CHAPTER IX
After a few seconds, they suddenly felt light, and they had broken out of the corridor and into a large space. After falling a few meters further, the two of them fell firmly on the uneven stone ground, dizzy.
Anne and John couldn't care about each other anymore, and they struggled to get up and looked around. But it was darker than the passage above, and they couldn't see anything at all.
The fire lit up, and John snapped a glow stick to dispel the deep darkness of the cave. Suddenly seeing the light, Anne almost subconsciously turned and drew her bow, and two long black arrows were aimed at John.
John smiled bitterly and raised his hand: "Don't be so sensitive, okay, don't you still want to fight now, right?" ”
Through the faint green light of the glow sticks, it can be seen that the two of them have fallen into a rather spacious hole, and there is no other exit except for the small hole they fell into on top. The walls of the cave were all uneven rocks, with various claw marks on them, as if they had been scratched by countless giant beasts.
Seeing John's calm appearance, Anne silently put away her bow for a moment. At this time, John suddenly sighed, walked quickly to the side of the cave, and as the fluorescence reflected, a terrible scene immediately appeared in front of the two of them.
In the corner of the hole, countless white bones overlapped together, and there were not tens of thousands of them as far as the eye could see, and the two of them were facing a hill in front of the bone pile. These bones are strangely shaped and extremely thick, and they are not human remains, but rather like dinosaur bones in museums, and the countless claw marks on the walls of the surrounding caves make people shudder.
Leaning over to the pile of bones to take a closer look, John quickly discerned them one by one: "This is the skull of the raptormon, this is the megalodon, this is the steel cliff... Oh my God, there's still the remains of a dragon. ”
John couldn't help but exclaim in surprise at the remains of a skull larger than his body and with two thick foreheads. Anne naturally knew the reason why he was surprised, what John said just now was that they were all huge magical beasts, and it was not easy to see one of them, but now their wreckage was all accumulated here.
What's more, these monsters all have considerable intelligence and magical powers, and some of them are born with characteristics similar to attack spells, which are extremely difficult to deal with, so how can they all die here? However, even the bones of a giant beast with such a high level of intelligence as a dragon appear here, and this hole may not be as simple as it seems.
In the face of countless demonic beast bones, Rao is Anne and John's mastery, and they can't help but feel fear. Not wanting to stay here for a moment, Anne turned into her original form without saying a word, and flapped her wings and flew towards the top of the cave.
John had been thinking deeply, and suddenly his face moved, as if he had remembered something. As soon as he turned his head, he found that Anne had flown towards the hole where he had fallen, and he quickly shouted, "Be careful, come back quickly!" ”
Anne ignored him, and as soon as she flew to the entrance of the cave, she shrank her wings and prepared to drill in, but as soon as she reached the edge, a string of dark blue lightning flashed up, sealing the hole like a net. Caught by lightning, Anne was caught off guard as if she had been directly struck by lightning, her whole body was torn apart, and she fell down with a scream of pain.
"Are you alright?" Seeing this, John quickly ran over.
Anne crouched on the ground in mid-air, and she turned around and shouted, "Get out of here!" "His face was full of vigilance.
John couldn't, so he raised his hand and took a few steps back to show that he had no ill intentions. After a pause, he couldn't help but say, "I remember, hundreds of years ago, this should have been the place where the Holy See imprisoned demonic beasts. At that time, the Holy See had a plan, that is, to find all kinds of magical beasts to kill each other, select the strongest ones to control, and use them as weapons to fight against non-human races. Later, for unknown reasons, the project was abruptly aborted, and there was no follow-up. ”
By this time Anne had staggered to her feet, and she ignored John's words, but looked up at the top of the cave, as if she wanted to try again. John hurriedly said, "Don't do anything stupid. There should be a strong barrier in this cave, you can only enter and not exit, you see that even the dragon is trapped here, you should know how powerful it is. ”
As if believing his words, Anne finally turned her head and said, "What you said is true?" ”
John sighed, "I'd like to be wrong, too, but that's probably the case." You've seen the claw marks on the walls of the cave, which are supposed to be the ones they fought with each other. I heard that this place has been closed for a long time, and even the Holy See doesn't know the exact location, but I didn't expect us to break in by mistake. ”
Silently walking a few steps along the cave wall, Anne tentatively put the sniper bow against the stone wall, and heard a soft sound, and a ball of fire immediately exploded at the contact, and several deep blue currents wound up along the bow.
After trying it this way, Anne knew that this hole was indeed protected by a strong enchantment, and it was difficult to break it with her own ability. But she didn't show a flustered look at all, and walked straight to a corner and sat down, closing her eyes to recuperate.
After a moment, John tried to scream, "Hey, I'm ......"
Anne rolled her eyelids and looked at each other, looking ignorant. John was bored, so he had to say to himself: "Now that it has come to this point, what are you going to do?" ”
Anne said coldly: "Anyway, you can't break this barrier, so just wait." When you starve to death, I will eat you, and at least you can live for another half a year, and after half a year, there is still no way, so I will be accompanied by these white bones. But if you want to make a decision now, I'm with you. As she spoke, her hand touched the Sniper Bow.
Seeing that Anne's expression didn't seem to be joking, John couldn't help but shudder. He laughed and said, "My meat is thick and hard, and it doesn't taste good at all." But I have a proposal, would you like to hear it? ”
"I don't want to." Anne didn't give him face at all.
John couldn't take this soft and hard beauty, so he had to say to himself again embarrassedly: "Actually, I tried it just now, this enchantment is indeed very strong, but after hundreds of years, it has weakened a lot. If we can work together and give it a hard shot, we should have a chance to break it, what do you think? ”
Anne sneered: "Why should I cooperate with you? Don't forget why we fell here. ”
John said helplessly: "I know that compared to the non-human race, our human vitality is very weak, and you don't have to bother to kill me, I will starve to death in a few days." But don't forget that this is the underground of the Vatican, and even if you can escape alone, I'm afraid you won't be able to leave safely, and besides, you won't be able to break this barrier at all. ”
Seeing that Anne looked a little moved, he continued to persuade while the iron was hot: "I can guarantee that if we work together to break the barrier and get out, I will let you leave Rome safely." Besides, this time you non-human race is desperate to attack the Vatican, there must be something important, and you probably can't take a leisurely vacation here, right? ”
Finally, in John's worried eyes, Anne nodded slowly.
"Whew, that's great, you're finally willing to say yes." John breathed a sigh of relief.
He took a few steps closer, as if he wanted to sit down next to Anne, but stopped awkwardly in Anne's stern eyes: "I won't tell you, my mana is almost exhausted, and I can't do it now." Why don't we rest for two days and wait until our mana recovers. ”
Looking him up and down, Anne said in an imperceptible voice, "Me too." ”
"Ouch, I'm tired." Seeing that Anne agreed, John sat on the ground and shouted comfortably.
Anne didn't bother to pay any further attention to the man, and soon the cave fell into an uncomfortable silence again. The green light of the glow sticks became weaker and weaker, until it was completely extinguished, and darkness once again enveloped the entire space.
"Hey, do you have anything to eat? I'm starving. ”
“……”
"By the way, do you know that you're the prettiest inhuman I've ever seen."
“……”
"I say, your bow is the Harpy Banshee's treasure sniper bow, right? No wonder it's so powerful. So you're the patriarch of the next generation? I'm really lucky to be trapped in the same place with the future patriarch for three lives......"
It didn't seem to be able to stand the silence in the cave, or he was born to be a verbose guy, and it didn't take long for John to start talking to Anne in a bad way, and he didn't care about the other party at all, just talking to himself.
"Grab your gun, we'll do it now." For a moment, Anne's cold voice came from the darkness.
"Okay, okay, I don't say it, I don't say it." John quickly shook his hand.
Before Anne sat down again, he muttered in a low voice, "What a little pepper, I like ....."
"You..."
"Don't say it, I really won't say it this time."
**
The attack on the Vatican by the non-Terrans shook the whole world. On that day, the various monsters that wreaked havoc in the city of Rome, which existed only in myths and legends, were transmitted to the world through the private DV of the do-gooders and the cameras of the radio reporters who were not afraid of death, causing an immediate uproar.
Fearful populaces demanded explanations from the government, and some of the Orders began to preach apocalyptic frenzy, or were thrilled that the myth had been proven. Researchers of folklore and mythology flocked to Rome to find clues to these monsters, and the whole world was plunged into a frenzy and panic like never before.
And the fantasy authors of country C carnivaled on the website overnight, celebrating the existence of all kinds of unbelievable monster magic in their pen. In the following month, the suicide rate of young people between the ages of 15 and 25 soared several times, and according to the survey, these teenagers who chose various unbelievable ways to commit suicide left a suicide note, according to which they only targeted two places: the other world or... Past.
In this way, after the action of the non-Terrans, the war between the Terrans and the Non-Humans, which had been silently maintained for nearly a thousand years and only existed in the shadows, was finally put on the table. Governments around the world have been overwhelmed by this, secretly discussing countermeasures with hunter organizations for several days in a row, and the whole earth is filled with a heavy atmosphere of mountains and rains.
A few days later, the situation has progressed beyond anyone's expectations. On the one hand, countries have tried to suppress the matter, publicizing to the public that Rome was just conducting the latest holographic three-dimensional imaging experiments, and publishing lengthy articles in official newspapers to divert attention. Finally, with unremitting efforts, most of the people finally believed that the farce of the hustle and bustle had finally subsided.
On the other hand, the Hunters are brewing one of their biggest retaliations against the non-Humans.
**
A few days later, in Prague, the capital of the Czech Republic, where the core members of the Kamarilla Alliance of the Blood Clan gathered, a manor on the outskirts of the city was suddenly surrounded by a large number of Terran coalition troops. The unprepared Bloodline elites were mercilessly slaughtered by superior enemies under the illumination of countless ultraviolet searchlights, and were wiped out in just a few hours.
The entire Bloodline suffered heavy losses unprecedented in hundreds of years, but this was just the beginning.
**
Deep in the dark forests of central Germany, werewolf colonies are being relentlessly bombarded by suppressive artillery fire. Despite their resilience, most of the werewolves were instantly reduced to a pile of corpses under the carpet bombardment of heavy artillery. Although the remaining werewolf warriors struggled to break through, they were surrounded by German special forces soldiers armed with powerful runic guns, and a few brave men were shot indiscriminately even if they broke into the enemy line.
The battle was so brutal that the corpses of humans and werewolves littered the forest, and the smell of gunsmoke and blood could not be dispersed for weeks. Less than one-fifth of the werewolf tribe, whether old or weak, women or children, escaped.
**
On a small island in the center of the Aegean Sea in Greece, hundreds of helicopter gunships hovered in mid-air, engaged in a fierce battle with countless harpies flying in the air. The helicopter's cannon blasted out countless runic bullets, weaving a web of death in the sky, and the harpy fell to the ground along with the downed helicopter. On the sea, dozens of warships surrounded the island, and the naval guns blasted the island into a sea of fire.
The Harpy Banshee Clan suffered extremely heavy losses, and few escaped. The area around the island was stained blood-red for dozens of nautical miles, and the remains of harpy feathers were floating.
**
Deep in the Amazon jungle of South America, the gathering place of the Quetzalcoatl tribe is also being brutally attacked. These feathered serpents, who were once worshipped as rain gods by the indigenous people of South America, are now being ruthlessly slaughtered by the descendants of the original worshippers. In the rainforest, countless feathered snakes flew in the air, or intertwined in the dense forest, constantly causing thunder and lightning to fall in the Terran army array, and the heavy rain in the jungle washed the blood accumulated on the ground into a red river.
Most of the adult warriors of the Feathered Serpent were slaughtered, and the rest of the old and weak women and children hid in the depths of the dense forest, and they collapsed.
**
In the vast snowfields of North America and Canada, the armored forces of the United States and Canada surrounded a valley, and dozens of fighter-bombers dropped napalm on the gathering place of the giant tribe in the valley. The valiant warriors of the Giants roar and fight their enemies with only the most primitive weapons. Although they could destroy a tank with a single hand, they were immediately blown into flesh by dozens of runic shells, and the entire snowfield was stained red with blood.
The Giant Clan was wiped out several times, and only a very small number of scattered small tribes escaped, but they were unable to return to the sky.
**
In Hokkaido, Japan, the Ground Self-Defense Force surrounded a small rural village. Under the bombardment of artillery fire, thousands of beautiful women dressed in snow-white kimonos bravely rushed out, using ice as shields, snow as cover, and wind as weapons, and fought bravely against the well-equipped Self-Defense Forces. There were no men in the Snow Maiden's colony, so the battle was fierce, and almost all the wooden houses in the village were razed.
The corpse of the Snow Maiden was scattered throughout the village, and there was no blood, only an inexhaustible flame. Their bodies resemble beautiful snow sculptures, and it is difficult to associate them with dead bodies.
**
Lushan, Jiangxi Province, China, where the fox demon clan gathers deep in this mountain, was also suddenly attacked by a large number of humans. But the fox demon clan is probably the most tenacious tribe to resist, more than a thousand fox demon clan warriors defend according to the danger, using the enchantment traps outside the clan, guns and spells to attack and defend with the major art sects of attack, and they can still resist for a while.
Within the clan, the fox demon patriarch who supervised the retreat of the women and children in the clan was listening to a report from an elder.
"Patriarch, this time almost all the magic and Dao sects of the Terran have been dispatched, and there are also troops to close the mountain. Although we are holding on to the danger, we will not be able to support it for long. The elder said anxiously.
The fox demon patriarch Tianzang looked at the glittering cannon fire and spell fire under the mountain, and sneered: "Hmph, this alliance storming the Vatican is tantamount to self-destruction, but fortunately, my clan has been prepared. Tell the people below to hold on for another hour, and when the clansmen are safely evacuated, you can launch the final barrier 'Flood Thunder Bomb'! ”
The elder bowed respectfully and quietly retreated. More than an hour later, at a great cost, the more than 1,000 fox demon warriors who attacked the fox demon clan were exterminated, and all they faced was an empty city.
Immediately after, a violent explosion of magnitude 10 occurred in the depths of Lushan, which was so powerful that the entire mountain was almost flattened. The major art sects that attacked suffered a lot of losses.
The Fox Demon Clan may be the least damaged tribe, but the thousand-year-old foundation has been uprooted, and more than 1,000 warriors have been wiped out.