The plains were filled with the smell of scorched earth after the burning flames, and the dry and hot wind from the eastern region whipped up sand and dust and slapped on the tracks of the tanks, and the twelve chariots lined up in a vigilant marching procession, facing the sunset, which had gradually sunset, and crushed the charred earth of the Holy Spirit Plain.

The company commander, Senior, was in the command vehicle and observed the situation in the distance through a periscope.

This is a reconnaissance team - a reconnaissance team with strong firepower and excellent survivability, it has nine Warhammer main tanks and three Iron Ambassador vehicles, and dozens of experienced, loyal and brave soldiers, under normal circumstances, such a team is enough to defeat ten times or even dozens of times the number of old-style aristocratic armies, and break through a fortress of transcendents below the middle rank, in terms of "reconnaissance team", it can be said to be a bit too strong, but in this war zone, Senior still needs to be extremely cautious.

Because the plains are full of wandering crystal giants, and he and his company have entered the unpurified area.

Along the way, Seniors saw countless crumbling walls and abandoned farmsteads, the beautiful houses built by the rich being torn to ruins, and the once precious fields trampled to the ground—while they still had their sanity, the Crystal Giants had at least a glimmer of order, but since they had gone into a frenzy, they had begun to destroy everything in their path, where they had gathered, Basically nothing can be saved.

The vibration of the chariot engine came from underneath his body, and the heavy and sturdy steel machine gave Senior enough security - a few months ago, he was just a junior mechanic who had just come into contact with magic equipment, and after a short period of assault training, he was sent to the battlefield in the north, and it was the pressure of the battlefield and the actual combat experience that made him really proficient, and even became the commander of the company - for the entire newly formed and urgently trained chariot unit, There are not a few commanders like him who have grown rapidly on the battlefield and have been quickly promoted.

Seniors took his eyes off the periscope and gave up his position to the observer, while he walked over to the on-board communication station: "Be on alert, we're getting closer." ”

For mid- and lower-level command nodes and ordinary combat vehicles, the on-board communication station is a simplified magic network terminal - removing the projection crystal to reduce costs, it can only transmit sound signals within a limited range, which can be regarded as the most basic communication spell, but even such a simplified device can still play a valuable role on the battlefield.

The vehicles responded, the reconnaissance force of twelve vehicles slowed down slightly, the three Iron Ambassadors moved forward to adjust their positions to ensure that the emergency shield extenders could cover the entire convoy in time, and Seniors pushed away the armor plate diagonally above them, poked out half of their heads, and directly observed the situation on the plain.

This may seem dangerous, but Senior's experience has taught him that it is not a big problem: the protection of the Warhammer-I relies mainly on the shield system, which is stronger than steel, and the armor of the vehicle is only an "alternative" to provide limited protection after the shield fails, and in cases where visual observation is required, the shield can protect itself if it is attacked, and if the attack is strong enough to penetrate the shield in an instant, That doesn't make much sense to hide behind armor plates either.

In front of the field of vision, the white light with a faint sense of holiness was already clearly visible, and even without the assistance of any equipment, it could clearly see all kinds of strange halos in the air, and the strong malice and hidden madness in the light had become even stronger than before, even so strong that it made ordinary people tremble faintly.

Seniors didn't know what he was up against, he was only carrying out orders, but the incredible power of that light was enough for anyone to be vigilant, enough for him to realize that he was facing the most dangerous part of the Otherworldly Realm, the "Secrets".

Fortunately, in this era, even ordinary people have ways to deal with the transcendent realm.

He retracted his head, calmed his turbulent emotions, turned his head and ordered: "Turn on the mental protection system!" ”

"Yes, each car turns on mental protection!"

With a faint sound of magic running, around the seats inside the chariot, on the periscope and on the surface of the observation windows, some strange runes that were not visible brightened with the charge. Those runes are sinuous and twisted, and they do not belong to any kind of rune system known to mankind, in fact, the various systems of the chariot cannot control the operation of these runes at all, and all the power spine can do is to charge these runes mixed with magic materials, so that they can shine and appear, but it is this kind of "appearance" that has an incredible effect.

As the mysterious lines of light blue appeared everywhere in the car, Seniore quickly felt that his mood had calmed down, and the faint sound of the waves came gently, with a sober, uplifting, and high-spirited power, so that his previous anxiety and vague fear were all gone, and not only that, but he even felt that he was still somewhat happy......

This is the Mind Protection System, a new piece of equipment that was added to the vehicle by the Wizard Technicians not long ago, and Seniors didn't know how it worked, but he had vaguely heard that it was related to a "technical cooperation project" in the rear, and its role was to protect the minds of soldiers in the face of psychic attacks from the transcendent realm, and now it seems that it is indeed very effective.

It's just that this device has a limit - once it runs for too long, the soothing power released by the psychic protection system will become another kind of mental pollution, and the user will inevitably fall into a state of euphoria and pleasure, and even act irrationally due to "being called by the sea", and the technicians in the rear are currently trying to eliminate or mitigate the negative effects of this, but it seems that the problem has not been solved for the time being.

"Watch out for the system's timer," Seniors reminded his men, then ordered the team to move on, "Approach the light." ”

Under the protection of the mental protection system, Senior's reconnaissance team continued to advance, the hazy light becoming clearer and clearer, and the source of the light also looming.

After going over a collapsing wall, Seniore saw it.

That monster that is both sacred and terrifying, pure and blasphemous.

A giant deer shrouded in white light, an artificial god that continues to disintegrate and reassemble its flesh and blood.

"Ancestor...... a soldier looked through the front observation window in astonishment at the giant deer standing quietly in the ruins, his voice trembling unconsciously, "What is that?" ”

"No doubt it's a monster," Senior, equally stunned, but said calmly, "the rest of the teams in groups of four, scattered close together. ”

The convoy immediately divided into three Warhammer-I and one Iron Ambassador, dispersed and cautiously approached the giant deer in the distance, which seemed to be unconscious and unresponsive, allowing the uninvited guests to approach.

But Senior, who had kept his superiors' orders in mind, ordered the entire team to stop when the convoy was still some distance away from the halo around the giant deer, and stopped hundreds of meters around the giant deer.

The giant deer still stood motionless, like a soulless shell, maintaining the posture of looking into the distance, and the extraordinary light shrouded its body, in stark contrast to the hideous scars and deformities on the body, like an impression painting standing between heaven and earth, extremely strange, but extremely contradictory beauty.

"Can't get any closer, it's too weird, something is wrong," Seniore frowned, "Activate the photo crystal outside, leave some video data, and the car crews ...... back."

The engine of the chariot activated, the tracks turned, and the heavy hull began to slowly retreat, and Seniors watched the giant deer warily, and suddenly, he saw the immobile eyes of the giant deer roll slightly.

Maybe some kind of slumber phase is just over, or maybe the chariots have finally caught the monster's attention, and it's moving.

With the engine of one of the chariots clanging, the giant deer slowly lowered its head, its crystalline eyes staring at the slowly retreating chariot, and the ultimate madness brewed in its eyes in calm.

Senior's reaction was almost instantaneous, and he slapped the communicator's button and roared, "Speed up!" Fall back!! ”

The chariot engine instantly turned from a low sound to a roar, and all the chariots suddenly began to turn and accelerate, and at this moment, the eyes of the giant deer suddenly appeared a layer of blood red, and with a frenzied roar that seemed to be mixed with countless roars and murmurs, a dazzling ball of light condensed between the two horns of the giant deer, and the light group jumped, surrounded by countless lightning bolts, turned into a spear, and shot straight at one of the chariot squads.

The Iron Ambassador instantly activated the vehicle's shield extender, and a translucent energy barrier enveloped the entire team at the last moment, and the energy spear also struck almost at the same time - in a tooth-aching scream, the shield and spear were annihilated together, and the magic energy crystal fixed above the Iron Ambassador chariot was also blown to pieces-

Immediately after, the second energy lance quickly condensed, and before everyone could react, it swept past the battered Iron Ambassador, accompanied by a series of deafening explosions, which were instantly wiped out.

All the chariots swerved, accelerated, and galloped away as fast as they could, while the giant deer let out a second frenzied roar, and with a mind-shattering roar, it stepped forward and charged in the direction of the recout's retreat.

In a moment, another chariot suddenly fell behind, its shield flickering violently, as if it was under an invisible magical attack, and after a brief struggle, its shield was completely extinguished, and a large number of blooming flowers and verdant vines grew madly through the cracks in its steel, and in a matter of seconds the entire chariot was wrapped into a living tomb, which was terrifying to look at.

"Boom!" "Boom!!"

A continuous burst of roars rang out, and the chariots turned their turrets and fired at the terrible monster as they went, and at such a close distance, given the latter's relatively large size, almost all of the shells hit the target.

The holy light around the giant deer surged violently, half of the cannonballs were detonated in advance before hitting the target, and the remaining cannonballs hit the flesh and blood body of the giant deer, Seniore saw the monster's flesh and blood splashed, and the already scarred body was bombarded by several shells as if it would be shattered at any time, but the monster only stumbled a few times, and then let out a roar and continued to chase after it!!

The bombardment left only a few minor scars on its seemingly fragile and broken body, and it repaired itself in a matter of moments!

"We may have it off...... one soldier shouted, "it looks very, very, very angry!!" ”

"It wasn't going to get along with us when it wasn't angry - but you're right, we it off!" Seniore replied loudly, "Disperse the queue and prepare to throw the thunder—"

At that moment, the terrible giant deer suddenly let out a different cry than before, and then stopped without warning, it roared, and made all kinds of muffled and terrible sounds, and its body underwent all kinds of terrible changes: the whirling and broken flesh sometimes merged, sometimes separated, the light around it was sometimes powerful, sometimes it was dim, its crystalline eyes were sometimes blood-red, sometimes they became dazzling—

It seems to be in a state of extreme instability, and it stays where it is for a short time.

Seniore didn't know what was going on, but he knew one thing - life had appeared.

The entire reconnaissance team quickly adjusted its direction and quickly withdrew into the distance.

……

St. Sunil, Gawain was interrupted by an urgent communication, and he hurried to his study to see Maryland's serious face emerging on a holographic projection.

"My lord, it has appeared," said the former Rock Fortress General, now the Iron Throne Commander, in a deep voice, "a monster that looked like a deer—but as large as a castle. ”