Lin was gone, and so was Eersson. All that was left was a pile of rubble, broken walls, and a group of onlookers who did not know the truth. I was drenched in cold sweat.
Ever since the five of us landed on the battlefield, we have been drenched in cold sweat.
Icetis patted Monina's shoulder. "Don't be sad, child. There is a price to pay for war. Your brother is a hero."
Monina sighed. "Sigh, we can have one less person to cook in the future."
"I feel that this is the most depressing Wall of Sighs that has ever been destroyed in history." Looking at the ground ten meters in front of me and the blue and white line that was still crackling with electric sparks, I had mixed feelings. "Ilson's experience shows that if you want to communicate with a child with an intelligence of less than five and a half years, it's best to be concise and to the point."
Everyone agreed with me.
As Vega had led another team to the crash site to investigate the situation of the star ring fragment, the armored scorpions in front of me were commanded by a scorpion that I was not familiar with. Perhaps it was because she did not have much contact with us unscrupulous fellows, the silent long-haired armored scorpion decided to prioritize the mission after looking at the mess around her. Without saying a word, she organized the soldiers and prepared to enter the inner city. I heard her summon the commanders of the armored scorpion team and explain the operation plan. "My plan is to charge and hack …"
The group of scorpions roared in agreement. Everyone had a look of anticipation on their faces. It was obvious that when they came together to discuss the operation plan, it was basically the same process.
Raven 001 and Olga were releasing some detection devices. Raven 001 activated the Eye of Arcane Spell to locate the signs of life in the inner city. Olga used the Mirror Image to create many fragile probes and threw them into the group of temples on the opposite side.
The tall and magnificent temples and spires were silent and lifeless in the thin black fog. But looking at Raven 001's solemn expression, I knew that she had found the enemy.
"Energy response in front! Prepare for battle! "
Raven suddenly shouted a warning. She leaped hundreds of meters into the air in an instant. The dazzling blue and white energy vortex completely covered her figure. In the next second, a one-meter-thick arcane torrent spewed out from the energy vortex. It was as powerful as the main cannon of a battleship, and it blasted a tower made of boulders in the distance. As the tower fell, it began to collapse rapidly from the point of impact. Before it hit the ground, the huge stone building had turned into energy residue all over the sky. In the huge cloud of explosion, hundreds of agile figures swooped down from the top of the collapsing tower and launched a valiant attack against the invaders with shrill screams.
As they swooped down from the sky, I saw the silhouettes of the enemies. It was a group of women clad in azure armor riding black beasts. They had youthful looks and the tall physique common to the Atlanteans. They held round solar shields and heavy lightsabers that swallowed psionic rays in their hands. These female warriors were riding strange creatures that looked like black unicorns as they flew in the sky. However, they also had bird-like radiant wings on their backs. Although they were not as magnificent and powerful as Alaya's wings, considering that they were made by the researchers of the Old Empire who never wasted anything, these wings were definitely not ornaments and could be used for flight.
The winged female warriors had obviously become the minions of the Abyss. They let out sharp cries like falcons as they swung the psionic lightsabers in their hands and charged down. The Ravens, who had detected the enemy's energy fluctuations in advance, of course, were already prepared. After Raven 001's attack was ineffective, more arcane arrows and forked lightning bolts burst out from the aerial attack formation formed by the Ravens. In an instant, hundreds of Atlantean female warriors who were wielding their lightsabers were drowned by the overwhelming magic attacks. But just when I thought that the first wave of enemies would be easily defeated by the Ravens, the Atlantean female warriors rushed out of the explosion with their shining energy shields!
Of course, the attack just now had already reduced their numbers by at least a third. Even though the remaining two-thirds were all injured, they still managed to withstand a head-on attack from the heroic warriors. This was enough to show that these female warriors who were stationed in the inner city were on a completely different level from the Abyss monsters outside!
The sound of metal clashing resounded from the defensive line of the Armored Scorpions. That was the sound of standard battleship blades clashing in the air before being thrown into battle. Clashing weapons before a battle was a custom of the Armored Scorpions that had been passed down since ancient times. This meant that when the Scorpions saw the enemy wielding light swords, they immediately went into a state of frenzy. This was because the enemy fully fulfilled the two conditions for the Armored Scorpions to fight: First, they used melee weapons. Second, since they were a melee class, they actually didn't use cold weapons!
Even though they were melee weapons, psionic lightsabers were classified as hot weapons. At the very least, in the eyes of the inflexible Armored Scorpions, a weapon with a high temperature was a hot weapon. Thus, a group of Armored Scorpions who thought that the enemy was tarnishing the reputation of cold weapons were enraged, even though I didn't know why they were enraged.
* Weng — — Zi zi. * The standard battleship blades covered in a Phase Shifting Force Field clashed violently with the small round shields with the emblem of the sun in the hands of the female Atlantean warriors, emitting a low-frequency sound wave that resonated with it. Layers of ripples of light surged out from the point of collision, spreading the impact caused by the brute force of the Scorpions.
The deadliest attack of the Armored Scorpions was their first attack in every battle. The instantaneous burst of speed and strength could cause most of the enemies to be torn apart before they could even react. In the previous battles, even if there were monsters that were able to withstand the first wave of attacks from the Armored Scorpions, there were very few who didn't suffer injuries. However, these female Atlanteans actually managed to block all of them!?
Sandora furrowed her eyebrows. "The principle of the Phase Shifting Force Blade is to form a deflected and constantly moving Spatial Fold Groove. This extremely thin layer of Spatial Fold Groove can move any object that it comes into contact with to another space before moving it out from the nearby Spatial Exit. With this kind of continuous teleportation, the Phase Shifting Force Blade possesses unparalleled destructive power against any form of physical armor, making it almost impossible to block. However, those Solar Shields … are steel shields covered in psionic energy. Their self-replenishing speed is even faster than the deflection speed of the Phase Shifting Force Blade!"
This was the reason why the Scorpions' first round of attacks were ineffective. However, it seemed that I didn't have to worry about the Armored Scorpions. After their first round of attacks were blocked, they immediately exploded with even more ferocious attacks. They used violence to prove the principle of one force to defeat ten. The standard Battleship Slicing Force Blade produced a thunderous sonic boom in the air. In an instant, nearly a thousand slashes tore apart the enemy's Solar Shield. The latter was overloaded and burned in just a few rounds of battle!
The Armored Scorpions' attacks were barbaric and direct. They simply slashed horizontally, vertically, and diagonally. They didn't use any confusing moves or intricate maneuvers. They only knew one thing, which was to optimize their power output to the nanometer. They used the shortest amount of time and the smallest amount of power to deal the greatest damage to the enemy. They aimed at a single point and slashed down with all their might. If one slash didn't work, they would slash until it did. This was the Armored Scorpions' battle art. Raven called them the last uncivilized tumor in the highly civilized Schilling society. However, you have to admit that in most situations, this kind of straightforward battle tactic was very effective.
The Fallen Warriors that attacked us had extraordinary combat skills. Even when facing the Armored Scorpions, they were still barely able to defend and attack at the same time. They no longer had any thoughts of thought and it seemed that they didn't even feel pain. They fought with their lives on the line, exchanging blows for blows or even mutual destruction. Hundreds of Fallen Warriors charged into the Armored Scorpions' battle formation. However, that was all they could do. The Armored Scorpions adjusted their power output and the longswords in their hands continuously broke through the sound barrier with thunderous booms. They used brute force to quickly gain the upper hand.
After a series of howls, all the Fallen Warriors that fought the Armored Scorpions in close combat were wiped out. Their powerful Psionic Shield and Divine Physique didn't allow them to be suppressed one-sidedly like the other Armored Scorpions. Instead, they were able to put up a good fight. However, due to the difference in strength, their lightsabers were unable to effectively block the Battleship Slicing Force Blades. Not to mention, the Armored Scorpions' shields and hard shells weren't that easy to break through. In the end, these Fallen Warriors were defeated.
After a short dozen seconds of fighting, the Armored Scorpions used their greatswords to prove who was the king of close combat.
Hundreds of Fallen Warriors with wings of light fell to the ground. The small round shields and lightsabers in their hands gradually extinguished.
"Hmph, heresy who heated up their blades."
A certain Scorpion Soldier said. I was speechless.
However, just as we were about to go forward to check the corpses of the unfamiliar enemies, a strange phenomenon occurred. The Fallen Warriors that were killed by the Armored Scorpions fell to the ground and began to turn into light spots that filled the sky. They spiraled up and gradually disappeared into the air. The scene was so beautiful that it was like the last ten minutes of a blockbuster movie. Did the enemies all rise to the sky?
Ares saw my confusion. Now, he had the time to explain in a low voice, "Those were Valkyries. They have the power to resurrect. I didn't expect that even those Warriors would be contaminated. "
"Valkyries?" I was stunned. "Zeus bought Odin?"
Ares asked, "What do you mean by bought?"
Hades asked, "Which one is Odin?"
Sandora poked my waist. "Ah Jun, be serious. The current myths and legends on Earth basically all originated from the descendants of Atlantis. They do have Mount Olympus and Zeus, but they are not limited to the Greek gods. Just now, the enemy's shield even had the words' Ra ', the Sun God."
I asked Sandora to supplement my knowledge of Earth again!
"The Valkyries appeared in the later stages of the war. At that time, the Demon Army had the ability to continuously resurrect, and their numbers were still increasing day by day. However, the number of Atlantean warriors was limited, and their growth was slow. As the war progressed, the number of warriors of the Great God decreased. In order to maintain the combat power, the Great God began to create a type of soldiers that could continuously resurrect, which were the Valkyries and Anubis. They were equipped with the Sun Shield, Sunscorching Longsword, and Dusk Scepter that the Great God personally created. They had the power between ordinary soldiers and the servants of God like us. More importantly, their souls were immortal. After their bodies were destroyed, they would be teleported back to Su Sheng Hall, and after a few hours, they could re-enter the battle …"
"How are these soldiers made?" Sandora suddenly interrupted Ares and asked with a frown.
Ares smiled. "When the devout Atlantean soldiers are seriously injured, they will voluntarily be sent to the Ascension Workshop. Their useless remains will be purified by the holy flame, and their souls will rise into the holy furnace and be injected with new life. The male soldiers will be resurrected as Anubis, and the female soldiers will be resurrected as Valkyries. These soldiers basically can't think and have no sense of pain, but they can still fight and do better than ordinary soldiers. "
"So that's how it is," Sandora whispered. "When they are still alive, their souls are extracted and fused with psionic energy to form something similar to an energy apostle. Then, they are injected into an artificially created body. That's why the physical quality of the Valkyries is comparable to the Armored Scorpions. Their bodies are at the level of an apostle. Only a fanatical faith can make carbon-based creatures endure this kind of pain … "
I opened my mouth, but in the end, nothing came out. I could only shrug and say, "There must be a Valkyrie regeneration factory in the inner city. We have to think of a way to get our hands on those things first."
No one had any objections. All the soldiers followed the order and cautiously entered the city that was wreaking havoc in the abyss. Hades was very familiar with the roads in the inner city. He pointed us in the direction of the nearest control center, and the ground troops were now advancing towards it.
"Although I don't really understand, it seems that you are not in a good mood?"
An unfamiliar girl's voice sounded in my ear. I turned around to look. It turned out to be a white-haired maid wearing a miniskirt and a white hair band. Because the monsters in Fantasy Land had weaker defense, they were experts in long-range magic attacks, so they were protected in the center of the troops along with Raven. This white-haired maid happened to be next to me.
She should be a very serious person. Even though she was speaking while marching, she still had a vigilant look on her face as she observed the surroundings. From her expression, it seemed that she was very used to this kind of vigilant state. Between her fingers were several silver-white throwing knives. Those throwing knives had faint traces of blood on them. It was obvious that they had been effectively used in the previous battle.
"Sixteen Nights?" Because I had met her once or twice before, and she was considered a famous figure in the Eastern world, I smoothly called out her name.
"I didn't think that you would still remember my name." The maid with proper manners didn't forget to nod slightly in greeting as she walked quickly, displaying the demeanor of a follower of a prestigious family. "I don't have any other intentions for taking the liberty to talk to you. I just want to ask, after this war ends, what are your arrangements for us?"
I looked at her in astonishment. I didn't know why she would suddenly say such a thing. All the monsters in Fantasy Land didn't seem to be worried about their own future. Could it be that Sixteen Nights was actually one of the rare existences who believed in crisis?
Perhaps because my questioning gaze was too direct, the maid in front of me looked a little unnatural. But in the end, she seemed to have made up her mind. "I am here to ask on behalf of my master. Milady, she … seems to have seen something bad."
I was a little confused by this sudden statement. I immediately began to recall what kind of ability the Milady that Sixteen Nights mentioned had: Remilia? Scarlet was the so-called Milady, a 500-year-old vampire who possessed the so-called ability to control fate. Even though she looked like a loli and was about the same height as Pandora. Due to the fact that she was an unsociable species like vampires, coupled with her willful and childish personality, Remilia didn't appear in front of me when we were preventing the fall of Atlantis. It wasn't until the ascension plan began that everyone from the Red Mage Club appeared.
Remilia's ability was called "Fate Control". Of course, she was far from that kind of sensational level. Rather than "Fate Control", it would be more accurate to say that it was some kind of halo effect: A single sentence from her could cause the other party to experience something unimaginable. It could even completely change a person's life, allowing an ordinary person to have a higher chance of experiencing an unimaginable fortuitous encounter. These were all effects that were produced unconsciously. If one were to say that this was also "Fate Control" — Lin Xue, that amalgamation of troublemakers, was much more professional than Remi. That lass's troublemaking halo had once successfully thrown the head of the Empire from the Sahara Desert to another world.
But even though it couldn't be called "Fate Control", Remilia could actually grasp some powers derived from "Fate". For example, she could see a certain person's past, predict a certain unlucky person's future, and use her words to prevent things that made her unhappy from happening. So, what did that mysterious Milady see from me?
Under my and Shadora's curious questioning, Sixteenth Night didn't hide too much from us. He honestly told us something that even the mistress of the Red Devil Tavern was worried about. In the end, she had no choice but to send her maid to investigate.
"Although you don't look like someone who has done those things," Sixteen Nights said a little nervously, "Milady saw that your recent past was often shrouded in endless disasters, from wars to extinction, death, haze, and chaotic disasters."
I was silent for a moment before saying, "Speaking of which, is there anyone who would foolishly ask someone, 'Are you a bad person?'"
"Of course it's a bit unwise to ask someone so rashly, but Milady's military analysis meetings every night are even more difficult to deal with."
I instantly understood. This was a story of a "child" who accidentally saw something bad, causing her to be unable to sleep every night. She caused chaos in the house, and in the end, she had no choice but to find the culprit and ask for a good ending. Back then, when Lin Xue wasn't very proficient in her ability, she often tormented people like this, causing our family to collectively fall into a persecutory delusion for a long period of time.
I looked at the expression of the maid beside me. She indeed had a gloomy and sleepy appearance. It seemed that she had been trained by her beloved young miss for the past two days. The reason she came to talk to me about these matters was probably because she was too curious and wanted to change her mood. As for how serious she was, it shouldn't be more than ten to twenty percent.
However, with Sixteen Nights' reminder, I really should think about how to deal with the aftermath.
Of course, the first thing I had to do was to dispel Sixteen Nights' unfounded worries. "Actually, it was just my bad luck … really."
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