Chapter 153: Crimson
The steam engine roared and operated, and in the fierce battle before, although the original sin armor piloted by Percival was attacked by the demons, but under her rich combat experience, she avoided many fatal injuries, although the original sin armor was now covered with bruises, but it still had combat ability, and it was a generation of armor itself, and the flesh and blood of the demons were gradually healing over time.
"Although we haven't tried it, as long as we don't get killed by direct knockdown, with the recovery power of the first generation of armor, we can guard a suitable terrain to kill these demons...... But before that to deal with that guy. ”
Percival's voice rang out from the communicator, and she heard Arthur's battle orders, and as the person most familiar with the situation, she made an offer.
"Are you all left now?"
Arthur asked, in order to prevent a possible accident, this time the Purifier had invested a lot of force, but even so, the accident still happened.
"I don't know, that guy is terrible, he stormed our team with the demons, we were scattered in the rainstorm, I don't know about the others, but at the moment...... It should be just me and the Night Stalker at the moment. ”
The hideous armor slowly raised its head and looked up at the dark shadow standing at the edge of the dome, and in the lens of the bird's beak mask, the people who were struggling in the blood were reflected.
"That guy...... It's the plague doctor, a demon-related guy we've been hunting, and it looks like he's Lawrence's remnant. ”
"Epidemic Doctor ......"
Arthur remembered the name, a mysterious and strange doctor who conducted research on humans and demons in various places, and his methods were cruel and left behind many "experimental products" after each experiment, so he was noticed and hunted by the purifiers.
"What is his power?"
Arthur asked, who could easily defeat the original sin armor, and in some ways the plague doctor was even more terrifying than Lawrence.
"No, it's not him who is powerful, it's those demons ......"
I don't know if the erosion was affecting the signal, or if Percival was terrified, and her voice began to tremble to Arthur's ears.
Looking through the torrential rain, at the other end of the lifting zone, a red light had lit up on the armor of the first generation, and the flesh within the armor began to erode Percival's body, sticking together, painful but powerful.
A generation of armor can continue to fight, but Percival, as a mortal body, can't do it, her consciousness is already on the verge of collapse, maybe it will be destroyed by erosion in the next second.
"Don't worry about me, there are still three Florent potions in the armor, and I can still hold on for a while. ”
As the voice sounded, Arthur felt Percival on the other side of the rain curtain seem to be looking at him, countless red lights like scarlet hundred eyes.
Flesh tightened, the armor raised its arm, and the bloodstained and gaped greatsword pointed to the center of the platform, where a huge corpse was placed, filled with iron spears and broadswords, and the weapons were burned red by the heat, and the rain caused a white mist.
It was as if the monster of some nightmare had been crucified in place, its flesh and blood terrifying, its bones protruding like tarantulas, piercing its spine and nailing it into steel, its crevices still burning white, evaporating the rain and rising into a raging mist.
But the mist did not cover the forbidden body, and it was dispersed by the wind, exposing the abominable body to the rain.
All the people who saw it had a slight sense of suffocation at the moment they looked at it directly.
His bloated and grotesque body had a human head on top of it, and his eyes were furious, as if he were roaring, but people could not hear his roar because he was dead.
The great sword and the forged spear pierced through his heart, severing his skull, molten iron clinging to his body.
"That'...... Is it a demon?"
Arthur also couldn't believe what he saw, the blazing white fireworks had not yet been extinguished, and the boiling blood was difficult to calm under the cold rainstorm, comparable to a monster with a disobedient human head on its body...... Or rather, that's what he was.
"To be precise, a demon demonized by a demon hunter. ”
Percival said with some fear.
"It was this kind of demon that was the main force that defeated us...... Is it true that they are really demon hunters? they are so powerful when they become demons, and after they become demons, it seems that they can still activate their powers, and the fireworks that seem to be inextinguishable are the power of the demon hunters. ”
"My guess is that this is the witchers of the Protestant Order, and after realizing that something is wrong with us, they also chose to join the battlefield, and the target should also be Lorenzo, but unlike this plague doctor, they don't seem to know the inside of the Black Mountain Hospital, so the team is scattered.
And these demonized witchers are the unlucky ghosts who have encountered the plague doctor, and it took us a lot of effort to kill them. ”
Most of the three generations of armor were destroyed in the battle against these demons, and then the wounded armor was besieged by those ordinary demons, and it was eaten away little by little.
"You're saying that the plague doctor defeated these witchers, or even that they were so terrible that they had to demonize and completely lose their minds, and then they were used by the plague doctor to attack you. Arthur asked.
"It may be so, the plague doctor didn't do anything from the beginning to the end, and we don't know what he's capable of. ”
Unknown enemies are the most terrifying, and such information cannot help but add bricks and stones to this despair.
The whole lifting area is a messy battlefield, where blood and rain are piled up, in which floating corpses and broken bones, the remains of armor and demons are like tall stone sculptures, looking up, endless torrential rain falls, and the sky is completely occupied by gloom, like night.
Percival began to move slowly, and at the same time she got up with the night stalker, the performance of the three generations of armor was greatly reduced compared to the first generation of armor, but fortunately, the night stalker had enough driving experience, plus Percival shared most of the firepower, although his armor was broken, but still had a certain combat ability.
They approached Arthur's direction, and above the dome the plague doctor watched in silence.
Arthur's face was gloomy, thinking about how to find a glimmer of life in this despair, he had expected to be directly attacked by the plague doctors, but now it seemed that the plague doctors were not in a hurry to attack, as if they had mercy on them, giving them enough time to discuss tactics or prayers before they died.
At present, the main forces are only Percival and Night Stalkers, and although the armor is broken in the face of demons, it is also an important combat force, and the rest is up to Arthur himself.
Although the rain and moisture obscured his vision, Arthur saw the armor, the armor that had fallen on the other side of the large lifting platform.
The blue paint on it is clearly visible, and the overall emaciation is like a light ghost, and you can expect it to act like a thunderbolt.
This is Merlin's suggestion, he thinks that the first generation of armor has some strange characteristics, such as the strange connection with the driver, which can be felt from Lorenzo and the black angel, but Lorenzo's special case is obviously not suitable for research, and he is ready to use Ovis as the current to study the connection between him and the first generation of armor.
What no one noticed was that Ovis, who had been lying on the back of the kestrel, also raised his head at this time, he couldn't see what was behind the rain curtain, but at this moment there was a strange palpitation, as if something was calling, behind the rain curtain.
The torrential rain continued to pour, and if you want to leave here, you have to activate a large lifting platform to send everyone to the ground, but for now, the situation on the ground will only be worse than expected, and before Arthur can make a judgment, there is a strange sound from above.
It was the demons, one demon after another who appeared at the edge of the dome like hungry beasts, their teeth and claws, and their strange size, completely encircling the people in the cage.
The plague doctor was not merciful to them, he was waiting for the demons scattered around him to be attracted by the breath of this living person.
This is not the most terrible despair, what really makes people's hearts fall to the bottom is the demon standing behind the plague doctor, the bones and flesh of the body are increased by the power of the secret blood, and it is covered with pitch-black iron armor, and this iron armor is still growing from the cracks, like a sharp sword blade covering this hideous body.
The face of the witcher was long gone, and he could only see the bloody maws open above the mask-like black armor, longing for blood and flesh.
"The so-called witchers can't resist the erosion of the blood of the Holy Grail......"
The plague doctor sighed in a low voice, it was very simple to defeat the witcher, inject him with the blood of the Holy Grail before killing him, and the terrible power would corrupt the witcher completely, and reason could no longer restrain this terrible taboo until it became the same demon.
Let go of his hand and drop the suitcase, in order to do all this, the epidemic doctor has consumed all the inferior secret blood he carried, and now these things are useless.
He carried out all this according to Lawrence's orders, and although he could not find Lorenzo Medici who survived with Gabrielgo, he could decapitate Arthur who had eliminated the mechanism here, which would be much easier for their next actions.
The torrential rain and erosion had cut off all contact, and Gawain had not yet broken his line of defenses by the sight of a fire in the direction of the mild area, but by the time they noticed the anomaly here, the doctor felt that it should be all over.
The remnants of the demons swarmed and jumped off the dome towards Arthur and the others, while the plague doctor sat down along the edge of the dome, and instead of leaving to find Lorenzo Medici's whereabouts, he watched with interest.
This is like a microcosm of the confrontation between human beings and demons, all selfish desires, distracting thoughts and ideals, all kinds of things converge under this cage, it is like a human observation experiment.
The iron-clad demon also began to move, and after completely losing his mind, the secret blood would only continue to awaken, without the restraint of the silver bolt, and the demon hunters of these new orders would be endlessly powerful after demonization, until they died.
The iron-clad demon turned its head, and there seemed to be scarlet eyes in the cracks of the ironclad armor, leaving only bloodthirsty instinct to observe the plague doctor.
The plague doctor is very strange, he has a sanity, a human form, but in the eyes of the demons, the plague doctor seems to be non-existent, or ...... The plague doctor is the same kind of demons, so he is ignored by the demons.
The killing is about to begin, and the demons fall into the large lifting platform one by one, which is like a dueling arena, a duel between humans and demons, and the only spectator in the audience is the plague doctor.
Arthur couldn't think about anything anymore, the iron-clad demon was obviously also the product of the demon hunter's demonization, the strange body was still constantly alienating on the way, the strength of this demon could be seen in Percival's intelligence, with the current strength, the only thing waiting for them was death.
If you want to leave, you can only break through the encirclement by raising the platform and reaching the ground, but in this case, you will inevitably fight against these demons, and even the mysterious plague doctor.
If they return to the interior of the research area, they can resist for a while with the labyrinthine terrain, and even say that they can find a no-man's corner and hide like that.
As long as the blockade is opened, they can escape from the Black Mountain Hospital from other places, but in this case, the demons will completely infiltrate the entire scientific research area, and the Black Mountain Hospital will officially fall.
"Arthur, Gawain hasn't failed yet, if we can hold on until he solves those demons in the mild area, we still have a chance to survive. Percival's voice rang out again.
"Blue Emerald, Kestrel and Evis, you evacuate here with Eve and Ovis, and the rest of the rest of the world, and return to the interior of the research area to find a way to survive, while we and Percival are here to confront the demons and kill them all...... Or be killed by them. ”
In extreme circumstances, this was the only thing Arthur could think of.
Unlike the Perpetual Pump, the main scientific research direction of the Black Mountain Hospital is the human brain spirit, not the machine, and the corridors and corridors of the Perpetual Motion Pump are designed in advance, with rails that can make the Original Sin Armor move, while the scientific research area does not, the Original Sin Armor cannot go deep into the scientific research area, they can only stay here to fight.
"Robin, Swift, you lead the soldiers to cover me and find a way to escort me there!"
Arthur reached out again, pointing to the blue-painted armor at the end of the rain curtain.
Everyone took action, and the night owl, who had been silent, also drove the armor and half-knelt down, and in the demon's bite, the leg machinery had been damaged, and the armor could not stand.
This is the same sword dancer from the previous battle with Lorenzo, and the Night Stalker lunged forward with the still intact part of his armor, and the entire armor acted like a makeshift fortress, protecting the soldiers behind him and allowing them to fire from behind their steel.
Then he took out the last armor gun from the weapon rack behind him, and waited for the moment to fire.
Percival also took action, and as the Knight Captain, the generation of armor he piloted became the most powerful combat force at the moment, and the only chance of victory.
After the Perpetual Motion Pump developed the Lacquer Antimony, it was used in a number of directions, one of which was the armor's propulsion system, which was contained in the fuel canisters carried by the Sword Dancer.
There was no need for a high-mobility rush now, and the demons would come at her without Percival charging, probably to reduce the weight burden of the armor, and she removed the only two fuel canisters left on the armor.
It was also at this moment that there was a violent vibration in the road behind him, and the roar of a demon sounded in it.
Attacking back and forth, the demons in the scientific research area also followed here with the breath of the living.
"Change course!" Arthur immediately shouted.
There were several roads leading to the lifting area, and the escape team could not return the way they came, but they could move forward from other intersections, but with demons ahead.
Everyone made their due choice, and the night owl that had just crouched quickly got up, its armor staggering, but still struggled to grab the remains of those armor and hold it against the path where Arthur came, blocking the path of those demons invading.
The team ran towards the other junction they had left for, and by this time the fallen demons had crossed the center of the large lift.
The sound of the wind sounded, the heavy black shadow crossed the heads of everyone, the fuel tank was thrown into the group of demons, and then a thermite bomb hit it accurately, and the fuel mixed with paint and antimony was detonated, and the sea of fire that exploded in an instant swallowed most of the demons, and the air wave carried the high temperature to wash away the rain, almost knocking everyone down.
Behind them, a generation of armor still in a throwing position, and beneath that tall figure, the robin held an thermite rifle.
"Keep running!"
Percival's voice rang out over the communicator, and then a generation of armor dragged the greatsword towards the center of the massive lifting platform, the blade dragging and provoking a blinding fire, then slashing down like thunder.
The sound of metal tearing mixed with the sound of gunfire, and the whole situation seemed to turn into a big scuffle, and countless bullets with burning flames streaked through the crimson trajectory, intertwined.
It was like the end of the world, and the overhead was a rolling gray black, and a cold torrential rain poured down from it.
Blue Emerald and Kestrel are at the front of the group, they have to find a way to transport these two important people out, and they are getting closer and closer to the intersection, which should be a scene of life and death, but Arthur doesn't look at Eve.
Arthur knew well that if nothing else, this might be the last look, but he just didn't dare to look back, as if he was afraid of something.
He was forcing himself to look in the other direction, Arthur was getting closer and closer to the blue-painted armor due to the change of route, and after escorting the escape group, they could go straight ahead and grab the armor and continue the fight.
"Don't you say something?"
As she was on the way, Blue Jade suddenly whispered to Eve.
Eve didn't understand what she was asking, and Emerald didn't look at her, but stared at the demons who tried to get closer, using the thermite rifle in her hand to force them back.
"Just don't regret it. Blue Jade said another sentence that seemed inexplicable.
The destination was approaching, and the procession would disperse here, some of them going to die, some of them might survive, but at that moment the harsh wind sounded, and the metal shards sliced through the bodies of several soldiers and medical staff like a galloping sword, and in the blood and flesh, blood-stained iron pieces were nailed into the walls, followed by more violent vibrations.
A mechanical severed arm smashed ferociously into the team, and under the impact, Lan Jade and the others were directly knocked down and fell into the dark red water.
The field of vision was completely covered by the torrential rain, and it was extremely difficult to breathe under the strong winds.
"Night Stalker!"
With a roar, the first generation of armor smashed through the storm and wind, and swung its heavy greatsword and slashed fiercely at the black shadow's body, but it was clear that her attack was not working, and the greatsword caused a burst of sparks, which were immediately bounced away.
It was the demon in iron armor, it suddenly launched a surprise attack with the cover of water vapor, and the broken third-generation armor was powerless to fight against it, and the entire arm was directly torn off, and then smashed over Lan Jade and the others.
The night owl froze at the moment, his bloody mouth open behind his visor, gnawing hard at the sturdy external armor, he could smell the smell of the vapor, and the sound of the armor shattering was so clear at the moment.
He was like a delicately packaged dessert, and the iron-clad demon couldn't help but pick open the night owl and devour the fresh flesh.
The frame of the monolithic armor nearly shattered, and half of the night owl's arm was completely exposed, the arm bent in an eerie arc as it violently disassembled, blood running down its fingertips.
The only remaining arm grabbed the armor fire from the weapon rack, and the steam engine roared as it made its final effort.
"Don't you love to eat?"
The calm voice was full of anger, the piercing fire burst out from between the armor and the demon, its whole body was protected by iron armor, only the mouth was defenseless, the blazing fire mixed with molten iron poured into the demon's mouth, the severe pain finally made it let go of the night owl, and at such a close distance, the already tattered three generations of armor were completely destroyed, and the entire cockpit was half-melted.
The sharp light of the sword fell again, and Percival fended off the ironclad demon with a single sword, and then pulled the unconscious night owl out of the metal cage.
More roars followed, they struck his eardrums, causing pain, and the icy rain lapped Arthur's face, the freezing cold made him sober up a lot, and then struggled to get up from the ground.
The blow had broken up the group, some dead, some unconscious on the ground, and others taking up arms to shoot the demons who were trying to get closer.
Arthur looked up, and then saw the girl who had just gotten up from the ground like him.
Eve looked at him with some horror, and Arthur looked at her with some distraction.
"Run!"
The blankness in his mind lasted only a moment, and Arthur picked up the scattered weapons with a hideous face.
Behind Eve is the entrance, and while it's not clear what's waiting for her behind, it's at least better than staying here.
"You promised me. ”
Arthur shouted at Eve again, the girl's mind was blank at the moment, like an unconscious machine, following Arthur's orders, she turned and started to run, as fast as she could.
Looking at the figure that was gradually moving away, Arthur was actually a little happy, and then he also ran up, in a different direction.
As long as they get to the armor, they still have hope, and as long as they hold out until Gawain finishes the battle, the situation here will turn around.
Arthur suddenly became optimistic, and he didn't know where this feeling came from.
Perhaps it was Eve's escape that made him let his guard down, he didn't realize the looming danger at all, and only the armor sleeping there was left in his eyes, and the sharp claws passed through the rain curtain, as if he would cut off Arthur's head in the next second, but then Arthur heard it, and a strange song sounded under the rain curtain, which he seemed to remember hearing somewhere.
The running figure froze, someone grabbed him by the collar, dragged him to a halt, dodged the demon's blow, and then the lancet slashed along the side of his face through the demon's eyes, and the next moment there was a sound of metal cracking, and the folding knife swung a sharp semicircle to completely cut off the demon's arm.
Arthur slammed into the ground, and a crimson shadow passed over him.