclysm were corrupted and corrupted in just a few days, and were assimilated into the ranks of their former enemies.

In the southwest of the continent, the last four large gathering places of the human race, it was nearly ten days later that they learned of this shocking news, and the undead side exerted their full strength, showing their unexpected strength.

But at this time, they were sluggish to contact other shelters and found that there were no other shelters other than them, and perhaps there were still some scattered gathering places in the distance on the edge of the continent, but they could no longer contact them.

Now, these four arches guarding the last human habitat in the world of Grantia, the resting place of the heroes of the past, have been surrounded by darkness and completely isolated.

And at the same time.

Grandia Continent, Central Western Region, Shaya Mountains, Gloomy River Forest.

Rain.

Heavy rain.

Torrential rain fell like the sky was falling, and the swampy forest surrounded by mountains was completely submerged in mud and water.

The lord of the Shaya Mountains, the overlord of the mountains and forests, the master of the swamps, the king of the Gloomy River, Urbandni, stood at the center of the woods, the top of his body composed of tree roots, and the purple flame scanned the distance with one eye.

The air was dead and gloomy, and a suffocating mist filled the air, not even the waterfall-like rain could wash it away, but Urbanny could see that in the thick fog, there were countless towering black shadows, and a scarlet and brutal light shot out of the eyes of a pair of soulless eyes, condensing on the forest in front of them.

"Your Excellency, is the situation okay now?"

The slightly weak voice of the dragon-winged girl sounded behind the huge tree man, and Xierya, who had just healed her injuries, said with some hesitation: "If it really doesn't work, let me ...... alone."

"Shut up, human."

Urbanny rebuked in a voice that could make the atmosphere vibrate: "My decision is not something you can question, since I promised you to send you safely away from the Gloom River Forest, I will never break my word." ”

"Besides, do you think these ants can stop me?"

And Shirya smiled wryly.

It's not that she doesn't believe in the other party's strength, but she feels helpless and ashamed of her own strength.

Since the last time her family robe resonated, the powerful nature spirit had changed his attitude, and Urbanni offered to send her out of the Shaya Mountains so that she could travel to the southwestern human settlement.

But after that day, an endless stream of dead came out of nowhere, waiting in front of the forest, firmly encircling the place.

With Urbanni's cooperation, Shirya tried to break through several times, but they all failed, and the last time was probably the best chance, but a mistake due to her fatigue not only failed the breakout, but also seriously injured herself.

However, in addition to these disheartening bad news, she also inadvertently revealed the news from the other party, and probably knew the meaning behind the robe on her body.

【Origin Sage Robe】

In ancient times, the continent of Grandia was still barren, and the nascent world was filled with the heat of fire, so that the entire land had no other existence except for boiling hot hot springs and lava lakes.

But there was a sage who came across the border with thousands of people, who called himself the apostle of the 'sage', and with the help of some kind of ritual, he performed a magic beyond human imagination to cool the whole world from the flames, and he spread the seeds and young of plants and animals, and in just a hundred years, he rejuvenated the entire barren continent, full of life and the smell of vegetation.

The sages who crossed the border and the thousands of people were the origin of all beings in the Grandia continent, and the robes of the Origin Sages were the ceremonial clothes worn by the sages when they performed their rituals.

Although all of this is just an unbelievable legend in the countryside, looking at the confident look on Urbandni's face, Hirya can't help but start to suspect that the robe on her body may indeed have some extraordinary origin, the sage of the ancient times may not exist, but it is indeed a transcendent equipment that is so powerful that it is somewhat beyond common sense.

But now, this is not the time to think about it.

On the other side of the forest, in the mist, the endless ranks of the dead suddenly appeared to move obviously, and the dense arrays were parting in an orderly manner, leaving a long passage.

The huge tree man moved his body, thousands of tree roots writhing, the earth surging like a tide, the huge force made the entire forest tremble, the Lord of the Gloom River looked at the scene in front of him, the purple fire giant eyes above his head flickered for a moment, and his face made of black and brown wood also became serious.

A swarm of bed bugs.

For the dense dark undead in front of him, Urbanny was dismissive, as it had survived for nearly a thousand years, how could it care about the dead as it had survived for nearly a thousand years, older than most of the heroic spirits? Even if this kind of existence is tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands, or millions, it can't hurt a single hair, and diamonds are not afraid of being beaten by eggs, not to mention that if you really want to compare, it should be a diamond mountain.

Therefore, it has not been these pathetic undead who can make the Lord of the Gloom River wait.

In the deepest part of the thick fog, three figures walked slowly out of the parting passage, and where they passed, the shadows of the dead bowed their heads, and the torrential rain separated, and even the land, which had long since turned into a quagmire and swamp, became dry and solidified again under their steps.

It was a middle-aged spellcaster surrounded by seven crystal balls of different shapes, and he came to the dark mountain forest with a mist figure that he would never notice unless he looked closely, and a skeleton archer whose body was shrouded in blue-blue light, and was far away from the huge tree man in the center of the woods.

"Lord of the Gloomy River, Urbandeni, why do you want to protect our enemies?"

The caster said to the Treant in a voice like a machine, word by word, "Twenty-seven years, the army of the Dead has never invaded your territory, but now why have you abandoned your neutrality and thrown into the arms of those humans? ”

"She gave the sacrifice, and naturally I had to keep my promise and give her shelter."

A powerful voice that shook the mountains and jungles, and even caused the rain in mid-air to ripple, Urbanny replied disdainfully: "The earth and the forest never belong to either side, my answer is this, it will never change." ”

"Yes, but we don't want to fight you."

After a moment of silence, the middle-aged spellcaster lowered his hood and revealed the true face behind it—a skull composed mostly of crystals, and the Shadow of Death Lord shook the atmosphere with his magic power and made a rigid voice: "So, how about you think about another suggestion?" ”

In a tone as soft as possible, he persuaded: "Join us, King of the Gloomy River, your strength is strong enough to become one of us, I can even give you my throne, as long as you agree to this condition, even if you let this dragon girl go?" And from now on, the Shadow of the Dead will never invade the Shaya Mountains and enter your territory. ”

Hearing this, Hillya, who was behind the tree man, suddenly became nervous, and she immediately wanted to open her mouth to persuade this powerful existence not to be bewitched by the other party.

The Dragonwing Maiden knew that if her life didn't have that robe, it was not worth mentioning at all, and even if she died, it wouldn't be a big deal, but Urbanny was the oldest and most powerful creature in the world, and it was blocked in the northwest and southeast centers of the continent, making it impossible for the army of the dead to go to the territory of the former Gru Empire on a large scale, if this one really joined the other party, or even just let those undead armies advance, it would be a terrible disaster for the remnants of the human forces of the entire continent.

But after hearing this, the Lord of the Dark River let out a piercing sneer.

"The sad dead, the degraded soul...... Darkness has blinded your once wise eyes. ”

This powerful being, who seemed to be just a giant tree man, said in an inexplicably calm tone, "When did you think you could eat me with such a bunch of bed bugs?" Why do you think I have to promise you in order to fulfill my promise? ”

Hearing this, the skeleton caster didn't speak, he just stretched out a pair of his same crystallized metacarpal bones, and patted it.

Boom, in the clouds in the sky, suddenly thunder exploded, pieces of lightning intertwined in the clouds, and three behemoths with magnificent light shining all over their bodies fell from the sky.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

With three dull loud noises in quick succession, the muddy earth tumbled like waves, and three huge golems made of crystals landed in front of the Gloom Forest.

These three puppets, each of which is extremely large, nearly forty meters tall, they are composed of pieces of geometrical irregular crystals, engraved with countless mystical runes, and in the center of these huge puppets that are not inferior to the size of the Lord of the Gloom River, three sacred stones with red, purple, and brown colors can be seen rotating different lights, supplying the powerful energy they need

"It seems that you refused."

The spellcaster shook his head, but for some reason, he didn't seem disappointed: "I don't know why the Grand Commander looks at you differently, but as far as I am concerned, although you are strong, you are not strong enough to make us fearful. ”

"Lord of the Gloom River, it's time for you to suffer a little."

Behind him, the mist figure vanished at some point, and the skeletal archers removed the longbow from their backs with a slow but steady stance, but they didn't strike, but waited for the caster's action.

As the strongest people who have led an era in their own era, whether it is the spellcaster of the Imperial Envoy Crystal Puppet, the strongest assassin of the Invisible Shadow, or the archer who has shot the floating mountain whale and the Sea King Behemoth, they all have their own pride in their hearts, even if they fall for some reason, they will never easily interfere in the battle of others.

But the huge tree man shook his head disapprehantly.

"There is still a little glory that you have not forgotten."

"But it doesn't make sense."

Countless tree roots turned into tentacles, lifting the dragon-winged girl and sending her to the other end of the forest, facing the three puppets that were striding forward and preparing to crush into the forest with an unstoppable momentum, Urbandeni's voice became weaker and weaker, and the roots that made up its body also retracted to the ground in turn.

But just as the others wondered if Urbanny was planning to avoid a fight, a loud roar like an earthquake sounded from the ground of the entire Gloomy River Forest.

"Boom! Bang! ”

It was like the sound of some behemoth slowly waking up and moving its body.

"I am the blood of God, a descendant of Mother Earth God."

A low, but incomparably clear voice seeped out from the depths of the earth: "I breathe with this land, I can hear its anger and unwillingness, undead, whatever you and the beings behind you want to do, but there is no doubt that the path will end up with complete destruction." ”

"You guys, let's go together."

The next moment the words fell, a huge column, as if it was a mixture of flesh and roots, penetrated the surface of the earth, revealing in front of everyone's eyes, this towering flesh and blood pillar nearly 100 meters high appeared in the atmosphere at the same time, the surrounding soil, trees, rocks and even rain and wind were pulled and absorbed by it, and then built into a thick and incomparably thick 'hand'.

This arm is made of rock and earth as flesh, flowing water as blood, and plant roots as meridians. Halfway up the mountain range in the distance, the rocks cracked and the peaks loosened, and on the head of a giant made entirely of black rock, two purple flames like the sun lit up, and an incomparable majesty descended.

When the Crystal Skull caster saw that it was only a half-body, hundreds of meters tall behemoth, he immediately controlled his puppet to quickly retreat backwards, and while urgently pulling the distance, it gasped with its non-existent lung cavity.

"Titans!"