Volume 5: Protracted War Chapter 50 Broken Wings
The "Angel Advent", which should have been a seventh-level magic, was used by the sixth-level Archbishop of Light, Saint Heaven. The most likely explanation is that the artifact "Angel Robe" lowered the conditions for learning and summoning angels, allowing him to pass the test of the trial mission in advance. And unlike "Summoning the Dead", the angels who accept the summons are not subdued by force, but must be surrendered through devout prayers. It is said that the player enters the cathedral in the main city to start a specific prayer ceremony, and prays for six hours at a fixed time every day for twelve consecutive days without interruption. Only then can there be a certain chance of "receiving the gift of the God of Light" and forming an "eternal contract" with an angel for "advent" or "possession". Angels are divided into five levels: two-winged archangels, four-winged angels of light, six-winged seraphs, eight-winged holy angels and twelve-winged angels of God. Players of the light profession can choose which level of god to pray to. The success rate of signing contracts with angels of different levels varies according to the strength of the person praying. The main criterion for judgment should also be basic mental strength. Of course, knights and magicians will be treated differently and have corresponding standards. At the same time, some special equipment or outstanding contributions to the Church of Light will also increase the success rate of prayers.
The angel who successfully signed the contract will leave heaven and transform into a small angel statue to wait for the player to summon it. It should be the small item thrown into the air by the Holy Heaven. Angels, like the undead, are a kind of living being. If they are too seriously hurt, they will become nothing. Death means the termination of the contract and the loss of the angel statue forever. Although a player can have multiple angels of different levels to summon through constant prayer, it is different from "Summoning the Undead". Whether it is "Descending" or "Possession", the player can only summon one, and can only summon another after taking it back or dying. The mental power consumed varies according to the level of the summoned god. The setting in this regard is more flexible than "Summoning the Undead". It is fixed that 80% of the mental power must be consumed each time, which is quite troublesome to perform. If the battle of the necromancer relies more on the advantage of quantity, then the other three professions rely on quality to win.
However, the twelve-winged angel Michael and the four holy angels Gabriel, Raphael, Uriel, and Almetti, who are the leaders of the eight-winged holy angels, have special identities and super strength. Only the Pope of Light or the twelve cardinals and the twelve knights of God are qualified to pray and sign contracts in the Temple of Light. Although all twenty-five people can have their incarnations of angels, they cannot be summoned at the same time. If one summons them, they will be temporarily unable to be summoned within a certain time limit. After all, if the powerful high-level gods appear too many times, it may seriously affect the balance of the game. There are similar settings for the magic knights. Although there are more types of dark gods in the magic prison, they are also divided into five levels, and their strength is similar to that of angels of the same level. They also need to pray to the dark gods in the magic prison for six hours a day for twelve days to obtain the favor of the gods. The several big bosses headed by the fallen king Lucifer should only be qualified to summon them to "possess" by the players who finally won the "Twelve Magic Knights".
I think that Holy Heaven must have finally "invited" an archangel with great difficulty. The previous hesitation was to consider whether to summon him out and expose his trump card. It seems that he has great ambitions, not only to enter the "Top Ten", but also to get a good ranking. When he saw that I summoned Wu Ma, the strength exceeded his estimation, in order to ensure victory, he was forced to use "Angel Advent" and decided to fight me with all his strength. Thinking of this, I really regretted it in my heart. If I had known this, I would not have summoned Wu Ma first, less pressure, and given Holy Heaven a little confidence. If I slowed down, maybe there would be another result.
After performing "Angel's Coming", Holy Heaven had stood up, and was approaching me together with Archangel and Lightback Dragon. I hurriedly called up Wu Ma to hold back Holy Heaven and Lightback Dragon, allowing Tao Tao to break free and entangle Archangel, who could also fly, to prevent him from suddenly appearing and launching a surprise attack on me from behind.
Although he was only the lowest-ranked and weakest two-winged archangel, he was a god from heaven after all. It was their first encounter, so Tao Tao didn't know the details and couldn't be careless. Tao Tao used the combined attack skills of "Fire Roar" and "Piercing Horn" from the beginning, and launched a fierce attack on the archangel. While approaching, he also used the "Flying Fire Feathers" attack. The archangel didn't dodge and actually took these attacks. The fire feathers were blocked by the "Protective Holy Light" and couldn't touch his body at all, so they exploded one by one. The strength of "Fire Roar" was also weakened a lot, and it didn't seem to cause much damage to him. Although the "Piercing Horn" pierced his body, the force was also weakened a lot, and it didn't penetrate too deep, showing the angel's high physical and magical defense capabilities. While being attacked, the archangel also punched back, hitting Taotao's big head, and knocked it back. Most of the "Flowing Fire Armor" on the front half of its body was also shattered. However, compared with its strong defensive ability, the archangel's attack power was not that terrifying, and the actual damage was not very serious.
After several rounds of fighting, although Taotao suffered a little loss, I finally got a rough idea of the Archangel's strength. The conclusion I came to made me feel a little relieved. Its overall strength should be between level 6 and 7 monsters. Its defense ability, especially its defense ability against magic, is quite outstanding, reaching the level of a general level 7 monster, but its attack power is inferior, only at the level of an ordinary level 6 monster. It is still strong in defense but weak in attack, and its movements are not very fast and flexible. At least compared with Taotao, I can't get rid of its entanglement by speed. For me, it should not be a character that I am very afraid of. As long as I can cast "Summon the Undead" again, I still have a chance to win this battle.
Without Taotao's support, Hongxing could not withstand the combined attack of Holy Heaven and Light Spine Dragon, and was forced to retreat. Fortunately, Wu Ma arrived in time and released the "Destruction Field" to weaken the enemy and reduce the damage, and launched a counterattack against Holy Heaven with "Assault". Perhaps because he did not want to lose too much mental power due to the attack, Holy Heaven did not fight Wu Ma head-on, but relied more on Light Spine Dragon to join forces against the enemy. Although he still could not stop the opponent's advance, he finally managed to stabilize his position and did not retreat so quickly.
Taotao was having a hard time fighting the Archangel in the air. The Archangel must have been instructed by Holy Heaven and wanted to rush to me whenever he had the chance, forcing Taotao to fight him head-on and try to intercept him. He suffered a little loss every time we fought. As the rounds went by, his injuries became more and more serious, and it began to affect his condition. I saw it with my own eyes and was anxious in my heart, but I didn't dare to act rashly. Before another group of undead creatures were summoned, I asked Red Star to use the "Life-Taking Flying Spear" to attack the Archangel. This is the attack method that Sheng Tiantang is more afraid of. Even with the protection of the artifact "Angel Robe", he does not seem to want to bear it directly. He is quite cautious in his actions and dares not stay away from the Lightback Dragon. Moreover, many attacks are aimed at Red Star, leaving it no chance to withdraw. If he is forced to perform the skill, and cannot move during the period of time during which the skill is performed, if he is severely damaged in the middle of the attack by Sheng Tiantang and the Lightback Dragon, the remaining mental strength may not be able to complete the performance of three "Life-taking Flying Spears" . The condition of the Archangel is still unknown, and it is estimated that Red Star himself will definitely be in great danger. It is precisely because they are on the front line and are trying their best to harass me that Holy Heaven cannot spare much energy to harass me who is in the rear. I can easily dodge the sparse "glare bullets" and "holy spear thorns". Once he gets the opportunity to counterattack with all his strength to prevent me from absorbing the mental power of the Horror Giant Bear Knight or performing "Undead Summoning", the situation will be very unfavorable to me. I am also worried that Wu Ma will suffer fatal injuries under the siege. For the sake of the overall situation, I can only choose to endure it temporarily.
The undead creatures in the "Dead Space" are a special kind of existence. Their mental power is equivalent to their health value. Whether they use skills or receive damage, they will be depleted. Compared with the intact Horror Giant Bear Knight, it is enough to replenish more than 60% of my mental power. With its full cooperation, the absorption work went quite smoothly. Finally, before Taotao was severely injured, it exceeded the 80% mental power standard and was able to perform "Summon the Undead" again. Of course, the Horror Giant Bear Knight, who was the target, was also almost depleted. There was not much combat power left. Letting it go forward to kill the enemy would definitely be sending it to death. Arranging it to guard by my side and act as the last line of defense should be able to play a role in a crisis.
As if seeing my actions that seemed to be another cast of "Summoning of the Undead", Holy Heaven finally couldn't hold back, and took advantage of the fact that Red Star was accidentally affected by the dizziness effect and delayed its action, and launched a counterattack at the right time. He actually ignored it and relied on the protection of the "Angel Robe" to let it attack him, then pounced a few steps to the left and front, and cast an enhanced version of the "Great Saint Spear" - after a long period of accumulating mental strength to prepare, he clasped his hands together to form a huge "Holy Spear" to attack, which was much more powerful than the ordinary "Holy Spear" fired with one hand. It was the strongest means for Holy Heaven to defeat the enemy, and he attacked Red Star with all his strength. In coordination with his actions, the Light Spine Dragon also rushed to the right front, quickly closing the distance with Red Star. While releasing two "glare bombs" attacks, it spewed out "Light Dragon Flame", a flame-shaped beam of light shot towards Red Star, and the Archangel who had been entangled with Tao Tao in the sky also flashed, escaped from the battle circle, waved his fist, and flew towards Red Star. He originally took the initiative, and the direction he took was not the focus of Tao Tao's defense. He was caught off guard and successfully escaped. He launched a three-sided attack, trying to kill Red Star first with his joint efforts. Judging from the position of the attack by one person and two pets, it should have been premeditated. Through continuous movement, a triangular formation was laid, waiting for the opportunity to encircle Red Star.
In fact, I have been observing the situation on the field, and I have been careful not to let Red Star take too many risks. Many times, I would rather give in than fight, because I am afraid that it will suffer a heavy blow. Therefore, I did not leave too many good opportunities for Holy Heaven. However, because I have absorbed enough mental power, I can't help but relax a little in excitement, and concentrate on performing "Summoning the Dead". I neglected to guide for a while, which gave Holy Heaven an opportunity. The situation was critical. Although Red Star found it was not good and hurriedly retreated to avoid it, it was obviously too late. According to its speed, it was difficult to avoid the three-way attack. Even if it didn't die, the remaining mental power would not be able to support the three "life-seeking flying guns". Every shot less means that Tao Tao has added a burden. If I can't get rid of the archangel as soon as possible, I dare not devote all my strength to attack. With this increase and decrease, the situation will become very unfavorable to me.
The tactics were absolutely impeccable, but the unlucky Saint Heaven didn't choose the right time to launch the pincer attack. It was the moment when I was about to use the "Summon the Undead". I was smart enough to replay the scene of being ambushed by several archers on the Pami Plateau. I summoned the undead creatures to use their bodies to fill in for Red Star to share the attack. The attack of the Light Spine Dragon was close, so Red Star had to bear it. However, the timely appearance of the Terror Tiger Knight and the Terror Lion Knight blocked the attack route of the "Great Saint Spear" and the Archangel. In addition, Tao Tao reacted in time and quickly came back to help, entangled the Archangel, and Wu Ma also attacked the Light Spine Dragon to prevent it from pursuing the victory. Finally, Red Star survived the catastrophe and was able to retreat unscathed, and he still retained nearly two-thirds of his mental strength. As long as he was no longer hurt, it would not affect the firing of the three "Life-Taking Flying Spears".
However, the two Terror Knights were under attack before they could recover their mobility. Once Holy Heaven stepped up its offensive to kill them first, I would be in a passive position and the situation was still not optimistic. I rushed forward quickly, using the "Ghost Fire" to shoot at Holy Heaven. At the same time, I ordered Wu Ma and Tao Tao to desperately entangle the Light Spine Dragon and the Archangel, and try to contain their actions as much as possible, so as not to let them have the opportunity to attack the two Terror Knights who were temporarily unable to move. Red Star used the "Life-Calling Spear" to shoot directly at the Archangel. No matter how much damage it could cause to it, it was all I could do.
The "life-demanding flying spear" shot out at lightning speed, piercing through the body. Because the distance was too close, the Archangel was entangled by Taotao again. Although he made a dodging move, he still couldn't avoid it. He was shocked, and the "body-protecting holy light" dimmed a little. His movements were also a little slow. He hurriedly stepped up his offensive, trying to force Taotao to attack Red Star. However, Taotao received my order and vowed to fight to the death. He fought with him regardless of the loss, and he couldn't get rid of it for a while. He suffered the remaining two "life-demanding flying spears" in succession. The "body-protecting holy light" had become very weak, and continued to be attacked by Taotao, who was also seriously injured, with a combination of skills. After killing Taotao with one punch, it was already at the end of its strength. I shot a "ghost fire " in time. This first angel who "descended" to the earth in "Tianxia" finally broke his wings and fell.
