Sword of Dawn

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The sound of bells and horns reverberating between the sky and the earth gradually became clear from some kind of chaotic and misty state, and gradually turned into bursts of almost deafening roars. The clouds split, and the sky seemed to open a hole. The rain and snow were howling and raging, and the miracle of the blizzard took shape in an instant. The miracle of magic that originally required the best efforts of a large number of high-ranking priests turned into a wave that was randomly rolled up when the gods descended.

Beyond the edge of the blizzard, the prayers in the large assembly hall were still layer upon layer, without any sign of stopping. The priests who had completely lost their human minds were shaking their bodies around the sacrificial fire that had been completely stained with iron gray. They chanted the poems dedicated to the God of War, and there was a humming and rumbling resonance inside their bodies, and some weird and mutated organs gave out more obscure singing besides the human voice, and around these priests, At the edge of the assembly hall, the Obsidian Guardsmen in black armor had drawn their swords out of their sheaths, and every soldier was nervously watching the subtle movements of the commander.

The distant bell rang No.17. The commander glanced at the mechanical watch in his hand, and then looked at the sky outside the window. He saw a huge, hazy, giant-like shadow suddenly appearing in the snowstorm. He suddenly There was a feeling that his heart was being grasped violently-the next moment, he shouted loudly: "Kill all the priests! Quick!"

A sharp blade was unsheathed, and under the light and shadow of the iron-gray flame, the sword flew and pierced into the body under the black robe one after another. The already dilapidated and mutated priests quickly lost their vitality one by one, and the obsidian guards silently and coldly carried out the killing task, and until the moment they were killed, those priests who chanted in a low voice did not make any resistance-they were completely immersed in the out-of-control summoning ceremony, and they no longer had the joy, anger and fear of humans.

In the entire Winterhold region, among the plains, hills, and valleys, in the God of War assembly halls, the same thing was happening at the same time.

The sound of war drums and horns whistling in the sky suddenly became shrill, as if a large-scale noise had been mixed into the normal military music, the wind and snow swept across the ground, and the huge figure that was constantly solidified in the snowstorm He shook suddenly——he seemed to be attacked by something, and his breath weakened a little, as if he was about to be exiled to another world, but this weakening only appeared for a moment, and in the next second, he became more determined Moved into this world.

Finally, even ordinary people can witness the huge shadow that appears in the blizzard. It is so huge, so terrifying, yet so sacred and majestic. It moves like a mountain in the blizzard, as if it contains endless attraction It seemed to attract the attention of all beings—around Winterhold, in the hills and camps, countless soldiers and officers almost subconsciously raised their heads and looked in the direction of the snowstorm.

Even Lord Palin of Winterhold standing on the mage tower of Winterhold was no exception.

He originally thought that he could resist the influence of the gods with his own willpower, but when the gods really entered the real world bit by bit, he cast his gaze towards the blizzard almost uncontrollably. In the next second, his entire field of vision, even The whole mind was completely occupied by that huge and majestic figure. He felt that huge knowledge was pouring into his mind crazily, and countless thoughts that did not belong to him were breeding and blooming in every inch of his nerves. Torn apart and exposed to all the maddening secrets and darkness of this world, he was sliding toward an abyss beyond the comprehension of the human mind—but at that moment, the brilliant starlight caught his eyes.

A strange scene appeared in the sky above the Winterhold area - a blizzard raging in the low altitude, the wind carried the rain and snow and rolled up out of thin air, forming a continuous curtain of chaos, but a vast starry sky suddenly appeared in the higher sky. The sky at noon seemed to be replaced by night, and the bright stars, which seemed to be very different from this era, shone in the night, and each star resisted the crazy power in the blizzard tit for tat—and this spectacle was completely Confined to the Winterhold area, at the edge of the spectacle, the starry sky and the normal sky are clearly separated, presenting a clear and sharp dividing line.

Palin Winterhold, who had already slipped into the abyss of madness, quickly woke up. He knew that the Majesty he was loyal to had already made a move.

This winter hunt has only just begun.

The Earl of Winterhold strode quickly to the communication crystal in the mage tower, and the powerful magic power directly urged the crystal, spreading his voice throughout the defense line:

"All units—begin to implement the scheduled plan!

"Conquer your fears, conquer your weaknesses, conquer your instincts—to attack!"

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In Cecil's controlled area, which is far away from the defense line of Winterhold, Gawain was also able to see the huge snowstorm on the highest terrace of Winterwolf Castle—and the "spectacle" above the snowstorm.

He couldn't see the specific situation in the blizzard, but Veronica, who was on the "lookout" mission not long ago, had already issued a warning: the god of war had come.

Today is the first day of the cold month, and it is the New Calendar Festival——Amber's judgment is correct.

Even at such a long distance, it is still dangerous to directly look at the gods, so various mental protection units on Cecil's side have been activated, but Gawain didn't actually feel the erosion of the gods from the blizzard The breath appeared, and according to Veronica's observations, it seemed that the "starry sky" covering the blizzard produced some kind of suppression and filtering effect, leading the gods' pollution that should have been spreading to the depths of the starry sky.

The cards hidden by Rosetta Augustus are being revealed one by one.

The intelligence from the frontline observation post was quickly gathered to Winter Wolf Castle, and the messenger ran to the terrace:

"Report! Signs of super-large-scale magic power gathering in Typhon have been observed, and their battle mage group has already started their activities!"

"Observed the launch of the Griffin Knights from Typhon!"

"An abnormal surge of magic power has appeared on the edge of the confrontation zone, and the frontline troops are requesting instructions!"

After quickly processing several instructions, Gawain came to the command hall on the first floor of the castle, which was already busy.

The dramatic changes in the Typhon-controlled area have stimulated everyone's nerves. Even though the date has been calculated in advance and preparations have been made, in the absence of key information, the commanders still have to implement various plans according to the worst-case scenario. Philip is ordering the armored troops on the front line to advance towards the area controlled by the Typhons. Maryland has already taken the "Citizen of War" armored train to the defense line of Winterhold. They are taking off in order, ready to go to the front line.

But what they are performing now is just a build-up task-whether to fire, and who to fire on, still needs to be judged by the high command.

"Your Majesty," Philip noticed Gawain's appearance, and immediately said quickly, "The outpost scouts have just visually confirmed that a very huge 'thing' has indeed appeared in the blizzard, but the protective device for mental pollution has not responded."

Gao Wen nodded: "The Typhons seem to use another method to divert the direction of spiritual pollution - don't let your guard down, keep the protection system open, we can't say how long the 'methods' of the Typhons will take effect. "

Philip opened his mouth, as if he wanted to continue reporting, but at this moment Amber suddenly jumped out of the air next to him.

She jumped in front of Gao Wen: "We caught a Typhon outside the castle!"

Chapter 1020 Annihilation Power

Amber says she "caught" a Typhon outside the castle.

However, in fact, the word "catch" is not appropriate - the other party appeared in front of the guards of the castle openly, and walked into the hall very cooperatively after disclosing his identity.

A tall woman with long black hair and black senior maid costume was brought before Gawain. Gawain was sure that he had never seen this person before, but he knew that at this critical moment The person who appeared in front of her was by no means easy—even if she seemed to be just a court maid.

"She suddenly appeared in front of the guards, saying that she was sent by Rosetta Augustus to see you," Amber reported the situation from the side, "she seems to have walked through the entire blockade..."

Gawain nodded and looked at the black-haired lady: "What's your name?"

"Diana, serving the Augustus family as a maid," the black-haired lady stared at Gawain with extremely calm eyes, "My master asked me to come see you."

For a self-proclaimed "maid", her attitude seemed too indifferent and relaxed, which made Gawain curious, but he was even more curious about the mission of the other party: "Rosetta What did you send me for?"

"Do nothing," the lady who called herself Diana said calmly, "Master, tell me to appear in front of you, and the rest is up to you to judge."

"Do nothing..." Gawain's pupils shrank slightly, as if he understood something, but then he frowned and stared at the other party, "So, you were released to me by Rosetta Augustus 'Signal'...but it's still too risky, even if you do nothing, the signal is too risky..."

"It doesn't matter," Diana shook her head calmly, "as long as I don't say unnecessary words, I won't be in the eyes of the gods—because I don't have a heart."

"No heart?" Gawain looked at the other party with some doubts, but just as he was about to ask something, a low-pitched buzzing sound like thunder rolling in the distant clouds suddenly came from the high sky in the east, interrupting him. The next words also attracted everyone's attention—the officers near the window subconsciously looked up in the direction of the sound, and then, the changes between the sky and the earth in the direction of Winterhold were presented to everyone.

Beams of light pierced through the darkness brought by the blizzard one after another. Under the cover of the strange starry sky, with the main peak of Winterhold as the center, pillars of magic flames rose from the tops of more than a dozen peaks, piercing through the sky and earth. The powerful magic power tore apart The gathered clouds stirred the edge of the blizzard, and large-scale lightning continued to burst out high in the sky. At the foot of the peaks, between the vast plains and hills, a "huge" with magic veins as the line Net" is lighting up bit by bit!

Amber looked at the brilliance from a distance, and she finally saw some clues from the trajectory of the ray veins—it was the barracks where the Typhon people gathered on the defense line!It's a huge net formed by connecting the hundreds of thousands of supernatural beings' garrison points!

She opened her eyes wide, and turned her head suddenly to tell Gao Wen what she had discovered, but before she could speak, a violent flash of light suddenly came from a distance: among the dozen or so peaks lit up with beams of light, one of the peaks The beam of light suddenly doubled in size, and a ball of bright light rose up from there, and quickly flew towards the sky along the beam of light. After a delay of just a few seconds, the ball of light penetrated the torn pieces again. The shapeless cloud layer hit the storm in the center of the plain at a nearly vertical angle, and hit the place where the God of War descended!

Extraordinary eyesight allowed Gawain to see the scene in the distance more clearly than others. He watched the sphere of light rise into the sky, watched it fall into the storm, and watched it explode in mid-air, tearing apart the blizzard. The formed curtain, the dazzling stream of light washed over the ground like a waterfall, after a short moment of astonishment, he finally recognized what it was: "That is... the Wound of Annihilation?!!"

He suddenly turned to the lady who called herself "Diana", who just met his gaze calmly: "Yes, the Wound of Annihilation—we have used many years to restore this ancient magic."

"Could it be possible that you all want to kill a god with such a 'Wound of Annihilation'?!" Gao Wen was stunned, and couldn't help but said in a questioning tone. At the same time, he subconsciously looked back into the distance, as expected Yes, in the depths of the dissipating storm and fading light stream, a majestic figure is emerging bit by bit.

Diana's voice came from behind him unhurriedly: "Obviously, this is not enough."

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The turbulent white light burst washed through the air like a flood, and the miracle of the blizzard was quickly torn apart and neutralized in front of this ferocious magic storm, leaving a large void. After a short delay, a mushroom cloud rose into the sky—the rocks gasified instantly, the hurricane blew away the mud and snow in the distance, and the spherical shock wave visible to the naked eye spread out from the center where the God of War descended.

However, as the curtain formed by the impact gradually dissipated, that majestic figure reappeared in front of everyone, still standing upright like a mountain.

An invisible gust of wind blew across the plain, and the armored giant stood quietly in the impact crater formed by the Wound of Annihilation. There was a layer of iron-gray halo flowing on his body, and there was not even a trace of scar on the armor under the halo.

Then, he slowly raised his head and looked in the direction of the "annoying insect".

There was no flesh and blood under the hollow helmet, only a cloud of chaotic and crazy light flickered in the depths of the shrinking and wriggling unknown matter. In that light, there was no sense or pity.

He headed in the direction where the Typhon people were stationed, and after a short delay of one second, he took steps towards the main peak where Winterhold was located. With this heavy step, the ground began to tremble, and the magic power in the air boiled like a flame. Many insects, ants and wild beasts who hid deep underground and managed to escape the annihilation were driven out of their lairs by great fear. They frantically wanted to escape from this place, but they were burned out as soon as they emerged from the ground. It turned into all kinds of twisted and terrifying flesh and blood wreckage, and large pieces of plants fell in the wind—they escaped the torrent of magic power due to their long distance, but quickly withered and died under the pressure of the mad god.

Rosetta Augustus stood in front of the hallucinatory wall of the secret magic hall, which clearly showed a terrifying scene in the distance—a giant in iron-gray armor was stepping forward, like a cold war machine, towards the winter. Stepping forward in the direction of the castle, death is the banner and army behind him. Wherever his footsteps go, flames burn out of thin air, and all life is quickly harvested.

The communication crystal not far away was shining with light, and the voice of the mage sentinel came from it: "The first attack is invalid! The visual target is not damaged! The target is advancing towards us!"

The expression on Rosetta's face remained unchanged: "Continue, the second round."

As his words fell, a white beam of light suddenly expanded over another mountain near Winterhold, and another huge ball of light rose from the magic circle on the top of the mountain. After a short delay, the ball of light fell from the sky again. The iron-gray giant was once again shrouded in the shock wave and mushroom cloud caused by the big explosion.

At the same time, on the vast and continuous land of the entire Winterhold region, between the camps and outposts that were surging with the flow of magic light, a piercing scream suddenly sounded above the camp of a certain magician group, and the turbulent flow of magic power caused The surge hit the camp's protective facilities—the powerful and sophisticated protective devices in the past were vulnerable to the powerful magic skills from the ancient Gondor Empire. The surge instantly broke through the camp's barriers, and countless fine electric sparks Rolled over the entire station like a giant wave.

Hundreds of low-level mages and their guard knights fell down one after another, some fell into a deep coma due to the exhaustion of magic power, and some were killed on the spot.

As a result, the magical network covering the defense line of Winterhold suddenly dimmed, and in front of the defense line, the mushroom cloud that rose from the explosion of the Annihilation Wound was rapidly dissipating.

The mountain-like giant came out of it unhurriedly, with heavy steps, approaching the defense line composed of mortals step by step.

Several griffin scouts flew up from nearby, trying to hover around the giant to observe, but two of the knights accidentally got too close - or maybe the two poor griffins were crushed by the omnipresent terror The spirits, they and their masters rushed towards the direction of the giant uncontrollably, crashing into the iron-gray armor of the giant like a flying insect hitting a clock tower.

Waves suddenly appeared on the surface of the armor that seemed to be made of metal, and the two Griffin Knights and their mounts melted into the armor as if melting, leaving only a rust-like spot in place.

After just half a second, even the spots disappeared completely.

The voice of the sentry came from the crystal: "The second attack is invalid, the target is not damaged! Keep approaching our defense line!"

Rosetta calmly watched the screen projected on the phantom wall: "Continue."

The third light sphere rose, and correspondingly, another camp on the defense line suddenly fell into darkness.

A huge mushroom cloud once again rose to cover the sky, and the figure of the giant was once again shrouded in a thick curtain, but the sound of heavy footsteps sounded from the depths of the explosion cloud again—the earth was still trembling, accompanied by this terrifying Trembling, the huge iron-gray figure stepped out boldly!

Palin Winterhold stood on the tall mage tower, watching the giant that was approaching Winterhold in the distance through another set of monitoring devices. This knowledgeable and brave battle mage leader felt his heart beating. , he has never experienced the tension, fear, or even despair that he has today—even without the spiritual pollution from the gods, the huge pressure still makes him feel a little suffocated. He looked at the giant that was constantly marching forward, After clenching his fists hard, he realized that his palms and backs were already covered in sweat.

Three Creations of Annihilation!three times!Even the strongest fortress built by humans cannot be safe and sound after being continuously bombarded by this terrible magic, but that giant...he didn't even slow down in his steps!

Palin Winterhold knew what the Wound of Annihilation was. As a senior high-ranking mage, he spent nearly one-third of his life dealing with similar ancient forbidden arts—this originates from ancient Gondor. The terrifying power of the era, once only supported by the magic power of the Deep Blue Well, can appear in this world, but now, Typhon's mages can rely on their unique group spellcasting skills and huge supply of magic power to make it reappear in the world.

Every annihilation is accompanied by a huge price. Hundreds of extraordinary people will be drained, priceless crystals and gems will be burned into powder, and many people will probably pay their lives—this is a kind of It is not a "cost-effective" weapon. When it was completed, many mages were even disappointed that it was difficult to use in actual combat, but now it is taken out to achieve a goal that must be completed no matter how much it costs. The task, but... can this really be accomplished?

There was a sound of swallowing saliva coming from the side. The Earl of Winterhold knew that it was an unintentional movement made by a nervous mage officer, but he didn't have the slightest intention of criticizing and reminding him at the moment. He just stared at the magic projection. Sight, staring at the giant figure.

Suddenly, his gaze stopped on a certain part of the giant's body.

Near the giant's shoulder armor, on the surface of a piece of armor close to the arm, there was a very inconspicuous black mark—it was so inconspicuous that at first Palin Winterhold thought it was just some stains, but He quickly realized: How could there be stains on the gods?

That's a crack!A real crack!

The protection of the gods can be broken down!

Palin Winterhold felt his breathing suddenly quicken, and the mage who was in charge of observation and reporting not far away from him had already walked to the communication crystal, and the latter reported with a trace of nervousness: "The third time... the third time The attack is invalid, the target is not affected by..."

"The attack is effective!" The Earl of Winterhold rushed to the communication crystal like a gust of wind, and even almost knocked the mage sentry who was in charge of reporting the situation away, "Your Majesty, the third attack is effective! There are cracks on the target's armor—" —His protection can be penetrated!"

He reported excitedly, but the response from the communication crystal was a short second of silence and a calm voice: "Continue."

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The image presented on the phantom wall was disturbed by magic power, and after a while, the disturbance disappeared, and the giant that continued to advance appeared in front of Rosetta Augustus again.

Under the giant's feet, the "scars of war" filled with death, blood and flames have spread to the edge of the defense line of Winterhold.

But the giant is not without damage - there is indeed a crack in the armor on his body. Although it is inconspicuous, the crack really exists.

Rosetta narrowed her eyes slightly.

Today is the new calendar day.

Today's gods... are not invincible.

However, at this moment, a voice suddenly sounded out of nowhere, and said very inappropriately: "On the surface, it seems that the progress is good... But it seems that the 'good cards' you have in reserve are not enough to intercept him before he completely destroys the entire defense line. "

Illusory starlight surged in the secret magic hall, and an empty eye floated in the air, staring at Rosetta.

"What is the spell you used... Ah, it does seem to have some power, but it is still a bit short after all. If you want to destroy a god with just these arrangements, isn't it a bit far away?

"On the other hand... Is this god in the image of a giant really the God of War... It seems to be different from what I remember..."

"Did madness distort His image? It's really sad, falling into madness is such a sad thing..."

Rosetta Augustus didn't seem to hear the chatter of that eye in his ear, he just watched the scene presented on the magic projection calmly, then raised his head and glanced at the sky on the west side.

"The fourth attack is effective, Your Majesty, the target continues to be damaged, but there is still no sign of weakening - the target is starting to approach the first cordon!"

Rosetta withdrew her gaze and looked at the magic phantom projected on the wall in front of her.

"continue."

Chapter 1021 The Rising Wind

The seventh flash rose from a certain mountain peak in the direction of Winterhold. After a short delay, a mushroom cloud with irregular shape rose up from the edge of the plain. The pale magic turbulence flowed around the bottom of the mushroom cloud, burning all the way. Annihilating everything along the way, the deafening roar echoed between the heavens and the earth, as if it could shake the mountains.

Then, a huge body tore apart the tumbling heat waves and smoke, many cracks appeared in the armor on his body, rust-colored gas spewed out from the cracks, hot magma flowed under the giant's feet, he raised his head, hollow Two clusters of dark red flames danced in the depths of his helmet, and looked towards a certain mountain from a distance——a minute ago, the position on that mountain released the seventh annihilation wound.

In the next second, there was a chaotic and crazy cascading loud noise from the giant's helmet. It seemed to be a battle cry that humans could not understand. Then he raised his arm high, and a longbow was instantly formed in his hand. He aimed at the giant in the distance. A mountain peak draws the longbow in a heroic and brave posture that all mortals in the world can only imagine exhaustively, and a bloody arrow appears on the bowstring out of thin air.

Then the giant let go of the bowstring, and the huge blood-colored arrow cut through the air, and landed on the mountain in the distance almost instantly - layers of thick barriers rose above the latter almost at the same time.The bloody arrows hit the surface of those barriers, and accompanied by piercing screams that tore through the sky, the layers of barriers were pierced continuously almost instantly, and a huge explosion enveloped the entire mountain.

The white beam of light penetrating the sky above the mountain peak flickered violently for a few times, and then completely extinguished in the rising explosion cloud. At the foot of the mountain, a large area of ​​Tifeng Camp, flowing with magical light, seemed to be swallowed by darkness. They dimmed one after another—if someone looked down from the sky at this moment, they would see a large hole in the magic network formed by hundreds of thousands of extraordinary people covering the entire Winterhold area, which was shocking to look at.

In the secret hall, the voice from the communication crystal trembled: "The Blackthorn Mage Corps is completely annihilated! The seventh node is invalid! The flow of magic power is shifted by [-]%!"

There was a brief silence in the hall for a second, and then a quiet voice sounded in the empty secret hall:

"continue."

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On the other side of the confrontation zone facing each other, the terrifying scene between the mountains and the plains of Winterhold shocked the minds of every witness. The huge ball of light that kept rising, the giant strutting in the torrent of magic power, and the mortal defense line that went out one after another Like a picture scroll in the doomsday, even if it is separated by a long distance, it is still enough to shock people.

The dragoon scouts sent a clearer image from a closer distance - under the premise of keeping a safe distance carefully, they clearly photographed the out-of-control and ruthless god constantly advancing against the continuous bombardment of the Annihilation Wound scene.

Standing beside Gao Wen, Amber stared wide-eyed at the distant scene projected by the magic net terminal in front of her. After a long time, she couldn't help but exclaim: "They still hide such a powerful thing..."

"This is Typhon's 'power of the whole country'..." Gao Wen said slowly, "It's really... impressive."

At the same time, he felt a sigh in his heart: If Rosetta August had chosen to declare war on Ansu instead of taking the bloodless route, then Ansu would have died long ago, right?

This world...is really full of abysses.