Volume 16: The Wheel of Reincarnation Chapter 84: The Fall of the Royal Court
The main force and flanks of the Holy Light expeditionary force did not have much left in the rear. The Holy Light fleet, which was extremely offensive, believed that their capabilities should not be wasted on maintaining the rear, and this was indeed the case. The Holy Light had a very terrible targeting of demons, and had the most high-level echelons, which could crush those demons like a dead tree or rotten wood. However, for ordinary people and some people who had evil thoughts but were not yet demons, they could not make up for it.
Instead of wasting a large army on aimless defense in the rear, it is better to turn all the troops to an offensive posture, hang all the demons on the bloody walls, and let their blood water the flowers of hatred. In fact, it is indeed correct to do so. The Holy Light will not do anything meaningless.
But as a price, once betrayed, the rear defense line will inevitably be devastated by all enemies.
They will not touch the core star regions of the Holy Light, nor will they touch the missionary fleets roaming around the universe. They will only target some star regions that do not seem so firm or pious, and then use their flesh and blood and soil to maintain the Free Alliance's growing war machinery.
Why do they do this? Why do they do this? Many dead people want to ask this question. But the living people know very well that if the Holy Light becomes powerful, then the final reckoning will come. They will settle all the people bit by bit, step by step. This reckoning is cheered by all the poor and terrified by all the powerful. They are afraid of this reckoning, so they vow to contain this light in those small star regions.
However, intelligent life always worships kindness. Even with all kinds of blockades and smears, the instinct of living things is to worship kindness. This is an indisputable fact for all living things. So no matter how the attack goes, the Holy Light itself can hardly shake the foundation. Both sides are cold-blooded and ruthless commanders, and the real unlucky ones are just the soldiers and residents. The price is that the Holy Light will not lose and has never considered its own feelings. But the Free Alliance is in a state of panic in the crisis until the final judgment falls on them. The white light will also shake the entire universe.
The Dwarven Court, within the Heart of Stone.
The short and sturdy dwarf king held a shining rune dagger in his hand. On the iron book in front of him, he used the blood he had cut and the rune powder scraped off by the dagger to continuously smear dark red words filled with blood and hatred on the entire huge iron book, as if they were burning blood.
"As the Dwarven Hate Book says, every word is true, every word is bloody. The Delta Dwarves came to the planet and promised to be the guardian for hundreds of years. When I first arrived in the Delta Sector, I was the Rune Master of the Iron Forge Clan. I witnessed the shameful betrayal of the Holy Light during the last Pale Crusade. I saw the blades pierce through the bodies of the Light and spill their blood on the soil."
"When the light fades, the universe returns to darkness. Despicable deeds are ultimately hidden in the darkness and buried by time."
"I witnessed all that shameful thing, but I didn't care at the time. I was not deployed by the Holy Light at the time. I accepted the invitation of the Holy Dwarf King, arrived in the Delta Star Region, and began to forge the Planetary Warhammer. After joining the Holy Light Alliance, I became the local Dwarf King. I wrote 437 pages of the Book of Hatred, and I also erased 437 pages of the Book of Hatred. All the anger and hatred of the dwarves have been resolved by my efforts and wisdom. I can call myself the King of Dwarves, the Resolver of Grudges. But here, I am going to write the last page of the Book of Hatred, page 438."
'boom!!'
Accompanied by a loud muffled sound coming from outside, the entire hall trembled slightly.
The steel sculptures trembled slightly as if they had some kind of soul. They were engraved with the outstanding missions of the Dwarf Kingdom and the masters who improved various machines. The Dwarves in the Delta Star Region were still young, and there were only a dozen or so cast sculptures.
However, those lifelike sculptures were constantly shaking under the guidance of the explosion outside. The vivid brows of those sculptures showed angry shadows, and they trembled with the vibration like living things. Until the explosion outside gradually subsided, the gravel around was automatically blown away by the runes, and the whole solemn and majestic dwarf hall gradually returned to its original solemn and silent appearance. After waiting for a while, the armored dwarf king continued to write hatred on it.
"On the forty-seventh day after the Pale Crusade, the Free Alliance once again betrayed its covenant. They took the lead in killing 470 dwarven soldiers in the trading post. These scums who betrayed the covenant and were worse than dogs began to call on their shameful fleet to attack the Delta Sector. Our homes were constantly destroyed, our people were constantly looted, and they called this action a war. No, they were simply attacking and slaughtering. They are committing a heinous crime against us dwarves. We will definitely record all of this in full."
"In Iron Mountain Keep, the entire population of 3,672 people were killed by poison gas bombs. 11,672 miners in the Mithril Mine disappeared because the cave collapsed. 4,557 civilians in the mountain farms were killed one by one by the Highland Sniper Group. A total of 46,562 people in the Gods' Line were killed. 370 members of the Dwarf King's Court Guard were killed in battle. 51 Rune Lords and 1,125 Butchers were all killed in battle."
"This is not the fault of the Holy Light, nor the fault of the dwarves. All hatred is due to the Free Alliance. They betrayed the covenant with greed and shamelessness, and drove those corrupted people to fight for their own interests and ideas. Parasites have been implanted in the enemy's brain, and the enemy's food is hallucinogenic drugs. Their top leaders have gone completely crazy in order to delay them. They even disregarded any contracts and started bloody and cruel massacres. Even the fairy tale kingdom of the Fairy Forest was destroyed by their brutal behavior. They will not spare anyone, they are more terrifying than the devil. Hell is empty, and the devil is on earth."
"May this book be seen by many dwarf kings."
"The Delta Book of Hatred has been preserved here and is displayed in the star field. I hope the dwarves in the star field will take this as a lesson."
Looking at the book of hatred painted with his own blood, the dwarf king's face, which had turned pale due to excessive blood loss, showed a smile full of hatred. Then he took out a rough and heavy hammer and hit the huge steel book of hatred hard.
Almost at the moment of collision, the warhammer that seemed to be covered with runes shattered into countless pieces. The fluorescent runes gradually condensed into an inexplicable magic mark among the fragments, which complemented the words painted on the Book of Hatred. However, after a while, the entire book turned into a hazy light and shadow, dissipating on the throne.
"The grudge has entered the universe, as the Book of Hatred says, and I will face the grudge until the end."
I pushed the door open with force, and along with the dim light, a foul stench of burning flesh and blood immediately filled the air.
The Dwarf King stood in the middle of the entrance to the royal court, looking at everything under his feet, and slowly pulled out the mithril battle axe at his waist. The angry runes on it lit up one by one, like a small sun, illuminating everything around him. It also presented the unclear and hazy world in front of the Dwarf King. It was presented to his eyes in the most unacceptable way.
All the dwarf lines were completely destroyed, with only a few defense lines in dangerous areas offering some resistance. Those dwarf soldiers usually had to face the siege of more than four monsters. Their armors forged with fine steel and mithril were covered with scratches, and their rock-like bodies were covered with various scars. Every time a dwarf died, a short spear would stand up from the ground, using gravity to seep their blood out, and then irrigate the evil magic circle at the foot of the mountain, maintaining the almost endless vitality of those nightmare army formations. Looking around, the mountains and fields seemed to be covered with weeds .
The dense forest of guns with dwarf corpses hanging on them, rising and falling on the mountain range, reminded the dwarf king, who had farming experience, of the rice fields in his hometown. At that time, when he looked at the wheat harvested in autumn, it seemed to be like this, densely packed and rising and falling.
And his compatriots were harvested one after another like the wheat in the autumn harvest.
"call……"
The dwarf king closed his eyes, stood on the platform, and slowly took out the black iron shield from behind.
The rune axe in his hand hit the black iron shield twice. The two sharp clangs echoed throughout the mountain range under the operation of the inexplicable runes. The monsters gnawing at the dwarf's corpse opened their bloody mouths and looked at the dwarf under the light with some inexplicable confusion.
After making sure that everyone's attention was drawn to him, the Dwarf King used the potion hidden in the shield to pierce his own blood vessels. A surge of power slowly flowed from his body, giving him great strength while also gradually consuming his lifespan. The life that could have been active forever was rapidly drained by the mysterious power, and the Dwarf King tapped his helmet with satisfaction, standing on the edge of the platform, facing the monsters wreaking havoc at the foot of the mountain.
"dwarf--"
He leaped down from the high platform and smashed through the head of a monster the size of a hill with an axe, causing it to fall heavily to the ground.
Amid the wailing of the giant monster falling, the Dwarf King jumped out of the blood and looked at the army of monsters surrounding him. He smashed his black iron shield hard, turning it red. The dwarf rushed towards the traitors with drooling eyes and lost his fear, and roared the last time in his life.
"——I will never betray you!!"
