. ??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????: The sky is covered with mountains and plains, endless as far as the eye can see No adjectives that humans can imagine can describe the sight of the immortal torrent.
The ferocious skeletons, terrifying faces, and silent oppression all touched the deepest hidden fears in people's hearts. When the tide of bones slowly and silently presses in, no matter how strong a person is, he can't help but feel despair.
Behind us is the Holy Mountain of Light, the safest place for mankind, and this is the last retreat. In the end, will humans be buried here and become part of these terrifying beings, or will the light be successfully expelled and the world will be peaceful?
? A steady stream of faith energy gathered in the sky above the Holy Mountain of Light, and part of it sank silently into the Holy Light Cathedral, until it was transmitted to the depths of the ground. In the crystal clear crystal, the holy godhead began to move slightly.
The Pope stood on a balcony facing the west on the Cathedral of Holy Light. Behind him stood a group of high-level officials of the Church of Light. Ten of the thirteen cardinals and archbishops came. Of the three cardinals, only Ai Boluo was left.
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Only His Majesty the Pope showed no movement at all, but his eyes also traveled across the distance of space and cast his gaze on the undead army dozens of kilometers away.
The memory of hundreds of thousands of years has long made his heart feel calm, but the less than ten thousand years after becoming a human made him feel longer than the hundreds of thousands of years before.
The human world is too prosperous, much livelier than the deserted immortal empire. After such a long experience, nothing could move him anymore.
In the battle of life and death thousands of years ago, the three immortal kings Cherimo, Neruda, and Ankvas used the skills learned from the soul of black crystal to transform into clones with light attributes in order to further improve themselves.
After becoming an immortal king. Their strength has been stagnant for hundreds of thousands of years. Want to go further. It is necessary to find another way.
Until one day. Cherimo contacted them. Reveal a grand plan. So there was an unprecedented exodus of life and race. Then the three of them appeared together.
The ability of the life race. All kings know this. This is a species with endless development potential. Especially the humans among them.
This kind of short-lived creature. Not only the reproductive capacity is amazing. He also possesses incredible creativity and learning abilities. If human power can be put to use. It is definitely not a problem for them to transcend their current strength limitations.
After the life race fled to the New World. Sure enough, in just ten thousand years. Created a powerful civilization that surpassed the Immortal Empire. He also mastered the use of the power of faith without any guidance at all. The God of Nature, the Goddess of the Dark Moon, the God of Wind, Fire, Water, Earth, and Thunder were born. There is even a dwarf war god who is the embodiment of pure thoughts.
These gods have unlimited potential for development. The speed of progress also frightened the three kings. But at the beginning of the development of the New World. The three kings have already begun to intervene and guide. They shelter a group of humans. Let them grow and prosper in the New World. And control the faith through the clone.
The Church of Light was passed down in the name of the Holy Religion at that time until it became the most powerful religion in the New World, and their clone. He has also become the most powerful of the three main gods of light among many gods.
Originally, Neruda thought that this grand plan should be completed by now, but on the side of the Immortal Empire, the secrets of the New World that were jointly covered up by the three kings were exposed due to a series of weird changes.
The human expedition team that crossed the ocean and returned to the Immortal Continent, and the arrogant and domineering seventh-order dragon. There seems to be some dark hand behind this.
From that moment on, Neruda secretly paid attention to it, and subsequent changes confirmed his suspicions.
The newly elected Cheromaner established the Immortal Expeditionary Force with four votes in favor and two against, and one of the votes in favor was actually cast by Cherimo!
The king behind the scenes who promoted the development of the New World also became one of the drivers of destruction.
The entire plan was led by Chelimo.
From now on. Neruda became wary of Cherimo. Then the Immortal Expedition invaded. Under the pressure of death and destruction, the living races unite as never before. The dedication of faith is more pure and powerful, and all gods take this opportunity to grow rapidly.
In the end, Cherimo made a plan to exile the Immortal Continent and eliminate Cheromanl, which also allowed Neruda to see through Cherimo's true ambition.
The clones of the three great kings are the three bright ones.The gods, together with the eight earth gods of the life races, joined forces to tear apart the space barrier of the Immortal Continent and completely exiled the entire Immortal Continent to a different world. Before that, the three kings had already evacuated their people from the Immortal Continent.
But in the final battle against Cheromaner, Neruda did not take action. He saw through Chelimo's ambitions and realized that his existence might one day hinder Chelimo.
As he expected, Cheromaner perished and the Undead Expeditionary Army collapsed. Chelimo turned his attention to the gods of the living races.
With the joint efforts of Cherimo and Ankvas, one god after another was sealed, and in the end only the God of Nature remained.
Neruda didn¡¯t understand why a god was left behind at first. It wasn¡¯t until much later that he realized that without enemies, the faith of the living race would not be pious.
After sealing the god, the two kings turned their attention to Neruda again.
Neruda had already anticipated this situation and was prepared. When Cherimo and Ankvas teamed up to kill his light clone, he quickly sealed the godhead and blew up the soul of the main body.
On the surface, it looked like a self-destruction, but in fact it was a split, falling into two bodies that he had already chosen. One of the bodies was the highest spokesperson of the Holy Religion at that time, who was later the Pope of the Church of Light.
Neruda¡¯s demise was also the beginning of Ankvas¡¯ demise. Until his death, he still didn't understand why his original companions suddenly attacked him, nor did he understand what humans meant when they said that the birds were gone and the bows were hidden.
Therefore, among the top existences in the main plane, only Cherimo and the God of Nature Riverist are left.
They each formed a tool to spread their faith. The believers were divided widely, and eventually two major religious systems were formed: the Church of Light and the Temple of Nature. Based on the two beliefs, the two major political systems of the Alliance and the Empire were differentiated.
A large amount of faith power allowed the two existences to grow into a power that could not be accommodated by the plane in just a few hundred years, and finally broke through the plane barrier and entered the endless nothingness.
One of Neruda¡¯s clones has been passed down as the Pope and is constantly looking for opportunities. Trying to regain the divine status requires strong faith.
It wasn¡¯t until thirty years ago, after the Seventh Holy War, that Cherimo sent an oracle asking him to launch the plan to purify the world, and Neruda realized that the opportunity had come.
After Cherimo became the God of Balance, he devoured most of his people, leaving only about 10 million low-level undead creatures without intelligence as tools to implement the plan to cleanse the world.
The black and white human face statue is a symbol of the god of balance, with a mark of Cherimo engraved in it. Used to control these undead creatures.
But no matter how much he thought about it, he would never have imagined that the Holy Spirit King would use this weird method to lurk, and finally select two people who were not loyal to him. Come and command these creatures.
The Pope, this soul who also has the name Neruda, looked at the undead army all over the mountains and plains, and said slowly: Stop them.
The Knights of Light made brilliant achievements in the expedition to the Alliance, but they also suffered heavy losses. Especially the battle in Sayin City and the subsequent retreat. Those who stay to resist the undead cavalry are often these loyal and fearless warriors.
So, out of the 80,000 light knights, less than 15,000 were lucky enough to return to the empire.
? These fifteen thousand people, plus 80,000 reserve knights of light, nearly 100,000 troops passed through several reserved military routes, rushed to the front of the undead army as quickly as possible, and quickly formed a formation.
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The advancement of the immortal torrent has stalled. They stood there numbly, staring with empty eyes. Staring at the slowly unfolding steel wall in the distance.
what happened?
The prophet and others who have been following the undead army have been paying attention to the contact at the front. Seeing this situation, Agulito frowned and asked.
The endless wilderness is the most suitable terrain for large corps to deploy. Without the advantage of terrain, the huge undead army can overwhelm all enemies.
The Church of Light did not defend in advance at all, but waited for the Undead Legion to arrive before hastily sending out its cavalry. If they pounced directly on them before the cavalry was deployed, those bright knights would not be able to use their full strength.
But why didn¡¯t the two guys who commanded the undead army take advantage of such a good opportunity?
Field.
The prophet felt the light that shrouded tens of kilometers of the Holy Mountain of Light, and said two words in a muffled voice.
?In fact, he also had a bad feeling in his heart. The progress along the way was so smooth that it seemed as if the two parties had negotiated.
The light that envelopes the Holy Mountain of Light forms a domain. Although it does not have the ability to directly kill undead creatures, it can still weaken it a little. Otherwise, the undead army has no reason to stop and wait for the enemy to gain a firm footing.
"Undead creatures with eternal lifespans, no one who lives to their age is a fool." It's just that the reason is so ridiculous that the prophet and others can't imagine it. The two parties have indeed discussed it.
Let Heida come up and disrupt their position? Agulito suggested.
That¡¯s fine. However, Heida didn't want to attack. He sent five thousand undead cavalry to attack the opponent's main formation. If he could get through, he would go directly to the Holy Mountain of Light.
The situation is very strange. The prophet dare not let Hei Da go into battle. If anything goes wrong, Hei Long may beat him to death. It is better to send 5,000 people to test it first, it is best to draw out the enemy's true strength.
Tens of millions of undead legions spread out over an area of ??dozens of square kilometers, and it would take an hour or two to circle around them. So from the beginning, the prophet asked Hei Da to lead 20,000 people at the front of the team in order to deal with situations that the low-level skeletons could not handle.
After hearing the prophet's order, a group of five thousand undead cavalry broke away from the large army and rushed towards the light cavalry soldiers who were still unfolding their formation like arrows.
It can be said that the Immortal Cavalry Regiment only appeared in the world on a large scale after the birth of the Black Dragon. An undead cavalry should actually be counted as two skeletons and one humanoid. A horse shape.
They are actually very fragile wherever they are placed alone. But thanks to the emergence of skin-revitalizing and muscle-generating techniques, the strength of ordinary skulls has been enhanced several times.
Generally speaking, although ordinary skeletons are extremely powerful, they are too fragile. Because their skeletons have no protection, their joints will be loosened and their bones will be broken when they encounter a slightly harder impact. So under normal circumstances, there would be an army of 40,000 to 50,000 skeletons. It is not necessarily an opponent of ten thousand spearmen.
But when the skeleton is covered with muscles, this situation is completely reversed. With the protection and buffering of muscles, the problem of brittle bones is solved, and the skeleton's immense strength can be fully utilized.
You should know that under normal circumstances, skeletons do not dare to use too much force. Just the force generated by their own movements may dislocate themselves.
What¡¯s more, with the protection of muscles, skeletons can also wear armor. With their natural strength, they can fully bear the weight of heavy armor.
This way. Even 40,000 to 50,000 spearmen may not be a match for 10,000 human skeletons, plus the skeletons have strong endurance. If we really want to fight a protracted war, it probably won't be difficult to recruit 200,000 pikemen to support us.
This is just a humanoid skeleton, but the undead cavalry also has a horse-shaped skeleton that serves as a mount!
The horse-shaped skeleton is stronger and has a larger frame, bringing more power. The body shape is suitable for running, giving them unparalleled speed and impact. After putting on heavy armor. Each immortal war horse is equivalent to a moving steel chariot!
Even if they lose the knights on their backs, the undead war horses can still fight independently. The high-speed collision force and the trampling of the horse's hooves are more lethal than any weapon.
More importantly, the undead cavalry have a unified command. They are like a whole and can exert their overall strength at any time.
Therefore, it is not unreasonable that the Immortal Cavalry Regiment can sweep across the alliance with only 20,000 cavalry. These originally fragile skeletons. After the strengthening and integration of Black Dragon. It is completely comparable to any prestigious and powerful legion on the mainland!
Five thousand undead cavalry marched in neat steps, advancing towards the Knights of Light in formation at high speed. The uniform sound of horse hooves, due to the different distances from the ground, reached the ears of ordinary people as a continuous roar, and the earth trembled at the sound.
The leading light knights are composed of defeated soldiers who have returned from the alliance. There is a synonym for defeated soldiers, which is veterans. Only those who have fought in battles are qualified to fail. It is even more rare to be defeated but not die.
These more than 10,000 veterans are the best among the best. They are all brave and fearless warriors. The failure of the expedition was a crime other than war. Now they are back in the empire, with their fellow citizens and the Holy Light Cathedral behind them. They have no retreat.
These knights all had indifferent expressions on their faces, indifferent to their enemies and themselves. The indifferent expressions of the veterans infected the recruits who were reservists, and the recruits who were slightly flustered at first calmed down immediately.
Looking at the approaching enemy, the camp of the Bright Knights was completely silent. Only a knight officer made a clanging sound, drew out his long sword, and waved forward silently, followed by more than 10,000 veterans.Just silently pat the horse and charge.
Clang! There was a neat sound of weapons being unsheathed, and instantly, there was a dazzling cold light in the torrent of steel.
"Compared to the Bright Knight's fearlessness of death, the Undead Cavalry has no concept of death at all. Their eyes under the helmets didn't even have an expression of indifference, they were completely empty.
The two opponents who were not afraid of death collided with each other with an indomitable attitude, just like two torrents colliding head-on. The contact surface aroused a tragic flow of blood and minced meat.
At this time, the area covering the Holy Mountain of Light suddenly expanded, wrapping up the cavalry of both warring parties.
The knights belonging to the Church of Light suddenly felt a powerful force filling their bodies. The surging and powerful feeling made most of them shout to the sky involuntarily. While roaring, they also struck more fiercely.
The undead cavalry used a two-handed heavy sword, which was almost as wide as half the door panel. The result of fighting with the knight's sword was that the man and the sword were split in half. But after the domain was enveloped, although the knight's sword would be broken, the momentum of the undead cavalry was also knocked back by the powerful impact. He was then beheaded by the next knight.
Compared with the undead cavalry, the Bright Knight has higher martial arts skills. The reaction is also more flexible. It is often seen that the Bright Knight leaps off the horse in the air, pounces on the enemy in front of him with a gesture of death, and then is trampled to pieces by the horse's hooves.
No matter it is an undead cavalry or a bright knight, falling off the horse in this situation is a sure thing.
The battle begins in the most direct way and ends in the most tragic way. Five thousand versus fifteen thousand, the Knights of Light were all destroyed. As for the immortal cavalry, there are only a thousand people who can still sit on horseback. The rest fell to the ground, even if they were not dead, but they were missing arms and legs and could never get up again.
However, as for the undead cavalry, there are still three thousand undead war horses left unrided. These war horses are also extremely powerful in combat. The nearly four thousand mounted undead war horses, after flattening the leading veterans, continue to push forward and attack those The reserve knights rushed forward.
The Knights of Light are all selected from devout believers. They have fanatical beliefs and absolute loyalty. The deaths of their predecessors not only did not frighten them. On the contrary, it aroused their fighting spirit.
The unfolded formation was like two large wings, wrapping around the undead cavalry regiment.
The undead cavalry was like a steel cone, stabbing into the enemy's formation without hesitation. The contact surface suddenly turned into a blender of blood and flesh. There was no possibility of a whole corpse at the top of the pressure-bearing part, and severed limbs and minced meat flew everywhere. Splashing out an extremely abstract tragedy.
Looking at the demise of his companions, although Hei Da's face was expressionless, his tense body showed that he was not at peace in his heart. As the child of the Black Dragon, he inherited the Black Dragon's protective temperament. He was really not happy to watch his companions make such unnecessary sacrifices and stand by.
And Hei Er on the side couldn't hold it in any longer, and shouted desperately: Hei Da, let's go, shall we? let's go!
Carrying a huge mace, Hei Er was heavily armored and ferocious. No matter how you look at it, he looks like a demon from hell.
Continuously swallowing reincarnations. The soul strength of Hei Da and Hei Er now is probably even stronger than when Hei Long was the Lord of Mourning at his peak. If they can get past that step. It is guaranteed to be a more powerful existence than the black dragon during the Mourning Lord period.
Hei Da glanced back at the direction of the prophet. He knows that his experience and wisdom cannot be compared with those old monsters like Prophet and Coster, so he usually obeys their orders.
But seeing his companions dissipate one by one, the protective character inherited from the black dragon in his soul could no longer be restrained.
Heida, if we don¡¯t go up, all of them will die, ten thousand, ten thousand! Hei Er regarded those undead war horses as their own kind.
In the entire Black Dragon mercenary group, Hei Da is the only one who can make Hei Er obedient. If Hei Da wasn't here, he would have rushed up long ago.
Hei Da didn¡¯t speak, but silently held out the death sickle.
Seeing his action, Hei Er knew what he meant without communicating with his soul. Hei Er roared excitedly, waving his mace and rushed out at the lead.
Hei Da followed closely, followed by their eight brothers. Ten golden skeletons led the charge, and fifteen thousand undead cavalry turned into a black iron stream and rolled forward.
return! Seeing Hei Da's unauthorized actions, the prophet was horrified, and a roar sounded in Hei Da's soul.
Save them. Hei Da responded decisively.
madness! The prophet was so angry that he cursed. He was unable to control the huge undead torrent, so he had no choice but to release some troops to test the enemy's details, but he forgot about the personalities of Hei Da and Hei Er.
If Hei Da and Hei Erzhe are allowed to be here, Hei Long will definitely have to skin him when he comes back!
¡°This is not an alliance, nor is it the Imperial Expeditionary Force on the opposite side. The entire family fortune of the Church of Light must be hidden behind it, and the consequences of rashly advancing are very dangerous.