The sun is high

It's just after three in the morning.

It had only been twenty minutes since the airship regiment dropped "Meir's Fire" for the first time.

All the arrangements made in the survivor camp seemed to have meaning, and the sacrifices of those warriors also had corresponding value. After the bombing of the airship regiment officially began, the pressure on the second line of defense had been suppressed. At the minimum level, even if the descendants of the Dark Abyss were astonishing in number, they would not be able to brave the burning fire to launch an effective attack on the survivors' positions.

And what makes people happy is that these terrible monsters seem to be attracted by something. It can be said that there are very few individual monsters who continue to charge towards the south gate. On the contrary, many soldiers on the defense line have found their targets. Start retreating in the same direction.

For survivors, this is definitely good news.

Even the soldiers on the defense line knew that as long as they persisted for more than an hour, they could join the evacuation team. At that time, they would have the opportunity to say goodbye to this terrible city of hell and be with themselves. Relatives and friends embraced each other again.

However, in the survivor camp, there are people who are always in a high degree of tension and anxiety.

Every time there was a violent explosion in Salem City, Vereen Ernst felt that her heart was being hit hard by an invisible hammer.

She judged by visual inspection that "Mel's Fire" had been placed near the Legal Committee's station, and that was where Shuge finally sent the magic signal.

She knew that Shuge had many secrets, and the power and magic he possessed were by no means as simple as she thought. Even the members of the Black Sun Society must pay attention to him.

But faced with such a war-level magic explosion, does he really have a chance to survive?

Wei Lin really didn't have the slightest confidence in this.

What really makes Weilin feel extremely helpless is the arduous tasks before her. Although the actual distance between her and Xiuge is now very limited, she has no way to conduct any verification and must deal with it seriously. Take care of the things in your hands.

Just now, a strange convoy has successfully arrived outside Salem City. They were in such a hurry. The vehicles were very messy and did not have a unified flag. They just temporarily used paint to paint a rough outline on the side of the vehicle. logo.

People can vaguely make out that the pattern depicts an ordinary sun rising halfway from behind the dark mountains. This is the temporary emblem of Dawn Society, which is used to symbolize the light shining in darkness and despair. A ray of light emerged.

This is also true for the survivors who have just left Salem City.

The people responsible for driving these vehicles obviously have different identities. Among them are many retired veterans, farmers who can only drive large grain-carrying vehicles, and even mine drivers who are responsible for transporting crystallized ore on weekdays.

Many of them come from the Principality of Bult, which is close to Salem City. This is the result of a joint call by the Grand Duke of Bult and the Dawn Society.

As a result, the mighty evacuation began. The survivors who left Salem City in batches from the southern gate will be uniformly sent to the border town of the Bult Principality, which will be their temporary settlement and transit point. station and shelter.

In fact, many countries, including the Kingdom of Votel and the Kingdom of Deland, are actively preparing. They have received the last message from the volunteers staying in the crack camp, and the ongoing changes in the environment The changes in magic power also prove that the entire Van En is about to undergo the most complete drastic change at dawn.

In this case, if you want to ensure your own safety, you must stay away from the rugged hills as much as possible.

And this is nothing less than a greater challenge for the people who are still around Salem City. They can only vaguely know from others that a certain disaster is about to come, but they cannot predict the disaster at all. Scale and form.

These survivors who were leaving for the distance could only look helplessly at the hometown that they were both familiar with and afraid of. Sometimes they stared at the blood-red sky, and sometimes they looked at the airships that were bombarding Salem City with complicated eyes. , as the most ordinary people in this world, they can only pray silently at this moment and call on the loving goddess who has been protecting all living creatures since the name Van En appeared.

Can the goddess Mel respond?

Nobody knows.

Two extremely devout women were sitting in the bed of an empty grain truck. They were constantly reciting prayers that they had long known by heart. In the palm of one of them, she was holding a miniature plum blossom. Statue of the Goddess Er.

"May the loving God of Magic protect us..."

"May the eternal goddess Mel draw down the curtain of grace..."

However, just as they were reciting the last two prayers, everyone in the carriage heard a strange crisp sound. They ended their prayers in confusion and looked towards the source of the crisp sound, only to see The statue of the goddess held by the woman actually completely collapsed the moment the prayer ended.

"Huh? Huh?"

The woman fell into an unprecedented panic. She instinctively wanted to hold the cracked statue with her fingers, but this slight movement triggered a more drastic change.

As if struck by some vicious magic, the originally intact and solid statue turned into fine powder at the slightest touch of her fingers, and fell from between the woman's fingers.

A cold night wind blew by, and the powder immediately floated into the night sky amid people's panicked shouts.

No trace left.

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Shuge wanted to express his gratitude to the crew of the airship above him who was responsible for dropping bombs, but at the same time, he also wanted to curse them.

The three scattered "Mel's Fire" crystal bombs saved him from turning into pieces and dust the moment the magic explosion occurred, but the ensuing impact and high-temperature flames made him fall into A situation like the legendary purgatory.

The Law Committee's resident hall, which Shuge used as the last line of defense, has now completely become a world of flames.

Thanks to Justina's efforts, the protective magic that Shuge had successfully expanded to the edge of the hall had been artificially shrunk to his side by Shuge at the moment the explosion occurred. He leaned against the goddess Mel in the hall. The tall statue tore off the various pages from Weilin's magic book as quickly as possible.

In the rough infusion of his own magic power, various protective magic rays flashed around his body. However, in the face of the surging flames, these magical rays were often completely eliminated as soon as they appeared, and Shuge summoned The Touch of Charron and the Mist of the Dark Abyss that came out were constantly roasted into charcoal or collapsed on the spot in this extreme impact.

And this is also the result of the flames caused by "Mel's Fire" being severely affected and interfered with.

The destructive war magic rituals buried under the station that had not been activated by Shuge before were also triggered during this tragic bombing. Although the power they erupted could not be compared with "Mel's Fire", it was The turbulent flow of magic power it caused also successfully interfered with the spread of the flames.

But even so, Shuge's own survival is no longer sustainable.

He felt like he was stuffed into a huge oven with no blind spots in all directions. He couldn't even breathe. Even if he used magic to carve out a small foothold for himself, he had to let himself completely turn into mist. In human form, only in this way can he avoid being roasted alive or suffocated to death.

Compared to Shuge who was constantly trying to struggle, Justina, who was barely protected by Shuge, fell into a more difficult predicament. The sweeping flames almost caused her to lose all the descendants of the Dark Abyss who had just been assimilated by herself. , and this mental rupture almost caused her to fall to her most primitive state on the spot.

The kind of torture and pain directly exerted on the huge perception is enough to completely collapse a "newborn" like Justina.

Fortunately, Shuge did not forget her at the critical moment.

He forcibly used his own mist to wrap Justina's body and dragged it to his side. Then he threw several pages of healing magic books at her body that had begun to disintegrate. At this time, forcibly injecting life force will put her in the pain of destruction and reorganization, but this is currently the only way to keep her alive.

The descendants of An Abyss who gathered near the Legal Committee's headquarters have completely fallen silent. Facing such brutal weapons being deployed by various countries at the current stage, they still appear extremely vulnerable.

However, the flames are still approaching. In Shuge's attempts and struggles one after another, his magic book pages and magic power reserves are being rapidly consumed. What was originally a thick magic book now only has a pitiful few left. It's several pages long, and most of the rest are destructive magics that can hardly help the current situation.

In despair, Shuge reached out and tore off a page with "Pond of Cold" printed on it, and threw it directly at his feet.

The icy cold temperature immediately erupted from the inside of the page. As a magic that helped Weilin become a lake-level mage, its effectiveness is still worthy of recognition. The magic flame that had been forced to the side was actually pushed back by the "cold pool" at this moment. Back, the short-lived white frost also covered the tall goddess statue behind Xiuge.

Among all the Dharma Council's residences, the statue of Goddess Mel is the most important and sacred existence.

As the core foundation of the overall protection ritual in the station, a large number of permanent rituals will be engraved on the statue of the goddess Mel when it is first created. This is one of the most important gifts presented to the goddess of love by the mages of Merlin Lehe. .

But now, facing the sweeping flames and the white frost erupting "in front of him", the magic lines inside the goddess statue were finally activated.

Xiuge, who was struggling and supporting, suddenly felt a special sense of coolness. He stopped what he was doing in surprise and looked up, only to see a light blue figure sitting on top of the tall goddess statue behind him. The curtain slowly fell.

In the dazzling firelight, such colors appear soft and beautiful.

Just like a thin veil woven from water, it slowly floated and enveloped the surroundings. For a moment, all the heat and scalding were dissipated, and Xiuge could only see the light blue layer. The magic power above the curtain continues to rise and disperse in the flames.

The power of Mel, the goddess of magic, can be as strong as a storm or as gentle as a clear stream.

At this moment, Xiuge finally felt personally the perseverance and kindness shown by this goddess.

Xiuge stared blankly at the sculpture. In the light blue magic light and shadow, the beautiful goddess with her hands slightly spread out, seemingly wanting to embrace everything in the world, seemed to have really come back to the world. With the stimulation of the magic power, All the pressure around him was transferred to that thin magic curtain.

It was under this environment that Shuge finally had the opportunity to check on Justina's condition.

At this time, she had completely turned into a ball of "sludge" under the devastating blow. Xiuge quickly "cut off" the necrotic and collapsed parts of her body, and what was left behind had The active part was only a small lump left.

Facing Shuge's attention and touch, this slowly twisting mass of pitch-black gel gently stretched out a finger-thick tentacle and touched Shuge's palm, as if to tell Shuge that he Still alive.

Seeing this, Xiuge quickly picked up "Justina". He took out the kettle he carried with him, drank all the remaining water in it, and then put "Justina" in it. In order to ensure her condition , Xiuge also specially created some magic water to maintain the operation of her magic power.

As for whether the taste of these magical waters is acceptable, Xiuge can't care more about it.

He could do nothing now but sit down slowly leaning against the statue of the goddess and wait for the fire to weaken.

Time passed little by little amid Xiuge's anxiety.

The magic power in the environment is still changing, and the dangerous limit is approaching infinitely. Perhaps due to the influence of this abnormal movement, the destructive magic power in the surrounding flames gradually dissipates, and the goddess statue that has been protecting Shuge also Finally exhausted his strength.

The light blue curtain becomes invisible, and as the inner power of the statue disappears, shocking cracks appear from the surface of the sculpture.

Finally, a piece of debris fell.

The empty eye sockets of Goddess Mel stared straight ahead, where a thin figure was walking towards the distance with difficult steps under the protection of protective magic.

As if facing the end of her own destiny, she was destroyed behind Shuge, her slender arms were broken, and her soft long hair turned into dust.

As a dark new era is approaching, the outline that has been remembered for thousands of years gradually fades away.

The soft sound of collapse was her last farewell to Fan En.