The group's voyage soon reached the first island.

Or, in the words of the Land of the Spirits, to the first mud field.

"Blue Flower Village." Arka looked at the map in his hand, and not far in front of them was this village.

However, when they actually saw the village in the distance, it was obviously very different from what they had thought.

The tall green vine walls have completely enveloped the island.

On the rampart of the city wall, which is made of vines, you can clearly see the emerald green spikes, densely outward.

You can see huge flower cannons on the vine walls, and it is clear that this place has long been transformed from a village into a fortress.

The muzzle of the Flower Fairy Cannon turned to aim at their team, and then held for less than a few seconds. The muzzle of the gun automatically went upwards to indicate that they had no intention of attacking.

Soon, a figure emerged from the fortress.

As soon as Arka and the others saw this person, memories immediately flooded back to their hearts.

As they knew, it was an old woman dressed in flowers, holding a scepter of flowers in her hand.

It was the same gardener they had met in the Emerald Citadel when they first came to the Land of the Spirits.

Now that they are here, it means that their former Emerald Fortress and its surrounding area have long since fallen.

And this gardener is still at the forefront, which shows that she must have some ability to target those undead monsters.

Ships that came naturally docked at the edge of the island.

The people landed on the island.

"Thank you very much for coming."

After exchanging pleasantries with the two knights for a while, the gardener entered the fortress with the people who had come to support.

As soon as they entered, they found that the village houses that had once been woven with flowers and various vines had long since become pure stone structures with vines entwined. Becomes stronger.

Even the vine walls around it were much thicker than the emerald fortress, and there were signs of battle everywhere.

When I entered, I saw a huge medical tent, on which many soldiers were still lying.

After the two church knights selected a few captains, they asked the remaining personnel to follow the flower priest next to them to find a place to camp and rest.

Then Alka and the others followed the gardener into a conference room.

"Thank you again for coming."

"That's all for the pleasantries, Gardener Furna, now we need to know what the situation is here." Arati, who was sitting next to him, said directly.

Gardener Furna nodded, looking at the crowd.

In the center of the large round table made of vines, the vines begin to twist and weave into a lifelike map.

It can be seen that this is the map of the entire land of spirits.

"From here to here, it's completely fallen." The crowd looked at the area she had divided, and there was even a little more information than Arkaquin had received last night.

But there's hardly much difference.

Then several small flowers grew on the map, and it was possible to see that these small flowers were lined up side by side with the occupied area.

formed a long strip.

"This platoon is the existing reconstructed defense system, that is, the position of the front line. We relied on these 6 fortresses to defend against attacks. ”

Speaking of this, the gardener sighed: "But the problem is not these, but in the rear. Every now and then, there are portals to hell, and random tearing spaces appear around. ”

In the area behind you, red flowers pop up from time to time, indicating the opening of a portal.

"My god is asleep, and the last step after resurrection has made the entire land of spirits less stable than before.

Those damned cultists took advantage of this opportunity to launch the ritual here. They slaughtered all the people of eight villages, including a number of captives captured from the open sea. ”

In a few simple words, she basically explained the grim situation facing the land of spirits now.

Then he said: "If it's just an invasion at the junction of life and death, we can actually handle it." Even if there is a disturbance by those cultists, we can still persevere.

However, those demons, these demons seem to be aimed at the invasion, and most of them use fire-based spells. Very restrained us.

Plus they wreak havoc in countless places with portals that appear everywhere. We had too many problems in the rear, as well as in logistics, that we were losing ground and losing too many areas. ”

After speaking, he sighed, and said again: "But the good news is that these demons don't seem to be able to control where the portal appears. It should be all over the land of spirits.

This has led to portals appearing in the Fallen Areas, and helping us to hold back the undead. ”

After finishing speaking, the whole conference room fell silent, and everyone frowned and thought about the current situation.

To put it simply, the most difficult thing to solve right now is the ritual summoned by the demon.

That is, those portals that appear randomly in the back.

Because of the stability of the rear and the spillover line to the front, there is a risk of danger at any time in such a situation.

If such a situation occurs, it will inevitably lead to problems in the battle ahead.

Caught in a vicious circle, until the entire land of spirits has completely fallen.

Or the flower fairy gives up the last step of recovery, reawakens and takes control of the overall situation, and begins to clean up the mess.

But the fact that she will take the last step of recovery under such circumstances is that she has reached a situation that cannot be grasped.

All the troops are hoarded in the front to deal with the attack of life and death, and it is obvious that there are not too many troops to use in the rear.

Not to mention such a large territory in the back, how could it be possible to clean up so many demons. Not to mention that the portal to hell is still open.

Maybe those cultists are still preparing to make a bigger splash, and there is no need to refute this at all.

Those cultists can do anything.

If they hurt the enemy by 800 and damage themselves by 1,000, they can use it without care.

Alka: Although they are also thinking, they are more analyzing the current situation. As for how to solve it, it doesn't have much to do with them.

After all, no matter how strong their strength is here, what can they do, at most they will be a special guerrilla.

Not much use for the entire battlefield.

Not to mention that their strength is really not strong for the entire war.

Let them come in and listen to these messages, the main thing is to give them face.

Who said that Arka had the blessing of the flower fairy and was also favored by the Virgin.

The reason why Arka came back with him was because of the treasure of the Nafas family and the Holy Grail level treasure at the edge of the border between life and death.

Both of these are very important things, and they have a small team on the island.

That's the most important thing, otherwise Arka is likely to refuse to come here.

Now that Narvi has been brought in, the cultist of the House of Nafas is not too important.

While Arka's thoughts were wandering, Arati said, "Rikay, bring the people of your church to help them defend the fortress." ”

Then he looked at the gardener and said, "Gardener Furna, with the help of the Divine Machine Church, you should be able to defend better." I hope you'll be able to divide more people, preferably people who know the area well enough to form various squads and join us in the Demon Cleanup Squad.

Together, weed out the demons wreaking havoc in the rear, and smashed the portals that teleported them.

You should know that this is all that matters.

And it won't be long before more support teams arrive, and we'll be much less stressed. ”

After Arati had all his thoughts and solutions, several of the main members discussed it for a while and then nodded in agreement.

Arka and the others sat next to them without saying a word, and did not have any intention of interjecting, silently listening to the information that was important for their next action.

And these three parties are also very tacit, and they did not drag Arka into it.

Just as they were discussing, a roaring flute was heard outside.

Hearing this, the gardener immediately stood up: "The enemy is coming!" ”

Hearing this, everyone quickly left the conference room and came outside.

At this time, the entire fortress was operational, and a large number of soldiers appeared in various houses and began to run towards the walls.

Arati looked at the priest next to him and asked, "Has our ship been recovered?" ”

"Don't worry, my lord, the boats that came over have already been towed in."

The mechanics and scholars of the Church of the Holy Machine began to operate huge mechanical devices that were erected on the city walls.

In particular, the three huge long-range attack devices with thick barrels. Placed side by side on the vine wall, it has a huge momentum and attracts the attention of almost all the soldiers.

Even Arka, they couldn't help but watch.

"Is it powerful?" Jason asked Simon next to him.

Simon nodded: "I heard it's big, but you know, there's no way I've ever seen this thing fire." ”

Arka keeps an eye out for the enemy ahead.

The same large number of undead monsters, those skeletons wrapped in moss vines that came like a tidal wave.

In addition, there are all kinds of strange undead bodies that merge with plants.

These monsters were densely packed and almost all over the field of vision, rushing towards the fortress.

With the click of mechanical torsion.

Three thick barrels were aimed underneath.

"Splitting bomb ready!"

With the sound, the sound of twisting sounded again.

"Put!"

Order.

The trivalent machine had a strong recoil force that made the entire vine wall seem to collapse backwards.

Dense fist-sized objects scattered in the air, raining downwards.

The sound of explosions like thunder began to resound throughout the battlefield.

A large amount of water splashed, and the high temperature of the explosion caused a large amount of water vapor to form throughout the battlefield in an instant.

The skeletons and the undead made of plants were splattered into shards.

Patches of undead monsters fell.

In an instant, they directly cleared out half of the undead monsters in their field of vision.

"Is that an exaggeration?" Jason's eyes widened and he asked in surprise.

Not to mention Jason, even Simon himself was a little confused, he didn't expect the power of these three cannons to be so huge.

Not to mention the ability to strike at a powerful enemy, to strike at these cannon fodder, it can simply be described as aggressive.

It's like a pile of soot piled on the ground, half of which is swept away with a broom in an instant.

The results are immediate.

Arka took a closer look.

After the three guns were fired, they began to enter a certain cooling state. The mechanic next to him seems to be cooling down and switching between certain parts.

Obviously, it is impossible to shoot in a burst.

But the first wave of attack from these three guns was enough, and now all the soldiers can be described as imposing.

The flower cannons that were all over it, and the mechanical structures that had just been erected, began to rain down on ammunition.

One after another, huge green vine tentacles followed and began to attack.

Several emerald green projectiles wrapped in vine moss slashed through the enemy camp in several arcs towards the city.

Only then did everyone see the rear of the enemy's formation in the distance, and they didn't know when something like a bone spur came out of the vines in the water.

These bone spurs, which have three joints, have turned into something similar to a trebuchet.

The sharpness of the top, each bend inserts one from the ammo below.

The joint then fell backwards and flung in their direction, tossing the emerald green ammunition stuck in the top.

It's very strange.

Crystal dragons streak across the sky.

The spit of iridescent energy freezes all the green rubble ammunition that flies in, knocking it down and smashing it into the enemy's own camp.

"What are you doing in a daze?" Arati said as he looked at the strong man with the hammer not far away.

"I don't need you to remind me, I'm already doing it!"

Rikai was impatient, even at this point the two of them had to argue a few words.

After saying that, the huge mechanical arm on Rikay's left arm was combined from the mechanical device that appeared out of thin air.

And right in front of them appeared a long, thick stick, but it was solid. It didn't look like a cannon barrel, it was covered with dense incantations.

There are also coils and loops around it.

This is where the energy gathers.

It looks a bit like an electromagnetic circle, but the energy gathered is pure magic.

Aim at the trebuchet in the distance.

With some kind of sound of breaking the air.

A slender light speed of energy flew out, emitting strong energy fluctuations.

In an instant, it hit the slings in the rear, and the energy explosion turned the entire trebuchet into ashes.

Shot after shot, he alone cleared the trebuchets behind him that could threaten the city walls.

It can only be said that these undead who came to attack this time are unlucky.

It just happened that support arrived.

And when both responsible personnel are still there.

Arka: They stood on the wall the whole time and lost their ranged skills, and they barely had many chances to shoot.

With support, this group of attacking enemies at the junction of life and death. The walls were cleaned up without even touching them.

Many priests, dressed in floral robes, used some kind of spell.

The vines beneath the swamp below began to curl, and the remains of dry bones above were dragged into the water. It took less than 20 minutes for the entire battlefield to be cleaned up.

Seeing this scene, Arka suddenly nodded in realization. He said why there were no wrecks or traces of war in front of such a fortress. It turned out to be swallowed up by the vines below.

This cleaning method is pure natural and pollution-free, and it is very fast and saves manpower, which is really simple.

This temporary defensive battle was quickly over.

Start teaming up and assigning according to the strategy they've thought of before.

There are a total of 6 fortresses in this long row, and naturally they all have to be distributed.

So the two knights of the church began to make a simple distribution of the personnel they had brought.

"Shall we stop here too?" Faced with the current situation, Jason turned to look at Arka and asked.

Arka shook his head: "No, we'll leave in a while, let's go to the Land of Fragrance first, and then talk about the rest." ”

He had to rush over and pick up the puppet girls who had stayed there, and then think about what to do.

The chaos in the entire land of spirits completely disrupted the rhythm plan they had thought of before.

Compared to them, the one who has the least sense of existence is Narvi, who temporarily acts with them.

Along the way, he has been silently observing the actions of everyone.

Looking at Arka casting an inquiring gaze, he also nodded, agreeing with Arka and not giving any objections.

Subsequently, Arka found Arati and the others to say goodbye.

Because they have already decided to stay at the front and go straight to the fight.

Arati and the others did not make any reservations, and even asked if they needed to send some people to escort them.

Arka smiled and rejected their kindness.

Soon the crowd left the fortress on the Feiyan. Towards the location of the fragrant country, he began to move forward quickly, almost at full power.

……

"Be careful, it smells of sulfur." Poloro sat on the thruster in the back, and suddenly reminded everyone on board.

It had been two days since they left the fortress.

It has basically sailed into the hinterland of the land of spirits, out of the front line at this stage. In a few days, you will be able to reach the land of fragrance.

Hearing this, everyone became slightly vigilant.

Along the way, they met many people of flowers, many of whom had their hometowns destroyed and were fleeing to the Land of Fragrance.

Many are militias from some villages.

And the most they encounter are those demons.

These demons come in groups of three or five and roam around the entire area.

They have also dealt with each other in the past few days of sailing, and they have gradually gained experience.

Basically relying on his keen sense of smell, Bororo can detect the presence of demons around him from a long distance.

The smell of sulfur in this kind of place is too recognizable, and the smell of sulfur from those demons is still very strong.

At Bororo's reminder, Simon, who was floating above, began to look more closely around him.

As they went, they soon made discoveries.

"One demon squad, seven demons. Three of the imps, one of whom I had never seen, looked a little difficult to mess with. ”

"They've spotted us too, be careful!"

After saying that, Simon controlled the patrol aircraft in the air and fired directly in the direction of the enemy.

Tongues of fire spewed out, and the bullets were coated with a faint holy light.

These demons are the product of evil after all, and the Holy Light can still exert a certain amount of suppressive power on them, but it is not as significant as the fight against the undead.

The spitting bullets quickly wiped out all three imps, and these were just the weakest pieces of garbage.

Everyone didn't know if this kind of screaming imp-like demon, which was only about a meter high, was the name.

But it doesn't matter, it's all death anyway.

Then they finally got to see what Simon said they had never seen before.

A huge, three-meter-tall demon. It also has bat-like wings behind it.

The horns of the ox stick out from the top of their heads, but one of them has been broken.

(End of chapter)