Chapter 1287: Prelude to the Explosions
Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
When the female knight gave out the warning, Lily simultaneously sensed the danger that was coming her way with her beastly instinct.
Lily howled and jumped back a dozen meters, so the others, who had also drawn their weapons. Calaxus activated the sacred amulet hanging on his chest, a milky white light of Order emanated from the amulet quickly shrouded the Raven Knights near the door. The next second, dark magic blew the door of Horgus’ Hut open with a bang, sending corrosive shadowy energy and debris flying out in all directions.
The shredded door panels. .h.i.t on the knights’ s.h.i.+eld. The shadowy energy that had permeated the earth began to emit in the form of black smoke. Although Calaxus had activated his sacred s.h.i.+eld, it was a little too late. The enemies were well-prepared as they had set up the ambush for some time, their surprise attack was lethal. The attack caught two knights off guard as shadowy arrows. .h.i.t them on the spot, sending them flying out backward.
Several shadows lunged out from the abandoned house under cover of the explosion, penetrating into the formation of the knights and monks, and launching a suicide attack. Lily saw the eyes of these people—they were red. Their faces were twisted as if it was a result of drug addiction.
“The Cult of Armageddon!” The high-ranking monk was furious. Calaxus cast a spell with his hands as he shouted, “They are the cultists!”
“Knights, formation!” Tridis was also waving her two large swords and lunged forward. “Don’t let them get away!”
The Raven Knights and the Sanctum warriors had great hatred toward the Cult of Armageddon. A deadly battle broke out in an instant. The guards of the alpha were no slouch either; these abhumans, the fiercest guys in their tribes, roared and lunged up to defend the alpha.
More cultists were coming out of the house.
Magic began to burst into light as the two sides clashed. Sparks from the clash of swords and armors, battle cry, and explosion filled the air. Lily heard a whistle in the air. She looked up and saw a fireball as big as a washbasin was hurling out of the window on the second floor!
Lily grabbed a nearby cultist and spun it like a spear, hitting and sending the fireball back out. The fireball exploded dozens of meters away, blasting up rocks and dust as high as ten meters.
“Watch out above!” Lily shouted, throwing the cultist in her hand at the window. “Those guys are casting spells up there!”
The cultist hit the building with a loud bang, smashed a big hole in the wall, and flew out from the other side of the house along with a large number of broken bricks. But as one downed, all other windows on the second floor began to pour down magic explosions.
This time, even Lily had to yell and retreat—it was the reality of brute force attack against the magic bombardment.
As the number of cults hiding in the Horgus’ Hut was surprisingly large, the power of Order in the tearing point was only two-thirds of its original strength, and the cultists could get a steady stream of power from the primordial magic energy, the battle soon fell into a stalemate. The Raven Knights, Sanctum warriors, and the abhumans were relying on the alpha’s energy field of Order. It gave them enough strength for defense but inadequate for attacking. On the other hand, the cultists were casting all kinds of spells while others launched suicide attacks.
Lily grabbed a black warrior and used him as a weapon to fend off any enemies who tried to get close to her. While brandis.h.i.+ng the ‘human hammer,’ Lily retreated. “Uncle! Who are they?” Do you know them?” she asked Calaxus.
“They are Cult of Armageddon believers!” Calaxus’ eyes twitched as he looked at the ‘weapon’ in the alpha’s hands. The high-ranking monk hated the cult. But seeing the alpha was using the black warrior, who was still breathing, as a weapon, he began to pity the guy. Calaxus knew how tenacious the black warriors of the Cult of Armageddon was. The poor guy in Lily’s hands would be able to survive for at least thirty minutes. “These people wors.h.i.+p the Chaos. I am surprised that they are hiding here. Are they planning something against Fort Raven?”
Tridis came up to Lily and Calaxus. The female knight, known for her extraordinary physical strength, was a double-sword wielder who bathed her swords in the blood of the cultists. But seeing the fighting style of the alpha, the female knight was astonished. She silently tucked her swords behind her and said to Calaxus. “Your Venerable monk, I sense something is wrong.”
“What is wrong?” Calaxus asked immediately. He knew that Tridis was a professional soldier, who was able to see many things on the battlefield that scholarly monks could not.
“They did not go all out to push us back,” the female knight said quickly. “These cultists are no slouch. If they want to get out, they should be able to do it. But it looks like they are holding back in the house as if they were waiting for something. It doesn’t make sense. People will not waste time and energy like this if they want to get out.”
Calaxus’ brows knit together as he realized that the female knight was right.
But what exactly was in the mind of the cultist?
People in their right minds would not be able to understand the logic of the cultists’ thinking. But no matter what the cultists planned to do, they must not be allowed to carry out their evil plan.
“We attack,” the high-ranking monk said, gritting his teeth. “The battle should have already affected the boundary of the tearing point. People on the outside will soon realize something is wrong and they will come in to back us up.”
Observing the Horgus’ Hut from the outside of the tearing point, it was only a shadow in a dark-purple fog. But now the forces of Order and the Chaos were clas.h.i.+ng on the hillock, the resulting explosions and fire would be heard and visible even on the outside. People on the outside were supposed to wait at where they were, but several monks from Sanctum could perceive the presence of the Cult of Armageddon believers from the energy fluctuations in the area and choose to come into the fog.
But things had taken a sudden change.
The cultists in the Horgus’ Hut seemed to have completed their ‘work’ ahead of time.
A wave of dark magic, more powerful than before, had erupted from inside the building, forming a dark curtain around the house. There were shouts in the chaotic darkness—shouts not of living things, and screams from the sinful abyss. The dark curtain only lasted for a few seconds before the magic energy subsided.
The three forces surrounding the house were stunned.
The next moment, an explosion blasted open the wall on the side of the Horgus’ Hut, the vulnerable point where the knights had been attacking all this while. Following the explosion, a group of Cult of Armageddon believers, wearing black armor and robe, rushed out from inside!
Lily spotted a one-armed man dressed in n.o.ble costumes and a freckled girl with tattoos on her arm among the believers. The freckled girl was holding a disc that emitted a faint gleam in her arms. Lily squinted.
Doggie had found someone had stolen things from her home.
Doggie was acc.u.mulating her anger.
Doggie chose to bark at and pounce on the thief.
Calaxus felt a deadly energy rise in the surroundings. It felt like he was standing in front of a ferocious beast. When he turned his head, he saw the alpha glared at the cultists who were trying to flee. A pair of Frostfire Claws was in the alpha’s hands, and fangs began to grow in her mouth.
“Alpa?”
“Arf—that thing’s from my house!”
Outside of the hills, at the end of the green field, Hao Ren, who was making a bonfire outside the living cabin, suddenly looked up to the south.
“What happened?” Lady Gloom asked.
“I heard some sounds.” Hao Ren frowned. There was neither change in nor sound came from the dark-purple shadows in the south.
“I didn’t hear anything,” said Lady Gloom without even looking up. “You have an illusion. Humans often have various illusions.”
“I would not have any illusions,” Hao Ren said, shaking his head after thinking for a short while. He stood up and dusted his clothes. “I have to go there to check it out.”
Lady Gloom had no emotional changes but asked after hearing Hao Ren’s decision, “Need help?”
Hao Ren glanced at the campsite. After a moment of hesitation, he shook his head. “No. You stay and look after the things here. Just don’t let the beasts come and damage anything. I will be back soon.”
“If you want to go to the tearing point of Chaos, I suggest that you bring me.” Lady Gloom offered herself, which was a rare gesture. “My combat skills are as good as yours, if not better.”
Hao Ren looked at the gloomy woman in surprise. But he still did not trust this new mysterious ‘teammate.’ So he shook his head. “No, I will not act recklessly.”
“Up to you then,” Lady Gloom replied in a whisper and turned to look at the bonfire in silence.
Hao Ren shrugged and walked to his North Stars. For the first time, he activated the transformation mechanism of this high-tech car into battle mode.