Chapter 22 The Reaper Comes
Since entering the legend, no, since traveling to the Land of Dusk on the Peerless Battlefield, Richard has rarely feared, and never had such a deep fear.
From the mark of doom, he knew how terrible the Reaper was, but how terrible it was, Richard could not measure and describe it by a standard. The unknown is not the biggest fear, knowing part of it is the real fear.
The reason why Richard is afraid at this moment is precisely because of the huge power gap between him and the Reaper. That's almost a chasm!
With a snap, the mark of doom was completely shattered in Richard's hand, and the machinery sealed inside jumped out, and two beams of light shot out from the muzzle of the gun in an instant, shooting at Richard's chest.
The beam pierced Richard's robes, burning two scorch marks on his chest. At that moment, Richard folded his left hand, grasped the machine, and crumpled it into a ball of scrap metal.
Richard slowly opened his left hand, and in the palm of his hand was an irregular metal ball, and the alien machine just now had been completely pinched by him into a complete piece of metal, and all the parts could no longer be restored.
Richard then unfastened his clothes and examined the wounds on his chest. The two scorch marks were not deep, and the injuries could be said to be insignificant. But how big is this machine? It's the size of a little finger, and the beam of light it shoots can hurt Richard!
Richard was well aware of his body's defenses, and it was difficult for him to even hurt him without using the power of the rules. This shows the attack power of this miniature reaper. The power of a small thing's bombardment was already comparable to the full force of the Heavenly Sacred Domain's attack.
Richard put away the broken mass of metal, and Hodi stood up, consciously giving an order to all his followers to assemble at the Black Rose Castle at once.
An hour later, Richard was already in the war room of the Black Rose Castle. Most of the followers had already arrived, except for Celldon and Semir who did not come because they needed to be stationed in the plane.
In the war room hangs a large magical map of Faro. Richard, on the other hand, stood in front of the magic map, silent.
After a long time, he turned around, his gaze swept over the group of followers, and said in a low voice, "Faro was the first plane I gained, and now it will be the first plane to be lost. For perhaps the most terrible enemy we have ever faced, the Reaper, has arrived. ”
At this moment, there was silence in the war room!
No one spoke, and they didn't know what to say.
All the powerful people who have participated in the dimensional wars have heard of the legend of the Reaper. They are like a herd of unstoppable monsters, each plane is their food, and so far, I have not heard of a single plane that has appeared as a reaper survived.
For some of those who joined later, even the Thirteen Knights of the Gordon era like Asiris, it was difficult to understand Richard's special feelings for Farrow. Only the followers of Tiramisu and Splash, who were the first to follow Richard to Faro and went through nine deaths and hardships to open up the situation, can truly understand Richard's mood.
Richard was accompanied by ten infantry knights, who had already returned to their hometown.
Finally, it was Asiris who spoke first: "Your Highness, first of all, we still have to prepare for war, at least to hold back the reapers, so that we can retreat. ”
Richard was silent, and neither did the other followers.
Norland has no shortage of examples of Reapers, and past experience has shown that reapers, after occupying the entire plane, will gradually drag the plane out of the realm of the dragons of eternity and time. At the same time, no matter how many passages there are in that plane, they rarely move on to the next plane.
Therefore, Asiris's words are very clear, the core is to retreat, withdraw the materials and personnel in Faro as much as possible, and fight the reapers, just to buy time, and then withdraw as many supplies as possible.
Now that the Reaper has appeared, then Farrow, along with the natives inside, is all finished. Aceris was an old man who was born with Gordon, and the relationship between him and Richard was not so much a deep relationship as a continuation of his loyalty to Gordon, and Farrow had no special meaning to him, so he was suitable to speak and make objective suggestions.
Richard finally nodded and said, "I know." So, now it's time for the next arrangement. ”
The first is to expand the plane teleportation channel, which is naturally to continue to strengthen the plane channel from Faro to Norland through the guò sacrifice. Then Richard was to mobilize the entire army of Akmund and at the same time greatly expand it. Fortunately, in the past period, Richard has gone all out to increase the production capacity of armaments, and desperately expanded the army, and now it is not too passive.
The next step is the internal mobilization of Faro, which is divided into two steps, one is to let the brood release a large number of scout flying beasts, advance to the edge of the continent, and reaper the movements of the reapers. The other is to gather troops and move closer to the beacon of time in the Blue Water Oasis. Those indigenous warriors who had followed Richard for a long time, Richard did not intend to abandon them, and was ready to withdraw them all to Norland.
The arrangement was concise and to the point, and it only took Richard half an hour to complete the arrangement. These measures had been brewing in his heart for an unknown number of times, but at this moment, when the Reaper really came, Richard was not afraid.
After assigning the task, Richard's gaze looked at a group of special people in the corner of the war room, which was a group of powerhouses led by Iron Shield, including four Legends and ten Heavenly Rank Saints. They are less like followers and more like mercenaries of Akmund.
Richard groaned for a moment and said to Iron Shield, "You know the current situation. For the next period of time, Akmund's focus will be on fighting the Reaper. The danger of the Reaper is far greater than you think, and even the Legendary Mighty can be in danger of their lives. This is a different situation than when you decided to play for Akmund. So you now have one more choice. If you want to continue to play for Akmund, stay, and I will treat you as followers. If you don't want to, it's okay, you can leave now. The Points Battlefield will still be open to you. ”
Iron Shield is faintly the leader of these powerhouses at the moment, but this group of people are from all over the world, and many of them did not know each other before. Moreover, the strength has reached the level of the Heavenly Sacred Domain, and most of them have the strength to dominate one side.
At this time, Tie Dun said, "Your Highness, if I am willing to stay, can the treatment be increased?"
Richard immediately said, "Double it!" In addition, there will be corresponding points for the battle against the Reaper. ”
Iron Shield nodded immediately and said, "Okay, I'll stay!"
Richard stared at the iron shield and said, "It's dangerous to stay." ”
Tie Dun smiled: "When the strength reaches our level, who hasn't almost died a few times?" I still want to continue to improve, so I'm not afraid of danger." If I survive this war, I'll probably be able to level up again. ”
Richard nodded, then looked at the other powerhouses.
Most of the powerful men are strong-willed, and they know very well how dangerous the war with the Reapers is, and how great the rewards are. And there is no need to say much, after this war, as long as Richard is not dead, then they will enter the ranks of Richard's henchmen from the periphery powerhouses.
At this moment, Richard has already soared into the sky, ranking among the top in the mainland in terms of structure, power and personal force. Now some people have even begun to think that in time, Richard will be able to reproduce the peerless martial arts of Charles the Great! It is not even a dream to open up another great empire.
Although Norland already has three major human empires, there are still lands within the plane. If the human territory is not enough, it can also expand outward, such as the polar continent, the Azure continent and the Kalandor continent, which are all good positions for the country.
In the end, only one Legend and five Heavenly Rank Sanctuaries in this group of powerhouses decided to leave. Everyone else intends to follow Richard in this war against the Reapers.
Richard gestured, and Aceris held the box of magic scrolls.
Richard said: "These are special times, and I don't want betrayal, nor do I want our fighting power weakened by questions of faith." So these are magical servitude contracts, time is infinite. When the war is over, I will give you another chance to choose, and those who are willing to stay can continue to be my followers. If you want to leave, I will break the contract with you. ”
Without hesitation, Iron Shield picked up a magic contract, opened it, and wrote his name directly on it with his own blood. As soon as he signed it, the magical enslavement contract burst into flames, turning into two dark golden runes that flew into the Iron Shield and Richard, respectively.
The legendary mage next to him was taken aback when he saw these two runes, and said in a lost voice: "Chaos Divine Language?!"
Richard nodded and said calmly: "That's right, I personally made these magic scrolls, and they are all written in the Chaos Divine Language. ”
The legendary mage's face changed immediately. As a life that grew up in the land of order, most of Norland's powerhouses are good at order-type laws, and this legendary mage is naturally no exception.
Richard's ability to write a contract in the divine script was already shocking, and now he still uses the Chaos Divine Language! Unless he is far superior to Richard in the control of the rules of chaos, there is no possibility that this contract will be broken at all.
The legendary mage hesitated for a moment, but finally gritted his teeth and took the magic contract and signed his name.
The strong people who stayed behind all signed the contract, and Richard was relieved. Richard then asked these strong men to go to Faro first, and he himself mobilized the stock of sacrifices and went to the Eternal Dragon Temple to sacrifice. Fortunately, the points exchange system has created a lot of wealth for Richard, otherwise he wouldn't know where the military spending comes from.
However, war is burning wealth, and even if he has a full fifty top sacrifices in his hands, Richard knows very well in his heart that it may not be long before these top sacrifices will be consumed.
At nightfall, a new message suddenly spread throughout Faust, and it was spreading to the whole of Norland through a long-range communication circle.