In the depths of the labyrinthine cavern, the tremor above the head grew louder and louder. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

Pasha knew that they were approaching, numerous, massive, and menacing.

She reached into the dirt, spread upwards, and "saw" what was happening beyond the mountain—the blackened beasts ran between the mountains, and the maze ruins blocked several entrances by the mighty Helldreads, so that the hybrids that followed them frantically gnawed at the body and entrails of the dreadhorns until a new passage was opened from it—and if they didn't, they would have been squeezed alive by the other beasts at the mouth of the cave.

It won't be long before this passage is re-blocked, and the way to clear it is to repeat the previous process, and the result is that the evil beast has not yet entered the core area of the ruins, and the scene at the entrance is like a flesh purgatory.

The strata are also unstable, as the Wasteland Beasts are walking through them, their fanged mouthparts are the most effective digging tools, their greasy and moist skin makes it effortless to wriggle underground, and their long shells carry a large number of symbiotic hybrids, often inflicting heavy casualties on defenders if they break through the defenses.

Even in the sky, mutated flying beasts appeared, but they could not enter the ruins, and could only hover and howl in the air.

It was an indescribable experience, and she hadn't witnessed it directly, but whether it was the hissing of the mountains, the slightest tremor on the surface, or the sound of grinding in the dirt, it was accurately transmitted into her mind through thousands of tentacles, and countless vivid images were formed.

This is the largest invasion of evil beasts since the beginning of winter.

Pasha retracted her limbs and sank deeper into the earth.

Every now and then a fine piece of earth fell from the roof of the cave, making the braziers on both sides of the passage crackle - she didn't need the light of the fire to see every stone in the ground, but the companions who had been transformed into the Divine Punishment Army did, but now that everyone had migrated to the labyrinth hall, she easily extinguished the open fire in the basin.

"How's that going?"

As soon as he entered the main hall, Elfim's voice sounded in his head.

"The nearest Wasteland Beast has almost broken through to the third level," Pasha replied, projecting everyone's consciousness, "what about down the labyrinth?"

"No anomalies found," Elbby replied, "but a few charred corpses were seen. 」

Since her new body, Pasha's perception of combat has changed dramatically. The world of the former flat has suddenly become three-dimensional, and now that the enemy can roam freely underground, the survivors must always be aware of what is under their feet - as long as they are not at the end of the abyss, they should not ignore the threats that lurk deeper.

Fortunately, beneath the ruins was a river of lava that sealed off most of the labyrinth's bottom shell, saving them a lot of trouble. From the current point of view, there are no evil beasts that are not afraid of flames.

"How long will it take for the Instrument of Damnation to be ready?" Pasha looked at Selene.

"I don't know, half an hour, or an hour?" said the latter's anxious voice from the Mana Core, "I've done my best, but the damaged location of Area 43 has just been repaired, and Lord Eleanor needs time to calculate!"

"Don't worry, they won't come this fast," she reassured, "The large hybrids will be stuck out of the burrow, and we'll leave the smaller beasts to deal with." 」

"That's right, it's a daily practice," said Elena, "and with us, the beasts won't be able to attack the main hall." ”

"Actually, I don't think we should take back the god relics so quickly, wouldn't it be better to let Falling Star City consume it for a while first?" someone said.

"Then they have to defend Hermes, and without the Divine Punishment Army, those mortals are useless!" retorted.

"The walls are effective in keeping out the beasts, and the oil and trebuchets can still give these beasts a head-on blow, so we just need to lurk in the Privy Sanctuary and wait for them to retrieve the relics when they break through the city. ”

"There is a hidden mechanism under the cathedral, what if the other party triggers the collapse trap? It's still a trivial matter for us to be buried alive, and if the relics fall into the hands of the devil, it will be all over. In any case, we cannot afford to take that risk. 」

"Don't fight," Pasha interrupted, "Now that we've brought back the relics, there's no second way. Forget what Nataya-sama said? Arguments are left before choices, and no matter what decisions are made, we should not regret them. 」

After she spoke, no one else's consciousness sounded again, apparently acquiescing.

In the Taqira era, such a situation was almost unlikely, and the lower witches had to obey the superior unconditionally, and those who violated it were severely punished. One of the Federation's most serious disputes was between Nataya and Akaris, who attacked the Queen of Falling Stars after uttering these words to all of her followers before breaking with Falling Star City.

Since then, the survivors of Taqira no longer have a distinction between superiors and subordinates, and disputes have gradually increased. But Pasha didn't mind any of that—she preferred a vibrant organization to a cold system.

Just as everyone changed the topic and discussed how to stop the evil beast, Pasha suddenly felt a strange message coming from a tentacle!

A violent tremor echoed in the rock formation, as if something heavy had fallen down, and the speed was so fast that it seemed to be unhindered, almost breaking through several layers of maze in a row, and after a few breaths, it was already approaching the depths of the main hall!

How is this possible?

The ground was filled with dense dirt and stones, and even a wasteland beast could have spent a quarter of an hour digging a layer down, and it wasn't on the surface, how could it move so quickly?

Pasha hurriedly shifted more of her tentacles in the direction from which the movement came from - the more tentacles she had to monitor an area, the more "images" she received.

Then her heart sank.

At some point, a crack appeared in this area six or seven miles long, dividing the earth in two, and at first glance it looked like a cliff stretching out of the ground. A wild beast happened to drill through the mountain wall, and rolled all the way down, and it happened to land directly above the main hall.

"Prepare to meet the enemy!" Pasha raised the sound of consciousness warning to the maximum, "Magic Core Direction!"

Just as everyone was slightly stunned, the stone slab at the top of the hall shattered, and a huge wild beast slipped down from the crack, and its body covered with scratches and bruises glowed with a faint blue light under the reflection of the magic core—it was obvious that the fall had caused it great damage, but even so, it still completed its mission with its last breath.

The moment the giant beast landed, dozens of hybrid beasts tore open its belly and pounced on the nearest Selene.