Chapter 1227 Ignition

In the desolate wilderness shrouded in darkness and mist, the abandoned nameless ancient city lurks quietly on this land. The desolate ancient stones and corroded metal remains stand silently in the cold wind, as if guarding the civilization after it disappears. some secrets.

And in the center of this ruins, the fire device that had long been extinguished pointed straight into the sky, and the dark tower body had no trace of heat. Near the furnace device, thousands of monsters corrupted by Chaos gather quietly. These violent creatures that usually only move blindly or fight fiercely are now as quiet as pilgrims. They are watching the furnace fire in the darkness. The tower was motionless, strange and inexplicable.

Even the old knight Maurice had never heard of such a scene, and no one mentioned it even in the ancient royal family's archives.

Veronica and her knights were hiding behind a low wall. Everyone was equipped with full armor and swords, and were quietly waiting for the moment to take action. This distance is the safe distance determined by the old knight after several discussions with her: the perception of corrupted monsters is very subtle. They are affected by the power of Chaos, but are not completely transformed, so they cannot be compared with ordinary Chaos servants. Outside a certain range, they are deaf, blind and stupid, but within a certain range (some scholars call this range the "control zone" of corrupted monsters), their sensory intensity can reach almost a hundred times that of ordinary humans. And it has the ability to directly "smell" the breath of life like a servant of Chaos.

Therefore, distance is very important when ambushing chaos monsters.

The knights lowered their bodies carefully. Although all of them were experienced in battles, these people were still quite nervous. There is an imperceptible glimmer floating on the surface of each of them. This glimmer is the effect of the Talisman of Order: the power of the holy object is like a beacon in chaos. Naturally, it cannot be obtained here, so the knights are all now Activate your own Amulet of Order like Veronica. They are like astronauts wearing spacesuits performing emergency missions in space. They must complete the ignition task within an extremely limited activity time in order to survive, which will bring huge pressure to people.

As for the sacred object, Hao Ren has temporarily taken it away. It's not that he feels sorry for the plate from the Fifth Plastic Factory, but that the thing's attraction to corrupted monsters is really huge. If he accidentally gets a "nose" later The more intelligent corrupted monster sensed the location of the plate, and the entire seduction plan was in vain.

As time goes by, the knights become more and more nervous. The duration of the Talisman of Order is limited, so this kind of lurking becomes the most test of patience, courage and discipline. The old knight turned his head slightly and looked at Veronica, with a clear question in his eyes: "Your Highness, is that 'ancient guardian' really reliable?"

Veronica returned a determined gaze, but no one knew whether her heart was as firm as her expression.

She raised her head and looked across the square.

There, the collapsed building wall created an open gap. It seemed that a huge monster once ran rampantly into the square. From the gap to the outside of the ruins, there was an almost unobstructed passage. If the monsters in the square were to be eliminated, If the group leads away, the gap is the best direction. Veronica waited quietly, waiting for the agreed-upon operation to begin.

After an excruciating silence, a light finally flashed across the gap.

"Boom!"

Two earth-shattering explosions were the beginning of the entire operation - the "Ancient Guardian" seemed to be quite good at the spells of fire and storm. His attacks were always so violent and shocking. When the grand explosions and flames tore the night apart, Veroni Ka saw two stone buildings on the edge of the square almost flying up. Broken stones and metal were thrown like a violent storm on several monsters near the gap, beating those ugly and twisted monsters on the spot as if they were broken sacks. Hundreds of holes.

The sudden attack caused all the monsters in the square to fall into panic and consternation - no matter what their previous strange state of silence was, they were all interrupted now, and these monsters who had no sense at all were suddenly driven mad and angry. Control, heart-breaking roars came from every direction, several huge demon bears slapped away the weak monsters around them, and roared towards the direction of the explosion: these chaotic monsters did not There is no amount of fear and reason at all, but most of them will not analyze the strength of our enemy or consider whether there is fraud. Faced with this kind of behavior that challenges their majesty, the only thing they can think of is destruction!

Just then a figure jumped out of the smoke of the explosion, and Veronica clearly heard the roar: "Grandchildren!!"

Immediately afterwards there was another continuous explosion, mixed with some kind of powerful beam attack. The monsters on the edge of the square were swept to the ground by the beam.

The corrupted monsters were completely enraged. They heard roars resounding in the sky and heavy footsteps. Almost all the monsters in the square turned to look at the gap and then ran towards it.

Veronica felt the ground beneath her feet shaking, and the dilapidated buildings beside her also creaked and swayed. The knights around looked at each other in horror, and someone muttered in a low voice: "Goddess bless..."

This was not the first time they had seen this kind of movement caused by Hao Ren, but the fighting style of the demolition wizard was not something you could get used to after seeing it once or twice: Facing this kind of violent force purely for destruction again, The knights were still inevitably moved.

Thousands of monsters rumbled towards the gap in the square, and soon Veronica's field of vision widened. The Tower of Fire stood hundreds of meters away under the night, and there was no longer any distance between her and the tower. More cover.

But not all monsters have been lured away - just as Hao Ren and Her Royal Highness had expected, not every monster "eats taunts". Corrupted monsters are the product of chaos pollution, so various abnormal mutations are also theirs. A major feature: some monsters will stubbornly stay put even in the face of provocation, while some more powerful monsters are a little more vigilant. When more than 90% of the monsters were lured away by Hao Ren, those mutants The smaller or more "intelligent" ones remained on the field, circling in confusion, becoming the last threat around the fire.

The princess knight unsheathed her long sword: "Charge with me!"

The knights immediately released the shading spell on the sword blades, and a bright silver light immediately flashed out of the darkness. Dozens of people jumped out of the low wall and roared towards the Fire Tower in the center of the square.

The monsters reacted instantly after these humans entered their "control zone". They roared at each other, met Veronica and the knights at an alarming speed, and bumped into each other solidly.

In Veronica's field of vision, only the dark square tower more than ten meters high in front was her target. The fire was like a beacon in the dark night, guiding the direction of the knight princess. She charged, sweeping the sword to the side. , a painful impact on the wrist came from the sword blade, and a black wolf-like monster was directly and violently knocked away by the princess.

The figure of the black wolf flying in the air quickly collapsed, and a pale silver light burst out from the wound in its abdomen. When it landed, the entire body had almost burned to ashes.

Veronica continued to move forward, and after retracting the long sword, she felt that her arms were numb: if it was a normal fight, killing a corrupted black wolf would be a piece of cake for her, but it would not be an instant kill with a sword like this. In order to save time, she used the knight's physical burst ability, which caused extraordinary consumption and retaliation.

But we are getting closer and closer to the Tower of Fire.

"Don't waste time with these monsters," Morian's voice sounded loudly from the side, "defensive formation, cover the princess to the fire!"

At this time, all the corrupted monsters remaining in the square and surrounding streets and alleys had been alerted. The increasing number of monsters around made Veronica couldn't help but suspect that those guys who were lured away by Hao Ren just now came back. ——This is of course impossible, but the original number of corrupted monsters in the square was huge. Even if Hao Ren lured away 90% of them, if the remaining 10% were gathered together, it would be a nightmare. Case.

Just like the scene in front of Veronica now.

It was still thirty meters away from the fire.

The injured knight was replaced in the inner layer of the queue, and continued to support the battle with military crossbows. The other knights formed a powerful guard beside Veronica, cutting a bloody path through the monster group, corrupting the monsters layer by layer. They pounced on the ground, biting and tearing at the defense line formed by flesh and blood in a primitive and rough way, and then were chopped back layer by layer by these powerful warriors who had experienced hundreds of battles, leaving behind burning ashes and human remains everywhere. blood.

There are still ten meters to go.

Veronica felt that victory was in sight. Although the pressure was increasing, she felt that it was no longer a problem for herself and the knights to break through the last distance, so she couldn't help but start to worry about the situation of the "ancient guardian". She looked up in the direction outside the town, as if trying to find the figure of the guardian and the thousands of terrifying monsters in the darkness.

Alone, she rushed into the endless chaos and fought a life-and-death battle with thousands of monsters. Only then did Veronica suddenly realize what a crazy thing she had asked the "ancient guardian" to do. This was even a bard. The poets' exaggerated heroic stories are already surreal feats.

However, the guardian actually did it.

Even the old knight Morian next to him began to wonder if the guardian was going to disappear forever.

But at this moment, a dazzling ball of light suddenly rose from outside the town.

The ball of light was like a newborn moon, protruding from the darkness, and then illuminated everything with its radiant light. Then it quickly shattered, and a huge mushroom cloud rose up in the smoke and flash.

The deafening explosion and the tremor of the earth came next.

The fire was already in sight.

The knights turned around quickly, forming a solid barrier between the princess and the monsters. The old knight Morian shouted loudly: "Your Highness! Light the fire!"

Veronica was already prepared. She turned the sword without hesitation and cut a wound on her hand. The bright red blood with a hint of golden light flowed out immediately. She threw the blood to the Tower of Fire. On the pedestal, read out the ancient oath:

"In the name of the goddess of creation, in the name of the ancient oath, in the name of Colo, the guardians of the 77,700 pillars of imprisonment are here, and the light of order will surely illuminate all things!"