Wasteland Echoer

Forcibly holding back the pain and the feeling of blood gushing upward, Lorca looked at the entire right arm that had temporarily lost consciousness.

Wisps of soft, pure black smoke floated vertically upwards in an abnormal state. The exposed bones quickly turned red and shiny, and the muscles at the wound began to rapidly turn black and deteriorate, as if The rotten meat has been stored for a long time, and while emitting an unpleasant stench, it has become corrupted and become very fragile.

With a gentle squeeze, it turns into a puddle of broken mud like a tofu cube.

"This is the price for betraying the emperor."

Ivan 22's voice became extremely ethereal. He jumped up suddenly and jumped into the air of this "underworld" and "hell". With his back facing the crimson moon hanging high in the sky, he clenched his fists tightly. Crossed on the chest, the voice in the mouth was amplified several times, chanting the incomprehensible Krusted spell in an extremely ethereal and terrifying way:

"The return of [Order] leads to [Chaos]; the end of [Chaos] reshapes [Order]."

"The realm of the underworld guides the transformation of the future, and the mountains and iron that travel back and forth in time and space reshape the world."

After the incantation was finished, countless black phantoms emerged from the surging crimson sea.

They were in pain, wailing, roaring, and angrily, as if they had truly endured hundreds of millions of hours of torture from endless hell and had "sorrow" and resentment.

Soon, a thick bright red halo formed around Ivan 22's body. From the perspective of "Future" and Lorca, this halo overlapped the crimson moon behind him in a ring, and the scene Extremely weird, but rarely spectacular.

After all, as those crosses emitting spiritual light retreated to the surrounding rows, a hurricane of dark red hot liquid surged behind Ivan 22, rushing towards the highest sky, as if there was a very powerful machine. The water pump is large but does not stop running.

In just a few seconds, when "Future" was still thinking about how to activate the magic source power, looking for a direction and trying to attack, the radiance of the gods emerged on the stone pillars that had just been raised, and they stretched out blue sticks. The metal chain, connected to Ivan 22's back, is continuously feeding the energy stored here for thousands of years into his body.

Not long after, a pair of huge bat-shaped wings stretched out from his back. As they flapped, they reflected the iconic double-headed eagle pattern of the Crusted Empire.

There was even a wide tail made of closely interlocked bones that grew outward, and its end actually landed on the ground about ten meters away from the body.

"Ivan 22 may have used the power of hell, which may be more terrifying than the 'power of the underworld'." "Future" analyzed:

"The plan he once led to dig through the earth may really be connected to the underworld and hell. These powers are somewhat different from those of the ancient gods. If they don't belong to hell, I can't imagine where else in the world and universe there can be such power. The power that exudes this deeply unsettling aura.”

"That's right." Ivan 22's hearing and vision were strengthened to the extreme with the blessing of power. He heard the low-pitched analysis of "Future" and said confidently but madly:

"Now, I have to admit that you and the boys around you are indeed excellent examples of the 'New Construction Project' to transform human beings. I am very reluctant to do anything to you. However, as an emperor, the bottom line is loyalty. Loyalty is not always convenient. Absolute disloyalty, unprecedented loyalty, I would call it - hostility."

"It seems that Lorca's sneak attack was successful. Ivan 22, are you no longer a human being?" "Future" smiled, looking up and looking at the situation that was beyond recognition, and his body was in the state of an evil god and a devil in the underworld. Ivan XXII, who was superimposed but could barely maintain a human figure, said.

Although he snorted coldly in his throat and refused to admit it, Ivan 22 did not bother to use lies to cover up his strength. Being strong is destined to be strong, and there is no need to hide the strength.

His chest protruded excessively forward, erect to the extreme, and his body unconsciously "shrunk" backwards, constantly drawing strength under the drag of the metal chain.

Feeling that his body's condition had reached its peak and his energy was full, Ivan 22 roughly broke all the chains with his bare hands and emitted red laser light from his eyes. In just a few blinks, all the stone pillars were blown to pieces. It is as powerful as any cannon Crusted has ever put into actual combat.

Slowly descending to the ground, Ivan 22 walked with heavy steps in front of "Future" and Luo Ka. After muttering silently, he stretched out several palms covered with sticky substances from the ground, and held on tightly. He grabbed their ankles, legs and waists and restrained them in place.

"This is my power, the strength of the [Order]." Ivan 22 said, stretched out his dark right hand covered with scales, and "gently" pulled off Roka's useless arm, and his fingertips made a faint sound. With a green light, just a tap on its fracture, Lorca grew an unconscious, but barely usable, silver-white and black-gold mechanical arm.

"This is the 'Mechanical Resurrection' that is exclusive to [Prayer]. When I was just promoted to Stage 2: Abandonment, my brother Mekarev asked me to copy the ability." Ivan 22 lost no time in saying Introduction:

"We [Orders], before being promoted to Order 3, had no strength at all and were almost like ordinary human beings. Except for the occasional use of some magic power skills that do not affect the overall situation of the battle, we have no special professional skills.

"You must know that the sign of the beginning of the steam era has never been the so-called 'first steel incident'. The simple factories built by low-end alien beasts are just the lowest-end existence. The real sign is the 'detection collapse' event'."

"'Detection collapse'? 'The beginning of the steam era'? What do you want to express?" "Future" asked.

"In the first year of steam, at four points in Crusted from west to east: the forest in the middle area of ​​Karloff, the ruins of the ancient swamp city in the southern area, the mountain stream at the source of the river in the ice area, and the cave in the eastern part of the city of punishment. The value of the magic source power detected in the nature is lower than the standard of "Eleventh at the beginning of the lunar month, the day when the true master and the dragon coexist" stipulated in the "Holy Word", and the world has officially entered the "end of the magic source power" ', in order to cover up this unfavorable situation, later generations officially defined it as the 'Steam Age'." Ivan XXII replied:

"Therefore, it is particularly difficult for us [Orders] to gain magical status. I can only use technology to make small and continuous changes to my body in order to speed up my absorption of magic power. The promotion of the sequence level is also accomplished by relying on the man-made sequence gods.

"It's hard for you to imagine what a long and arduous period I have gone through. Even in the Steam Age, even as one of the successors to the throne of Crusted, I have not made a huge breakthrough in magic power and have not made any achievements in the extraordinary field. With the breakthrough, as the weakest member of the royal family, I was sent to the border. It was called "experience", but in fact it was "exile".

"So, when I was finally able to use the professional power of [Order], I chose 'copying and fusion' instead of 'learning and understanding'. After all, human life is limited after all, even gods have The day that fell.

"So far, I have all the skills of sixteen professions in my body. The skill that resurrected me just now is the special skill of the [Terrorist] that combines the 'Power of the Tomb' and the 'Glory of the Underworld' , 'Resurrection'. It can make the body that is destined to die come back to life with the help of the power of darkness, but I will lose my human appearance."

"So...my attack itself is effective, right?" Lorca struggled and gasped.

"Indeed, boy, that's why I say you are excellent." Ivan XXII held up Luo Ka's chin with one hand and said:

“My self-confidence does sometimes bring disaster, but as a ruler, you must have absolute confidence, otherwise people in a pessimistic state will not be able to gather strength.

"To this day, I still give you one last chance. Either follow me or be tortured by me slowly to satisfy my need to calm down my angry heart. In the end, you will become one of the leaders of the new human empire and the hero of 'Restarting the Era'. , or die in humiliation like a cheap insect, it all depends on the moment your thinking changes. As an emperor, I am still tolerant and generous enough towards talents. "

"Instead of..." Lorca gritted his teeth and looked up angrily at the increasingly ugly and twisted figure of Ivan XXII, clad in black armor. His inner feelings for this emperor who chattered like a devil increased. A bit of contempt.

A thick layer of flames once again appeared on the surface of his body. After a few low whimpering and roaring sounds like a wolf, he struggled to respond:

"Instead of living in humiliation while wearing shackles and sin, helping evil people, it is better to live freely and hard for justice. The world should not be like this, and we would not enter the long night of hopeless wasteland and endure The torture of hunger, cold, loneliness and death.

"'Your Majesty the Emperor', we lost people have never bowed to disasters, let alone the creators of disasters. With weakened emotions, we can no longer understand the fear that belongs to human beings. Moreover, even in the future, after the 'Restart Era' , the world should not be controlled by one person, human beings are a race with intelligence...

"Only when a steady stream of people move forward for their dreams can they truly break through the shackles and reach the other side of the universe. Therefore, as the initiator of the disaster, you must die, even if Luo Ka and I are torn apart by this hell you created today. If you are broken and eliminated, more people will continue to challenge you after you wake up for the sake of justice and peace."

"So, is this your answer?" Ivan 22 smiled contemptuously.

Immediately, several steel wires sprang out from his chest and inserted directly into Luoka's blue, rapidly beating heart that belonged to the lost person.