Chapter 352: Undead/Demon
The team soon arrived at the first island.
Or in the words of the Land of Spirits, we have reached the first piece of mud.
"The Blue Flower Village." Alka looked at the map in his hand. The village was not far ahead of them.
However, when they actually saw the village in the distance, it was obviously very different from what they had imagined.
The tall green vine walls have completely enveloped the island.
On the wall made of vines, one can clearly see the emerald green thorns, densely extending outwards.
Huge flower cannons can be seen on the vine walls. It is obvious that this place has long been transformed from a village into a fortress.
The muzzle of the Flower Fairy Cannon turned and pointed at their team, and then held for less than a few seconds. The muzzle automatically turned upwards to indicate that they had no intention of attacking.
Soon, a figure walked out of the fortress.
When Alka and the others saw this man, memories immediately came flooding back.
Because they knew that this was an old lady dressed in floral clothes and holding a floral scepter in her hand.
It was the same gardener they had met in the Emerald Fortress when they first arrived in the Land of Spirits.
Now that they are here, it means that their former Emerald Fortress and the surrounding areas have long fallen.
And this gardener is still at the forefront, which means she must have some ability to target those undead monsters.
Naturally, the boats came to rest at the edge of the island.
Everyone landed on the island.
“Thank you very much for coming.”
After the gardener exchanged greetings with the two knights for a while, he entered the fortress with the people who came to support him.
As soon as everyone walked in, they found that the houses in the village, which were once woven with flowers and various vines, had long since become pure stones wrapped with vines. It became more solid.
Even the surrounding vine walls are much thicker than the Emerald Fortress, and are covered with traces of battle.
When we came in, we saw a huge medical tent with many soldiers lying on it.
After the two church knights selected a few captains, they asked the remaining personnel to follow the flower priest next to them to find a place to camp and rest.
Then Alka and the others followed the gardener into a meeting room.
"Thank you again for coming."
"Enough of the pleasantries, Gardener Furna. Now we need to know what the situation is here." Arati, who was sitting next to him, said directly.
Gardener Furna nodded and looked at everyone.
In the center of the large round table woven from vines, the vines began to twist and weave into a lifelike map.
It can be seen that this is the map of the entire land of spirits.
"From here to here, it's completely fallen." Everyone looked at the area she divided, which was a little more than the information Arkadin got last night.
But there is hardly any big difference.
Then several small flowers grew on the map, and it can be seen that these small flowers are arranged in rows side by side with the fallen areas.
Formed a long strip.
"This row is the existing reconstructed defense system, which is also the location of the front line. We rely on these six fortresses to resist attacks."
At this point, the gardener sighed: "But the problem is not these, but behind this. From time to time, there are portals to hell, and random space tears appear around."
As he spoke, red flowers would occasionally appear in the area behind, indicating that a portal had opened.
"My god has fallen into deep sleep, and is taking the final step in his resuscitation. This has caused the entire Land of Spirits to no longer be as stable as before.
Those damned cultists took this opportunity to launch a ritual here. They massacred all the people in eight villages, including some captives captured from the open sea. "
With just a few simple sentences, she basically explained the serious situation that the Land of Spirits was currently facing.
Then he continued, "If it is just an invasion from the border of life and death, we can still handle it. Even if there are disturbances from those evil cultists, we can still hold on.
However, those demons seemed to be targeting the invasion, and most of them used fire spells, which were very restraining to us.
In addition, they destroyed countless places with the portals that appeared everywhere. This caused too many problems in our rear and logistics, causing us to retreat step by step and lose too many areas. "
After saying that, he sighed and was about to speak again: "But the good news is that these demons don't seem to be able to control where the portals appear. They should be spread all over the land of spirits.
This caused some portals to appear in the lost areas and helped us to hold back the undead."
After he finished speaking, the entire conference room fell silent, and everyone frowned as they thought about the current situation.
Simply put, the most difficult thing to solve now is the ritual of summoning the devil.
Those are the portals that appear randomly in the back.
Because of the stability of the rear and the impact line to the front, danger may occur at any time in such a situation .
Once such a situation occurs, it will inevitably cause problems in the battle ahead.
It fell into a vicious cycle until the entire land of spirits fell completely.
Or the flower fairy gives up the last step of resuscitation, wakes up again, takes control of the overall situation, and starts to clean up the mess.
But the fact that she would take the final step of resuscitation under such circumstances shows that the situation has become uncontrollable.
All the troops were stockpiled at the front to deal with life-and-death attacks, so obviously there were not many troops available in the rear.
Not to mention that there is such a large area behind, how can we possibly clear out so many demons. Not to mention that the hell portal is still open.
Maybe those cultists are still preparing to make a bigger move, there is no need to refute this.
Those cult members are capable of anything.
They can do things that would hurt the enemy by 800 but hurt themselves by 1,000, without any concern.
Although Alka and the others were also thinking about it, they were more focused on analyzing the current situation. As for how to solve it, it actually had little to do with them.
After all, no matter how strong they are, they can only be a special guerrilla force at best.
It's not of much use to the entire battlefield.
Not to mention that their strength is not really strong compared to the entire war.
Letting them come in and listen to this information is mainly to give them face.
Who can blame Alka for having the blessing of the flower fairy and being favored by the Virgin Mary?
The reason why Alka came back was because of the treasure of the Nafas family and the holy grail-level treasure on the edge of life and death.
These two things are very important, and they also left a small team of members on the island.
This is the most important thing, otherwise Alka would probably refuse to come here.
Now that Narvi has been brought here, the cultist from the Nafas family is not very important.
Just as Alka was daydreaming, Arati said, "Rike, bring the people from your church to help them defend the fortress."
Then he looked at the gardener and said, "Gardener Furna, with the help of the Church of God, we should be able to defend better. I hope you can assign more people, preferably people who are familiar with this area, to form teams and become demon cleaning teams with us.
Together, they cleared out the demons wreaking havoc in the rear, and destroyed the portal that teleported them here.
You should know that this is the most important thing.
And it won’t be long before more support teams arrive, and then our pressure will be much less.”
After Arati put forward all his ideas and methods, several key members discussed it for a while and then nodded in agreement.
Alka and the others sat nearby without saying a word, nor did they have any intention of interrupting, and silently listened to the information that was of great importance to their next actions.
The three parties also had a tacit understanding and did not drag Alka and the others into it.
While they were discussing, a booming flute sound was heard outside.
Hearing this sound, the gardener stood up immediately: "The enemy is attacking!"
Hearing this, everyone quickly left the meeting room and went outside.
At this time, the entire fortress was in operation, and a large number of soldiers appeared in each house and began to run towards the city wall.
Arati looked at the priest next to him and asked, "Have we recovered our ships?"
"Don't worry, sir . The boats that came here have been towed in."
The mechanics and scholars of the Holy Machine Church began to operate the huge mechanical devices and set them up on the city walls.
Especially the three huge long-range attack devices with thick and long barrels, which were installed side by side on the vine wall, with a huge momentum, almost attracting the attention of all soldiers.
Even Alka and the others couldn't help but watch.
"Is it very powerful?" Jason asked Simon beside him.
Simon nodded. "I heard it's very big, but you know, I've never seen this thing fire."
Alka kept an eye on the enemy ahead.
There were also large numbers of undead monsters, including skeletons wrapped in moss and vines, which attacked like a tide.
In addition, there are various strange undead bodies integrated with plants.
These monsters were so dense that they almost covered the entire field of vision, rushing towards the fortress.
With the sound of mechanical twisting.
Three long and thick gun barrels were pointed downwards.
"Ready for the split bombs!"
Along with the sound, the twisting sound sounded again.
"put!"
At the command.
The trivalent machine had such a powerful recoil that the entire vine wall seemed to collapse backwards.
Densely packed fist-sized objects scattered in the air and fell downwards like raindrops.
Explosions like thunder began to resound throughout the battlefield.
A large amount of water splashed, and the high temperature generated by the explosion caused a large amount of water vapor to form, which instantly covered the entire battlefield.
The undead made of skeletons and plants turned into fragments and flew out.
Groups of undead monsters fell.
In an instant, half of the undead monsters within their field of vision were cleared out.
"Is it so exaggerated?" Jason asked in surprise, his eyes wide open.
Not to mention Jason, even Simon himself was a little confused. He did not expect the power of these three cannons to be so huge.
Not to mention the ability to strike powerful enemies, just striking these cannon fodder can only be described as brutal.
It was like a pile of coal ash on the ground, half of which was swept away with a broom in an instant.
The cleaning effect is immediate.
Alka observed it carefully.
After the three guns were fired, they began to enter a certain cooling state. The mechanics next to them seemed to be cooling down and switching some parts.
Obviously it is impossible to fire continuously.
But the first wave of attack from these three guns was enough, and now all the soldiers could be described as full of vigor and momentum.
The flower fireworks all over it, as well as the mechanical structures that had just been put up, began to pour ammunition downwards.
One after another, huge green vine tentacles followed and began to attack.
Several emerald green bullets wrapped in vines and moss drew several arcs from the enemy camp and smashed into the city.
Only then did everyone see that behind the enemy's formation in the distance, something like a bone spur had emerged from the vines in the water.
These bone spurs with three joints actually turned into something similar to a catapult.
The top was sharp, and every bend would insert a round from the ammunition below.
Then the joint fell back and swung in their direction, throwing the emerald green ammunition stuck on the top.
Very strange.
A crystal dragon streaked across the sky.
The spewing rainbow energy froze all the flying green trebuchets and shot them down into the enemy's own camp.
"What are you doing standing there, Ruikai?" Arati said, looking at the burly man with a hammer not far away.
"No need to remind me, I'm already doing it!"
Ruikai was impatient, and even at this time the two of them had to argue for a few words.
After saying that, the huge mechanical arm on Rickey's left arm combined together with the mechanical device that appeared out of thin air.
A thick and long stick appeared in front of everyone, but it was solid. It didn't look like a cannon barrel, and it was covered with dense spells.
There are circles of coils around it.
Energy is concentrated here.
It looks a bit like an electromagnetic coil, but the energy it gathers is pure magic.
Aim at the trebuchet in the distance.
Accompanied by some sound breaking through the air.
A long and thin beam of energy shot out at the speed of light, emitting strong energy fluctuations.
In an instant, it hit the trebuchet bone spur at the rear, and the energy explosion turned the entire trebuchet into ashes.
With one shot after another, he single-handedly eliminated all the catapults in the rear that could threaten the city walls.
All I can say is that these undead who attacked this time were in big trouble.
Just happened to encounter the situation where support arrived.
And both responsible persons are still there.
Alka and his men stood on the city wall and cast long-range skills the entire time, and they hardly had many opportunities to attack.
With support, this group of attacking enemies who were at the brink of death were wiped out before they even touched the city wall.
Many priests dressed in flowery robes cast some kind of spell.
The vines under the swamp below began to curl up, dragging the dry bones above into the water. In less than 20 minutes, the entire battlefield was cleared of debris.
Seeing this, Alka nodded in sudden realization. He asked why there were no wreckage or signs of war in front of such a fortress. It turned out that it was swallowed by the vines below.
This cleaning method is purely natural and pollution-free. It is also quick and labor-saving. It is really simple.
This temporary defensive battle was soon over.
They began to form teams and assign tasks according to the strategy they had thought of before.
There are a total of 6 fortresses in this long row, so naturally they have to be distributed.
So the two knights of the church began to make a simple distribution of the personnel they brought with them.
"Are we going to stay here too?" Faced with the current situation, Jason turned to Alka and asked.
Alka shook his head. "No, we will leave soon and head to the Land of Fragrance first. We can talk about other things later."
He had to rush over first and pick up the puppet girls who were left there, and then think about how to act.
The chaos in the entire Land of Spirits completely disrupted the rhythm plan they had previously thought of.
Compared to them, the one with the least presence is Narvi, who temporarily acts with them.
He watched everyone's actions silently along the way.
Seeing Alka's inquiring look, he nodded, agreeing with Alka's idea and did not raise any objections.
Afterwards, Alka found Arati and others and said goodbye.
Because they have decided to stay on the front line and join the battle directly.
Arati and his men did not try to persuade them to stay, and even asked if they needed to send some people to escort them.
Alka smiled and directly rejected their kindness.
Soon, everyone left the fortress on the Feiyan and started to move quickly towards the fragrant land, almost at full speed.
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"Be careful, there is a smell of sulfur." Porro, who was sitting on the propeller at the back, suddenly spoke up to remind everyone on the boat.
It had been two days since they left the fortress.
We have basically entered the heart of the Land of Spirits and left the current front line. It won't take a few days to reach the Land of Fragrance.
Hearing this, everyone became slightly alert.
They met many children of flowers along the way. Many of them had their hometowns destroyed and were fleeing to the fragrant land.
Many were militiamen from some villages.
What they encountered most were demons.
These demons roam the entire area in groups of three or five.
They had dealt with them during the days of sailing and gradually gained experience.
Pororo can basically rely on his sensitive sense of smell to detect the presence of demons around him from a long distance.
The smell of sulfur is all too recognizable in a place like this, and the smell of sulfur from those demons is quite strong.
At Pororo's reminder, Simon, floating in the air, began to observe his surroundings more carefully.
As they moved forward, they soon made a discovery.
"A demon squad, with seven demons. Three of them are little demons, one of them is someone I haven't seen before, and he looks a bit tough to deal with."
"They've discovered us too, be careful!"
After saying that, Simon controlled the patrol plane in the air and opened fire directly in the direction of the enemy.
Tongues of flame were spurting out, and the bullet was coated with a faint holy light.
After all, these demons are the products of evil, and the holy light can still exert a certain degree of suppression on them, but it is not as significant as attacking the undead.
The spewing bullets quickly cleared out the three little devils, which were just the weakest pieces of trash.
No one knew if this demon, which was about one meter tall and screamed like a ghost, was called this.
But it doesn’t matter, we will die anyway.
Then they finally saw the species that Simon had mentioned that they had never seen before.
A huge demon that was three meters tall, with bat-like wings behind it.
Horns like those of a cow protruded from the top of its head, but one of them was broken off.
