Volume 1 Prelude to the Storm Chapter 6 The Great War (2)
"What's the matter? Why did the door of the dead also open? Could it be that in order to prevent my resurrection, the undead creatures whose power comes from darkness and I have united with those creatures of the human realm whose power comes from light?"
The three legions of the undead, the Scourge, the Corpse Eater, and the Abomination, as well as the Resentful Mage, silently stepped into the Abyss Demon Realm through the rumbling door of the dead.
Looking at the undead soldiers who had swarmed into the Abyssal Demon Realm, and then at the agitated archdemons under the altar in the distance and several of them began to rumble and turn, turning their muzzles, trying to bombard the undead soldiers, Gasol's eyes showed a hint of ecstasy. He couldn't help but exclaim excitedly, "Damn, the Lich King has finally sent his undead legion!" Oliver, you Holy Magisters are quick to perform a meteor shower attack on the magic cannons to reduce the pressure on our allies. Dragon Knights, you go to the dragon's aid, and all the other Juggernauts and Paladins will divide half of them to deal with the demonic steel golems on the battlefield, and the remaining half will join me in forcibly storming the altar and destroying Akmund's heart. ”
The faces of the Abyss Great Lords became more and more ugly, and it was obvious that this was a conspiracy against the Abyss Demon Realm. The world of death, which was originally an enemy, and the human world have actually formed an alliance, although the relationship between this alliance can be guessed to know how fragile it is!
Although the main force of the undead army is skeleton soldiers who are not strong in combat effectiveness, the number of these skeleton soldiers seems to be endless, and even, not long after stepping into the Abyss Demon Realm, the number of soldiers of these undead army has increased.
This is all thanks to the necromancers of the most terrifying group of resentful mages among the undead, and the corpses of hundreds of thousands of dead Combine soldiers scattered across the battlefield.
Necromancers are constantly invoking necromantic mysteries, transforming the corpses of Combine soldiers into new undead and controlling them to join the undead in battle.
In this way, in the battle with the Burning Legion, although the total number of troops on the side of the Combine Army is constantly decreasing, on the other hand, the total number of troops on the side of the undead army has been steadily replenished.
In the face of such a stunned situation, although the demons in the Burning Legion are extremely powerful, they are invincible with two fists and four legs, and the heroes can't stand the crowd, and the demons often eliminate several times or even dozens of times the undead soldiers and combined forces around them, but because more undead soldiers and combined forces swarm up, in a sword and sword shadow, they fall down unwillingly, drinking hatred on the battlefield.
And the Magic Steel Golem, one of the two aces of the Burning Legion, can no longer run rampant on the battlefield as before. The Swordmaster and Paladin, the new additions to the battle in the Coalition Army, can destroy the Magic Steel Golem by splitting the Iron Armor shell on which the Magic Steel Golem relies on the most, and destroying the key mechanical controller in it. As for the Burning Legion's other trump card, the magic cannon, it is all dumb. The demon gunners who were fighting desperately to avoid the countless small flame meteorites that suddenly fell from the sky in front of the position and were blown into the position by the strong wind, and they couldn't fire their guns normally. Who called these small flame meteorites not very powerful, but when they were on their bodies, they were still unbearably burning!
The demons of the Burning Legion are already on the losing side, but they are still desperate for their lives to thwart the onslaught of the Combine and the undead. Because, they know that as long as they can hold on until their commanders and their supreme faith are resurrected, even if they have died in battle, the great demon god can use its incomparable and upside-down demon god power to recreate their bodies, reawaken their souls, and make them reborn from the ashes.
Now, the fiercest and most thrilling battle on the entire battlefield is taking place in front of the altar where the heart of Akmund is located.
The Swordmaster and Paladin who raided the altar led by Gasol had been blocked by a group of Dreadlord Lords led by the four Abyss Lords, including Matrous the Terror Devourer, Filna the Mind Fraudster, Ganergar the Puppet Creator, and Pyrodis the Natural Seductress and handed them over. The Juggernauts and Paladins had already made their way up the stairs of the altar, but they did not succeed in making it to the altar.
The Lich King Nostradama was silently suspended in the Demon Sky outside the Gate of the Dead, his staff in hand, and he stared wordlessly at the stone statue of Akmund sitting on the throne in the distance.
When it looked down and saw the huge heart on the altar beneath the stone statue, it couldn't help but let out a cold snort.
It flickered, disappeared in front of the Gate of the Dead, and reappeared on the altar where Akmund's heart was.
"Nostradama, you traitor, your filthy and disgusting figure is in my sight again, what do you want to do?" the statue roared at the arrival of the Lich King.
"Of course to prevent your resurrection, Akmund, how could you ask such an unwise question with the wisdom of God?" said the Lich King's cold words with a hint of teasing.
"You...... The stone statue was dumbfounded for a while, and after a while, it said slowly in an extremely cold voice: "Nostradama, soon you will pay the price for your current arrogance and rudeness, as well as your betrayal, and I will destroy you myself." ”
"But you're afraid you won't have a chance...... Before the Lich King could finish speaking, its body suddenly retreated sharply, leaping into the air a hundred meters into the air.
And just where the Lich King was standing on the altar, a small black hole in different space existed, looking at the black hole in different space that almost overshadowed himself and devoured himself, the Lich King couldn't help but snort heavily:
"Leclerc, get out of here!"
A demon with a handsome human appearance appeared beside the Lich King, and its feminine voice sounded as if it was whispering, "It's a pleasure to see you again, my friend, the former Requiem of Death, the mighty Lich King Nostradama." ”
Immediately afterwards, two figures, one large and one small, appeared around the Lich King at the same time, forming a triangle with Leclerc and surrounding the Lich King.
"Dear Lich King, in order for you to have a dignified battle worthy of your godlike strength, I, Supreo the Hellgrowler, will join you in the battle with Leclerc the Void Ripper. "Proportional to Supreo's massive body was its thunderous sound.
The other figure played with a bone flute in his hand expressionlessly, and said coldly: "I have heard the name of the predecessor of the Death Requiem for a long time, and now I want to ask for a lesson or two from my seniors, and I hope that my seniors will give me advice." ”
In order to deal with the Lich King, who claims to have the strength not to be lost to the gods, the three major lords of the Abyss Demon Realm did not hesitate to give up their arrogance and conceit and joined forces together.
As the Abyss Lords and Dreadlords who guarded the altar were forced to join the warband, Wrens was now the only one left on the altar to guard the heart of Akmund. At this moment, Akmund's heart has completely healed, and as long as it is placed in the hole in the heart of the left chest of the Akmund statue, Akmund will be reborn.
Reigns' right hand was slowly raised, held high above the top, palm facing the sky. With Rens's movements, Akmund's heart immediately seemed to be controlled by an invisible force, slowly rising from the center of the sacrificial circle on the altar, moving to a place a few feet above Rennes's palm, and was lifted by Rennes with his right palm.
Just as Rens was holding Akmund's heart in the air and trying to fly towards the hole in the left chest of the Akmund statue and return it to its place, a huge bone dragon carrying a death knight stopped in front of Renes.
The ghost fire in the bone dragon's eyes was burning wildly, and even erupted from its eye sockets, and Iribus, who had recovered the memories of his previous life, was immediately on the verge of going berserk after seeing this enemy who had destroyed himself and sent him into a world of death from which he could never recover.
"Iribus, I didn't expect to see you again! I was so happy to see you so ugly after becoming an undead! Come to think of it, it doesn't taste good to exist in the filthy world of the dead, right? hahahaha...... ”
At the first sight of Iribus, who had transformed into a bone dragon, Raines was stunned at first, and then burst out laughing wildly.
Raines' laughter was greeted by a surging icy breath.
However, after the breath, Reignes and the Akmund he was holding up were unscathed. In the void in front of Raines, a dreamlike point of crystal light emerged. Those points of crystalline light were the ice chips that formed in Iribus's breath and reflected the faint cold light. In the blink of an eye, the little ice chips fell from a wall of almost transparent light that they were attached to.
Tegrul on Iribus's back also slowly raised the riding spear in his hand, and with its fierce stab, a shockwave of death energy rushed towards the hearts of Renes and Akmund. The transparent wall of light in front of Raines was wriggled in a ripple under the impact of the death energy shockwave, and then returned to its original state.
"Under the 'absolute barrier', although I cannot attack you, I am immune to any attack from you. When my lord's heart is in place, I will have a good life with you. Raines said lightly.
'Absolute Barrier' is a very advanced and special dual cultivation skill of magic and martial arts. It protects the caster from any magical and physical attacks from the outside world for a short period of time, but at the same time, it also prevents the caster from launching any attacks from the outside world. Once the caster attacks the outside world, the absolute immunity of the 'Absolute Barrier' will be immediately nullified.
As he spoke, Raines held Akmund's heart in the air, and under the protection of the 'Absolute Barrier', he slowly ascended away from the altar and came to the position of the hole in the chest in front of the Akmund statue.
"Quick, Raines, my faithful servant, put my heart into my breast. From now on, I will grant you the supreme position of being under me and above all men. Seeing that the resurrection was in sight, the Lord of Darkness, who had always been majestic and calm, couldn't help but tremble in his voice at this time.
At this time, the group of dragons who first wanted to raid the heart of Akmund, reinforced by the newly joined dragons and dragon knights, had broken through the defense line built by the dark dragons, and an elegant, noble, and beautiful silver-white frost dragon fluttered its wings and rushed towards Rennes, and its words full of incomparably bitter and sad words rang in Rennes's ears at the same time: "Rennes, my dear love, are you going to continue to sink into the darkness? Come back, my dear!"
Hearing the familiar voice, Reigns' body stiffened, and he turned his head to look at the beautiful frost dragon.
What an unforgettable lover I once had!
A furious dragon roar rang out behind Maiserina. It turned out that the Dark Dragon King Mossad Gera, who was still not defeated under the siege of several dragons, saw that there was a frost dragon rushing straight towards Renes, worried that Akmund's heart in Renes's hand was damaged, and after forcing back several dragons with a sudden breath, he immediately turned around and chased after him, and used the strongest dragon magic of the Dark Demon Dragon Clan: Time Standstill.
Maiserina's fluttering movements were immediately frozen in the air.
The Mossad Gera roared to Maiserina's side, and with a flick of its head, it took a big bite and bit down viciously at Maiserina's neck, which was frozen in mid-air.
An indestructible sword aura suddenly swept across the sky like lightning, and the terrible sound of a dragon's groan resounded throughout the sky.
Mossad Gera glanced at the gaping hole in his heart in disbelief, and then turned his angry gaze to Rainnes, who was dazed not far ahead.
Raines was still holding his heart in the air with his right hand, but the protective wall of light that had been generated in the 'Absolute Barrier' state around him had all disappeared, and the index fingers of his left hand were brought together, making a sword gesture.
"You...... "Mossad Gera fell from the air after spurting a mouthful of purple blood from his mouth.
Maiserina immediately recovered from the 'time standstill', looked at everything in front of her, flapped her wings, and called out to Renes in surprise and delight: "Renes, you ...... But he suddenly cried with joy, and the thousand words behind him were blocked in his chest in excitement, and he didn't spit out a word.
"Rainnes, are you crazy, what are you doing?" the Akmund stone roared in shock.
A spear engraved with the symbol of the Necromancy Spell suddenly plunged into Akmund's heart. It turned out that at first glance, seeing that Maiserina's life was in danger, Renes sent a divine envoy to the Dark Dragon King Mossad Gera who was his companion and saved Maiserina. But at the same time, the effect of the 'absolute barrier' he had imposed on his body disappeared immediately, and the bone dragon knight on the altar, Tegrul, saw that there was an opportunity, and immediately threw the cavalry spear in his hand at Akmund's heart.
Akmund's massive heart trembled violently, and blood-colored pillars of light shot out from the inside of his heart. In the next instant, Akmund's heart exploded into countless small pieces, shooting out in all directions of the Abyss Demon Realm. Some small pieces even penetrated the void of the Abyss Demon Realm in a high-speed scattering, and entered parallel worlds located in other planes.
"No...... The Akmund stone fell silent after an earth-shattering roar.
This sudden turn of events stunned the three armies that were fighting to the death on the battlefield.
Soon, the heaven-shattering cheers erupted from the Combine, while the undead soldiers continued to maintain their characteristic silence, and the demons of the Burning Legion let out a desperate wail.
The brutal fighting continues. The cries of the soldiers and the screams of pain before death converged into a poignant and tragic symphony of death, which reverberated incessantly in the bloody sky of the Hellfire Peninsula......