"In the face of Chaos, all intelligent creatures are natural allies."
Ophra put away her sword and said to the werewolf warrior, who was struggling to get up, as she watched the rotten flesh and twisted limbs quickly turn into gray smoke in the Holy Flame.
"These monsters are harder to deal with than I thought." The werewolf warrior panted. The wounds on his body were healing at a speed visible to the naked eye, but due to the corruption, the healing process was extremely painful. The werewolf, who had always been known for his tenacity, could not help but change his expression. "It seems that the decision to let you enter the sacred mountain was the right one … With the strength of our tribe alone, there is no way we can defeat these damn monsters."
Ophra nodded slightly and looked into the distance. The gray smoke was spreading in the valley, and the rotten flesh had seeped into and polluted the soil before dissipating, giving the earth a disgusting purplish-black color. This was the sacred snow mountain that the werewolf tribal country regarded as a sacred place, but the monsters from Chaos did not care whether it was a sacred place or not. They came from nightmares, and wherever there were intelligent creatures, there would be channels for them to appear, and this place was no exception.
The werewolf tribal country was full of brave warriors, and they were ready to defend their homeland alone. But after the Kingdom of Holletta contacted the leader of the werewolf tribal country, they still chose to send reinforcements here — because the priests of the Disciples of Glory had given a timely warning.
The depths of this sacred mountain used to be the place where the guardian giant, Muru, slept. In the thousands of years that the guardian giant fell into a muddle, the demigod's nightmares came out from the mountain, deeply affecting the spirit of all intelligent creatures in this area, making it easier for them to resonate with nightmares. In addition, several cults that were active here had also left behind a large number of desecrated altars and artifacts. Although the cults themselves had been wiped out, the traces they left behind were difficult to completely clean up.
These two factors together made the sacred mountain of the werewolf one of the most dangerous potential infiltration points in the world. The source of Chaos in the center of the universe would almost certainly carry out its first round of infiltration from here. There were three other similar dangerous infiltration points, namely the Beinz Diocese (ruins), the Volcano of Dusk (ruins), and the Tree of Life (ruins). These three places were once parasitized by the First Born, and the First Born's spiritual power had also left the same "nightmare loopholes" in these areas.
It turned out that the priests' judgment was accurate. The first round of erosion occurred in these four areas, and it broke out almost simultaneously.
The troops and combat monks deployed in these areas in advance had saved countless lives.
Becky rode her horse across the battlefield, holding her sword and shouting to the soldiers nearby, "Don't let your guard down too early. Stay alert! The war had only just begun! Before the Goddess sends an oracle that everything is settled, everyone must hold their ground! "
The heroic mercenary, who was regarded as a living legend, greatly boosted the morale of the ordinary soldiers. Many of them waved their weapons and cheered loudly. Becky, on the other hand, was already used to the cheers. She rode around the area that was still scorching from the divine bombardment and dismounted in front of Ophra. "Lady Ophra, I'm not afraid of you! I'm back! "
"You're very popular." Ophra smiled and looked at the energetic junior. The mercenary Becky was known for her rudeness in the aristocratic circle, but her carefree personality was quite to Ophra's liking. "Many people see you as an idol."
"Sigh … I'm just a mascot here with my Legend Rating." Becky was quite self-aware. "I was just lucky to follow Vivian and the others to do an epic mission. I know my own strength very well. If we really fight, I'm not necessarily a match for the champion swordsmen under you. "
Then she whispered, "And I'm not here to be intimate with you …"
Ophra tilted her head slightly. "Hmm?"
"Ah, nothing, I'm talking to myself!"
Ophra did not expose Becky's clumsy disguise, but quietly looked into the distance. The huge floating fortress Hodeceus was moving from the airspace of the Sacred Mountain to the east, and below Hodeceus, there was a group of gryphon knights flying around like stars around the moon.
"Hodeceus is moving towards the Beinz area." Becky looked into the distance with her hand shading her eyes. "Is the battle over there not over yet?"
"The scale of infiltration in the Beinz area is much larger than here, and it is said that there are even chaotic monsters as big as the bell tower," Ophra said. "The ordinary monk soldiers and knights are no match for those monsters. They have sent a distress signal to the Einherjar, but the main force of the Einherjar is blocking the infiltration point at the Volcano of Dusk, so they can only send Hodeceus."
Becky wiped the blood stains on her face. "I don't know what's the situation over there … We're only facing the most insignificant minions, and it's already so terrifying. What are they going to face?"
"The world is not destroyed yet," Ophra said faintly. "Then they must still be fighting."
…
"The recharging speed of the main shield has decreased! The load is too high, the recharging can't keep up with the consumption! " Along with the sudden alarm in the bridge, Nolan's voice also rang at the same time. "Activating the backup shield recharging booster! Converting the redundant energy lines to the shield system! "
Waves of tremors came from all directions, and the disordered universal constants put tremendous pressure on the spacecraft's various systems. The inertial stabilizers in the spacecraft also could not calm this degree of chaos, and began to show frequent abnormal conditions. On the image from the external monitor, it could be seen that the spacecraft seemed to be passing through a dark and narrow tunnel. The chaotic clouds and lines were entangled like a vortex, pressing in from all directions, and then were quickly thrown behind. On the inner wall of this tunnel, inexplicable shadows and 'tentacles' were constantly appearing. The Petrachelys was like a canoe passing through a storm, every minute and second was thrilling, but it always managed to escape.
"Allocate the navigation system's energy to the shields," Hao Ren said loudly. "They're useless in this crappy place anyway."
There was almost no continuous spatial structure in the Dark Abyss, and the ship's navigation computer was like a decoration in this chaotic space, and the only thing that could guide the way forward was Rheia's divine senses, so the navigation computer could be completely disabled.
As more energy was injected into the shield generator, the external interference on the spacecraft quickly weakened, and the tremors in the bridge finally calmed down.
Rheia sat beside the captain's seat, and her eyes glowed faintly as she watched the chaos outside the spacecraft, but at the same time, she was also watching what was happening in other parts of the universe.
She could see the ongoing battle in the Overwatch Bastion, and the repeated battles across the entire Dark Abyss, and the efforts of the mortals on every planet to protect their homes.
She closed her eyes slightly and said softly, "At the beginning, I had prepared a lot of encouraging words, thinking about how to motivate the mortal armies when the various planets were in danger, but now it seems … I've always been thinking too much."
"After seeing what happened in L 'Haronne, you should know this." Hao Ren shook his head. "They don't need your protection."
"Mainly because I still remember when they were just 'learning how to walk', when they just learned how to make tools, when they just invented words, they were so weak …" Rheia said, and could not help but laugh at herself. "But in the blink of an eye, they can fight the Mad Lord without batting an eyelid … even though they are only dealing with the Mad Lord's minions."
Vivian glanced at her. "Do you feel like a child has grown up? Happy, but a little disappointed? "
"A little," Rheia admitted. "But more of a pity … There were so many civilizations in this universe, but because of my failure ten thousand years ago, more than half of them died. If only I was a little stronger back then … "
Hao Ren interrupted her. "A god can't always cling to the past. If even you don't look forward, what can those who believe in you look forward to?"
Rheia laughed and stood up from her seat. "You're right, I shouldn't let my thoughts run wild … especially now."
As she spoke, she raised her right hand, and a stream of light slowly formed in her hand. "We are about to reach the chaotic dimension, and as we pass through it, the ship's stealth and my divine barrier will lose effect at the same time, and we will be completely exposed to the Mad Lord … Are you ready?"
Hao Ren also stood up and picked up the crowbar that was placed beside the captain's seat. The crowbar was made of the same material as the core of the Creation's Engine, and the words "Starbreaker Crowbar" were written on it in gold. To increase its metaphysical power and to get a good omen for this operation, Hao Ren even had Raven 12345 bite a bite mark at the end of the crowbar. It was a divine weapon that could be used both offensively and defensively.
He held the crowbar in his hand and smiled at Rheia. "I'm ready. By the way, what's that thing in your hand?"
"A new weapon. I've said it before." Rheia waved the black book in her hand. "I've been thinking about what kind of weapon would be more suitable. Those two swords are indeed powerful, but against the formless power of the Mad Lord, we need some support from the power of laws."
Vivian blinked. "But I think it's just a book …"
"That's right, a book. But it records all the knowledge I've learned in this period of time, as well as a thousand powerful mantras that I've picked out from the 'teaching materials'. Perhaps it doesn't have that much lethality, but in the depths of the Dark Abyss, it can be more useful than any divine weapon. It can provide us with a more stable and more orderly battlefield to offset the endless chaotic power of the Mad Lord. "
Hao Ren rubbed his chin and thought for a bit. "So you plan to flip through the book on the battlefield?"
"… You're right if you want to understand it that way …"
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