Chapter 230: Divine War and Dragon Break
My name is Akatosh,
Dragon Po is really easy to use~
—4E, 201, Moon of Fire, 2nd, 20:27 -
Arthur didn't go back the way he came after getting the Horn of the Stormcaller, after all, the road was full of Imperial Legion camps, and they would still be on guard even at night, even if the range of ordinary bows or magic was not enough, and it would be troublesome to be tracked all the time.
In the end, he chose to take a detour, and after transforming and flying along the mountains with Sophie and Babas, although it caused panic among many wild animals and was also witnessed by several hunters, it should not be associated with the dragonborn left by Loristed now that there are dragons respawning everywhere.
When flying over Lake Irintana, Arthur saw Ella and his party walking on the road in the distance with the dragon's super eyesight, but because it was not dark yet and there was a strange man in the team, he finally decided to land first and return to his original form before rushing to the rendezvous.
The choice of this wooden house as the landing point originally felt a little familiar, but after landing, judging by the familiar surroundings, it turned out to be his former home - after all, it has never been seen from the air.
"This place is so broken, and there are no treasures~" Sophie walked around the wooden house, drilling in and out, seemingly interested in "Daddy's old lair".
After all, it's an old house for more than ten years, and it's already very good to be able to shelter from the wind and rain, Arthur thought as he stirred up the campfire, as for the treasure? Without the assistance of the hound, if you can't kill the prey with one blow, it will escape, or fall into a long pursuit, in which case it depends on the handling of the bow and arrow itself, and the steel longbow with the greatest strength, which can barely be called a treasure, has been cut off by an axe from Barbas,
"Not already? Actually, I don't mind eating raw. ”
Oh, no...... Now that there was a hound, Arthur looked at Babas, the dirt dog who was salivating over the venison on the grill that he had hunted while Arthur was nostalgic in the house.
Although it is a bit troublesome that it is the pet of the Demon God, as a Demon God with an endless lifespan, it should not be a problem to lend the pet for decades, as long as you pay attention to the details of the transaction and don't get taken advantage of.
Trade...... Oh, Arthur strained a little more to cut the deer chop and spread the seasoning.
There is no difference between "dealing" and "cheating" in the mouths of the demon gods, they don't care how much they take advantage of mortals in the process, most of them just watch the folly of mortals after being bewitched by their own greed for entertainment, but a small number are interested in enslaving mortals or making them fight each other.
And what the god of the hunt, Helsin, is interested in, is the soul of an outstanding hunter.
According to Barbas, the Nords who made a deal with Helsing would lose the honor of arriving in Songgard and enter Valhalla after death, and their souls would be pulled into Helsin's "Eternal Hunting Ground", the realm of annihilation, where they would hunt and hunt for a never-ending affair, and which side would be determined by the balance of power between the two sides that Helsing threw into the hunting grounds.
Although the owner of this earth dog is a demon god who is good at deception, this information should be correct, after all, there is no such relationship between demon gods as watching and helping each other, and if there is a chance to trap other demon gods or even make them fall, most demon gods are willing to do it.
"I haven't done it myself for a while, there may be some hands-on, you can try it." Arthur took a piece of the charred deer steak and tossed it to Barbas, who happily snorted and began to nibble.
"Daddy, I want it too—" Sophie poked her little head out of the window of the hut and made an "ahh
The dragon roar learned from the golden tree is indeed effective, and the dragon transformation has not only become controllable, but also the consumption is much smaller, for example, now I only feel ordinary hunger, and not like before, it is almost like a bottomless vortex in the belly.
"After eating, we'll go to the 'Green Jasmine Witches' Villa." Arthur said as he put the other half of the deer on the grill.
"Are you going to exorcise the werewolf blood for your friends?" Babas nibbled on the steak, but his voice was strangely unaffected: "Give up, the man is okay, the two little girls are completely impossible." ”
"Do you know anything?" Arthur's movements paused, the strange male he didn't care, but Ella and Ria didn't just represent themselves, everyone in the ring was in the same situation as them.
"The Harpy Witches were the proud work of their masters, and Helsing was so dumb that he had to hold his nose to recognize the believers—though he didn't have a nose or not." The earth dog gnawed on the venison: "Pulling out the feathers of an eagle witch and burning it can relieve Helsin's anger a little, so it's nothing to easily remove a low-level werewolf bloodline, but are those two little girls the kind of low-level bloodline that can't control themselves and is likely to lose their sanity?" ”
"This ......" Arthur thought quickly, Krako said that this kind of self-controlled bloodline came from the deal made by Tifig, the first werewolf of the Brothers-in-Arms, and the Harpy Witch, which was obviously not the same thing as those werewolves who awakened their bloodlines and turned into beasts, and the Harpy Witch who provided the wolf blood was very likely to be controlled by Helsin, and it might even be that Helsin himself temporarily came.
You know, even an old hunter with a little skill like Arthur's adoptive father will be targeted, how can a group of comrades who can recruit good fighters be out of his sight?
If you think about it, even the elven siege that forced Tifig to use wolf blood in the first place is suspicious - why did they come to seek revenge so long after Sgramer's death? Was it bewitched by the demon god?
Compared to the werewolves who have to go through a hunt or counter-hunt, whether they can survive depends on their luck, those warriors who have been strictly screened into the "ring" and given wolf blood are naturally several times better, and now, hundreds of years later, maybe in the divine kingdom of Helsin, an army composed entirely of the souls of the ring members has been gathered.
"So, the ritual will fail?" Arthur asked, frowning.
"No, I guess it's going to be very successful," Barbas devoured all the meat on the deer steak and continued to stare at the barbecue grill: "The wolf spirits summoned by the conjuring have been greatly strengthened due to the purity of the bloodline, so it is normal to accidentally kill the original owners who have lost their powers, and then Helsing can harvest their souls." ”
"I'm guessing your master wanted me to deal with Helsin, and all I can say is that he did it very successfully." Arthur raised his hand and tossed the freshly grilled steak from the barbecue to Sophie, leaving only one for Babas: "Let's go and stop the 'God of the Hunt'!" ”
——20:39——
"(Dragon) Hey! Stop it! "Arthur was flying low with Sophie and Babas to the huge rock of the witch's villa just in time to see a small pile of gray and white Harpie feathers set on fire, and Ella was talking to a woman wrapped in a blanket, as if to promise something.
Apparently, she had made a deal with one of the harpys, who agreed to pay them in advance, which was the worst-case scenario.
"Where's the stupid dragon?" As Arthur prepares to rush over to extinguish the fire, he is confronted by a massive wall of wind blades, and is in front of him by a beautiful witch who weaves her white feathers into a gown.
Tut! Arthur leaned over from beneath the wind wall and landed almost close to the villa platform.
"Put out that fire! You can't remove wolf blood this way! In order to avoid being attacked by the hawks, Arthur quickly unleashed his transformation and rushed towards the pile of feathers: "I'll explain later!" ”
"He's our companion—" Ella shouted to stop the eager witches around her, and Lydia went straight to try to put out the fire.
"Bang!" Arthur was slapped back by a huge wolf claw that suddenly appeared.
"Sindin?!" "Isn't he unable to transform within the confines of the villa?"
When Arthur rolls over and gets back to his balance, he finds that he is stopped by the man who has inexplicably appeared in the group, and his limbs and body have completely turned into wolves.
"I don't know—huh!" The werewolf, known as Sindin, howled and strode towards Arthur, his teeth and claws gleaming.
"Haven't put out the fire yet?!" Arthur had to pick up his two-handed sword behind his back and shout out to his companions by the fire.
"No! They can't be extinguished—" Ella sensed something was wrong when she tried to extinguish the fire and found that she couldn't.
"Use this! Barking! Barbas sprang over with the Axe of Remorse in his mouth, and with a swing of his head broke up the fire, and although the lit feathers could not be stopped, the feathers that were not on fire at the bottom were still intact.
Touch! A transparent little wolf glowing blue flew Babas to the side along with the axe, and then tore the remaining feathers apart with a wave of its claws.
"Kill it—" Arthur was fighting with Sindin and had no time to care about that side, although this werewolf had no strength to speak of, but he was also scrambling to fight without dodging attacks and exchanging injuries for injuries, and while parrying, out of the corner of his eye, he saw that the phantom of the little wolf was separated from Ria's body, so he shouted loudly.
"No fun! These harpy witches are all followers of Helsin, and you have to go! The earth dog rolled down to Arthur's side, leaped up with an axe in his hand, and accurately hit Sindin's ring, which had grown much larger as it had become a werewolf.
The ring shattered, and Sindin's massive body gradually returned to normal, but Barbas froze in place as if he had been struck by lightning.
"[Hehehe, Calvicus, you idiot, think I didn't guard against you? "The phantom that originally looked like a wolf cub quickly grew huge, and its appearance changed to that of a man wearing a deer antler helmet and holding a spear.
"Hai, Helsin—" Barbas still looked stiff, but his words were uninterrupted: "You dare to come in your true form during the 'Divine War'?" ”
"Hmph, what else? You've been plotting against you all the time? The blue phantom, no, Helsing said condescendingly: "[This is the kingdom of God on earth constructed by my believers, and no other holy spirit or demon god can come here, and I will accept the power of you, the incarnation of the saints. 】”
"Hell, is it fake that you dislike them and give them a curse?" Although Babas was unable to move, the hair on his body stood on end.
"Hahaha! How do you say that? An honest man will not be suspected at all when he intends to deceive people. The huge blue giant condescendingly stretched out his hand to the witch's villa: "[A dragonborn, two werewolves, a demon saint, and a group of defective products, the harvest is not bad. 】”
"Wow!" Babas spoke again: "Someone will catch you through the traces you left behind!" ”
"Then it's not something you need to worry about—huh? The big blue giant's big hand that covered the sky and the sun suddenly stopped when it was about to slap the villa, and everyone saw that it was blocked by a huge ebony shield at a height of one person.
"I said I would protect you with my life, Baron." Ladia said without looking back.
"Oh? Hehe-] Helsing looked very interested, and gradually increased the force to press down, and Ladia had to lower his height accordingly.
Why did the Demon God come in person? Arthur looked around, not to mention the harpies who were directly unconscious or in a daze after Halsing's appearance, the death vortex on Ella, Lydia, Ria, Sindin, and even Babas was terrifyingly thick.
Although I thought about dealing with Helsin and reclaiming the soul of my adoptive father and even the seniors of the comrade-in-arms, it was not in this case!
If you transform into a dragon...... Well?
Sophie didn't have any "death breath" on her, she was sitting on the ground and looking up at the giant, after all, the demon god was still too far away for a young dragon.
If there's anything special about Sophie...... It was the "Jorgen's Windcaller's Horn" that she had taken out of Ustengra earlier and put it on her as a toy.
Arthur looked at Lydia, who had begun to use her back to resist the pressure, and rushed to Sophie's side with a short body, and before she could take it off, she directly blew the horn hanging from the girl's neck.
"[Battle! War! War! Babbling - fight! War! War! Babble-]"
The horn made an inexplicable sound as always, but the giant blue hand, which was slowly suppressed in amusement, stopped.
"No! How is this possible?! Arthur heard the fear in the demon god's voice, and when he looked up, an elven woman with huge horns, a tight dark green leather armor, and an emerald green gauze cloak behind her back was floating in front of Helsin.
"[The kingdom of God on earth? That's not far from it, it's just an 'inherent barrier' at best. The woman's voice was gentle and charming, Arthur had obviously never heard it, but he felt inexplicably familiar, and a certain term seemed to remind him of something important.
"Even if you're —" Helsing was halfway through his words, and suddenly put away his huge hand and swung his fist at the woman, but he stopped less than a step in front of her, and he couldn't move an inch with all his might.
"I-" Arthur's mind was in a state of confusion, and he opened his mouth to call out a name that didn't exist in his memory.
"[My name is Ysera]," the woman nodded at him: "[Good work, Lord Akatosh is optimistic about you~]"
"Oh," the chaotic thoughts suddenly became clear, and Arthur turned to look at Helsing, and said, "What will happen to this demon god......"
"['God War' is out~]" Ysera smiled at Arthur and lunged forward, pushing Helsin's massive body backwards, and finally disappeared into a crack that appeared out of thin air.
——20:40——
"It's boring." Sophie played with the horn that hung around her neck.
"No way, it's hard to burn the feathers of the Harpy." Ria replied as she fiddled with the pile of feathers that had only a small flame.
Arthur frowned suspiciously, and turned to look around.
The Grimm Jasmine Witches' Villa was intact and had not been crushed by a giant hand at all, and Ella and Lydia were talking to a woman wrapped in a blanket, as if to confirm the details of the mission, while Avina stared at Sindin, who was shivering.
No, wait...... The man has a mark of a ring on his right index finger.
Arthur thought for a moment, then turned to the earth dog beside him who was gnawing bones: "The saint of Calavicus Verl? ”
"Poof! Shut up! Babas squirted out the bones directly and barked at him: "Although I don't know when you saw it, I will die if it is transmitted!" will be turned back into a brainless earth dog by the owner! ”
"Oh." Arthur responded, looking up at the night sky.
Time Dragon Akatosh ...... Is it?