Volume 1 The Winter of Halma Chapter 74 Restlessness
Palpals' Church of Halma, inside the office of Bishop Ruskin.
The middle-aged bishop leisurely tasted the best Sinan black tea from Graz, this kind of well-known black tea sold in two taels, the price of one tael is comparable to the living expenses of ordinary people for three or five months, but in Ruskin's glass, the russet tea leaves occupy most of the cup.
Ruskin smiled with satisfaction, and there was nothing more pleasing to him than to drink a steaming cup of black tea in his spare time in the afternoon.
The transparent communication crystal on the desk lit up, and the dark red light always attracted all of Raskin's attention in the office filled with incandescent lights everywhere, and he picked up the communication crystal, and the anxious voice on the other end of the office resounded in the next second.
"Oh no, Lord Bishop!!On the dock of the fish market in the eastern district, a terrifying monster suspected of being a fourth-order has appeared!!"
A short sentence kept swirling in Ruskin's mind, and he felt as if there was a seventeen-magnitude typhoon in his mind, and his ears were buzzing everywhere, and all thoughts and thoughts were far away from him at this moment, so that after a few minutes, he realized that this matter had to be dealt with immediately.
He quickly got up, put on his bishop's robe, and before he even had time to look in the mirror, he rushed out of the office in disheveled clothes and headed straight for the sanctuary area.
In the Bishop of Halma's Chapel, the purifiers and inquisitors teams were scattered in all corners, because there was no work, or the members of the team who had finished their work, were chatting leisurely about Halma's recent situation and all kinds of strange rumors.
Chad and Vincent were exchanging information, and the two leaders of the purifier team discovered the hastily arrived Bishop almost at the same time, and immediately stopped what they were doing, and this action quickly caused a chain reaction.
Almost all the people in the church followed suit in the next few seconds, and turned their attention to the bishop, who was not quite the same as usual, what could make the bishop, who had always valued image and honor guards, so disregard the image?
Raskin's heavy snort dissolved into a white mist in the air, and he calmed his inner agitation and spoke in a tone that was as calm and calm as possible.
"Now, all the probationary pastors and above are ready to leave for the fish market marina in the East End. After speaking, Ruskin looked at everyone's puzzled gazes, and continued to say in a deep voice: "There may be a fourth-order demonic beast there, we must deal with it before the threat expands!"
Chad and Vincent trembled, what does the fourth-order demonic beast mean, no one knows better than the two who have lived on the front line of battle all year round, the two glanced at each other, and they both saw a flame called mission from each other's gaze, burning brightly.
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Meanwhile, the Halma Summoners Guild, in the large conference room.
The president of the Summoners Association said with a serious face: "No matter what, this operation must be successful, I received news that the church has sent someone there, and the Starlight team that is currently in the association and has no important tasks should set off immediately, and this crisis must be strangled in the cradle!"
"Yes, I will grow!"
Dressed in bright yellow robes and depicting a blue wave-like astral rune array on their chests, the Starlight Squad immediately set off, and under the leadership of Horst, they left the Summoners Association in an orderly manner.
At the same time, the whole of Halma became restless because of this incident.
Patrol battalion, outside the tent of the city guard barracks, a large number of patrol guards, wearing heavy armor that is not often worn, gathered in front of the battalion......
At the major police stations in Halma, a plainclothes police officer quickly blocked the streets leading to the East End......
In the suburbs outside the city, in the garrison barracks, cavalry and infantry squads of only 100 people quickly marched towards the city......
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East End, Fish Market Wharf.
Wrapped in a howling cold wind, Mukla shook off Grover and Justin in a matter of seconds, rushed in front of the mage, his thick arms bulging again, and fanned the stunned mage with a devastating momentum.
The mage looked at the scene in front of him in despair, wailed silently in his heart, gave up all resistance, silently closed his eyes, and painfully accepted his upcoming fate.
Andu, who was in the distance, felt the feedback transmitted by the crazy potion, and his heart was finally relieved, the mage gave up the act of resistance, giving him the opportunity to completely control the other party, looking at Mukla's thunderous palm, Andu manipulated the mage to forcibly move backwards!
Mukla's palm slashed in front of the mage's face at a distance of less than a centimeter, and the fierce cold wind that drove it cut through the mage's face, making him feel a burst of pain, and the frightened mage opened his eyes only to find that he was not dead!
However, in the next second, this move beyond the limit of the mage's body immediately broke out, and the violent spasm of the calf muscles made him miserable, and Mukla's follow-up attack that missed the blow followed again.
The overwhelming ferocious attack bombarded the mage indiscriminately, but it was shocking that he was able to barely avoid it every time!
Although Grover and Justin in the distance were incomprehensible, how the mage, who was usually tired of running a few steps, obtained such a strong physical ability at this time, but they did not slack off at hand and immediately pursued Mukla.
Andu felt that the effect of the madness potion was getting lower and lower, and the resistance was getting stronger and stronger, and he endured the huge pressure brought by the control, and controlled the mage to use the ice spear technique again, but for the mage who was already not very spiritual, and his whole body was cramping and in severe pain, this action finally became the last straw that crushed him.
The moment the ice spear flew out, Andu's crazy potion could no longer maintain control of the mage, and the weak mage's legs fell to the ground like a puddle of mud, and the ice spear that flew out only stopped Mukra for less than half a second.
As soon as Mukla's right fist came into contact with the ice spear, it was disturbed by the extremely cold attribute, and white transparent ice crystals appeared on the fist, and the raging beast roared, and the arm completely broke free after a slight struggle, and the ice crystals in the sky glowed with colorful and beautiful luster in the sunlight.
Mukla caught up with the mage lying on the ground with a cruel smile, and suddenly raised his right leg and stepped on it, and at this time, Grover and Justin were still more than ten meters away before they could arrive!
Poof!
There was no accident, the mage who was like a god possessed before, was trampled into a lump of flesh in a coma, and the splatters of flesh and blood were splashed everywhere, leaving only the two calves still intact, quiet on the ground without a trace of movement.
Grover's eyes stared at the huge figure in the distance, the red light on his body lit up again, and the successive tragic deaths of his companions made him extremely angry.
"Retreat, we're no opponent. Justin suddenly said coldly, the empty sleeve of his left arm was blown by the wind, blood was dripping down the cuffs, and his face with excessive blood loss was pale.
Grover took a deep breath and said slowly, "Someone has to hold him back, you go, I'll buy you time to escape." ”
Justin's gaze revealed a rare warmth, and he said lightly: "You have been taking care of me all these years, and now that I have grown up, it is time for me to take care of you." ”
Grover laughed, this action immediately involved the previous wound, he gasped and said, "I said, I will take care of you, get out!"
After saying the last sentence, Grover took his heavy sword and ran towards Mukla again, Justin saw this scene and was about to keep up, but his body was no longer under his control, and the negative effects of excessive blood loss such as weakness and exhaustion finally broke out.
Grover's speed was not fast, and the slight sound behind him made his new sink gradually, and the only consequence of being unconscious at this point was death, and there was no way this rampaging and ferocious beast would let them go.
He must be taken away from this area...... Grover thought to himself, and this time he had no more support.
"Come on, stupid baboon!" Grover let out a low growl, smiling defiantly as he began to run off into the distance.
Mukla watched the tiny human taunt him again, and immediately spread his legs, and chased after Grover with both hands and feet.
Oh no! He's going to the city!!Andu looked at the scene in front of him and suddenly had such an idea!
This bastard wants to exchange the lives of countless innocent people in the city for the lives of thieves!!
As soon as he thought of this, Andu could no longer wait for the arrival of reinforcements, and desperately chased after the man and beast who were going away.
Andu's original plan was to drag on for a while, he knew very well the efficiency of the church and the summoner association, at most there would be a few reinforcements to arrive, even if it was a fourth-order demonic beast, under the joint siege and precise cooperation of a large number of church personnel of the first and second rings and summoners, it could only be the result of defeat in the end.
When the quantity reaches a certain level, there will be quantitative changes, and Mukla's most powerful thing is his own body, which is far less difficult to deal with than the terrible spread of evil things, which is why Andu has not been in a hurry.
But at this time, once this beast enters the city, everything will be different, the complex environment in the city, the dense crowd coming and going, will become its weapon, and the church and the summoner association because of all kinds of scruples, it is completely impossible to kill it easily, and the price to pay is even more exponential.
Andu regretted saving Grover at this time, although the original idea of letting him delay was successful, but this completely wicked man, in terms of treating his own affairs, has no lower limit at all, in order to let his companions live, he can actually drag the citizens of Halma to hell with peace of mind!
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Chad and Vincent were the two fastest squads, and since they had no missions recently, they didn't need to wait for the team members to assemble, and there were only two streets left from the fish market dock.
"How did you put that fourth-order demonic beast in?" Vincent wondered.
"I think it must have something to do with people, I'm just curious why it's at the fish market wharf, is it from the sea?"
Vincent was just about to speak, when the panic in the distance immediately attracted everyone.