Chapter 422 Golden Thunder

Dunkirk City, Kingdom of Ribia.

A ray of setting sun shone obliquely, and countless red mirrors lit up on the Taina River under the breeze.

The combat command room was bustling with noise, as many bishops of the Church of the God of Knowledge were engaged in a heated discussion.

Archbishop Mario said loudly:

“After more than ten days of fighting, I believe you have all felt the intensity of the battle with the fishmen.

Our soldiers suffered heavy losses, but the murlocs continued to attack.

Everyone, give up. Staying here will only make us lose more.

Many murlocs have crossed the Dunkirk defense line and are heading north. If we hold on here for too long, the murlocs will send more powerful troops to gnaw on this tough bone of ours."

"I think we'd better hold on a little longer. As long as we stay here, we can tie down more fishmen, which will buy more time for the rear to retreat."

"I agree with Archbishop Sterman's opinion. Trying to hold on as long as possible can also buy more time for establishing a new line of defense in the rear."

“Second.”

"idiot!"

Mario pounded his fist on the table in anger, he knew what these people of Sterman were thinking.

These people are bishops whose families’ center is in the western part of the kingdom. The longer Dunkirk holds out, the more time their families will have to relocate.

The valuable materials have been moved out, but the relocation of bulk goods will take time. The airship resources in the country are tight, and the relocation speed is very slow.

Don't these people know it's dangerous to stay here? Of course they do. No one is a fool. Everyone is well aware of the increasingly severe battle situation.

However, they believed that even if they encountered an unstoppable enemy, they could escape by airship, without caring at all that there were so many fighting soldiers who did not have the conditions to escape by airship when force majeure occurred.

Humph, why don't you just cooperate with us? Sterman's mouth curled up slightly, and a sneer flashed across his face:

"We are all colleagues. Where is Archbishop Mario's self-restraint?"

"Shit, screw your manners!"

Mario left the table in anger, thinking that these parasites in the church would sooner or later eat away the church ship to pieces.

Before arriving here, the Pope summoned him alone and hinted to him his intention, which was to abandon Dunkirk and many western provinces as soon as possible.

When the evil god's minions completely occupied the land of the Kingdom of Sintland, they would face the impact of the murloc army.

Even the seat of the Church of the Lord of Storms could not hold out against the onslaught of the murloc troops, let alone Dunkirk.

The reason why they can still hold on now is because the real main force of the fishmen has not yet moved north.

Mario walked out of the combat command room. At this moment, the last ray of sunlight was about to dissipate, and gray fog was already rising.

Now the sunset can no longer dispel the gray fog, which is not a good sign.

"Why"

With a sigh, Mario left with a heavy heart. He still had to organize the warriors to deal with the battle in the evening.

Soon, the ground was covered with gray fog, and only the city's protective magic circle was emitting a dim light.

An hour later, Mario, who was patrolling on the city wall, frowned. In the past, the fishmen would have launched an attack at this time, but today there was no movement at all.

This was an unusual situation, but his heartstrings were even more tense.

Another hour passed, and still no fighting took place.

The bishops all realized that something was wrong and gathered together to discuss it.

As the commander-in-chief of the front-line defense, Sterman spoke first:

"Bishop Mario, you have been a battlefield observer in the Kingdom of Hinterland. Have you ever encountered any situation?"

"No," Mario shook his head. Even though he didn't like the other person, he had to answer.

He paused, then continued, "Sometimes the fishmen's offensive will be weak, but sporadic battles will always break out at night, and I don't know what will happen next."

After discussing for a long time, they still couldn't come up with a conclusion, so Sterman had no choice but to give the order: "Notify everyone to strictly enforce the night patrol system tonight. Even those who are taking a break must remain alert and be ready to go into battle at any time.

The center of the protection array ensures that there is a bishop on duty every second, and no one is allowed to leave the post without permission.

If something irreparable happens because of my absence from duty, don't blame me for turning my back on you."

Time ticked by and soon it was three o'clock in the morning.

Some soldiers on the city wall began to doze off due to fatigue. After days of high-intensity fighting, many people could fall asleep while standing.

In the central control room of the sheltering magic circle, Archbishop Abbas's eyes were fighting.

He stood up, stretched, and patted his face lightly with his palms:

"No, I'll fall asleep if I sit any longer, I have to go wash my face.

Bill, help me keep an eye on the monitoring array for a while, and yell if anything happens."

"Yes, sir," the guard nodded hastily.

Abbas walked out of the room and the guard stood in front of the monitoring array. Suddenly, he saw a thick shadow spreading out from the river, and the deep black occupied his vision.

Above the city, the thick black formed the shadow of a huge octopus monster.

Bill didn't know what would happen next. He only knew that he could feel a strong malice coming through the magic circle. He let out a miserable howl: "Archbishop!"

Without his calling out, when darkness fell, Abbas also felt the malice coming from the sky.

He rushed into the main control room, pushed away the guards who were blocking his way, and pressed the button to increase the power output of the protective array without hesitation, holding it down tightly.

On the city wall, the soldiers who were sleeping soundly were awakened by the lingering malice. They opened their eyes a little dazed and found that there was darkness above the city.

They found themselves unable to move at all, their bodies seemed to have fallen into an ice cave, their blood seemed to have solidified, and they were frozen in place.

The protective magic circle failed to stop the invasion of evil aura, and the humans outside the magic circle became shriveled at a speed visible to the naked eye, like corpses that had been hanging on trees and dried for a long time.

The gray soul was extracted, and the atmosphere of despair began to spread, quickly spreading to the center of the city.

The soul flew like raindrops and sank into the mouth of the octopus shadow above the city. A huge monster emerged from the water near the city.

The upper body looks like a deep diver, with limbs and a pair of dark green eyes as big as water tanks staring at the city.

Long gray-green whiskers hung from its huge flat head, and there were two rows of hard dorsal fins on its back, and a huge snake tail coiled like a cobra.

This creature seemed as light as a feather, floating entirely on the water.

The power of the protective magic circle has been increased to the maximum. The holy light emitted by the magic circle and the darkness outside are in a stalemate, and a clear black and white dividing line appears in the city.

Abbas looked at the flickering light at the edge of the protective magic circle nervously, and his hands clenched tightly unconsciously.

Cthulhu is the evil god most familiar to humans on the continent, and his followers are also recorded by various churches.

Dagon's hideous and cold image appeared before his eyes. Abbas felt that he was dominated by fear. Dagon was a sixth-level evil god, and they could not resist him at all.

"Oghma, the omniscient god of knowledge, I pray to you, pray that you will have mercy and save your humble believers."

The only thing he could do at this moment was to pray to the gods. It was still unknown whether Dunkirk's protective magic circle could stop Dagon's attack.

The magic circle here can easily fight against fifth-level enemies, and can also withstand the attacks of sixth-level enemies for a period of time, but facing Dagon, he did not have the slightest confidence in his heart.

Abbas felt extremely regretful. If he had followed Mario's advice and evacuated the city early, he would not be facing the current situation.

Sterman looked up at the sky and saw souls being swallowed by the dark shadows of the sky, and despair flashed in his eyes.

The appearance of the sixth-level Dagon caught him off guard. Under the current circumstances, it would be impossible for him to leave even if he wanted to take an airship.

"Fuck these idiots in the intelligence department, didn't they say that we can only encounter Dagon on the night of the red moon?!"

He cursed loudly and prayed in his heart that the protective magic circle could hold. As long as he could get through the difficult times tonight, he would pack up and leave immediately tomorrow morning.

Mario leaned against the city wall, looking expressionlessly at the magic circle whose radiation range was being compressed step by step, feeling sad.

'It's all over.'

Compared to those who still held on to a glimmer of hope, he understood Dagon's horror better.

The city of Sinthal in the Kingdom of Sintland was the first city destroyed by Dagon. Its defense was much stronger than Dunkirk, but it was still swept by Dagon.

The fall of Jinsalor was a year ago, and with the increase in the spiritual concentration of the world, Dagon's power will only be stronger now.

There is no mistake in the poem, post, content, and read the book on 6, 9, and bar!

The phantom of Dagon above the city and the real Dagon on the river exerted force at the same time. The gray fog within a radius of more than ten miles was condensed into seven shadow beads. The world became clear and the people in the city saw the stars in the sky.

The brilliant starry sky was their last memory. The shadow bead fell on the light shield of the protective magic circle, just like a few drops of black ink smudged on the clear water in a basin.

The ink marks spread at an extremely fast speed. Mario saw that a big hole was instantly corroded in the light shield of the protective array, and then he was submerged in boundless darkness, and his consciousness sank into the abyss.

The black shadow in the sky turned into a stream of light and plunged into Dagon's body. It burped with satisfaction and sank into the Taina River.

Dunkirk was silent, and the human bodies whose souls had been taken away were scattered into a sea of ​​black ash.

The gray fog once again occupied the sky, blocking the starlight falling from the sky.

The Taina River still flows quietly, and large shadows appear under the river surface. The fish people swim upstream under the influence of the deep divers and pour into the territory of the Kingdom of Ribia.

Farouk Kingdom, Lorente Town.

The red moon descended, and the earth was covered with a scarlet veil.

Clown stood on the sky, watching the fight between the murlocs and the defenders below.

He did not use the magic of flying, but only hovered in the air relying on the understanding of the laws of a sixth-level transcendent. He completely restrained his strength, and the gray fog obscured his figure.

Janice was fighting a fourth-level deep diver. The enemy's strength completely overwhelmed her, and she could only hold on with difficulty.

If Buster hadn't occasionally held the enemy back, she would have been killed by the enemy long ago.

"Meow."

The black cat let out a cry, and Janice understood what it meant. She had a talent for animal taming and could understand what the black cat meant without any training.

She knew the cat was worried about her safety, but she didn't accept the cat's kindness and shouted:

"You only need to hold the enemy back when I'm in danger. I have the Bright Heart Pendant and the Diamond Pendant given to me by the bishop, which is equivalent to having an extra life."

She felt that she was just one step away from perfecting the origin of her life. Now that she had encountered this enemy, she could use the pressure to help her practice.

Clown's gaze pierced through the gray fog. He sensed a large creature lingering on the coast. The enemy's breath was so familiar. It was clearly the evil god's follower that he had injured last time.

It seems that your wound has healed, haha, the pain is forgotten once the wound has healed. He lowered his eyes, guarding against the enemy.

The enemy is in the sea. Even if he can injure the enemy again, he cannot kill him. If the enemy is willing to cooperate with him to attack the town, it will be the best time for him to take action.

If the Spear of the Sun reaches the second level, he will be able to inflict heavy damage to the enemy at this distance. Otherwise, attacking from such a distance will only alert the enemy.

He left some of his attention on the evil god's followers and shifted the focus to Janice.

Through spiritual vision, he felt that the light of life in the other person was constantly accumulating. If it accumulated to a certain level, the light of life would burst outward, and he would be half a step into the threshold of the silver rank.

As long as the sublimation ceremony is held, you will definitely be able to advance to silver.

The Silver Priest, who is less than sixteen years old, has unlimited future. His talent is even better than those direct members of the Golden Family. After all, he did not receive any extraordinary teaching when he was a child, and there were no resources for training.

Janice was wearing golden armor with blooming red patterns on it. This set of equipment was forged from the essence of iron that her father obtained from Clown and was stained with golden light.

The armor looks slim, but it has amazing defensive power, and its light weight does not affect the owner's movements at all.

Her weapon was not the standard flail for priests, but a heavy sword, also shining with gold and engraved with the seal of killing evil.

Holding a golden shield in her left hand, she looked like a Valkyrie walking down from a picture.

Janice wielded the nearly fifty-pound heavy sword with great vigor, and even when fighting against a silver-level enemy, she still attacked bravely.

The Deep Diver fought very uncomfortably, as he had all the strength but was unable to cause fatal damage to his opponent.

Now its physical strength began to decline, while its opponent was replenished with potions and behaved as bravely as when the battle just started.

Fierce in his heart, the Deep Diver decided to take a risky move. He did not dodge the enemy's heavy sword, but instead threw himself forward with open arms.

Even if the enemy's weapon pierces its body, it can slowly recover, but the enemy will surely die as long as it hugs him.

Janice remained calm in the face of the mutation. She slapped her shield hard and then used the reaction force to retreat.

After taking two steps back, she shouted loudly and pressed forward again, slashing upward with her heavy sword.

Buster pounced at the right time and used secret techniques to shock the enemy's soul.

Janice's heavy sword cut the enemy's throat, and dark green blood spurted out. After defeating the powerful enemy, the light of her life suddenly burst out, and a bright silver light flashed.

At this moment, the sound of waves was heard, and a giant monster with a strange-looking head, as tall as a three-story building, pounced towards them.

Its torso is similar to that of a human creature. It has no head but a group of tentacles. In the middle there is an eye the size of a human head that shines with a faint blue light.

Janice felt her soul frozen, and the evil power of the law rushed into her sea of ​​consciousness.

She suddenly realized that if the enemy succeeded, she would become a puppet controlled by the enemy, and Janice would no longer exist, replaced by the evil consciousness that was parasitic in her body.

The Vajra Pendant on her chest emitted a golden light to protect her body, and the cool power of the Bright Heart Pendant created an icy spiritual rain in her sea of ​​consciousness, purifying the evil laws.

"Meow!"

Buster's hair stood on end. He felt the strength of his enemy and his limbs trembled uncontrollably.

'escape.'

Janice immediately left her heavy sword behind, picked up her shield and the black cat beside her and ran away.

Just from the power emanating from the enemy, she knew that they were completely unable to defeat them. The only hope for survival was for them to hide in the Moon Soul Spiritual Light Array in the town before the enemy caught up to her.

But is it still too late?

She turned her head and saw the monster, which had come half as close as before in the blink of an eye, and despair rose in her heart.

Suddenly, her eyes lit up, and she saw a golden lightning falling from the sky, lighting up the foggy night sky.

"The bishop is here!"

Janice stopped running, a glimmer of hope rising in her eyes.

(End of this chapter)