When a huge beast falls, death does not mean the end of everything.
The remaining vitality will often survive the warmth of the corpse and survive in another form, or continue.
In the depths of the ancient Gondor Empire, chaotic and dry winds roared across the plains carrying dust and mist. In the chaotic sky, dirty clouds swirled and twisted like an upside-down funnel, covering them gloomily. Across the entire sky and earth, sparkling energy pulses jumped and shuttled between the swirling clouds, continuously releasing arcs that were several kilometers long and rumbling low thunder. Under this terrifying celestial phenomenon, it melted and then tore apart. The wasteland of the imperial capital.
The former imperial capital has long been reduced to dust in the magic explosion. Now only the sparse and twisted remains are left to prove the existence of human civilization. In the center of the vast plain, a huge impact crater lies quietly. On the ground, the inner walls of the impact crater with crystal-like texture are sunken layer by layer towards the center. Some molten materials whose original form can no longer be seen are "embedded" on the inner walls, pointing straight to the sky like ferocious branches. It was bleak and terrifying up there.
But even in the depths of such completely destroyed ruins, there are still things that are "alive" -
At the bottom of the giant impact crater, the scorched earth rises, and the crystalline melt The material solidified into a cone-shaped structure that seemed to be made up of countless prisms. At the top of this cone-shaped structure, a beam of blue flame with a scale of nearly a kilometer erupted, illuminating the entire pit. This beam of magic flame erupted. At an altitude of several kilometers, it echoes the swirling charged clouds in the sky, and around the "crystal cone" that emits magic flames, a large number of wandering magic phantoms can be seen moving around.
This terrible eruption has been going on for seven hundred years, and there is still no sign of stopping.
At the bottom of the crystal cone, a pipe extending from the bottom of the crystal prism extends forward along the inner wall of the impact crater, and gradually merges into the melted and solidified crystalline material on the crater wall. There is a stream of light emerging, as if some material is being transported continuously, and several muddy mana phantoms are wandering around this pipeline. Driven by instinct, they approach this pure and clean energy, but they are unable to absorb it due to the existence of the pipeline protective wall. The energy is restless.
Suddenly, a light bullet flashed between these wandering mana phantoms. The powerful power contained in the light bullet directly caused one of the phantoms to fall apart and exploded on the wall of the pit in the distance. A chaotic arc cloud.
The next moment, all the mana phantoms quickly left this place.
At the location where the light bomb flew, the outer wall of the "Crystal Cone" opened a narrow entrance and exit at some point, and a tall and tall female figure wearing an old Imperial Mage uniform quietly stood Standing there, she watched expressionlessly as the arc cloud not far away slowly dissipated, and she still maintained the gesture of raising her hand to cast a spell.
The wind of chaotic wasteland blew through the bottom of the pit, blowing thisThe tall woman had silver-gray hair on her forehead. Her appearance was almost impeccable, and there was no flaw on her skin. However, those same silver-gray eyes seemed to lack the necessary emotion, and were as cold as a machine.
She looked in the direction of the energy conduit for a few seconds, then slowly put her hand down, and a faint light flashed deep in her eyeballs.
“The cleaning is completed and the harmful organisms have been expelled.
“The appearance scan of the energy conduit is normal and the environmental readings are normal.
"In the Imperial Calendar of 2488, on the 2nd of the Fire Moon, Sentinel 4 began to perform patrol missions."
With a slightly mechanized voice, a tall man with long silver-gray hair The female Imperial Magister looked up into the distance. A light blue halo formed by runes spread from her waist. She immediately left the ground and flew to the outer edge of the impact crater.
"The situation in the warning area is normal...the appearance of each energy conduit is normal...the remaining sentries are observed, and the visual inspection is normal...they are crossing the outer ring of the ruined area..."
The female demon While the instructor reported the situation mechanically, he quickly flew over the impact crater, and finally landed smoothly on the corrupted and torn wasteland outside the crater.
"Arrived at the patrol area outside the ruins, calibrating the monitor..." As she spoke, she raised her head and looked around at the desolate and destroyed old land of the imperial capital. The desolate scenery that had remained unchanged for hundreds of years came into her view. The object's eyeball presents a clear image in the optically sensitive crystal.
Her gaze suddenly stopped, and a tall, deformed, swollen monster that seemed to be made of flowing red mud suddenly entered her sight.
"Witnessed threatening creatures, units with high arcane resistance, began to eliminate them."
Before the mechanized cold voice fell, the female magister had already launched a rapid attack. A halo of complex runes suddenly appeared behind her. At the same time, she kicked the ground hard with her legs. Accelerated by the dual power, the tall figure turned into a phantom and rushed towards the aberrant body in the distance at a speed close to a knight's charge. .
The aberrant body also noticed the attacker who was attacking quickly. The monster let out a roar of chaos, and polluting magic power surged from its body. It raised its arms high, and there was already a mass of black-red corruption. The energy quickly took shape, but before it could launch this destructive energy, a female magister wearing an old uniform had already rushed over. The latter raised her arm, and an alloy blade popped out directly from her palm, quickly cutting off the aberrant body. The arm used to cast spells, then her figure flashed, the blade whirled, and she cut off the monster's other arm neatly - two flashes of sword light, the strength and speed were comparable to that of an excellent swordsman!
The aberrant body let out an inexplicable roar of chaos, and tried to turn its body to try to catch the "Magister"'s movements, but its attempt was only halfway through, and an alloy blade had already cut off the weak spot on its back.
The giant-like blood-red monster roared and fell down. The dirty blood and mud quickly disintegrated. The female mage raised her arms, and the alloyThe blade shrank back into her body, and a large amount of smoke and dust emitted after the death of the aberrant body enveloped her.
Suddenly, the smoke and dust that should have naturally escaped stagnated, and another threatening energy reaction appeared in her perception. She instantly raised her arms and tried to locate the threatening target, but those entrenched in the air The smoke and dust in the air briefly interfered with her judgment - during this moment of interference, a vine like a dry branch suddenly pierced out from the nearby ground and stabbed straight into her back!
With a harsh sound of metal breaking, the dry vine pierced the alloy shell on the back of the "Magister". The latter's body trembled violently, followed by a crackling sound. The sound and a series of weird mechanical noises made the body of this tall female "Magister" finally stop.
On the ground, there was a rustling sound from where the vines had emerged. A large number of plant structures squirmed out of the fragile corrupted soil, completely lifting up a large area of the nearby surface. The plant structures emerging from the ground squirmed and reorganized in a chilling way, and soon condensed into a hideous and weird giant tree form.
One of the giant trees shook its branches, and the twisted and wrinkled features on the bark squirmed: "It feels so good to be able to move freely... It took us seven hundred years to lay the root network. , now it can finally come in handy."
The other giant tree slightly shook its extended vines - that was the vine that pierced the "Magister"'s back: " It's amazing that these ancient iron men are still functioning."
"Not all mental cores have failed. The most advanced iron men can protect their cores through temporary dormancy," said the third strain. The giant tree said in a hoarse voice, "Look over there, the Deep Blue Well... The iron men maintain it in their own way. It has now been transformed into a fortress, and the production and maintenance arrays deep underground jointly maintain it. The entire Iron Man Corps..."
The other two giant trees shook their branches at the same time, making a rustling sound: "...it is indeed difficult for us to directly capture the Deep Blue Well."
"So we need to spread bit by bit, take root bit by bit, and... find a way to solve the defense line formed by these iron men."
The vines that pierced the back of the "Magister" slowly retracted, There was a slight buzzing and mechanical friction sound in the Magister's body, which was in a static state. She seemed to be trying to restart, but the damage to the magic hub prevented her restart from working.
"Take 'her'," the giant tree roots headed by squirmed, "'The Matrix' will soon notice that a sentry has lost contact. Let's leave before more iron men climb out." Here."
"Yes, Grand Priest."
A giant tree said respectfully, spreading out a large number of branches with a burst of rustling, locking the tree. The Iron Mage is wrapped up, and the remaining giant trees communicate with the underground root network, accompanied by a large number of vines.Emerging from the cracks on the ground, all the giant trees quickly merged with the vines and quickly disappeared in place.
A few minutes later, several tall sentries wearing Gondor Magister uniforms landed nearby, but the traces of those giant trees were completely lost here, leaving only a pile of slowly melting trees belonging to the tree. The ashes of the aberration.
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In a valley dozens of kilometers away from the ruins of the Deep Blue Well, countless twisted but lush trees are rooted at the bottom of the valley. Their branches are intertwined and their crowns are connected. The layers of leaves made bursts of rustling sounds in the wind of the wasteland, bringing a strange life to this land where all things were extinct.
A large number of extremely tall giant aberrations with weird spikes on their bodies are wandering around the entrance of the valley, guarding this strange area like sentinels, and deep in the valley, countless vines are squirming. Then they emerged from the ground and formed the shapes of several giant trees in a short period of time.
One of the giant trees moved its roots to a platform. Amidst the rustling of the crown and branches, it placed a "female mage" wrapped in plant tissue on the platform. central.
"It's really beyond our expectation..." At the same time as the "cargo" was put on the platform, two voices that sounded like a duet at the same time came from the nearby "woods", a pair of elves The sisters strolled out of the forest and looked at the "tree men" in the central clearing with admiring expressions. "You look like you are going well?"
"The lone iron men are not difficult to deal with. They think Very stiff." The leader of the tree men turned around and stared at the elf twins in front of him with his dry and strange face. "Now, it's time for you to show your own value."
"Watch yours. Words, 'Grand Priest', we are just cooperating with you, not your subordinates," the Elf Twins said coldly, "Without our help, you may not be able to break through the Iron Man Corps' defense in a hundred years."
"We do each get what we need, but if we had not suffered a total defeat in the outside world, the proud Gemini would not have crawled into this wasteland to seek allies," the new Grand Priest of the All-Death Society , the leader of the tree people said in a hoarse voice, "Now, let us both give up this meaningless pride - only results are what we all need."
The Elf Twins said nothing more What, he just walked past the Grand Priest indifferently, came to the stone platform, and lowered his head to look down at the locked iron sentry.
This ancient Gondor technology crystal lies quietly on the platform, without breathing or heartbeat, only very subtle clicking and buzzing sounds come from her body, showing her self Repairs are still underway, but it's just a temporary freeze.
"Very good, at least you have not destroyed the mental core. A large number of structures, including the magic hub, can repair themselves. Only once the mental core is damaged, there is nothing we can do... After all, It's the technology of the Gondor people."
The Elf Twins said casually.Commenting, Leerna stepped forward and pressed her hand on the abdomen of the "female mage" - in the light of magic, a hole was melted open in the old imperial mage uniform, revealing a hole that was also melted inside. The bionic skin, as well as the protective shell shining with metallic luster underneath the skin.
Filna's fingertips traced the edge of the protective shell, as if cutting through the metal with an invisible blade. When various protective spells failed, the protective shell was easily opened. After popping open, what was revealed was an exquisite pure copper mechanical core, as well as a variety of shimmering ancient magic devices.
“What an exquisite design.” Leerna sighed softly.
"And it happened to be the critical moment to repair itself." Fierna showed a smile.
"At this time, we only need to make a small interference with this unprotected mental core..."
The Elf Twins simultaneously pressed their fingers into the pile of ancient magic devices. On a part, along with a slight arc of electricity, there was a strange mechanical friction sound in the "Female Magister"'s body, and her eyes blinked slightly, as if she was waking up from a dream.
Leerna and Fierna straightened up, came into the sight of the sentry, and looked down: "Hello, soldier."
"Reset completed, loading recognition Ku..." The "Female Magister" focused her eyes on Leerna and Fierna. After a moment's delay, she blinked again, "Nice to see you, rebels."
In the open space not far away, the roots and branches of the Grand Priest swayed gently.
The unrecognizable Druid leader made a hoarse voice: "Now, we have taken care of the first one."
Throughout the valley, countless weird and twisted giant trees swayed at the same time. The branches made a rustling sound.
When a huge beast falls, death does not mean the end of everything.
The remaining vitality will often survive the warmth of the corpse and survive in another form, or continue.