Chapter 312: Celebrate and cheer for the birth of a new king! (5.6k)
"Help me!"
Seeing the invaders in danger, the twin brothers stood up subconsciously.
"Wait a minute! They are descendants of gods after all, they can hold on for a while."
Loen once again held down the twin brothers who wanted to rush out to rescue their teammates. He looked at the battlefield grimly, his eyes flickering faintly.
"Besides, don't you think it's a little weird?"
The twin brothers looked at each other, then looked at Lorne blankly.
"strangeness?"
"What's the meaning?"
Luo En raised his hand to his forehead and reminded him unhappily.
"Today we are going into the mountains to fight the beast disaster. The sentry post was lost the night before. Not only were the defenders wiped out, but there were also traces of activities left by the monsters along the way. We just followed this road and came directly to the source of the beast disaster. Isn't it too coincidental?"
Upon hearing this, the two brothers subconsciously raised questions based on their previous hunting experience.
"Isn't it normal for monsters to bring captured prey back to their nests?"
"Most of them are just animals, so it is reasonable that they don't know how to hide their whereabouts."
"That's true." Luo En nodded and asked quietly, "But if their actions follow instinct, then why did we only encounter one decent attack on the way here? This is the source of the beast disaster. Why did those territorial monsters let us in so easily?"
The two brothers frowned and fell into thought.
Indeed, the resistance they encountered along the way seemed too little.
Most of the monsters we encountered before were low-level monsters, and only that chimera was considered a bit threatening.
But you have to know that when they passed by this area a few days ago, they encountered the [Divine Pattern Demon Pig] and the [Three-headed Dragon Snake], two high-level magical beasts with the divinity of Typhon, as well as a large number of demon wolves and demon pigs that wandered onto the mountain road.
Even the twin brothers, sons of Zeus, almost died on the spot because of their carelessness.
Logically speaking, the deeper they go into the mountains, the stronger the monsters they encounter.
But the fact is, ever since that Chimera led a large wave of monsters to launch a round of attack and failed, they hardly encountered any decent opponents on the rest of the journey.
It seemed that those high-level monsters were deliberately avoiding them.
Could it be that...
"These monsters are deliberately luring us!"
"Is this a trap?"
The two brothers looked at each other and then looked at Lorne in front of them in surprise.
"It was just my suspicion at first, but now..." Loen turned his head and looked behind him.
"There is a tide of beasts rapidly approaching from the north and east. A rough estimate is that there are thousands of them!" Atalanta jumped down from the tree branch with a grim look on her face.
"There are also to the south and west! More!" Medea pulled up the staff from the ground, turned her head and answered, with sweat slightly on her forehead.
The twin brothers felt depressed when they heard this.
Fell into a trap!
But more doubts followed.
"How did the monsters know our route, and after luring us here, they were able to accurately encircle us? Aren't most of them not intelligent?"
"Monsters don't have this kind of wisdom, but what about humans?"
Hearing Loen's meaningful question, the twin brothers looked at each other, their brains shocked and a chill ran through their hearts.
"Is there a traitor?"
Loen nodded, looked dimly at the expedition team that was now surrounded, and added in a deep voice.
"Not only is [that person] among us, he may also be in a high position."
"Then why didn't you tell me in advance?"
The twin brothers asked subconsciously, looking puzzled.
Luo En rolled his eyes at the two of them and asked unhappily:
"Without solid evidence, I've been talking for a long time, but it only makes you doubt it. Do you think they will believe it?"
“…”
Hearing this, the twin brothers couldn't help but scratch their heads in embarrassment. They were speechless and could only change the subject in a huff.
"Who is that person?"
"Whoever behaves most abnormally and is most eager to lead us into this deadly place is the most suspicious."
Luo En answered in a deep voice, his eyes full of meaning.
The twin brothers fell into memories. After piecing together the information, a suspicious figure in their minds gradually became clear.
But their expressions gradually became strange. They looked up at someone in the expedition team and murmured in a low voice.
"Hippomenes?"
“No way…”
The conclusions they reached were somewhat unbelievable to them.
But if you think about it carefully, this new commander seems to be full of mystery and incongruity.
On the one hand, this man was unknown, but just before departure, he suddenly became the commander of the expeditionary team;
On the other hand, during the march, he seemed to be intentionally or unintentionally inciting the emotions of the team, indulging the team to make mistakes, and luring the team step by step deeper into the encirclement.
Previously, the two brothers had only made reasonable suggestions and were arranged to go to the front to be responsible for the most dangerous exploration. If Loen and the other two had not taken the initiative to join the team, the two brothers would have been seriously injured if not killed.
Thinking about it this way, the commander's attitude is indeed a bit suspicious.
Moreover, the five people who were responsible for exploring the way just now disappeared, and the crack ahead was filled with an obvious ominous atmosphere.
In this situation, even a new commander should be more alert and send out some scouts to investigate and confirm the situation before advancing.
As a result, he led everyone into the dangerous area without even thinking twice.
As for the reason for encouraging the crusaders to march forward, it was because they were worried about the safety of the five of them...
If the commander really cared about them so much, why would he put them on the most dangerous front line of exploration?
But what good will it do him?
The twin brothers were puzzled, and when they saw Hippomenes leading the invaders to resist the beast tide, they gradually began to doubt their own speculations.
Could this be a misunderstanding?
Seeing the two brothers begin to waver, Lorne smiled and spoke.
"Whether the answer is right or not, won't you know if you try it?"
Try it?
Just as the two were wondering, they saw Atalanta jumping onto the platform and slowly pulling the bowstring to its full length.
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At the same time, before the rift.
Faced with the sudden beast tide, the unprepared team of conquerors was caught in a tough battle.
“BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM!”
Rows of javelins were thrown, arrows were shot, and curse bullets fell. The galloping camp of monsters roared, and dozens of demon wolves and demon pigs were hit by the attack and torn into pieces.
However, facing the monsters numbering over a thousand, the results achieved by the crusaders seemed insignificant.
What's even more terrible is that these offensives that he was proud of could only deal with low- and middle-level monsters, and had little effect on the subspecies of Typhon's descendants.
Near sunset, the sharp cold wind in the wilderness made people's cheeks hurt, and the dried blood was like wantonly smeared paint, very impactful.
The punitive team was surrounded by mutilated corpses.
They were piled on top of each other, some were human, some were monsters.
But most of the dead monsters were low- to medium-level species. More than a dozen descendants of Typhon stood on high ground, blocking the surroundings. They did not seem to be in a hurry to take action themselves. They kept urging the monsters under their command to launch rounds of charges to consume the human side's magic power and energy as much as possible.
"roar!"
Without even having time to mourn for their comrades, the monsters that had just been barely able to break up their formation gathered and charged forward at the roar of a white chimera.
At the same time, the two tawny chimeras around the white chimera also joined the formation, increasing the difficulty of each round of battle.
After the high-intensity round-robin battles, hundreds of fighters were already exhausted.
No matter whether the spellcasters were from the Temple of the Moon, the Hermesites, the Dionysian Cult, or the Eleusinian Mysticism, their magic power was almost exhausted and they could not produce many magics.
Meanwhile, the javelins and bows and arrows had been used up.
Without support from the rear, the God-Blood Warriors at the front could only hold their spears and shields tightly, huddled together with their comrades, relying on each other's support, and stabbing forward mechanically and numbly.
However, humans are far inferior to creatures like Warcraft in terms of muscle and endurance.
Therefore, after a few rounds of mutual collisions and fighting, the defensive formation that the attackers relied on to maintain began to deteriorate.
“Bang! Bang!”
Two yellow-brown chimeras, several meters tall, took advantage of the situation and rushed over, knocking the two round shields open with their heads.
“Crack!”
With the crisp sound of broken hand bones, two exhausted God Blood Warriors were blown away with blood spitting out of their mouths. Their defenseless and seriously injured bodies fell backwards and fell into the group of monsters and were trampled into meat paste.
Dozens of demon wolves on the flanks saw an opportunity and growled excitedly with saliva dripping from their mouths.
They immediately ran together and continuously attacked the gaps in the formation opened by the two Chimeras.
Humans improve their bloodline and advance themselves by eating the flesh and blood of magical beasts and the essence of magical potions.
Similarly, the Warcraft itself can also devour the divinity and magic power of these humans with divine blood in the process of preying on them, thus reaching a higher level of life.
Survival of the fittest, that's it.
Moreover, according to the oracle, the more humans they successfully hunt, the more satisfied the demon ancestor who created them will be.
If you can please the gods through these killings and sacrifices, and then get a glimpse of the Demon Ancestor, you will definitely receive an even more generous reward!
"Get out of here, bastard!"
With a rough roar, a figure as big as a giant bear smashed into the pack of magic wolves like a cannonball. The deep blue ocean power stirred up huge waves of light that rushed and shook in all directions, instantly blowing away the hundreds of magic wolves in front of the gap.
Under this powerful force, blood mist exploded from the bodies of the magic wolves, and the sound of bones breaking could be heard from inside their bodies. In a short while, some died and some were injured.
The formation of the invaders, which was about to collapse, was stabilized again.
It's the Dionysian saint!
The heroes looked at Polymonus with gratitude for his emergency rescue.
The burly and honest middle-aged man nodded, raised his hand to take the fairy honey wine with certain therapeutic effects from his waist, threw it behind him, and pondered solemnly.
"Those who are exhausted should retreat to the camp and take the time to recover. Those who can still fight should form a formation and follow me closely! The [Beast Disaster] here is much stronger than what was mentioned in the intelligence. We must rush out immediately before it gets dark!"
Upon hearing the Dionysian saint's proposal to retreat, the heroes, who were already at the end of their strength, were quite tempted.
"We can't leave! The source of the beast disaster is ahead. If we rush over and destroy this nest, we will win!"
Hippomenes immediately rejected this cowardly proposal with righteous words, and in order to show his determination, he immediately drew his bronze dagger and led the way towards the crack that was surrounded by red and black light.
Seeing the commander so brave, the heroes of the Divine Blood had no choice but to grit their teeth and keep up, trying to go against the tide of the beasts and completely destroy the strange and ominous monster nest.
Is this idiot going to kill everyone?!
When Polymonus saw this, he gritted his teeth and cursed.
But now that things have come to this, there is nothing he can do but be carried towards the rift by the heroes.
As the commander of the team and the first target to appear, Hippomenes naturally attracted the attention of a large number of monsters and became their priority target of attack.
One by one, the God-Blood heroes subconsciously gathered towards Commander Hippomenes, trying to protect the team leader, and the formation became further scattered.
This time, the dozen or so descendants of Typhon who had been waiting for an opportunity in the high places could no longer hold back and rushed towards the human camp, knocking away, pulling out, and tearing the exhausted heroes into pieces!
"roar!"
The Chimaera King, covered with white hair, roared and jumped into the loose human camp first. The snake head spewed venom, the sheep head fired curse bullets, and the lion head gushed out flames. The three heads worked together to cause heavy casualties to the heroes of the Divine Blood in an instant.
Commander Hippomenes, who was guarded in the center, was also exposed in front of the white chimaera.
Upon seeing this, several Divine Blood heroes hurriedly stepped forward, raised their shields, and tried to block the attack of the white chimera.
However, after a series of battles, their physical potential had been almost exhausted, and they had drunk all the potions they carried with them.
Now, even if they wanted to fight to the death, it would be difficult for them to extract much strength from their bodies.
Therefore, after just one encounter, they were slapped away by the white chimera's claws.
Seeing that Commander Hippomenes was about to die in the mouth of the monster, Polymonus, the only one who could withstand the head-on attack of the high-level monster, gritted his teeth and rushed out of the formation, squeezing the little remaining divine power in his body to the extreme, raised his muscular back of his hand, and greeted the white giant that was rushing towards him.
"boom!"
With a thunderous explosion, Polymonos' feet plowed two trenches tens of meters long on the ground, and he was pushed all the way to Hippomenes, with a trace of golden red blood flowing from the corners of his mouth.
But at the same time, the charging white Chimera was pinned to the ground, its four claws waving around randomly.
Obviously, Saint Polymonus was more skilled in this wrestling match.
Blocked it!
Everyone breathed a sigh of relief, and couldn't help but feel fortunate to have such strong teammates.
"call out!"
However, before everyone could catch their breath, a dark red meteor streaked across the sky and shot towards Commander Hippomenes' face at lightning speed.
The incident happened suddenly. The heroes around wanted to stop it, but it was beyond their reach and they could only watch the consequences unfold.
At this critical moment, a hand as white as jade was raised up and firmly caught the arrow coming from the side.
Everyone looked at the owner of the hand, with a trace of surprise on their faces.
The commander is so strong? Then he just...
As all eyes were focused on him, Hippomenes' face froze at first, then his eyes flashed, and he immediately broke the arrow in his hand and spoke angrily.
"There are spies. They are..."
“Whoosh!”
Before he finished speaking, the sharp sound of breaking through the air was heard again.
Hippomenes subconsciously took up a defensive position and prepared to fight.
However, the dark red light that penetrated the sky not only did not fall on Hippomenes, but instead fell into the crack in the now empty mountain belly, piercing the heart beating in the blood light.
“Buzz!”
With the sharp trembling of the air, a fierce gust of wind swept across the wilderness and fell into the crack of the mountain at lightning speed. A hand firmly grasped the bronze javelin wrapped in blood.
This situation seems familiar.
The heroes' faces changed as they looked at Hippomenes, who was floating in the air in front of the bloody heart of the beast's nest and had successfully intercepted the attack again.
If he took that sharp arrow, it would only be a way of hiding his weakness and protecting himself.
But if you block this javelin, the answer is self-evident.
Realizing that he had been completely exposed, Hippomenes dropped the bronze javelin in his hand and shook his head dejectedly.
"Tsk, I thought I could spend the last moments with you happily, but this is such a bummer."
Polymonos struggled to throw the white chimera in front of him away, and glared angrily at the commander who suddenly turned against him.
If it weren't for the sudden arrows and javelins, I would have almost fallen into this guy's hands.
After all, he was the only threat that could shake the situation at the scene.
Thinking of this, the Dionysian saint was terrified and even more angry.
"Traitor! We trusted you so much, but you actually colluded with the monsters!"
"No, no, I'm just satisfying your needs and giving you a chance to solve the [Beast Disaster] in an upright manner. But if you guys don't live up to your expectations, who can you blame?"
Hippomenes sneered and shook his head, looking innocent.
"Of course, you may be more useful when you are dead than when you are alive. Your flesh can feed these monsters and delay the attack of the beast disaster. Your divine blood can be refined into medicine to benefit more people. For example, His Majesty the King of Arcadia?"
The God Blood heroes who were being mocked by the crowd couldn't help but get angry and their faces turned red when they heard the culprit behind this.
"How dare that old bastard from Arcadia plot against us!"
"And you bastard! Go to hell!"
Along with waves of angry condemnation, arrows, javelins, and curse bullets were fired at Hippomenes who was floating above the rift.
Although the battle between them and the group of monsters is still in a stalemate, the traitors behind the scenes are more hateful than the enemies in the open.
However, facing the attacks from his former teammates, Hippomenes sneered disdainfully and raised his hand slightly.
In an instant, a blood-red light gushed out from the cracks, destroying and swallowing all the flying arrows, javelins, and curse bullets.
"Guess why I brought you to this place?"
Hippomenes looked down at his former teammates with a playful look and asked a meaningful question.
Without waiting for anyone to answer, the person who asked the question raised his hands high and announced the answer aloud.
"When the stars are in the right position, the circle of reason appears here, starting from the smallest and expanding to infinity. The celestial body is the void. The void is the void. The void is the God!"
At the same time, the starlight in the sky shot towards the ground under Hippomenes' feet.
“Boom!”
In an instant, the mountains shook and the earth cracked, forming a hole that seemed to lead directly to the abyss. A hideous building made of flesh, blood, rubble, and bones rushed out of the crack and rose from the ground, and the scarlet heart was placed high on the black altar.
This is a temple of an old god!
Everyone at the scene looked at the scene in front of them with eyes full of astonishment and shock.
Hippomenes raised his arms and made a loud declaration.
"Everyone, use your flesh and blood as a sacrifice to welcome the true new god!"
“Boom!”
The soil collapsed, and the roar of advancing waves came from underground. A ferocious dragon beast over a thousand meters long, made entirely of bones, ether, and black mud, roared out from the abyss.
As the dragon wings with black mud on their bones vibrated, the terrifying ether storm formed into a hurricane that swept in all directions, and the black torrent that covered the sky and the earth surged forward.
But before it got close, the ether storm stirred up by its wings alone caused the ground to be lifted up layer by layer, and cracks leading directly to the abyss continued to expand.
The turbid current from the darkness gushed up and flowed over the surface. The eroded soil layer shattered and collapsed like tofu dregs and fell into the abyss.
As the surface was further eroded and decomposed, the bones, skin, and even flesh and scales of the Ether Dragon Beast became clearer.
Obviously, this horror hidden underground is further revealing its majestic figure by constantly expanding the cracks.
The Temple of the Demon Ancestor, the Head of Typhon!
Everyone looked at the horrifying scene before them, feeling hopeless.
(End of this chapter)
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