PFC Chapter 1501: Repulsion and Doubt
Chapter 1501: Repulsion and Doubt
"Your Excellency, what happened?"
Noticing the sudden change in Old Booker's expression, Lei Xiao immediately asked.
"My lord, the underground fortress guarding the Watchtower City is under attack by the Eclipse!"
Old Booker waved his hand and a large map appeared, depicting the topographic map of Watch City.
It can be seen from the map that there is a fairly large fortress near Guanwang City. The two support each other and are not far away.
"Without further delay, we will set out to help. Please lead the way, old city lord."
Lei Xiao stood up from his seat without hesitation.
Lei Xiao understood clearly that although the reminder did not specify the punishment for failing to defend the city, since this was an isolated city waiting for help, the result was very obvious.
Once the city is breached by "Eclipse", we will naturally be doomed to be destroyed.
"Excuse me, Sir Brave, the teleportation array leading to the fortress is not far outside the Great Temple!"
Old Booker nodded to Lei Xiao, and then took the lead, guiding everyone to rush out of the temple.
It didn't take long before the group of people, rushing at lightning speed, arrived in front of another large teleportation array in the city. There was already a long queue here, and many fully armed elite soldiers were filing into the teleportation array. The whole scene looked tense and solemn.
"My Lord City Lord, except for the one General Shenshi who is guarding the city, the other two have already arrived at the fortress!"
The middle-aged general named Curry came forward and reported to old Booker.
"Very good, you stay here as well. I will lead the brave men to provide assistance!"
Booker nodded to Curry and instructed: "The other party is extremely cunning. We cannot rule out the possibility that they will make a feint to the east and attack in the west."
"Order!"
Curry touched his chest and saluted, then ordered the soldiers standing in the front row of the teleportation array to make way.
Upon hearing that the brave warriors Lei Xiao and others were going to provide assistance, all the soldiers were excited and cast respectful glances at Lei Xiao and his party.
But Lei Xiao keenly noticed that these eyes contained not only respect and excitement, but also a hint of sadness and helplessness.
"It's no wonder. After all, Eclipse is too terrifying. It's not surprising that ordinary soldiers would have such expressions."
Lei Xiao didn't think much about it, and led our strong men into the teleportation array under the guidance of Old Booker.
A familiar feeling of lightness flashed by, and when Lei Xiao's vision became clear again, he had already arrived at a training ground full of people.
I saw the human soldiers who had just come to help were quickly lining up and marching towards the towering fortress walls. In addition, Lei Xiao actually saw some dwarf soldiers and alchemical puppets.
Although the strength of these soldiers is above level four and they appear to be well-trained, an obvious sense of uneasiness is still rapidly spreading in the air.
"Sir Brave, please follow me!"
Booker clenched the divine stone staff in his hand and began to lead the way again.
After another gust of lightning, Lei Xiao and his group of more than a hundred people quickly climbed onto the fortress wall.
When Lei Xiao and others saw the enemies outside the fortress through the gaps in the towering battlements, they all opened their eyes wide.
All I saw were densely packed "Eclipses" of various colors floating in the air just a stone's throw away, constantly and frantically attacking the fortress's absolute defense barrier with their slender roots.
With every touch of those slender roots, the barrier wall would emit an extremely dull sound, like a death knell echoing in the ears, constantly shaking everyone's heart.
Not only that, the fear brought by the "eclipse" was also like a shadow, making everyone feel a chill rising.
For a moment, countless giant eyeball-like "Eclipse" roots danced wildly in the air, and there was no end in sight. Although there was no cry of killing, it was extremely shocking.
Fortunately, most of the people Lei Xiao brought were level six warriors. As for the level four warriors such as Carol, Calvin, and Old Nick, they were all placed in the temple. Therefore, as long as they mobilized the energy in their bodies to deal with it, they would not be affected by the opponent's fear.
In addition, the fortress's absolute defense barrier, which was shining with golden light, was visibly dimming, and cracks began to appear faintly.
"Sir, this is the main attack direction of the enemy. The other directions are guarded by other divine stone generals. Leave this place to me!"
Old Booker was the first to be hit. As he swung his staff, a giant golden beam of light fell from the sky and hit the "Eclipse" that was closest to him.
Wherever the golden light column covered, all the "Eclipses" were knocked to the ground as if they had been hit hard. The dozen or so in the center disappeared in an instant, leaving only a pile of mucus spilled on the ground, which soon evaporated.
At the same time, a golden light flashed on the bodies of the soldiers around Old Booker. They shot arrows one after another, knocking some of the "Eclipse" to the ground. It often took several arrows to shoot one down. This was obviously the result of Old Booker's sharing of the power of the stars.
However, facing tens of thousands of "Eclipses", such an attack was obviously insignificant. It only caused the opponent's offensive to stagnate slightly and did not play a decisive role.
"It's time for me to show up."
Lei Xiao waved his hand, and Xiao Jie, Xiao Jing and Xuan Ji appeared at the same time. The power of divine favor followed them like a shadow, and directly activated the power of the stars of the three stone elves.
With the dual blessings of the power of God and the power of the stars, plus the power of the silver moon that the stone elves usually use, the three stone elves instantly completed the power stimulation and gave back even more powerful power to Lei Xiao.
After receiving this special power that was a combination of the power of God, the power of the silver moon, and the power of the stars, Lei Xiao also shared it with all of our warriors, causing them to be surrounded by a more dazzling golden light, and it was obvious that they had all gained the power to fight against the "Eclipse".
All of a sudden, our warriors who had been ready for battle launched an overwhelming attack and rushed towards the "Eclipse" army in front of them.
boom! boom! boom!
After a series of deafening explosions, the "Eclipse" near the fortress wall was almost completely cleared out, and the effect was extremely significant.
Seeing this scene, Lei Xiao nodded with satisfaction.
After the stone elves have completed the power stimulation, the holder of the [God's Stone] can also share the power to fight against "Eclipse" with the powerful people around them. This is also what Xuan Ji told herself.
"Your Excellency the Brave One is mighty!"
Seeing the powerful men led by Lei Xiao showing their might, Old Booker and the soldiers defending the city were greatly encouraged and they were all delighted.
However, before everyone could get excited for long, more "Eclipses" surged up, densely packed, and continued to attack the crumbling barrier wall.
"Lightning arc explodes!"
Purple light surged around Lei Xiao, and his staff pointed directly at the area in front where the eclipse was most concentrated.
Wherever the dazzling lightning went, all the "Eclipses" were instantly blasted into a pile of slime, and even the surrounding "Eclipses" were blown up. As the core of the power of the three stone elves, Lei Xiao's strength against the "Eclipse" is far beyond that of ordinary strong men. Coupled with Xuan Ji's enhancement, he is undoubtedly the most dazzling existence in the team.
As for the other strong men on our side, including Jasmine, although they can only wipe out the "Eclipse" within the attack range, they are still much stronger than the attacks of Old Booker and others.
In our camp, there are several strong people who are also extremely crucial, they are naturally Sarah, Erza, Ye Cang, Nanxing and Nanyue.
As holders of the [God's Stone], the five subordinates, with the help of the divine power shared by Lei Xiao, also stimulated the power of Xiao Zhao, Xiao Huan, Da Zhuang, Xiao Xing and Xiao Yue, further enhancing our ability to resist the "Eclipse".
At this point, although the attack of "Eclipse" was extremely fierce, with the efforts of Lei Xiao and his team and Old Booker and others, it eventually retreated like a tide and soon disappeared into the depths of the underground space.
"Have we finally beaten them back?"
Lei Xiao wiped the sweat from his forehead and couldn't help but let out a long sigh of relief.
It must be said that mobilizing energy to resist the fear brought by "Eclipse" while casting spells with all his strength consumed much more magic power than ordinary battles.
After heaving a sigh of relief, Lei Xiao looked at the strong men around him. They all looked breathless, even the stone elves.
"Thank you for your hard work, brave hero!"
Old Booker came up to him with an excited look on his face, and said to Lei Xiao gratefully: "This time, it's all thanks to you, Mr. Brave."
After Old Booker finished speaking, the other generals who were accompanying him to defend the city all nodded in thanks, all with a look of respect.
"Your Excellency the City Lord is too polite. I have already said before that we will help you hold out until reinforcements arrive."
Lei Xiao waved his hand slightly, then frowned and asked, "Is every attack of the opponent of this magnitude?"
"At the beginning of the siege, the enemy's offensive was far from this fierce, but in the past few days, it has become of this scale."
Old Booker sighed and responded, "Fortunately, the brave gentlemen arrived in time, otherwise the consequences would be disastrous."
After hearing what Old Booker said, everyone on our side breathed a sigh of relief. If they had been summoned when the city was broken, the situation would undoubtedly have been even worse.
From this point of view, although our mission this time is extremely abrupt and extremely dangerous, it is at least a good start.
Among the crowd, only Lei Xiao himself was still frowning and continued to ask: "Old City Lord, is there anything important you haven't told us?"
"Ah? Why do you say that, Mr. Brave?"
Booker's wrinkled old face was full of confusion, and he obviously didn't understand what Lei Xiao meant.
"Then I'll just put it more bluntly. If this time we were lucky to arrive in time and resolve the crisis, then how did you resist the attacks of Eclipse in the previous times?"
Lei Xiao folded his arms and spoke again.
As soon as Lei Xiao said this, all our strong men reacted immediately.
Your Lordship is right, the battle just now was not easy, and we tried our best to repel the enemy. And according to the old city lord, the scale of the battle has been like this in the past few days. Then how did the old city lord and his men repel the enemy in the previous attacks?
"This……"
Old Booker and the other generals defending the city soon understood the meaning of Lei Xiao's words and were speechless for a moment.
After a while, Old Booker wiped the sweat from his forehead and replied, "To be honest, Your Excellency, two groups of heroes have been summoned here before."
"Is that true?"
Lei Xiao looked as if he had expected this, and immediately asked, "So how are they doing now?"
"Please follow me, brave gentleman."
Old Booker nodded to Lei Xiao and began to lead the way again.
After returning to the center of Guanwang City via the teleportation array, Lei Xiao and his party finally stopped in front of a sleeping place near the Great Temple.
Old Booker pointed to the new tombstones in the front and said, "They are all here. Of course, their bodies have long been gone, and the [God Stones] have also disappeared. I guess they were all taken away by the "Erosion". The other party also knows that the [God Stones] are their nemesis, so they will focus on dealing with them."
"No wonder those soldiers looked at us with such complex expressions of sadness and helplessness. It turns out that two groups of lords and their strong men have already fallen here."
Lei Xiao nodded slightly, his brows furrowed even more.
This is still at the current stage. What is certain is that as time goes by, the attacks of "Eclipse" will become more and more fierce.
While feeling awe in his heart, Lei Xiao asked again: "Then how were they defeated by Eclipse?"
"My Lord, the first group of heroes chose to leave the city and pursue after repelling the attack of Eclipse, but they never came back."
Old Booker did not hide anything and told the truth: "The second group was the Eclipse that sneaked into the city. They first parasitized the brave leader and used the honey trap to separate him from the God Stone. Then, when he was unprepared, they devoured him completely. The God Stone disappeared without a trace."
"Isn't there an absolute defense barrier here? How could the other party sneak into the city?"
Lei Xiao's brows furrowed further and he asked.
"They sneaked in before the siege, and there were quite a few of them. Although I led people to investigate many times, there were still some who slipped through the net."
Old Booker shook his head helplessly and responded.
"But after being infected by the 'Erosion', the victim should have obvious characteristics. How could it be possible that it could not be identified and still fall for it?"
Jasmine curled her lips and asked with a frown.
"Because in the early stages of being parasitized, the characteristics are not obvious and can be easily obscured, especially when the host's consciousness has not been completely wiped out and the host's body has not been completely controlled. Even the host himself will find it difficult to detect."
Booker's old face looked even more helpless, and he responded: "So, although we have mastered many methods of tracking and distinguishing "eclipses", there will still be some loopholes."
Hearing this, Lei Xiao nodded thoughtfully.
The other party was right. The White Knight was the best example. At the beginning, there was indeed only a small piece of crystal on the White Knight's forehead.
"By the way, Mr. Brave, there is one more thing."
Old Booker seemed to remember something and looked at Lei Xiao again. (End of this chapter)