Chapter 443 Be careful not to be stepped on by cats
Among the yellow sand all over the sky, the soldiers of the Eldromal Empire are still desperately resisting the army of undead.
Accompanied by the shouts of killing and the clanging of gold and iron, there were screams on the sand, and flesh and blood flew everywhere, and the sharp blades of the undead kept piercing through the soldiers' uniforms, bringing up handfuls of splashed blood.
The soldiers screamed one by one, with hatred flashing on their ferocious faces, and rushed towards the undead.
As the battle time passed, the battlefield gradually began to be littered with corpses, and the smell of blood in the air became stronger and stronger.
Evans cut off the heads of the three skeleton soldiers in front of him just like he swung his sword countless times before, then temporarily opened the space, and turned his head to look around.
At this moment in the vast desert, the army of the undead is still coming in like a tide, as if there is no end.
The soldiers around him were already red-eyed, their faces covered with blood, and only the undead troops in front of them were in their eyes, all of which showed the heroic spirit of fighting to the death.
However, the outcome of the battle between the two armies is difficult to be influenced by such things as courage and belief. As the battle continued, his troops soon began to suffer battle losses, and the proportion of battle losses was still expanding rapidly.
A large number of soldiers kept falling in a pool of blood. Looking up, you can see dead bodies everywhere. The dark red blood keeps flowing, almost dyeing the yellow sand of the entire battlefield red. It looks like you are in a purgatory on earth. , It's creepy.
In addition, compared with the negative factors such as the reduction of soldiers' ranks and numbers, there is another factor that directly affects combat effectiveness: fatigue!
In this campaign of fighting more with less, the effects of fatigue are showing up faster than expected.
Before their army besieged the manticore, the reason why they were able to fight continuously for so long was because there was only one enemy, and they could calmly keep advancing and retreating in an orderly manner, taking turns to rest, and changing groups when one group was tired, so there would never be fatigue a feeling of.
But now, they are fighting undead who don't know what fatigue is, and there are still ten times their number!
"Is it over..."
Looking at the fatigue that couldn't be hidden on the faces of the soldiers around him, Evans sighed.
As a general who has led the army for thousands of years, he certainly understands what this means. The end of the defeat like a mountain.
And what he expected, these veterans who have been with him for many years can certainly see it, but at this time, no one has shown it. From the beginning of the war, they are all ready to sacrifice here.
Facing the countless undead in the surrounding mountains and plains, the blood-stained soldiers were all fighting to the death. While raising their knives and slashing fiercely, they pulled out wild beast-like roars from their throats, bursting out with their last strength , Constantly cutting towards the undead.
Just when everyone was ready for a desperate fight.
Suddenly, there was an explosion in the sky, followed by a dazzling explosion of brilliance, causing both sides in the battle on the ground to subconsciously pause their actions and look up.
In the high sky, a colorful miracle light shone, spread across the entire sky, and then turned into countless light spots, which fell like raindrops one after another. Every light spot accurately landed on an undead body.
And all the undead skeletons contaminated by the light spots gave out screams of fear, from top to bottom, the whole body quickly turned into black dust, scattered with the wind, until they disappeared completely.
The soldiers stared dumbfounded at the scene where the undead continued to dissipate, with their mouths wide open in disbelief.
After dozens of seconds passed, the last undead on the scene also turned into black smoke and disappeared.
Everyone looked at each other for a while, and then cheers broke out.
The cheers became louder and louder, and they became one piece, causing the surrounding sand dunes to tremble faintly.
"Victory!"
"we won…"
…
The soldiers wept with joy, hugged each other and cheered heartily, and the moment they relaxed, the will that was suspended just now was instantly broken, and all the soldiers suddenly seemed to lose their strength, lying on the ground regardless of their image, with their backs facing the yellow sand. Facing the sky, releasing the joy of the rest of the life after the catastrophe.
Several officers looked at the soldiers and frowned a little. If they charged against the undead army in this state, they would collapse if they couldn't hold on for a minute.
Several people subconsciously wanted to say something, but were stopped by Evans.
Evans looked at the soldiers lying all over the ground, smiled, and didn't criticize anyone. He just walked through the door of hell, and his reaction was normal.
Not to mention these soldiers, even he has the urge to lie down and have a good sleep at this moment.
Unfortunately, he can't rest yet.
Evans looked back to the oasis in the distance.
At this time in the center of the oasis, the figure of the giant Caesar is still clearly visible.
At the same time, Evans has also seen the figure flying in the sky.
Obviously, the ghost captain successfully got the magic pen and completed the agreed thing: using the magic pen to wipe out Caesar's army, which allowed them to survive.
Now, he also needs to complete his mission.
Evans touched the dagger at his waist, took a deep breath, left the team, and ran quickly towards the oasis.
…
Mu You was in mid-air, and slowly stopped waving the pen of order, and the surging order runes around him quickly dissipated.
Just before making a wish, he had already used the magic pen to modify the rules of order around him, causing the divinity to suspend consumption.
Now that the wish was over, Mu You hurriedly took a look inside.
Sure enough, at this moment, from the perspective of order, half of the order runes in his body have turned red.
The deviation value fluctuations in the real world are not as simple as the previous simulation scene in the order enchantment. In the lighthouse, Muyou was so chaotic in the early stage, and the deviation value always increased at a slow speed.
In reality, just such a brief modification directly disrupted the order in his body by a third, which shows that the order rules in reality have a much greater impact.
and…
Mu You looked at the brush in his hand.
【Pen of Order: One of the artifacts of the God of Order, it has the power to modify the order rules of the surrounding space, or the ability to restore the chaotic order.
Every time a rule is modified, the deviation value of the author will increase, and the degree of deviation depends on the severity of the modified rule. If the rules are continuously modified in a short period of time, the fluctuation speed of the deviation value will double.
The deviation value will slowly decrease over time until it returns to zero. Actively repairing the chaos in the surrounding space can speed up the recovery of the deviation value. Note: When the deviation value exceeds the critical point, it will fall into an irreversible chaotic state, which will permanently change the character and thinking of the author. 】
This is the description of the Pen of Order in the Omniscient Crystal. In simple terms, there are two uses: one is to temporarily modify the rules around the body, and the other is to help those people or things that have accidentally lost order to restore to normal.
As for the restrictions on using the pen of order, it all revolves around the concept of 'deviation value'.
The so-called deviation value, to put it bluntly, is a "Sword of Damocles" suspended above the heads of all users of the power of order.
Once the deviation value is too high, that is, if the order in the body is completely red, it will go mad, and it will never be restored. It will be permanently changed, and it will become a chaotic state dominated by tyranny and killing like Caesar. Even the mind has been changed, and it is uncertain whether I am still alive under such circumstances.
The two usages of the pen of order will increase and decrease the deviation value respectively. For example, just now, he modified the divine rules in order to make a wish, which directly caused the deviation value in the body to increase by one-third.
And there is another rule in the rules: If the rules are modified continuously in a short period of time, the increase speed of the deviation value will be greatly increased. That is to say, if he immediately modifies the rules again at this moment to make a wish, the deviation value may directly exceed the upper limit, causing him to go off. Obsessed.
Therefore, next, he needs to wait for the deviation value to return to normal, or take the initiative to find the bug points in those spaces, and fix the order bug to quickly return the deviation value to zero before using the magic pen again.
"No!"
While Mu You was still familiar with how to use the magic brush, Caesar's roar suddenly sounded in the distance.
Looking up, the blue giant is looking at the outside world unwillingly. The army of undead that he personally wiped out with his own divine power is extremely annoyed.
Turning around, Caesar glared angrily at Mu You who was in mid-air.
Caesar originally thought that the only opportunity to make a wish would be used by the other party to deprive him of his divine power and restore him to a mortal body, so that he could be easily eliminated, but he did not expect that this person chose to destroy his army first...
fair enough!
Since this guy has already used the opportunity to make a wish, he temporarily got rid of the risk of losing his divine power and gave him a chance to come back.
When he came back to his senses, Caesar rushed towards Mu You without even thinking about it. This man was too much of a threat and he had to be eliminated immediately. Otherwise, once the opponent's deviation value recovered, he would almost certainly die.
The giant Caesar's body rushed towards Mu You like crazy, and Mu You was not stupid enough to confront a giant head-on, and immediately turned around and flew back.
Fortunately, he had trained broom flying before, so Mu You directly activated the unlimited mode of the broom, flying up and down in mid-air with lightning-fast speed, and it was difficult for Caesar to catch up with him for a while.
Moreover, reinforcements from the rear have arrived.
"Block!"
The dull bell rang suddenly.
As the bell echoed, Caesar's body suddenly fell into a quagmire.
Caesar looked back, and at this moment, the phantom of the **** of death behind him had an ancient clock in his hand, and the sound came from the ancient clock.
Suppressing Evil Death Knell, this big move can only be used once a day. Lin Xue has not used it before, just to wait for the most suitable time. If it is used early and cannot eliminate Caesar, it will be a waste.
At this moment, after confirming that all her teammates were in place as planned, she sounded the death knell immediately.
Accompanied by the sound of the bell, countless illusory little ghosts sprang up from the ground around Caesar.
Thousands of ghosts rushed towards Caesar with ferocious laughs, condensed into black ropes around him, entangled his whole body, and locked him in place.
"Ah ah ah..."
Caesar struggled desperately to move forward, swung his arms vigorously, and finally broke free from black ropes one after another. However, every time he broke free from a rope, a new one immediately wound up, making it more difficult for him to move.
"Roar!"
At this time, Manticore and Bone Dragon also seized the opportunity to surround them from both sides.
The manticore pounced on Caesar, biting his throat, while the bone dragon entangled Caesar's arms tightly like a spirit snake.
Under the control of the two divine beasts and the death knell, Caesar was finally stuck in place, unable to move at all.
"Attack the second rib on his left rib, that's his weak point!"
At this time, Mu You also returned to the battlefield on a broomstick, then switched to a robot skin, raised the muzzle of the aerostat, and shot a string of flames towards Caesar's ribs.
The floating machine gun is of course useless against giants. At this time, Mu You is only using bullets to point out the exact location of the opponent's weaknesses.
Although the magic pen is temporarily unavailable, he can see the perspective of order provided by the magic pen at any time. From the perspective of order, he can clearly see the vital points and weaknesses of the giant.
Seeing the position pointed out by the tongue of fire, the manticore struck first, scratching down with all its claws, and accurately tore Caesar's left rib. The lower ribs blocked it, making it impossible to go deeper.
Fortunately, there is a helper nearby!
Bone Dragon turned its head around at this time, and spit out a mouthful of poisonous mist with all its strength towards the exposed bones of the giant.
The dark green poisonous mist spread in instantly, adhering to the bones and flesh. The strong corrosiveness immediately softened the surrounding ribs at a speed visible to the naked eye.
At the same time, Lin Xue had already controlled the God of Death to leap up, raised the God of Death's scythe, and slashed towards the exposed wound.
"Poof!"
With one strike, the sickle directly cut off three ribs, peeled off the deeper flesh and blood, and exposed the beating red organ hidden inside.
"Bastard!"
Caesar could clearly feel the changes in his body at this time.
Never would have expected that these three mobs would team up and peel off his defense layer by layer, directly exposing his heart.
If the other party just wants to attack his heart to kill him faster, he won't be too nervous. After all, the life of a **** is not so easy to kill. He has plenty of time to break free and recover.
What really alarmed Caesar was a figure that flickered out of the corner of his eye at this time—it was Evans!
If we say that besides the manticore, the person he fears and hates the most these years is undoubtedly Evans, because this person holds the item 'Desert Guardian' that can truly kill him at once.
This dagger was only one step away from piercing his heart, and he narrowly escaped that time, but now, the other party has made a comeback again, and it is still under the condition that he cannot move!
Seeing that Evans jumped down from a big tree with a dagger in his hand, and flew towards him expressionlessly, Caesar panicked completely!
"Give me—Stop!"
I don't know if it was the crisis on the verge of life and death that stimulated Caesar. When Evans was about to fly in front of him, Caesar suddenly burst out with a huge force, roared loudly, and forcibly broke free from the bone dragon with his left arm. The double **** of the rope and the rope, without thinking about it, swept over and grabbed Evans who was in mid-air.
"Cough..."
At the moment of life and death, Caesar didn't hold back his hand at all. Under the burst of huge force, Evan, who was squeezed by the giant's palm, spit out a mouthful of blood and became depressed.
At the same time, the wound on Caesar's ribs, which had been made with great difficulty, was already healing rapidly.
"Hahaha, Evans, you couldn't kill me a thousand years ago, and you can't kill me now!"
Feeling the improvement of his physical condition, and at the same time controlling the most threatening person, Caesar felt a little relieved, and immediately laughed out loud.
However, when Caesar laughed, Evans, who was squeezed until his internal organs ruptured, actually showed a relieved smile: "It seems that the bet has won..."
"Win the bet?"
Caesar was taken aback for a moment, and the laughter stopped abruptly.
Before he could figure out what this meant, he suddenly noticed that there was an invisible arrow hidden under him at the moment, hidden by Evans and his left arm!
This arrow was wrapped in layers of strong wind power, hiding its figure in mid-air, and even the energy in it barely leaked out, which deceived his perception, and went straight to the exposed part of his lower rib. The wound came.
What terrified Caesar even more was that there was a gleaming blade connected to the arrowhead of this arrow.
"Oops!"
Caesar realized something in an instant: Evans was just a cover to attract his attention, and the real guardian of the desert was not on him, but was tied to the archer's arrow!
Caesar's eyes were wide open, and he hurriedly dropped Evans, about to wave his arm to block the arrow.
Unfortunately, it is still a step late.
With unrivaled speed and accuracy, the arrow shot into his body first, passed through layers of bones and flesh and blood, and hit his heart accurately.
At the moment when the arrow was shot in his heart, Caesar's mind was shaken violently, and his whole body twitched uncontrollably. Immediately, the flesh and blood all over his body began to explode in handfuls, and countless golden divine powers turned into illusory streams of smoke, gushing out from all parts of his body. , circled in the air, and finally poured into the miraculous magic lamp on his waist.
"No! Go back, go back to me!"
Caesar frantically swung his left arm, trying to push back the divine power overflowing from the surroundings into his body, but it didn't work, streams of smoke kept slipping away from his fingers like gravel.
"Great job, guys!"
At this time, the troubadour excitedly transformed into a smoky figure from the magic lamp. While giving the thumbs up to everyone, he laughed and watched as the surging power was withdrawn by the magic lamp.
Noticing Caesar's staring at him with hatred in the sky, the troubadour immediately sneered: "Caesar, you are finished, from now on, you can make amends as a worm... Oh, by the way, remember not to be stepped on by cats." Come!" After speaking, the troubadour put his smiling hands on his lips and blew a whistle.
The bard's last words surprised Caesar again, and he subconsciously turned his head to look, only to realize that the thousands of cats that he drove away and fled into the forest before were all summoned by this whistle Come out, gather around, and surround him, as if waiting for some big meal.
(end of this chapter)