Lord of War

In the hundreds of thousands of years since the Age of Dawn to the present, the Miracle Plane has experienced the Age of Twilight, the Age of Ashes, the Age of Chaos, and the Age of Order, and finally reached the current Era of the Strong. And in these many historical periods, the Miracle Plane has successively built six holy places.

The two holy places built in the Age of Dawn are Billsrod and Asgard.

The former is called the world wall of dawn, and it is the first world wall built for this plane by the people of the gods who raised the Kingdom of God to resist the erosion and attack of the void storm. The latter is known as the Golden Palace of the Gods, which was once the temple built by the gods for their servants in the Dawn Era.

These two, compared with the four holy places established by later generations, are obviously more in line with the meaning of "holy place". Especially the golden palace of the gods. Asgard, this holy place that was destroyed in the Ragnarok battle, was once the place of faith in the hearts of the gods and the people.

Then, when the plane of miracles entered the twilight era, the gods followed the instructions of the gods to build Saint Afar and Valhalla. Compared with Biersrod and Asgard, which were created by the gods, they are called the Great Cathedral at Dusk, St. Afar and the last Hall of Valhalla. Valhalla was not built by the gods themselves, but because It was built by the gods and people according to the will of the gods, so these two holy places also have their unique sanctity.

It is said that in the twilight era, the friction between the gods and the people has become increasingly serious. At that time, there have been wars in which the servants of the gods fell and the heroes died. Therefore, the construction of Valhalla once strengthened the belief in the hearts of the gods and people. All the gods and people believe that as long as they live according to the will of the gods, as long as they do not violate the orders of the gods, they can enter Valhalla, the Hall of Valor after death, continue to live in another way, and even be promoted to Servant of God, enter Asgard.

The reason why believers of the gods now firmly believe that they can enter the kingdom of gods after death and become servants of the gods is actually because of the existence of Valhalla in the past. Although this special existence called "The Last Hall of Valor" was later destroyed in the twilight of the gods, its divinity and meaning handed down made the gods introduce this "heroic spirit" into their own kingdom of God This model allows his believers to enter the kingdom of God after death and continue to serve themselves.

Compared with the value of the last Hall of Valor, Valhalla, and the impact it had on the gods, the Great Cathedral at dusk, St. Afar, seemed a little weak. At the beginning, this holy place was only called the Great Cathedral, and it was the only legal place for the gods to descend and communicate with the peoples. return of faith.

It's just a pity that this plan ended in failure.

Later, when Ragnarok broke out, the Great Sanctuary of St. Afar became the first victim. However, in view of its sanctity, and it can almost be called the first destroyed holy place in the history of the Miracle Plane, and it happened in the twilight era, so it is also called the Great Holy Church at twilight.

After that, when the era entered the age of ashes, the earth was devastated, and the world fell into darkness.

Humans, elves, dwarves, all kinds of ethnic groups, in order to survive in this world, they finally worked together to build two new shelters.

That is, the Utopia known as the "Utopia on Earth" and the Avalon of the "Fairy Sanctuary".

The former was the place where humans hid at that time, and the latter naturally gathered all the elves on the entire continent at that time. But what is slightly subtle is that both Utopia and Avalon had considerable dwarves joining the ranks of construction at that time, but when the two holy places were finally completed, humans and elves were able to avoid being destroyed by the darkest early days of the Age of Ashes. The dwarves did not appear in these two holy places when hard times wiped them out.

There are many rumors about this part. Some say that the dwarves hid underground after the construction was completed, and some said that the dwarves were driven away by humans and elves after they assisted in the construction, and they were not allowed to enter. Although there are many rumors, in the game at that time, many players actually preferred to support the second point of view, and even a genre was derived from it: that is, Utopia and Avalon will disappear later, to a large extent. Because of retribution.

It is human beings and elves who betrayed the dwarves and violated the content of the contract.

But the truth, no one knows.

The only thing Sean knew was that there were no new tasks or troubles after their Wings of the Void opened Utopia back then. He only knew that there was a reason why Utopia could be called the "Utopia of the Earth", and it was also not without reason that this place could be called one of the six holy places.

If there is any place in this world whose sanctity is comparable to the kingdom of God, or even surpasses the kingdom of gods of today's gods, then it must be the six holy places. It's just that the first four holy places, apart from Biersrod, who has been completely solidified as the world barrier of this plane, Asgard, Saint Afar, and Valhalla have been destroyed in the battle of Ragnarok successively, and Avalon, although Like Utopia, it is only cursed and disappears in a deep sleep, but the opening method of this goblin sanctuary is not easy, and it can even be said to be more difficult than Utopia.

In addition, Sean is not familiar with Avalon, so he naturally never thought of opening this place.

Ever since he came to this world and made up his mind to make the Wings of the Void fly again, his goal has always been Utopia.

But now, when Utopia finally revived and appeared in front of Xiao En's eyes, the excitement in his heart was naturally indescribable.

No one could understand Sean's mood at this moment.

It was a belief that had been persisted for a long time, a dream that had been pursued for a long time, and a stirring feeling that was finally realized.

A group of four people soon came to this holy place.

Utopia, the Holy Land, is a huge city built on the hillside.

As a refuge for humans to hide in the Age of Ashes, this land can accommodate a population of close to three million, covering an area of ​​more than 1,500 square kilometers, making it the largest territory known in the Miracle Continent today. Although nearly one-third of the area is built by hollowing out the mountainside, the entire Utopia actually has a very complete circulatory system: including fields for food farming, water resource recycling, and so on.

Of course, the area of ​​the Holy Land of Sanctuary does not only refer to the towering city wall that is present in front of Xiao En and the others at this moment, but also refers to the entire land including the Forest of Sighs, which belongs to Utopia area.

There are only about 500,000 people who can really live in the holy city. The other two million people are actually scattered throughout the land—according to the game official background data records for Utopia, before Utopia was destroyed and disappeared, in addition to the holy city, there were actually ten other people around it. two towns.

Stretching in front of everyone was a gigantic 50-meter-high city wall built along the direction of the mountain.

The construction material of these city walls is obviously some kind of stone that is likely to be unavailable today. Although the years have left indelible traces of history on these city walls, this city wall has not brought Xiao En and Rui Na any. The impression of dilapidation, on the contrary, this city wall is stronger than any city wall Xiao En has seen, and it is obviously a stone building, but when weapons collide with it, there can be a muffled sound of metal impact.

The city wall stretches for hundreds of meters, starting and ending at the mouths of the valleys on both sides.

The city of Utopia is built on a valley, and the city gate is in the middle of the valley. Back then in the game, some idle players tested it. The east and west sections of the city wall were exactly 750 meters symmetrical, which meant that the total length of this section of the city wall was 1,500 meters.

According to the standard of setting up a squad of soldiers on duty every 50 meters for the city wall patrol, a total of 30 squads of manpower are needed for this section of the city wall, which means that at least 600 soldiers on duty are required for each round of the city wall. If you count the manpower of the commander, the mobile team, and the reserve force, it will be on the scale of a thousand people.

Only a section of the city wall requires a thousand soldiers on duty.

Fortunately, there is only such a wall in the entire main city of Utopia. The east and west sides are steep mountains, and it is extremely difficult to climb into the city. On the north side, there is a hollowed-out mountainside. Although there is a mountain range bordering on the rear, it can be regarded as a loophole in the entire main city of Utopia, but in fact, it is not easy to climb the mountain from the north to enter the main city of Utopia. matter.

Because the climbing point of this mountain range happens to be in the Warcraft Canyon.

At this time, Xiao En and the others had all arrived under the city wall, and they all looked up at the huge city gate nearly twenty meters high.

"How...how do we get in?" Heatley asked.

Even if you just glance at this city gate casually, you can know that the weight of the city gate is definitely not light. I am afraid that it is definitely not an easy task to open it manually. Even Heatley and others are guessing that there may be a large-scale magic power machine inside the city gate, and the opening of the city gate must be opened through the transmission of the magic power machine, just like the steam gear. The gates are opened in the same way.

"Fly?" Rena asked tentatively.

The height of 50 meters may be very difficult for the strong in the gold realm, but it is nothing to the strong in the sanctuary realm. They only need to borrow one or two times to easily climb. Go up the city wall. As far as legends and even superpowers are concerned, there is no problem at all. With the ability to stay in the air and fly, they can easily cross the city wall and enter the city.

And a dragon knight like Rui Na naturally has a more convenient way.

Heishi is now a sub-dragon that can really fly. Perhaps as long as it evolves once or twice, it can become a genuine black dragon, and it might become the third real giant dragon on the Miracle Continent—if the giant dragon hiding in the dark forest back then didn't The words that were slaughtered by Bess.

"It's useless." Sean shook his head. "On this land, there are several large magic circles permanently fixed, one of which is the no-fly zone. If your Black Stone becomes a real dragon, then maybe It may be possible to obtain the ability to stay in the air for a short time, but it is impossible to truly fly like in other places. Let alone us... here, we can only be about 30 meters above the ground."

Utopia, it is not without reason that no birds fly.

Back then when it was still the chaotic black soil, this place was a forbidden area for life. And even after being purified, there is still no possibility of flying on this land, and even non-aggressive ornamental birds cannot fly on this land.

Regarding Sean's words, no one present would doubt it.

"Then how do we get in?" Cefanio asked, "This door... doesn't look easy to open at first glance. Do you have a key?"

Sean gave Xuefanio a white look: "When have you ever seen a city gate opened with a key?"

"Then how do you get in?" Xuefanio frowned.

Sean's brows also frowned.

In the game, with the success of the first phase of the mission, after the opening of the Lost Paradise, as long as the players of Wings of the Nether approached the city, they would automatically enter the copy of the Lost Paradise. And later, when they completely cleared the dungeon of Paradise Lost, they appeared in the central square of the city. The gate of Utopia had already been opened at that time, so Sean was really at a loss as to how to open this city gate. .

"It seems that we can only use the old method."

Sighing lightly, Sean took a few steps back, and then ran quickly with his strength. When he was approaching the city wall, he jumped suddenly, and his figure rose from the ground. This time, Sean didn't use the power of law in his body to let himself have the ability to float, but even so, Sean felt a sudden heaviness in his body, as if some force was preventing him from continuing to climb .

And the strength of this obstruction became particularly obvious when it reached 20 meters, and Sean even felt that he was directly affected by dozens of times of gravity. At this time, he finally couldn't help stretching out his foot and tapped lightly on the city wall, trying to use his strength to jump up again, but what made him feel subtle was that the moment his right foot touched the city wall, that The enormous gravitational force exerted on him completely disappeared, which made Sean's spirit involuntarily lifted.

But when he finished borrowing the force and jumped again, the gravity returned to him in an instant, and as his height continued to climb, the multiplier of gravity was obviously still being superimposed, even with Sean's current strength. When the strength of the body reached forty meters, there was a crackling sound from the bones in the body, obviously reaching the limit of the body.

This discovery made Sean tremble: the real situation is far more complicated and troublesome than in the original game.

However, his reaction was also extremely fast. As soon as he realized that something was wrong with his body, he put his legs on the city wall, and used this method to eliminate the gravity that was blessing him. Facts have proved that Xiao En's judgment method is indeed effective. Although this climbing method will undoubtedly increase his physical exertion, and only those who are legendary and above can easily use this technique, but anyway, Xiao En En still quickly climbed to the city wall.

After entering Utopia, everything here, for Sean, feels like returning home.

Walking along the stairs of the city wall to the city gate, Sean gently pulled up the rocker, and with the sound of gears turning, the entire city gate was quickly opened.

Hitley, Sefanio, and Rina entered in a file.

About two-thirds of the main city of Utopia was built in the valley, while the remaining one-third was built in the mountainside. Compared with the gorgeousness of Avalon, the architectural style of Utopia is obviously much more simple. Basically, durability and sturdiness are the first considerations, and the division of street areas is also very detailed and concise. Atmospheric, simple impression concept.

Probably because when this city was built, the whole world was in darkness. Human beings had to work together in order to survive, and no one complained. Because of this, there was no concept of commercial streets or shops in Utopia at that time, and all houses were personal residences. Although the class system still existed, it was just that the class system at that time was different from the current class situation. .

In the Utopian period of the Age of Ashes, only those wise and sages can be regarded as the real upper class. They can be exempted from all labor, and the houses they live in are generally larger and more luxurious, just like the so-called aristocrats today Same.

In the valley, most of the houses still belong to the level of ordinary people, and it is rare to see any more luxurious houses. However, as it gets closer to the side of the mountain, it is easier to see some larger houses, and even some single-family buildings similar to manors.

Under the leadership of Xiao En, everyone quickly passed the street, entered the mountainside, and then came to a room in the basement.

During the whole process, Sean didn't pause at all. After all, he was very familiar with this city. Even with his eyes closed, he knew where his destination was, so naturally there would be no waste of time when he acted. move.

It's just that this move, in the eyes of Xuefanio and Heatelli, seemed extremely weird.

Because according to the normal situation, it is necessary to explore a strange place first. However, Xiao En's actions clearly indicated that it was not the first time he had come here. The only one who didn't have the slightest doubt about Xiao En's actions was Rina.

"Isn't it your first time here?" Finally, Heatley couldn't hold back.

"You might not believe it." Sean thought for a while, and then said, "In my dream, I've been here many times."

"In a dream?" Cefanio glanced at Sean.

"En." Sean nodded, his tone full of sighs, "I once had a dream. In that dream, I had many, many companions. We took risks and fought together. We cried and laughed together. Face difficulties together, and then use the weapons in our hands to crush these difficulties and troubles.... In that dream, I was not a lord, nor an emperor, nor a king. I was just... the captain of a mercenary regiment .”

"What a shame." Xuefanio said, "If even you can only be the captain of a mercenary regiment, then no one in this world would dare to be your captain."

There are still. ——Sean said something silently in his heart.

But at this time, he did not answer this question.

He just stood in this altar-like room, and then lifted up several small stone pillars that had fallen down on the altar one by one, and then inserted them into the altar.

Each of these small stone pillars is no more than half a meter long, and looks like a stone stick, but the colors are different.

And as Sean put the five stone pillars into the altar one by one, the altar also lit up in five different colors at the same time. Heatley, Cephaneo, and Rena who entered the altar with Sean didn't know that whenever this altar lights up with a color, the entire Utopia also emits a color. And when the five colors shined one by one, the feeling of the whole utopia became completely different in an instant.

A holy and sacred atmosphere has begun to permeate the entire Utopia.

It was an awe-inspiring aura that could not be desecrated.

Sean looked up at the soft white light emanating from the altar, closed his eyes, and looked devout.

"President Yunlan, I have already won Utopia." Sean prayed silently in his heart, "This time, I promise that no one will destroy Utopia. The wings that belong to the void will always be here Spread your wings and soar...I will definitely make our Void Wings the most dazzling banner in this world. I will also make these wings the pride and faith of the people of the Void Empire."

Although they don't know what Sean is doing, this scene is indeed the first time that Heaterly, Sefanio, and Rena saw Sean showing such a pious look. Therefore, they didn't disturb Sean's prayer, but just quietly watched his actions.

And when Sean finished praying and opened his eyes again, his eyes became firm and awe-inspiring: "Let's go... Our guests will be here soon, and everything will go according to our previous plan." Let's do it that way."

"With our strength, can we really be able to deal with Lake?" Cephane frowned, "From what His Excellency Ulamog said, his strength should be... able to keep pace with them. And we... "

Before Cefanio could finish speaking, Sean interrupted: "We definitely can't beat Lake in other places. But here, there is absolutely no problem. Because this is known as the "Dreamland on Earth" Utopia is a holy land created in the Age of Ashes, and it is full of unparalleled sanctity. As long as Lake dares to step here, his strength will inevitably be weakened, and this is our only advantage."

"Then how can you be sure that Lake will enter such a place that is not good for him?" Heatley was the one who asked.

"Because, when I planted the fire of order, the light of order that soared into the sky was actually equivalent to the letter of war I sent to him." Sean said in a deep voice, "as proud as the Lich King I directly issued a letter of challenge to him, and he will never ignore it. Because his pride does not allow him to ignore it, even if there is something that is not good for him, he will break in....Of course , Although his strength has been weakened to a certain extent, his experience is still there, and the magic he has mastered is not less, so we still can't take it lightly."

"But at least, under such circumstances, we have the power to fight!" Reina said, as always, she was very passionate, "As long as we have the opportunity, and we have so many people, we are not afraid that we will not be able to defeat him Rather, what we should worry about is what to do if he can't beat us and run away."

"Then we have to do our best to prevent the other party from escaping." Sean chuckled lightly, but the tone of the laughter was not very relaxed, "This is our home field, and we have more people than the other party, so On the whole, we are still relatively favorable....The most important thing is that now that the war has broken out in full swing, we have no time to hesitate any longer, and this battle has already started a month ago."

"We will do our best." Cefanio nodded, "So... when will Lake come over?"

"He... has come." Sean was about to answer, but his face changed slightly, and he said immediately, "It's... just outside the city gate." (To be continued.)