Chapter 279 "Dependents"

If the sporadic shootings of the previous survivors were the prelude to this "late winter battle", then the roar of the hound's teeth in Shuge's hands completely kicked off the end of the world.

Around the headquarters of the Law Committee and the temporary defense line built by the survivors in the southern city, a strange offensive and defensive battle that had never appeared in Vanen's history broke out.

The permanent defense line built by mages such as Vereen Ernst is like a curved black coastline.

The standard war position ceremony made this dark arc extremely stable. However, when the waves of the descendants of the Dark Abyss rolled in, all the soldiers and mages standing on the front line still inevitably felt nervous and fearful. When those indescribable twisted shadows appeared at the end of their sight, everyone felt that the weird blood extending from the horizon seemed to have poured on top of their heads.

This is probably what the so-called "catastrophe" is.

The alchemical bombs and magic traps preset outside the defense line were detonated one after another. The violent magic explosion triggered a chain resonance. Some of the potent crystal shells buried inside the building caused the surrounding houses to collapse and disintegrate on the spot. The raging magic explosion The air wave immediately tore apart the black torrent rolling forward, creating a large vacancy.

Immediately afterwards, countless blazing flames rose from the ground. These magical flames were created by stream-level magic pages and rituals. Their power was quite average, and there was no way to cause effective damage to the descendants of the Dark Abyss who gathered in groups. However, The high temperature and the violent magic power contained in it were enough to impact and separate the first batch of advancing black slimes.

After that, with the help of magic, the defenders on the defense line started shooting at the dark shadows separated by the flames.

After the astonishingly intense war before, today's revolver rifles have been qualitatively improved compared to the original. Although the firearms provided by the Kingdom of Votel to the survivors of Salem City are not the latest firearms, they are compared to those bulky old-fashioned firearms. Crystal gun, the rate of fire of these weapons is already amazing enough.

So the defenders were surprised to find that the defensive strategy they adopted was surprisingly effective, and that bullets and magic could indeed cause substantial damage to these terrible monsters. With the continuous magic explosions and the burning of the flames, Roast, the first batch of "slime legions" that crossed the cordon were wiped out in a short period of time, which made the people who were originally in fear burst into cheers.

And if the survivors' defense line is regarded as a dam hit by waves, then the Legal Affairs Committee branch station, which is still quite some distance from the south gate, has become a lonely rock in the tide.

The attack caused by Xiuge was far more violent than elsewhere.

The illusion created by the Destiny Roots dispersed a lot of pressure for him. Under the influence of the illusion, the descendants of the Dark Abyss who launched an attack on the station fell into serious disorder. They always stagnated. Or they attack empty areas, or even point the finger at their own kind.

In their perception and vision, there are almost endless humans who stick to the walls of the garrison and use all kinds of weird weapons. When one person falls, the next person will immediately be on top, and the continuous barrage of magic and bullets The bombardment caused heavy losses to the advancing team of descendants.

The knowledge and memories from the victims have benefited them a lot, but at the same time, the many inertia and disadvantages hidden in them have also brought extremely serious flaws and chaos. Although today's descendants already have amazing wisdom , but in the face of those mountains of information, it has no way to make full use of it.

And this gave Xiuge a considerable amount of room to maneuver.

The demise of the descendants of the Dark Abyss is constantly happening, and the "tidal walls" used to strengthen the protection of the station are also being continuously consumed in round after round of impact. Their number is really too huge. When all the individual descendants When they all gathered together, Xiuge even felt that his world was left with only rich darkness and bloody sky. In this case, even if he used large-scale destructive magic like "Melinle and Flame Wall" , and there is no way to effectively clear the open space.

Time passed little by little.

The magic power in Xiuge's body is always in a state of intense consumption and rapid replenishment. In this state, the walking forest has completely become Xiuge's "second heart". In order to ensure his continued combat effectiveness, Xiuge Ge no longer cares about selecting the dark abyss essence that he grabbed.

He has given full authority to this process to Walking Forest, and almost all the "trophies" have been stuffed into the constantly rotating metal disc by Xiuge. It is like a huge millstone. Constantly crushing all the stuff that comes in, and turning it into magic power or supplies for other residents of the disc.

"hiss……"

The running rat returned to the protection of the magic curtain, and his mouth continued to scream in pain and anger.

The fur on its body has become very mottled, and one of its three tails is now missing. Under the continuous nourishment of Shuge's magic power, the broken tail and the damage on the body surface are slowly being repaired. This is all due to its relationship with Dark. The injuries caused by the close combat between the Yuan descendants, if it hadn't abandoned one of its tails and triggered an explosion, it would have been swallowed up by those menacing slimes.

As the intensity of the battle and the agitation of magic in the air continue to increase, these "defective products" that were not enough to pose a threat to cultivation in the past have shown a new tendency. They have begun to no longer provide blessings to the gods. and the "status" of the family members.

On the contrary, facing the running rats that contained the grace of the Mother Earth Goddess in their bodies, they showed a desire to hunt that was no less than Shuge himself. Even the palace hounds that had attacked three times in a row were included in their list of active predators and predators. within the range of the attack.

Looking at the endless supply of sticky black shadows in front of him, Shuge breathed a sigh of relief. He waved the Black Sun Scepter again, and a series of blazing fireballs of different sizes and several destructive magic pages flew forward. , so the heat wave was overwhelming, and a large area of ​​the descendants crowded in front of the frontal defense line was immediately cleared away, and Xiuge finally saw the blackened and broken streets again.

However, this is only a drop in the bucket.

After all, what Xiuge can take into consideration is only the front of the defense line. Although the actual attacks are relatively limited, as the total amount continues to accumulate, the huge magic curtain is still heading towards collapse and death bit by bit.

Finally, an hour and a half after the frontal battle broke out, Xiuge heard a crisp sound coming from mid-air.

That was a sign of the collapse of the "Tide Wall" and a sign that the descendants of the Dark Abyss had gathered too much.

"It's time to back off."

With a clear snap of his fingers, Shuge withdrew all the creations active around the defense line. He casually fired the last two rounds of high-power ammunition in his revolver at the reassembled slime, and then turned over and jumped from the sentry tower. Then, he fell into the empty station.

With this movement, the azure magic barrier, which had become extremely dim in color, began to break rapidly, and a large number of magic fragments fell down, turning into clear water in the air.

With the return of the Roots of Destiny, the illusions that originally interfered with the thinking and judgment of the descendants of An Yuan disappeared one after another, and the protective ritual itself of the Legal Committee's residence was completely exposed to their eyes.

The sound of heavy artillery fire immediately sounded, which was another fierce attack launched by the "hill". This was the closest they came to their ultimate hunting target. Faced with this temptation, even the cautious and intelligent subject will absolutely Unwilling to back down and give up.

As the ground trembled, Xiuge regained his magic power while holding his cane and walked towards the station's hall building, which was strong enough to allow him to build a second temporary line of defense to further delay time.

However, when Xiuge stepped into the hall, he was suddenly stunned.

He saw a familiar figure sitting on a soft chair in the center of the hall.

Such a picture was too abrupt, and what surprised Xiuge even more was that the figure in front of him had escaped his perception before, or in other words, the other party did not attract the attention of his magic perception at all.

"Justina...Mage?"

Xiuge's eyes fell on her "lost and found" arm, and for a moment he was not sure what name he should use.

"Hello, Mr. Ernst, it's me."

Justina slowly stood up from the soft chair. The clothes on her body were still not dry, but her movements had become extremely natural and smooth. She gently moved her arms made of the mist of the dark abyss, and then said to He bowed and saluted the young man in front of him: "In other words, hello... my 'father'."

Such a sentence made Xiuge's pupils tremble violently.

After Justina said these words, he finally felt the other party's existence.

To be precise, he finally realized the vague connection between himself and the other party. There was indeed an invisible force between him and Justina, which was like an incomparable natural line. The ties and ropes closely connect the two and at the same time erase all the sense of strangeness.

And this is the real reason why Justina "hidden the secret" from Shuge.

After all, under normal circumstances, no one would pay attention to the "part" of their own power.

At this moment, all the ancient creatures closely related to Shuge also showed great concern for Justina. After all, to a certain extent, today's Shuge is not only their master, but also their "Fathers", but their relationship with cultivation is more biased towards casters and summoned objects.

Shuge looked at Justina carefully, and then he asked: "When did you come here?"

"I never left."

The female scholar's eyes were filled with dark colors, and she looked at Xiuge closely: "You just haven't noticed me, and I am very curious about what you want to do and what you think, so I Choose to watch and wait here.”

"As you can see, I have completely integrated with the special sample created by you. It is me, I am it... and I have achieved my goal. I have successfully found someone who can dominate and manipulate Those 'silt' people's method is my own."

Justina said softly: "The magic of the Black Sun Society brought me a crisis, but it also gave me this opportunity. It transformed my body, affected my magic power and will, and enabled me to truly accept them. power, and understand their instincts and thoughts.”

"Before that, I never thought that I was the most suitable candidate for the third plan. There was no need to sacrifice other people, nor did I need to rely on more will and memory... Just myself, I could do it. have been able to achieve this goal.”

While saying these words, Xiuge saw that Justina's face began to float slightly, and her facial features and face could even undergo changes and displacements visible to the naked eye. This showed that the essence of her body had become different from the darkness of the outside world. The descendants of Yuan are generally the same.

She did not make further changes, but smiled apologetically: "I'm sorry, that doesn't fit in with my original habits. After all, it's a little too... ugly. I just hope Mr. Ernst knows that I have Really achieving that goal we were talking about.”

In these words of the female scholar, Xiuge caught a strange flavor.

Although she was calm, she was extremely determined. The words between the lines reminded Xiuge of the suicide notes left by the soldiers who were about to go to the battlefield.

So he asked: "So, what are you going to do next? Do you want to go outside, truly integrate with them, and interfere with their behavior?"

Xiuge took a step forward. This time, he did not cover up the mist of the dark abyss flashing in his pupils. With his magic vision, he clearly captured the almost perfect and stable magic circuit of Justina.

He added: "Don't be too confident. They have formed their own group will, and under the influence of the magic in the environment, they have become smart enough and determined enough... They are no longer as ignorant as they first thought. .”

However, Justina shook her head as if she didn't care at all. She looked at the strange mist that kept overflowing from Shuge's eyes, and her smile became extremely calm: "So what? No matter what you created, 'Heir', or as 'Justina', that's what I mean, isn't it?"

"But, before that, I still hope to get your response."

As she spoke, the shadow of the dark abyss on her body gradually faded away. At this moment, except for the arm, Justina became the same as before.

"You can see destiny and make predictions, right?"

"So in your eyes, what will I look like in the future? Can you tell me?"