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The smoke and dust obscured the sight. The sound of metal and rock breaking came from time to time from some nearby buildings or artificial grounds. Accompanied by these breaking sounds, there were constant vibrations coming from deep underfoot. Although this amazing fortress had crashed on the ground, just like the death of a giant beast, its overly large and bloated body still took a long time to collapse to reach a stable state. Before this, the "death aftertaste" of this huge body might last for days or even months.
Belsetia and Elaine left the collapsed Central Palace. They trekked on the tilted and broken land, crossing the ruins of building ruins with the remains of magic weapons, and fought with wandering distorted distortions several times in the middle, but never encountered the kind of disciplined and cooperative enemy. The situation may be as Belsetia expected: the huge energy impact released when the Temple of Stars crashed destroyed the "spiritual connection" between the distorted legions in this area, turning these enemies who knew how to fight in the group into wise monsters again, which is undoubtedly good news.
Of course, Belsetia had thought that another better possibility might be that the highest commander of the enemy in this area was very unlucky to be in the crashed area of the temple, and now it has become a touch of dirt in the deepest part of this ruin...
But she also knew that this was probably just a beautiful idea for her. The commanders behind these monsters were obviously very cunning and cherishing their lives. They had the ability to command the front line legions across a very wide battlefield, so there was no need to charge with these cannon fodders. Moreover, in the previous battle, the soldiers who were receiving the enemy in the front had never seen anyone like "official" level in the tide of monsters that came out. Therefore, most of the controllers of these monsters were still hiding deep in the wasteland and were planning the next attack plan.
I really want to know what their expression looked like when they saw the Temple of Stars falling from the sky.
Belsetia shook her head and put these irrelevant associations aside for the time being. She heard a strange roar deep under her feet, and then a facility not far ahead suddenly collapsed. The nearby ground cracked a gap in the squeaking noise, and a series of flashes and explosive smoke rose from the crack.
She knew that this was the "big beast" under her feet that continued to "twitch" after her death, just like the muscle trembling after her flesh and blood body died. Although the main system of the temple has been completely closed, there are still many structures in the deepest ancient and complex cabins in the oldest and complex cabins, but I don't know how long this process will last in the end.
A low and chaotic roar and whisper came from the depths of a thick smoke in the distance, interrupting the slight sadness that arose in Belsetia's heart, and also slowing down her and Elaine's steps at the same time.
They quickly hid themselves behind a nearby boulder, staring vigilantly at the rolling smoke coming out of a certain ventilation duct. Several heavy footsteps sounded from the smoke, and the continuous low roar and turmoil were getting closer and closer.
Belsetia counted her heartbeat carefully. At the same time as the twelfth heartbeat sounded, she saw those tall and twisted figures. Monsters with mud and flesh flowing all over her body swayed out of the thick smoke. While staggering forward, they were shaking their aimless and ugly heads left and right, as if they were sniffing their prey to find the aura of living people who had just appeared here.
Belsetia quickly exchanged glances with her close maid, and had already decided on a battle plan without verbal conversation. The next second, a figure holding a double sword rushed out from behind the hiding place. Lightning flashed in the air, and two sharp arcs suddenly flashed from the trajectory of Elaine's charge. A distorted body walking in the front was instantly cut into three pieces and cut off the head with one sword.
The two swords in the hands of the blonde elves bloomed like flowers, slashing towards the second enemy at nearly the speed of sound. Elaine's figure rotated in the center of the Iron Flower, and the aberrations that reacted made a chaotic roar, pounced on the breath of life that suddenly brightened in their perception. But in the next second, the icy cone that was like a rainstorm emerged out of thin air in mid-air, hitting the deformed monsters who had no time to dodge.
The dirty and flowing flesh and blood were firmly nailed to the ground by the ice cone. The subsequent extreme cold breath made the monsters' huge bodies brittle and slow. Elaine walked and danced in the gap between the ice blade and the cold wind, and two long-charged swords harvested the dying monsters one by one.
A distorted body located at the edge of the battlefield broke free from the shackles at the last moment. The monster raised its arm high, and a dark red energy beam quickly formed in its hand, aiming at the vital points behind Elaine, but a long sword flew through the air. The sword was held by the invisible magic hand, instantly cutting off the monster's arm, and cutting off its remaining limbs before the opponent recovered. Finally, the sword flew high and stabbed it quickly from the air. With a blast, it nailed the monster directly to the ground with dirty blood flowing.
At this time, Elaine's last sword also completed the final harvest. In just a few dozen seconds, the chaotic roars made by several distorted bodies completely quieted in the ruins.
Belsetia walked towards Elaine and waved her hand gently to the side. The sword that nailed the monster was pulled out by the invisible magic hand and was thrown away from the air. Then she swung back to the Silver Queen's hand. The latter looked at Elaine raising a distorted corpse with the tip of the sword, and frowned slightly: "How many waves of monsters are we ever encountered?"
"The seventh wave is not what we are careful to bypass," Elaine replied, "Thanks to the stragglers, if these monsters are rushing up in groups, we may not be opponents. What did you think of?"
"How did they survive the previous impact?" Belsetia's face looked solemn. "Occasionally there are some surviving monsters. After all, they are huge in number and tenacious in vitality. There are always lucky people who hide in just the right place to escape the impact. But now we have encountered so many surviving monsters, and... this is still the upper part of the temple."
Elaine's expression finally changed slightly: "You mean..."
"The upper area, and the upper area after the main body of the temple has been broken and the connection passages have been blocked, it is not easy for these monsters who originally wandered on the plain to climb here. It is no less than climbing a steep mountain. Even if they are tired and hurt, it will take some time to climb up from the ground below, right?"
Belsetia said in a deep voice, staring at the dirty remains that fell to the ground. The corpses of the aberrant monsters had begun to decompose at this moment. In a rising black smoke, their flesh and blood were quickly dissipating with the smoke and dust, leaving only the twisted skeletons after severe corrosion, which made her slowly think of some "characteristics" about the aberrant.
"Maybe... they were 'generated' in the upper floor of the Temple not long ago," she said slowly. "Elaine, do you remember that the aberrants have a mysterious characteristic? They can 'appear out of thin air' in the magical environment of the wasteland..."
Elaine slowly widened her eyes, and after a moment, she nodded with a very ugly expression and said, "Yes, I remember... This is still uncle Gao Wen seven hundred years ago
The first characteristic discovered by the team led by us... Once those monsters gather to a certain extent, they will create a magical environment like the wasteland of Gondor around them. Once this magical environment is rich to a certain extent, more distortions will condense out of thin air in the magic field, proliferate and expand like a snowball, and spread pollution quickly... This is also their most terrifying point. We had to build a 'magnificent wall' to block the entire ancient country of Gondor. This is the main reason."
While speaking, the elf maid slowly looked around the upper area of the temple filled with smoke and dust, and her tone became hesitant and nervous: "Can you say that this is already..."
"After the magnificent wall is damaged, the atmosphere of the wasteland will inevitably leak out, which is equivalent to the expansion of the 'wasteland' itself. We are now crashing near the original Sentinel Tower, blocking the middle of this break," Belsetia said solemnly. "In a sense, we are now standing inside the wasteland, but the huge structure of the temple itself forms a barrier, blocking most of the wasteland atmosphere to the north, so the number of monsters generated here is also limited, but... they are indeed generating."
Elaine opened her eyes wide, she held the sword in her hand little by little, and a chill continued to spread from the bottom of her heart until the Queen of Silver sounded again, and then interrupted the chill in her heart: "Fortunately we blocked it."
She looked at the Silver Queen, and the other party smiled at her and repeated the words just now: "Fortunately we blocked it. Even if there are a few monsters that can climb over from the top of the temple, they will be quickly destroyed by the defenders on the south side, and the breath of the wasteland will be blocked by the falling mountain range of the Temple of Stars. Elaine, we did not turn the Gaoling Kingdom into the second Gondor wasteland, which is a good thing."
Elaine looked at the queen who grew up with her in front of her. She was stunned for several seconds before finally a smile rose from the corner of her mouth: "You are right, this is indeed a good thing..."
As soon as she finished speaking, a low noise, as if a roar and whispered, suddenly emerged from the smoke and dust nearby!
The voice muttered, at first it seemed like a touch of auditory hallucination in the smoke and dust, but then a hazy limb appeared in the air. The first one appeared was a twisted skeleton, followed by a flesh and blood flowing like mud gathered on the surface of the skeleton and formed. The terrifying distortion monster was born from nothing under the noses of Elaine and Belsetia, as if a nightmare appeared out of thin air in reality!
"Swish clang!!"
A sound of breaking through the air and slashing metal instantly cut through the air. As soon as the monster condensed in half, it was cut in half by two crossed swords. Elaine's figure attacked instantly and returned to Belsetia instantly. She was not like the dark wizards and evil dragons in the story of the bard. She would not wait for the disgusting monster to be fully born like waiting for the brave to give a speech.
"You said another thing right," I looked at the blood stain that was not clean on the sword. Elaine smiled bitterly and turned her head to look at Belsetia. "These monsters are really just born..."
Belsetia did not answer, but slowly raised the battle staff and enchanted sword in her hand. In the surrounding air, unsettling aura was quickly gathering, and countless low whispers and roars rose and fell in the seemingly empty air, filling her senses like nightmares surrounding the night.
Perhaps it was because of the strong breath of life here, or perhaps the battle just now caused too much movement, and the malicious intention entrenched on this wasteland finally realized the two active "uninvited guests" here. The corrupt and dirty power condensed its minions here, one after another, and the distorted tall figures quickly condensed in the surrounding air, filling the eyes of the master and servant.
This time, there seems to be no more corners to hide or routes to avoid.
Belsetia glanced at the close maid beside her and said, "Elaine, are you afraid?"
"Nothing scary, I just feel that these things are a little disgusting," Elaine said with a expressionless face. "I will have nightmares when I go back."
Belsetia smiled, and the magic light began to float at the end of the battle staff in her hand. However, she couldn't help but think of something in her mind that seemed to have nothing to do with the situation in front of her.
"Did Uncle Gao Wen, seven hundred years ago... also faced such a situation and finally died of exhaustion?"
"Maybe... the records about that battle are not detailed, but I think the situation in front of us should be almost as bad as that."
Belsetia smiled, and she gently waved her staff. A chain of thunder curtains ignited the air around her, killing the monsters that had not yet condensed in pieces like a rainstorm. However, more twisted figures condensed in the smoke after the monsters fell. The low whispers and roars around became clearer and full of malice.
"You said, if we fell down today, we would be like Uncle Gao Wen in a few hundred years...what did he say... 'Open the coffin'?"
"You won't fall today," Elaine raised her swords, saying unreasonably but with confidence, "I said, this dirty land is not worthy of devouring your life."
Belsetia couldn't help laughing and shook her head gently: "You are so happy..."
"boom!!"
A terrible loud bang suddenly exploded at this moment, interrupting the next words of the Silver Queen and also shocked the entire world.
It sounded like some heavy behemoth hitting the earth at the speed of sound, like another hill crashing beside the Temple of Stars. This terrible impact even shook the entire earth, making Belsetia and Elaine feel dizzy at the same time. Then, they heard another series of roars sounding from afar, crushing all the way towards this side.
It was like a furious giant beast, rushing around and striking the mountains.
Even Elaine, who had been calm, couldn't help but be shocked at this moment: "Your Majesty... what's the movement?!"
Belsetia was also stunned. She saw a huge ray of smoke rising from the distance, and it seemed that something huge was rushing towards this side.
"I don't know..."
She muttered subconsciously, but before she could finish her words, another thunderous voice overwhelmed her murmur
Chapter completed!