Green Monster Epic

"Kill!!"

The magic lock shield that had troubled the Wildlands Allied Forces for days was finally breached after a long period of concerted attacks, consuming countless years of accumulated gems and magical materials.

Having lost the protection of the magic lock, the last remaining resistance force of the Rose Duchy's Newens capital was finally about to face their powerful opponents directly.

After the brief chaos caused by the shockwave earlier, the soldiers of the Wildlands Allied Forces promptly adjusted and reorganized their formation. Then, under the resounding shouts of commanders like Aaron and Orson, they fiercely launched an attack on the not-so-low inner city.

"Prepare to meet the enemy!!"

"Archers, get ready!!"

On top of the inner city walls, Yallin, commander of the Royal Guard, hoarsely shouted, reminding the somewhat distraught human warriors on the walls to respond.

Yallin himself had disagreed with King Johnson's decision to activate the magic lock when the outer city of the capital was breached. He had also bitterly advised King Johnson against it. However, the king himself was too incompetent to support, and he still insisted on activating the magic lock. Yallin could only do his best to fulfill his duty of guarding the royal family, and watched with his 50,000 guards inside the magic lock as his comrades in the outer city were slaughtered before their eyes.

If King Johnson could have been a little more courageous and waited until the army led by Planck in the capital was completely defeated before gathering the remnants and then activating the magic lock, then with the energy resources prepared for the magic lock in the national treasury for countless years, he could have at least ensured that the inner city could hold out until the arrival of allied reinforcements.

At the very least, the capital could have gathered the remnants of the outer city and teams of human powerhouses, so that when the magic lock was broken as it was now, they would have had a stronger force to calmly make a plan to break through or cover King Johnson's retreat.

However, in reality, there is never an "if." King Johnson himself had to accept the cruel consequences brought about by his choice. It was just a pity that the 50,000 guards had to bear such a thing together with the incompetent king they were loyal to.

Boom!!

Aaron was not knocked far away by the shockwave after the magic lock was broken. He reacted in time to regain control of his body, and then with another burst of force in the void beneath his feet, he pounced again towards the tall walls of the inner city.

"Ha!!"

Although he had used "Heaven Opening" before and his body functions had not fully recovered, even if it was just an ordinary slash on the inner city walls, it still caused the still trembling and vibrating great wall to shake once again.

Leaving a sword mark two or three meters long on the wall, Aaron retreated while dodging the human long-range snipers on the wall, accumulating power for the next attack.

Golden lightning followed closely behind, landing with a thud in the crack in the wall that Aaron had just cleaved. The gap, which was only as wide as a finger, suddenly expanded outward by dozens of centimeters as the javelin pierced in, and the crack extended three or four meters down the wall.

Human commander Yallin felt deeply powerless. He and several other deputy commanders led the soldiers on the walls, but seven or eight legendary powerhouses from the Wildlands had tied up most of their energy. Even if they wanted to, they were powerless to stop the destructive actions of Aaron and the clone of Kahruun.

Magic surged in the sky. Although the Royal Mage Corps was the most elite spellcasting team in the Rose Duchy, they were already struggling to cope with Yogg, the Dragonblood Warlock, a legendary spellcaster who was a humanoid artillery platform.

Fire Meteor Shower, Molten Fireball... Yogg recklessly and quickly threw fire spells onto the city walls, attracting the interception of the Royal Mage Corps. Occasionally, the Mage Corps would counterattack, but Yogg would calmly defuse them. The two sides fought inextricably, but ignored the care of their surrounding companions. Even the residual power of each other's spells would always involve the warriors of both sides, causing countless friendly fire incidents.

Many warriors from the Wildlands Legion had actually climbed onto the city walls, but it was difficult for them to gain a foothold on the walls. Although Nicol, Samuel, and others had tied up most of the Royal Guard, it was still no problem to divide a portion of their forces to deal with the few Wildlands warriors who climbed up from under the high walls.

"Hurry up and pack everything up!!"

"This has to be taken, and this too!! This!!"

"What are you all doing?? So slow!!"

Inside the royal palace, within the royal family's private treasury, there was chaos. King Johnson, who was balding in middle age, now looked even older. At this moment, he was roaring at his most trusted eunuchs, just because their movements in packing up the inner treasury were not quick enough, delaying the old king's time.

Several dimensional equipment were packed full and hung on King Johnson's body. Various forms of dimensional equipment, mostly in the form of cloth bags and money bags, hung in a string around his waist, looking somewhat incongruous and comical.

While scolding the eunuchs, Johnson pointed and pointed in the inner treasury, which still had many items, picking out what he thought was the most valuable and precious.

Now his actions clearly showed that he was preparing to slip away again. He had already made the decision when the magic lock shield was broken by the Wildlands powerhouses. He even didn't notify his wife and children for fear that the news would leak and cause riots and turmoil. He only asked them and a royal guard to wait for him to meet up in the side hall.

"Your Highness, please make a decision quickly. If you delay for too long, I can't guarantee that I can safely escort you and the Queen out of the capital."

Sozai, the human demigod mage who had been missing for a long time, was now waiting outside the door of the inner treasury. Sensing the accumulated fighting and energy vibrations coming from the city walls not far away, he frowned and shouted into the closed door.

A few days ago, when he was intercepting Aaron, the Bear Goblin, who had suddenly shown greater strength, cut off one of his arms with a sword. In the end, he had to flee in panic and come to the palace to heal his wounds.

Through magical modification, Sozai's severed right arm had now been replaced by a mithril mechanical arm, making his body seem complete, but in fact, his strength had been greatly reduced, and spellcasting inevitably became slow and distorted.

It was not impossible to regain his peak strength, but it would take time for Sozai to adapt to this newly installed arm and become familiar with controlling its abilities.

That is to say, the current Sozai only had the great level of a demigod, and his actual spellcasting ability might not even be as good as that of a legendary-level spellcaster. In the current situation where there were not many trustworthy powerhouses in the inner city, he, as the dean of the Kingdom Magic Academy, had to shoulder the task of protecting King Johnson's retreat.

Sozai was able to have his current position and strength thanks to the royal family's continuous cultivation and high regard. Although he did not follow the path of knights like Planck, he was still grateful for the Rose Duchy's care and consideration over the years.

However, as for King Johnson, it would be false to say that Sozai had no dissatisfaction. The other party's timid, cowardly, selfish, and self-interested personality ultimately led to the fall of today's capital, and also caused the sacrifice of Planck and other capable people who were loyal to the duchy. Even if the duchy was re-established with the support of the Human Alliance, the national strength would inevitably decline.

Sozai already had the idea of moving to other human countries. With his ability and talent, no matter which country he went to, the treatment would not be too bad, and his family would develop safely. But before that, he still had to escort King Johnson and his children to a safe place before he would take action, which could be regarded as repaying the duchy's cultivation for hundreds of years.

"I know! I'll be out soon!"

King Johnson's impatient voice came from the inner treasury, but when more than half a magic hour had passed, Sozai still did not see Johnson's annoying face.

"Your Highness, if you don't leave, then I will take the Queen and the princes one step ahead!"

The tremor of the ground never stopped. The aura of the Bear Goblin and another powerful existence had been very active in his perception. Sozai, who urged again, had to throw out threatening words.

"Okay, okay! I'm coming out!!"

King Johnson, who had a dozen dimensional bags hanging on his waist, finally reluctantly opened the door of the inner treasury, looking back every step of the way, because at least half of the wealth in the inner treasury could not be taken away.

Rumble!

Suddenly, the ground vibrated again, accompanied by dull sounds that kept coming. Looking in the direction of the sound, a huge gray-white cloud of dust rose into the sky.

"Go! Go quickly!"

King Johnson, who accidentally fell to the ground, pushed away the eunuch who wanted to help him, stood up in a panic and ran towards Sozai, with more fear and hesitation in his eyes.

"Go to the side hall! There is a secret passage there!"

"I'm afraid we can't leave!!"

Sorza Yi frowned, looking at the black shadows that were constantly enlarging in the sky, and said to King Johnson with dissatisfaction.

“Take His Highness and leave first, I will buy you time!”

After uttering these words, a magnificent metal staff appeared in the prosthetic hand of Sorza Yi's right arm, and he flew towards the sky.

On the distant, sturdy city wall, a huge gap had appeared. Allen and Keron, in their transformed states and unhindered, personally took action. Even the city wall, built over thousands of years at great cost, was ultimately unable to withstand the wanton destruction of the most powerful beings in this world.

Countless warriors from the wilderness poured in through this gap, heading straight for a portion of the human army retreating from the city wall. However, the direction of advance for even more wilderness warriors was towards the magnificent and luxurious palace complex behind the city wall.

Having just breached the city wall and opened the defenses, Allen cast an Eagle Eye scroll on himself. One Keron incarnation after another, they slowly surveyed the inner city from high above, searching for valuable targets.

Just as they sensed several auras, one of which even had a faint sense of familiarity, a figure suddenly rose from the location of the aura. It was the human demigod mage, Sorza Yi, whose whereabouts Allen was curious about.

“So you haven't left yet!”

Allen's expression was clear, with a faint killing intent in his eyes.

“But I'm more curious, who exactly are those auras that were with you just now?”

The existence that could make a demigod actively expose himself to welcome and buy time for them could not possibly be ordinary people. Allen even considered abandoning his current target and chasing after the owners of those auras behind him.

Sorza Yi remained silent, his mental power extremely focused. As he waved the front end of his great staff, an intensely bright lightning ball was solidifying from nothing and continuously growing.

Keron's incarnation glanced at Allen and then changed direction, flying towards the location of the locked-on auras. Allen alone was enough to ensure a solid victory against this disabled human mage; joining forces to deal with him would be beneath his dignity.

However, while Keron wanted to maintain his dignity, Sorza Yi was not afraid of attracting a stronger enemy. The primary target of his already formed electric magic was not Allen, but the centaur incarnation who was about to move out of his attack range.

Zzzzt!!

A giant spear composed entirely of lightning bolts shot straight towards Keron's back. At the same time, Allen, who had launched an attack, also swung Bonecleaver at Sorza Yi, who seemed to be full of openings.

“Hmm?”

Keron turned his head, his flawless golden eyes casting through the Spear of Judgment onto Sorza Yi, who was enveloped behind the magic, cold and merciless.

Whoosh!

The golden divine artifact, the Spear of Heavenly Punishment, appeared in the hands of Keron's incarnation. With the centaur's arm thrusting, it directly met the rapidly approaching electric magic head-on, while a subtle force of domain unfolded, about to cover the surrounding few miles of space.

“.”

Allen's sneak attack could be considered merciless, but just as the heavy sword approached Sorza Yi's body with a fierce wind, the other party spat out a syllable and teleported away calmly.

Allen stopped his sword in time, his arm slightly adjusting the position of the heavy sword, and then thrust forward. The Instant Kill Sword Technique's Great Sword Qi, with its ear-piercing whistling sound, once again attacked Sorza Yi's body, who had just emerged from the teleportation gate.

A thick ice shield appeared in front of Sorza Yi, blocking the immediate killing move. At the same time, just as the Spear of Judgment collided with the Spear of Heavenly Punishment, stirring up thousands of lightning bolts, Sorza Yi suddenly threw out several gems with strong magical power, smashing them into the crackling and extremely dangerous space.

The gems fell into the space filled with abundant electric elements, as if returning to their home, emitting a dazzling light. Then, the gems silently melted, and a majestic electric element surged from the melting gems.

At this moment, Sorza Yi ignored the danger of countless fragmented ice flowers constantly impacting the only magic shield in front of him after the ice shield shattered. His eyes firmly and calmly looked at the lightning space in front of him, and he continued to chant spells, holding the staff with both arms to cast magic.

“Lightning Pool!!”

When the last two words burst out of Sorza Yi's mouth, the space in front of him suddenly seemed to be in the world of electric elements. Besides a pure white sky curtain, there was no room for any other color.

Even Allen, who was still three or four hundred meters away from this area, only felt a surge of strong electric current attacking him. His skin, various metal tools, and even the blade of Bonecleaver transmitted a strange tingling sensation. Even Allen's heart detected a strong crisis and throbbed, reminding Allen to stay away from that starry sky.

A golden light suddenly pierced through the pure white and holy sky, and a figure followed closely behind, drilling out from the place pierced by the golden light and quickly attacking towards the space where Sorza Yi was located.

Allen was not idle either. He had never thought that his killing move just now would be effective, so he had already rushed to Sorza Yi's presence.

Whoosh!

As the heavy sword fell, a Rage Slash flew out from the blade first, cutting out horizontally. Sorza Yi glanced at Allen out of the corner of his eye, the corner of his mouth slightly raised as if he had been waiting for Allen all along.

On his finger, the light of a ring inlaid with a pigeon-egg-sized sapphire flashed, and an electric snake shot out, heading straight for Keron further away, without any defense against Allen who was about to attack.

Keron's incarnation looked mockingly at the not-so-powerful electric snake. Without slowing down his flight, he flicked the Spear of Heavenly Punishment slightly, preparing to directly break the magic.

However, before the spear could touch the electric snake, it had already bypassed the space where Keron was located and headed straight into the crackling Lightning Pool behind him.

The Rage Slash broke through Sorza Yi's magic shield. Allen, dragging the heavy sword, broke into Sorza Yi's presence. Although he didn't know what the other party's backhand was, it didn't prevent Allen from being determined to cut him in two.

Clang!!

Just as Bonecleaver was about to strike his body, Sorza Yi's mithril prosthetic limb, which had just been installed on his body not long ago, blocked Bonecleaver under his conscious control and collided with the heavy sword.

Crack!

At the moment of the collision, the mechanism connecting the prosthetic limb to Sorza Yi's body suddenly broke. The electric whip shot from the ring on his left hand also came into contact with the Lightning Pool. Keron in the rear also threw out Heavenly Punishment, forming a pincer attack with Allen's attack.

Boom!!

At the same time that the prosthetic limb was cut off by Bonecleaver, a strong explosion comparable to a Saint's strike erupted. At the same time, golden lightning pierced through the explosion circle, but the expected scene of Sorza Yi's demise did not seem to appear. At least Allen and Keron did not sense any bloody aura.

When the explosion sounded, the electric whip had already merged into the huge Lightning Pool. Sorza Yi, who should have been killed by Allen and Keron, reappeared with a crippled body beside the Lightning Pool, actually using the ring to activate the lightning magic to complete the spatial conversion of his position.

Allen and Keron sensed Sorza Yi's aura the moment he reappeared, and launched an attack almost simultaneously. Seeing that the two powerful attacks were about to hit him, Sorza Yi stepped into the Lightning Pool, and then countless electric currents quickly devoured his figure.

“Roar!!”

The attacks of the two powerful beings fell into the Lightning Pool, but it was like a fish entering the sea without the slightest movement, until a miserable and painful roar came from within. Like a pure white sky curtain, the Lightning Pool finally had another change.

Lightning spread out from the Lightning Pool with its claws and teeth, intertwining and tearing at each other, sometimes merging and sometimes splitting. In the end, these spreading currents turned into a body, limbs, and head, a huge giant composed entirely of lightning, more than twenty meters high, appeared in front of Allen and Keron.

“You all must die!! All must die!”

While speaking, the lightning giant squeezed his hands in front of his chest, and a huge lightning spear appeared in his hand. Then, the giant's big hand sent the spear towards Allen and Keron, and countless electric currents followed closely behind, turning into a sky full of electric nets.

“So there are still such methods! I underestimated you!”

Keron's originally indifferent face showed a bit more seriousness and earnestness, as he looked at the giant with interest.

“It seems we won't be able to get away for a while.”

“Yes, it is indeed a bit tricky!”

Allen slashed heavily with his sword, splitting the incoming spear. Countless electric currents flowed on the surface of his body, and the numbness made Allen unable to help but feel a little uncomfortable.