Chapter 3: The Evil Era
(The 7,000-word chapter is sent, and I kneel down to ask for recommendation tickets!! )
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Historic events in the past decade:
The Legion of the Wailing captured the city of Emperor's Landing, the Spartan Empire God of War disappeared, and from this year, it was called the arrival of the Age of Evil.
In the year 0002 of the Evil Era, the Western Kingdom was established on the Western Continent and joined the evil camp.
In Evil Era 0005, the number of humans in the Central Continent was halved by the Legion of the Howling.
In the year 0007 of the Evil Era, the Eastern Kingdom was established on the Eastern Continent. The Southern Kingdom was established on the southern continent, and under the attack of the Howling Legion, the two kingdoms lost almost half of their land.
In the year of Evil Era 0008, Augustus, who was only 18 years old. LI Dong. Reinhardt, ascended to the throne as Emperor of Sparta and announced his withdrawal from the wars in the Central World. The Northern Continent officially broke away from the rule of the Spartan Empire and established the Northern Kingdom. Kulush was crowned King of the North.
In the year 0009 of the Evil Era, the missing god of war of the Spartan Empire, Augustus. Aaron. Reinhardt, who became the common spiritual leader of the Human Resistance Howling Legion. It is even worshipped as a new god.
In the year 0010 of the Evil Era, Kulush, the governor of the Northern Kingdom of the Northern Continent, mobilized millions of people to build the Great Wall on the Sunset Plains, and finally completed. With the support of the Wood Elves, the confrontation between the Northern Kingdom and the Howling Legion was further formed.
Time is like a river mussel in motion, staring at it with wide eyes, and there is no trace of movement.
Ten long years, lonely and monotonous.
Time is like a file without a sound. Too slow and too fast, for a statue, you can only silently feel time pass through your heart and go against yourself.
Since the first few years, every day has really been a day.
It's just that over time, Aaron has become familiar with this numbing feeling.
The Crystal Hall that stands in the Holy City of Nothingness. For ten years, Aaron witnessed familiar faces once and for all. Accept their sacrifices, pray, and tell about the changes that have taken place over the years.
"What will become of the Spartan Empire without its leader?"
Aaron has thought about this question more than once.
Now it seems that everything is unfolding in his eyes. There are disappointment, relief, anger and helplessness......
In general, the mysterious disappearance of the god of war, which has been interpreted into countless versions over the years.
But because the Greenway Holy City, the Void Holy City, and the Hurricane Sanctuary still exist. The authority of the god of war still supports and controls the entire barbarian continent, the Spartan Empire.
As Aaron's closest person, only Lidong can gain the support of Kratos, the king of the void, Yulan, the king of the greenway, and Xianli, the king of hurricanes, and become the successor emperor of the Spartan Empire. And Lidong firmly believes that Augustus, the god of war, will definitely return.
Stiff sight.
She was dressed in a gorgeous costume and was very brightly colored. But under the reflection of the crown on the girl's head, no matter how brilliant the color is, it has been overshadowed.
The girl's eyes were rendered with a touch of sadness, like ink and green silk messy in the wind, and sorrow in the air, and she came here every day. Staring at the familiar, she was like that, silent.
"Lidong, she has grown up, and she has become a beautiful, majestic ...... Queen. No matter how pleased Aaron is. The stiff corners of the mouth still didn't move.
As a statue with a mind and soul, the taste is not easy.
Every day. After the silence, Lidong would talk to himself.
After that, they will leave the Holy City of Nothingness.
I saw her holding the emperor's authority in her left hand, standing up straight, slender, weak and slender. Reluctantly looked at 'Aaron' and said, "Brother, Lidong will come to see you tomorrow." ”
Looking at the back of the leaving, suddenly--the originally cold statue had a slight crack.
"The ten-year period has finally arrived."
Yoyo exhaled a long breath, and at the moment when he finally broke free, Aaron turned into a calm heart, and he didn't seem to be in a hurry about the freedom that was coming.
At this moment, the two pillars of light of the blazing sun passed through the hall, like two transparent gold bands, shining with dots of dust.
A cloud of light, as big as the wheel of an ox-cart, as bright red as molten iron, with a squirting light, shot and spread in all directions.
"An artifact attack from the Holy City of Annihilation and the Flame Sanctuary has caused fatal wounds to the body. -- Treatment recovery completed. ”
According to the hint in his head, the spider web-like cracks quickly crawled all over the statue.
Nothingness is a vesicle formed around the engulfed substance during whale swallowing, which is produced by the incessant depression of this red light.
It took Aaron ten years to grasp this power.
The ultimate mystery of the Temple of Nothingness, as an existence isolated from the seven temples of Might, Annihilation, Enemy, Blue, Hurricane, Flame, and Greenway, has finally been revealed in ten years of silence.
Buzz――――――
With the Void Holy City as the center, a shockwave visible to the naked eye quickly spread out in all directions.
And with the Void Holy City as the center, the Pantheon of the God of War built around it exploded. Countless sacrifices and divine servants ran out in a panic and looked in the direction of the Void Holy City.
"Spartans, salute the god of war!"
In sight.
With a loud voice, I saw that it was densely packed, and nearly 10,000 Void Holy City warriors knelt on one knee around the Void Holy City.
On all kinds of stunned, dumbfounded expressions, you can see that everyone's face is full of disbelief.
"Void Holy City, it's like this...... Disappeared into thin air? ”
"Oh my God, the Spartan Empire...... It's going to be a change! ”
"Who, what did the god of war do to make him decide to leave, and no longer shelter this great and solemn glorious kingdom."
Immediately after that, the news that shook the entire Spartan Empire was that not only the Void Holy City disappeared, but even the Greenway Holy City and the Hurricane Temple all disappeared without a trace in the same day's time, as if they had evaporated out of thin air.
To outsiders, this phenomenon is explained as a cause.
That is, the authority and influence of the God of War may have completely disappeared from this world. The Void Warriors, Greenway Warriors, and Hurricane Templars will lose their skills and status as sub-gods under the throne of the God of War.
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The Spartan Plain outside the Imperial City of Sparta.
There was not a single cloud in the blue sky, the fiery sun scorched the earth, the water in the river was hot, and the earth on the ground was smoking.
The sun is scorching. On both sides of the creek, ripe grains were so hot that they bent over and bowed their heads.
Leave the controlled area of the Imperial Spartan Plains. Finally, there were no more of the fierce Spartan warriors who roamed the streets.
Near the plains on the outskirts of the Alpha Forest, four dusty men, three men and one woman. The four men, each with a different weapon, have one thing in common, they are all blonde and blue-eyed, and they are humans from the Central World.
Since the beginning of the Age of Evil, there have been countless Middle-earthers. Swarming towards the Savage Continent.
The way to get to the Spartan Empire was to enter the Savage Continent from the Wall of Despair by paying a large tax. Or smuggling from the sea, and people crossing the desert are even more dead. Everyone has only one goal. That is to go to a majestic empire far from war, far from the Legion of the Howling, rich and peaceful, and protected by the god of war.
Holding a moldy and rotten scroll from nowhere, one of them, a scruffy young man with a beard, whispered to the other companions. "Hey, you're about to enter the Alpha Forest. Look, it's said to be a treasure left behind by the trolls. It's around this point. ”
The other fat man with a big shoulder and a round waist clearly scoffed at the scruffy young man's actions, "Bryten, don't show off your map that you got from a drunken dryad. You must know that there are more people who have gone to find troll treasures, and there are more people than can be counted. Passing by the ruins of the troll tribe, just drop by. Don't forget that the purpose of our trip is to register as a great bounty hunter in the Bounty Guild of Nature's City. Then in the great kingdom of the god of war, become a rich man. Maybe we'll even be able to buy a house in the Imperial City and get Imperial citizenship, which is exciting to think about! ”
"Actually, it seems like a good trip to the troll ruins, maybe we can catch a beautiful troll girl." The languid middle-aged man quipped, seemingly supporting the previous scruffy young man's rhetoric.
At this time, the young woman with blonde hair next to her touched her forehead helplessly, "You all shut up for me." Three men will never be able to pee in a pot. ”
Ten meters away, I was surprised to hear this set of rhetoric.
For the god of war of the Spartan Empire, it is obvious that the upheaval that has taken place in the past decade has made Aaron not know much about the empire he has built.
"Who?"
"Trolls?"
"Elf!?"
The three men and one woman soon spotted a stranger not far away.
Seeing a few people, nervously holding up the crossbow arrows in their hands, Aaron had a smile on the corner of his mouth, and responded simply, "Human! ”
According to the laws of the Spartan Empire, in the Imperial Plains, the Alpha Forest, and the surrounding cities of nature, any human, orc, dryad, elf, or even a cowardly dwarf or a dwarf goblin could be a citizen of the Spartan Empire.
And the 'creatures' who have the citizenship of the Empire are protected by the Empire and the God of War. If you don't want to be chased by the swift, well-equipped, and smell-sensitive wolf security brigade, then first find out the identity of the other party before hunting them.
"You- are you a citizen of the Empire? Or a bounty hunter, or a freedman? ”
A young woman with blond hair, holding a short crossbow in her hand, stared at a young man with black hair and a pair of black pupils with a grim appearance.
"Aristocrats."
What Aaron didn't expect was that the simple four words on his lips made the three men and one woman in front of him nervous, and they all picked up their crossbows and searched the grass around them in a panic to see if there was any hidden danger.
The evil Spartan nobles, like vampires, are privileged by the law and make them very dangerous.
An Imperial nobleman can kill freedmen, bounty hunters, and all creatures who are not citizens of the Empire in the wild. Moreover, the nobles of the empire were usually accompanied by a whole team of guards.
"There is no danger!"
The young woman with blonde hair breathed a sigh of relief. Motioning for the other three to lower their weapons.
After all, not all imperial nobles. They are all selfish and greedy. Generally, only those orc nobles, wolf nobles and bear nobles with rough appearances are dangerous guys who need to be watched out for and vigilant. Relatively speaking, human aristocrats are relatively easy to speak.
"There is no silver badge of citizens, and there is no golden badge of nobility. Although the temperament is okay, the clothes are tattered, and most of such imperial nobles are fake. It could be a bounty hunter......"
With a few steps forward, a pair of clever little eyes swirled around Aaron's chest and up and down. And with the whispers of the scruffy young man. Three men and one woman couldn't help but raise the crossbow arrows in their hands slightly.
The effect of the 10-star Spartan king, the words of the other party, did not escape Aaron's ears.
At the time of the founding of the country, the so-called citizen badges, as well as the nobles' badges, were designed by Aaron himself. However, there are only some differences in color.
Sense the energy of the void space and flip it over. A quaint purple badge that Aaron casually wears on his chest.
So much so that the four people on the opposite side almost dropped their jaws in shock.
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Half an hour later.
Walking in the dense alpha forest, Aaron gradually became familiar with the group of four. Carry a crossbow bolt on your back. The scruffy young man with a cross-sword was named Briiten, and the clever fat man with an axe and crossbow arrows was named Faye.
Lazy but somewhat deep, a middle-aged man of about thirty years old, named Basilt.
"My name is Evie. Hailing from the Eastern Kingdoms, I am also a nobleman and once was. "The blonde swordswoman introduces herself.
Introduced by four people. Aaron found that they were all from the same place, the Eastern Kingdom of Middle-earth.
The Eastern Kingdom of Middle-earth, an unfamiliar word, after some explanation, Aaron understood that the other party was referring to the Eastern Continent of the Central Empire.
Ten years have changed dramatically. Even Aaron did not expect that the Spartan Empire on the barbaric continent would become a country that all human beings yearn for. And get here without fear of hardship. Even here, these people don't even get the status of a freedman.
"I'm a minor nobleman, with Middle-earth blood, Spartan blood, and even a little elven blood, huh...... For about ten years, he hasn't left the Imperial City...... "Aaron explained his lineage based on the physical transformation of the three major temples, which can be regarded as matching his appearance.
As the master of the three temples, Aaron could easily change the color of his pupils, switching between black, silver, and green at will. As for the color of the hair, it can be achieved with the help of a plant mixed with water.
It's just that no one in the hearts of the four people in the company believed Aaron's self-introduction.
Wearing the Purple Order Noble Badge, generally the most advanced nobles of the Spartan Empire, just a minor nobleman? Not even a stupid dwarf can fool him.
Spartan blood, elven blood, well, there is nothing wrong with an ancient nobleman. As for the Middle-earth bloodline, it's a bit of nonsense.
has not left the imperial city for ten years, except that it means that the other party has a place in the majestic Spartan imperial city, well, he is also a pampered and uneducated noble child. Looking at this tattered and tattered high-quality costume, which one should have been robbed or what?
The true thoughts of the blonde female swordsman, "Having a Spartan Purple Noble with you is equivalent to an extra talisman." Since he wanted to go to the City of Nature together, there was no reason to refuse such a good thing. Perhaps, even the gate tax will be saved. ”
Half a day later, a group of people who were talking and laughing on the surface, but secretly had their own thoughts, gradually became quiet as they went deeper into the Alpha Forest.
Officially entering the depths of the Alpha Forest, the large trees and rattans in the primeval forest are intertwined with each other, as if covered with layers of large nets, and they are also very similar to the dark green seabed, and no ray of sunlight can penetrate it.
Walking in the once familiar forest, Aaron felt that ten years had not brought any great changes to this forest.
His gaze followed the leafy woods to the depths of the forest's core. "Gogo lives in seclusion in the abandoned dwelling place of the wood elves. Ten years have passed, and I don't know how she is. ”
When viewed from the sparse foliage, the nearby mountain is covered with thick trees, revealing a thick green. The mountains in the distance are also covered with ancient trees, and the vision is dark.
This is the depths of the forest, so quiet that you can hear the sound of leaves falling to the ground, and the occasional squirrel biting off pine nuts and falling to the ground. Or the birds flutter their wings, and the ground is densely covered with sheep's tooth grass and ferns, and from time to time they sprang out of the wild.
The four people in the same group gradually became a little nervous with the crossbow arrows in their hands. In the last year or two, there has been an endless stream of people who have gone on expeditions to the Alpha Forest. Bounty hunters, freedfolk mercenaries, and even guerrilla sentries for the Wolf Clan's vigilante brigade.
Occasionally, you can find an entrance to the dark forest from here, and the ruins of the Dryad clan also have a lot of valuable things.
But the more dangerous place here is the remains of the trolls. It was also the goal of the group.
Unlike the Dryad Ruins. In the account of the Great War of Middle-earth, the Troll King, General Behringer, and all the Troll Warriors fell in the Sunset Plains.
The Spartan Empire regarded the relics of the Trolls as an inviolable sacred place. But despite this, the law is also turning a blind eye and allowing many adventurers to explore and discover.
It is said that the wealth that the god of war gave to the trolls was buried in the black soil deep in the Alpha Forest. And the second female emperor of the Spartan Empire is very keen to be able to 'recycle' this treasure.
"Everyone, be careful, follow the tips of the map. We've officially stepped into the Troll Relic. Breiten, a scruffy young man with a beard, reminded everyone and added the following note to the troll ruins.
"General Behringer, the king of trolls, once fought alongside the god of war. The Great War of Middle-earth. Bellinger led 100,000 berserkers and 8,000 trolls, all buried under the Great Wall of Sunset Plains. The god of war was furious, and personally led 500,000 orc legions to sweep and bloodied the real sunset plain...... It is said that the few remaining trolls carry the grief of the extinction of the race. and the human slaves rewarded by the god of war, returning to their habitats with plundered treasures and rewards............"
Listening to Breiten's intriguing commentary, Aaron's mind seemed to go back to ten years ago. Self at that time. It seems that the obsession with authority and the divine seat has reached a state of madness, and even when he hears about the death of 100,000 soldiers, there is not a trace of real emotional fluctuations.
Now that I think about it, the bloodiness of war, and the greed for power, can easily lead a person to madness, and madness is often a prelude to failure and setback.
In other words, at the beginning of the Evil Era, Aaron has an unshirkable responsibility.
"Shut up, Breiten. What you're talking about is a story that even the beggars on the side of the road know. ”
Evie unceremoniously interrupted Briiten. And signaled him to be quiet with his eyes.
And at the moment when Evie held the crossbow in her hand and scanned the grass to lift her feet and fall, she suddenly felt a tightness in her shoulders, and she was easily pulled back by an irresistible force.
"If you still want to keep your humble life, stand behind me."
Aaron's cold tone was like two people compared to half a day ago. And he kicked up a pebble to trigger the trap, which aroused the vigilance of the other three.
However, there was a fire of phosphorus flashing ahead, and ghosts were looming. "Whoa~Whoa~" There were several wolf howls in the distance, making the whole forest even more eerie.
"No, it's a wolf guerrilla sentry. To the soldiers of the Empire, we are finished! Hearing the howl of the wolf, the axe warrior fat man Faye screamed in surprise, and his face turned white in an instant. And from the horror and silence of the other three, it is obvious that I agree with the fat man's statement.
"The wolf sentry only kills thieves and rebels. Among these people, there are not only wolf clans......"
Aaron's indifferent voice just fell, in the eyes of the fat man Faye and several others who were about to burst. Aaron's body flashed with a layer of cyan light.
A narrow four-tael arc blade and bowl-shaped gauntlet can unload the attack of heavy weapons, and its lethality lies in good elasticity.
Comes with two elongated daggers, which are designed to wipe the opponent's neck in close combat, and are two palms long. Not only can it easily be inserted into the seam of the breastplate, but it can also be pierced into the heart and result in a heavily armored enemy.
In addition, Aaron's combat boots, bracers, arm guards, shin guards, and the ribbon on his forehead are all made of rattan armor.
The attributes of the Hurricane Warrior are destined for the direction of the Assassin profession. It is mainly light and agile.
"Hurricane Warrior Level 1 Skill - 'Iron Storm'!"
Aaron's form vanished in an instant, and the Thin Hurricane stabbed forward with a long-bladed sword in his hand, sweeping through the undulating grass, approaching all enemies in a straight line. And let out a loud shout, "Death is like the wind, always with me!" ”
Blood flew like rain, and the six werewolves were killed in one hit.
"Hurricane Warrior Level 2 Skill - Wind Wall!"
waved his hand and swept away, and shouted, "My glory has been parting for a long time." ”
From Aaron's side, a windfall suddenly blew in front of him, blocking a dense wave of crossbow arrows.
"Hurricane Warrior Level 3 Skill - Sweeping Blade!"
There was hardly a single gap in the continuity, but seeing Aaron's figure, he quickly merged into the windfall and swung a sweeping blade, knocking all the enemies lurking within 300 meters of the surrounding area into the air. A cold shout, "Glory is in the heart, not in the form." ”
The waterfall vanished, and Aaron lifted the arc blade and continued to advance. The target in his eyes was a white troll.
"Hurricane Warrior Level 4 Skill - Breath!"
Without any pause, Aaron, who was still dozens of meters away in the last second, arrived in front of the troll in the next second, and the arc blade in his hand had been sheathed.
Turning his back to the white troll that had been cut in two from his forehead to his feet, Aaron said lightly, "One sword, one thought." ”
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Hurry, everything happened so fast, the axe warrior Faye calculated according to the time his heart stopped beating, he swears, absolutely not more than five seconds.
Looking at the torn werewolf corpses on the ground, as well as the dozens of crippled humans and werewolves around them, as well as two white-haired corpses.
Evie and the other four suddenly became dumbfounded, as if they had been hit on the head, and they were at a loss.
There is an imposing axe warrior Faye, due to the bad things he has said about the other party before. The excessive tension made his neck stiff, his eyes straight, and he could only see the tip of his nose.
"The danger has been lifted!"
After being in a daze for a while, when she found that the other party had approached, Evie was simply startled, as if she had been awakened in a dream, and her eyes exclaimed as if she had just groped back from a distant place, "Holy Order warrior! Sub-gods! A great warrior standing under the throne of the god of war! Oh my God, Augustus, the god of war! You're actually, you're actually ......"
The middle-aged man Basilt, who had been lazy and pretending to be deep before, swallowed a mouthful of saliva with difficulty and answered, "Hurricane Warrior! Under the throne of the god of war, the mysterious swordsman! ”
Aaron smiled indifferently, removed the Hurricane Warrior's rattan armor to hide his embarrassment, and explained, "I'm just an ordinary Hurricane Warrior. ”
Oh, my God! Hurricane Warrior, a mysterious swordsman, actually claimed to be ordinary in front of him?
What is Hurricane Kenhao? It was the third largest temple after the Void Order and the Green Path Order, and it was also the most mysterious hurricane warrior who had never shown his face since the disappearance of the God of War.
Every Holy Order warrior was personally nodding from the God of War. What does this mean? It means that the young man in front of him, he has seen the god of war with his own eyes, oh my God, how old does he look?
At this moment, it was a terrible and shocking time for everyone present, and every second of ticking was like a plumb hammer hitting the heart.
In the gap between the four of them, Aaron turned his head and stared at the disabled team of werewolves, trolls, and humans, his face was not good-looking. After all, such a team of bandits would have been unimaginable ten years ago.
"Thieves? Bandit? Or what...... Which of you will answer my words? ”
In the face of the hurricane soldier's questioning, the old human man, who was bleeding from the corner of his mouth, felt like he had fallen into ice water, and his brain felt like there was a bucket of paste. God knows who can answer his question, the Divine Sub-God Clan will actually personally patrol this Alpha Forest, which has long been ordered by the Empire and all Imperial soldiers are not allowed to set foot in. (To be continued......)