Chapter 388: Battle for the Fortress
Or the dim light of 3G reflected in the ancient, old hall, and the candle flame swayed slightly under the blowing of the air current, and even the yīn shadow on the wall trembled. [Updated] [ ] In the light of the candlelight, it can be vaguely seen that this is a huge prison, and the skeleton of the white sè jiāo is staggered, and the blood condensed circle jiāo is shivering. And within this bone prison, dozens of emaciated men and women were leaning together, their faces covered with dirt and scars, and their eyes showing irrepressible fear and panic, although they had once been the most brilliant hunters in the mountains and forests, but now they were like lambs waiting to be slaughtered, trembling in the darkness and death. The pale face and haggard expression make people unbearable to look at directly.
Ugly, and despicable.
Gelk withdrew his gaze from the prisoners in disdain, then he turned his head, narrowed his eyes, and stared at his beautiful face in the mirror in front of him, he stretched out his well-maintained ten fingers, gently and carefully combed his hair, and re-combed a curly hair that "disobeyed organizational discipline" jumped out of the large ranks, and then Gerk turned his head and looked carefully at the left and right sides of his cheeks.
It's so beautiful.
Looking at his reflection in the mirror, the man couldn't help but sigh.
With such a handsome face, such a perfect body, such mí eyes, such flowing long hair, and such a moving mouth, he seems to be the most perfect creation in this world, and only he has such qualifications, he is the most beautiful, the most beautiful, and the most complete existence in this world. At this time, he should have been in the warmth and comfort of his own home, admiring the soul-stirring beauty of hell and listening to the beautiful poems sung by those tormented souls with their lives.
And not in this dirty, ugly. The worthless ghost place guards a group of humans who don't know what to do.
Thinking of this, Gerk couldn't help but feel a little dissatisfied and angry in his heart, but soon, this anger disappeared without a trace, he was just a small devil general, and it was not worth mentioning in the face of the huge existence of the first layer. This is also what Gerk is most dissatisfied with, in his opinion, the manifestation of power is a barbaric, ugly behavior, and only beauty is everything in this world. But alas. Most of the devils in hell do not understand this aesthetic, they only know how to fight and kill, and devote their finite lives to infinite killing. Savage, brutal, powerless.
But it works.
However, this is only temporary.
Gerk picked up the máo brush and gently wiped a few grains of dust from the corners of his eyes. Then, he looked up, intending to do the final cleaning of a few whiskers at the corners of his mouth......... And at this moment, a sudden jīng god bō touched his mood, which directly caused Gerk's scissors to swipe through his chin, cutting off half of the beard that was supposed to be cut to the roots.
"Humph!"
Looking at the disobedient beard in front of him. Gerk snorted dissatisfied, and then he reached out, grabbed the beard and pulled it out. Then he turned his head to look at the servants who were wrapped in black robes, standing quietly like statues in the corners of the four walls of the hall.
"Someone has invaded our fortress from below, go and see what is going on? Catch them and bring them here! ”
"Yes. Master! ”
Hearing Gelk's order, several black robes soon walked out of it. Get the order to leave quickly. Looking at these black-robed figures, a trace of disdain flashed in Gerk's eyes, and he turned his head again, looking at the mirror in front of him again.
"Boom!!"
And at this moment, with a loud and dull roar, the entire fortress shook suddenly, and the rubble and dust flew downward, and for a time the entire hall was filled with smoke and dust, and nothing could be seen clearly. …,
"Ahh!!h
And at this moment, a cry mixed with anger and horror came, and then, a violent storm suddenly arose, and in an instant it blew the originally smoke-filled hall clean, and Gerk stood in the middle with a red face, he wanted to clench his teeth, and his eyes were wide open to his hands, only to see that the white and delicate fingers were now full of dirty dust and debris. He shuddered, turned his head, and looked at the mirror in front of him——— which was supposed to be bright, was now covered with a thin layer of dust, which looked dirty, and in the mirror, a dusty beggar could be faintly seen.
"Ahhh............hhhh Ahhhh ”
Gerk's hands trembled uncontrollably, he stared in horror at the image in the mirror, his eyes widening, clear tears seeping out of the corners of his eyes and sliding down his cheeks. At this moment, Gerk's heart was extremely painful and angry, and he even doubted that he had never encountered such pain since he was born.
"For what............ What would be like this?!! Who is it? Which ún egg is it!! ”
"Report, report to the master!"
At that moment, one of the guards ran into the hall panting, and he ran towards Gerk in a panic, while looking behind him with palpitations.
"There are enemy attacks, there are ...... Syllable! ”
A crisp slap sounded.
Gelk didn't even turn his head, so he directly slapped the guard in the face, and then, I saw the guard's head turn twice in a row, and then he fell heavily to the ground with his body that had lost his sense of direction, and this scene caused a lot of movement among the prisoners, looking at this terrible devil, people couldn't help hugging each other and taking a few steps back.
"Whew............ Whew........."
Looking at the corpse of the guard, whose face had been beaten and blurred with blood, Gerker's mood seemed to be much better, he gasped a few times, and then turned around, and at this moment, another guard walked in, and saw the corpse of his colleague, this fellow was very clever not to step forward, on the contrary, he stood at a distance from the mouth of the mén, and reported to his master.
"Report to the master, someone is attacking the fortress!"
"Who?"
Gerk shook off the blood on his hand and took out his handkerchief from inside his clothes. After wiping his face and hands, he frowned and began to ask. But in the face of his inquiry, the guard had a frightened expression.
"I don't know, master, there are not many of them, but they are so powerful, we can't resist ........."
"What a crap!"
Hearing this, Gerk frowned, and then he strode over to the guard.
"Let's go out and have a look!"
And just as Gelk was about to walk up the steps. Suddenly, a jīng divine movement full of panic and fear suddenly came from the bottom of Gelk's heart.
"Host, host. We can't stop them, I ............ Yes...... The jīng god disappeared in an instant, and Gerk gritted his teeth and looked at his feet, it seemed that things were not simple. Who dares to attack a fortress? And have the ability to defeat your own subordinates? Could it be the Holy Soul Knight of the Church? It doesn't make sense, if those guys really come to their own territory, it's impossible for them not to feel their soul breath. Moreover, the opponent will actually use multi-point offense and eight-sided tactics?
"Give it to me, jiāo."
And at this time, suddenly. A yīn soft voice rang out, and at the sound of this voice, Gelk frowned. Then he nodded——— Soon, the shadow that Gelk had been dragging behind him suddenly shook, and then left Gelk's body, sliding quickly towards the passage on the other side, just for a moment. The shadow of yīn had already completely melted into the darkness. …,
"Wooh!!"
The bright red sword pierced the black-robed body, and the man's mouth was wide open. With a painful expression, thin, slender claws more than two meters long danced wildly in the air, but he was unable to catch the ghost-like figure, Rod Cō retreated, dodging the opponent's attack, and then he raised his long sword and stabbed forward again, and the burst of sword light directly blasted the black robe's head, and only at this time, the black robe stopped, and then fell heavily to the ground.
"Marlene, how long will it take?"
With a sword swing, Rod swept away another black robe that frantically pounced, and at the same time lowered his head and asked, at this moment, everyone had already left the tunnel and arrived at the center of the cellar on the second basement floor. As Rhodes expected, this was the entrance to the passage of the plane ceremony, but the way into the passage was not easy, and the death of the sword spider really aroused the vigilance of the devil, and soon, Rod and the others encountered the attack of dozens of black-robed guards.
These black robes are not human, or rather, they are not human now, as devil servants who have been connived and demonized by parasitic monsters, these black robes have long since become monsters, they can not only spit fireballs in their mouths, but they can even stretch their hands and attack enemies like whips and long swords.
For such an enemy, everyone except Rhodes was a little unprepared, and the two sides fell into a stalemate for a while, although under Rhodes' command, this situation was quickly broken, but this gave the other party a chance to breathe, and finally when everyone reached the entrance of the plane passage, it had been delayed for nearly ten minutes or so. But Rhodes couldn't retreat, because this was exactly his plan, as an experienced player, of course Rhodes knew how important the ritual passage was, and only by destroying the ritual passage first could he settle down and slowly clean up those demons. Otherwise, once you are in a hurry to achieve quick success and launch an attack on those demons, then unless it is a one-hit kill, as long as these demons have half a breath, they will definitely launch the ritual passage. At that time, even if the incomplete ritual passage can still summon a steady stream of reinforcements to the other party, if the situation really develops in that direction, then things will be very troublesome.
At this moment, there was a loud roar outside, even if it was separated by two layers, Rod could guess that Qilian was having fun outside at the moment, but now he didn't have time to worry about whether Qilian would completely collapse this fortress, because Rod found that the magic circle of this plane passage was very complicated, and ordinary people had no way to destroy it. And there is also a mysterious protective barrier on its outer layer, and the attacks of Rhodes and others can't even hurt half of the magic circle——— at this time Rod began to regret for the first time why he didn't bring Labis in the first place, as the most relatable alchemy master of the Belchemus clan, it must only be a matter of minutes for her to disarm this ritual circle.
Luckily, as a mage, Marlene had also learned about parsing circles, and it was true that this demon-improved plane passage circle was a little more difficult for her, but it wasn't completely impossible. Therefore, Rod had no choice but to let Marlene parse this circle. And he led the others to continue to resist the attack of those black-robed devils.
But it's not an easy thing to do.
Without the cover of Marlene's powerful magical firepower, the battle between the mercenaries and those black-robed monsters began to become difficult, and although Lijie worked very hard, she was more than enough to defend and not enough to attack. Rhodes was also working hard, but he didn't summon Celia and Celestina, because when he saw the plane passage array, Rhodes realized that the status of this devil was definitely not low, and in the face of such an enemy, the later the hole cards were naturally lifted, the better. Therefore, even though the defense line formed by him and the mercenaries is now a little loose under the attack of these black-robed monsters, Rod still gritted his teeth and insisted, and he had no idea of showing his hole cards at all...... A black-robed man stretched out his claws. grabbed towards Rhodes, and in the face of his attack, Rhodes' figure suddenly became illusory, and soon split into two, and the black-robed monster pierced between the two Rhodes in this way. At this moment, the shining sword light suddenly crossed by, accompanied by a miserable scream, and several bloody scars suddenly appeared on the black-robed monster's body, which made the black-robed monster unconsciously reach out and cover his face and start screaming, and at this time. The three mercenaries who had been waiting behind Rhodes immediately took action, slashing the weapons in their hands into the body of the black-robed monster hard, and soon. The black-robed monster fell to the ground without a sound. …,
"Drink!"
Rhodes frowned and let out a low snort, and then the bright red blade in his hand slashed straight through the air, and a shining sword suddenly appeared in the void. With a roar, he once again bī retreated from the black-robed demons who tried to come forward.
"Hah............ Ha............ Ha ............"
Once again, Lijie reached out after Rhodes had retreated the monsters, unleashing the Wall of Guardians to plug the gap, even though she was guarded around her. But now the offensive of these black robes is too fierce, so that Li Jie can't support it. Luckily, they had now killed nearly a dozen black-robed monsters, and there were half as many enemies on the scene as before. It's the only thing to celebrate, but even then, Lijie doesn't know how long she'll be able to support herself.
"Boom!!"
At this moment, another black-robed monster suddenly opened its mouth, and soon a fireball erupted from his mouth and hit Lijie's barrier heavily, which made Shao Nv's body shake slightly, but soon, Lijie tightened her teeth and released a wall of protection again.
But Li Jie didn't notice that at this time, in the shadow of yīn not far from her, a strange bō movement suddenly passed by...... Marlene stared intently at the complex magic circle in front of her, listening to the screams of the black-robed monsters coming from behind her and the battle sounds of Rhodes and others, Shao NV was also very anxious in her heart, but she still calmed down and continued to lift the guardian barrier on the plane passage, at this moment the seven guardian patterns had been lifted by Marlene Three of them, and there were still four left. At the beginning, because she was not familiar with these guardian lines, Marlene took a lot of time, but now, after she gradually mastered the rules of these guardian patterns, her speed gradually increased. But even so, Marlene's heart was still a little anxious, and her ears were not deaf, how could she not hear Lijie's tired gasps not far behind her and the sound made by Rhodes when he attacked?
There are four left.........
Looking at the guardian pattern in front of her, Marlene gritted her teeth, her hands beat and rotated lightly in the air, and her slender ten fingers followed the route of the guardian pattern in the opposite direction, and soon, a mysterious, strange and complex magic circle appeared out of thin air on the tip of Marlene's fingers, staring at this magic circle, Marlene was silent for a moment, and then she carefully stretched out her hand and pushed this magic circle forward.
Soon, this strange magic circle, pushed by Marlene, gradually merged into the guardian pattern on the ground in front of her. And just after this magic circle was completely integrated into the magic circle, suddenly, a magical light shone from the lines, and then the entire pattern suddenly shattered and split, and then, the barrier in front of me became more transparent again.
"Hoo ..............."
Seeing that the guardian pattern was successfully lifted, Marlene couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, and at this time, suddenly, for no reason, Marlene felt an extremely dangerous feeling coming from behind her.
It was all from the nv's instincts, but Marlene didn't have the slightest room to think, she suddenly rolled to the side almost as soon as she felt the threat, and then, a sharp pain came from Marlene's shoulder, which made the young nv scream.
At this moment, Marlene turned her head, and then, her eyes widened in surprise.
I saw that at this moment, on the wall behind her, where Marlene's shadow was reflected, a strange human figure emerged from it, and at this moment it was quietly looking at Marlene, seeing Shao Nv's frightened expression, the blue sè light that danced in the eyes of the strange humanoid was getting brighter and brighter, and at the same time, a deep cold air suddenly emerged from the surface, enveloping Shao Nv's body.
"Uh......h Marlene struggled to break free from the shackles of the ice, but she couldn't do anything, she wanted to open her mouth and chant a mantra, but the cold wind poured into her mouth along the air, forcing Marlene to cough loudly and stop chanting, and at this moment, the heavy ice had slowly climbed up and began to eagerly devour the body of the young nv.
And at this moment, the strange shadow of the black sè stretched out his fingers.
"Whew!!"
A sword of ice came out from between the fingers of the black shadow and headed straight for Marlene's heart.
Worst!
Looking at the cold light flashing in front of her, Marlene couldn't help but close her eyes. (To be continued) RQ