Urgent alarm bells rang throughout Leyton Town. Church knights and priests in white robes galloped through the streets on horseback, summoning any townspeople who might be left behind. At the same time, wind mages flew from the church to every corner of the town, announcing the emergency evacuation order in the air.
Squads of knights also galloped out from the town, rushing to the scattered villages and garrisons on the north and south sides of the town. Teleportation pillars lit up above the mage hall at the back of the church. It was the other personnel who had gone to organize the evacuation. Although the entire Beinz Diocese was mostly covered by mountains and jungles, there were still many small villages scattered around the defense line other than Leyton Town. These small villages were also part of the defense line. Like Leyton Town, they were half-civilian and half-military fortresses. Between these villages were a series of knight garrisons and sentry towers. These units together formed the "Sacred Lake Defense Line". Now, it was necessary to inform all residents to evacuate from the Beinz Diocese. Therefore, all the more mobile personnel in the town were sent out. The knights were responsible for notifying the nearby villages, and the sorcerers were teleported to remote areas to organize the evacuation. It was a race against time. There were only two days left for the locals.
The sudden evacuation order had the townspeople and ordinary soldiers in great confusion. No one knew why such an incredible order was issued. Everyone, whether they were clergymen or not, had to leave the Beinz Holy Land within two days. If the order was not personally signed by Bishop Gelton and Marshal Ophra, the order itself would probably cause unprecedented chaos. But now, with the two highest officials of the Beinz Diocese in charge, and the joint statement of four high-ranking ascetics, the order was enforced. In addition, there were almost no civilians in the Beinz Diocese. Everyone was more or less a member of the military or the church. So the evacuation was much smoother than expected. Even if the civilians did not understand what was going on, they still began to move in an orderly manner under the organization of the high-ranking priests.
Of course, Gelton was not an impulsive person. The old bishop's biggest characteristic was his cautiousness. So, when he returned to the town, the first thing he did was to send a few groups of people to the Gnarled Grove to check on the situation. After discovering that the entire forest was filled with strange and dangerous energy, and that the monsters in the forest had gone berserk, he gave the order for everyone to evacuate.
Hao Ren and the rest waited for the next development in the temporary guest house. The tense atmosphere on the street outside also affected them. Lily was a little restless. "What should we do? Do we really have to fight with a big guy that is hundreds of kilometers wide? There's no way we can beat him! "
Y 'zaks gritted his teeth and said, "I've got the meteorite ready, a super-sized one that can flatten the entire Gnarled Grove. You won't stop me this time, will you?"
Hao Ren looked at the meteorite maniac. For the first time, he felt that it was a good habit for Y 'zaks to make a hole in the ground. "Now it seems that we're counting on you. I hope it works, or else I'll have to ask for help from the higher-ups."
Vivian sat in front of the window, frowning slightly. She had been thinking about something since the beginning. She looked up and said, "Why is it such a coincidence? It's been fine for 3,000 years, and it's just a few days since we came here. The Gnarled Grove is about to wake up? "
"It's probably related to the spaceship," Hao Ren said, gritting his teeth. He felt that he had encountered all kinds of trouble. "Maybe it could have stayed quiet for a few days, but now a spaceship of tens of thousands of tons has blown a hole in its house. No matter how powerful the lullaby in the Divine Sarcophagus is, it won't be able to suppress it anymore."
Y 'zaks suddenly looked thoughtful. "There's another possibility: the maelstrom may have damaged the Divine Sarcophagus, and the lullaby stopped in advance."
All of these were possible, but it was meaningless to investigate why the Gnarled Grove would wake up so coincidentally in these few days. Becky nervously wiped her sword over and over again, muttering something. Hao Ren got closer and heard her muttering, "... Grandpa, please bless me. You've studied history all your life. Your granddaughter may be written in the history books now..." After muttering, she continued, "... Three great joys in life: being hung on the wall, being hung on the wall, being hung on the wall... There's nothing to be afraid of. Maybe I'll become a hero this time..."
Hao Ren listened to her and could not help but pat Becky on the shoulder. "Relax, we can still go offline in an emergency. We won't die."
Unexpectedly, Becky's expression changed. "I've decided. I won't run this time."
"Huh?" Hao Ren was surprised.
"This is my hometown." Becky lowered her head and continued to wipe her sword. "The First Born must be very powerful. If it runs out of Dragonspine Ridge, I'm afraid not many people in this world can survive... They have nowhere to run, so I won't run this time."
Hao Ren was moved. He saw Becky holding the demon sword, slightly closed her eyes and whispered, "But you can take me out without my consent. Don't forget..."
Hao Ren was speechless. This girl's life was really complicated!
At this time, Lily's ears suddenly twitched. She slid down from the chair and lay on the ground, her pointed ear pressed against the floor. "Did you guys hear anything?"
Hao Ren and the others looked at each other. "No."
"There seems to be a rumbling sound," Lily had one ear pressed against the ground, the other trembling. "It's coming from underground..."
Hao Ren immediately felt cold sweat running down his neck. "... It can't be so fast, right? Didn't they say it would only wake up in two days? "
Not long after his voice trailed off, there was a sudden noise in the distance. A moment later, the town's alarm bell rang with a more rapid rhythm!
Everyone hurriedly ran to the window, only to see many fully-armored warriors running in the direction of the noise, and in the distance, a blurry fire was rapidly approaching.
Y 'zaks was the first to run to the door. "Go check it out, something's wrong!"
Hao Ren and the rest ran to the street, towards the direction of the noise. At this time, there were more and more panicked people on the street, all of them were running from the direction of the rising fire. Becky grabbed a passerby and asked, "What's going on in front?"
The passerby looked panicked, and without looking at who it was, he replied loudly, "Monster! There's a monster coming out of the ground! "
Hao Ren's heart tightened. The monster coming out of the ground at this critical juncture must have something to do with the root system!
He immediately led the team in the direction of the accident, bumping into many running townspeople along the way. After turning around a row of bungalows, he saw what the so-called monster was.
Countless large holes appeared on the stone road of the town, and a large number of hair-raising tentacles drilled out of the holes. They were madly swinging at everything within their range of attack!
It was the root system of the Gnarled Grove!
These strange and terrifying underground creatures had brought unprecedented panic. The townspeople, who were still in a daze, finally knew what the evacuation order was all about. Everywhere were the panicked screams of the civilians and the painful cries of the injured. The huge tentacles that suddenly came out of the ground caused great casualties to the civilians who were caught off guard. The people scattered in all directions, desperately trying to get away from these monsters that they had never heard of before. The church warriors who rushed to the scene were already engaged in a fierce battle with the monsters. The knights relied on their thick armor and special body enhancements to control the powerful tentacles with all their might. The mages who were on the periphery of the army, after a brief observation, found the only effective method of attack: fire.
The rising fire was caused by the magicians when they attacked the tentacles.
However, in the face of the tentacles of the ancient creatures, the strength of the ordinary warriors and spellcasters was too weak. A single tentacle could send several heavily armored warriors flying ten meters away with a single sweep. The fireballs of the ordinary mages could only burn off a negligible layer of keratin on the surface of the tentacles. The ordinary city guards who had gathered could only barely fight the monsters with their bodies of flesh and blood. However, the stalemate was quickly broken as more and more tentacles broke out of the ground!
A layer of terrible flames suddenly rose from Y 'zaks' body, like a humanoid tank, rushed to the nearest tentacle, and at the same time, shouted to the ordinary soldiers, "Go inform Ophra and Gelton! Leave this to us! "
Hao Ren pulled out his inspector's gun and waved to the others. "Go!"
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