Chapter 1: Reunion
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Far south and far sea, Eda Gray Island, the Seven Sacred Mountains, which had been calm because of the magic array, were now shrouded in cold rain, and among the vertical and horizontal thunder, the sound of dragon groans and bursts of killing could be heard on the island.
With a scepter in hand, Priest Guevara wiped the blood from his forehead, kicked away a smashed wyvern's head at his feet, and leaned against the temple doorpost, gasping violently.
The smell of iron filled his mouth, and the war was over.
In front of this temple near the edge of the island, there are scattered corpses of wild dragons, which are mixed with some puppet parts, and the smell of blood mixed with the rancid stench of the dragon's body forms an indescribable smell, just like the canned herring, a specialty of Xishan Magill Island, ordinary people will retch as long as they smell it.
But the strong pastor is oblivious to the smell.
He had long been accustomed to the putrid stench of corpses.
Since the dragon surrounded the sacred mountain, this kind of battle has often occurred, the wyverns are unable to resist the temple's divine defenses, and the sparsely numbered priests cannot really defeat the large number of dragon beasts, and the two sides have launched fragmented and fierce offensive and defensive battles in various corners of the island, leaving behind a large number of corpses.
Ash Island is now full of corpses, scattered dragon wings, limbs, torn dragon bodies and heads scattered all over the ground, turning the once holy holy place into a slum butcher's shop, emitting the stench of inferior rotten flesh.
Guevara's gaze froze as he regained a little of his strength, and he looked around at the corpses in front of the temple, and then at the sky—a bloodied wyvern, led by several powerful wounded dragons, was screaming and fleeing into the sky, and behind them were the rays of divine light.
Today, the fourth wave of the dragon's attack failed again, but the priest's heart was not half joyful, but extremely heavy.
The flying dragons besieging the holy mountain are 100,000 in size, even if they are powerful, there are less than a thousand five-colored dragons with wisdom, it is also an incomparably terrifying power, if they gather all their strength, they are enough to flatten the land of the Far South, and only those forces with legendary powerhouses can survive. The only reason why they have the upper hand now is that those dragons are just victims to drain their energy, not the real main force of the other side.
This was not the first time Guevara had participated in this kind of defensive war, he had also participated in the last battle of the Deepsea Behemoths in their raid on the Holy Mountain, and he also used his magic to kill a ten-wristed giant seal.
But for the first time, the priest felt that the Holy Mountain would lose this war.
"Guevara, how many puppet guards are there?"
Inside the temple, there was the tired voice of his colleague, mixed with the chanting of many middle-level priests to maintain the ritual, and the strong priest who was deep in thought came back to his senses, and then replied loudly: "It's all gone, there was a blue dragon mixed in the wild dragon just now, and in order to keep its head, there is not a single magic puppet left." ”
"Damn, you have to save some money, these puppets are all silver-level boutiques!" An angry rebuke came from inside the temple, but the voice then sighed as well: "Forget it, the ritual is almost over, and we can also abandon this dangerous shore temple and return to the central temple area to defend." ”
What kind of ritual is it that requires the thirteen shrines in the port on the west side of the island to be launched at the same time? Do you want to continue even in such a dangerous situation?
Guevara swallowed the words back, he wasn't the kind of person who would question orders, and although the instructions from the central temple area were strange, they clergy only had to do what they were told - you know, in order to ensure that the mission was completed, the central temple had sent seventeen gold-tier priests and paladins, as well as twice that number of mid-level priests, and hundreds of steel golem guards, which was enough to maintain two lines of defense and defeat several dragon-led dragon brigades head-on.
And that's just to make sure that the half-hour ceremony can be completed.
In the sky, a point of light suddenly lit up, followed by four slender red pillars of light, which pierced through the dark clouds, and then produced a violent explosion, and the blazing fire swept away the clouds and mist, causing the corpses of hundreds of dragon beasts to fall one after another.
Guevara glanced at the red glow, then nodded appreciatively.
It was reinforcements from the Empire, the cannon fire of a floating battleship.
Ten days ago, a flying steel battleship broke through the blockade of the dragon and came to the sky above the Holy Mountain, and it was said that the battleship named Gale Wind was the aid of the Church after a trade with the Northern Empire. Originally, the priest was still a little prejudiced against the seemingly fragile steel battleship, and he was also dissatisfied with the petty empire that only sent one battleship, but in the defensive battle that followed, that stereotype was completely shattered by the heavy artillery fire.
This floating battleship does not have any resistance to the surprise attack of the strong, but it is extremely powerful for the suppression of less than gold-level ordinary mad wyverns, and its single battleship is worth ten golden priests to shoot at the same time, and the firepower is far beyond everyone's imagination, forty alchemy cannons are inclined to the rain of fire, and more than a dozen flying dragons can be killed in an instant.
Except for fighting at full strength for more than ten minutes before it turns off the fire and cools down, it has almost no shortcomings.
Thanks to the blessing of this battleship and the puppet guards, there have not been too many casualties on the Holy Mountain side so far, and although everyone is tired, the foundation has not been damaged.
The icy rain mixed with the cold wind dispelled the stench around the temple, and Guevara, who was guarding his comrades for the ceremony, suddenly felt that something was wrong.
The Eda Gray Island, where the holy mountain is located, is itself a super-large magic circle, which can control the weather within a radius of nearly 1,000 square kilometers and stop the storm, and now the clouds and rain that are shrouding the holy mountain are all unnatural magical celestial phenomena set off by the five-colored dragon clan to facilitate the invasion, and the invasion will be temporarily stopped when the invasion is over.
But...... Why hasn't it stopped yet?
"The fifth wave! Get ready to meet the enemy! In another temple not far away, a hearty shout was heard: "The ritual is about to be completed!" Survive these dozens of seconds! ”
"- Bastard!" He had already heard the roar of a dragon in the sky, Guevara was in a strong spirit, he raised the scepter in his hand, raised his head and stared at the black shadows in the sky that were passing rapidly, a trace of white light floated around the priest, and he roared loudly: "There is no end! ”
The temple, which was stained with countless dragons' blood, also glowed, and the array of divine magic engraved in it echoed the priest's holy light, forming translucent barriers.
In the clouds, countless mad wyverns flew out, and several real dragons were mixed in them, commanding these unintelligent dragon beasts. Most of the drakes rushed towards the towering sacred mountain and the surrounding central temple area, but a small number scattered and rushed towards the scattered temples scattered around the island.
Hundreds of mad wyverns swarmed towards the temple guarded by Guevara, and the strong priest raised his brow, the scepter in his hand resting on the ground, and then a ring of holy light spread out.
Behind him, a chant of time and space was heard, and an inexplicable power was transmitted from the thirteen temples, outlining a huge dark blue door in the sky above the western shore.
Guevara, on the other hand, didn't have time to pay attention to the door above his head, all his attention was on the monstrous lizards in front of him, and the priest was seriously controlling the entire temple's magic array, ready to deal with the impact.
But the expected shock did not come.
The dark blue door was completely completed at the moment when the flying dragon leaned over and charged, and a huge ark nearly two hundred meters long fell from the sky.
――――Boom!!!
The scarred and broken ark fell to the ground from a height of tens of meters, and the impact of the terrifying weight caused the earth to ripple like the surface of the water, and even the mad wyvern let out a long roar in fright, and then turned back to the sky, ready for the next impact.
"The Seven Gods, how is this-"
Mr. Guevara, who was originally fearless, was also gasped in shock, he didn't know what the ritual of his escort was for, so he was not mentally prepared for this ark that fell from the sky - not to mention that the ark still had a trace of abyssal aura, which made the priest feel uncomfortable.
The purification ability of the holy mountain easily eliminated the remaining abyssal aura on the ark, and the fluctuation of order brought by the glow fire on the top also made Guevara understand that this was a giant ship belonging to the church, and he was quick to think that he immediately knew that the ritual performed by himself and others was afraid that it would not summon this giant ship back to the holy mountain.
But now was not the time to think about it, just as the priest's attention was drawn to the ark and he was slightly distracted, a strong alien wyvern saw the opportunity and swooped down from the sky, its speed overtaking the sound for a moment, with a sharp explosion.
The Wyvern's advance is the most difficult attack for them to defend, and the huge body of more than ten meters long carries its own huge mass, which is enough to break through most of the shields, even the warriors of the gold rank must be careful not to lose their balance by them, only to hear the crisp sound of glass shattering, the translucent barrier on the periphery of the temple was shattered, and the Alien Wyvern also rushed straight towards Guevara, who had just reacted.
In the flash of lightning, the priest's heart tightened, and he knew that he was terrible and unlucky.
But a huge steel plate flew into the air, smashing the wyvern that had already pounced ten meters in front of Guevara, and then slammed into the temple wall not far away, emitting a huge roar.
“…… Hey? ”
In the blink of an eye, the strong priest shuddered, his eyes widened, and he looked at the place where the steel plate had fallen—the body of a half-half alienated wyvern was still twitching, half of its body was crushed into a meatloaf by a white steel plate, and the solid walls of the temple, which had not been damaged in the slightest after many battles, also appeared in the center of a large spiderweb-like crack, and half of the temple was crumbling.
In mid-air, hundreds of mad wyverns couldn't help but take advantage of the opportunity of the temple barrier being shattered to continue attacking, but instead flew upside down in panic, as if there was something terrifying in front of them, this was the first time Guevara saw the dragon beast that had lost its wisdom and showed fear.
Those dragon beasts did not succeed in escaping, from the broken ark, suddenly flew out a black and red line of fighting energy, this line looks ordinary roughly, but the speed is extremely fast, only to see a few flashes, most of the flying dragon was split in two by this line, and the body gushing with dragon blood fell straight down and fell to the ground.
In addition, pillars of light of holy light rose from the ark and wiped out all the remaining wyverns - noticing the anomaly in this direction, a large number of wyverns poured out of the sky, led by several real dragons, and they flew quickly to the west of the island, ready to completely empty the scattered temples in the vicinity.
But halfway through the flight, the entire group of dragons turned around, they hovered in mid-air, not daring to attack rashly, and the leading dragons glanced at each other in the air, and these intelligent beings invariably felt a chill.
At that moment, a group of centaurs stepped out of the ark.
Two paladins, a nun, and the leader was a warrior with black hair and red eyes.
Joshua looked up at the sky, the wandering dragons and the thunder that tore through the clouds, he touched his chin with some confusion: "The dragon has launched a general attack?" Not so fast, right? ”
The typhoon in the far sea has not yet risen, and the divine magic array of the holy mountain has not been suppressed by nature, as long as the five-colored dragon clan is not crazy, they will not go to besiege the impregnable holy mountain at this time.
But the situation was not good, and the warrior stood on the ark and glanced around condescendingly, the gray island was full of the scattered corpses of the dragon, and a large number of broken parts of the puppet guards.
The Church's puppet guard is a powerful divine construct that costs very little, requiring only forged steel and a magic core to form on its own. These steel guards are generally humanoid, they have the strength of the middle and high ranks of silver, and they are not afraid of pain and death, except that they cannot be mass-produced, and can only be made by high-level priests one by one, they have almost no shortcomings.
Now, just as far as Joshua could see, there were thousands of broken puppet guards, which was equivalent to a year's stock of the Holy Mountain, and the church would not have made so many puppets without orders.
"The Holy Mountain is testing the dragon *** Feng."
Saya took a step forward, and her body lit up with golden light lines, forming an angelic image like a stick figure, and a faint circle of light suspended above the head of the great nun, accumulating the power of holy light: "It seems that the timing of our return is not right. ”
"No, isn't that just right?"
Joshua and the two paladins beside him glanced at each other, and he, along with Robzek and Lolanda, showed a wild smile at the same time: "Have you rested?"
"You've just fought Mandagarh with all your might, and we should ask you about that." The blonde paladin replied lightly, he couldn't help the warriors in the battle against the crystal demon dragon because of the brain eater worm before, and now he was holding his breath, intending to vent: "Why don't you rest this time, let's get rid of these flying insects." ”
There was no reply, and the warrior waved his hand twice in the air, and the condensed fighting spirit killed several mad wyverns in the air.
In the next second, he jumped straight up and flew into the sky.
Laugh at!
In an instant, the group of wild dragons who were still hovering over the temple and had a wait-and-see attitude suddenly burst into a cloud of blood mist, and one after another flying dragon was completely shattered by an invisible huge force, and there was not even a single remnant left, and it was scattered with the wind.
Only the dragons mixed in with the wyverns could see that it was a pitch-black shadow that was rapidly shuttling through the air, killing one mad dragon after another.
At this moment, space and time seemed to freeze, and only one warrior could be seen appearing behind dozens of mad wyverns at the same time as if teleporting, and with a punch, a terrifying wave of qi had not had time to expand and spread, and a cloud of blood mist erupted from the bodies of these wyverns, and countless purple-black dragon blood shot out, their scales flew apart, and their flesh split countless wounds, and then was crushed into minced meat by a huge force.
One hundredth of a second later, the exploding qi wave carried the stench of the dragon's blood, turned into a gust of red wind, and spread in all directions!
"Extreme!"
"Extreme Warrior!"
"What's going on, how could there suddenly be an extra Extreme Will-level warrior?! Aren't all the human powerhouses on the Holy Mountain being closely monitored, when did this person appear?! ”
What completely shattered them was the second and third holy flashes, Robzek and Lolanda rushed into the sky one after another, and launched a slaughter of the dragons, the hot pillars of light mixed with the magic fighting energy, blasting one wyvern after another into nothingness, and even a dragon in command was discovered, and the two paladins were killed in a matter of seconds.
Saya came to the temple, took over the control of the magic array from the sluggish Guevara, and began to weave huge magic arrays, which restrained nearly a hundred flying dragons, tearing them from the sky and falling to the ground, shaking up waves of earth.
"Two Extremes! Come on! "It's not right, let's go back and find backup!" "It's an ambush!"
The chaotic dragons turned around in a panic under the command of the dragon, intending to escape, and these frightened dragons flew rapidly, intending to escape this terrifying area as soon as possible.
But before they could flee far, two cold rays of light lit up from the direction of the sacred mountain and flew towards the temple on the west shore of the island.
In an instant, the cold light pierced through the two dragons in mid-air, bursting through a large area of blood mist, and then brushed over Joshua's side and fell to the ground.
Rather than continuing to chase the fleeing wyverns, some of the stunned warriors lowered their heads and looked at the place where the light had fallen, and the warrior stared at them for a moment before revealing a smile.
He landed on the ground and walked towards two cold rays of light.
A giant sword, a giant axe, and two weapons that were too huge for ordinary people to lift were inserted into the solid stone path of the temple, vibrating slightly, as if calling for their master.
"Slaughtering the weak is not my favorite fight, it's always the same."
Walking forward, lifting the greatsword and the great axe, Joshua grasped the hilt of the sword and axe in his right hand and left hand, and whispered to his long-lost weapons, "Will you get bored?" ”
"Of course not."
The voice of the boy and girl replied at the same time.
"As long as it's with the master, no matter what kind of battle it is, it's fine."