Chapter 417 Under the Red Night Sky
A few days later.
The night falls, but this hellish world does not fall into darkness just because of the night. When the distant, dim reddish-brown star completely set behind the horizon, a dark red shimmer enveloped the obsidian plain. This layer of light comes from the huge red planet in the sky. The huge planet has red soil rich in iron and is always glowing due to slowly decaying radioactive materials. This light is enough for it to illuminate the entire world after nightfall. earth.
Each demonic plane has its own unforgettable and strange landscape. The third plane has the smoke column of Helm, and the seventh plane has the red giant. Due to gravitational locking, the broken planet that Yzaks once ruled and the red giant star in the sky have maintained relative motion for millions of years, becoming a strange twin star system in this space. Whenever night falls, the Obsidian Plain is under the light of the red giant star. When you look up, you can see the huge circular land hanging above your head. The distance is so close that people can even see the wood grain on the red planet clearly with the naked eye. surface structure.
Several black figures were running rapidly on the obsidian plain, as fast as a bird plundering the wind. They bypassed the military camps and outposts along the way and continued to approach the "urban area" where the headquarters of the Holy See Allied Forces was located.
La Nina looked up at the familiar sky of her hometown: "There are many outsiders who would find it difficult to survive in this space. The relatively high temperature during the day and the toxic substances in the air are only one of the reasons. The other reason is the influence of the red planet. Red It seems to be a highly irritating color for creatures with delicate emotions like humans and elves. Being enveloped in a red environment for a long time will cause them to lose control of their emotions. In addition, the radiation from the red planet has a certain impact on the mind. Many humans and elves The elves can adapt to the climate here, but they are tortured when night comes. However, the coalition soldiers left in this space now must have adapted to the environment, and we can no longer expect to see anyone going crazy under the light of the red planet. .”
Hao Ren didn't feel anything about the huge planet in the sky. He was just curious about the situation on this continent before Yizhak's empire collapsed: "The environment here was so bad back then? I remember Yzhak. There are many creatures from other races under Si’s rule, can they adapt to this place?”
"Back then, the environment here was slightly better, and the environment in the city was better," La Nina smiled. "In order to allow various races to live normally in this space, we studied a lot of environmental transformation technologies, and even used large enchantments to The peak area created a forest where elves can survive. But now there should be only charcoal left there.”
Hao Ren nodded and said nothing.
The only one following him was La Nina, and the others had dispersed to perform tasks elsewhere. Tonight they want to create a little chaos in the hinterland of the coalition forces. According to the terrain map Vivian has mastered, coupled with the understanding of the movement patterns of people near the target in the past few days, it should not be difficult to succeed.
"Just wait here." When the red planet's light in the sky reached its third peak, Hao Ren and La Nina arrived at the obsidian peak closest to the command center. This is a patrol blind spot, "Yzaks should We're already in place, and we'll take action as soon as there is any movement from him."
At the same time, at the foot of another obsidian peak more than ten kilometers away from Hao Ren and La Nina, Yzaks was quietly looking at the huge canyon in front of him.
The place where he stood was on the edge of his former royal city, but now the royal city was gone, and there was only a huge canyon with no end in sight. It was as if someone had dug out a piece of the Obsidian Plain in the center, leaving a burning scar that would show future generations how tragic that devastating war was.
Yzaks looked quietly down the canyon. At the bottom of the remote dark valley, he could see patches of bright golden-red light meandering. They were river networks formed by magma. This magma was once hidden deep underground. It was the unprecedented forbidden curse that year that exposed these underground lava.
Many years ago, these magma rivers were an important source of power for the Demon King's City and the Obsidian Throne, and this time, they will once again serve the Demon King of this land.
"If this land still remembers its master," Yzaks sat down cross-legged and murmured to himself, "then get up and do me a favor again."
The lava river deep in the canyon seemed to have heard the call of the former monarch and suddenly began to surge. Hearing the loud noise coming from the bottom of the canyon and feeling the slight tremor beneath his body, Yzaks smiled: "Then let's see Is the blood magic that vampires are so proud of no longer so effective?"
The night is still silent, the light of the red giant has ended its peak and began to gradually dim, while the coalition sentries stationed around the Grand Canyon are preparing for the last shift of the day. An elf warrior with pointed ears saw his comrades coming to change shifts not far away, and yawned as he walked out of his post. He is very relaxed because he feels that there will not be any danger here: this is the hinterland of the Obsidian Plain, the core of the Holy See Alliance. Although this was the base camp of the Mad Demon King a year ago, now it is the safest place in the entire demon space. Theraton's army is thousands of kilometers away from here, so he doesn't think anything will happen tonight.
But the moment he turned around, a strange rumbling sound suddenly came from behind. The elves' keen ears trembled at the sound of this rumbling sound. The soldier immediately rushed back to the sentry post and looked down at the big man. Bottom of the canyon: that's where the sound is coming from.
I saw that the magma river at the bottom of the Grand Canyon was surging. The bright and never-solidifying hot liquid seemed to be alive and flowed up along the four walls of the Grand Canyon. Countless human-shaped monsters condensed and formed from the magma, just like those in myths. Climbing towards the surface like an ancient giant who is climbing the Pillar of the World!
The Elf Sentinel suddenly broke into a cold sweat. At this time, he even forgot that the depth of the canyon was enough for these lava demons to fall halfway. Instead, he subconsciously pulled the alchemy equipment for alarm next to him, and at the same time shouted: "Devil attacks!!"
At the same time, more than a dozen alarm light groups shot into the sky from other sentries around the canyon, and the surrounding camps were boiling in an instant!
In the command post not far from the camp, the lights were still on in a human watchtower. This boxy, three-story building made of stone was the residence of humanity's supreme commander. In the room on the top floor of the watchtower, a middle-aged man wearing armor and with short brown hair was frowning and staring at a dark red crystal in front of him. He is the human commander Gregory, one of the "Seven Heroes" of the Holy See Alliance.
This paladin with extremely high prestige and tenacity was one of the most senior commanders in the Ten Years' War. He was also the first initiator of the coalition to stand up and call for an alliance among all races after the Demon King's army had been wreaking havoc in the human world for hundreds of years. one. But now this general, who is known for his wisdom and calmness, is confused by the crystal in front of him. He can't see what hints there are in this small dark red stone besides an image. He can only feel it from the stone. The real aura of the Demon King arrived - it was this aura that convinced the commanders of the Holy See Alliance that this was not a joke.
Just as Gregory was looking at the stone in trance, the noise coming from outside suddenly made him frown.
He stood up, opened the door and greeted his bodyguard: "What's going on outside?"
The personal guard had just returned after understanding the situation. When he saw Gregory, he immediately saluted: "General! The magma river below the Demon Mark Canyon is surging, and many lava demons are crawling to the ground."
"Is that why?" Gregory frowned dissatisfied, "Every day, lava demons crawl out of the magma river below. Haven't we already confirmed that they can't climb the cliffs of the Demon Mark Canyon!"
"But General, the scale this time is very large," the guard hurriedly explained the information he had heard. "It is said that thousands of lava demons have split from the magma river! Their movement patterns are very similar to those under the command of the Mad Demon King. of……"
"What did you say?!"
"It's very much like the lava demon army under the command of the Mad Demon King..." The guards took a breath. Even though the coalition forces were the final victors of the Ten Years' War, these victors still couldn't help but mention the words "Mad Demon King" I feel a kind of fear from the bottom of my heart, which is a shadow that has shrouded the world for hundreds of years, and it is far from being completely eliminated by a ten-year war.
Gregory thought for a moment, then waved his hand to calm down his bodyguard: "Keep calm. Let Master Lufaen come over and inform General Kasutina of the situation."
The personal guards took the order and left. Gregory turned his head and glanced at the dark red crystal on the table, shook his head slightly, and sat back at the table.
He didn't leave the room.