Land of Chaos, Day 15.

Rhodes withdrew his gaze from the chaotic storm of yellow sand and looked at the people around him. He opened the pocket watch in his hand, then closed it again. In this crazy and chaotic world, time itself is meaningless. But even so, Rhodes still asks everyone to proceed at their own pace, and he knows very well that once humans lose their sense of time, then they are not far from a mental breakdown.

"Commander, two more people are missing."

Anne's voice came from the side, and hearing this, Rod frowned and put the pocket watch in his hand back into his arms. Then he looked up at Anne, who looked a little depressed. Although he was mentally prepared, the number of people entering the Chaos Land this time could not be compared to before. At that time, there were only a dozen or twenty people, and Rhodes still took care of them. But now, not to mention the Knights of the Archers, the total number of those soldiers alone is almost two hundred, although Rhodes was still able to completely protect these people after completely opening the barrier of order, but the fear and madness of the Chaos Land are not something that everyone can bear. Although everyone can usually take care of each other, after all, men and women are different, and it is not easy to rest well in this environment, so there are still people who "disappear" from time to time.

But fortunately, most of the "missing" are ordinary mercenaries, and it is no wonder that in the crazy environment of the Chaos Land, even if there is the protection of order, it takes a strong heart and will to be able to persevere. This is too difficult for ordinary mercenaries. Maybe they are not afraid of the life of licking blood from the knife edge, but they are always in this kind of crazy and chaotic place that is completely blocked from the perception of the outside world. This kind of torture of the mental will can far surpass the pain caused by the physical torture, because they can't bear it and their consciousness is confused, they are attracted by chaos and leave the guardian of order without permission, and then there are many people who are torn apart in the infinite storm.

Is it still too reluctant?

Come to think of it. Rod couldn't help but sigh. If it is a player who opens up the land of chaos, even if it is at his own level, there is a group of 100 people who can successfully open up the wasteland as long as they cooperate skillfully. And now because his subordinates are NPCs, he has increased the number of people by nearly four times for the sake of safety, and as a result, there is still such a problem, and he has entered the land of chaos until now. The number of dead and missing in the battle has reached nearly forty, and although it has not caused panic, there are already some signs in the ranks of Rhodes Zhidao. Although everyone was mentally prepared before setting off, and they had heard others talk about the situation in the Chaos Lands, it was still different after experiencing it for themselves.

But what made Rod cry and laugh was that in this case, the most shaken were the thieves under Joey and the mercenaries under Marfa. And what he was most worried about was that the spirit masters under Li Jie's subordinates were going to die one by one. Originally, Rhodes thought that with the psychological endurance of those girls, it would not be long after entering the Land of Chaos, I was afraid that they would cry and shout to go home to find their mother. As a result, Lijie said very calmly that as spiritual masters, they have become accustomed to all kinds of prayers and penances, and for them, kneeling in a church in the dark all day to pray and meditate and adventuring here——— well, there is not much difference.

It's no wonder that after chaos ravaged the earth, it was the country of law and the church that stood in front of it, it seems that people really have this strength.........

"How's Christie doing?"

"It's still not good, but there's Sister Marlene taking care of it. There should be no problem. ”

As Rod expected, in the moment after entering the Land of Chaos. Christie fainted to the ground very neatly, her physique was very poor, even if it was only a moment to be cut off from the order, it brought a very big impact and damage to Christie herself, if there is any luck, it is that Christie did not experience the pain of being dizzy and head-heavy like others. But even so, Christie is still very weak at the moment, even in the barrier of order, she can't walk as usual, so Rod handed Christie over to Marlene to take care of. Anyway, in the Land of Chaos, Marlene's magic can't be used, so Rod simply arranged her and Christie in the middle of the team to protect them. And Marlene is therefore responsible for taking care of Christie around the clock.

But then again, what the hell is going on with these two guys...............

Thinking of this, Rod sighed helplessly, and then he raised his head and walked to the front of the line.

"Suzu."

“……………”

Hearing Rod's call, Suzu turned around and quietly stared at the man in front of her. After these days of recuperation, the haggard girl had recovered a lot, and her face, which had been slightly haggard due to malnutrition, was now smooth and round again, and her long yellow hair had now turned into a faint white gold. The rags that could barely wrap around the body have naturally been thrown away, and now Suzu is wearing a close-fitting black dress with a simple style. But what made Rhodes speechless was that Suzu still carried the two daggers he brought out of the shelter, and those two daggers Rhodes had also checked, they were not artifacts, not even magic equipment——— strictly speaking, it was very reluctant to say that it was a weapon, it was obviously a knife made by the most primitive means after being manually polished.

Originally, Rod was going to change the weapon for Suzu, but to his surprise, this reasonable proposal in Rode's opinion was resolutely opposed by Suzu, although the girl didn't say anything, but seeing that she hid the two knives behind her for fear that Rod would rob it, she knew her plan. And in the face of such a bell, Rod couldn't say anything more. But fortunately, no matter what, she is also an existence that has stepped into the legendary realm, and even if she doesn't use any magic weapons, she is not afraid of being killed, so Rhodes can only go with her temporarily.

Thanks to the bell with the power channel of order in his body, this time Rhodes encountered much less danger after entering the Land of Chaos than before. The Power of Order Channel can continuously provide the power of fire to strengthen Rhodes's Order Barrier, which makes the Order Barrier more solid, and can even resist many Chaos Monsters that were originally irresistible. Not only that, but as the owner of the Power of Order Channel, Suzu can also teleport to shorten the distance to the Fire by teleporting through the connection between the Power of Order Channel and the Tinder. It's just that every time you use the transfer, it takes a lot of Suzu's soul power. And Rod simply took the bell itself as a sign to record time, and each time he transferred to the bell's physical recovery and the second transfer was set by Rod as a day, and this became the consensus of others, and Anne even simply used the amount of the bell's own physical recovery to determine whether it was "morning" or "night".

"What a hassle.........

Rhodes glanced at the roaring Chaos Storm in front of him, if there was a distance in the Chaos Lands, then they had already penetrated deep into the core area by now. This can be seen in the tornado-like furious Chaos Storm, and at this moment he is standing at the front of the barrier of order, and he can even hear the sound of the roaring chaos force slapping, squeezing, and twisting the barrier. This even made Rhodes a little worried about whether the barrier of order would not be able to resist the power of chaos and shatter directly, and then the group of them might just explain here............... Thinking of this, Rod shrugged his shoulders, threw the things that he was thinking about now that made no sense, and asked.

"How many more times do we need to teleport to Tinder?"

“………………………”

Hear Rhodes' inquiry. Suzu thought for a moment, then the girl raised her right hand and held out two fingers, then she paused, raised her left hand again, stretched out three fingers, then shook her hands from side to side, and then put them down again.

"Two or three times..............."

Although the way the bell is used to express the meaning is very tricky. But after spending so much time with this taciturn girl who barely said a word in the Land of Chaos, Rhodes basically understood what she meant. This made Rhodes frown, the deeper she went into the core, the stronger the Chaos Monster became, plus Suzu's physical strength would be completely consumed as soon as it was transferred, and because of this, the power of order in her body to support the barrier of order would also be weakened. Therefore, after almost every transfer, Rhodes and the others had to face several waves of attacks from Chaos Monsters at once, until Suzu's body slowly recovered, and the power of the fire was used to re-strengthen the barrier. Although I haven't lost too many manpower so far, it's cool in the early stage. In the later period, the situation of the whole crematorium Rod saw too much. At present, everyone's nerves in the team are not bad, and they have reached the limit, and now they only hope to be able to get through it quickly, otherwise, the next days will be difficult.

"Prepare to teleport."

Thinking of this, Rhodes gave an order to the bell beside him, and then he turned around and whistled loudly at the crowd around him.

Hearing the whistle, the people who were originally resting around quickly packed up their equipment, and the bow knights stood up quietly, and tacitly raised the longbow in their hands to form a circular protective formation to protect the others in it, while the half-demon and war mage with magic weapons were responsible for the second layer of defense, and the others were specifically responsible for protecting the bell, Christie, Marlene and Rasti in the middle, as well as the spirit masters who were responsible for defense and healing.

After confirming that everything was ready, Rod nodded at Suzu, and after receiving Rode's confirmation, Suzu raised his right hand high.

With the girl's movements, a dazzling silver-white light gradually emerged from Suzu's petite body, winding and condensing towards the top of the order barrier, the earth began to tremble, and the originally translucent order barrier also began to flash at this moment with flickering light, gradually, the white light enveloped everything, Rod closed his eyes, did not look at the dazzling light of order, through so many days of teleportation, he already knew very well what would happen next. So Rod closed his eyes quietly, and soon, he felt that the originally flat and heavy earth under his feet was like a blanket being pulled away, just in the blink of an eye, the restraint of gravity completely disappeared from his body, and the distorted world began to pull his body, and then .........

“——————！！”

Rhodes opened his eyes, and the silver-white sword in his hand slammed forward.

"Woo ————!!"

With a scream, a monster with a whole body like rotten jelly was split in two by Rhodes, and soon turned into a bit of dust and quickly scattered to the side. But Rhodes didn't let his guard down, he clenched the star mark in both hands, forcibly endured the dizziness caused by the teleportation, and stared at the chaos monster that had turned to dust in front of him. Sure enough, the dust suddenly condensed again after drifting around, and a sharp triangular sharp corner appeared out of thin air, stabbing straight towards Rod. In the face of the attack in front of him, Rhodes narrowed his eyes slightly, and swung forward with his right hand clenching the holy sword. Accompanied by Rod's movements. Fierce silver-white fire suddenly appeared on the white and flawless sword, roaring forward, enveloping all the strange dust in it, only to see that with the scream, the flame of order burned all the way forward, completely burning the chaos monster in front of him into ashes.

"It's unlucky!"

Rod gritted his teeth and looked at the gloomy and uncertain sky in front of him, although he had already prepared for facing a strong enemy, but after seeing the form in front of him, Rod couldn't help but sink in his heart. The current barrier of order has weakened to the point where it is almost invisible, and the frenzied chaos storm has even begun to erode their bodies, and not far from his side, Suzu has already passed out in Christie's arms, and at this moment, Christie is holding the girl in her arms tightly, looking around with a pale face.

Sure enough, as he went deeper into the Land of Chaos, the amount of force required for Suzu to teleport also increased. In this case, there is not enough force to protect it. The defense of the order barrier has also dropped sharply, and if it continues like this, God knows what the hell will happen to the Dao!

"Protect the bell and open the protective cover!"

However, after so many battles, everyone has long been accustomed to how to face the chaos monster in front of them, and soon. I saw the archers raise their longbows in their hands and shoot indiscriminately at the Chaos Monsters in all directions, and with the whispered chanting of Lijie and other spirit masters, soon, golden talismans appeared in the air. A translucent barrier was formed, which was able to block the attack of the Chaos Monsters.

But that's just the beginning.

"Woo-ah————!!"

With the scream, I saw a mercenary suddenly fly into the sky, he waved the long sword in his hand, desperately trying to get rid of something, but in the next moment, I saw that the unlucky mercenary seemed to be heavily pumped by something, like a cannonball out of the protective range of the barrier of order, and then completely disappeared in the raging storm. And seeing the scene in front of them, everyone couldn't help but be shocked. Even Rhodes felt a little uneasy and nervous at this time.

Something isn't right.

The air was filled with a strong smell of death, and the unprecedented threat even made Rhodes feel his hair stand on end, and he clenched the Star Mark Holy Sword in his hand and watched around vigilantly. And at this time, the chaotic storm that was raging around for a while began to weaken and subside. Dazzling light poured down through the cracks in the clouds created by the storm, enveloping the crowd. However, under the light of that "sun", no one felt warmth, on the contrary, they only felt a deep chill.

"Lijie, strengthen protection, protect all!"

At the same time as Rhodes gave the order, suddenly, a change occurred.

The storm that was roaring around suddenly retreated as if it had been sucked by something, and then everyone only saw a huge black shadow flashing, and in the next moment, they saw a tentacle as thick as a pillar emerge from the void and slap heavily on the barrier of order, only to hear a loud "bang", and a few tiny cracks actually appeared on the barrier formed entirely by the power of pure order!

"Knock knock!!"

Just when everyone was stunned, they saw two more equally thick and huge tentacles appear from the storm and hit the barrier hard, and then saw one of the tentacles slowly retract, and then volleyed into a virtual posture, and with its action, another mercenary screamed again and flew up, flying in the direction of the tentacle. At the same time, in several other directions, several tentacles emerged from the chaotic storm, and they swung swiftly downward, striking heavily on the barrier of order.

"Celia!"

Seeing this scene, Rod's heart sank, and then he threw out the silver-white holy sword in his hand, and soon, a white lightning shot like this, with the appearance of silver-white flames, the battle angel in silver armor appeared in mid-air, she grabbed the mercenary who was about to be pulled out of the barrier, and waved forward while holding the long sword, and soon, the holy flame appeared and exploded out of thin air, and the tentacle also shrank back as quickly as if it had been burned. At the same time, the archers wasted no time in hurriedly raising their longbows, and soon, with the network of light intertwined with countless dazzling brilliance, the tentacles that struck the protective barrier quickly shrank back again.

Then, a storm broke out.

The oncoming wind made everyone's eyes squint involuntarily, and the archers in front of them also withdrew their longbows and watched vigilantly ahead. But in the next moment, the originally frantic storm stopped without warning.

"This ..............."

The mercenaries looked around in amazement, only to see that there was no trace of the raging storm around them, and instead there was a flat earth, above their heads, clouds of golden brilliance floating in the dark sky, and beneath them, the flat, gray-white earth. At this moment, many people even wondered if they were dreaming, but only Rhodes frowned and looked more and more bitterly ahead. For he knew very well that it was not a dream, nor that the barrier of order was working, but that they had been pulled into a large, shattered fragment of order.

"What the hell is this..............."

I saw that not far in front of Rhodes, an octopus more than ten meters tall was floating in the sky, its eight tentacles squirming back and forth, and two eyes shining like the sun were quietly watching the people in front of them from above the clouds. And on its surface, the rotten, pitch-black, white-fleshed skin surface is even more disgusting.

"That's .................. What ..............."

At this time, the others also noticed the strange existence floating in the air, and looking at the huge octopus, everyone couldn't help but gasp. And Rod helplessly glanced at the bell who was unconscious in Christie's arms and couldn't wake up. Because he knows very well what this "octopus" in front of him is. But......... Aren't you really the inner instinct of these demons? Bell? In the game, players have opened up the wasteland hundreds of times, and those who can encounter this kind of thing can even count ten fingers, how can their luck be so bad?

Thinking of this, Rod turned his head helplessly and raised his head again to look at the enemy in front of him.

On the third hundred and twenty-fifth floor of the bottomless abyss, the projection of the Demon Grand Duke ——— the Touch of Chaos. (To be continued......)