The Path of Pilgrimage was the widest road on the face of Mount Olympus. It was made of sturdy man-made "rocks" and could allow at least ten cars to drive side by side. This wide road wound up the mountain of Mount Olympus and passed by the twelve temples on the mountain. The latter were the energy output and control points of the Sunscorching Obelisk. Of course, they were now occupied by monsters. Some of the monsters were former warriors and servants of the temples, but most of them were giant beasts from the Mythological Era who guarded the peace of the temples.
In the dazzling electric light, two armored scorpions fell from a height of dozens of meters and crushed the last two Obsidian Sphinxes in front of us. Then, the team continued to move forward.
"These are the arcane stone monsters that were originally acting as sculptures at the entrance of the temples. It seems that the energy leaking from the Sunscorching Obelisk has activated these solid magical creations. They were then contaminated by the demonic aura," Ares muttered as he passed by the pile of obsidian fragments on the ground. Ares could not help but mutter as he passed by the pile of obsidian fragments on the ground. The blood on the greatsword in his hand was still steaming abnormally hot. That was the boiling blood left behind after he killed the Minotaur. This super warrior with infinite strength was even stronger than mass-produced armored scorpions in close combat. He had already cut down at least a hundred monsters with the plank sword in his hand, and he was not even panting now.
"The last temple is in front of us. Further up, the remaining energy of the Sunscorching Obelisk is still maintaining the operation of the Zeus Temple, and the psionic barrier is protecting the peak." Sandora looked up and said, "We haven't seen Zeus' lightning attack the enemy for a few minutes. We have to hurry."
"I hope your dad just wants to take a breather." I patted Ares on the elbow, but the latter only smiled faintly. "My father has been guarding your property for 760,000 years. He will definitely continue to hold on until the last moment."
"Hiss …"
The sound of pythons spitting their tongues suddenly came from all directions. Hundreds of Medusa monsters emerged from the shadows closest to us and slithered towards us. These ugly giant pythons had bodies as thick as buckets and a human head that was connected to more than ten laser guns. They were the creation of the mixture of Atlantean warriors and biochemical beasts that had died in battle. They relied on their astonishing vitality and absolute bravery to fight. We had already eliminated more than one wave of these creatures, but it was obvious that these monsters were mass-produced in the Atlantean "God System."
"To be honest, you guys are much uglier than Rider. Fortunately, she didn't come." I looked at the "Medusas" who were gathering laser beams and shook my head regretfully. Then, I focused my spiritual power on the energy grid below their heads. "Just self-destruct. At least you will die like an Atlantean."
Boom! Boom! Boom! The low-level psionic energy group that the medusas wore self-destructed under the impact of my spiritual power. Dozens of snake monsters that wandered in front of me didn't even have their bones left in the continuous explosions. Only a few sections of their charred tails fell to the ground. They were still writhing madly under the support of their tenacious vitality, emitting faint black smoke.
The remaining snake monsters seemed to be shocked and stopped attacking. They raised their heads and hissed at us like real snakes. However, before their demonstration ended, these monsters fell to the ground one after another. They didn't even have the chance to wail in pain.
They didn't have any injuries on their bodies, but if you looked closely, you would notice that the shadows they cast on the ground had turned into a chilling state. They were broken and distorted, as though their spines had been stripped of their flesh and cut into pieces. They were scattered on the ground under the bodies of the medusas. There were even some shadows that were twitching in pain, as though they were once alive.
A faint black fog quickly gathered around me and revealed Monina's appearance. The assassin in the darkness had a calm expression. The tip of the dagger in her left hand was still dripping with suspicious black phantoms. The spatula in her right hand was shining brightly under the light of the Zeus Temple on the mountain peak.
"… You are not allowed to use this when you cook at night!"
Monina knocked on her brother's head with the spatula. "I took the wrong one just now, but I didn't use it! I can use a knife to deal with these little guys! "
That's right, those Medusas who died mysteriously were instantly killed by Monina. In this final battle to welcome victory, this Dark Goddess girl who introduced herself as a specialist in secret executions finally showed her true fighting style before our eyes. Before this, she was just like an ordinary Scorpion Soldier, using the dagger in her hand to fight directly. (I have to admit, even if it was the most basic fighting style without any skills, Monina was still stronger than a Scorpion Soldier. Her billions of years of fighting experience was too much of a cheat.)
Shadow Executioner, this was mentioned in the information Sandora shared with me through our spiritual connection. It was the name of the method Monina used to kill her enemies just now. Perhaps only Protoss could control this power that was beyond the scope of scientific explanation. In order to activate this skill, the attacker first had to subvert their own worldview. As the Protoss's consciousness interfered with the "truth" of the world to a large extent, this subversion of their worldview could, to a certain extent, make the world appear as the latter wanted it to appear. Monina in this state allowed herself to enter the Plane of Shadows, a world that was the exact opposite of what was real and what was fake. In there, the real body became an erratic shadow, and the shadow on the ground became an object that could be destroyed. Monina used her own soul blade to destroy the most defenseless side of the enemy. As long as the enemy's soul power was weaker than hers, there was no room for resistance under the attack of the Shadow Executioner.
And so, all the Medusas died because Monina sliced their shadows and souls into pieces. She used the technique of peeling potatoes.
"To be honest, I think that if the few of you were here, I could go home and eat right now."
Seeing how the Dark Goddess was able to destroy the enemy so easily, and even using a skill that couldn't be countered, I couldn't help but have the mentality of eating and waiting for death. In the end, Sandora rolled her eyes at me. "Ah Jun, be more serious!"
I shrugged my shoulders in surrender. Sandora didn't say it directly, but how could I not guess what she meant since we were already connected telepathically? Personally participating in the battle against Atlantis, to the two of us, to put it bluntly, was just a symbolic meaning.
That's right, Atlantis was just a city. No matter how big it was or how many Abyss monsters it carried, it was still just a city. Our warships and armies could conquer countless such cities, but only Atlantis, no matter how much time and resources it would take, would require Sandora and I to personally lead the Imperial Army to subdue it. In fact, we didn't even allow a single servant army to participate in this battle.
This was because this was a territory that the Empire had lost hundreds of thousands of years ago. There were people who had waited for the Empire for hundreds of thousands of years here. Sandora and I had to personally come here, even if it was just a symbolic meaning. There were some things that had to be done and repaid even if there weren't any practical benefits.
If it was the era of the old Empire, the era of the decisive Princess Zhange, perhaps Sandora would disdain such matters. That was because a group of disabled people like Atlantis no longer had much value to the Empire. In the eyes of the people of the Empire who prioritized efficiency above all else, they were experimental animals that should have been sent back to the furnace to be refined. However, after gradually realizing how much the cruel actions of the old Empire had led their civilization astray, Sandora no longer thought that way.
"I know, I know. Let's continue forward. The last Atlantean who was fighting bravely is waiting for reinforcements." I said to Sandora with a smile. I was delighted that my lover was becoming more and more like a human. Even though she was still so cruel when facing enemies, in other situations, Sandora was becoming more and more like a human. "Oh … It's those troublesome fellows again."
Our team had already passed the last Temple, leaving the area where the Medusa monsters resided far behind. The psionic barrier outside the Temple of Zeus was already faintly visible. However, a group of enemies that resembled a dark cloud blocked the team's path.
It was this group of troublesome fellows again — the Harpies.
These biochemical monsters with messy black wings and one arm that had been modified into a photon cannon were creatures created by combining the dead Atlantean female soldiers and machinery. They were a different kind of biochemical soldiers that were originally used to fight against the Chaos Legion. The Harpies that relied on aerodynamics to fly could not possibly fight against the Shiring Apostles in aerial combat. Therefore, the original intention of these creatures was not to fight against the "Visca Legion's" soldiers but to supervise the battle. They often hung far behind their own legion and hid in the folds of space during the most intense battle. Once an Atlantean soldier was infected by the enemy and went crazy, or there was a deserter, the Harpies would rush out and use the cannon in their hands to focus fire on the target.
This was a "troop" that was forced to be born in the cruel doomsday war. They effectively prevented the "demonic infection" from causing greater damage to their own army in the battle. However, they were also disliked by ordinary Atlantean civilians because of their cruel mission, even though the latter also understood the burdens of the banshees.
Therefore, when there was no battle, the Harpies would gather in the dense forests and caves of Mount Olympus. Only here, they could live in peace without worrying about the fear of the world.
When the debris of the star ring hit, only a small number of Harpies escaped from their caves. Most of them had been infected by the abyss and became monsters. Now, they were the most numerous and the most troublesome creatures on Mount Olympus. Although their combat power was average, their numbers were annoying.
Ilson raised the giant shield in his hand and rushed forward. Golden holy light spread out from the giant shield, forming a light barrier connected by countless hexagonal light shields. The Harpies' photon cannon was completely blocked by the holy light barrier due to its "light" nature. Ilson waved the holy sword in his hand and began to fire an unlimited number of holy cannons. As he fired, he shouted excitedly, "Go! Starlight Burst! Victory Oath! Pegasus Meteor Punch! Positron Siege Cannon! Energy Wave! Ohhhh — I'll show you the power of the God of War! "
Everyone behind him thought that this was the power of the Bubble. Look at how brainwashed the God of War was.
"It seems that this is the last batch. Let me stretch my muscles!"
Brendel raised his hand and blocked Raven 001's casting. Then, he pulled out a gorgeous longbow that shone with golden light from nothingness. I was stunned by what I saw.
Big Sister Icetis, the strongest female rogue in history, your standard equipment is not a brick or a steel pipe, but a golden longbow that has the aura of a heroine? Did I see wrongly, or did you take out the wrong thing? How could this thing compare to your tortoise fists that could move people's souls!
"Don't look at me like that. No matter what, I am still the Goddess of Light." Bryndis pouted at me. From the quiver that appeared on her back along with the longbow, she took out an arrow that was shining with golden light and runes, as if it was made of pure gold. She nocked it on the longbow and aimed at the group of Harpies that were constantly pouncing on the Holy Light barrier. "Back then, my archery skills were unrivaled in the middle school district.
The bowstring vibrated lightly, and the golden arrow left the bowstring, suddenly splitting into hundreds of rays of light in midair. Each ray of light seemed to have a homing head, accurately piercing through a Harpy, quickly and painlessly purifying them into pure light elements.
This beautiful multi-arrow rain + tracking shot + holy light burn made me look at Icetis in a new light. She raised the longbow in her hand at me and said, "Amazing, right? When I first started working, I was worshipped as the Goddess of Hunting and the Guardian of Archers in another world!"
"Let's not worry about that first!" Boli Dream couldn't care less about the aftereffects of food poisoning. She immediately jumped to Icetis's side and asked, "Can I borrow an arrow?"
Icetis looked at the human girl in confusion but generously pulled out an arrow and gave it to her. "Whatever. It's iron coated with copper."
Boli Dream curiously grabbed a Holy Light arrow that looked particularly exquisite but was actually a scam. She suddenly took out a meal card from her pocket and tied it to the arrow. She handed it back to Icetis hopefully and said, "Shoot another arrow, shoot another arrow …"
What the heck! Why didn't I think that multi-arrow rain could be used like this!
But Icetis shook her head vigorously and said angrily, "Don't even think about it. It's useless! I signed up for the archery class with the same goal as you. Damn it, the extracurricular classes are all scams! "
As soon as I heard this, I didn't say anything else and led the group forward. Staying with these two clowns for too long would cause mental illness.
* Kaboom! * A huge bolt of lightning flashed over our heads, drawing a glaring scar in the dark sky above Mount Olympus. This was the thunder of Zeus. Obviously, this was his way of welcoming us.
The ground troops had already cleared out the countless monsters occupying the entire sacred mountain. There were some casualties, but with the presence of the leader bee, the casualties were kept to a minimum. As the last claw that had pierced into the floating island of Atlantis was cut off, the star ring fragment finally lost its right to strut around. Its abyssal reaction had dropped below the safety line, and it was now mobile. A barge detached itself from the carrier and began to pull the star ring fragment with a gravitational field. We could hear muffled roars and faint tremors coming from the foot of the mountain. Considering that the instruction manual said 'in theory', Vega had almost buried half of the mountain with his energy coils. This was actually the sound of the coils activating at the same time.
After wiping out the last group of Harpies, Shadora and I personally led our team to the top of Mount Olympus. A psionic shield that was still flashing with blue light protected the peak of Mount Olympus. It was completely bright on the inside, which was the complete opposite of the dark clouds and fog outside. The Temple of Zeus was built on a wide alloy platform at the top of the mountain. The ancient and heavy building shone brilliantly under the light of the psionic energy.
"I like this feeling of victory, even though it is insignificant compared to the war." Sandora walked briskly at the front. "It has been a long time since I personally led a small team to raid the enemy's base. This feeling is really nostalgic."
Listening to Sandora's tone, which sounded like she was back in school, lamenting about something that happened tens of millions of years ago, as an earthling, I couldn't help but feel overwhelmed.
A report came from the communication link. "This is barge number 17. The star ring fragment has physically separated from the floating island. It is currently in a stable state. We are loading it into the barge's space warehouse. The fragment will be inert in 15 minutes and will be transported back to the capital."
"This is the 133rd Armored Scorpion Division. The entire Atlantis city has been suppressed. We have taken back every street. The Valkyrie Regeneration Factory and the Anubis Regeneration Factory have completed their self-purification. Now, the Valkyrie and Anubis are under control again."
"This is Hermes. The divine servants are in position in the temples. Atlantis can set sail at any time. We have taken back our home. "
The reports that represented the completion of the mission were gathered together. It made everyone feel as relaxed as the dark clouds in the sky of Atlantis had dispersed. Sandora and I looked at each other and smiled. It was as though a heavy stone from hundreds of thousands of years ago had finally been put down.
"You have worked hard, soldiers. The battle for Atlantis has ended."
At this moment, the door of the Zeus Temple slowly opened. Zeus, who had been controlling the Lightning Tower from inside the temple, walked out. Every step he took caused the ground to tremble slightly. Then, the door that was engraved with lightning and clouds slowly closed behind him.
A radiant giant. Like Hades, Zeus was a twelve-meter-tall giant, but unlike Hades, who was shrouded in a black cloak, this giant was wearing a silver-white armor that seemed to be forged from light. That ancient and gorgeous armor was constantly flowing with brilliant silver light, and even the huge cloak behind him was overflowing with color. Although it couldn't reach the level where every single hair on Anveena and Alaya's body could shine, Zeus' brilliance was indeed worthy of his title as the king of the "gods".
The giant had a solemn expression on his face. He stood at the entrance of his post like a soldier waiting for inspection. When we walked in, he hit his left chest with force, performing a standard Imperial Army salute. A loud voice thundered in our eardrums.
"My mission is complete."
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