Volume 6: The Tales of the Characters Chapter 1 - The Scourge Beast
【Character Gaiden: Crystal Empire Arc】
[NO.1-Disaster Beast]
Light and Darkness Holy War.
All historians have recognized one of the darkest periods in the history of the universe.
No one can accurately describe how tragic that war was, and no one can count how many heroes and heroes fell into the abyss in the most unbearable posture in that war.
That history was dark, but it was also glorious.
In the same way, no one can accurately describe the prosperity of the universe at that time.
People only know that the light and dark holy war has almost squeezed out the resources and energy of the universe, whether it is the environment itself, the purity of energy, or the saturation, everything has completely withered before people can react.
What remains for posterity is a barren and chaotic world.
After the Light and Dark Holy War, the Dark Alliance was completely wiped out, and the Galactic Alliance also disintegrated on its own not long after the death of the main backbone and the retreat of the main body.
Without these two organizations, which have always been the pillars of the world, the people of the universe have become scattered for a while.
However, during this period, other tenacious lives came to the stage strongly.
Monsters ---- felt an existential crisis under the harsh environmental changes and fell into an uncontrollable state of rage, coupled with the fact that the people of the universe were completely seeking to protect themselves at that time, the monsters quickly narrowed the long-standing strength gap with the universe people, and became the new overlord of the universe.
That is, the period of monster disasters that lasted for more than 300 years.
"However, the reason why we cosmic people can stand at the top of the world is naturally our own advantages---- in the era of disaster, we did not give up hope, but under the pressure of the monsters, we quickly developed again, from a disorderly state, with an incredible process, once again united, and even quickly established a new power system, three hundred years later, after the last hundred races-level monster planet was wiped out, we finally took back the world that belonged to us from the monsters!"
"Eh······" The child of Kuthirstar showed a look of surprise that made Visio very satisfied, "Well, what about what happened later?" ”
"Later, ah----"
Visio was about to continue, but was suddenly pulled by his companion who appeared behind him at some point.
"Hey, what are you doing," Visio shook off his companion's hand and looked at him disapprehantly, "Didn't you see that I was tutoring the child in history?" ”
"The rest of that can't be said to be history," the companion glanced at Vesio, then glared at the Kut's man, who was visibly startled and ran away, his companion withdrawing his gaze and continuing, "It's the status quo. ”
“······” Vesco was speechless for a while, and after a long time, he replied, "Then, shouldn't you tell them about the current situation." ”
"There's no need," said the companion, drawing a dagger from his waist and playing a few tricks in his hand, "we'll soon make all this history---- and we'll just tell the children about it then." ”
"Well, it's not unreasonable."
After the last planet where monsters of more than 100 races gathered was wiped out, the very despised style of controlling the monster army to fight, pioneered by Rebloondo, unexpectedly suddenly became popular in the universe.
It didn't take long for almost all the monsters of the race, except for those who had no valuable power at all, to be controlled by the major emerging organizations or the rising masters, however, there were still many monster races, and they seemed to have wildness in every gene in their bodies, and they couldn't be restrained at all.
In order to prevent other organizations from developing ways to control these monsters first, the major organizations ended up tacitly killing these monsters.
However, under such a racial elimination, the strength and IQ of some of these monster races have increased by leaps and bounds.
Sixty years ago, these monster races that passed the elimination seemed to have finally exploded, and they began to attack the cosmic people frantically, just like the cosmic people killed them when they saw them, and they also seemed to start going crazy after seeing the cosmic people.
People call these monsters the tumors left over from the disaster ---- monsters.
A few years ago, as the Plague Beast attacks had almost reached a completely uncontrolled state, the heads of the major organizations had gathered for the first time since the Light and Darkness Holy War to discuss how to respond.
The meeting went on very unpleasantly, everyone was staring at the other people, and they all had their own ghosts, just when everyone was about to break up unhappily, ----Pete, one of the top masters who had survived the light and dark holy war that had been spread more and more gods, appeared.
Under Pete's mediation and coercion, everyone reached a consensus and began to eliminate the plague beast race in an organized and disciplined manner.
"Attention all! Attention all! ”
Just as Visio was in his trance, the miniature communicator suddenly rang out.
Visio and his companion looked at each other and nodded knowingly.
"All preparations have been completed, assemble in J-45-AM in three minutes, repeat ----"
"Is it finally going to start······ Veseo rubbed his hands, and the expression on his face gradually became solemn, "The strongest scourge beast in the legend." ”
"It's just relatively strong," his companion patted Visio on the shoulder, "Let's go, don't be late." ”
"Good!"
The distance between the two of them and the target location is still relatively long, so they are also the last two to reach the meeting point after three minutes.
"Huh? Two people? A cosmic man in the crowd who was carrying a heavy hammer looked at the two who came late from a distance, and said dissatisfiedly, "Isn't it stipulated that each team must have five people?" ”
"They're not the same," one of the people next to him shrugged and sneered, "You can see clearly, those two are from the elite group." ”
At first, the man looked intently, and sure enough, he saw that both of them had a silver badge on their left chest, but then they pursed their lips even more disdainfully.
"And, what bullshit elite, you know how to play big names."
At this time, one person on the left stabbed the person, and the latter looked over dissatisfied, but saw that the person was nowing in the direction of the team leader, and the cosmic man looked over and realized that the team leader was also a member of the elite group.
While speaking, the two of them had already come to the front of the team, and Veseo was the first to speak:
"Sorry, it's a little far away, it's late," Visao bowed his head apologetically, then pointed to himself and then to his companion, "Visio, Holmour." ”
"It's okay, it's not a few seconds late, I'm the initiator and person in charge of this operation, just call me Omar," Omar shook hands with Visio, looked at the two of them again, and asked, "Why are there only two of you?" ”
"The others were separated from the hunt not long ago, and there is no news so far," Holm replied, "according to the regulations, those who do not have a death certificate must be missing for more than a month before they can apply to be filled." ”
"Three people missing at once?" One of the people behind shouted, "You ----."
"It wasn't the monster who did it," before the man could finish speaking, Huo Mo's cold gaze swept over, "Yin ours, it's our peers." ”
“······”
"Alright, that's the end of the unpleasant conversation, we still have business to do!" Omar ended the conversation in due time, turned around and gestured, and the crowd gathered together.
"First of all, once again, the hunting target of this operation," Omar turned on the holographic display, and the images of several different postures of the plague beast immediately appeared, "The guy who is widely rumored to be the strongest plague beast by the alliance ---- has so far killed the most people, and his IQ and strength are in the upper echelons of the plague beast, and the Volt monster is the strongest known body." ”
"The strongest----" one of them sighed, "although I participated in this operation, I still want to say, what are our chances of winning?" Have a rough estimate? ”
"yes!" One of the people on the other side also chimed in, "I heard that there was a six-team alliance that was destroyed by that guy before!" ”
As soon as these words came out, there was immediately a whispered discussion, and Visio and Holmmore glanced at each other, both waiting for Omar's reply.
Since the alliance can only be said to be a temporary alliance concluded during the disaster beast period, the rules of various details have not been decided for a long time, and there is also a lack of real leaders, so the alliance has no other combat organization except for the randomly arranged five-person team and the elite group selected once in a while, and the team's union is privately composed of each team---- and their current alliance was convened by Omar in his personal name.
"Is it okay for you to investigate before you speak?" It wasn't Omar who answered, but a man wrapped in a robe, and the man flew over with a roll of his eyes, obviously a little dissatisfied with the ignorance of his companions, "The area where they were fighting at that time was the thunderstorm zone, which happened to be the paradise of the Volt monsters, and it was strange to win!" ”
"Whatever you want, just slaughter that guy right away!" A middle-aged man in the back roared and interrupted the argument, "Lao Tzu's previous teammates have all been killed by this guy!" This time, Lao Tzu must destroy it himself! ”
"Me too!"
"So do we!"
"So, everyone here is here to seek revenge on that plague beast," at this time, the person who first asked the question looked around at everyone, and finally looked at Omar, "Therefore, the issue of victory rate is even more important, we can't take revenge and put ourselves in it." ”
"It's hard to say about the winning rate," replied a man with a sniper rifle, who looked at Veseo and Holm who were standing opposite, "Considering that we don't know much about each other's strength now, and we basically don't know anything about anything other than knowing the goal of this operation, and there is no way to predict the odds of winning, so why don't you all report your own hole cards ---- your housekeepers, how about it?" ”
"Oh, that's a good idea," the other sniper in the team sneered, "who knows if you're going to report your hole cards?" Besides, I really reported my hole cards, and when the disaster beast didn't work, if some people crossed the river and demolished the bridge and wanted to monopolize the reward---- brother, don't you say? ”
The person who spoke turned his head to look at Holmour, who frowned, and was not sure whether to reply, when the previous sniper had already pointed his gun at his counterpart.
"Speak with respect!" The man looked coldly at the person pointed at the gun, "I know that the blood is spewing people, and the alliance is not at peace because of people like you---- or are you actually the guy who is going to cross the river and tear down the bridge?" ”
"Enough!" Omar let out a low roar, and his powerful aura instantly pressed down on everyone, "This is battle!" It's not for you to have a criticism meeting! ”
"Hmph." The sniper snorted, withdrew his rifle, and looked away in displeasure.
"I can understand your feelings," Omar sighed and said, "Not knowing your teammates, or even whether you can trust each other, is indeed a very uncomfortable and fatal thing on the battlefield, but the current system of the alliance is like this, and we can only destroy this plague beast if we join forces!" People who can't let go of their personal desires and personal grudges are not qualified to stand on the battlefield, this is the most basic common sense, have you all forgotten?! ”
“······”
"So----" As everyone fell silent, Vesco suddenly raised his hand to speak, "what did you say by 'preparation'?" ”
"Explain right away," Olma gathered his emotions with a grateful glance at Vesio, and said quickly, "A companion I hired from the outside who is good at hiding breath has set up a blockade around the cave where the Volt monster lurks----"
Olma clicked a few times on the monitor's operating panel to cut a bird's-eye view of the area, marking eleven points on it, connected in straight lines.
"It's basically the same as the one on the map, it's a closed barrier with extreme pressure, and the lowest height is about 1,700 meters from the ground, because so far there has been no precedent for Volt monsters to burrow into the ground, so there is no preparation to block the underground," said Omar, changing the screen to a three-dimensional map, "The blood coagulation bullets and penetrating bullets dedicated to the Volt monsters have been assigned to the two snipers, and the energy attraction meter will be handed over to the four people who are the fastest, and they will be placed near the disaster beast with needles and needles, and then Sechtun will be responsible for starting and shutting down, As for the battle plan---- play the characteristics of your teams and adapt to the situation! ”
"Do you want to play the characteristics of each team," one of the people behind Omar nodded with satisfaction, "Yes, since you don't know the style of the others, it's better for each team to fight separately and look like a god, good!" ”
Omar nodded, looked around again, and asked, "Are there any more questions?" ”
"Here," a young man next to him, who had been silent, raised his hand, "how to get close to the target hasn't been said yet, given the desolation of this area, is it possible for us to approach without being noticed by the scourge beasts?" ”
"The fact is, we have been discovered by it," Omar sighed silently, his tone unconsciously heavy, "According to the information that the alliance has, the perception range of the Volt monster is very large, and now we who are standing here have already been 'seen' clearly by it." ”
"There's no movement yet, it can only mean one thing," Huo Mo looked in the direction of the cave, his brow furrowed, "that guy, ready to wipe out all of us in turn." ”
"Underestimated," a swordsman licked his lips and drew his sword behind his back, "Guys, make that bastard pay for his hubris!" ”
"Well said!" Omar turned off the display, took two steps back, and glanced at everyone one last time, "Let the murderous legend of this damned plague beast end here!" ”
"Good!"
"Good!"
"Destroy it!"
"If you count us, it's a combination of four teams," Visio summoned his long stick and glanced at Holm, "I heard that you also have a grudge against this plague beast?" ”
"Little feud." Huo Mo replied lightly, and drew his dagger with an expressionless face.
"Well, it doesn't matter," Visio smiled lightly, "I hope it will work out this time!" ”
"Attention! The barrier will only disappear for three seconds! Omar answered the communication and shouted, "When I count to three, everyone will rush in at full speed!" ”
"Roger!"
"One!"
"Two!"
"Three!"
Before the words fell, a flash of light suddenly flashed in front of the originally empty front, and at the same time, eighteen people rushed into the closed area from all directions at the same time!
"See! Right ahead! The person who rushed to the front seemed to see the figure of the disaster beast, and shouted excitedly, "It's not good to prepare for ---- immediately!" ”
At the same time as he subconsciously screamed, several dark blue lightning bolts suddenly shot out of the cave, accurately rushing towards the few people who were running in front!
"Don't think about preemptively!"
Veseo shouted, exerted force under his feet, jumped straight from the middle of the formation to the front, and danced with a long stick in his hand, and actually led all the lightning rushing in different directions to it!
With a flick of his long stick, the lightning on the stick was thrown into the clearing, and at this time, the spaceman holding the hammer in the rear quickly rushed up, jumped up, and with a loud shout, the hammer smashed on the ground, but did not stir up half a cent of dust, and half a second later, there was a big explosion in the cave two hundred meters away!
"The hunt begins!"
Omar's command and the roar of the plague beast rang out at the same time, and a gust of wind tore through the smoke and dust, and a black shadow rushed out, sweeping past the man at the front faster than he could have imagined, leaving a deep scratch on his armor!
"The target is to the southeast pole, and the third is placed!"
"Installed!"
"Start!"
Several voices that almost overlapped each other sounded in succession in the communicator, and then, the energy of the surrounding barrier was instantly forcibly pulled to a point in the southeast----
Rumble!!!
"It's worthy of an energy bomb ----" The person who planted the No. 3 energy bomb sighed with palpitations, but at this moment, several lightning bolts suddenly rushed out of the smoke, and in the blink of an eye, they entangled the man like a rope!
"Goal! The goal is still alive! ”
The No. 3 bomb planter only had time to say this sentence before a beast's claw pierced through his heart, and his body exploded and died in a surge of energy!
"The battle continues!" Omar gritted his teeth and shouted, "We can't let our teammates die in vain!" ”
Several people should be in harmony, grab their weapons together, and rush towards the enemy, who has not been able to fully see the whole picture so far.
However, at this moment, the calamity beast suddenly raised its head and let out an earth-shattering roar!
Its sound is so loud that you can even see layers of translucent sound waves spreading around it!
"What is this?!" One of the people in the rear subconsciously covered his ears, "Sonic attack?" ”
"No," Hormo shook his head, "I've never heard of a Volt monster capable of sonic attacks, and this sonic wave is really not enough for an attack, so it's better to say ······"
"Hey······ No way? At this time, the corner of his mouth twitched a little and the spaceman with the heavy hammer looked at Omar, "Didn't the intelligence say that there was only that guy on Kuthel as a plague beast?" ”
Soon, there was a response to his question, but unfortunately, it was not Omar's explanation that responded to him----
It's roaring in all directions!
[To be continued]
[Author: Traceless]