Some people say that the world will eventually be destroyed by fire.
Kumpeu followed Alex up. He subconsciously wanted to support him and scold him, but when he saw that the person who pushed him was Inger, his voice and body froze.
Alex was caught off guard and took a step back.
Inger really put in a lot of effort this time, even without any spells.
But Alex was a knight after all, and an eighth-level knight at that, so he didn't resist at all, which led to this scene.
The people around were stunned.
No one dared to say anything to Inger.
Inger gritted his teeth, glared at Alex, and turned to ask, "Your Majesty, has everything been arranged as planned?"
Ola didn't care about his tone. It was the first time she saw Inger really angry. She said softly, "Well, everything is ready... I'm just waiting for you."
Inger turned to look at Alex again and uttered, "Really? I was a little late, but luckily I got there in time."
Alex put his clenched fists on his chest and looked at Inger with the same angry eyes.
Inger looked at him and thought.
[Of course I know you did this to protect me.]
[But I have made my choice. I voluntarily chose to fight alongside you.]
[You allow others to stand beside you, how can you not even ask me? ]
He couldn't help but be angry.
He is standing here not because of any force that forces him.
Just as Alex wants to protect humanity, he also wants to protect his friends, and he has the ability to do so.
He thought that his family might not understand, but Alex would at least have the same idea as him and he was the only one who could understand him.
The strong stand in front not to sacrifice, but to better protect each other.
More strength means more life. At least Alex shouldn't do such a stupid thing.
In the name of protection, Alex went straight to the battlefield and locked him in the house.
Inger was filled with resentment, but he could not express it.
Alex also stared at Inger, his eyes conveying his unwavering determination.
The rift between the two of them had already collapsed beyond recognition without knowing when.
They clearly care about each other, but they stand at two ends of the scale.
At this time, a wizard came over with a knight.
"Your Majesty! Here they come! They are coming!"
Deep fear filled the eyes of both of them, as if they had seen something horrible beyond their understanding.
Alex turned his head sharply.
Inger raised his hand, and a group of people were sent above the coastline, lined up in a row, and landed steadily.
Alex held down his shaking arms.
There was no way he would be afraid of the invasion of the demons.
Because he knew that there was no way to stop Inger anymore.
Christine held Ola's hand and looked to both sides.
What I saw in my dream came true.
Everyone take your positions.
She also saw the expressions of Alex and Inger.
One is afraid, the other is angry.
Ola bent down and said, "Chris, go to the back and wait for us."
Christine nodded, and she walked back, looking back several times.
Alex and Inger held hands.
She thought,
In fact, she could understand Alex's fear.
She wished she could stand beside Aura, and she wished Aura didn't have to go to the battlefield.
It's paradoxical, but humans are complex emotional creatures.
Others can, but that one person can't.
Even though she knew that person's responsibilities and power meant that she was destined to stand in front.
Every time you go to the battlefield, no one can guarantee that it will be the last time, but it may also be the last time.
Christine wiped his eyes and followed the wizard to the back.
Boom boom boom.
Faintly, a roar could be heard in the distance.
The remaining civilians in Luoyue City walked out of their rooms one after another.
Old man Jacob also went out with his grandson in his arms and stood facing the coast.
In front of him was a group of knights, behind him was a large army array, with snipers and sentries on the watchtowers, and commanders and wizards lined up in the sky.
Jacob swallowed and hugged little Shengji tightly.
Suddenly, little Saint John pointed to the distant sky, the horizon, and the skyline.
"Grandpa, white has turned black!"
Children living by the sea are familiar with the ocean and climate.
After a while, little Shengji asked again, "Is it going to rain? There are such big dark clouds over there. Is there going to be a big storm?"
Jacob's lips trembled and he could not speak.
In little Shengji's impression, when strong winds and heavy rains come, they need to hide in the city, and fishermen cannot go out to sea, otherwise they will die in the sea. His parents were like this, they were swept into the sea by the waves and never came back.
Boom boom boom…
The deafening roar became clearer as the dark cloud approached.
The dark cloud seemed to paint the entire sky black.
It was different from the dark clouds I had seen before. It was dark and gloomy, and there must be something terrible hidden inside.
Little Shengji looked for a while and then curled up in his grandfather's arms.
Jacob held his grandson's head while he stared at the sky.
Until just now, he still couldn't believe it. He thought that he would scold those government officials who had ulterior motives when the time came.
However, although he is old, his eyes are very good.
That's not a dark cloud.
Dark swarms of manta ray-like creatures came in groups, flapping their fleshy wings and swimming leisurely in the sky as if they were cruising under the sea, pressing towards the coast.
There were densely packed "people" standing there, but those creatures were like the demons or chimeras that appeared in fairy tales. They had human faces, but had organs of various animals or monsters. Some had horns, some had scales, some had tails, and some had wings...
Jacob's legs went weak and he almost fell down, but the soldier who came up behind him supported him.
The soldier looked very young. He said, "Old man, it's not too late to seek refuge now. Come with me."
Jacob nodded subconsciously.
He turned his head and glanced at the backs of the people on the coastline in the sky, the sparse knights and wizards.
————Compared to the black shadow that filled the entire field of vision.
One can't help but wonder whether it can really be resisted.
As soon as Alex and Inger saw the demon army with their naked eyes, they stretched out their hands and shook them.
They looked at each other, complex emotions intertwined.
They all have their own persistence and cannot give up, but in the face of the battle against the demons, they can only work together.
Inger felt the force of his hand being squeezed even stronger, and he frowned.
"Alex, we'll talk later, now just focus on the fight."
Alex lowered his eyelids and whispered, "You don't have to remind me."
This tone made Inger want to slap him for the first time in a long time.
Alex looked down and saw Blue Scale making a gesture to him in the sea, then diving into the ocean with the group of mermaids around him.
Inger used magic to enhance his vision.
He quickly scanned the group of demons and found what he wanted among them.
Demons.
The strongest individuals born from the Demon Mother Tree.
They divided their own territory on the Eastern Continent and controlled other demon tribes, failed defectives, unintelligent beasts, and half-blood demons.
Inger said word by word: "Mechanical Demon King Lilisai, Eyeless Demon King Baibet, Transformation Demon King Holly, Breeding Demon King Aglaya, Voice Demon King Ruijun."
He didn't say Fei Leng's name.
Alex looked away without saying anything, but Ola asked the question for him.
"How do you know their names?"
Inger said: "The goddess told me."
This is a good excuse, after all, the goddess is omnipotent, but the goddess is not idle enough to remember the names of certain demon kings.
In fact, this was when he exchanged bodies with Fei Leng and secretly memorized their appearances and names.
It was also he who asked Fei Leng to guide the demons to land on the mainland in two batches from both sides.
Alex muttered to himself, "...three are missing."
Inger didn't turn his head, but he knew it in his heart.
Because Alex faced all eight demon kings in his previous life.
The five great knights of the Demonic Mother Tree cannot leave the Mother Tree itself.
If the six demon kings coming from the east coast of the Western Continent on Qiune's side are these, then the remaining three are coming from Liweil on the west coast.
Battle the Demon King Siska, the Prideful Demon King Dagon, and the Beast King Heidi.
There was one more demon king coming to Cune than the one Fei Leng told him about.
The Demon King Ruijun, who was originally supposed to land on the west coast, landed in Qune instead.
Inger didn't think that Fei Leng would deliberately lie to him. This should be a decision made before the war.
Alex suddenly asked: "Can you find the Puppet Demon King?"
Inger's heart skipped a beat. He looked at it for a while and said, "No... I can't recognize it."
He had already confirmed it, and Fei Leng followed behind Aglaya, pretending to be her subordinate.
And in the comics, his original form has never fought against Alex.
So Alex probably didn't know him.
Alex didn't say anything after hearing this.
Cheryl and Uri load up their guns in the watchtower.
On the high ground of the sea cliff, all the available snipers had their guns ready and were ready to attack.
In the past three months, they have added many new members. Even soldiers who don't have much magic power can practice shooting.
Cheryl reported the distance: "3 Zedoar."
The messenger nearby used a magic amplifier to shout, "3 Zeduo!"
Wu Rui said after a while: "1.8."
"1.8 Zeduo!"
Ola raised her hand when she heard the voice.
As soon as the senior officers saw the signal, they immediately gave the order for all the knights to draw their swords.
clang!!!!
The uniform sound of metal colliding pierced my eardrums.
Veronica climbed onto the back of the frost dragon again. She leaned over and patted its scales and said, "Snow, calm down, calm down, not enough."
Faced with the strange, huge, and hateful aura, the Frost Dragon's entire body trembled.
As a dragon's instinct, she couldn't wait to clean up these dirty things from her territory.
Inger waited quietly for them to approach.
The demon army obviously had no intention of stopping to investigate.
They have no need for strategy or tactics; they simply rely on numbers and strength to overwhelm their opponents.
The despairing number and the innate power of the demons.
Inger closed his eyes slightly.
In the past three months, he had thought about it countless times, how he would feel if he really faced this scene.
But when this moment came, he was calmer than he thought.
He thought he was used to facing death.
And I am no longer afraid to live.
The warmth from the palm of my hand.
He is not alone.
Alex never fights alone.
Inger smiled and opened his eyes.
He raised his wand again.
A magic wand called Dawn, with the totem of the phoenix engraved on it.
The wizards on either side of him saw it and raised their wands as well.
They caused the boxes stacked below to float, and the crystals inside to scatter in the air.
The wands pointed forward.
That is the crystal that stores the dragon flame.
They made it.
Veronica was wrapped in hundreds of layers of ice, but now only dozens of layers are left, melting madly.
They flew straight towards the demon army.
"1 Zeduo!"
The messenger's voice was trembling, but still loud enough for everyone to hear.
The demons are already within sight.
Looking at the long row of crystals flashing red light in front of me.
The demon extended his hand.
Inger chanted the spell:
*"Some say the world will end in fire
From what I've tasted of desire
I hold with those who favor fire(1)
Fire! Burn everything! Cleanse everything! "
(Some people say that the world will eventually be destroyed by fire. I have strong desires, so I also speak of fire. Fire! Burn everything! Purify everything!)
A complex formation unfolded in the air.
Flames rolled out from the top of the wand, forming the shape of a phoenix.
The fire seemed to carry consciousness and burn life. It swirled, condensed, collapsed, and condensed again.
A terrifying fire gathered ahead.
Inger held a staff in one hand, and the magic stones in the cloth bag on his waist kept breaking, one by one.
Click, click, click…
The fire was still condensing, expanding and then shrinking again, shrinking and expanding again, and each time it shrank, the energy it contained would double.
The demon king in front raised his hand.
They seemed to feel threatened instinctively.
For the first time, the demon army stopped its advance.
The last magic stone shattered.
The fireball at the tip of Inger's wand turned blue, a small blue-white sphere.
The air ahead was boiling with excitement because of this thing.
The wizard and the knight felt the heat wave hitting their faces.
Fei Leng looked at the situation and quickly retreated with the few people behind him.
The demon kings standing in front looked at him with interest, while the other demons just laughed and looked at him with disdain.
Inger took in the different expressions of the demons and moved his hands calmly.
As the blue and white ball moved forward, a teleportation array appeared in front of it.
It passed through the space of 1zedor and was delivered directly to the eyes of the demon army.
The moment a demon stretched out his curious hand to touch the Dragon Flame Crystal.
The blue and white ball also hit one of the Dragon Flame Crystals.
Just a slight wink.
The sky and the earth changed color.
The view went white.
The light was also swallowed up by the flames.
The moment when vision is regained.
There is fire before my eyes.
The burning flames, and the sinful and ugly existence struggling within the flames.
A hell of fire that does not exist in this world.
The blue and white ball exploded.
This formed a killing range with a diameter of nearly 1 Zedo.
The Dragon Flame Crystals then exploded one after another.
The demons struggled painfully in the burning dragon flames and fell into the ocean.
Screams and roars echoed from the sea to the sky and continued to the end of the sight.
The horizon turned into a mixture of black and red.
Above is the sky, in the middle is fire, and below is the sea.
The blue ocean turned red.
The red of blood, the red of fire.
(1)
Fire and Ice
Fire and Ice
By Robert Frost
by Robert Frost
Some say the world will end in fire
Some say in ice
From what I've tasted of desire
I hold with those who favor fire
But if it had to perish twice
I think I know enough of hate
To say that for destruction ice
is also great
And would suffice.
(Some people say that the world will eventually be destroyed by fire. I have a strong desire and I also hold the fire as my saying.) (1)
The translation is adapted from Qin Dachuan.