Greece Brings Evildoers Chapter 314

 Chapter 314: All Tactics Changer (5.9k)

At the same time, as the temple was destroyed, the ether dragon that was fighting fiercely with Lorne in the sky was struck by thunder, and the divine light emanating from its body was sharply reduced.

Seeing this opportunity, Lorne's eyes flashed with a stern look, his back was raised, his body was like a giant bow stretched to the extreme, and the nation-building spear in his hand was an arrow on the bowstring.

The next moment, blood-colored light penetrated the sky and shot into the chest of the etheric dragon at lightning speed, directly hitting the undulating dark red heart in the chest.

The core was severely damaged, and the ether dragon let out a shrill roar. The body composed of flesh, blood, stones, and bones quickly disintegrated, and the huge body fell to the ground uncontrollably.

Above the crack, the Typhon Temple, which was already on the verge of being shattered, was hit directly by the giant dragon's huge body. It collapsed suddenly. Densely packed gravel and bones shot out in all directions with violent impact, like a sudden explosion. meteor shower.

"Boom boom boom!"

Accompanied by smoke and dust all over the ground and bursts of explosions, a petite figure hugged the Mingyue tin staff and dashed left and right on the collapsing and falling stones, trying to escape from the temple that was about to collapse completely.

However, due to the fierce battles and advances along the way, both her magic power and physical strength were on the verge of reaching their limits. An accidental step caused her to fall into the abyss in an instant.

Seeing a boulder falling accelerating and hitting her head-on, Medea couldn't help but close her eyes in horror, sadly waiting for her fate.

"boom!"

At this moment, a dull explosion sounded from above, and the falling boulder was shattered by a single blow. A figure covered in golden light jumped among the falling rocks as fast as lightning.

And when his searching eyes locked on Medea, he stepped **** the gravel under his feet without hesitation, and accelerated his fall with the force of the recoil. His open arms firmly hugged the girl who was waiting for death with her eyes closed. Little witch.

Medea opened her eyes tremblingly, and when she saw the familiar face in front of her, she couldn't help but hugged the other person's neck and cheered with excitement.

"Brother!"

"Well, hold me tight..."

Lorne uttered a vague syllable, and then in a solemn reminder, he spread a pair of golden light-like wings behind him, taking the two of them into the sky, lightly avoiding the falling debris above, and landing steadily. The edge of the rift.

As she was out of danger, Medea shyly let go of her arm. Only then did she notice that the dense light-like cracks had spread from Lorne's arm to his neck, making him look like a fine piece of porcelain that was about to be broken. .

At this moment, the girl suddenly understood the reason for her senior brother's vague syllables just now.

Probably, it's because of the pain...

"Shh!"

Lorne raised his index finger in front of his lips, making a silent gesture.

Medea nodded knowingly, jumped down from Lorne's arms obediently, and stood behind her senior brother without saying a word about what she had just seen and heard.

At this time, on the battlefield.

With the fall of the Aether Dragon and the collapse of Typhon's temple, the monsters driven by Typhon's power fell into chaos. Coupled with the absence of the blessing of the temple, their combat effectiveness and durability have further decreased.

The crusaders took advantage of this opportunity to assemble spontaneously, taking advantage of the cooperation of the troops to take advantage of team operations, gradually regaining the situation, and methodically began to clean up the warcraft that were still stubbornly resisting at the scene.

Seeing that the situation was effectively under control, Lorne was about to breathe a sigh of relief, but his pupils suddenly shrank, and his eyes fell on the bronze spear nailed into the tree trunk a hundred meters away.

No, where is the body? What about Hippomenes?

Immediately, thunder exploded in Lorne's head, and his expression became stagnant.

He's not dead yet!

rustle…

Among the tangled shrubs filled with mist, a wolf figure walked through at high speed, holding the fleshy chest with his left hand, and staggered out of the vast mountains of Arcadia.

Due to being too hasty, the white robe that was covered under the armor was scratched by the slanting branches on the road and hung in tatters on the body. The once elegant and calm demeanor was gone.

After activating the [Speed] talent of the blood descendant of Hermes and escaping for hundreds of miles in one breath, Hippomenes dared to stop and look behind him in fear.

so close!

Unexpectedly, even the awakened Typhon Capital is no match for him. That guy is so terrifying!

When Hippomenes thought about the thrilling moment when he was stabbed through the heart with a bullet and nailed to the tree, he couldn't help but feel lingering fear, and he couldn't help but feel phantom pain in his already healed chest and heart.

Yes, he did die once.

But thanks to something prepared in advance, he saved his life.

Hippomenes opened his palms and looked at the bright red chip, which was the size of a dove egg, dim in color, and full of cracks, his eyes filled with fear and happiness.

-Eleusis stone, a special substance extracted from life, can give the user the power of rebirth.

And the powder scraped from it is the [medicine] taken by His Majesty the King.

The pursuit of immortal life has always been the ultimate goal and eternal issue of the Eleusinian Mysticism. They have been working hard for this, but they have never been able to get it right.

But it was a travesty that this miracle was finally accomplished in the hands of a pagan like him.

What's even more hilarious is that those idiots in the Eleusinian Mystery keep praising life, but they don't know that the price of entering eternity is to blaspheme life!

Because only life can exchange life...

These are the truths taught to him by the [Great Being].

In order to create this eternal key, he opened the door to the abyss, awakened the [Great Being], built a temple for it, and used its power to launch a tide of beasts to complete the harvest of life.

A rough calculation shows that there are at least thousands of human beings who have died directly or indirectly on this, right?

Hippomenes looked at the cracked Eleusinian stone in his palm, raised his hand, crushed it into pieces, and sprinkled it on the ground. He secretly said it was a pity, while shaking his head and sneering.

It seems that those idiots from the Eleusinian Mystic Cult gave such a **** thing a noble and elegant nickname.

What is it called - [Philosopher's Stone]?

At this time, Lorne came to the tree, pulled out the bronze spear stained with blood and minced meat, leaned over to pick up a dark red chip from the ground, and frowned to examine it.

"Philosopher's Stone!"

An Eleusinian who came forward was shocked when he saw this.

When Lorne heard this, he felt the rich breath of life left on this dark red chip, his eyes thoughtful.

The Philosopher's Stone is a mythical substance that has long been the "Holy Grail" in the eyes of Western alchemists. It is believed that it can be used to turn ordinary base metals into precious metals (such as gold), or to create elixirs of immortality.

Therefore, its titles include "Philosopher's Stone, Stone from Heaven, Philosopher's Stone, Raw Material of Gold and Silver, Red Potion, Fifth Element" and so on.

In various legends and myths, this thing often appears in different forms, including solid, liquid or powder, and is considered to be the color of blood, but most appear in a ruby-like appearance.

Due to the unremitting pursuit of this substance by alchemists, it has also been given titles such as great miracles and great creations. Sometimes, these titles are also used to refer to the makers of the Philosopher's Stone, in order to vividly show that they are at the pinnacle of alchemy.

Not only can it create various alchemical miracles, it can even change the laws of nature and bring the dead back to life.

Thinking of this, Lorne turned to look at the Eleusinians aside and asked solemnly.

"You know this stuff?"

"Of course! Creating the Philosopher's Stone, in order to obtain immortal life, is the ultimate goal pursued by our Eleusinian religion. Almost every church member knows that only those who can create such a miracle, the entire There is only one in the esoteric religion.”

"who?"

"Master Cult Leader!"

The Eleusinian replied subconsciously, showing admiration.

However, Lorne's face became a little ugly.

If this fragment left at the scene really comes from the Philosopher's Stone, does that mean that Hippomenes was in collusion with the Eleusinian cult?

Is the occurrence of [Beast Disaster] related to the Eleusinian Mystery Cult?

Just as Lorne was alert, preparing to alert the Eleusinian cultists who were accompanying everyone present, the Hermetic magician who was originally fighting alongside the crusaders stiffened and raised his hands like a puppet. Snake staff, chanting in unison.

"The shape of a star. The shape of space. The shape of God. The shape of me..."

The ancient star map emerged in the sky, and bright starlight fell on the devastated battlefield.

Seeing this situation, Lorne vaguely sensed something was wrong, and immediately shouted in awe.

"Knock them out!"

However, it was too late.

A group of empty-eyed Hermetics chanted the last high-pitched syllables.

"...I offer my blood as a sacrifice. O wreckage, give you life!"

As the final tone fell, dozens of Hermes cultists gathered in a circle exploded, their bodies turning into blood mist.

Immediately afterwards, scarlet blood mist was inked on the ground, outlining red and black lines corresponding to the stars. The battlefield filled with corpses was like a swamp where mud gathered, and traces of filth were spreading around.

The mutilated flesh and bones were spliced ​​and fused together, turning into pale figures with hideous and twisted faces. They climbed up from the pile of corpses, like seducers from hell, smelling of corruption and death.

Faced with this sudden change, many people were stunned on the spot.

"Get out of the way!"

Lorne yelled and stepped forward. The sweeping gun of nation-building, carrying the miserable etheric light flow, rushed forward. Dozens of humanoid white monsters that had just been assembled, together with the surrounding vegetation, were instantly blasted into pieces. However, this battlefield stained with the blood of the Hermetic cultists has now turned into an active flesh and blood factory, constantly creating all kinds of twisted lives.

Its function is quite similar to that of the Typhon Temple where the demon fetus was previously conceived.

"Ho **** ho ho!"

Deep roars came one after another, and twisted humanoid silhouettes rushed out from the dense forest, thick fog, boulders, swamps, and caves one after another, seemingly endlessly.

These things have a human-like appearance, but the dark eye sockets are empty, and the distorted face has only three holes that can barely be called eye openings.

At the same time, there was no skin tissue on the pale body. Muscle-like accumulations were layered and intertwined without any sense of beauty. The deformed body was like a lump of white wax melted by flames. Some of the various organs and bones came from humans, and some It comes from Warcraft.

As soon as they were born, they couldn't wait to join the camp of Warcraft and began to strangle the humans on the field.

"Home Cruise..."

The head priestess of the Temple of the Moon looked at the strange twisted and wriggling white beings in front of her, and couldn't help but murmured a certain unfamiliar word.

Homecrux, also known as "artificial life form", is a certain artificial creature proposed by the Hermetic alchemists. It symbolizes the connection between the small universe and the large universe. It is born with a certain mind and near immortality. The body can serve mankind.

However, this idea oversteps human duty and offends the authority of the gods. Even the most radical alchemists in the Hermetic Cult would not dare to try it easily.

Therefore, "Home Cruise" is usually regarded as just a rumor.

In order to unite all the forces that can be united and work together to fight against the beast disaster, the Moon Temple also turned a blind eye to some small actions of the Hermes sect.

However, when the facts were laid before her eyes, the high priestess found that she had seriously underestimated the madness of the Hermes cultists.

At this time, Lorne looked at the "white waves" composed of artificial life in his field of vision and the magical beasts that automatically recognized them as the same kind, and narrowed his eyes slightly.

It seems that the [Beast Disaster] in Arcadia is probably related to the Hermetic Sect's [Artificial Life Body Experiment].

Moreover, it definitely has something to do with Hippomenes!

On the one hand, when the traitor activated the Temple of Typhon and awakened the etheric dragon, the blessing he chanted seemed to be similar to the holy words of the Hermes.

On the other hand, Hippomenes claimed to be a descendant of Hermes, and the prototype of the triple great Hermes, the main **** believed in by the Hermetics, was Hermes.

Although judging from the confused reactions and tragic fate of the Hermetic cultists, they were mostly kept in the dark and were just abandoned children.

But the taboo experiments on artificial life, the building of a temple of flesh and blood for the Demon Ancestor Typhon, and the launching of a tide of beasts to try to awaken it...these big troubles, if investigated afterwards, will definitely make Hermes, the The leader of the sect drinks a pot!

Moreover, counting the [Philosopher's Stone] just now, the Eleusinian Cult may also be involved in it.

Strictly speaking, Demeter, the **** of agriculture, and Persephone, the queen of the underworld, are also involved.

How long has it been since the War of Gods ended, and you have already made such a big mistake?

Lorne cursed secretly and looked at the battlefield that was once again in a stalemate.

Since these artificial lives created through the sacrifices of the Hermetic cultists are products of abandoning the human appearance and pursuing ultimate destructiveness and combat effectiveness, it is quite difficult for everyone to deal with them.

On the one hand, the limbs of these monsters can be transformed into swords, guns, swords and halberds, possessing wild intuition and fighting talents like killing weapons;

On the other hand, their vitality is extremely tenacious. No matter whether they cut off their heads or necks or cut off their limbs, they are difficult to kill. Injured individuals can also recover their own injuries by absorbing the flesh and blood of the surrounding corpses.

Only by destroying the core can one kill in one blow.

But there are hundreds of them, and they continue to emerge from the revitalized land over time.

Under this ebb and flow, the crusaders became more and more difficult to cope with.

Lorne frowned and looked around, decisively blurring the nation-building gun in his hand.

"Its source is light, its power is fire; judgment is with sword, punishment is with fire!"

Solemn whispers echoed on the devastated battlefield, and the golden roulette wheel that appeared behind Lorne moved the pointer to the [White Horse] space one after another.

"—I will restore your light!"

Accompanied by the chanting of the holy words, the divine [white horse] jumped out from behind him and galloped in the sky, like a scorching sun lighting up the dark night sky.

Immediately afterwards, the galloping [White Horse] crashed into the huge magic array generated in the sky, and a blazing white light-like sword appeared from it, and then fell like a meteor shower.

"Puff puff puff puff!"

In an instant, the penetrating sound was endless, and the artificial life forms swarming forward were hit by the dense rain of swords of light, accurately hitting their spiritual cores, and were nailed to the ground, falling in pieces like wheat cut by a sickle.

Due to the damage to the core, each battle weapon lost its support, and its white waxy body gradually dissolved, turning into puddles of stains and seeping into the ground.

Most of the threat was eliminated in an instant, and everyone couldn't help but look at the figure with golden wings on his back, with a mixture of astonishment and awe in their eyes.

Seeing everyone's eyes focused on him, Lorne immediately ordered solemnly in order to avoid repeating the mistakes of the Hermetic magicians' collective sacrifice.

"Listen, there are probably spies among the members of the Eleusinian Cult at the scene. The Dionysus Cult and the Moon Temple have divided their personnel to keep an eye on them. If anyone is found to be acting abnormally, they will be killed on the spot!"

However, as soon as these words came out, the Eleusinian believers who had just experienced a fierce battle with Warcraft were furious.

"Doubt us?"

"Why?"

"You want us to be at your mercy? No way!"

Just as the excited Eleusinians wanted to seek an explanation for their innocence, a golden ram's horn was thrown into the leader's arms with a deep voice.

"Is this enough?"

Feeling the divinity of life hidden in it, the leader's expression changed, and he hurriedly handed the golden horn to Lorne in front of him, like holding a hot potato, and then turned around and shouted at the noisy congregants. .

"Shut up! Everyone obey this Lord's order, stay where you are, and don't do anything! Otherwise, you will be removed from the cult!"

Several sharp-eyed believers saw the golden horn in full view, and they also changed their attitudes and assisted the leader in maintaining order.

The Horn of Fertility is the original artifact of Demeter, the God of Agriculture, and Persephone, the Queen of the Underworld.

This thing appeared in the hands of the person in front of me. Even if he was not a member of the Eleusinian Cult, he must have a close relationship with the two adults.

Seeing that the chaotic scene was under control, Lorne's dull mood eased a bit.

Although it is unclear how much the Hermetics and Eleusinians were involved in this beastly disaster, and whether the three main gods behind the scenes, Hermes, Demeter and Persephone, were insiders. , but the top priority is to stabilize the situation and clean up the mess in the Arcadia Mountains.

However, before he could take a breath, there was a series of thunder in the distance.

Low dark clouds covered the sky, boundless darkness spread everywhere, and the whole world seemed to be immersed in eternal silence.

The focus of all the changes was the Royal City of Arcadia.

Hippomenes? Damn it!

Seeing one wave rising after another, Lorne looked at the light-like cracks that had climbed up the side of his cheek through the water condensed in his palm, and suddenly felt dizzy.

At this time, the twin brothers stepped out from the crowd and spoke solemnly.

"You go first, leave this place to us!"

Everyone nodded in unison and agreed to stay and work together to put down the beast disaster.

They came here to eliminate this disaster. If they went back without any achievements, how could they hold their heads high in front of that group of mortals?

Looking at the exhausted but high-spirited figures around him, Lorne nodded slightly, took out the big golden cup from the magic circle with his empty hand, poured the dark red wine onto the ground, and murmured silently. .

"—The powerful fire of light is the most powerful of all origins. I would like to offer it with poetry and wine!"

In an instant, a burning and beating golden flame ignited on the ground. It was like a bright lamp that dispelled the cold and illuminated the darkness, making people feel warm. Negative emotions were swept away, and endless courage burst out of the body.

At the same time, under the illumination of this light, everyone seemed to have drank a glass of fine wine, their blood vessels were stirred up, and their exhausted divine power was regenerated.

When Saint Polymonus saw this, he seemed to realize something in a trance. He looked at Lorne with a gaze full of passion and piety. With endless heroism, he turned around to face the tide of beasts rushing from behind the crack, and let out a loud voice. Sing.

"Our blood is thicker than water!"

"We are connected by blood!"

The Dionysian believers responded loudly and stepped forward together to launch a new round of blocking battle.

"Helen, it's up to you!"

The twin brothers dropped a low request and led the divine blood warriors gathered around them to rush to the battlefield.

Lorne looked at the backs of the two people, nodded solemnly, then picked up Atalanta, spread the golden wings on her back, and flew towards the dark cloud-covered Royal City of Arcadia.

Bang bang bang bang!

Along the way, the earth's layers cracked, and the dark red water seemed to seep out from the abyss leading straight to Hades, submerging houses and streets, gradually converging into large and small spring pools, and floating in the red mud soil with blue phosphorus fire. , hundreds of forest-white skeletons climbed up from the soil, their empty eyes filled with a cold and violent aura.

The whole of Arcadia seems to be sinking towards Hades.

(End of chapter)

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