Twilight Star, the ruins of an ancient city in the Southern Territories.

The alliance of various tribes gathered here, including the 3,000-strong Blue Shield Knights of the Kingdom of Vein, the 5,000-strong barbarian berserkers of the Howling Barbarians, the 1,000 alchemy bombardiers of the Dibu Clan, the 500 beast envoys of the Sons of Listening, and the motley armies of the city-states and principalities of the Southlands, totaling 15,000 men, stationed in the green grass fields beyond the ruins of the ancient city, and various banners were waved with the cold south wind.

There are no clouds in the sky, and the sky here has a dusk-like hue, which darkens everything in color, and the sun hanging high in the sky seems very small, very far away from the planet.

The commander's tent, where the commanders of the various armies gathered and discussed fiercely, only a tall man with light blue skin did not say a word, he was the leader of the Blue Shield Knights, Rex, the war hero of the Kingdom of Vein, from a civilian to the commander of the ace army of the largest kingdom of the Twilight Star, and his deeds were praised by the people of the entire Twilight Star.

When everyone had said the same, Rex spoke in a deep voice, and the commanders of the other tribes present respected him very much, and they all stopped arguing and listened to him.

"Rezale and his followers are hiding under the ruins at the moment, preparing for the ritual of polluting the source water, we still have about six sutra hours (about two and a half hours) to go, and in the ruins are sleeping the high-level puppet colossus that he spent twenty years making, almost eight hundred, he has arranged a complicated blockade circle, only by destroying all the puppets, the passage to the ritual altar will be opened, which means that we have to break through the blockade of the puppets in a short time, find their location, and stop the ceremony, otherwise, Most of the source water of the Southland territory will lose its vitality, and hundreds of thousands of people will die as a result! ”

"The reconnaissance force sent back the news that each puppet was more than seven meters tall, extremely hard, and was also blessed with prayers, and the Rhea steel sword would shatter when it slashed on it, and only a white mark could be cut...... This information has cost us six elite soldiers, and there are still a hundred [Polluters] in Rezale's Order, which can corrode our weapons and bodies, and even the elite warriors can't withstand the corrosive technique, the situation is too difficult, it is difficult for us fifteen thousand people to rush in in a short time, alas, Rezale has been secretly preparing for twenty years, if we can be ten days earlier...... Oh no, even if he had discovered his conspiracy three days earlier, he wouldn't have been so passive, and now he could only urgently gather a few of us. One of the commanders sighed.

Rex said in a deep voice: "This is related to the purity of the source water and the lives of hundreds of thousands of people, we can't fail, the Protector Mage Group has contacted the Ascendants of the Upper Realm, and the Ascendants have hired warriors from the Upper Realm, who will help us fight......"

After that, Rex looked at the corner of the tent, where a human in a red technology combat suit was sitting, completely different from this group of armor-wearing people, he stood up when he heard this, and said, "I am the leader of the Red Horn Mercenary Regiment, Ringer, your people have paid the honorarium, and we will do our best to help you." ”

Rex asked, "Captain Ringer, are you sure?" ”

Ringer shook his head and said with a wry smile: "To tell you the truth, the situation here is much worse than the instructions when we accepted the task, we have limited strength, we can't handle this level of task, the specific situation has been notified to the employer, the second batch of foreign aid is on the way, if it is fast, they should be able to arrive within two hours." ”

Rex's face sank, and his brows furrowed slightly, "Time is too urgent, are the reinforcements reliable?" ”

"You can rest assured, the second batch of mercenary groups supporting us is much more powerful than us, as long as they can arrive in time, solving the accident here is just a matter of hands, their stronghold is in this galaxy, if it weren't for this reason, they usually don't bother to take action in a small incident like this."

"Let's hope so......"

Rex was worried, and Ringer looked confident.

The Twilight Star is located in the Garden Galaxy, belonging to the jurisdiction of Godora, this planet is far away from the stars, even during the day it is a twilight-like twilight, from which the name comes from, there is no moon at night, it is pitch black, there is no difference between the seasons, every day is cold, it stands to reason that this should be a frozen planet that cannot give birth to conventional life, and the vitality comes from the rivers crisscrossing the surface and the underground, the natural water of the Twilight Star contains magical energy, has warm characteristics, dissolves the cold of the whole planet, and gives birth to plants and creatures, also known as "Source Water" by the race of the Twilight Star, is the most important resource on the entire planet.

The civilization of the Twilight Star is built on the source water, the changes and wars of the countries in history basically revolve around the source water, the creatures drink the source water for a long time, the physique is strong, the light blue skin of the Vein people is the main race, and the ancient Vein Kingdom is the most powerful country on this planet. The existence of the source water determines that the Twilight Star is a magic-based civilization, with slow and stable technological development, emphasis on the individual, and a social structure with obvious characteristics of magical civilization, such as people who can freely manipulate magic have a high social status.

Although this is a surface civilization, because it is on the same magical side as Godora, it has a high phase and has a certain connection with the stars, once a strong person reaches a certain level of power, he can apply for Godora's help and enter the "upper realm" - that is, the stars. This kind of powerhouse is called the Ascendant, and there have been hundreds of Ascended Ones in history, some of whom have not heard from them at all, while some have occasionally returned, leaving behind communicators, which are also the "holy relics" guarded by the Protector Mage Regiment, used to contact the Ascended.

Not long ago, the kingdom of Vain discovered the conspiracy of the infamous "Pollution Mage" Rezar, who wanted to use some kind of large-scale magical ritual to drain the source water of most of the southern realm, so that he could gain unparalleled magical power. The magic power of the source water is long-lasting, and even if it is consumed, it will be restored in the natural cycle, but this ritual will rob all the magic power of the source water in an area, and the source water that has lost all its magic power will take at least hundreds of years to slowly recover, and the concentration of the source water mana of the entire planet will be diluted as a result, causing the temperature of the planet to drop. And even if the source water can be recycled, it will take time, this area will lose its blessings, it will be covered by frost within a month, and become a place of death, causing hundreds of thousands of people to be homeless and even die, in the "ancient times" a thousand years ago, someone performed the same ritual, this is the cause of the Twilight Star Extreme North Wasteland, which has not yet been completely thawed, and at that time, all the tribes united, after a terrible war, killed the culprit and destroyed the inheritance knowledge of this ritual, but a thousand years later, this ritual appeared again.

So the Kingdom of Vine urgently gathered troops, contacted other countries, formed a coalition, and went straight to the site of the ceremony in Rezale to prevent the Twilight Star from repeating the mistakes of the past, and the soil in the south is fertile, if this place is also covered with ice, it will greatly reduce food production, and thousands of people will starve to death in the future.

Ringer's Red Horn Mercenary Regiment accepted the employment of the Ascended Stars of the Twilight Star and came here a few days ago to solve the problem, but the number of puppets exceeded expectations, so they had to apply for foreign help, and to their surprise, an unexpectedly powerful mercenary group was willing to help.

This mercenary group is a well-known and well-known boss in the industry, a marginal figure in the mercenary industry like Red Horn, who usually has no chance to intersect with this kind of boss, and now Ringer is relieved - with them, this mission is stable.

Time was urgent, Rex did not delay any longer, and the order was sent down, and the various tribes joined forces to set out for the battle.

Boom Boom –

The sound of footsteps and the sound of beasts' hooves converged into a rolling torrent, and the black army moved, quickly approaching the ruins of the ancient city, and from a distance, you could see the dense secret blue magic colossus in the ruins, with four arms, holding a giant axe, flashing with the luster of magic, the texture was like rock and metal, and it was difficult to shake just by looking at it.

"Knights of the Blue Shield, charge in a roundabout way!"

Rex pulled down his armor and clamped his legs, the knight's mount was a creature called the Running Beast, with a snake neck and a horse body, its legs folded backwards, roared, and rushed out, followed by three thousand blue shield knights, facing the magic colossus three times taller than them, each knight's eyes full of fearlessness.

The golem is manipulated by a man, quickly forming a formation and colliding with the charging knights!

Bang bang!!

The scene suddenly became chaotic, and other tribes also joined the battlefield, and the swords and claws slashed on the golem with a clanging sound, and the roar was louder than the alchemy bomb!

Berserkers and knights stood in front of them, and one warrior was screamed by the golem's mighty force, while the enemy [Polluter] hid behind the colossus and unleashed corrosion on the warrior.

Only by destroying all the golems can the blockade circle be opened, and the human life can be used to fight the golem, often at the cost of thirteen to eighteen elite warriors to destroy a golem, even if the Red Horn mercenary group uses guns and abilities to help, the speed of killing and injuring the golem is not fast enough.

There were more golems than expected at eight hundred, and it was a wall of despair.

Bright red gradually expands in the green plains, and the dusk sky witnesses this bloody battle.

"Keep charging, don't stop!"

The Knights led by Rex had already lost a quarter of their strength and had killed the most golems, and with a resolute face, he went around the battlefield and rushed back again.

A spear stabbed the golem's leg, and the tip of the spear containing the explosive enchantment exploded, shattering a small piece of the golem's body. A golem can step on hundreds of ordinary people's troops, the Blue Shield Knights are the elite troops of the Vine Kingdom, every knight is a warrior with magical power, and his strength is far beyond ordinary people, such a heavy battle damage is already a great injury.

At the same time, in a manually excavated space under the ruins of the ancient city, there was a huge altar with a strange shape, and countless worshippers dressed in black were praying in low voices, instilling magic into the magic circle of the altar.

In the center of the altar is an elderly Vein man dressed in bright red ornate robes, this person is Rezale, and a gold-framed mirror is suspended beside him, and [clairvoyance] is cast, and the mirror shows the war above his head from a bird's eye view.

"These fools, sure enough, fell for your scheme, those golems are specially used to consume them, hiding our magic circle in the underground of the plains, channeling blood here, only enough blood as fuel can launch the ceremony, hehe, you have bound the blockade circle to the golem, what a brilliant idea, so they have to fight with the golem."

A senior cultist flattered under the altar.

Rezale nodded and asked lightly, "How much blood is missing?" ”

"One more hour of fighting, the fuel to activate the altar will be enough, and you will become the master of magic, the strongest mage ever!" The senior cultists looked fanatical.

"The strongest, hehe......" Rezale glanced at him with pathetic eyes, shook his head, and said to himself: "Twenty years of preparation, finally going to succeed, I have been stuck at this level for so many years, this is the limit of my talent, as long as I take this step, I can go to the upper realm......"

……

The battle on the ground lasted for almost an hour, and in a hurry, the army almost abandoned its defenses, and under their frenzied attack, half of the golems were blown up, and all the enemy polluters were killed, but the soldiers were also killed and wounded, and the blood flowed profusely, and the rest of the men were exhausted, and the battle damage soared at an alarming rate.

"Hold on, at this efficiency, we can stop the ritual in time!" Rex yelled loudly, boosting morale.

At this moment, the top of his head was cold, and a golem approached him, and the giant axe slashed down.

Rumble!

Rex hurriedly pounced, and the beast was split in half by an axe, and the blade of the axe was embedded in the ground, and the blood and internal organs of the beast flowed all over the ground, and if he hadn't dodged, this would have happened.

Before he could be afraid, the colossus strode up with its axe, and a shadow hung over Rex's head, and the axe was held high.

Rex had a sharp pain in his leg, he was swept just now, he was sweating profusely, and he tried his best to get up,

In the nick of time, he suddenly noticed that the shadow under his feet seemed to expand, followed by a louder and louder scream.

Bang!!

An alloy orbital drop pod crashed down right next to the golem, sending both the golem and Rex flying away.

Knock knock knock......

This was followed by a series of landing sounds, and several drop-off pods of the same style landed one after another.

Snort –

The hatch opened, and a group of warriors in heavy steel armor streamed out, led by a human man, dressed in a black trench coat and wearing many bulbous ornaments, looking curiously left and right.

"Could it be that these people are new reinforcements from the Upper Realm?" Even though Rex has a calm personality, his eyes can't help but twinkle with surprise.

At this moment, the golem ran towards the human man, and the axe slashed down, and Rex subconsciously wanted to shout for a reminder, but the next scene made him hold back his words.

As soon as the man raised his hand, his wrist sank slightly, and he easily grasped the axe that was enough to split a running beast, and raised his eyebrows.

"Hey, the way this planet welcomes guests is so welcoming...... We're here at the right time, don't be stunned, let's get to work. ”

Ringer, who was fighting, looked over and immediately breathed a sigh of relief.

"It's finally here, the Black Star Mercenary Regiment."