Awakening of Rebirth
Chapter 74 The Night of the Blood Sacrifice
Winter is coming to spring, another year has passed, and the ice and snow have not yet melted. Taran, which was the most prosperous place in Ainota, has lost its vitality now.
The nobles have already brought back their children from the best colleges in Ainota, and moved their families. This has disturbed the hearts of the people. Relatives left the city.
The street where people used to come and go has been left unattended for a long time now, and the few passers-by are in a hurry, afraid that those villains who take advantage of the chaos will stare at me.
Inside and outside the city, there is an unsustainable guardian circle between the two armies. The long wait is the tranquility before the storm, and this tranquility makes those who cannot help themselves gradually lose their fighting spirit. Thinking about this It's not bad if the battle can't be fought all the time.
Tafil stood in the courtyard, looking up at the sky, in a daze, wondering if he was looking at the waning moon or the light of the cage-like magic circle.
The day before yesterday, the princess of the Demon Race, Egloline, brought the keel that had been nourished by the devil's blood in the Demon Realm to the Cloud Tower, and then set off for Wodo, waiting for the day when the two armies were at war, to use a large-scale blood sacrifice to destroy the dragon bone in the Cloud Tower. At that time, the two keels suppressed by the phoenix will be taken back. At that time, the power of the black dragon will be almost fully recovered. Even Qianye Quicksand will no longer be able to continue to protect the seal of Vodo. At that time, the black dragon will return to the world.
No matter whether the southwestern reinforcements can come or not, the Far East Army must fight to the death, because the phoenix has limited tolerance to the keel, if it does not want to fall short, this will be Changsheng's last chance to prevent the black dragon from resurrecting.
Living like this is a day, and it's time to end.
Behind him, the butler was busy telling the servants to pack up their things. Rui Yi leaned against the door of the main hall, caressing her swollen belly with both hands, quietly watching her husband's back, wanting to get closer, but afraid of alienation.
Now there are too many gossips in the whole of Ainota, which makes it hard to breathe.
The Far Eastern Army has been at the city for a long time, and Talan may fall at any time. All those who have the ability to evacuate Talan have gradually moved with their own property, but anyone can escape, but Tafil cannot escape. Anyone with a discerning eye can see that, The commander of the Southwest, Mingluo, is the younger brother of Changsheng and the same mother, and he must have a heart for the rebel army. If it hadn't been for the invasion of Knossus that made him unable to do so, the Southwest would have already given a helping hand to the Far East Army.
Both he and Lurek are people that the Far Eastern Army will never let go, and the Southwest has no possibility of taking them in. For Tafil, Talan is the most solid and the last fortress that can be held fast. If he loses, he will have no way to retreat.
Rui Yi couldn't help raising the corner of his mouth, but his eyes were full of bitterness.She didn't care that the hero she once admired was notorious, and she didn't care that the sincerity she entrusted didn't get a response. After seeing everything clearly, she had nothing else to ask for, she just wanted to spend this life with him in peace and stability, but now it has become a luxury.
In the past two days, Tafil suddenly asked the housekeeper to pack up her frequently used items. He wanted to send her away, but she didn't want to, but she didn't have the courage to refuse.
"Ray."
I don't know how long the oppressive atmosphere lasted, and a sudden soft call made Rui Yi feel a little overwhelmed.
She walked carefully and slowly behind Tafil, and replied, "I am here."
"The battle is about to start, you should leave Taran."
Rui Yi lowered his eyebrows and said, "I will go wherever you want me to go."
"I have made all the arrangements. You will leave with the steward tomorrow morning. I paid him and his family a sum of money. He will take care of you for a while. If Taran can keep it, I will take you back."
"How about?"
"I'm dead, Chang Sheng shouldn't make it difficult for you, you take all the things I packed for you, don't sit and eat, let the housekeeper accompany you to buy a few properties, choose a comfortable one to live in, and rent out the rest. It is enough for you mother and child to live comfortably for a lifetime."
Rui Yi was silent for a moment, and said: "Now that things have happened, can you tell me the truth?"
"What?" Tafil looked at Rui.
"Is the death of the former king related to you and the king? Is it true that Princess Changsheng said that you colluded with the demons? It was the demons who seriously injured you earlier, right?" Rui Yi asked, "Because you wanted to Resist, so give punishment?"
"..."
"On that day, you just proposed to go to the front line to guard, but you were ruthlessly beaten by the demons. Since then, your majesty has been stepping back from the Far East Army. What do the demons... want? A bloody storm?"
Tafel didn't respond, but Rui strengthened her guess even more. She looked up at Tafel with tears in her eyes: "Can we go together? ..."
Tafel interrupted Rey: "I'm a sinner."
"I believe you have difficulties." She believes in the person she has identified for the rest of her life, believes in her own judgment, and believes that the person who will accompany her day and night is definitely not a villain who will be drawn for profit.
Tafil was stunned for a moment, reached out to wipe away the tears from the corners of her eyes, and said, "If I leave now, I will not be able to clear up my crimes in the next life, or even thousands of years after death."
"I do not care……"
"I care." Tafil stretched out his hands to support Rui's shoulders, and said, "This battle is much more complicated than you imagined. I am a soldier, and I bleed the blood of the Ainota royal family. I will not allow myself to fight in Aino When the tower survives and dies, it throws away its armor and armor, and becomes an irresponsible deserter."
Rui Yi's body couldn't help trembling a little, she saw the firmness in Tafil's eyes, it was the look that the man she yearned for and loved should have, but Tafil was always too indifferent to her in the past, she never There was only indifference in his eyes... Now, when she finally looked at him, she saw the light in his eyes, but she saw that he pushed herself to hell with a single sentence, and said goodbye to her calmly and calmly.
"So you didn't even think that you could survive, and you lied to me when you said that you guarded Talan and came back to pick me up."
"Yes." Tafil didn't deny it, and now the black dragon had let go of his guard against him, even Lurek didn't know that on the day of the blood sacrifice, the black dragon chose him as the guard on the day of the blood sacrifice.He has endured for so long, and finally came to this step. This will be his best chance to stop the black dragon, help Chang Sheng, and atone for his sins. For this reason, he has already prepared to take his own life, how can he be in this situation? Funk at this time?
Ruiyi sobbed and bit her lower lip tightly, and it took an unknown amount of time before she suppressed the pain in her heart, nodded, took a deep breath, stroked her swollen stomach, and asked with a sob: "Have you ever thought about him?" name?"
Tafil was silent for a long time and shook his head.
Ruiyi suddenly patted Tafil's hand away, took a few steps back, looked at the old tree beside him with red eyes, then lowered his head and closed his eyes, his tightly clenched fists gradually loosened after a few seconds of silence, She finally raised her eyes and said with a bitter smile with tears in her eyes, "Tafel, is your heart made of stone?"
"I'm sorry..." Before Tafil finished speaking, Rui had already stepped forward and slammed into his arms. At that moment, he subconsciously wanted to push her away, but he heard her sobbing in his ear: "I Knowing that you don’t have me in your heart, I recognize it as ice or rock, who made me have no one else in my heart except you... After tonight, you and I will say goodbye forever, you should have pity on me, or treat me as her , just this once, please don't push me away."
"..."
It was difficult for Tafil to tell what was going on in his heart. He deliberately alienated Rui, just because he thought Rui belonged to Lurek, but he didn't know that Rui came here with a sincere heart.He has never been obsessed with the moonlight in his heart, his sweetheart has long been out of touch, how can the person next to his pillow have the heart to let him down?If the road ahead is not one of no return, he is naturally willing to spend a peaceful and stable life with Rui Yi and the child, day after day, respecting each other until the end of life.
However, the cruel world has never been able to tolerate the word "if", the sky will change, and he is ready to be smashed to pieces.
***
Chang Sheng looked at the familiar Talan city tower in the distance, dazed.
She has been waiting, waiting until the food and grass are not enough to continue to procrastinate, and still has not waited for the news from the southwest. Now that the arrow is on the string, she has to send it. She is obviously at a disadvantage, but her heart is extremely calm.
After this battle, whether it is the end or the next dawn, it seems that it is not so important at this moment.
"What are you thinking about?" Jiang Zheng walked to Chang Sheng's side, and looked into the distance with her.
"In the past, I was so worried about gains and losses, but at this moment, I feel that there is no point in thinking about anything. When a person seems to have nothing else to lose except life, then she will not lose money in all the struggles with her life. Yes. Since you have nothing at all, you are not afraid of losing it, aren’t you?”
"Yes or no." Jiang Zheng glanced at Changsheng, then turned to Talan in the distance, and said, "You don't really have nothing, you just think you're lonely. You shouldn't engrave what you lost in your heart, they melt into your heart." The pain of work fills your whole heart, making it impossible to let go of new things.”
"Is this comfort or education?" Chang Sheng asked with a wry smile.
"You can't listen to either, I know that."
Chang Sheng gradually clenched his fists: "I will do my best."
Her full strength is a power that should not appear on her body in the eyes of everyone. Once such power is used in public, she will never be able to turn back.
"You know the consequences, have you thought it through?"
"Think clearly." Chang Sheng nodded.
Many people thought she would lose, including Franke and Moni who had always supported her, but despite this, they were still willing to die with her, only because of this defeat, their family and country would perish.So far, what else can she not sacrifice?
"I support your choice, but I still hope that you can promise me, don't give up until the last moment, you should trust Mingluo, he will not abandon you, you can't let him come with the appearance of a dragon slayer Identity faces you."
Chang Sheng was silent for a moment, then said: "I have a measure."
"I don't know why, seeing you who are so assertive, I feel..." Before Jiang Zheng finished speaking, he suddenly felt a soreness rushing to the tip of his nose. Before he finished speaking, he couldn't continue.
The child who used to foolishly look at her for help no matter what he faced, after experiencing so many setbacks and parting from life and death, he pulled out the root of doubt that the black dragon had planted in his heart, and upheld the righteousness that matched his identity , calmly making plans for self-sacrifice.
After all, Changsheng has grown up. Looking at Changsheng like this, Jiang Zheng felt that he had lost something.
Maybe... the child who has been receiving her comfort and encouragement has become stronger, and she, who has never been strong enough, is even more useless at this moment. She can only stand sickly behind the child, with him The strength to fight is lost.
Chang Sheng looked at Jiang Zheng, trying to see why her silently tearful eyes were crystal clear.
After a long silence, she closed her eyes and said, "After the war, you will wait for me here. If I can come back, I will fulfill all my promises to you."
At this point, Changsheng paused for two seconds. Seeing that Jiang Zheng's gaze was hard to avoid, he continued: "If there is any accident...for example, if I die, or if I am no longer me, Flange and Moni will I will take you to find Mingluo, and then you will tell him everything, and let him make the rest of the choices for me..."
"Don't say that, I'll wait for you here." Jiang Zheng interrupted her unfinished words, pressed her index finger lightly on her lips, and smiled with a smile: "If you lose, I will die with you. "
"you……"
"Changsheng, when I was in Eggert, didn't you ask me if I had you in my heart?" Jiang Zheng suppressed the tears that wanted to burst out of his eyes, and said, "Yes, not only in my heart, but also in my whole world. You... It was you who begged me at the beginning not to take you to a world without me. I did it, so now you listen to me too. There are many days, if you are gone, I will never live alone."
"Are you serious?"
Jiang Zheng frowned and smiled, and said firmly, "I'll be waiting for you here, as long as you're still alive, even if the world can't tolerate you, don't leave me alone."
Changsheng looked at Jiang Zheng in disbelief. She thought she was always wishful thinking. Even if she always had expectations in her heart, she didn't dare to force herself and was afraid to face Jiang Zheng's answer. After all, the worldly view has always killed people. She only dared to think in her heart, if there is a future after all the calamities are over, then it would be enough if she could silently fulfill all the promises she had promised her and guard her life without worries.
At this moment, when she was about to risk everything for the war that was likely to have no return, Jiang Zheng suddenly gave her the answer.
For a moment, she didn't know what kind of emotion to face and respond to. She just stood there and stared at Jiang Zheng silently until a layer of mist wet her eyes. Then she closed her eyes and raised the corners of her mouth in relief: "A Zheng , When I come back, I will never let you down in this life."
Jiang Zheng will never forget, the moment Chang Sheng opened his eyes again, there seemed to be a galaxy of stars in his tearful eyes, wishing to send her the light of the whole world.
***
The ice and snow in Talan have not yet melted, and the air is still bitingly cold. The weaker and weaker protective circle is the same as before, and the five-color streamer covers the sky of Talan. Inside and outside the tower, the flames are bright, illuminating the whole Talan. It's just that the street that was once extremely bustling at night is now only dead silent.
The war preparations have already been completed, and before the drums of war are raised, everyone is already in danger.
Residents in Talan City who could not move out closed their doors and windows tightly. During this sleepless night, they curled up with their families in a dark corner and comforted each other—who will win in the end, and whether Talan will change hands? It doesn't matter to them, they prayed desperately, only that the flames of war would not spread from outside the city to the inside of the city, so that they could survive the war safely.
There was no one in Tafil's mansion except him, and five hundred guards had gathered outside the mansion. He sat alone at his desk, writing down his crimes by the faint candlelight.
From the moment he woke up, he kept plotting against Lurek, causing him to gradually lose the trust of the black dragon. At the same time, he quietly helped the Far East Army all the way.Now, before the final battle, he wrote down all his mistakes, but he didn't mention all his contributions and achievements.
After writing for a long time, Tafil slowly raised his eyes to look at the crescent moon outside the window, remembering that there was such a person who accompanied him to watch a round of full moon and waning moon, and couldn't help falling into long-term contemplation.
He knew that the wind chime appeared in Ainota again, and it should have come to help Changsheng in compliance with the order of the elf priest. Now it is in the Far Eastern Army. While treating seriously injured soldiers, it is ready to serve as the first mage Help protect the law.
"You also went to the southwest to look for Mingluo. The wind and sand there are very strong, and the scorching sun is very destructive... I asked if your delicate child was always crying. You said he was my younger brother, so naturally he would not Losing my face, can I understand that in your heart, I was once an upright person?"
"It's just that now, not only did I not keep the agreement to visit you in Wodo, but I also became your notorious enemy when you came back to visit me. Do you think you look down on me?"
In the end, no one answered for a long time, and the night was so quiet that it seemed that time had been frozen.
It wasn't until the long-awaited sound of war drums outside the city pierced the last silence of the night that this last sigh came leisurely: "That's fine."
He got up, put on the military uniform he hadn't touched for a long time, and led the guards gathered outside the mansion, and hurried to the Cloud Tower.
In the cloud tower, Ron has already set up a huge sacrificial array, and the breath of blood outside the city is gathered here bit by bit along the air or along the soil. From the outside, the entire cloud tower has been destroyed. A shocking layer of blood mist shrouded it, and in the blood mist, there was a faint purple magic light slowly lingering.
Tafil stood guard outside the tower, and the eyes of the soldiers beside him showed panic. At this moment, it was already clear at a glance who was in collusion with the demons, but still no one dared to question him.
It is human instinct to want to live.
The cold wind in the middle of the night made people's cheeks hurt. Tafil closed his eyes and frowned, as if he was waiting for some signal.
The flames of war in the distance reflected the night sky of Taran red. This sense of imminent crisis made more and more people lose the courage to stay here. This increasingly empty city appeared on this night. new fugitives.
Tafil heard the cries of women and children, the sound of urgent urging, and the sounds of people fleeing in panic when they looked at the tower of entering the clouds at this moment.
In the face of the truth that is visible to the naked eye, people who always like to discuss in private no longer worry about who is right and who is wrong, and people who do not want to leave because of poverty and have a glimmer of hope no longer care about leaving the still simple living room. How should the family survive behind the hut? They just want to escape from the war-torn city and leave the demonized imperial capital alive.
A fierce battle lasted all night, and Lurek kept sending people to report the situation to Tafel, just because Tafel said before the battle that he would find an opportunity to help him, and he chose to believe it.
— report!The Far Eastern Army has broken through the guardian circle!
— report!The Far Eastern Army is attacking the city gate, and our army is resisting with all its strength!
— report!The Far Eastern Army suffered more casualties than our army!
The sky is getting brighter, and the demonic energy entering the cloud tower behind him is getting heavier and heavier. Tafil can clearly feel a sense of discomfort and heart palpitations. The black dragon's consciousness gradually recovers under its feet, and it becomes stronger and stronger. A trace of consciousness.
— report!The Far Eastern Army's offensive is weakening, and the rebel leader Sheng has already personally entered the battle. His Majesty wants to order to go out of the city to pursue him, so he is here to ask His Highness's opinion!
"No rush, wait a little longer." Tafil couldn't help frowning.
Tafil knew that the situation was so good at this moment, Lurek must be ecstatic in his heart, and he came to inquire, not for his opinion, but only for the meaning of the black dragon. Ke will certainly listen.
Time is tormenting the hearts of countless people every minute and every second, and Tafil is still waiting for something.
— report!The morale of the Far Eastern Army has declined, and His Majesty wants to go out of the city to pursue it!
"wait!"
The Far East Army was defeated as quickly as he expected.
As the imperial capital of Ainota, Talan City spent huge sums of money when it was built. Although there has been no battle for many years, the city defense has always been extremely strong, and there is also a defensive circle. As long as the defenders guard the city tower, the attackers have nothing to do. Hard attack.
However, in order to capture Talan from the same elite guards, without more than three times the strength, it is almost moths to the flame.
This was a battle with a slim chance of winning. The reason why the Far Eastern Army would fight for Changsheng was because of Bai De’s last wish when she died, and because she had said to them very firmly: "Reinforcement is coming!"
Now, the reinforcements have not arrived, the victory is hopeless, and the morale is declining. If Lureike opens the city gate and goes out to pursue the city, the Far East Army will retreat steadily, and there will be no room for parrying...
Can't wait any longer?But now, it's really inappropriate.
Tafel subconsciously clenched the handle of the knife in his hand, and turned to look at the Tower of Clouds - the blood sacrifice was still going on, and it was not yet the perfect time to make a move.
The third time, the little soldier who came to deliver the message brought a signal that made him feel confused.
——The morale of the Far Eastern Army has fallen to the bottom, and His Majesty is ready to go out of the city to pursue it!
At this moment, the guarding officer from the south also hurried over, pointing to the safe retreat direction in people's hearts, and typed a report incoherently: "Second Highness! Hit...someone is calling...no, no, no Back way..."
Tafil opened his eyes: "Southwest Army?"
"Southwest Army...they suddenly appeared outside the city gate. I, I didn't receive any news. They must have cut off the news on purpose. Our messengers stationed everywhere must be in trouble!" The little officer said, suddenly Trembling uncontrollably, feeling something wrapped around his ankle, he subconsciously glanced at his feet.
In the next second, a scream woke up hundreds of guards on the side, and a strange devilish energy protruded from the ground, tightly bound his legs, and then dragged him into the ground.
Others subconsciously stepped forward to rescue him, but they pulled out a pair of bloody broken legs amidst his heart-piercing screams!
Soon, more and more demon energy began to entangle other living people.
"Monster! Run away!"
Panic spread in an instant. Tafil stood in it, and the devilish energy bypassed him. He subconsciously wanted to protect his subordinates, but he chose to watch after a moment of resignation.
As expected, the black dragon regarded him as one of his own. He ignored the calls for help from his subordinates, turned indifferently, walked into the cloud tower, searched for the source of the blood sacrifice, and walked to the top of the tower step by step, calmly as if the purgatory behind him had nothing to do with him.
***
Chang Sheng couldn't remember how many repairs and attacks she had carried out. Talan's city walls were already broken, but she still couldn't capture this seemingly crumbling city.
She could see Lurek's eyes of hatred towards her from a distance, and she also gritted her teeth with hatred for the "big brother" holding the imperial sword.At this moment, the more injuries she had on her body and the deeper the pain, the greater the hatred in her heart.
The towering Cloud Tower in the distance suddenly burst into magic light at this moment!
Seeing this, Lurek also raised the sword in his hand and opened the city gate wide.
The guards rushed out of it in an instant, their morale was high, and their momentum was huge, as if they wanted to completely smash the Far Eastern Army, which had already been exhausted!
You can't retreat, you can't retreat even a step!
Chang Sheng grabbed the broken military flag on the side, and waved it vigorously regardless of the cracked wound.
She mobilized her inner strength so that everyone could hear her voice: "Have you seen the abnormal situation in the Cloud Tower? Only now can the winner have the dignity of being a human being and allow himself and his family to survive on their own feet!" I will not stop someone from kneeling to steal their lives, but I——Changsheng Ainuota, I will not back down even a single step today!"
After she said that, she threw the general flag into Franke's hand, and rushed to the front with a knife.
Mo Ni wanted to step forward to protect Chang Sheng, but at that moment, Chang Sheng's body seemed to be surrounded by a strange cloud of blood mist. She was clearly scarred, but she was like a bloodthirsty Shura. Was killed with a knife.
Why... suddenly became so much stronger?
Not far away, Lagi and Fengling looked at each other subconsciously when they saw this, and couldn't help frowning.
Changsheng has already started to stimulate the dragon's breath in her body. If this continues, if she can't control the power in her body, she will definitely turn into a dragon.
"We must stop her!" Feng Ling wanted to go forward, but was stopped by Lagi. She turned around and saw Lagi frowning and shaking his head. His tired eyes were full of unbearable sacrifice.
Now, the blood sacrifice in the distance is about to be completed, if the stalemate continues, all previous efforts will be in vain, only Changsheng has the power to stop everything, even if she is not tolerated by the world from now on, she must take this step.
"No, it shouldn't be..." Feng Ling gritted her teeth and struggled for a few seconds, as if remembering something, she hurriedly took out the incense that Qianye Liusha gave her, and lit the rest.
"At this time, what are you burning this for?" Lagi held the wind chime incomprehensibly, but saw the "wind chime" push him away, sat on the spot, and said coldly, "Protect me."
Lagi couldn't help being surprised, and wanted to refuse, but saw that her expression seemed to have completely changed, and the strong sense of oppression in her eyes made him forget to think, and he only obeyed to open the protective barrier, separating her from the surrounding area. The battlefields of fighting are separated.
After being shocked, he saw clearly the technique activated by the "Wind Chime" at this moment - the technique of attracting spirits.
And her goal was to point directly at the Cloud Tower!
At the same time, the situation on the battlefield was changing rapidly. Just as the Far Eastern Army was retreating steadily, horseshoes and shouts came from the unsuspecting side of the Guards!
"Flying Eagle Flag! It's the Southwest Army!"
"The Southwest Army... really rebelled!"
The young general rushed to the forefront of the battlefield on a horse, with the knife in his hand raised high, and led the brave southwestern soldiers behind him to attack the right wing of the rebels, unstoppable, and instantly dispersed the hastily arranged soldiers of the guards. Defensive formation!
A long battle will be exhausting, not to mention that the Far East Army is fighting with all its strength regardless of losses. Even though the people led by Lu Kelei have the upper hand, they are already exhausted. Now they are attacked from behind by the sudden Southwest Army. He was caught off guard, and morale fell to the extreme for a while.
They were at a loss, they were terrified, and they didn't even know whether they should hold the long knife in their hands and continue to fight these "rebels".
One hundred thousand Southwest Army has guarded the southwest border for hundreds of years. The harsh environment has made this army extremely tenacious. Years of fighting with enemy countries has given them rich combat experience. In the entire Ainota, they are second only to the Far East Army. !
The proud eagle of the empire has returned from a distant border.Who is not afraid of being torn to pieces by this power?
The flying eagle flags rushing into the battle were gradually stained with blood, and the people in Lukelei's army were panic-stricken and their fighting spirit was depressed.
"Southwest Army...we can't win..." Someone suddenly hissed, with despair, waking up all the dazed people.
Desperate emotions spread out in an instant!
"Talan can't hold it anymore! Lurek is finished!"
"Let's surrender... We lost, we lost!"
Lost, lost!
They took up swords and guns to protect Talan, but in the end, they were forced to death by the Far East Army and Southwest Army who had been guarding the entire Ainota at the border under the gate of the imperial capital.
"His Royal Highness Mingluo! He...has he rebelled too!"
Now that the Far East Army and the Southwest Army are united, Taran will no longer be able to tolerate Lu Kelei, the self-proclaimed "king". History has always been about winners and losers, and no matter what the truth is, justice will always belong to the winner.
Since they followed the losers, after the end of this war, they were destined to no longer be soldiers defending the country, but rebels.
"It's over..."
"Why, how could this be?"
Desperation and bewilderment filled the surroundings, the morale of the army was disordered, the morale was gone, the soldiers threw away their helmets and armor, and they were defeated for a while. direction to flee.
Chang Sheng was suddenly relieved, she tied up the back of her hand that had already grown dragon scales with a blood-stained cloth strip, and said loudly: "Reinforcements have arrived! Are you willing to follow me to behead the enemy, exorcist, and take back Talan! "
The reinforcements finally arrived, and cheers and shouts suddenly sounded from the insurgents who had been exhausted for so long.They desperately supported until this moment, didn't they just believe in the princess's words "reinforcement is coming", looking forward to seeing the coming dawn?
"Win! We won!"
The morale of the rebel army soared, and dragging their wounds and fatigue, they brandished their knives and chased after the enemy army who had fled without discipline.
***
The blood sacrifice was about to be completed, and Ron felt someone approaching behind him, obviously displeased: "What are you doing here?"
"I saw the devil at the bottom of the tower began to eat people." Tafil responded.
"Master Demon God said he won't kill you, what are you afraid of?" Ron snorted coldly, and said sarcastically, "Or, do you have any other ideas?"
"It is Tafel's honor to be able to save a small life and serve the Demon God. I would never dare to think too much." Walking humbly behind Ron, his right hand clenched his fist tightly: "Master Demon God is conscious, but after all, the keel is not complete, and he still has no body. I don't know how Mingluo will handle the battle with Knossus. Now I have led the Southwest Army to help Changsheng, what should I do?"
"My body has already been demonized many times, and it will be temporarily used by Lord Demon God." Ron said, and suddenly laughed wildly. the power of!"
Tafil didn't continue to speak, but quietly watched as Ron cast a spell to gather the consciousness of the black dragon into his body little by little. The surrounding demonic energy was so strong that it made him feel cold all over his body, which was unbearable. Ron's laughter really grew stronger. It is getting bigger and bigger, and changing little by little, more and more like a voice from hell.
It was the voice of the black dragon, Tafil remembered.
He almost lost his mind in this magic formation, but suddenly felt the tingling pain in the palm of his right hand. He loosened his fist and glanced at it. The formation pattern drawn in advance on the palm had already cracked, and the overflowing blood seemed to be burning, instantly pulling him from there. Waking up in a daze.
"What is in your hand!"
Ron was startled by the strangeness of the people behind him, and shouted angrily, but he couldn't move because the blood sacrifice had not been completely completed.
Tafil suddenly raised the corners of his mouth, raised his blood-stained right hand, and slapped Ron on the back heavily. He grabbed his throat with his left hand and gritted his teeth: "What is the power of the demon god? I want to try it too." !"
"Spirit-guiding technique, how could you..." Ron felt that the black dragon's consciousness that he had put into his body was quickly withdrawn by the hands behind him, and suddenly panicked, he shouted in a daze: "Stop! You can't bear this Power! You're going to die, you're going to die! Are you crazy!"
Tafil twisted Ron's neck hard, squatted down beside Ron, and quietly watched the blood overflowing from his palm float into the air, forming a huge spirit-leading array, sucking all the devilish energy around him into him in vivo.
At the beginning, he ordered someone to send back the wrist bell of the wind chime. The wrist bell itself did not contain any messages, but the sender was not a complete person—it was a forbidden art experiment he smuggled out of the death row.
Ron has been secretly researching how to make the demonized living beings able to bear the power of the black dragon without dying. The spirit banning technique is one of the things he tried and then gave up.The person he took out of hell had lost half of his soul, his eyes and behavior were very dull, and he was different from ordinary people.He promised to take care of his family on his behalf, and the man agreed to send him the news that this trip was likely to kill him.
He was betting that the undead legend Qianna had never met before was worthy of trust.
Facts have proved that he did not believe in the wrong person. Qianye Liusha saw the message he wanted to convey from the half-dead person. When the black dragon's consciousness was awakening and it was the weakest, it was forcibly introduced into his body.
Now, without the interference of the black dragon, Chang Sheng and Ming Luo should be able to clean up the mess.
After the blood sacrifice was over, the vision around him dissipated. He sat beside Ron's corpse, feeling the power of the black dragon in his body filling his whole body little by little, trying to control his body.
"You are very courageous. I appreciate you and am willing to forgive your betrayal. As long as you take the initiative to hand over the control of this body to me, I promise Ron, and I can give it to you in the future."
Tafil gritted his teeth and said, "It's absolutely impossible."
"How long do you think you can last? Little ants, can you still block my way?"
Tafil obviously felt a powerful force trying to control his body. He frowned and tried to hold on, but gradually lost his ability to control himself. Before the last trace of consciousness disappeared, he staggered to the edge of the saber, picked it up, and fell again. Sit in the corner.
"If you want this body, what can I do if I give it to you?" After he finished speaking, he raised the knife and cut off his legs and left arm. Finally, with a backhand swing, he cut off the right arm holding the knife.
When the blood-stained knife fell to the ground, it was still tightly held by the severed hand. The severe pain made Tafeile extraordinarily awake. He suddenly laughed, but felt that what he saw was gradually blurring.
He heard the black dragon cursing in his ears, he felt that his body was uncontrollable to self-mutilate, to touch the knife on the ground, to hit the wall beside him.He only clenched his teeth tightly with his remaining consciousness, preventing the controller from biting his tongue and killing himself.
He cannot die.
As long as he is still alive, as long as there is still a breath left, the black dragon cannot leave his body.
He wanted to delay Changsheng and Mingluo for more time, even a minute and a second, even if he was hacked into pieces, his body would be smashed to pieces.
***
Outside Taran City, the Guards were rapidly disintegrating.
"Can't retreat! Those who retreat die!"
"Kill! Kill those deserters!"
"Have you all rebelled! The city is your relatives, lovers! You don't even guard Talan, and even Ainota will be cut off from others!"
Lu Kelei's eyes were reddened by the roar of the chasing soldiers, and he frantically pushed and yelled at the soldiers beside him who had no intention of fighting, and shouted the death order at the top of his lungs, but he couldn't restore the broken morale of the army.
His subordinates saw the determination of the Far Eastern Army to never retreat, saw the Southwest Army's aid, and even saw the magic light entering the cloud tower.
"Lurek is not someone worthy of our life and loyalty!" Such voices became louder and louder.
The nobles have already brought back their children from the best colleges in Ainota, and moved their families. This has disturbed the hearts of the people. Relatives left the city.
The street where people used to come and go has been left unattended for a long time now, and the few passers-by are in a hurry, afraid that those villains who take advantage of the chaos will stare at me.
Inside and outside the city, there is an unsustainable guardian circle between the two armies. The long wait is the tranquility before the storm, and this tranquility makes those who cannot help themselves gradually lose their fighting spirit. Thinking about this It's not bad if the battle can't be fought all the time.
Tafil stood in the courtyard, looking up at the sky, in a daze, wondering if he was looking at the waning moon or the light of the cage-like magic circle.
The day before yesterday, the princess of the Demon Race, Egloline, brought the keel that had been nourished by the devil's blood in the Demon Realm to the Cloud Tower, and then set off for Wodo, waiting for the day when the two armies were at war, to use a large-scale blood sacrifice to destroy the dragon bone in the Cloud Tower. At that time, the two keels suppressed by the phoenix will be taken back. At that time, the power of the black dragon will be almost fully recovered. Even Qianye Quicksand will no longer be able to continue to protect the seal of Vodo. At that time, the black dragon will return to the world.
No matter whether the southwestern reinforcements can come or not, the Far East Army must fight to the death, because the phoenix has limited tolerance to the keel, if it does not want to fall short, this will be Changsheng's last chance to prevent the black dragon from resurrecting.
Living like this is a day, and it's time to end.
Behind him, the butler was busy telling the servants to pack up their things. Rui Yi leaned against the door of the main hall, caressing her swollen belly with both hands, quietly watching her husband's back, wanting to get closer, but afraid of alienation.
Now there are too many gossips in the whole of Ainota, which makes it hard to breathe.
The Far Eastern Army has been at the city for a long time, and Talan may fall at any time. All those who have the ability to evacuate Talan have gradually moved with their own property, but anyone can escape, but Tafil cannot escape. Anyone with a discerning eye can see that, The commander of the Southwest, Mingluo, is the younger brother of Changsheng and the same mother, and he must have a heart for the rebel army. If it hadn't been for the invasion of Knossus that made him unable to do so, the Southwest would have already given a helping hand to the Far East Army.
Both he and Lurek are people that the Far Eastern Army will never let go, and the Southwest has no possibility of taking them in. For Tafil, Talan is the most solid and the last fortress that can be held fast. If he loses, he will have no way to retreat.
Rui Yi couldn't help raising the corner of his mouth, but his eyes were full of bitterness.She didn't care that the hero she once admired was notorious, and she didn't care that the sincerity she entrusted didn't get a response. After seeing everything clearly, she had nothing else to ask for, she just wanted to spend this life with him in peace and stability, but now it has become a luxury.
In the past two days, Tafil suddenly asked the housekeeper to pack up her frequently used items. He wanted to send her away, but she didn't want to, but she didn't have the courage to refuse.
"Ray."
I don't know how long the oppressive atmosphere lasted, and a sudden soft call made Rui Yi feel a little overwhelmed.
She walked carefully and slowly behind Tafil, and replied, "I am here."
"The battle is about to start, you should leave Taran."
Rui Yi lowered his eyebrows and said, "I will go wherever you want me to go."
"I have made all the arrangements. You will leave with the steward tomorrow morning. I paid him and his family a sum of money. He will take care of you for a while. If Taran can keep it, I will take you back."
"How about?"
"I'm dead, Chang Sheng shouldn't make it difficult for you, you take all the things I packed for you, don't sit and eat, let the housekeeper accompany you to buy a few properties, choose a comfortable one to live in, and rent out the rest. It is enough for you mother and child to live comfortably for a lifetime."
Rui Yi was silent for a moment, and said: "Now that things have happened, can you tell me the truth?"
"What?" Tafil looked at Rui.
"Is the death of the former king related to you and the king? Is it true that Princess Changsheng said that you colluded with the demons? It was the demons who seriously injured you earlier, right?" Rui Yi asked, "Because you wanted to Resist, so give punishment?"
"..."
"On that day, you just proposed to go to the front line to guard, but you were ruthlessly beaten by the demons. Since then, your majesty has been stepping back from the Far East Army. What do the demons... want? A bloody storm?"
Tafel didn't respond, but Rui strengthened her guess even more. She looked up at Tafel with tears in her eyes: "Can we go together? ..."
Tafel interrupted Rey: "I'm a sinner."
"I believe you have difficulties." She believes in the person she has identified for the rest of her life, believes in her own judgment, and believes that the person who will accompany her day and night is definitely not a villain who will be drawn for profit.
Tafil was stunned for a moment, reached out to wipe away the tears from the corners of her eyes, and said, "If I leave now, I will not be able to clear up my crimes in the next life, or even thousands of years after death."
"I do not care……"
"I care." Tafil stretched out his hands to support Rui's shoulders, and said, "This battle is much more complicated than you imagined. I am a soldier, and I bleed the blood of the Ainota royal family. I will not allow myself to fight in Aino When the tower survives and dies, it throws away its armor and armor, and becomes an irresponsible deserter."
Rui Yi's body couldn't help trembling a little, she saw the firmness in Tafil's eyes, it was the look that the man she yearned for and loved should have, but Tafil was always too indifferent to her in the past, she never There was only indifference in his eyes... Now, when she finally looked at him, she saw the light in his eyes, but she saw that he pushed herself to hell with a single sentence, and said goodbye to her calmly and calmly.
"So you didn't even think that you could survive, and you lied to me when you said that you guarded Talan and came back to pick me up."
"Yes." Tafil didn't deny it, and now the black dragon had let go of his guard against him, even Lurek didn't know that on the day of the blood sacrifice, the black dragon chose him as the guard on the day of the blood sacrifice.He has endured for so long, and finally came to this step. This will be his best chance to stop the black dragon, help Chang Sheng, and atone for his sins. For this reason, he has already prepared to take his own life, how can he be in this situation? Funk at this time?
Ruiyi sobbed and bit her lower lip tightly, and it took an unknown amount of time before she suppressed the pain in her heart, nodded, took a deep breath, stroked her swollen stomach, and asked with a sob: "Have you ever thought about him?" name?"
Tafil was silent for a long time and shook his head.
Ruiyi suddenly patted Tafil's hand away, took a few steps back, looked at the old tree beside him with red eyes, then lowered his head and closed his eyes, his tightly clenched fists gradually loosened after a few seconds of silence, She finally raised her eyes and said with a bitter smile with tears in her eyes, "Tafel, is your heart made of stone?"
"I'm sorry..." Before Tafil finished speaking, Rui had already stepped forward and slammed into his arms. At that moment, he subconsciously wanted to push her away, but he heard her sobbing in his ear: "I Knowing that you don’t have me in your heart, I recognize it as ice or rock, who made me have no one else in my heart except you... After tonight, you and I will say goodbye forever, you should have pity on me, or treat me as her , just this once, please don't push me away."
"..."
It was difficult for Tafil to tell what was going on in his heart. He deliberately alienated Rui, just because he thought Rui belonged to Lurek, but he didn't know that Rui came here with a sincere heart.He has never been obsessed with the moonlight in his heart, his sweetheart has long been out of touch, how can the person next to his pillow have the heart to let him down?If the road ahead is not one of no return, he is naturally willing to spend a peaceful and stable life with Rui Yi and the child, day after day, respecting each other until the end of life.
However, the cruel world has never been able to tolerate the word "if", the sky will change, and he is ready to be smashed to pieces.
***
Chang Sheng looked at the familiar Talan city tower in the distance, dazed.
She has been waiting, waiting until the food and grass are not enough to continue to procrastinate, and still has not waited for the news from the southwest. Now that the arrow is on the string, she has to send it. She is obviously at a disadvantage, but her heart is extremely calm.
After this battle, whether it is the end or the next dawn, it seems that it is not so important at this moment.
"What are you thinking about?" Jiang Zheng walked to Chang Sheng's side, and looked into the distance with her.
"In the past, I was so worried about gains and losses, but at this moment, I feel that there is no point in thinking about anything. When a person seems to have nothing else to lose except life, then she will not lose money in all the struggles with her life. Yes. Since you have nothing at all, you are not afraid of losing it, aren’t you?”
"Yes or no." Jiang Zheng glanced at Changsheng, then turned to Talan in the distance, and said, "You don't really have nothing, you just think you're lonely. You shouldn't engrave what you lost in your heart, they melt into your heart." The pain of work fills your whole heart, making it impossible to let go of new things.”
"Is this comfort or education?" Chang Sheng asked with a wry smile.
"You can't listen to either, I know that."
Chang Sheng gradually clenched his fists: "I will do my best."
Her full strength is a power that should not appear on her body in the eyes of everyone. Once such power is used in public, she will never be able to turn back.
"You know the consequences, have you thought it through?"
"Think clearly." Chang Sheng nodded.
Many people thought she would lose, including Franke and Moni who had always supported her, but despite this, they were still willing to die with her, only because of this defeat, their family and country would perish.So far, what else can she not sacrifice?
"I support your choice, but I still hope that you can promise me, don't give up until the last moment, you should trust Mingluo, he will not abandon you, you can't let him come with the appearance of a dragon slayer Identity faces you."
Chang Sheng was silent for a moment, then said: "I have a measure."
"I don't know why, seeing you who are so assertive, I feel..." Before Jiang Zheng finished speaking, he suddenly felt a soreness rushing to the tip of his nose. Before he finished speaking, he couldn't continue.
The child who used to foolishly look at her for help no matter what he faced, after experiencing so many setbacks and parting from life and death, he pulled out the root of doubt that the black dragon had planted in his heart, and upheld the righteousness that matched his identity , calmly making plans for self-sacrifice.
After all, Changsheng has grown up. Looking at Changsheng like this, Jiang Zheng felt that he had lost something.
Maybe... the child who has been receiving her comfort and encouragement has become stronger, and she, who has never been strong enough, is even more useless at this moment. She can only stand sickly behind the child, with him The strength to fight is lost.
Chang Sheng looked at Jiang Zheng, trying to see why her silently tearful eyes were crystal clear.
After a long silence, she closed her eyes and said, "After the war, you will wait for me here. If I can come back, I will fulfill all my promises to you."
At this point, Changsheng paused for two seconds. Seeing that Jiang Zheng's gaze was hard to avoid, he continued: "If there is any accident...for example, if I die, or if I am no longer me, Flange and Moni will I will take you to find Mingluo, and then you will tell him everything, and let him make the rest of the choices for me..."
"Don't say that, I'll wait for you here." Jiang Zheng interrupted her unfinished words, pressed her index finger lightly on her lips, and smiled with a smile: "If you lose, I will die with you. "
"you……"
"Changsheng, when I was in Eggert, didn't you ask me if I had you in my heart?" Jiang Zheng suppressed the tears that wanted to burst out of his eyes, and said, "Yes, not only in my heart, but also in my whole world. You... It was you who begged me at the beginning not to take you to a world without me. I did it, so now you listen to me too. There are many days, if you are gone, I will never live alone."
"Are you serious?"
Jiang Zheng frowned and smiled, and said firmly, "I'll be waiting for you here, as long as you're still alive, even if the world can't tolerate you, don't leave me alone."
Changsheng looked at Jiang Zheng in disbelief. She thought she was always wishful thinking. Even if she always had expectations in her heart, she didn't dare to force herself and was afraid to face Jiang Zheng's answer. After all, the worldly view has always killed people. She only dared to think in her heart, if there is a future after all the calamities are over, then it would be enough if she could silently fulfill all the promises she had promised her and guard her life without worries.
At this moment, when she was about to risk everything for the war that was likely to have no return, Jiang Zheng suddenly gave her the answer.
For a moment, she didn't know what kind of emotion to face and respond to. She just stood there and stared at Jiang Zheng silently until a layer of mist wet her eyes. Then she closed her eyes and raised the corners of her mouth in relief: "A Zheng , When I come back, I will never let you down in this life."
Jiang Zheng will never forget, the moment Chang Sheng opened his eyes again, there seemed to be a galaxy of stars in his tearful eyes, wishing to send her the light of the whole world.
***
The ice and snow in Talan have not yet melted, and the air is still bitingly cold. The weaker and weaker protective circle is the same as before, and the five-color streamer covers the sky of Talan. Inside and outside the tower, the flames are bright, illuminating the whole Talan. It's just that the street that was once extremely bustling at night is now only dead silent.
The war preparations have already been completed, and before the drums of war are raised, everyone is already in danger.
Residents in Talan City who could not move out closed their doors and windows tightly. During this sleepless night, they curled up with their families in a dark corner and comforted each other—who will win in the end, and whether Talan will change hands? It doesn't matter to them, they prayed desperately, only that the flames of war would not spread from outside the city to the inside of the city, so that they could survive the war safely.
There was no one in Tafil's mansion except him, and five hundred guards had gathered outside the mansion. He sat alone at his desk, writing down his crimes by the faint candlelight.
From the moment he woke up, he kept plotting against Lurek, causing him to gradually lose the trust of the black dragon. At the same time, he quietly helped the Far East Army all the way.Now, before the final battle, he wrote down all his mistakes, but he didn't mention all his contributions and achievements.
After writing for a long time, Tafil slowly raised his eyes to look at the crescent moon outside the window, remembering that there was such a person who accompanied him to watch a round of full moon and waning moon, and couldn't help falling into long-term contemplation.
He knew that the wind chime appeared in Ainota again, and it should have come to help Changsheng in compliance with the order of the elf priest. Now it is in the Far Eastern Army. While treating seriously injured soldiers, it is ready to serve as the first mage Help protect the law.
"You also went to the southwest to look for Mingluo. The wind and sand there are very strong, and the scorching sun is very destructive... I asked if your delicate child was always crying. You said he was my younger brother, so naturally he would not Losing my face, can I understand that in your heart, I was once an upright person?"
"It's just that now, not only did I not keep the agreement to visit you in Wodo, but I also became your notorious enemy when you came back to visit me. Do you think you look down on me?"
In the end, no one answered for a long time, and the night was so quiet that it seemed that time had been frozen.
It wasn't until the long-awaited sound of war drums outside the city pierced the last silence of the night that this last sigh came leisurely: "That's fine."
He got up, put on the military uniform he hadn't touched for a long time, and led the guards gathered outside the mansion, and hurried to the Cloud Tower.
In the cloud tower, Ron has already set up a huge sacrificial array, and the breath of blood outside the city is gathered here bit by bit along the air or along the soil. From the outside, the entire cloud tower has been destroyed. A shocking layer of blood mist shrouded it, and in the blood mist, there was a faint purple magic light slowly lingering.
Tafil stood guard outside the tower, and the eyes of the soldiers beside him showed panic. At this moment, it was already clear at a glance who was in collusion with the demons, but still no one dared to question him.
It is human instinct to want to live.
The cold wind in the middle of the night made people's cheeks hurt. Tafil closed his eyes and frowned, as if he was waiting for some signal.
The flames of war in the distance reflected the night sky of Taran red. This sense of imminent crisis made more and more people lose the courage to stay here. This increasingly empty city appeared on this night. new fugitives.
Tafil heard the cries of women and children, the sound of urgent urging, and the sounds of people fleeing in panic when they looked at the tower of entering the clouds at this moment.
In the face of the truth that is visible to the naked eye, people who always like to discuss in private no longer worry about who is right and who is wrong, and people who do not want to leave because of poverty and have a glimmer of hope no longer care about leaving the still simple living room. How should the family survive behind the hut? They just want to escape from the war-torn city and leave the demonized imperial capital alive.
A fierce battle lasted all night, and Lurek kept sending people to report the situation to Tafel, just because Tafel said before the battle that he would find an opportunity to help him, and he chose to believe it.
— report!The Far Eastern Army has broken through the guardian circle!
— report!The Far Eastern Army is attacking the city gate, and our army is resisting with all its strength!
— report!The Far Eastern Army suffered more casualties than our army!
The sky is getting brighter, and the demonic energy entering the cloud tower behind him is getting heavier and heavier. Tafil can clearly feel a sense of discomfort and heart palpitations. The black dragon's consciousness gradually recovers under its feet, and it becomes stronger and stronger. A trace of consciousness.
— report!The Far Eastern Army's offensive is weakening, and the rebel leader Sheng has already personally entered the battle. His Majesty wants to order to go out of the city to pursue him, so he is here to ask His Highness's opinion!
"No rush, wait a little longer." Tafil couldn't help frowning.
Tafil knew that the situation was so good at this moment, Lurek must be ecstatic in his heart, and he came to inquire, not for his opinion, but only for the meaning of the black dragon. Ke will certainly listen.
Time is tormenting the hearts of countless people every minute and every second, and Tafil is still waiting for something.
— report!The morale of the Far Eastern Army has declined, and His Majesty wants to go out of the city to pursue it!
"wait!"
The Far East Army was defeated as quickly as he expected.
As the imperial capital of Ainota, Talan City spent huge sums of money when it was built. Although there has been no battle for many years, the city defense has always been extremely strong, and there is also a defensive circle. As long as the defenders guard the city tower, the attackers have nothing to do. Hard attack.
However, in order to capture Talan from the same elite guards, without more than three times the strength, it is almost moths to the flame.
This was a battle with a slim chance of winning. The reason why the Far Eastern Army would fight for Changsheng was because of Bai De’s last wish when she died, and because she had said to them very firmly: "Reinforcement is coming!"
Now, the reinforcements have not arrived, the victory is hopeless, and the morale is declining. If Lureike opens the city gate and goes out to pursue the city, the Far East Army will retreat steadily, and there will be no room for parrying...
Can't wait any longer?But now, it's really inappropriate.
Tafel subconsciously clenched the handle of the knife in his hand, and turned to look at the Tower of Clouds - the blood sacrifice was still going on, and it was not yet the perfect time to make a move.
The third time, the little soldier who came to deliver the message brought a signal that made him feel confused.
——The morale of the Far Eastern Army has fallen to the bottom, and His Majesty is ready to go out of the city to pursue it!
At this moment, the guarding officer from the south also hurried over, pointing to the safe retreat direction in people's hearts, and typed a report incoherently: "Second Highness! Hit...someone is calling...no, no, no Back way..."
Tafil opened his eyes: "Southwest Army?"
"Southwest Army...they suddenly appeared outside the city gate. I, I didn't receive any news. They must have cut off the news on purpose. Our messengers stationed everywhere must be in trouble!" The little officer said, suddenly Trembling uncontrollably, feeling something wrapped around his ankle, he subconsciously glanced at his feet.
In the next second, a scream woke up hundreds of guards on the side, and a strange devilish energy protruded from the ground, tightly bound his legs, and then dragged him into the ground.
Others subconsciously stepped forward to rescue him, but they pulled out a pair of bloody broken legs amidst his heart-piercing screams!
Soon, more and more demon energy began to entangle other living people.
"Monster! Run away!"
Panic spread in an instant. Tafil stood in it, and the devilish energy bypassed him. He subconsciously wanted to protect his subordinates, but he chose to watch after a moment of resignation.
As expected, the black dragon regarded him as one of his own. He ignored the calls for help from his subordinates, turned indifferently, walked into the cloud tower, searched for the source of the blood sacrifice, and walked to the top of the tower step by step, calmly as if the purgatory behind him had nothing to do with him.
***
Chang Sheng couldn't remember how many repairs and attacks she had carried out. Talan's city walls were already broken, but she still couldn't capture this seemingly crumbling city.
She could see Lurek's eyes of hatred towards her from a distance, and she also gritted her teeth with hatred for the "big brother" holding the imperial sword.At this moment, the more injuries she had on her body and the deeper the pain, the greater the hatred in her heart.
The towering Cloud Tower in the distance suddenly burst into magic light at this moment!
Seeing this, Lurek also raised the sword in his hand and opened the city gate wide.
The guards rushed out of it in an instant, their morale was high, and their momentum was huge, as if they wanted to completely smash the Far Eastern Army, which had already been exhausted!
You can't retreat, you can't retreat even a step!
Chang Sheng grabbed the broken military flag on the side, and waved it vigorously regardless of the cracked wound.
She mobilized her inner strength so that everyone could hear her voice: "Have you seen the abnormal situation in the Cloud Tower? Only now can the winner have the dignity of being a human being and allow himself and his family to survive on their own feet!" I will not stop someone from kneeling to steal their lives, but I——Changsheng Ainuota, I will not back down even a single step today!"
After she said that, she threw the general flag into Franke's hand, and rushed to the front with a knife.
Mo Ni wanted to step forward to protect Chang Sheng, but at that moment, Chang Sheng's body seemed to be surrounded by a strange cloud of blood mist. She was clearly scarred, but she was like a bloodthirsty Shura. Was killed with a knife.
Why... suddenly became so much stronger?
Not far away, Lagi and Fengling looked at each other subconsciously when they saw this, and couldn't help frowning.
Changsheng has already started to stimulate the dragon's breath in her body. If this continues, if she can't control the power in her body, she will definitely turn into a dragon.
"We must stop her!" Feng Ling wanted to go forward, but was stopped by Lagi. She turned around and saw Lagi frowning and shaking his head. His tired eyes were full of unbearable sacrifice.
Now, the blood sacrifice in the distance is about to be completed, if the stalemate continues, all previous efforts will be in vain, only Changsheng has the power to stop everything, even if she is not tolerated by the world from now on, she must take this step.
"No, it shouldn't be..." Feng Ling gritted her teeth and struggled for a few seconds, as if remembering something, she hurriedly took out the incense that Qianye Liusha gave her, and lit the rest.
"At this time, what are you burning this for?" Lagi held the wind chime incomprehensibly, but saw the "wind chime" push him away, sat on the spot, and said coldly, "Protect me."
Lagi couldn't help being surprised, and wanted to refuse, but saw that her expression seemed to have completely changed, and the strong sense of oppression in her eyes made him forget to think, and he only obeyed to open the protective barrier, separating her from the surrounding area. The battlefields of fighting are separated.
After being shocked, he saw clearly the technique activated by the "Wind Chime" at this moment - the technique of attracting spirits.
And her goal was to point directly at the Cloud Tower!
At the same time, the situation on the battlefield was changing rapidly. Just as the Far Eastern Army was retreating steadily, horseshoes and shouts came from the unsuspecting side of the Guards!
"Flying Eagle Flag! It's the Southwest Army!"
"The Southwest Army... really rebelled!"
The young general rushed to the forefront of the battlefield on a horse, with the knife in his hand raised high, and led the brave southwestern soldiers behind him to attack the right wing of the rebels, unstoppable, and instantly dispersed the hastily arranged soldiers of the guards. Defensive formation!
A long battle will be exhausting, not to mention that the Far East Army is fighting with all its strength regardless of losses. Even though the people led by Lu Kelei have the upper hand, they are already exhausted. Now they are attacked from behind by the sudden Southwest Army. He was caught off guard, and morale fell to the extreme for a while.
They were at a loss, they were terrified, and they didn't even know whether they should hold the long knife in their hands and continue to fight these "rebels".
One hundred thousand Southwest Army has guarded the southwest border for hundreds of years. The harsh environment has made this army extremely tenacious. Years of fighting with enemy countries has given them rich combat experience. In the entire Ainota, they are second only to the Far East Army. !
The proud eagle of the empire has returned from a distant border.Who is not afraid of being torn to pieces by this power?
The flying eagle flags rushing into the battle were gradually stained with blood, and the people in Lukelei's army were panic-stricken and their fighting spirit was depressed.
"Southwest Army...we can't win..." Someone suddenly hissed, with despair, waking up all the dazed people.
Desperate emotions spread out in an instant!
"Talan can't hold it anymore! Lurek is finished!"
"Let's surrender... We lost, we lost!"
Lost, lost!
They took up swords and guns to protect Talan, but in the end, they were forced to death by the Far East Army and Southwest Army who had been guarding the entire Ainota at the border under the gate of the imperial capital.
"His Royal Highness Mingluo! He...has he rebelled too!"
Now that the Far East Army and the Southwest Army are united, Taran will no longer be able to tolerate Lu Kelei, the self-proclaimed "king". History has always been about winners and losers, and no matter what the truth is, justice will always belong to the winner.
Since they followed the losers, after the end of this war, they were destined to no longer be soldiers defending the country, but rebels.
"It's over..."
"Why, how could this be?"
Desperation and bewilderment filled the surroundings, the morale of the army was disordered, the morale was gone, the soldiers threw away their helmets and armor, and they were defeated for a while. direction to flee.
Chang Sheng was suddenly relieved, she tied up the back of her hand that had already grown dragon scales with a blood-stained cloth strip, and said loudly: "Reinforcements have arrived! Are you willing to follow me to behead the enemy, exorcist, and take back Talan! "
The reinforcements finally arrived, and cheers and shouts suddenly sounded from the insurgents who had been exhausted for so long.They desperately supported until this moment, didn't they just believe in the princess's words "reinforcement is coming", looking forward to seeing the coming dawn?
"Win! We won!"
The morale of the rebel army soared, and dragging their wounds and fatigue, they brandished their knives and chased after the enemy army who had fled without discipline.
***
The blood sacrifice was about to be completed, and Ron felt someone approaching behind him, obviously displeased: "What are you doing here?"
"I saw the devil at the bottom of the tower began to eat people." Tafil responded.
"Master Demon God said he won't kill you, what are you afraid of?" Ron snorted coldly, and said sarcastically, "Or, do you have any other ideas?"
"It is Tafel's honor to be able to save a small life and serve the Demon God. I would never dare to think too much." Walking humbly behind Ron, his right hand clenched his fist tightly: "Master Demon God is conscious, but after all, the keel is not complete, and he still has no body. I don't know how Mingluo will handle the battle with Knossus. Now I have led the Southwest Army to help Changsheng, what should I do?"
"My body has already been demonized many times, and it will be temporarily used by Lord Demon God." Ron said, and suddenly laughed wildly. the power of!"
Tafil didn't continue to speak, but quietly watched as Ron cast a spell to gather the consciousness of the black dragon into his body little by little. The surrounding demonic energy was so strong that it made him feel cold all over his body, which was unbearable. Ron's laughter really grew stronger. It is getting bigger and bigger, and changing little by little, more and more like a voice from hell.
It was the voice of the black dragon, Tafil remembered.
He almost lost his mind in this magic formation, but suddenly felt the tingling pain in the palm of his right hand. He loosened his fist and glanced at it. The formation pattern drawn in advance on the palm had already cracked, and the overflowing blood seemed to be burning, instantly pulling him from there. Waking up in a daze.
"What is in your hand!"
Ron was startled by the strangeness of the people behind him, and shouted angrily, but he couldn't move because the blood sacrifice had not been completely completed.
Tafil suddenly raised the corners of his mouth, raised his blood-stained right hand, and slapped Ron on the back heavily. He grabbed his throat with his left hand and gritted his teeth: "What is the power of the demon god? I want to try it too." !"
"Spirit-guiding technique, how could you..." Ron felt that the black dragon's consciousness that he had put into his body was quickly withdrawn by the hands behind him, and suddenly panicked, he shouted in a daze: "Stop! You can't bear this Power! You're going to die, you're going to die! Are you crazy!"
Tafil twisted Ron's neck hard, squatted down beside Ron, and quietly watched the blood overflowing from his palm float into the air, forming a huge spirit-leading array, sucking all the devilish energy around him into him in vivo.
At the beginning, he ordered someone to send back the wrist bell of the wind chime. The wrist bell itself did not contain any messages, but the sender was not a complete person—it was a forbidden art experiment he smuggled out of the death row.
Ron has been secretly researching how to make the demonized living beings able to bear the power of the black dragon without dying. The spirit banning technique is one of the things he tried and then gave up.The person he took out of hell had lost half of his soul, his eyes and behavior were very dull, and he was different from ordinary people.He promised to take care of his family on his behalf, and the man agreed to send him the news that this trip was likely to kill him.
He was betting that the undead legend Qianna had never met before was worthy of trust.
Facts have proved that he did not believe in the wrong person. Qianye Liusha saw the message he wanted to convey from the half-dead person. When the black dragon's consciousness was awakening and it was the weakest, it was forcibly introduced into his body.
Now, without the interference of the black dragon, Chang Sheng and Ming Luo should be able to clean up the mess.
After the blood sacrifice was over, the vision around him dissipated. He sat beside Ron's corpse, feeling the power of the black dragon in his body filling his whole body little by little, trying to control his body.
"You are very courageous. I appreciate you and am willing to forgive your betrayal. As long as you take the initiative to hand over the control of this body to me, I promise Ron, and I can give it to you in the future."
Tafil gritted his teeth and said, "It's absolutely impossible."
"How long do you think you can last? Little ants, can you still block my way?"
Tafil obviously felt a powerful force trying to control his body. He frowned and tried to hold on, but gradually lost his ability to control himself. Before the last trace of consciousness disappeared, he staggered to the edge of the saber, picked it up, and fell again. Sit in the corner.
"If you want this body, what can I do if I give it to you?" After he finished speaking, he raised the knife and cut off his legs and left arm. Finally, with a backhand swing, he cut off the right arm holding the knife.
When the blood-stained knife fell to the ground, it was still tightly held by the severed hand. The severe pain made Tafeile extraordinarily awake. He suddenly laughed, but felt that what he saw was gradually blurring.
He heard the black dragon cursing in his ears, he felt that his body was uncontrollable to self-mutilate, to touch the knife on the ground, to hit the wall beside him.He only clenched his teeth tightly with his remaining consciousness, preventing the controller from biting his tongue and killing himself.
He cannot die.
As long as he is still alive, as long as there is still a breath left, the black dragon cannot leave his body.
He wanted to delay Changsheng and Mingluo for more time, even a minute and a second, even if he was hacked into pieces, his body would be smashed to pieces.
***
Outside Taran City, the Guards were rapidly disintegrating.
"Can't retreat! Those who retreat die!"
"Kill! Kill those deserters!"
"Have you all rebelled! The city is your relatives, lovers! You don't even guard Talan, and even Ainota will be cut off from others!"
Lu Kelei's eyes were reddened by the roar of the chasing soldiers, and he frantically pushed and yelled at the soldiers beside him who had no intention of fighting, and shouted the death order at the top of his lungs, but he couldn't restore the broken morale of the army.
His subordinates saw the determination of the Far Eastern Army to never retreat, saw the Southwest Army's aid, and even saw the magic light entering the cloud tower.
"Lurek is not someone worthy of our life and loyalty!" Such voices became louder and louder.
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