Soul of Burning Steel

It is not the first time that dead shadows have appeared on the Grandia world, nor have they always been in such a vicious form.

In the northwest of the Tomb of the Saint, the four holy cities, [Construction Fortress Karolla] on the tall and majestic defense line composed entirely of steel and gun barrels, an officer wearing a heavy protective suit, looking at the edge of the distant sky For some reason, I suddenly remembered this land thirty years ago.

At that time, the dead shadows were not called dead shadows. These existences derived from the dead were called reverberations by everyone. Under the influence of the special original crystal energy of the Grandia continent, the human soul is dissipating Before, it would imprint its own brand into this world, forming something like an epitaph. When all the harsh conditions are met, the reverberation will appear again, recreating some behaviors or words of the living. , and the relatives who see this scene will regard it as a good omen and thank the deceased for their protection.

The Grandia world is a single world composed of a whole continent. According to the creation legend of the saint, this continent is located in the middle of the four oceans. The end of the world is nothingness and chaos. There are many curious people in history. Many adventurers wanted to explore the end of the sea, but in the end they and their ships disappeared at the edge of their vision and never came back. However, according to some adventurers who returned decisively halfway, they saw these predecessors Their reverberations and warnings, so they returned quickly and did not move on.

Therefore, in the beginning, the reverberations were not a vicious form that swallowed all living beings. They always existed in the form of the epitaph of the dead, the last blessing before death, and a carrier of some kind of inheritance. The tomb of the saint is the place where countless reverberations remain.

Different from the reverberation of ordinary people, the phantom left by the strong in this world is stronger than ordinary people, so that they can have certain thinking, thinking ability, and even leave a part of inheritance, but their existence will plunder The free energy in the surrounding world makes the fertile land barren, and makes the forests and lakes full of vitality wither and dry up. Therefore, for the safety of this world, as long as possible, most of the strong and great people will be killed before they die. Send it to the saint's tomb for burial and seal it.

Now, the sky and the earth are changing drastically, and the reverberations are turning into dead shadows. All life in the world is going to be wiped out. The huge group of sealing circles in the Tomb of the Saint is the last line of defense in the world. If it is breached, the entire Grandia There is no longer any place in the world that can survive, and the phantoms of countless great men and strong men are awakened, enough to destroy the world they lived in before they died.

Caressing the barrel of the magic crystal cannon beside him, the officer remembered many things. It was the scene of him talking peacefully with his father's reverberation many years ago, and many years ago, his hometown was darkened by the shadow of death. Devouring scenario.

But his thoughts were quickly interrupted by the scene in front of him—at the end of his field of vision, opposite the huge construct fortress, in front of the city wall shining with steel, gray and silver light, a black mist suddenly appeared, and it came from afar. Floating from the northwest direction, blocking all light along the way.

The sun is dimming bit by bit, as if something is gnawing at the light inside it.

The army of the dead shadows came at this time.

On the wall of the Karolla Fortress, countless gun barrels began to adjust their angles in a uniform manner, ready to reload, one after another clearly visible runes and magic circles emerged in the void, and bronze battle flags were on top of countless turrets and watchtowers Hunting and dancing, everyone is ready to attack.

Not only that, the other three directions of the Tomb of the Saint, and the other three cities also responded in the same way.

In front of the city, which is symbiotic with a huge vine that seems to be able to wrap around the mountain peak, with the rain of tens of millions of seeds, countless thick thorns and self-explosive pods appear around the city wall, and they are full of danger. The faint blue light seemed to explode violently at any moment, and in the city, huge ancient war trees also woke up from their slumber and began to move towards the battlefield.

Located below the city inside the mountain, at the foot of the mountain, countless broken rocks seemed to come alive, and began to spontaneously combine with each other to form huge and strong earth element guards. They formed a team of endless teams. The elemental army is waiting at the foot of the mountain.

Behind the majestic city walls, in the city ruled by giants, accompanied by the ear-piercing sound of electric arcs, the entire city was shrouded in a huge semicircular thunder barrier. The giant's host on the throne, countless human beings Under the support control, the whole city seemed to turn into a thunderbolt, and even steel would be vaporized instantly when it touched those arcs.

In front of the line of defense formed by these four major cities, a gray mist is rapidly spreading and expanding, occupying half of the sky.

The black waves, like a sea tide, rushed towards the defense line.

The final war has come. Whether it is the leader of the undead or the four city lords, they all know part of the truth of this world, they all know their responsibilities, and they all understand how cruel and desperate their final ending is.

One hundred and three thousand people, this is the quota reserved for them by the creator of the world. Except for the last remaining one hundred and three thousand people, all the others will turn into nothingness and die together with this world.

——However, no matter how desperate you are, you must fight to the end and prove your courage.

That was the advice left by a star-like sage at the beginning of the creation of the world. This advice has remained in the inheritance of these top beings for thousands of years and has never disappeared.

——Prove the value of your existence.

—that is the essence of redemption.

Therefore, in front of the city wall of Karolla Fortress, the officer in heavy protective clothing clenched his pistol tightly. It filled him with anger and courage.

"Prepare!"

He roared loudly, raising his pistol, and the sound reinforcement array on his chest also spread his voice throughout the city wall on this side. On the barrel, the light of the charged magic crystal illuminated each piece of perseverance At this time, everyone looked down from the city wall and could see that darkness had covered the mountains and plains in the distance, and endless black dead shadows emerged from the mist. These reverberations that had passed away in the past were awakened by some mysterious power, turning Becoming a bloodthirsty and cruel monster, it surged like a muddy wave.

"Fire!"

The trigger of the gun was pulled, and four pale beams of light rose from all directions, catching everyone's eyes.

Immediately, the huge steel wall of the Karolla Fortress began to tremble violently. With this command, countless runes on the silver-gray wall shone in response to the surge of energy, and the energy stabilized in the atmosphere The passage lit up with an arc, as if a long white rainbow ran through the entire city. Thousands of artillery fires of different colors burst out violently under this sufficient energy supply. The force of the shock even shook the entire city, causing countless structures to collapse. , and tens of millions of ray cannonballs crossed a long arc in midair, and fell on the ground, blooming the most dazzling light.

Boom boom boom boom boom! ! !

The explosion and shock wave instantly covered all the army of dead shadows in the direction of Carlos Fortress. Even the gray mist was washed away by the strong energy impact. The first wave of dead shadows was completely wiped out, but the subsequent monsters are continuously coming Coming, although their number is not endless, it is the sum of all the dead in this world.

In fact, it is no different from infinity.

In the other direction of the Tomb of the Saint, the other three cities also began to fight at the same time. The rhythmic and regular artillery bombardment, magic sweep, the impact of the huge ancient war tree and the army of earth elements were actively harvesting those low-level dead. Shadow, a series of earth-level and even heaven-level strategic magics were sent out from the city, covering the land for several kilometers, and even everything at the end of the field of vision was washed into white ground by these big magics, completely turned one by one.

However, under the impact of several waves, dozens of waves of the aftermath, the defense line of the Holy City is still retreating. In just half a day, the front line of the war was pushed from nearly ten miles in front of the city to the surrounding of the city wall. Constrained by this, many Powerful magic cannot be used.

"Sir! The enemy's front line is too close to the city wall, let the artillery and spellcasting troops withdraw!"

On the watchtower on the edge of the city wall of Kalos Fortress, a soldier wearing a black exoskeleton armor stood in front of the officer who ordered the attack. He roared amidst the roaring artillery fire and numerous explosions: "It's time Let's get on top!"

"hateful!"

The officer in heavy protective clothing gritted his teeth. He stood in front of the tower and glanced at the front line. As the other party said, some dead shadows were already using their almost weightless qualities to climb the city wall. Even if the magic crystal cannon No matter how advanced he was, he couldn't hit the enemy on the wall without damaging the city wall, but even so, he turned his head and glared at the young man in front of him: "Son...Captain Falin, do you really want to die that much? !"

And the young man who was born in the last days and grew up in the last days showed a helpless but determined smile.

"Everyone is going to die."

He said: "But I think death is worthwhile."

But at the same time as he said this, on the edge of the watchtower, the observers who were observing the follow-up army of the dead shadow army in the distance suddenly exclaimed: "Report sir! There is a situation!"

"what's the situation?!"

After waving his hand to let the young man who is the captain of the wall protection team back down, he was ready to fight. The officer frowned and asked loudly, "Report in detail!"

"There!"

The observer put down the lookout glass in his hand and handed it to his chief, who guided the range: "At ten o'clock, at the end of the field of vision, behind the army of dead shadows!"

The officer picked up the binoculars without hesitation and looked in that direction.

Then he blinked in shock.

It seems to be an illusion, but it seems not to be. Behind the army of dead shadows in the distance, at the center of the army, waves of black waves are set off, like a tsunami, but the officers can clearly see that the so-called black waves are exactly the number of people. The army of tens of thousands of dead shadows is being lifted up by some kind of force, and they are even flying into the sky in pieces, so it forms a scene like a wave.

boom!

In the distance, a dim red light appeared among the surging waves, and a low, but inconspicuous sound came from afar. If you didn't pay attention to it deliberately, it would easily be caught by the artillery fire around the Karolla Fortress. The sound was too loud to ignore, but the officer accurately grasped this point.

what is it The hidden means of Death Shadow? Reinforcements from other holy cities? Many thoughts flashed through the officer's mind, but he vetoed them all. The power of the dead shadow is fixed. Over the past 27 years, the holy city has confirmed the information of the strong men who have been killed outside the tomb of the saints. There is absolutely no red light that set off a huge wave that appeared in the distance.

As for the reinforcements from the other holy cities, let’s not be joking. Although the four major holy cities are all remnants of human gathering places, but because the city owners have different ideas, everyone is a competitor. Cooperating to deal with the shadow of death is the limit. How? Will send strong men to help the opponent defend the city?

Where does this light come from?

"Ah! Death Shadow's army is in chaos!"

On the side, the observer who took out the spare looking glass shouted again in surprise, and in the distance, a dim red light was like a shooting star, sweeping away a large area of ​​death and the dark clouds above their heads, revealing the gray-blue Sky.

The uniform army of darkness was chaotic because of this, some of them continued to advance towards the Karolla Fortress, and some of them moved towards the place of light to surround them.

And above the earth.

A man bathes in starlight.

Because the sun went out.

The sun and moon in the Grandia world are nothing but clusters of extremely condensed energy aggregates that burn and extinguish along with the world itself. This is the essence of a star in a small world with a round sky, the so-called fusion star It is the fragments of this huge energy aggregate, but the stars are different from these lights that will dim when they are on the verge of doomsday. They are the reflections of the existence of other worlds in the multiverse. A star twinkling means that a world is in crisis.

But now, the stars in the sky are invaded by a light mist that looks like a galaxy and sweeps across the multiverse, releasing light far beyond ordinary times.

The great tide of evil is approaching, and the broken Grandia world is about to accept its baptism.

And that is the end, when all things perish.

The warrior stood on the ground and moved forward slowly. Within a radius of 3,000 meters around him, there was no sign of death at all. Countless ferocious and brutal monsters wanted to rush forward and tear this seemingly ordinary human into pieces, but they When entering this field, I felt my body lighten, as if the force that attracted me to stand on this land suddenly disappeared, or was offset by some other force.

Countless dead shadows were just like this, rushing towards the man like the waves of the sea, but the ending didn't change at all. The moment they entered the warrior's domain, they were bounced away by an invisible force at the same time , Flying, straight into the sky, because of the loss of gravity, the tens of thousands of dead shadow army were blown away like a huge wave that vacated, and were submerged in the clouds, unable to approach the center target at all.

The man walked under the gaze of countless scarlet eyes, his face did not change at all, his clothes were flying in the strong wind, countless rocks and dust were suspended beside the warrior, surrounded like satellites, and the earth soaked in blood and shadow power was covered by him. The raging light of life released from the body irradiated and purified, turning into patches of white ground releasing heat, and even the dark golden lava cooling could be seen at the footprints of the man.

Joshua Van Radcliffe walked silently among the thousands of armies. In his eyes, the berserk shadows of the dead were no more dangerous than dust, and the roaring artillery fire in the distance and the fierce battle of the holy city could not attract him. Attention, fighters never interfere with other people's battles, affect other people's determination.

At this moment, he was only concentrating on moving forward, toward a higher place in his heart.