Present(two-in-one)
"Shasha..."
The branches of Human-Faced Monster Tree are swaying.
Black Cat followed the team far behind.
The road paved with bones was crushed into a thoroughfare, and occasionally some ferocious Bone Beast corpses could be seen on the roadside.
These may be the "specialties" of this dense forest. Each corpse has a strange temperament that shakes people's sanity, and is extremely horrifying.
In addition, there are ring-shaped piles of sacrificial bones everywhere, giant bone arches inlaid with sheep heads, and vertebrae arrayed on the ground...
On each vertical spine, there is a skull flashing with spiritual blue fire.
Pale Giant Tree, which was made of bones, was broken at the waist, a huge skull like a hill fell to the ground, and the mural Bone Shard was torn apart.
In this mysterious Boneyard Forest, there are countless similar wonders and they can be seen everywhere.
Although he knew nothing about them, Bai Zhou knew from just superficial observation that these were definitely not existences that he could deal with!
High risk!
If any one of them can still move, they are more dangerous than E-Class Black Box, <Louis XVI Self-Portrait>!
But now, they lost all activity and were crushed and crushed by the passing army of skeletons.
Bai Zhou followed the mighty army of skeletons from a distance, and easily crossed most of the Boneyard Forest...
When you exit the forest, you will see a high slope.
After walking a few hundred meters, it suddenly became clear.
The yellow earth is filled with dust, and a majestic forest-white fortress stands in the hazy yellow sand in the sky.
The statue of Giant Eagle is hung at the top of the city, and the statue of Human-Faced Stone Statue with front and back faces is at the city gate.
This strange-looking majestic Giant City is backed by steep mountains, easy to defend and difficult to attack. It is adjacent to Boneyard Forest and is like a wedge nailed to the only exit of the dense forest.
It's as if this fortress was specially designed to protect against things coming out of Boneyard Forest.
A faint buzzing sound came from this Giant City, as if some kind of Ritual was maintaining its operation.
Even from a long distance away, Bai Zhou can hear the noise coming from the city... It seems like some kind of celebration is being held?
"Hometown..."
Seeing the white outline of the city walls in the distance, the skeleton army immediately became restless.
Blood Red Skeleton clenched his phalanges even more tightly, making a crunching sound in his hands.
"We're back!"
This was once the place where their Bone Clan ancestors lived for generations, but now there is no trace of the freedom of the tribe back then, and all that is left is just a Giant City.
Those pale city walls were clearly cast from the bones of their people, so that they would never be reincarnated!
"I'll come, I'll see you..."
Lifting up the Pickaxe in his hand, the sharp and pointed top sparkled under the light of Blood Moon.
It says:
"We conquer!"
Give an order!
The army was solemn and began to line up.
"Boom--! Boom--! Boom--!"
He beat the war drum made from his own ribs heavily, and the troops marched high and high in morale.
Large clouds of smoke and dust rose up, and the huge movement attracted the attention of the city gate defenders.
A dazzling golden light rose into the sky from the top of the city.
"Who violated the law!"
The light of Golden Brilliant does not have the slightest warmth and sanctity. Instead, it is as cold and sharp as metal, with a domineering and aggressive sense of oppression, which makes every observer from a distance feel like a gleam on the back, as if a sword is pressed against the neck.
When the golden light hovered in front of the city wall, the pressure was suppressed like a tsunami. The moment the smoke and dust cleared, the true appearance of a god-like man was revealed.
Standing in the sky is a man of god wearing gorgeous golden armor. The giant man is nearly three meters tall. The face of the helmet covers his face. The exposed muscles on his arms and thighs are like diamonds with sharp angles.
The war skirt is simple in style, but it fits a certain kind of special beauty. The chest is marked with the mark of the standard, with a sword and a sword standing in front of the shield, which is the same as the Adventurer logo.
Bai Zhou, who was hiding at the exit of the dense forest in the distance and observing, took a deep breath and was frightened.
So strong Golden Armored Deity--
An extraordinary person who can hang in the air just like Blood Red Skeleton... is unfathomable. Is it the guardian of this city?
"Edo Undead, you dare to violate the law?"
The golden pupils swept across the ferocious skeletons on the ground, and the golden eyes were as cold as Deity overlooking them.
As if following a certain program, he declared in a cold and stiff voice:
"Sabotage important celebrations and invade imperial territory--"
"Punishment! Massacre of the country and genocide, eternal slavery!"
Without any unnecessary nonsense, Golden Armored Deity boldly pulled out the dagger from his waist, and the golden light shone like a sun falling from the sky.
Facing Golden Armored Deity's unobstructed gaze, the golden flames in Blood Red Skeleton's eye sockets suddenly exploded.
It raised its head and roared, rising up from the ground and letting out a hoarse roar. The humiliation and anger that had been accumulated for a long time were vented at this moment.
"Rome--!!!"
Amidst the roar, the huge skeleton body was like a red meteor, rushing towards the golden Deity in mid-air!
They roared, they fought, gold and red were intertwined.
Facing Blood Red Skeleton's crazy attack, Golden Armored Deity quickly fell into a disadvantage.
"Even if there is no spirituality left, how can you be my opponent?!"
Blood Red Skeleton The mark between the eyebrows shines brightly.
With the blessing of War God Imprint, the more high-spirited God Chosen and Battle Intent are, the more powerful they become, and can even double to an incredible degree!
"I can suppress everything without the arrival of Deity!"
Pickaxe flew around, and Blood Red Skeleton was like a ball, hitting Golden Armored Deity, who was so powerful just now, hard and flew away.
"Warning! Evil is powerful! Request support from defense equipment!"
A voice came from under the visor, and the Golden Armored Deity flying out seemed to be calling for something.
The next moment, a response came from the city gate.
"Yes!"
Another slightly smaller one, Golden Armored Deity, stood at the top of the city and appeared behind a bed crossbow.
Load the gun, and there is a blood-red crossbow arrow on the bed crossbow.
"Not good!" An elder among the skeletons exclaimed, shouting and reminding Blood Red Skeleton.
"It's their Evil Breaking Arrow, specially designed to destroy evil! Pull out the filth!"
Needless to say, Blood Red Skeleton is already like Great Enemy.
"Bang!"
Golden Armored Deity on the top of the city rapped the bed crossbow hard.
The mechanism turned, and a bolt of blood-red lightning flew out from the top of the city, flying toward Blood Red Skeleton with a shrill scream.
Some kind of invisible aura enveloped Blood Red Skeleton. Blood Red Skeleton, who was targeted by the arrow, suddenly became stiff and could hardly move.
And right after, flying with the blood-red lightning, was the figure of Golden Armored Deity coming to kill again.
"Kill!" is already a sure win, Golden Armored Deity is coming with menacing force.
It seemed like everything was a foregone conclusion.
However.
"Heh."
Blood Red Skeleton was just a chuckle.
Should I be said to be worthy of being a leader? Faced with Evil-Breaking Crossbow Bolt, who specializes in restraining himself, Blood Red Skeleton, who was in a desperate situation, did not panic, just raised his head and roared to the sky.
He shouted with confidence -
"Deity Aid Me!"
"Buzz!"
The mark between the eyebrows immediately glowed, and golden thunder fell from the sky with a thunderbolt, knocking away the blood-red "Evil Breaking Arrow".
"Boom!"
Evil Breaking Arrow flew back and inserted itself into the chest of Golden Armored Deity, who was flying at high speed.
At this time, Blood Red Skeleton waved his pickaxe, drawing an exaggerated arc like a crescent moon in the air.
Boom!
Golden Armored Deity was violently hacked away, and his tall body of nearly three meters was split into two in mid-air.
A large cloud of blood mist exploded, as if red rain was falling all over the ground, and the upper body and lower body were separated far, far away.
The lower body fell into the front of the battlefield, and the upper body fell near the exit of the dense forest.
"Gate General is dead!"
Pickaxe dances like a top in the hand, Blood Red Skeleton commands the army, and the pickaxe points to the city wall:
"--Attack!"
The mountains roared and the tsunami roared, the earth trembled and the mountains shook.
Undead Army begins to attack the city.
Meanwhile, on the other side.
"...?"
In Boneyard Forest, looking at the half-body body of Golden Armored Deity in front of him, Bai Zhou fell into deep thought.
The body was blown far away and fell into the dense forest. Bai Zhou followed the trail and chased after him, his heart pounding.
The upper half of the body was covered with gold armor, the face armor covered the expression, and blood flowed from the waist, turning the surrounding area into a pool of blood.
A tiger cannot be defeated by a fight.
Even though he was dead, Golden Armored Deity was enveloped in a strange field, which made Bai Zhou feel a certain suffocation in his heart when he observed it.
The flesh and blood of Golden Armored Deity looks like flesh and blood and also seems to be made of some special material. The blood flows on the ground and quickly solidifies into a semi-solid and semi-liquid small Blood Crystal.
"This... is just Gate General?"
It means Gatekeeper Soldier?
Bai Zhou's eyes blinked twice. He was in disbelief and at the same time had a vague feeling of enlightenment.
No wonder that in its heyday, Blood Red Skeleton, who was infinitely stronger than he is now, was wanted on the run, and would not dare to return unless he sought the power of Deity.
Even if it's just Gatekeeper Soldier, it's so strong that it can compete with Blood Red Skeleton under normal circumstances.
--Rome, it's even more exaggerated than Bai Zhou thought!
What kind of civilization is this, and what kind of prosperity must it be in order for an extraordinary person who can fly to see the city gate?!
Thousands of years have passed. Why is the Blue Star of today completely different from the Rome of that time?
What about these powerful extraordinary beings?
What happened in the middle?
"..."
Bai Zhou I thought before that Assessment of Taking Roman Soldier's Head anything should not be difficult.
However, now it seems?
"Thank you Deity for your gift!"
Black Cat A decent-looking man stood up and waved his hands twice as if piously.
Then, Bai Zhou set his sights on Golden Armored Deity's chest.
--The blood-red "Evil Breaking Arrow" is inserted right there.
The bed crossbow placed at the top of the city was suspected to be Rome's important city defense weapon, allowing the powerful Blood Red Skeleton to come to Great Enemy, and finally turned around and stabbed Golden Armored Deity to death...
But why doesn't it look like a crossbow arrow, but more like a branch?
--Not even any traces of processing can be seen!
"No way?"
Bai Zhou looked at the crossbow arrow carefully, and even saw the bark and protrusions on it. In any case, this "crossbow arrow" that was not quite straight looked like a branch.
Moreover, it is a very familiar tree branch!
"The one planted by Scarlet Queen...?"
Bai Zhou was filled with surprise and uncertainty. The more he looked at it, the more similar it became.
This strange blood-red tree is difficult to grow and cultivate, its origin is unknown, and its function is unknown.
But compared to the thick branch Blood Red Giant Tree in the Divine Hall, the branch regarded as "Evil-Breaking Ballista" is much lighter in color and much smaller.
--Just this thing, let Blood Red Skeleton appear like Great Enemy, dedicated to destroying evil? Uprooting filth?
Bai Zhou's heart beats very fast, and he can even clearly hear his own thundering heartbeat in his ears.
So, after several trials, Bai Zhou successfully pulled out the blood-stained "Evil-Breaking Ballista" and put it away.
Purple Gold Horse Saber came out of its sheath again, and Bai Zhou cut off Golden Armored Deity's head.
No matter how you put it...
This is a high-quality "Roman Soldier".
Second Assessment Stage's needs are here!
Bai Zhou blinked his eyes and gently licked his dry lips:
"Second Assessment Stage, speedrun successfully!"
Feeling the burning heat on War God Imprint's wrist, Bai Zhou was sure that he was not mistaken.
"Boom!"
Just as he was thinking about it, Bai Zhou suddenly heard a loud sound that echoed through the sky.
Then, Bai Zhou followed the sound and looked at the source of the sound...
The city gate that Undead Army were attacking Giant City finally fell to the ground.
Blood Red Skeleton can't wait to fly in first.
Under the gaze of the two-faced figure above the head, the Undead people under the city gate filed in, as if they were returning in triumph.
The battlefield outside the city was in a mess and became quiet in the blink of an eye.
The more intense battlefield was moved to the city.
Looking at the empty city head, Bai Zhou was thoughtful and looked down at his watch.
35:49!
"... There is still a little time left."
Bai Zhou took a deep breath, turned around and transformed back into Black Cat, quietly walked through the rising yellow sand, and climbed up to the messy Roman City Wall.
There is already a minimum clearance guarantee for the assessment.
But the assessment requirements are clearly stated. The higher the quality of Roman Soldier, the richer the rewards Bai Zhou can get.
Just looking at Great Door and Gate General, it is obvious that they do not have a high status in a city.
With the mentality of giving it a try, he spent the last eleven minutes trying to see if he could find something better.
--Of course, on the premise of hiding and protecting yourself!
Fortunately, the war is in full swing, and as Undead Legion advances into the city, there will be no survivors in the places where they fought, and there will be no crisis threatening Bai Zhou.
Along the way, Bai Zhou saw many corpses of Golden Armored Deity. They were all wearing the same standard armor as the original Golden Armored Deity. This shows that the status of Gate General is indeed not high.
However, each Golden Armored Deity has different heights. The tall one is close to three meters, and the short one is just over two meters.
The taller the body, the more suffocating the pressure on the body, and the more areas of the body the armor covers.
Unfortunately, Bai Zhou has not yet found one that is taller than Gate General. At most, it is close or similar.
After finally finding the body of Golden Armored Deity, who was just over three meters tall, Bai Zhou carefully lifted his visor to observe.
It's different from what Bai Zhou imagined--
What is hidden under the visor is neither the green-faced and fanged Monster nor the decaying Decaying Undead.
White skin, sculpture-like face with sharp angles and almost no flaws...
Is this the Rome person?
But...
Bai Zhou felt an inexplicable sense of disharmony in his heart.
"Is there something wrong?"
As if he thought of something, Bai Zhou was suddenly stunned.
Frowning, he raised a finger and carefully poked Golden Armored Deity's face.
It is very elastic and the skin is still warm.
Looking down, Bai Zhou looked at his fresh flesh and blood and the bright red blood flowing all over the ground.
"..."
The more he looked at it, the more horrified Bai Zhou's eyes became, as if a cold wind was blowing from the depths of Boneyard Forest, making his hair stand on end.
--This is not right! It must be wrong!
Hot blood, elastic skin, and flesh with no signs of decay.
This is a--
"A living person?!"
Where did the living person come from? How could it be a living person?
Bai Zhou's eyes were blank, his arms suddenly became densely covered with goosebumps, and his heartbeat slowed down by half a beat.
He didn't even know if it was an illusion, but he began to feel a burning sensation in the place where "Jurassic" Golden Pass was hidden in his chest, as if he had a hot iron inside.
At this moment.
Bai Zhou's inherent understanding of the Deep Ruins Realm collapsed in an instant.
It was as if the world that I had just gotten used to turned upside down and became completely unfamiliar again.
His outlook on life was in disarray, his thoughts were in a mess, and the unknown horror was like a surging tide, suffocating and drowning the frowning Bai Zhou.
... where is this?
Deep Ruins Realm!
The place where things finally come together! Where the dead linger!
How is it possible...
Are there any living people like me?!