Chapter Seventy-Seven: Faith and Determination
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Church of the Seven Gods, the Holy Mountain of the Far Sea.
The old Pope stood on the top of the sacred mountain, looking down at the gloomy clouds dyed golden by the setting sun and the churning sea below, his gaze sweeping across the sky.
Eagle gazed at everything in the far seas, such as the endless breeze that surrounded the oceans, such as the growing number of five-colored dragons, and he saw everything in his eyes.
As the fighting on the Far South Continent gradually subsided, the number of dragons around Eda Gray Island became more and more numerous, and before that, they had not been able to blockade every sea, but now the dragons had completely occupied the entire far sea.
The Holy Mountain has become an isolated island, and even the Far South Kingdom and other forces on the continent want to send reinforcements to reach it, and the ruined kingdom will not be able to extend its power beyond the land until the coastal ports are repaired and new fleets are created.
The long silver hair flew in the wind, Eagle stared at the sky, he was already very old, the old Pope did not transform his body into the perfect state of his youth like other legendary powerhouses, he grew up like a normal human being, aging, indifferently watching his skin slack and wrinkles spread.
But this does not mean that he is weak, on the contrary, Eagle is the strongest human on this continent, the first person under the heavenly dome, a god who walks on earth.
Holding the pure white staff, the old Pope's silver eyes became brighter and brighter, and he could see that above the clouds in the distance, under the deep sea in the distance, in the center of the countless demon dragons, there were three extremely powerful breaths, as if they occupied all the sense of existence in this world, they did not hide their existence, but showed their bodies openly and gathered strength.
It was the breath of the three-headed legendary dragon of the five-colored dragon clan, and these existences second only to the gods released their coercion provocatively, so that Eagle had to stay in the Sacred Mountain of the Far Sea and confront them.
The standoff has been going on for a long time, ten days ago, and it will not end until both sides have prepared all their forces and are about to go to war.
"Huh." Suddenly, Eagle turned his head and looked at the vast sea on the east side of the Holy Mountain, and he whispered in some surprise: "This is ......"
In the old Pope's field of vision, the Abyss of Anos, which was originally shrouded in storms and huge waves, suddenly calmed down, and even the abyssal aura that gradually spread and eroded all things completely disappeared, but he did not rejoice in it, but frowned and muttered solemnly: "They failed? β
Eagle could sense that in the center of the original Abyss of Anos, where the surging maelstrom was located, the space from the other world was constantly eroding the Mycrof continent, transforming it into a part of the abyss.
Although the old Pope was a little surprised that the two Extreme Will-level powerhouses of Robzek and Joshua had failed the mission, he had not made such a bad prediction.
"It's a bit unexpected, but it's not the worst outcome."
The silver-haired old man glanced at the direction of the three-headed legendary dragon with some headaches, with the help of the arrangement in the Seven Sacred Mountains, he was confident that he would completely suppress the vision caused by the abyss crack, or even seal it directly, and then rescue everyone, but the strong people in the five-colored dragon clan would also take this opportunity to attack, although Eagle was not afraid of these enemies, and even had the confidence to defeat them all, but he didn't want to change for no reason.
In the distance, the aura of the abyss gradually became thicker, and the old Pope's face became more and more solemn, while on the side of the five-colored dragon clan, the momentum was getting higher and higher.
But just as Eagle was about to make a move through the air to divide the abyss that was merging on the other side and the world of Mycrof, the chaotic aura condensed in the Abyss of Anos suddenly stagnated and stopped growing.
Even, because of the spontaneous resistance of the world, it became weaker and weaker, and I could vaguely feel that there was a powerful force that broke out in the abyss on the other side, a force that Eagle was very familiar with at that time.
Temporarily dissipating the power condensed on the pure white staff, the old pope narrowed his eyes, he thought for a moment, and then chuckled.
"Well, I'll trust you once."
The old man turned his gaze back to the majestic aura of the three legendary dragons: "Even if it reaches the point of no return, I will be too late to make another move." β
- Blood Moon Abyss.
Joshua crushed the fragment of the Crystal Demon Dragon in his hand.
A pitch-black soul wails and tries to escape from it, but is caught and swallowed by the black aura that swells through the warrior's body.
The power of the fluctuating killing intent originated from the soul fragments of the vanquished, and although Joshua called it by this name, other beings who knew his extreme intent ability, such as Lolanda and Moria, thought that its name should be called the soul abyss.
Having just asked for all the key information about the fusion ritual from the mouth of the already collapsed Mandagar, Joshua turned his head to look at the constant space-time fluctuations that appeared at the edge of the plane, and then immediately got up and flew in the direction of the Time.
Soon after, he came to the Ark.
At this time, Ciel, Fina, and Black had all turned into prototypes, and their strength was exhausted, and they were unconscious on the deck and around the Time, leaving Robzek alone with a frown, standing on the side of the ship, using holy light to bind the parasitic brain eater in his brain and turning it into nothingness little by little.
After all, he is not Joshua, and he can't do such a thing as opening his own skull and pulling out the parasite, but it is better to say that this practice of the paladin is the safest and most normal, but it needs a quiet and undisturbed environment, and it takes a little more time.
When the warrior landed on the deck of the Time, Robzek had just finished purifying the parasite in his brain, and as soon as the burden in his heart was gone, the fighting energy and holy light in his body were smooth, and he recovered fifty percent of his original strength.
"How?" This was not the time to greet each other, Joshua spoke very directly, and he asked directly, "Do you still have the strength to help others expel them?" β
Robzek glanced at the conspicuous scar on the left side of the warrior's skull, and the paladin, who had already guessed a little about the process, said softly: "Looks like you don't need it." β
Then, he nodded solemnly: "My strength has recovered most of it, and the speed of expelling others will be faster-you have already defeated Mandagar, and this is to destroy the fusion ritual?" β
In fact, Robzek had a lot of things to ask Joshua, whether it was the terrifying strength or the ominous divinity revealed, but now was not the time, their first task was to destroy the Abyss Rift, and before that, the destruction of the fusion ritual was a necessary condition.
"No, actually, as soon as Mandagarh dies, the fusion ritual is over." Joshua shook his head, he glanced sideways at this filthy sea of blood, and his tone was a little emotional: "That crystal demon dragon itself is the center of the ritual, and it has the breath of Microf, the Abyss, and the Famine Evil God, which can promote the fusion of the two worlds, and only in this way can it achieve the legendary realm while completing the ritual." β
"As soon as it dies, the ritual automatically terminates and gradually dies over time, so we don't need to bother with it."
In fact, if it weren't for the warrior's previous outbreak of divinity, Mandagar only needed to create one more Chaos Rune, or it would have pressed Joshua to fight, and the strength of the two was actually not much different, mainly because Mandagar had to be distracted to manipulate the ritual and was not good at melee combat, and he had to protect the Chaos Rune from being destroyed by the warrior, so he suffered a small loss.
If you are fighting in the void around the Blood Moon, with the speed of the Crystal Demon Dragon, the warriors who can't use the earth to accelerate won't even touch its edges, and will only be slowly consumed by endless magic.
But in any case, Mandagar was completely dead, his soul was devoured, and this battle, Joshua was victorious.
"Yes." The paladin glanced at the sea of blood with some surprise, he originally thought that there was a core of this ritual, which was hidden in the depths of this red moon, but he didn't expect that the crystal demon dragon itself was the basis of the ritual, the corner of Robzek's mouth raised, and he breathed a sigh of relief: "In this way, the mission is close to completion, and we can also destroy the abyss rift as soon as possible, and then call the church to teleport us back." β
But Joshua shook his head, and he motioned for the paladin to look at the edge of the abyssal plane: "I'm afraid it's not that simple. β
Following the warrior's gaze, Robzek looked at the end of the plane, and he naturally saw the dense space-time fluctuations - because of the interference of the parasites before, he didn't have the energy to pay attention to the surrounding situation at all, let alone the subtle space-time fluctuations in the distance.
The paladin gasped: "What's that?" An army of invading demons?! β
Joshua corrected, "The Demon Blood Dragon, not a demon. β
"Wouldn't that be worse!"
After speaking, the paladin frowned, and his face was ugly: "Look at this speed, within twenty or thirty minutes, they can penetrate the dimensional barrier and come to this layer of abyss...... Even if we go to destroy the Abyss Rift now, we won't be able to teleport back so quickly. β
This time it was Joshua's turn to frown: "So slow? It doesn't take a few minutes for my Gale to tow and teleport. β
"I don't know what you're talking about, but we're teleporting across planes."
Robzek walked to Saya's side, he stretched out his hand and pressed it on the other party's forehead, even if the nun was unconscious, her expression was not painful, but she looked a little sad, as the closest person to Nolan on weekdays, she was hit the hardest by being betrayed.
While banishing the parasites for Saya, the paladin explained to the warrior: "After we blow up the abyssal rift, it is equivalent to completely leaving the Mycrof world, without the slightest connection, the church will use the space-time runes inscribed in the central hall of the Time - that is, the place you teleported - to perform a reverse traction ritual to 'summon' us back to the Microf world, the process is very long, it will take at least half an hour. β
"Originally." Speaking of this, Robzek glanced around at the situation of the Blood Moon Plane, and he couldn't help but shake his head: "We thought that this side was an ordinary abyss plane, there was earth, there were demons, after breaking through to the other side of the abyss and blowing up the space-time rift, we only need to hold on for more than half an hour under the siege of scattered demons to return, who knew that there would be so many unexpected situations." β
Not to mention the rituals and plans of the Crystal Demon Dragon, the size of this abyss was beyond their expectations, because it was a fragment of a complete plane, the entire Blood Moon Plane was not far south, and the distance between the edge of the plane and the Blood Moon that the Demon Blood Dragon teleported from was slightly farther than the distance between the Abyss Rift and the Blood Moon, so that it could not be delayed for long at all.
Speaking of this, Saya slowly woke up, and when she regained consciousness, she sensed that the paladin was expelling the parasite for him, and the Grand Nun immediately cooperated, and the two of them worked together, and within a few seconds, the parasite disappeared completely.
The two joined forces and quickly woke up Lolanda, and with the combined efforts of the three of them, it only took less than five minutes to wake everyone up - the crew of the Time in the cabin were still unconscious, but now that the situation was urgent, they couldn't take care of them.
"Long story short, we're in a very dangerous situation right now."
Touching the sick and somewhat weak head of the black dragon girl, Joshua said to everyone solemnly: "In ten minutes, the army of demon blood dragons will come to this plane, and we now have three choices. β
"What three options?" Fina was the first to ask, after knowing the current situation, Lady Blue Dragon was not flustered, she calmly asked the warrior: "Explain in advance, don't say that the option of death is undoubted, it will only increase the unhappiness." β
"The first one, we will directly leave the Blood Moon plane with the Time Ship, and then detonate the Wheel of Light on the side of the Mycrof Continent to temporarily seal the Abyss Rift, although such a seal is very unstable, but it is better to be safe, and if you find an opportunity in the future, you can gradually improve it."
Joshua didn't say anything superfluous, and his words were concise: "The second is that we will take action now now and completely destroy the space-time rift on this side of the abyss, however, we will have to hold on to the army of the Demon Blood Dragon for nearly half an hour before we can return, and we must also ensure that the Demon Blood Dragon has no means to affect teleportation." β
"To be honest, in addition to me and Robzek, even if it is an optimistic estimate, more than half of the people present will die."
"Let's talk about the last one." This sentence was said by Loranda, he was rubbing his head, although the brain eater did not really hurt everyone's brains because of the timely suppression, but it did damage part of it, and the blonde paladin felt very uncomfortable now: "This choice is close to death, I want to hear the third." β
"The last one, it's a bit risky."
The warrior said softly, he looked up at the Molten Star at the top of the Ark, and his face was indifferent: "And a little extravagant." β
After speaking, Joshua lowered his head and looked at the thoughtful Robzek: "The third is that you use the Wheel of Light to destroy the Abyss Rift, and I use the Fusion Star to interfere with the teleportation of the Demon Blood Dragons - if you are lucky, you will probably be able to hold out until the end of the Church's reverse summoning ceremony, and the Demon Blood Dragon will not have time to teleport over." β
As a treasure full of positive energy, the fragment of the sun, the burst of the Molten Core Star has a power far beyond the Wheel of Holy Light, if this power can be used correctly, it can completely interfere with the teleportation of the Demon Blood Dragons, Joshua felt that this was a very good choice, and he was eager to try.
"No, master." But hearing this, Hei immediately subconsciously refused, she looked at the warrior with worried eyes, and her tone was helpless and nervous: "This is too dangerous, you will ...... Dead ......"
Halfway through speaking, the black dragon girl bit her tongue and immediately covered her mouth with a painful cry, but even so, she still looked at Joshua with her golden eyes, her eyes full of pleading.
Anyone knows that the danger of blowing up the abyssal rift and blocking the teleportation of the Demon Blood Dragon is not of the same magnitude, if there is a slight mistake, then countless angry Demon Blood Dragons will tear the warrior apart - just look at those time and space fluctuations, there are no less than tens of thousands of Demon Blood Dragons that will be teleported, even if the legendary powerhouse wants to deal with it, there will be some headaches, not to mention the warriors who are obviously not in good shape in successive battles.
Saya also immediately shook her head and refused: "If this is the case, we will choose the first one, return to the Mycrof continent as soon as possible, and blow up the space-time rift, so that even if there is a hidden danger, it can be regarded as half of the completion of the task, and there is still a chance to remedy it in the future." β
The Grand Nun had never been in favor of meaningless sacrifices, and in her opinion, this option was more dangerous and dreamy than the second option.
Lady Blue Dragon, Ciel and Lolanda are not optimistic about the third option, they are not afraid of death, but the probability of realization is too low, they would rather try the second option, everyone resists the attack of the Demon Blood Dragon, and they are not willing to let the warrior alone interfere with the time and space teleportation of the Demon Blood Dragon, they are not so cheeky, let Joshua bear all the dangers alone.
But Robzek's expression became solemn.
He is also a strong person, he is not the same as the gold-level Saya, Lolanda and others, the silver-haired paladin understands the strength that Joshua and Mandagar showed when they fought before, and the warrior suggested the third option, obviously with enough confidence, and coupled with his previous experience in destroying the space-time gate, maybe this is not as difficult as most people think.
He turned his head sideways to meet Joshua's eyes, and Robzek looked at the other man's red pupils and felt the warrior's unwavering confidence.
ββMaybe, you can try.
This led him to make a decision.
"Saya, you go to Nolan's alchemy laboratory and take out the wheel of light."
Closing his eyes, the paladin said in a deep voice: "Loranda, you go to the central hall and inform the church that the summoning ceremony will begin now." β
After finishing speaking, he didn't look at Joshua, but raised his head and looked at the top of the ark, which released a brilliant light, like a gem like a small sun, and said solemnly: "Joshua, the Fusion Core Star is for you." β
"Okay." The corner of the warrior's mouth lifted slightly, he patted the black head at his side, and then strode towards the top of the ark, as if he couldn't wait.
"Captain!" Lolanda, who originally thought that she had chosen the second option and was about to inform the church, immediately turned her head and said with a hint of anger after hearing Robzek's last words: "You areβ"
He was not afraid of death at all, it was the fate of the paladin to die in the battle against demons and chaos, as long as he could complete the task, even if it was for Lolanda to sacrifice his life, but he absolutely did not want to see his friends sacrifice in a meaningless place, just like in the plague lands, his countless companions were killed by the terrifying chaos plague.
Saya, who had already walked on her way to the laboratory to obtain the Wheel of Light, also stopped, and unlike the Blue Dragon Lady and the Elven Boy who were also frowning on the side, she waited for Robzek's explanation.
"Since the army of demon-blood dragons can break through the barrier between the abyss and the abyss, it will naturally be able to break through the relatively vulnerable places between the abyss and the Mycrof continent." The silver-haired paladin shook his head, he didn't care about the emotions of the others, but looked at Joshua's back, and then said in a deep voice: "The first option, it is very likely that this is the end, the demon blood dragon can still break through the space-time rift that is not completely destroyed and come to the world of Mycrof, in this way, we will all die, and the task cannot be completed." β
"The second option is extremely dangerous, and the third is the same, but there is a slight possibility of a safe return."
Speaking of this, he took a deep breath, and then said in a tone close to sighing, "Time is running out, I believe Joshua, what about you?" β
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ββTen minutes later.
Edge of the Blood Moon plane.
The huge space-time rift slowly opened, filling the field of vision, and endless demonic blood dragons would follow.
Looking at this scene, Joshua, who was suspended in mid-air, clenched the Fusion Core Star in his hand.
He heard the sound of the abyssal rift in the distance, completely distorted and disappeared under the self-explosion of the wheel of holy light.
The traitor is dead, and the door to the future is completely closed.
The sun-like power was held in the hands of the warrior, creating gusts of hot wind, and he smiled and held up the gem, urging the power within.
History, fate, everything is completely changed, and from then on, a new world will be born, and a new future will be born.
The wind is howling.
This filled him with determination.