555 Demon Invasion
When those young ladies estimated that the matter was over, they each came back with their prey. On the way, I was still wondering, when I saw Li Xiang's body, should I cry out loud, or should I scream first? How can you call it to show that you are really frightened, and at the same time you can look handsome, or beautiful?
When they all figured it out, when they saw the scene again, they were all dumbfounded. There were many more bodies at the scene than they had imagined, and they were in a horrible state. It was okay to be cut in two, but more were cut into countless pieces by the wind blade, frozen into ice and broken, burned into charcoal, and buried in the soil and squeezed to death, which was really miserable. It's not like these young ladies haven't seen the world, but they still look pale, and some even vomit incessantly.
But what scared them the most was not the corpses of these people, but the fact that there were no corpses of Li Xiang and others at the scene! In this way, Li Xiang is not dead. He didn't die, so what will happen to these young ladies who murdered him? Thinking about it makes them scared, how can they not be afraid?
Li Xiang didn't bother to pay attention to what these people were thinking, and had already returned home with Eric and the others, as well as the four newly accepted ninth-level masters. As soon as he ordered the four newcomers to be given lodgings, a waiter from the palace spread the word that His Majesty had summoned him to him.
This made Li Xiang stunned for a moment, the king hadn't paid attention to him for a long time, how could he think of himself today? Could it be that the white news of the Church reached his ears so quickly? Although he has heavenly eyes and ears, he is still like a human eye, and he can't see anything he doesn't pay attention to, so he doesn't know what the king has summoned him to now.
But no matter what happens, the king is his nominal father and monarch, and he has to go if he is recruited. So he followed the attendant to the king.
As soon as I saw the king, I saw that he was pacing back and forth with a worried look on his face, obviously very anxious. When he saw Li Xiang coming, he waved his hand to let the waiter go down, and there was no one else around, so he whispered: "Something is wrong, the seal of the dark forest has been loosened, and the demon clan is about to invade my magic continent again!" ”
Li Xiang was also shocked when he heard this, he knew from Matthew's memory that the Magic Continent has been the pattern of the four great kingdoms for thousands of years, and it has almost never changed, and the reasons are very complicated, but the most important one is the terrain.
In the center of the Magic Continent, there is a huge and narrow mountain range, and the overall shape is like a two-handed sword standing on its side, so it is called Shenjian Mountain. This mountain divides the magical continent into east and west, and the Holy Empire and the Empire of Light are roughly divided by this mountain. Although after the unremitting efforts of the predecessors, several passages were finally opened in the mountains, which could connect the eastern and western continents, but it was difficult to transport troops on a large scale, so neither the Divine nor the Light could destroy anyone. Even if the two countries continue to fight for small-scale wars, they are only fighting for territory in the northernmost part of Shenjian Mountain, close to the orc country.
And the more amazing thing about Shenjian Mountain is that there is a bottomless canyon in the depths of this mountain, there is no sunlight in the valley all year round, and the accumulated rot-decay branches and leaves emit a highly toxic miasma, which no animal can approach, even if a ninth-level master enters, it will be dangerous for more than half an hour, so until today, no one knows what is inside.
However, everyone in the Magic Continent knows one thing, that is, every few hundred years, a demon clan will come out of it and wantonly kill all living beings. It seems to be in their nature to like to kill, whether it is women or children, or livestock; Whether it is surrender or escape, the demons will not let it go, and they will all be killed. With such a brutal race, all the races on the Magic Continent naturally joined forces to resist. But the strength of the demon race is still extremely strong, even if the number is very small, even if all the races on the magic continent fight desperately, they still have to pay a great price to drive the demon race out.
In order to prevent the demons from invading again, all forces sent a powerful lineup of magicians to seal the valley where the demons appeared with a magic array. But it turns out that the seal doesn't work, and the demons can always break the seal and rush out. But the seal is not useless, if the demon clan wants to break the seal, it will always take a little effort, as long as it is found that the sealing magic array begins to vibrate, you can gather the armies of all clans in advance and jointly counterattack.
The time of the demon invasion is not fixed, the interval may be more than a hundred years, or maybe eight or nine hundred years, but they will definitely appear, and I don't know why they are so attached to the magic continent. Over time, all the races in the Magic Continent have formed a consensus, that is, when the demons invade, no matter what grievances they have with each other, they must put aside their prejudices and unite with each other. Only in this way can we guarantee the defeat of the demons.
Now that the seal of the valley has been loosened again, the king's purpose in coming to Li Xiang is to tell him not to be an enemy of the church, and now everyone must deal with the demons together. It's a pity that he doesn't know that the strength of the church has been almost taken out by Li Xiang now, and the demon clan or anything has not been taken into Li Xiang's eyes.
Li Xiang doesn't take the demon clan seriously, but the others are all like great enemies. On the way back from the palace, Li Xiang found that even the army guarding the imperial capital was also moving, and it was obvious that even they were going to the battlefield.
According to the king's instructions, Li Xiang wanted to reconcile with the church, but Li Xiang did not think it was a good idea to leave a chance for the church to breathe. What if they pit themselves when they are resisting the demons? I'm not afraid, but what if Eric, Chris, and even Alice and others are trapped? In order to avoid future troubles, it is better to completely suffocate the church to death.
However, you can't blatantly press it to death, that will make people all over the continent think that he doesn't know the severity, so it's better to hide it. So when he returned home, he immediately ordered the four newly subdued church masters to go back, pretending to encounter a strong enemy, and they could only flee back. Then he used the Heavenly Eye Pass to find the last ninth level of the church, and used the Divine Foot Pass to come to him and control him. In this way, the church will not be able to make waves.
In fact, Li Xiang could have done this a long time ago, but he felt that it was too boring to do so, so he slowly played with the church. There's no time to play slowly, so let's give them a treat.
After coming back, Li Xiang suddenly thought about the reason why the church suddenly decided to kill itself, was there a reason why the seal was loosened and there was no chance to do it if he didn't do it? With such a huge organization as the church, it didn't seem difficult to get the news earlier than the Holy Empire, presumably they were also the same as Li Xiang thought, hurry up and deal with the enemy behind them first, and when dealing with the demons, they also have to guard against the hidden arrows behind them. It's a pity that they underestimated Li Xiang, and as a result, they lost all their old capital.
Since it was a joint dispatch of all races in the whole continent, and even the king had to take command in person, of course Li Xiang, the prince, could not stay out of the matter, and had to follow to the front line. Three days later, when the 100,000 troops of the Imperial Guard's army marched out, Li Xiang also put on his military uniform, mounted his horse, and followed the king's chariot on the road.
As the army went, it received troops drawn from all over the country, and the size of the army gradually increased to 500,000 men. This was only a small part, and many of the troops farther away did not have time to join the Janissaries, so they had to come slowly. By the time they arrived, there would have to be at least 1.5 million people. The Holy Empire has a total population of only three or four hundred million, and these armies are almost all, and only three or two kittens are left.
Not just the Holy Empire, but other races are similar. Upon reaching a short distance from the canyon, they encountered an army of elves. The population of the elves is smaller, only about three million, but they also sent an army of 100,000, and they also poured out.
The commander of the elven clan is naturally also the supreme leader of the elven clan, Francis, who is known as the elven king. He is one of the four sword saints praised by the whole continent. But instead of swords, he practiced bows and arrows. Becoming a ninth-level with a bow and arrow alone can be imagined how terrifying his bow and arrow are.
After the two sides met, they did not have too much politeness, and it was natural for the troops to unite and continue to advance. It wasn't until I came to the side of the canyon that I saw that there were already people camping on the other side. You don't have to think about it to know that they are the armies of the Empire of Light and the Orc Nation.
The land area of the Orc Kingdom is the largest among the four countries in the Magic Continent, but the population is not very large, only more than 100 million. Just this 100 million, there are also many sub-races. Such as the lion clan, the tiger clan, the wolf clan, the fox clan and so on. Although these races are collectively called orcs, they are quite different from each other, and they can't even intermarry with each other, and even if they get married, they can't have the next generation.
In addition to the three races of the four countries, the dwarves also sent people. It's just that because their ethnic groups are too scattered, they also send troops according to tribes, with more than a thousand people, as few as a hundred and ten people, and a total of 70,000 troops. Although they are scattered, they also have their own dwarven kings who can command in one direction. It's just that because they are at odds with the elves, they are on the side of the Empire of Light.
All the armies are gathered, and there is no need to have any military meetings, so they naturally know what to do. With the canyon as the boundary, the allied armies of the various clans were divided into two large armies, each fighting for its own battle. Although the Holy Empire only has the help of the elven army, His Majesty the King does not feel that it is a loss, because the combat power of the elven clan is generally very high, and even ordinary soldiers have at least a third-level level. Moreover, the probability of the elven clan producing magicians is also very high, and there are more than 1,000 magicians in the army of 100,000 people, accounting for one-third of the total number of magicians in the whole continent. Such a powerful army is not worse than the armies of the orcs and dwarves combined.
When the 1.6 million army began to camp and build fortifications, Li Xiang followed the king and the elf king to the edge of the canyon. Looking down, I saw that in the depths of the deep and dark canyon, from time to time, various magical lights shone brightly, and there was a faint sound of thunder. The king asked worriedly, "How long can the seal last?" ”
Gilmer next to him replied, "Based on my observations in the past few days, the seal can only last for half a month at most. Half a month later, the demons will set foot in the magic continent again! (To be continued.) )