Greece brings evildoers

Chapter 311 Everyone goes first, I'll cover the rear (4.7k, modified, please refresh)

"Puff puff puff!"

Hundreds of split light arrows fell from the sky like a meteor shower. Before the dozens of cruising monsters in the forest could react, blood spurted out of their bodies one after another, groaned and fell to the ground, and kept twitching in their death.

Atalanta, who was squatting between the branches, put down the Sky Bow in her hand and waved forward.

A rustling sound came from the dense forest behind. Several fully armed teams stepped out of the fog, set up shields and spears, and finished off the monsters that were not yet dead.

"Clean up the battlefield and keep moving forward!"

The order of Commander Hippomenes came from the magic resonance ritual maintained by the priests.

The crusaders immediately took out their knives, quickly dismembered the monsters, and took away the valuable parts as an extra harvest for this hunt.

The fur of the monsters can be used as raw materials for making leather armor after being stored in nitrate;

The flesh and blood of the monsters are rich in nutrients and can be cooked into food to strengthen the body;

The organs and bones of the monsters gather special spirituality and are important ingredients for making some magic props and potions;

And the magic cores are the most precious thing. They can be used in many fields from people's livelihood to mystery, and they are also the performance certificate of this crusade mission. As long as you bring the corresponding number and quality of magic cores to the palace or temple, you can exchange them for a considerable reward...

Most of the descendants of the gods who participated in this [Beast Disaster] crusade were not strong and famous, and they did not have any prominent backgrounds. The reason why they came to Arcadia to help, in addition to having a sense of justice to eliminate harm for the people, more importantly, they wanted to obtain certain resources for themselves through this hunt.

Fortunately, the commander Hippomenes this time was quite reasonable and gave them time to harvest the spoils.

However, looking at the formation on the ground that was gradually scattered in order to compete for the spoils, Atalanta frowned slightly.

It is not impossible to clean up the battlefield, but the crisis is lurking everywhere. It is not a wise choice to not concentrate on solving the trouble first, but to drag down the overall action because of a little benefit.

Besides, it will be dark soon.

When it is night, the advantage of the monsters will be greatly highlighted. Even the elite team composed of the heroes of the gods may suffer because of the unfamiliar environment of the Arcadia Mountains.

At that time, the gain will outweigh the loss.

Just as the local female hunter wanted to persuade,

there were dull tremors from the ground, and the angry roars of beasts came one after another.

"The monsters are coming again!"

Atalanta shouted to remind, and then with the keen perception of cats, she looked far away at the area where leaves were falling in the deep forest, drew her bow and shot a rain of light arrows forward to slow down the speed of the monster cluster and buy time for the teammates below to reorganize the formation.

"Puff, puff, puff!"

Dozens of monsters shot into hedgehogs by light arrows fell to the ground and died on the spot, but more monsters spread out like carpets and swept in densely. A small wave of arrow rain could only bring a drop in the bucket.

"Line up and meet the enemy!"

Fortunately, those who came this time were elites with divine blood, and they had relatively rich experience in combat and knew what was important.

Accompanied by the sound of shields knocking, a group of crusaders immediately returned to the team and shrank closer to their familiar companions, working together like a precision instrument.

"When the stars are in the right position, the ring of reason appears here, with an extremely small origin and an infinite expansion. The output is one-third of the second side of lapis lazuli, giving the empty land the light of the sky!"

Under the solemn chanting of the divine words, the followers of the Hermes sect crushed the lapis lazuli in their hands and launched a large ritual spell combining astrology and alchemy.

With the scattering of lapis lazuli dust, a light-shaped ring of varying sizes, positive or negative, was constructed in the sky, automatically focusing on the mighty beast tide ahead like a cluster of heavy artillery.

"Buzz!"

As the last syllable of the chanting paused, the stars echoed with it and cast a brilliant light.

"Boom!"

The earth shook, the soil splashed, the rumbling tremor stretched for miles, and a huge explosion cloud rose up.

The dense forest hit by the starlight heavy artillery formed a pitted and barren area, and hundreds of monsters at the center of the explosion were completely destroyed.

Seeing their peers showing off their power, the followers of the Eleusinian Mysticism were not to be outdone, and sang the blessing together.

"Merciful and dark Earth Mother, may their souls rest in your arms forever!"

As the figures of monsters appeared in the dense forest ahead, strange tremors were transmitted synchronously from the ground.

In an instant, the rocks were torn apart, forming a deep valley with gullies and ravines; or the soil layer was raised, turning into sharp spikes.

The dense formation of the monsters was immediately dispersed, and they kept making wailing sounds of falling into the valley and being pierced by spikes.

Then, red and black spears like thorns broke out of the ground.

Those monsters that stopped in an emergency were also stabbed through the heart and could not escape from this sudden change.

At the same time, black and green fluorescence rose from the feet of everyone, and sank into the bodies of the crusaders like stars.

A rhythm from the earth and the excitement that awakened the potential of life made everyone marvel.

The Eleusinian religion regarded the goddess of agriculture Demeter and the queen of the underworld Persephone as the two sides of the light and dark of the earth mother, who jointly controlled the power of life and death, so the restoration warlock of the Eleusinian cult could not only play the role of a nurse in the team.

After admiring the performances of the three sects, Lorne pointed to the setting sun on the horizon and reminded the twin brothers in a deep voice.

"It's getting dark. We need to find the source of the [beast disaster] as soon as possible and tell them not to waste time and energy on these guys."

The twin brothers nodded and immediately approached Hippomenes, who was responsible for command and coordination, to make suggestions.

Hippomenes' eyes flashed, a little embarrassed.

"We have just gone through several fierce battles, and everyone is exhausted. It would be a bit overwhelming to force them to march again."

"I don't know how many monsters there are in the mountains. If it gets delayed until night, the situation may be even more unfavorable to us."

Castor, the elder brother of the twins, retorted and looked at Hippomenes with a frown.

Hippomenes thought for a moment and came up with a compromise.

"Let's see. The two princes are very brave. Can they go forward to explore the way for the main force? In this way, we may be able to avoid meaningless battles and put down the [beast disaster] in Arcadia as soon as possible."

The twin brothers who came here for this purpose heard this and nodded in agreement without thinking.

"Let's go too!"

Just as the two brothers were preparing to set off, Lorne took Atalanta and Medea out of the array and volunteered.

When the twins heard this, they hesitated slightly.

"More people, please take care of us." Lorne said with a smile, then winked teasingly, "What? You two brothers don't mind us getting in the way, right?"

When the words came to this point, the twin brothers didn't know whether to laugh or cry, so they had no choice but to nod in agreement.

Immediately, the five people spontaneously formed a formation, with Atalanta acting as a scout in front, the twins scattered on the left and right, responsible for guarding the two wings, and Lorne in the center to protect the spellcaster Medea and provide support to the entire team.

With the extremely powerful breakthrough force, the team easily cut through the charge of hundreds of monsters and headed upstream.

The superb fighting skills and tacit cooperation aroused a burst of admiration and cheers from the heroes.

"Follow me!"

Hippomenes ordered in a deep voice, looking at the figures of the five people in front of him, which gradually became darker.

At this time, as he moved away from the team, Lorne reminded the people around him in a deep voice.

"Our goal is not to kill the monsters in Arcadia, but to find and solve the source of the beast disaster, so don't be reluctant to fight and move forward quickly!"

The four of them nodded one after another, gave up on destroying the monsters, and tried their best to avoid fighting, speeding through the dense forest, and guiding the team behind them to the safest path.

With the assistance of this elite team, the marching speed of the crusaders was effectively improved, and the journey was almost smooth.

Even if they occasionally encounter an invasion by a small group of monsters, they will either be blown to pieces by magicians, or they will be killed cleanly by divine blood heroes.

But as they get closer and closer to the depths of the Arcadia mountains, the five-person team exploring the path find that the surrounding environment becomes increasingly strange.

Large areas of grass died, revealing red-black putrid soil, and the bones of various animals scattered everywhere.

The previously lush forest trees had not only withered away their leaves, leaving only the bare trunks and branches, but the shapes of the outer branches had become increasingly weird and ferocious, like coiled giant snakes.

What’s even more unusual is that there are red and black vein-like veins inside the skin of these dead trees.

The further forward, the shapes of the dead trees and branches become more ferocious, and the lines become clearer.

Seeing that the road at the end was almost completely filled with similar things, Lorne narrowed his eyes and frowned.

This thing seems a bit familiar...

Immediately, he stopped in front of the dead forest and shouted loudly.

"Wait a minute!"

Everyone stopped when they heard the sound and looked at Lorne in the center with confusion.

Lorne didn't waste any time. He used the remaining force of the impact to pull out a throwing gun and threw his arm forward.

"puff!"

Wood chips flew into the air in the dull, heart-wrenching sound of piercing.

But what's even more penetrating is that red-black juice like blood is gurgling out from the wound.

"Shasha~~"

The dead branches and vines hanging on the trees twisted violently, like a group of crawling snakes and pythons snaking towards the five people.

These trees are alive!

Everyone's expressions changed, and they immediately distanced themselves and entered a fighting state, cutting off the dead branches and vines that came up.

But even so, the half-length branches and vines that fell to the ground were still like snakes and pythons, persevering towards the five people.

Upon seeing this, Medea quickly waved her tin staff and chanted the divine words at high speed.

As the small hands inserted the tin stick into the ground, a fiery red magic array was instantly formed around it. The buzzing ether gathered into blazing red pillars of flame and rose up, covering the wriggling branches and vines on the ground and the entire strange dry land. The woods were set on fire.

Suddenly, the strange trees wrapped in the fire twisted and swayed one after another, and faintly let out chaotic screams like dragons, snakes, cows, and humans.

But under the large-scale fire magic, they finally had nowhere to escape and were burned to ashes one after another.

"Well done!"

Lorne patted Medea on the shoulder and admired this junior sister's adaptability and magic control.

Hearing the compliment from her senior brother, the little witch blushed and felt flattered.

"You and my aunt taught me well."

When Lorne heard this, he couldn't help but feel a strange sense of déjà vu.

It seems that this is how he praised his master Hecate back then, right?

In view of the excellent tradition of masters and apprentices cheating on each other in Ayu Island, and Medea's nickname of "Betrayal Witch" in the future, Lorne's eyelids jumped and he coughed quickly to remind him.

"Don't be so modest next time. You've learned well."

Medea nodded shyly, then looked at Lorne curiously and asked the doubts in her heart.

"Brother, how do you know there is something wrong with these trees?"

"Don't you think there are too many dead bones in the woods? Even if the monsters want to have a meal, they shouldn't be so concentrated, right?"

Lorne answered in a deep voice, and then his eyes swept across the piles of burnt ashes on the ground, his eyes flickering faintly.

"Besides, I seem to have seen these things like this..."

In the Arima Crypt, the black vines growing around the head of Typhon!

"Roar!"

As if responding to his guess, a low roar like muffled thunder came from a distance.

"Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!"

The violent collisions and explosions spread all around.

And under this continuous roar, the rocks of the Arcadia Mountain in the distance fell, and the mountain began to shake.

At the same time, thousands of various magical beasts living nearby crawled on the ground anxiously and tremblingly, looking in a certain direction.

"Left front, seven kilometers!"

Atalante jumped down from the tree branch and reported the basic position.

"It seems that is the source. Let's go first and let them catch up quickly!"

Lorne spoke in a deep voice, asked Atalante to leave a message, and then without waiting for the main team to join, he led his team to the destination quickly.

Following the trembling of the ground and tracing the source, the five people soon arrived in the heart of the Arcadia Mountains.

From a distance, a huge crack appeared in the belly of the mountain, and the red and black light flickered faintly.

"It should be here!"

The twin brothers were excited and wanted to rush forward immediately to completely solve the disaster of Arcadia.

However, a horizontal arm blocked the two of them. Lorne glanced at the crack not far away, and then looked at the two brothers with a smile.

"Look, they are in a hurry again."

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Two quarters of an hour later, hundreds of crusaders arrived at the mountain.

Hippomenes looked around and asked in a deep voice.

"Where are the people?"

"There are footprints ahead, which seem to lead to the crack." A hero who was exploring the way answered.

"Hurry up and catch up! What if someone gets into trouble?"

Hippomenes scolded coldly, his face inexplicably ugly, as if he was really worried about the safety of several companions.

Everyone immediately marched forward in a team, heading towards the crack that exuded an ominous atmosphere.

At the same time, on the top of the mountain hundreds of meters away, the twin brothers looked at the crusaders who were constantly approaching the crack in the distance, and showed hesitation.

"Do we really want them to lead the charge?"

"How can we take all the benefits? The brother troops behind have been gathering their strength for so long, it's their turn to go first this time."

Luo En answered righteously, then took a sip of the unfinished wine in the pot, lay on the bluestone, squinted at the team that had entered the core area of ​​the beast disaster.

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The heroes who stopped in front of the crack in the mountain were shocked.

Looking around, it was like looking into the abyss.

The crack that ran across the mountain was scarlet inside.

The intricate passages connected to each other, like twisted blood vessels spreading from the depths of the earth.

Under the rich red and black light patterns were the rugged stone walls on both sides of the valley, with countless red and black strange veins, densely inserted into the soil, the mountain, and the abyss, extending to an unknown place.

These things are like the banyan tree with a well-developed root system, a single tree forming a forest.

Following the veins to trace the source and concentrating perception to the extreme, one can see through the red and black blood light, and vaguely see the purple-red heart between virtual and real, which is wrapped by countless blood vessels, nodules, and gravel.

As the light pattern flickers, the heart rises and falls, and the huge tide of magic power spreads in all directions through the dense blood vessels.

After the sticky blood and special liquid around dry up, purple-red spots are formed, just like the purple-red egg-shaped embryos of nodules spread on both sides. One hideous monster after another is sleeping.

What is this?

Everyone was shocked.

As if sensing the entry of outsiders, the purple-red embryos attached to the outside of the blood vessels swayed slightly.

The monsters curled up in the purple-red film rushed left and right, eager to break through this thin layer of obstacles and come to the world.

"Puff! Puff! Puff!"

After a while, the sound of vesicles breaking one after another was heard, and dozens of monsters of all sizes emerged from the egg bodies, growing and developing at a speed visible to the naked eye until they matured.

When they saw the appearance of these monsters, everyone's scalp tingled.

Chimera, the king of three-headed monsters! Sphinx, the lion-headed beast! Hydra, the nine-headed snake! And the Nemean giant lion!

The offspring of the demon ancestor Typhon, a god with top bloodline!

What's more terrible is that they saw that the corridor seemed to be covered with the previously shrunken and broken vesicles.

As if to verify their conjecture, violent roars came from all around, and hideous figures jumped out of the cracks and dense forests one by one.

Their aura was stronger than the previous waves of beasts that everyone encountered, and their size and appearance were more hideous, and they also showed a more obvious atavism phenomenon.

The scalps of the surrounded crusaders were tingling.