Chapter Forty-Eight: Slipping Away
"Anyway, it's come to this, and we can't afford to make it so easy."
Sighing, Barnier saw that the current grim situation could not be changed, he raised his hand, slightly straightened the collar of his robes, and then, the old mage, who had always been neatly dressed, took out a heavy black background and gold inlaid book from his bosom, and when it was taken out, the richly decorated magic book broke away from Barri's hand and floated on his chest, opening automatically like a living thing, and quickly and automatically flipping through it.
"An abyss lord and a doppelganger of a god, William, how many years ago was the last time we encountered such a dangerous situation?"
Standing on the black sky dome of the sixth abyss, Barnier did not look at the magic guide book that was automatically flipped through in front of him, but stared at the black cloud filled with rotten corpse gas, he habitually asked his friend a question, and at the same time, in front of him, a dazzling rainbow of light emanated from the pages of the book, and countless brilliant runes appeared and flickered around the legendary mage like stars. Vaguely visible, a huge magic circle that enveloped a radius of nearly ten miles was rapidly condensing and forming with the pouring of rainbow light from the pages.
"Forty years? Fifty years? Hell, except for a few years when we were young, we have always acted cautiously and never put ourselves in danger. β
On the side, the bard, who still looked like a young man, shrugged his shoulders easily, in the face of the two powerful beings who were constantly approaching and surpassing the ordinary legend, William did not seem to be worried, he also took out an extremely pure crystal ball from his arms, the faint blue light swirled like a vortex in its center, the legendary bard put it in front of his forehead, and smiled easily: "Of course, no matter what, as long as you and I join forces, there will be no danger in this world." β
"I like your words."
With the two of them laughing at the same time, just in an instant, a complex three-dimensional geometric structure composed of endless runes appeared out of thin air on the entire wriggling forest, and countless formation patterns composed of dark blue triangles, circles and prisms were like a void frantically devouring the surrounding magic power, just a few breaths, all the elements within a radius of dozens of kilometers were plundered by this huge formation, and even the time and space were obviously distorted.
And in the distance, the Abyss Lord, [Gluttonous Demon King] Goliath naturally noticed the sudden violent magic fluctuations in the distance, and as the doppelganger it placed in the abyss, the huge burning eye immediately slowed down slightly.
It felt something wasn't quite right, and smelled a hint of familiarity.
The aura reminded it of some memories of the past.
Greed, evil, in the abyss is not a shortcoming, but humility and kindness are evils that must be eliminated, in this wasteland with no future, even worms will compete with their kind for the right to eat carrion, in order to survive, absolute selfishness and suspicion are essential qualities for all demons.
Goliath is one of them, and it is the most greedy demon in the Sixth Abyss, there is no doubt about it.
Appetite, greed. From the very beginning of its birth, endless desires have taken possession of its body and mind, and for Goliath, every soul it swallows cannot satisfy it, only make it hungrier, and every thing it has cannot satisfy it, only make its possessiveness stronger. Because of its insatiable greed, it has been frantically robbing its fellow humans of food since it was a worm, using its muscles, teeth, claws, and natural spells and all the power it can to plunder those that it can.
In the midst of the most brutal competition, the weak worm gradually grew into a powerful winged demon, it seems to be a natural demon king born from the hands of the abyss through the hands of the wasteland, with a brutality and strength that terrifies the demons, after a few easy challenges and abuses, the great demon who had no name at that time had its own territory for the first time, and its strong and distorted possessiveness made it fight against the five surrounding demon lords at the same time without hesitation in order to occupy a larger land.
I have to say that this is definitely not a good idea, even the future Abyss Lord will not be able to defeat five demon lords whose strength is no less than it at the same time, if it weren't for the contradictions and grudges between the five lords, and they didn't have time to give Goliath a fatal blow at the last moment, then the future abyss pattern will change greatly, but in any case, the seriously injured Great Demon can no longer stay in his territory, in order to escape the pursuit of the enemy, it has received a special ' in a seriously injured state. Summoning', came to a strange world.
It was a peculiar world. There, the forest expands like monsters with the tide of magic, dangerous monsters and dragons occupy every corner of the world, and in the face of the endless onslaught of beasts, the civilized races of that world have exhausted all means to defend against each other, they build fortresses, build cities, do their best to develop all the techniques and spells for battle, and search for weapons left over from the previous era from ancient ruins, including the magic of communicating the abyss and summoning demons to fight.
The mage who summons the archdemon is a novice, and neither he nor his teacher. Because of the lack of inheritance, they don't know much about the nature of demons, and they still think that this is just a strange otherworldly beast, so they simply signed an ordinary partnership contract without adding any restraints.
They were defenseless, allowing the big demon to fight freely with the beasts, and the seriously injured demon naturally would not give up the large group of healing delicacies in front of him, after showing a little strength, it will be annihilated by the incoming beast tide, for this reason, the young mage even excitedly named the big demon Goliath - the name of the giant with infinite power, and then let it return to its own world after a few years of beast tide temporary.
It all starts here.
Since that day, the demon has received a name, and it remembers the name, as well as the name of this world. McCrove, as the people of that world call the ground beneath their feet, is a name that it will not be forgotten for centuries. To this day, it recalls episodes of the long pastβclean air, clear water, sweet flesh, and defenseless, stupid, and kind races.
- I absolutely want to possess all of this.
Since that day, an ordinary demon has died, resurrected by an indescribable monster, and after returning to the abyss, the fire of desire in the heart of Goliath, who has almost been reborn, has grown stronger, and it longs for everything, for a comfortable and beautiful world that is completely different from the abyss.
When life has experienced the vastness of the starry sky, how can it endure being bound by gravity? When endless greed opens up its perspective, who knows how far it will swell?
Unlike other demon lords who just found a cave or a mountain top as a lair, Goliath, who reappeared in the Sixth Abyss, began to drive the little demons, imitating the construction of the fortress of that world to resist the beast tide, and it even learned the methods of training armies in that world to train its own demons, and was willing to pay a huge price for it to forge armor and weapons, all of which were seen by the other demon lords, who laughed at this foolishness and ridiculed this behavior that seemed meaningless to them, The demon lords shook their heads, believing that Goliath had lost the greed and selfishness that were most important to the demons because of a great defeat.
But they were wrong.
It's not that greed has been abandoned, it's that Goliath's ambitions have gone far beyond that. A territory, a plain, half an abyss, or even the entire abyss can't enter its eyes, and here it is entangled in a little meaningless wealth? It's ridiculous, this rotten world can't make it want to have the slightest desire, let alone some boring metal!
Its goal is beyond the void, the beautiful and vibrant otherworld, the vast multiverse!
Perhaps it was the instinctive thirst for flame, perhaps it was this unusual purpose, or perhaps it was this great greed that overrode all desires, and it seemed that from that moment on, the will of the Sixth Abyss began to look at Goliath. After hundreds of years of fighting and conquering, the Great Demon became one of the few kings in this abyss, and won the final battle for the position of the Supreme of the Abyss, and the long-awaited Abyssal Will crowned its demon king, making it the Supreme Lord of the Sixth Abyss, and this lord did not live up to the expectations of the Abyssal Will, and began to investigate and invade all the surrounding worlds without hesitation.
Now, Goliath smelled a breath that it had never forgotten, and it seemed to be the breath of that world, just as the two old mages had noticed it, so did the Abyss Lord and the two legendary spellcasters in the center of the distant circle.
It was actually three kings joining forces. Goliath thought so, if it hadn't come to the abyss by itself to incarnate and return to the abyss this time, then even if several other Sixth Abyss Kings returned together, it would inevitably suffer huge losses, and it seemed that just like the Microf Continent that it had been watching for hundreds of years, the Microf Continent had been paying attention to the Sixth Abyss.
This may be a trap.
The moment this thought appeared, the huge vertical pupils of the Burning Eye loosened slightly, and a silent sneer sounded in the depths of the souls of many demons, and the hideous and terrifying abyssal flame began to scorch the void on its side, and the Abyss Lord released a majestic filthy energy, and the dead and filthy power from the abyss eroded the world, causing cracks like broken glass appeared in half of the sky, and the chaotic space-time turbulence from the void began to pour out of these cracks, and then followed Goliath's guidance towards the warriors, The direction of the black dragon and the two old mages rushed away!
"Then crush them."
As soon as it was shot, it was a legendary spell [Void Energy Flow] that spread thousands of miles in a radius, under the attack of this strategic magic that hit indiscriminately in a wide area, all the elements and lives in the heavens and earth would be hit by the most serious radiation, and any spell structure would collapse under the impact of high-energy rays, and any life with a soul would also suffer an extremely serious impact, and then die, but this attack had no effect on inanimate inorganic matter, and it was a 'purging spell' specially designed to kill life.
The dragon god didn't make a move, because this was Goliath's home turf, and if it did it at will, it would most likely be seen as a provocation by the Abyss Lord and put on guard, and in its opinion, it was enough for the other party to make a move.
At the same time, in mid-air, Joshua, who was like a low-flying meteorite, finally found the black dragon running wildly on the ground, and of course, he also saw the huge magic circle that was slowly emerging in the distance.
"It's kind of there." The warrior let out a sigh, he had been wondering since just now, how could he not react at all when he had already fought so fiercely with the Eye Demon Lord? Now it seems that the two legendary mages are only cautiously preparing their defenses in advance, rather than recklessly helping.
is worthy of being a veteran powerhouse who has achieved legends for decades, and his style is indeed cautious.
With an acceleration, Joshua came to the top of the black dragon's head, he controlled his strength, and stood lightly on the black head, and at the same time, the black dragon girl's slightly panicked voice came from the warrior's mind: "Master, you told me to run as far as possible as soon as I started fighting, so as not to be affected - why haven't I run out of the battle range yet!" β
"It's okay, there was some surprise." Joshua touched the horns of the black dragon, he wanted to say more, but he noticed the huge vision of Goliath tearing the space in the sky, so he changed his tone and comforted her: "It's not your fault, Hei, it's me who should run away with you next." β
"First turn back into human form,"
Before he could say anything, the warrior clapped his hands and ordered the black dragon girl to transform into a human form, and because of the knee-jerk reaction, the black immediately transformed into a human form, and then Joshua carried the girl on his shoulder without the slightest hesitation, and accelerated in the air, and at the moment when the air arced due to the huge heat energy, it broke through fifteen times the speed of sound, and galloped towards the huge magic circle raised by the two legendary mages.
"Poof-" The moment the black dragon girl reacted, she instinctively wanted to protest - she was the mount, how could she let her master take her away? But before she could say this, half of her body was pressed against the warrior's shoulder because of the huge acceleration force of fifteen times the speed of sound, and the impact of the armor shaped by the power of steel was a little irresistible even for the black dragon's physique, and she almost rolled her eyes and fainted, and when she got used to it a little, she wailed with a crying voice: "Ahhhh β
How could Joshua reduce his speed, noticing the void energy flow rushing behind him, he even increased his speed again - although this kind of attack was of little use to him, it was the most lethal for black, the soul strength of the black dragon girl had only been opened for a few years because of wisdom, and it was actually far inferior to ordinary gold or even relatively tough silver, and when encountering this kind of purging spell that specifically impacted the elements and souls, there was absolutely no way to last more than a second, and it would be wiped out in an instant.
If it weren't for that, he wouldn't have to speed up the flight so hard, just stay in place and resist a few times, wait for the two old mages to come over and support, and then he would be able to return to the Mycrof continent through the space-time coordinates prepared in the morning.
The Void Energy Flow had no color or form, it was like the air distorted by high heat, with a hazy light falling from the sky, under the guidance of the Abyss Lord, countless such twisted and hazy rays of light swept across the earth, causing all the lives in its path to scatter, whether it was the lowest abyssal worm or the wild Great Demon were killed in an instant, their souls turned into a cloud of brilliant light mist under the impact of this radiation, floating out of their bodies.
Seeing this, a thought flashed, and a silver light bulged behind Joshua's back, and this cloud of flickering gravel like stardust formed a semicircular shield, which was firmly covered by the black behind him, and the clouds of distorted light swept by, but it was completely blocked by the light and dust shield that seemed to be metal, and did not cause any impact.
Soon, one master and one mount quickly approached the magic circle erected by the two legendary mages in the northwest of the abyss, and in the midst of the demonic burst of soul light and the black and weak 'Help!' In this way, Joshua rushed into the range of the dark blue array.
At this time, under the joint manipulation of Barnier and William, a huge arc of magic light crossed one mysterious trace after another in the void, and the dazzling rune light appeared and disappeared on the sides of the two, as if the humming sound of some huge machinery was accompanied by a faint blue light, enveloping the entire wriggling forest at this time, making all the living creature-like branches and leaves shake and uneasy, and the majestic void energy shone on this formation, which could only destroy a few insignificant structures on its outer layer, seeing this scene, The warrior who had slowed down couldn't help but nod his head in admiration: "It's worthy of two legends joining forces, what a powerful force!" He sensed a majestic energy rapidly condensing between the two, and even the space was obviously deranged, which was a sign that Nostradamus Advanced Legend had not yet appeared!
In the previous life, Barnier and William, two legendary spellcasters with mysterious styles, had rarely made a move, and even Joshua had never seen them fight, but now, the two of them seemed to be going all out, and even warriors couldn't help but look forward to it!
"That's not a great power!"
Hearing Joshua's admiration, the well-dressed old mage looked up at the burning eye in the sky, and the magic book in front of him kept emitting bright translucent streams of light towards the surroundings, and Barnier laughed heroically, "This is wisdom and truth appearing before your eyes!" β
"Hahahaha, with us old men here, where is your turn to make a move?"
The other handsome mage who looked young laughed and said, "Everyone? β
"Let's go!"
Before the words fell, before waiting for the warriors, the Abyss Lord and the Dragon God who was still on the other side of the sky reacted, Barnier and William, the two legendary mages, shot at the same time, officially activated the magic circle, and the energy fluctuations that enveloped the entire Creeping Forest flickered, distorting the heavens and the earth, and reversing time and space, in an undetectable moment, accompanied by a bright flash that illuminated the entire heavenly dome, at the moment when the Abyss Lord and the five-colored dragon god did not react at all, all the earth and sky encompassed by the magic circle, as well as all matter and life, including the two mages and Joshua, It's all gone in an instant!
Joshua: "?! β