Chapter 1220 Going up the Mountain
When Hao Ren rushed down from the holy mountain while bombarding her, Veronica's expression was confused.
In fact, not only her, but everyone present looked confused, including the monsters who were being bombarded indiscriminately. The difference is that the latter was stunned by the bombing...
A man rushing down the mountain with a bomb in his hand - Veronica was still deeply impressed by this strange scene until many years later. Later she realized how inconsistent such a scene was, but now, she is just deeply impressed by it. He was deeply shocked by the big explosion that destroyed the world and the shocking fact that a living person ran down from the holy mountain.
"The Holy Spirit is above!" The war horse under Morian's crotch swayed uneasily in the light of the explosion. The old knight steadied his mount and exclaimed in a low voice, "Has the incarnation of fire and storm descended from the sky?"
"boom!!"
The man who rushed down from the mountain shook his finger at the monster in the distance. A sparkling crack suddenly opened from behind him, and a silver-white giant arrow with light emitting from behind flew out from the crack. Breaking through the sky and falling into the distant Chaos army with an arc, the explosion produced this time was far greater than before, and even terrifying - a fireball with a diameter of 100 meters quickly exploded, and hundreds of monsters instantly It was reduced to ashes, and after the fireball was extinguished, a small mushroom cloud gradually rose from the explosion point.
The explosion point was actually far away from the knights' front line, but Veronica still felt a wave of scorching hot air blowing her and almost fell off her horse. She couldn't help but be horrified: What on earth is this? I'm afraid there aren't many royal mages in the palace who can create a fireball of this scale, right? !
At this time, Hao Ren had already run to less than a hundred meters in front of the Knights. He had just used a disintegration missile that he had received from the Erim elves rather distressedly. He had insufficient reserves of this kind of pollution-free mini-nuclear weapon. There are many, but the effect is extremely impressive: the largest wave of pursuers behind the Knights has been destroyed by nuclear bombs, and the strange black mist has become much thinner after being torn apart by the big explosion, although it seems that they will gather and condense into monsters again. , but at least in a short period of time the pressure on the knights will be reduced a lot.
"Come here quickly! Run this way!" Hao Ren shouted loudly in front of the knights, "This is the way up the mountain! There is no fog up there!"
Although he didn't know the origins of these knights, nor what happened to those monsters that appeared out of thin air, the fact that the two groups of people were about to knock their brains out was obvious. He was unfamiliar with the place here, and it was not easy to see them. Naturally, we should try our best to save a group of local people.
Otherwise, who can I ask for directions?
Veronica saw the powerful "spell caster" giving directions to her soldiers. Of course she was suspicious of the other party's identity, but this situation no longer allowed her to think about it. In addition, the mysterious man just now It was indeed a helping hand on her side, so she raised her sword after a brief hesitation: "Knights! Follow the hermit's guidance!"
Hao Ren was stunned. He didn't know why he was considered a hermit just because he turned his face, but this did not affect his skillful business methods - more explosives were thrown by him to the flank of the Knights, and then he Switching weapons in his hands, he had a plasma spear in one hand and an inspector's gun in the other, and began to fight fiercely with the monsters that had rushed nearby.
Veronica fell into even greater consternation.
She didn't expect that this mysterious "hermit" was not only a powerful mage, but also skilled in hand-to-hand combat, and the fighting method of fighting with a spear while shooting with an alchemical weapon was unheard of. Although it was Princess Knight's first time as a commander, it was not her first time on the battlefield. She could tell at a glance that the opponent's weird combat skills were anything but fancy: the long spear was extremely powerful, capable of both offense and defense, and every shot of the short spear The timing is perfect. This is a skill that can only be learned on a cruel battlefield. It cannot be controlled without rich experience.
If she knew how many BOSS-level monsters Hao Ren had fought, and what kind of superhumans he usually trained with, it wouldn't be so strange - Hao Ren's close combat skills were developed by sparring with Lily. of.
All in all, with the double opening of various explosives and the brave fighting of the knights, the tide of monsters that had not yet completely gathered was finally torn open a passage. This knight squadron, which was almost in despair, saw the hope of survival and immediately rushed towards the mountain. Hao Ren turned around and ran ahead of Veronica and Knight Morian to lead the way. Seeing that this mysterious ally could only move on foot, the old knight immediately shouted on his horse: "Hermit! There are extra horses behind!"
Hao Ren didn't even raise his head: "No, your horse may not be as fast as mine - if I hadn't taken it easy, you wouldn't have been able to catch up with me!"
As he spoke, he kept running ahead at the same speed as the war horse, just as he said: if he ran open, these ordinary horses might not be able to catch up with him...
These are all honed from running around to catch Lily and get away. Living with monster girls is not easy, especially if there are two idiots among the monster girls who like to run around.
At this time, Veronica was already numb to what was happening in front of her. She no longer doubted whether this mysterious man was friendly, but began to guess the origin of the other party - deep in this forgotten desert wilderness, in the extinguished holy place. In the mountain temple, a big living person suddenly appeared. How should this be explained?
Her Royal Highness, who has been fond of reading adventure stories since she was a child, couldn't help but have rich associations. A story gradually took shape in her mind. This story included a certain sacred battle in the last era, a group of fanatical warriors trapped in the temple, and nearly the entire army was defeated at one time. The annihilated defense battle, the last surviving veteran, a forgotten temple and the hermit guarding the defense line alone in this temple... The knight princess was so moved by herself that she burst into tears.
Yes, that should be it. The Temple of Cassuan was once a famous and great temple in the previous generation, but it was eventually swallowed up by Chaos. Perhaps one of the guardians of the temple in the past survived, and then became a person in the dark world. A lonely hermit watching.
It is said that the strong men of the previous generation could live forever.
Veronica shook her head vigorously. It was not a good habit to lose focus on the battlefield.
At this moment, a ray of golden light came from beside them, which shocked the old knight and Veronica at the same time:
The tattered war flag in the hands of the flag bearer finally completed charging, and pale golden sparks danced between the rune threads. The sparks gathered more and more, and finally converged into a golden light.
The brilliance of the golden battle flag shines on everyone. Although the light is weak, it seems to have the power of supreme existence. Where the light shines, darkness and chaos immediately recede.
Those twisted creatures condensed from the darkness wailed and retreated the moment they came into contact with the light of the golden battle flag. Waves of gray-white smoke rose up from their bodies, as if they were burned by the light, and those who had rushed to the knight The monsters in the team battle formation had no time to retreat into the darkness. They struggled and twisted violently in the light, exuding a pungent burning smell, and turned into dust on the ground in almost the blink of an eye.
The monsters that were still able to move quickly retreated into the darkness as if they were escaping from natural enemies, and their forms returned to nothingness in the mist, just like they were turned upside down when they appeared.
The light of the battle flag slowly spreads around. Where the light is shrouded, the fog will become thinner and the shadows will melt. Soon the lingering and depressing atmosphere will dissipate, and the surrounding area will gradually calm down.
At this time, the team had already passed the gentle uphill slope at the foot of Kasuan Mountain, and there was a steeper mountain road ahead.
Hao Ren watched in amazement as a flag emitted light and dispersed the seemingly endless army of monsters that seemed to never be truly killed. He couldn't help but raise his eyebrows and his eyes fell on the "piece" in the hands of the flag-bearer. Rag" on.
The pale golden cloth was embroidered with a delicate statue of the goddess with blue and silver silk threads. Although the edges of the flag were tattered, only the statue was still intact.
This is obviously a powerful magical item... strictly speaking, it should be a religious item.
"Your Highness, the war horse is dying!"
The call of a personal guard knight also woke Veronica out of her daze - the sudden resolution of the crisis made the princess unintentionally relax a little. She looked around and noticed that the horses under the knights were shaking one after another. The hair of these loyal mounts became gray, curly, and dull at a speed visible to the naked eye, and their eyes gradually became bloodshot.
Veronica looked at the steep mountain road ahead and ordered the horse to be abandoned.
“It’s no longer possible to ride horses in front of us, so everyone is walking.”
After a sound of armor clashing, more than twenty knights left their mounts and followed Hao Ren up the mountain. Before leaving, each of them fed some kind of herbal medicine to their horses.
Hao Ren looked back and saw those war horses falling silently one after another, and were soon swallowed by darkness.