Chapter 38: The Northern Campaign (17)

As the evacuation team heads south, the people are terrified and confused, and without the protection of the children of nature, they are uncertain whether the escape will be successful. The constant negativity and hunger and cold www.biquge.info slowed down the entire team, and the accompanying commanders had to stop and rest again and again.

"It can't go on like this. Mario pressed his eyebrows and said to Archduke Colke, "Not only civilians, but also soldiers...... If you don't think of a way, it's only a matter of time before you mutiny. ”

Without Mario's reminder, Archduke Cork is aware of the current situation, but he can't come up with an effective solution.

The low morale is due to defeat, and the years of fighting on the border have been fruitless, and so many lives have been buried in vain, how can people who are still alive not have the slightest idea. Once the resentment reaches a certain point, as nobles and commanders, they will not only be unable to suppress the situation, but will bear the brunt of the target of anger.

"Tsk, I shouldn't have let that Ortega guy go back if I knew I would......" Mario somewhat regretted his decision to separate from the mage group.

After withdrawing from the fortress, the elves left their group and headed straight for the Horacio Mountains to prepare for the next wave of undead attacks. The archmage said that the retreat represented the defeat of the coalition forces, and the mission of the mage regiment was over, and it was time to return to Hohenheim to report the results. Because the Lich Lord lurked with the Emperor on Hohenheim's recommendation, none of the commanders present wanted them to stay, and they simply parted ways. If the mage is present, he can still rely on them to control the field......

Just when the two of them were distressed, they remembered one exclamation after another behind them.

"Look, what's that?"

"Good ......"

"It's a fortress ......"

"What happened?"

When Mario and the Grand Duke turned back, they saw a beam of light break through the perennial haze of the sky and fall vertically above the black dot fortress that had become a small spot on the horizon.

"It's a fierce fight...... "The Grand Duke has no magic skills, and can only sigh at this spectacle, "it would be better to get rid of the damned lich leader." ”

"Something seems wrong. Mario, who had seen a lot of spells at the border, shook his head again and again as he looked at the light that kept falling like a galaxy, even if it was so far away, he could feel the strong light of life, should he ...... Is it the Son of Nature who has taken some extreme measures to hold back the undead? Even if I don't like his character, I don't want such a god who can fight against the undead to die on a meaningless battlefield.

And Julian, who was the only one who knew the goods, was so shocked by this scene that his face turned white.

Flow of Life! That guy can summon the flow of life, this is the strongest manifestation of the power of the Pillar of Earth, even if it is the embodiment of the strongest god, it will inevitably be ...... Lives will be lost, and the best outcome will be the loss of divine powers. The guy ...... Isn't he saying that this is a battle that must be lost? Why fight to such an extent, with his strength to retreat with all his strength is never a problem, why?

Drink-

Pulling the griffon's reins, Julian, who was patrolling the sky, reflexively flew in the direction of the fortress.

"Hey, are you going back to die?"

Mario's roar failed to get a glimpse, but Bernardo stepped forward to explain, "Do you see that light? Like a galaxy falling from the sky, that is our final destination, the flow of life." It is there that all life originates, is conceived in the world, returns after death, and repeats. ”

"Eh, that's the legendary flow of life!" Mario patted his head, as an imperial nobleman, he believed in the Dawn Sect in the era, and although he knew something about the flow of life, it was limited to vague text descriptions.

"It's beautiful......"

"Like stars falling from the sky. ”

"Just looking at it, there is some warmth on my body. ”

"I don't know what it's like to be up close. ”

The crowd complimented one after another, and Bernardo shouted that he set off on his journey.

"Don't be fooled, the flow of life will absorb all life, take advantage of its range to expand and escape!"

"Really, fake?" Mario grabbed and got along with for years, and was the only sect leader he didn't hate.

"Although no one has ever witnessed the flow of life, it is recorded in ancient books that in the Archean period, one of the few times that all living beings within its reach were fused. Are you going to risk so many lives to verify the legend?" Bernardo rode his horse backwards, shouting at the crowd that had stopped to watch.

"He is a knight of the god of justice and does not lie. Archduke gave the guards a look, and they immediately pursued Bernardo to assist him in driving away the retreating army.

Riding the last griffon towards the fortress, Julian was in an inexplicable state of confusion.

All I could think about was the Son of Nature, why he would sacrifice himself to descend the Divine Presence of the Pillar. Since he was bound to lose, why didn't he keep his strength and leave it for the more tragic and brutal battles that followed? Why waste it here? Didn't he persuade the others to leave?

Relying on the extreme speed of the flying mount, it didn't take long for Julian to return to the fortress, the flow of life had dispersed, and there were many surviving soldiers standing in the ruins, they were all gathered together, in which, Julian saw his target, his eyes were closed and he lay on the ground, he could no longer feel a trace of divine power, and it was no different from the previous ones, this time, there was really nothing left.

It's no wonder that he has performed the strongest figurative technique that can be called a miracle, and he has called the power of the law to the outside of the world to the material world, how can he still retain his divine power, and it is his luck that he has not been integrated into the flow of life......

Julian pushed aside the crowd and turned back to the dwarf who guarded the Children of Nature, his eyes that couldn't hide his tears further confirmed his suspicion that Befast had lost his divine powers and became mortal.

Watching the guy who had always looked detached turn into a mortal, Yurian had mixed feelings.

He should celebrate with his forehead, why is there an indescribable mourning.

He should have laughed at that guy for not saying a word.

Why? Why do you want to do this? Isn't it more important to have a divine favor than anyone here, why do you want to abuse miracles for the sake of these inactive mortals?

"Why, you bastard, answer me!" Pushing the dwarf away, Julian grabbed the child of nature's coat and pulled him from the ground, "Didn't you say you would lose? Why waste your divine power on a battle you must lose?"

"You bastard, let him go!" Dant, who was suddenly pushed, hurriedly got up and writhed with Julian, the child of nature had just lost his divine power, and he was extremely fragile, but he couldn't let this reckless guy get hurt, and he didn't want Julian to be so powerful that even the dwarf who was born with divine power couldn't break his fingers, so he could only ask the onlookers around him for help.

"Why are you standing stupidly, if you don't come to help, your life-saving benefactor will be tossed to death by this kid. ”

The surviving soldiers came to their senses, and finally snatched the Child of Nature out of the hands of the somewhat crazy Knight of the Dawn, and before everyone could breathe a sigh of relief, Julian pushed away the people who surrounded him and walked towards the Child of Nature again, and just as the scene gradually got out of control, Link who had been in a coma opened his eyes.

"It's my own choice, it's all my own volition. And the answer you want, in the future, not now. ”

Julian never had a moment of resentment, and slammed Link's neck to force him to prophesy: "Why don't you tell me when you know it?"

"The future can be changed, there is never more than one path of fate, each of us will choose to determine a different future, how do you want me to tell you? I can't use the future that hasn't happened yet to negate you now. Link's tone was as flat as ever, as if it wasn't himself who was choked by the neck.

Julian was stunned, and Dent hurriedly dragged Link away.

"Didn't you say that this is a war that must be lost, but you have already banished the undead! there is not a single undead here, this is called losing?!" Yurian pointed to the empty field, which a moment before was still densely covered with undead.

"Did the coalition win? As long as the Grim Reaper doesn't fall, he can create more armies, and the so-called lords are just his puppets. And what about the coalition forces, since the landing of the undead, how many people have died now?and how many have been turned into minions by death, completely annihilated and unable to return to the flow of life?Looking at those empty tombs, you tell me, really won?" Link, who rarely spoke loudly, pointed to the valley that had been reinvigorated by the flow of life, where the soldiers who had died since the fort was built, and the clothed graves with empty tombstones.

Faced with the stretch of tombstones, Julian lost his words and hung his head, living up to his previous madness.

"Let's go, the defeat of the Undead Empire is only temporary, and sooner or later they will go south. Link took a step south with the support of the dwarves, his mission here is not over, and he will not be able to return to the right time and space until the Empire settles down and Longyan Fort is built.

"Aren't you going back to Mount Horacio?" Dante thought for a long time, but still couldn't hold back.

"I'm no longer a child of nature. Link smiled indifferently, in fact, at the beginning, he didn't have any good countermeasures to deal with the siege of the undead. Looking at the dense army of death around him, although he was not afraid, he had no good way. If it weren't for the sudden inspiration, I wouldn't have thought of communicating with the Pillar of the Earth, and I wouldn't have thought of using the flow of life.

When the army of the undead swung south, it was not Frost Cold who took the lead, but the former high priest of the rebellion. In the earlier Northern Campaign, the three lords were all there, what caused the undead empire in the heyday of integrity to lose its command? Although the coalition army was defeated, the undead empire did not make any further moves for many years, and there is no exact record in the history books, and there is not even any mention of the 'Befast' he played, does it mean that what happened at that time cannot be recorded, so what could it be? That is the only one who can repel the army of the undead empire, but cannot be written into the history books...... A miracle enough to turn the tide. (To be continued.) )