Chapter 285: Battle! (5k)

Outside of Hongfeng City, on the gravel plain.

The howling gale was blowing, and only a few thin trees could be vaguely seen on the endless gravel. Occasionally, a few lonely birds flew across the sky, but their cries were drowned out by the black tide gradually surging in from afar.

In the dark army formation.

Koros looked at the outline of the fortress wall at the end of his field of vision, and the corners of his mouth couldn't help but curl up slightly.

He had already calculated that at about this time, the "Deathborn God" would fall into a violent frenzy due to hunger, and would rush to the ground to "forage" at all costs - He would spread death and feed on the civilians and extraordinary people of Red Maple City. It wouldn't take too long for half of Red Maple City to be turned into a "dead city"...

Before that, the only "saint" in the city, Hubert, the "Holy Deacon of Purification" of [Glory], will be bound by the Heir of the Dead and Born God, and will be involved in a decisive battle to the death with Him.

And at the moment when Hubert was the only "saint", he was unable to stop his strong devouring instinct. For Koros, the best outcome would be for Hubert to be killed and devoured by the Heir of the God of Death, which would save Koros a lot of trouble...

This outcome was inevitable in Koros's eyes. Koros even specially scouted around Red Maple City for this purpose, and knew that although there were "saints" of the Supreme who were rushing to Red Maple City, he would definitely not have time to intervene in the crisis at hand.

Koros was quite relieved about this.

After that, the fortress city in front of them could be easily taken without using too much force.

As for how to deal with the "Death-Birth God's Heir" who had had his fill after entering the city, Koros had his own way.

Koros was thinking excitedly like this. He saw the blazing smoke rising from the fortress wall in the distance, but he didn't care.

Just as he was daydreaming like this, Baberon's doubtful voice came from beside him:

"…I don't think something is right, Koros."

"What's wrong?" Koros turned to look at Baberon, but saw a rare look of confusion on his face.

Baberon raised his arm and opened his palm. A spherical outline slowly condensed in his palm, with a few gray and black dots floating on it. They were gradually dimming and dissipating.

"The 'divine' reaction in Red Maple City has become extremely thin, Koros." Baberon said slowly.

"…What do you mean?" Koros was a little confused. "Are you saying that the 'Deathborn God' was not born at the scheduled time?"

"..." Baberon did not answer him, but continued to stare at the ball in his hand with a frown. After a long time, he slowly said:

"I'm worried about another possibility that we don't want to believe."

"How is that possible?" Cross shook his head. His shrill voice seemed to tremble with laughter. "How could Huberte, a 'holy deacon' alone, complete the purification so quickly?"

"We have predicted this long ago, Baberon. In that city, there could only be one saint, Huberte, in such a short period of time."

"Are you worried that the 'Deathborn God' will be purified? No, that's impossible. I think it's more likely that they used some method to conceal their aura—"

"Do you remember when the 'Ancestor Bishop' Sandos invaded the church in Sina City, and the church's Bishop Fabian pulled up the 'Lightless Cage'... Oh, I forgot, you haven't been to Sina City."

"..."

Koros said this with no loss of confidence in his tone, but Baberon could not find any reason to refute him.

Because what Koros said was indeed possible - it was indeed possible for Red Maple City to take such action to avoid exposing itself to the outside world as it was in crisis, and it was also possible for the "Holy Deacon" Hubert to have the authority over the "Lightless Cage".

After thinking about it this way, Baberon suddenly felt that it made much more sense, and his frown slowly relaxed.

"Perhaps you are right, Koros." Baberon said calmly, "I hope I am overthinking it."

This brief conversation ended quickly, and the army behind them, which covered the sky and the sun, was still advancing slowly and steadily towards the direction of Red Maple City.

Then, although Baberon was able to convince himself with Koros' words.

But he always had a bad feeling in his heart, which made him extremely irritated, but he could not get rid of it.

……

Half an hour later.

As the dark army got closer to Red Maple City, the ominous feeling grew stronger in Baberon's heart.

As expected, the scene of the city filled with deathly fog did not appear. On the contrary—

The Red Maple City's army had already lined up in front of the city, ready for battle. On the city wall, four "fourfold destiny" transcendents from Bian Ting and Fang Bei Yuan were also looking at them, with no signs of being in danger due to the birth of the "Death Birth God Heir"!

"Koros..." Baberon pondered for a moment and spoke again:
“…I still feel like something is wrong.”

"..."

This time, Koros did not refute.

Because he also felt something was wrong.

Except for the church's "High Priest" Rossu Carlos and the "Holy Deacon" who were nowhere to be seen, almost all the other high-ranking people in Red Maple City appeared in front of Kolos!
There was no panic or despair on their faces. On the contrary, their faces were filled with high fighting spirit.

Koros couldn't help but stroke his chin, trying to think, when he suddenly heard bursts of loud horn sounds in his ears -

Woo-woo! ——In the Red Maple City army formation, the charge horn was blown instantly!

Along with it were the sounds of gongs and drums like raging waves hitting the shore. The army in front had begun to move and charged towards the dark army!
Dozens of royal guards and hundreds of war knights at the border led thousands of cavalry to encircle the city from both wings, while in the center was the city defenders formation with a fanatical fighting spirit. They wore half-leather armor, held simple shields and long swords, and rushed towards the dark army on the opposite side fearlessly!
On top of the towering walls of Red Maple City, thousands of crossbows were neatly pushed out, fiercely shooting out one scorching curtain of fire after another!

These scenes happened so fast that even Koros was caught off guard.

It was obvious that Red Maple City had already made full preparations for the invasion of the Dark Army and attacked them before they could gain a foothold!
There was no time to think about where their confidence came from. A dark light flashed in Koros' eyes. He reached into his arms and took out a colorful mask.

After putting on the mask, Koros raised his arm, and countless strands of mist emitting jet-black light suddenly emanated from his body.

With him as the origin, a thick black fog descended from mid-air, covering thousands of ordinary soldiers around him, and dark shadows poured into their bodies like silk threads.

It was visible to the naked eye that the bodies of the soldiers entangled in the shadows began to twist and deform, and their eyes were covered with a layer of warlike and fanatical crimson.

This is precisely one of Koros's most important abilities as a "Shadow Military Strategist" - he can forcibly strengthen ordinary people who are not extraordinary to a level close to that of extraordinary people, at the cost of losing their sanity and greatly shortening their lifespan.

The scope of this "reinforcement" is certain. The more targets that receive reinforcement within the scope, the lower the average ability improvement will be, and the cost required will be relatively lower.

On the other hand, if the number of "enhanced" targets is smaller, the degree of enhancement will be more thorough. If the foundation of the enhanced target is good enough, Koros can even "force the growth" of him from an ordinary person to a transcendent with the fourth level of destiny strength.

The soldiers who were "catalyzed" by Koros to become extraordinary people suddenly roared like wild beasts, and then rushed towards the Red Maple City Guards who were rushing towards them. ——Boom! The first round of front-line military formations had already collided, and the air was suddenly filled with a strong smell of blood.

Thousands of frenzied soldiers strengthened by Koros have charged into the opposing city guards' formation, tearing into pieces the dozen or so soldiers who came into contact with them first.

But soon, Koros discovered that something was wrong.

The city guards who were fighting against his strengthened soldiers were actually indifferent to the death of their companions, and even had a more fanatical and warlike look on their faces!

The number of those city guards was even more than twice that of the strengthened berserker soldiers. Although the berserker soldiers quickly killed hundreds of the enemy, more city guards actually overwhelmed them in turn!

Then, under Koros's gaze, the increasingly strong smell of blood in the air gradually shifted from the city guards to his strengthened berserker soldiers!

——Those "city guards" also possessed physiques and strength far beyond that of ordinary people! Although Koros could sense that they were not extraordinary, they were able to contend with the frenzied soldiers!
"...When did Red Maple City train such an army?" Koros murmured in confusion. He raised his arm, ready to reinforce another wave of soldiers around him to make up for the manpower consumed by the two or three thousand "city guards".

Although each "strengthening" will consume a lot of Koros's spiritual power, the battle situation has obviously exceeded Koros's expectations.

However, just as he raised his arm, the thick black fog flickered faintly in the air.

Suddenly, Koros caught a glimpse of dazzling golden light at the edge of his vision. He immediately stopped strengthening and took out the snake-shaped conical blade from his waist.

——Ding! He just flicked the cone blade with his finger, and the dark bell curtain he summoned burst into a series of dazzling golden lights!

A war hammer flew down from the sky like a meteor, smashing several obvious cracks on the bell curtain of Koros!
Following closely behind the flying warhammer came the "Holy Deacon" of the parish!
——“Holy Deacon of Purification” Hubert! He has appeared in front of Koros!

He was riding on an illusory, armored white lion. The hammer he had thrown had returned to his hand. With a burning golden light in his eyes, he looked down at Koros below with contempt.

In contrast, there was a flash of obvious shock and confusion in Koros' eyes.

He didn't expect that the "Holy Deacon" Hubert would actually appear in front of him! He didn't get into a fierce battle with the "Death Birth God Heir", but just appeared in front of him!
"How...how...?" Koros asked hesitantly, "Shouldn't you be fighting the 'Deathborn God'? You shouldn't be here!"

"..."

"'Deathborn God' ah... you mean the baby's head?"

Hubert responded in a calm voice:
"He was indeed born. But unfortunately, He had already been purified by me."

——Roar! As Hubert was speaking, the illusory white lion under his seat began to roar and dived towards Koros under Hubert's control!

While rushing down from the sky, the white lion's claws had condensed into a giant sword that emitted a brilliant golden light and was impossible to look directly at.

The huge sword chopped down from above Koros' head!
Under Koros's gaze, the flow of spirituality in his eyes seemed to stop in an instant, and the sound of the wind that was originally whistling around him also returned to silence at the same moment.

The invisible sword wave, which was powerful enough to cut off everything, flew towards Koros quickly!

Kolos' eyes went dark, and he had subconsciously bent his fingers, but a "Madness" puppet behind him rushed forward and blocked his way.

--boom! ! !

A golden light suddenly burst out, and Koros's vision was instantly completely occupied by a dazzling golden light.

The puppet's fine steel surface took the blow from Hubert's Heart Lion solidly, and a large, smooth fracture suddenly appeared on its surface, and the gears, bearings and other small parts inside poured out like an hourglass.

As Koros watched, the puppet that had blocked the attack for him suddenly turned into scrap metal and collapsed heavily on the gravel ground.

"What are you staring at? Koros?" Baberon's voice came from behind Koros, "Even if the current situation deviates from the plan, he is alone now!"

"Delay brings change! Koros! Remember delay brings change!"

As he spoke, Baberon had already commanded all the "Mad" puppets around him to surround Hubert.

Koros also came back to his senses from his extreme shock, and when he looked at Hubert opposite him, a deep light once again appeared in his eyes.

Although he didn't know whether what the "Holy Deacon" Hubert said was true, he was already so close but still couldn't feel the breath of the "Heir of Death and Birth". Hubert was probably not lying.

But when Koros thought this, a greater sense of crisis had already surged in the hearts of Koros and Baberon at the same time.

It is impossible for the "Holy Deacon" Hubert to purify the "Death Birth God Heir" by himself, which just shows another possibility -

Right in Red Maple City, the "second saint" whom they were unknown to had appeared!
But this unknown enemy has not appeared yet. At the moment, Hubert is obviously alone in the presence of Koros and Baberon.

There was a flash of cruelty in Koros' eyes, and he flicked the snake-shaped cone blade in his hand again. The previous bell curtain quickly faded and dissipated. A new bell curtain soon appeared above Hubert's head and quickly fell down!
The next moment, Hubert was covered by the bell curtain. Without hesitation, Koros flicked the snake-shaped cone blade again, causing countless sharp spikes to quickly protrude from the surface of the bell curtain!
Countless spikes grew and pierced Hubert's body rapidly, and streaks of bright red splashed out from inside the bell curtain.

But a rich, dazzling golden light also surged within the curtain - "Holy Deacon" Hubert avoided the vital points and opened several protective barriers in time to block more spikes outside the barriers!
Then, he swung the war hammer, mobilized all the [Glorious] spirituality in his body into the hand holding the hammer, and smashed it hard towards the surface of the bell curtain!
——Bang!!! All the spikes on one side broke, and a large gap appeared on the bell curtain behind it. Hubert's figure quickly flashed out from the gap.

And at the moment when Hubert broke away, the surrounding "Madness" puppets had gathered around him and launched a round of explosive bombardment at Hubert!

The indestructible iron fist, the light beam containing destructive spirituality, and so on, bombarded Hubert, the only target, but Hubert did not retreat, he just raised his left hand.

A circular golden pattern appeared on the back of his left hand.

——Boom!!! With Hubert as the origin, a surging wave of air full of spiritual pressure suddenly burst out, shaking all the puppets around it away!

That is the power of "rejection" held by "Holy Deacon" Hubert!

In Koros's field of vision, Hubert's body outline was covered with a layer of dazzling golden light, the light even made Hubert's facial features difficult to distinguish, the whole person looked like a shining golden man.

And around Hubert, several circles were circling and covering him. They "rejected" everything they touched, and the alien spirits could not approach at all!
The cruel look on Kolos's face became more and more profound, and he couldn't help but become anxious.

He raised the dagger, wanting to summon all the remaining bell curtains at once, trying to break Hubert's circle of "rejection" and get rid of him once and for all.

But his idea could not be put into practice as another ethereal whistle was heard in the air.

A figure emitting dazzling golden light then appeared in front of Kolos. He started with two glowing crosses, dispersing the bell curtain spirituality that had not yet condensed in the air!
The sudden attack made Koros take a step back. It was not until the light in front of him faded that he could see clearly who the person was.

Then, Koros' eyes widened.

The man who just appeared in front of him and started with an extremely oppressive holy technique was undoubtedly the one with the "Fifth Fate".

But what Koros never expected was that

The person who appeared before him was actually the "High Priest" of the church, that "Rosius Carlos"!
——He is actually the second “Saint” of Red Maple City!
……

(End of this chapter)

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