Volume 7: The Chamber of Secrets of Blackstone Mountain (Remastered) Chapter 3: The Destruction of the Castle in the Sky (3)
"His Highness Raphael! The front line is no longer in the way, please get out of here now! Mikael said covered in blood, he had just been treated by the priests, most of the wounds on his body had healed, but there were still a few places where the wounds could not be healed, those terrible abyss web spiders and bottomless abyss demons were not something that a player of Mikael's level could resist, if it weren't for the absolute advantage in the number of players, I'm afraid the shelter would have ceased to exist a long time ago.
But despite this, the entire defense line is still retreating at an extremely fast speed, even a player wearing heavy armor can't block an attack from these monsters coming out of the bottomless abyss, for Bin's words, the difficulty of the bottomless abyss is simply beyond the reach of current players.
If it weren't for the hard work of those sixth-order and fifth-rank elite knights, Raphael would not have been able to retreat as peacefully as he is now.
"Bell, how many troops do we have?"
"There are about 3,500 Radiant Crusades, less than 1,000 elite knights, more than 400 priests, and the number of guild members is quite intact, but most of them have died more than three times, and if they continue to fight like this, I'm afraid it will be ......," Bell said with a sad face.
Raphael also knows that he can hold on to the present, these elite players under his command have worked very hard, generally speaking, ordinary players will choose to avoid fighting after dying twice, because every time they die, the soul fragile state will be retimed, even if they can be resurrected on the spot by the priest's resurrection skills, the loss of soul energy is irreparable, and with the increase in the number of deaths, the duration of the soul fragile state will get longer and longer, which is undoubtedly a very fatal negative state for players.
"Camila!" Raphael clenched the staff in his hand and said.
"In!" Camilla took a step forward, she had just been resurrected, and by now, she had died five times, and the upper limit of her soul energy had dropped by a full six points! "Give the order!"
Raphael looked at the fortitude and firmness on the face of the female knight in front of him, knowing that even if he ordered her to continue to lead people to stop those monsters, she would not hesitate to complete this order until she died again, it can be said that everyone who can become a core member of the Angelic Covenant has this kind of awareness, not only because the Angelic Covenant gives them the best treatment, but also because they regard each other as close family members as siblings.
"Those who are with us immediately retreat, giving up all supplies and baggage!" Raphael said, his tone full of coldness.
"President!" Camilla was taken aback, she had thought that Raphael was asking her to lead someone to block it for a while, after all, the evacuation of the entire shelter could not be completed in such a short time.
"His Highness Raphael!" Even Bell and Mikael spoke out against it, "Let our men leave now, the entire front will collapse immediately, and when the time comes, the shelter will not have time to evacuate!" ”
Raphael raised his hand to stop their exhortation: "Needless to say, I know what I'm doing!" If the shelter is gone, it will be gone, and even if it is barely continued, it will only make everyone's loss even greater! Camilla, carry out the order! All the responsibility is on me! ”
"President! President Raphael!! Camilla said bitterly, she also wanted Raphael to change her mind, because Camilla knew what the consequences would be for Raphael once this order was executed!
You know, because of the activation of the Void Protective Barrier before, millions of players who participated in this operation were all ready to show their strengths, not only scrambling to attack one by one, but also gaining a lot, in order not to waste time, these players chose to temporarily store their loot in the shelter where Raphael was, which is why until now, almost all the players who were able to rush back did not hesitate to put themselves into the battle line to block those monsters, Because they do not want their hard-earned booty to be reduced to ashes.
However, once Camilla evacuated with the Angel's Covenant people, the entire battle line collapsed, and the extremely large number of players had no time to pack up the loot, and finally could only die empty-handed back to the Terrans, when the time came, they would not care how much the Angel's Covenant paid and how many people died in the battle, they would only think that the Angel's Covenant betrayed them, making their investment go down the drain and their hard work in vain.
In the end, all kinds of insults and hatred, resistance and betrayal will be pressed on Raphael, the president, the Angel Covenant will not have much loss by relying on the support of the Holy See of Light, and the members of the Angel Covenant will not be too dissatisfied because of the compensation of the guild, but Raphael, as the president, has to bear the responsibility for the failure of the mission, and the infamy caused by the hatred of millions of players, which is undoubtedly too cruel for this girl who is considered to be standing at the apex of Terran players!
"Say no more!" Raphael said coldly, at this moment, everyone felt the majesty and persistence that could not be resisted from this girl's body, "Camilla, carry out the order!" Right away! ”
Camila gritted her teeth fiercely: "Yes!" Execute your orders! After saying that, the female knight seemed to be unable to bear to look at Raphael again, and rushed out reflexively with tears in her eyes.
"His Highness Raphael!" Mikael endured the pain and stood up, "Please leave as soon as possible!" ”
Raphael shook his head and said, "I still have my duties!" Bell, you're responsible for informing the guilds that are close to you, and tell Tiramisu to give up all the supplies that can be abandoned, and don't let those things slow down the evacuation! ”
"His Highness Raphael! What are you going to do? ”
"Buy you time!" Raphael smiled, and the cloak on his back spread a pair of angel wings, "I will see you off with the most beautiful fireworks!" Evacuate with confidence! ”
After saying that, Raphael flapped his wings and flew into the sky, rushing towards the Cloud Sky Tower at a high speed!
Sky City, Sky Tower, Underground!
In the huge spatial rift, countless monsters poured out of this huge spatial door like a tide, and they let out a howl of unknown meaning while rushing to any corner.
The strange thing is that the small area where the magic sphere is located as the control center is unusual, showing a strange calm, not a single monster appears here, even if this is the central area of the entire space gate.
Passing over the monsters that almost covered the ground from the air, Raphael found a relatively safe angle and rushed into the Sky Tower, although the equipment on her body was almost completely destroyed under the attack of those monsters, but it still allowed her to rush into the teleportation array without danger, and directly teleported to the control center under the effect of authority.
At the same time, the pipes that originally flowed with light blue energy liquid also appeared a little abnormal, and a trace of black slowly appeared in the light blue energy liquid, like a drop of ink falling into a water tank, but this drop of black ink was not diluted, but spread at an incredible speed, and soon, all the energy liquid flowing in the entire pipe was dyed into that uncomfortable color.
These energy liquids flowed to the entire Sky City along the large and small branch pipes. An Abyssal Spider walked right under a pipe, and the sound of energy flowing attracted its attention, and when the Abyssal Spider raised its compound eyes to observe the pipe that made a strange noise, a black gas sprayed out from the crack in the pipe, and sprayed it on its head.
The ferocious predator shook its head and hissed as if to express its displeasure, but soon, its movements slowed down, and black light began to emerge from its compound eyes, and after a while, when another Abyssal Webspider approached it, the Abyssal Webspider that had been affected first stretched out its claws towards its companion.
The sharp spider legs and poisonous claws pierced the opponent's body, and it lay on the unlucky sacrifice, sucking the blood in the opponent's body with its mouthparts, and the black light in its compound eyes became more and more intense.
"Shhhh It raised its head and roared, and its entire body swelled violently, and its long legs, which were originally as thin as steel needles, became like a hard iron rod, glowing with a metallic color.
It leaped violently, eight sharp claws flying in the air, and the pipes that had been tens of thousands of years old were now shattered into pieces under the sharp spider legs like rotten pieces of iron that had been rusted for many years, and the black energy liquid flowing in them poured down and poured on its body.
"Hoarse, hoarse!" As if making a happy sound, it danced its two forelimbs while enjoying the feeling of its body being watered with energy liquid, and its entire body expanded at a speed visible to the naked eye, and the black light in its compound eyes almost turned into small black holes.
After a while, as if it had finally had enough of enjoyment, it quickly moved its eight spider legs, rushing towards its own kind in the distance, like a tiger entering a flock of sheep, devouring these weak kinders in three strokes and five by two.
Still not satisfied, this time, its target was the demons who rushed out of the spatial portal, and it screamed and rushed into the vast sea of demons, feasting on it while venting its desire to kill.
The demons of the bottomless abyss are not good children, they can survive the turbulence of space, and the demons who reached the other end of the space gate safely are the best among them, even if this plane lurker becomes more powerful than before, under the siege of thousands of demons, they can only hate on the spot.
The dead planar lurkers were quickly devoured by the demons, and the same thing happened to the demons again.
On the other side, Raphael, who had finally entered the control center through the teleportation array, finally encountered mortal danger.
The tattered robe suddenly emitted a burst of green light, and the shield of the high-level spiritual protection only shone for less than three seconds before shattering into a primordial magical element in the air.
"Mind Flayer!" Raphael hated itchy, she thought that this damn ancient creature would be busy with some spiritual "communication" with those demons in the bottomless abyss, and would not pay attention to her, but now it seems that this damn ancient creature has been waiting here for her to throw herself into the net.
"In the name of Raphael, the owner of the first authority, I order, control the center to lift the energy security lock and carry out the self-destruct procedure!" While he was still conscious, Raphael gave the order as fast as he could.
"External instruction detected! Command source confirmed! Confirm it's done! The command is valid! The energy safety lock is being lifted! Lifted! The self-destruct program is starting! Warning, this procedure can only be executed after the unified confirmation of the first to seventh permissions! Since the current 2nd to 7th privileges have not been granted, please reconfirm the first privilege owner! ”
The high platform in front of the magic sphere lit up again, and Raphael motioned for him to put his palm up.
But by this time, Raphael had already begun a confrontation with the Mind Flayer, which was a pure clash of will and spirit, and if he failed, Raphael would lose his consciousness and his body would be controlled by the Mind Flayer, just like the players who had died at the hands of the ancient creatures before.
As soon as he felt that his spirit was invaded by the Mind Snatcher, Raphael did not hesitate to tear open a scroll in his arms, and a turquoise spiritual protective shield opened instantly, giving her a chance to breathe, which was specially prepared by Raphael after activating the control center before, as the commander of this expedition to Sky City, it was not difficult to let the rear make a special trip to prepare something for her temporarily.
Relying on the protection of this spiritual shield, Raphael put his hand on the high platform as quickly as he could.
"Testing begins! Detection complete! Please show the command terminal! The command terminal already exists! Determine the validity of the instruction, and the database comparison begins! ”
The turquoise psychic shield continued to emit bursts of flickering, and it was obvious that an external psychic attack was destroying the shield.
"Matchup complete! Please confirm the order finally! ”
"Start the self-destruct program! Make sure the castle in the sky is completely destroyed! Immediately! Right away! Raphael almost shouted, and she could see that her spiritual shield wouldn't last long!
"Command confirmed! The self-destruct program begins! ”
As the magic sphere began to self-destruct, the six star rings that revolved around the sphere expanded rapidly, and a few seconds later, the outermost star rings suddenly exploded in all directions, and the magic runes that formed the star rings shot out in all directions like bullets out of the chamber.
"Ahh A shrill voice came from the air, "Damn! How dare you hurt me! I'm going to make your body my slave forever! ”
Knowing that she couldn't stay any longer, Raphael tore open a mental shield scroll again and strode into the teleportation array, she would rather die at the hands of those monsters in the bottomless abyss than become a slave to this ancient creature!
Seeing his prey disappear in the teleportation array, the Mind Flayer was obviously angry, and in the empty room, the miniature tornadoes generated by the spiritual power out of thin air showed that this ancient creature was in a very bad mood right now.
"Quack, don't you want to escape from my palm! I feel the purest delicacy from your soul! Yes! That's the smell of angels! You are my prey! As he spoke, the Mind Flayer spread his spiritual power, and a small tornado quickly converged into a huge tornado, and countless monsters that rushed out of the space gate were torn to pieces by this tornado.
A powerful demon managed to survive the tornado's attack, and before he could leave this dangerous area, his spirit was easily wiped out by the powerful power of the Mind Flayer.
After a while, the tall demon looked at his hands: "Quack! I'll find you, little girl! You'll be my collector's item! ”
After saying that, the demon who had been robbed of his body by the Mind Flayer Demon resisted the spatial turbulence near the space door, directly opened a spatial crack that was enough for him to pass through, and drilled into it.