There was a strange scene in Fort Raven and the nearby wilderness. The battlefield seemed to have frozen, with only a black tide slowly surging.
Not only were the human soldiers distracted by the Tide of Beasts, even the mindless monsters of Chaos and the black smoke column on the wasteland were strangely slowed down, as if these mindless things were deterred and hesitated. Only a few scholars vaguely realized what was happening: it was the suppressive effect of the Light of Order.
The light that suddenly lit up from the sky was the pure Light of Order. It crossed the entire battlefield and was now weakening the power of the storm of Chaos outside Fort Raven. Its range of influence was so large that even the Spire of Flames above the fort was overshadowed.
Amidst this strange and temporary "silence", the tide in the distance was still surging over.
The Beast Tide. Millions of abhumans were marching forward. This was an army different from any army in the mortal world. It was not orderly like the humans, not spirited like the orcs, not gorgeous like the elves, not majestic like the Winter Giants. It was not even an army because it was a Beast Tide, a tide, a tide that was slowly rolling over the entire land. There were all kinds of barbarian races pushing and shoving as they advanced. There were no flags or formations. Only the instinct of the beasts and the iron-fisted leadership of the various chiefs were maintaining their forward momentum. Such an "army" could only be seen in chaos and disorder. However, in this chaos and disorder, there was a chilling aura.
Continuing south from the southern border of the Kingdom of Taros, past Fort Raven, one had to cross a vast wilderness and then a hilly belt before entering the boundless Black Forest. This forest was so vast and dangerous that even the barbarians on the edge of the kingdom's rule did not dare to explore it. So it was not until today that Taros suddenly realized what a terrible force was hidden in the forest in the southern border of the kingdom.
If such a tide appeared in front of Fort Raven in the past, it would have brought an alarm and chaos no less than the attack of the Chaos.
But now, this tide of beasts was clad in the light of order — the dark mass of the Barbarian army was bathed in the light, and every beast was covered with a layer of holy light. The holy light was continuous and undulating like an ocean. There was more than one leader in every Beast Horde. They were waving all kinds of scepters and talismans. These talismans were like the Sacred Artifacts of Order for humans. More than half of the Light of Order in the Beast Horde came from these 'Sacred Artifacts'. When these hundreds and thousands of light sources were connected, they formed an Army-level Barrier of Order that had no blind spots.
No one in the world could imagine such a strange scene when the Holy Light of Order and the hideous Magical Beasts were connected.
Philip leaned on his sword and seemed to have forgotten the pain in his body. For a moment, he even thought that he was dead. Then he saw the strange world after death.
But soon, he would know that what he saw was undeniable reality, a scene that would go down in history.
The tide was still moving forward. It had swallowed a circle of boulders on the great wilderness. The boulders were like sand castles destroyed by the waves, disappearing without a trace.
At the top of Fort Raven, an adjutant shouted, "General! General Ulysses! They are coming! "
The supreme ruler of Fort Raven, the head of the Black Blade Legion of the kingdom, Ulysses? Du Khan stood in front of the window like an iron statue, holding a long sword in his hand, expressionless. "I know."
"They will drown Fort Raven!"
"I know."
"Then we —"
"Then we will die a worthy death."
While all this was happening, the battle over Fort Raven had resumed. Like a machine that gradually accelerated from stillness, as more and more monsters of Chaos gathered from the smoke and dust, the soldiers who were in a daze were awakened one by one by the reality. The whole battlefield slowly "thawed" from the previous strange stagnation. Shouts and explosions sounded everywhere.
At the moment when the battle resumed, the Beast Tide was still unstoppable.
It swallowed the Windy Stone Ring and slowly climbed up the rocky beach of the wilderness. Then it swallowed the rocky beach, the dry riverbed, the yellowstone platform, and the former defense line outside Fort Raven, which was now a ruin.
It finally had to slow down a little because the storm of Chaos was gathering in front of it. The battlefield of Chaos and Order blocked the way of the Beast Tide. If it wanted to move forward, it had to be involved in this battle.
The Beast Tide paused for a while, and then it seemed that a leader had given an order. The demonic apes began to beat the animal hide war drums, the trolls puffed their cheeks and blew their heavy trombones, the goblin elders shook their horrible long staffs made of skulls and thigh bones wildly, and the giant-teeth lizards screamed under the whip of the lizardmen riders. A terrible sound wave almost blew away the thick clouds in the sky, and then the beasts began to pounce on the monsters of Chaos.
But the first to arrive on the battlefield was not the lizardmen riders riding the giant-teeth lizards, but a beam of light from a corner of the Beast Tide.
The beam of light cut through the darkness and exploded over Fort Raven. Countless runes and silver lines spread in all directions from the explosion point. In a flash, hundreds of minions of Chaos were turned into ashes by the power contained in the light.
The first attack stunned the defenders of Fort Raven. Many of the soldiers at the base did not know what was going on, but the commanders, scholars, and mages at the top of the fort immediately knew where the light came from.
"It's the supreme divine spell of the sanctum!" Ulysses' adviser, a bald middle-aged scholar exclaimed, and even his staff fell to the ground. "Seventh-level divine spell, Heavenly Strike! There's a Bishop-level Sanctuary monk in that army! "
The lord of Fort Raven, who was ready to die, finally could not calm down. He rushed to his adviser and asked, "Are you sure?"
"Divine spells can't be faked, my lord." The scholar stared out of the window. At this time, the second and third beams of light had swept across the sky above the fortress, exploding with a flash slightly inferior to the Heaven's Strike. "Except for the people of the sanctum, no one can learn this kind of divine spell. Apart from this kind of divine spell, there's no other magic or talent skill that can produce such an effect … That was the Holy Shock and the Aurora, and the two attacks almost hit at the same time … There's more than one sanctum priest down there!"
At this time, Ulysses could see the scene in the Beast Tide without the scholar's explanation.
The Beast Tide had come to the bottom of Fort Raven. At this distance, many details could be seen.
Near the main formation of the Beast Tide (if this legion really had a main formation), there was a small group of people who did not fit in with the surrounding atmosphere. That group was constantly releasing various kinds of divine spells to attack the monsters of Chaos in the sky or to assist the daemons charging at the front. Their clothes and the power they were using were particularly conspicuous: sanctified people.
"It's the people of the Theocracy." General Ulysses' eyes almost popped out. "Why did they suddenly appear here?"
At this time, a herald suddenly pushed the door open and shouted, "My lord! They are helping us to resist the monsters of Chaos! "
"I can see that they are fighting with the Chaos," Ulysses said loudly without looking back. But he immediately realized the other meaning of the herald's words. "Wait, are you sure those beasts are helping to guard Fort Raven, and not preparing to destroy our castle and the Chaos together?"
"Yes, my lord," the herald panted. "Those … the beasts have formed a line of defense outside the fort. They are … forming a formation to help us block the weak points on the wall. And there is a dragon. The dragon has just landed in the tower in the west of the city. It said something. "
Ulysses' expression changed. "What did it say?"
He had just seen a black dragon flying over the Beast Tide. As a knowledgeable noble of the kingdom, of course, he could see that it was not an inferior subspecies but a real adult dragon.
He had no idea why a noble adult dragon would mingle with a large group of magical beasts. Although the size of the magical beasts was indeed a little unimaginable, he did not know why.
"It said …" The herald was a little hesitant for a while, but under Ulysses's sharp gaze, he still said, "It said, 'The alpha has decided to protect your castle. Immediately prepare a pot of braised ribs, and when the battle is over, offer it to the alpha.'"
"And then?"
"And then it flew away."
Ulysses, his advisers, and a group of commanders looked at each other.
"Do any of you know what braised pork ribs are?" The famous "Lion of the Southern Territory" glared at his advisors.
Everyone shook their heads.
Explosions and shouts were constantly coming from outside the castle.
Through the window, they could see that the army of beasts had launched an unprecedentedly fierce battle with the monsters of Chaos. The abhumans wearing all kinds of ragged equipment were fighting with the claws and teeth of the deformed monsters. The powerful elemental creatures set off a sea of fire and huge waves, transforming the terrain outside the castle. Even the black dragon had returned to the battlefield. It was constantly slamming a black smoke column in the air, and the powerful dragon breath exploded on the smoke column.
Ulysses turned his head and glared at the herald.
"Go! Go and ask everyone! What is braised ribs? "
The herald nodded blankly and turned to execute the order. But Ulysses stopped him again. "Wait a minute!"
The herald turned his head, not knowing what to do.
Ulysses took a deep breath and said, "Go to the kitchen first."
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