There was a pungent smell of burnt paste in the air, and something strange that seemed to be the result of ionizing the air.A large area of forest had been burned, and a presence with great heat had wreaked havoc on it, destroying hundreds of ancient trees with its heat, leaving behind a scorch mark of smoke and heat, and everywhere in front of the eye could be seen the trunks of trees that had been charred to the ground, explosion craters of varying depths, and ignitions that were still smoldering in every corner and had not been completely extinguished, and a thick layer of ash covered the scorched earth like gray-black snow chips.At the edge of the scorching land, the black pine forests were wriggling and healing, the giant trees and bushes rustled by the shock wave and re-grew at a visible rate, but their healing was clearly hindered: only the vegetation on the edge of the scorched earth could grow, and there was no sign of revival in the place where the flames had completely burned away.The powerful life cycle of the Black Pine Forest was blocked by the power from the Gorgon Abyss - it took the Empire hundreds of years to "dig" a Greenway at the edge of the Black Pine Forest, but a lord-level Gorgon demon easily and permanently burned an area deep into the Black Pine Forest.This surprised even the Sword Knight Kem, who knew a lot about the Gorgon Demon.Seeing the scorching fire in front of him, which was still smoking and showing little sign of healing, the dark-skinned warrior gave an expression of disbelief: "I've been out of here for a long time......
None of these burned black pines were reborn?
”"Is this abnormal?"
Hao Ren raised his eyebrows, he thought that this was caused by the power of the Gorgon Demon, a normal phenomenon in this world, but he didn't expect even Kaim to be so surprised."
Not quite right," Kem nodded, "Although the Gorgon demon has never wreaked havoc in the black pine forest, scholars have been studying both of them, and theoretically the flames of Gorgon cannot burn the life cycle of the black pine forest, but the woodlands in this area show no signs of recovery......
It's a bit wrong. ”Lily, who is usually full of novels, opened her mouth and said, "Maybe that 'Demon Lord' still has a protagonist template and an ability similar to 'Domain'." ”"What is the domain?"
Kem was confused, "Some kind of magic?"
”"Leave her alone, the temperature in this place is high, and her mental state will be affected somewhat," Hao Ren casually pulled Lily aside and observed the large scorched woodland in front of him, looking for any signs related to the "demon", "Speaking of which, we have dealt with demons a lot, but we really don't know much about Gorgon, do they have a strong sense of territory?"
”He didn't say anything nonsense at all, he and his friends dealt with demons quite frequently, and the content of the dealings included but was not limited to fighting landlords, rubbing mahjong, shabu shabu, eating barbecue, and letting the demons change gas canisters every once in a while, if you want to check the level of demon knowledge, Hao Ren dares to say that he is at least at the master level."
Territorial awareness?
It's not just strong, the Gorgon demons can be said to be crazy in this regard, as long as they take root in one place, then unless you break them to pieces, you can't even try to get back the occupied land, or even get close to that land is delusional. ”As he spoke, Kaim removed his weapon from his belt, which was the grotesque-looking black metal baton.The intimate armor on his body glowed with a faint and almost imperceptible halo, and the faint streamers swam between the gaps in the armor, and the short stick hummed softly, and then two red beams of light that were a meter long suddenly extended from either end.Hao Ren was searching for traces of the enemy here, and when he saw the Broken Sword Knight next to him suddenly conjure up a double-edged lightsaber, he was taken aback, and subconsciously popped out: "Wait a minute—do you Broken Sword Knight have to say a word before you fight, who and who is with the Force?"
”Kem was tense and vigilant around, and was confused by Hao Ren's interruption: "What is the Force?"
With us are only the knight's oath and the glory of Her Royal Highness the Princess......"
"Oh, it's okay, your weapon is too easy for people to cross the stage," Hao Ren hurriedly smiled dryly to hide his embarrassment, "Anyway, you knights of the Broken Sword don't usually act in teams with outsiders, right?"
”Kem frowned, not knowing why Hao Ren cared about this: "The Knights of the Broken Sword usually act in small teams, and indeed rarely combine with people other than us, is there anything wrong with this?"
”Hao Ren watched Kem put the double-edged lightsaber behind him and bowed down to make a vigilant gesture, and nodded slightly: "No wonder, this thing you use is really not very safe, and the person standing behind you is easy to be poked to death when you collect the sword......
"Kem felt that he would go crazy if he communicated with this inexplicable guy again: what the hell is that World Tree Temple for?"
Isn't the brain of the person who comes out of it normal?
And just as these thoughts that had nothing to do with the battle were churning in his mind, a sudden alertness suddenly seized his nerves.The combat instincts cultivated by countless battles quickly led the veteran warrior to make the right choice: he shouted a warning and at the same time his body burst out of the way, jumping to the side at the last moment, and at the same time swinging his lightsaber to block!
Two dark red rays of light shot in from afar almost as soon as he acted, one striking where he had been standing, melting a creaking hole in the ground, while the other ray was blocked by a lightsaber, changing direction and striking a black pine in the distance, breaking the giant tree at its back.Hao Ren had already noticed the enemy's sight before Kem issued a warning, his shield system was activated instantly, and he raised the ghost energy pistol that had already been taken out of his carry-on space, and fired three shots in the direction of the scorched earth in the distance.Three blue beams struck something in the air, and the seemingly empty air suddenly condensed into large chunks of blue crystals, and then a strange-looking thing suspended in mid-air took shape, and shattered into dust in the sky."
Optical, magnetic, and thermal energy are mixed and invisible," the data terminal completes the analysis of the target in an instant, "but the gravitational and information wave detection is effective - more targets are detected, and they are being marked!"
”In Hao Ren's field of vision, more than a dozen vague red images suddenly appeared in all directions, and they were rapidly approaching this side.These are probably the "splits" that Kem mentioned earlier, splintering between weapons and creatures that split from the Gorgon demons.How can they have such incredible stealth abilities?
Why didn't Kem mention such important information?
At the same time as this question popped up in Hao Ren's mind, Kem's side had already shouted: "Oh no!
No, this isn't the enemy we've met before - there are other Gorgon lords in the Black Pine Forest!
”"I'll go, it's not a matter of intelligence bias anymore, okay!"
Lily jumped up and screamed, and in the middle of the call, she suddenly felt a crisis coming from the side, so she didn't think about it, so she flew up and kicked to the side, only to hear a loud bang, and a vague shadow was kicked out of her invisibility state, with a series of sparks and squeaks flying in front of Hao Ren's eyes.Despite maintaining her human form, not even her ears and tail have been transformed, Lily's brute force is still not for fun."
Attention, it's not just remote models," Vivien immediately reminded, and at the same time, with her as the center, the "rings of static electricity" that shimmered faintly spread out in all directions, and as the rings of static electricity spread, the figures hidden in the air also appeared one by one vague outlines.Finely fragmented electrical sparks cover their surface, interfering with the invisible functions of these "schizoids".Everyone drew their weapons, used their best magic, and began to fight the shredding creatures that appeared in their form, but Hao Ren's eyes were drawn to the shredding body that made Lily kick it flying.The splitter landed not far in front of him, and unlike the first attacker who had been disintegrated into crystal dust by the spectral ray, it maintained a fairly intact structure - although there were obvious signs of fragmentation and disconnection in the midsection, the basic form was still recognizable.It looked like a crooked lobster, shrouded in a rapidly fading cloud of lightning, with a complex carapace with distinct metal features covering the monster's body, and its upper body had several alloy arthropods, each with a scorching blade of light extending from the end, and the lower half of its body saw no limbs to walk on or support, only a few circular devices that glowed slightly.Hao Ren recalled the moment the monster was kicked by Lily, and realized that the round devices that emitted a glimmer of light were supposed to be used for floating operations.Floating at ultra-low altitude, concealed at high speed, with a photon blade—Hao Ren quickly summed up the characteristics of these "splits".And looking at the metal body of the splitting body wrapped in a cloud of electrical energy, Vivien couldn't help but mutter, "What do you think......
None of them look like creatures. ”The stealth and high speed of the Splinters, combined with the combination of the Photon Blade and the laser beam, make them extremely lethal to ordinary soldiers, but thankfully none of them were ordinary soldiers - even Charlemagne's weakest guards had the ability to fight these Gorgon's cannon fodder, who were not even miscellaneous soldiers.Magical halos crisscrossed the scorched woodland, blocking out laser beams, enchanted swords swung into impenetrable barricades to defend against the onslaught of swift melee units, and Vivien, Hao Ren, and Lily cleared the scene of the cracks at breakneck speed.Leah didn't intervene the whole time, she felt that these "little things" were not a threat at all, and even Lily, who didn't move, could kill all the enemies on the scene with her headbrush, so she simply chose to watch and focus on the lessons and practices on the main side.But at this moment, Hao Ren heard a low roar coming from high in the sky.Keim, who was slicing a splitter in half with his lightsaber, suddenly changed his face when he heard this voice: "It's Lord Gorgon!"
It's coming!
”Hao Ren immediately followed the prestige, and a huge shadow rose into the sky from the other end of the burned jungle right in front of his eyes.It was a manta ray-like behemoth, at least three hundred meters wide.Wrapped in thunder and mist, it has a creature-like shape and body structure like those cracked bodies, but its entire body is made of metal, and between those metals that are constantly moving, you can see the continuous flow of runes and energy flows.That is the so-called "Gorgon Demon".