Elden: Ring of Calamity

Chapter 343: Rebellion

"Brother, can we really defeat that evil god with just these?"

Marlenya stood on a hill far away from the battlefield, and watched with a frown as the craftsmen below filled up a large area of ​​earth, leaving only an empty valley with a radius of ten miles.

"Not enough," Mikaela sighed softly, "That is the first 'god' that is truly hostile to mortal beings since the Age of Resurgence. Their power is far beyond that of ordinary local gods. I am afraid that even if my mother comes with the power of the magic ring, she will not be able to easily defeat him - relying on this formation alone, at best she can only severely damage him."

Marennia's face turned pale and she stamped her feet, "How can that be possible? If we keep fighting like this, Lucia and the others won't be able to hold on!"

"Why don't you trust them as much as I do?" Michaela glanced at her sister. "Lucia and Latan are already on the verge of their limit, but Esti hasn't gotten anything good either. This magic circle can't kill gods, but if it just creates an opportunity for them to kill gods, it's enough."

Marennia's expression changed. The image of Lucia's black sword filled with the breath of death appeared in her mind. Her clenched heart finally relaxed a little. She said, "Then how do we lure them here?"

Michaela glanced at the distant sky. The beast tide tornado that stretched from sky to earth had almost dissipated. The flying dragon troops were chasing the enemy to the north, clearing out the last remaining enemies.

"We may need to ask the original flying dragon guarding the dragon tomb for help." He pondered, "With Lucia's agility, even if she is in a life-and-death battle, she will definitely be able to understand our intentions."

About half an hour later, the two golden demigods finally saw Lakkad and Lani who had returned with their team. Morret and Adura were sent to the rear to heal their wounds. Instead, it was Gustav who followed them and saluted, saying, "Gustav the Steel Halberd Dragon greets the two Your Highnesses."

Michaela noticed at a glance that although the aura of this iron-hard dragon was still as steady as a mountain, his brows were filled with uncontrollable anxiety.

He immediately abandoned the red tape and said directly: "You are here for Lucia, right?"

"Yes," Gustav was slightly startled, then nodded decisively, "On the way here, I heard His Highness Lacard mentioned that you have already thought of a way to break the impasse. As long as it can benefit His Highness Lucia's battle situation, as long as His Highness orders, I and the old members of the Dragon Tomb will obey."

Michaela smiled and nodded, without being pretentious, she immediately took Gustav's arm and led him to the edge of the cliff, pointing to the valley below and said, "Two hundred giant war golems are buried here, with 1,572 range-destructive magic bases installed in the energy core. To be honest with you, these things were originally intended to be used by the secret envoys in collusion with Taylor Jones, the acting commander of the Blazing Sun Legion, to plot against your army."

"In the past half day, we have rewritten the structure of all the bases, further condensed the killing range, and laid a large magic circle originally prepared to seal Esti around. Now you just need to inform Lucia and Latan, let them lure Esti here, and gather everyone's strength to blast her into this trap. Even if we can't kill her with one blow, it will definitely not be difficult to kill her again."

"I see." Gustav's eyes lit up, and he took two steps forward to carefully examine the killing array that was completely buried in the ground. After thinking for a moment, he said, "I have a solution."

Seeing everyone looking at him, he began to explain, "Since ancient times, the dragon race has relied on their innate advantage of being able to fly freely. They have always inherited a method of catching the enemy high in the sky and throwing them down with all their strength, and then using remote prayers to kill them with one strike. I will approach the battlefield and demonstrate from a distance, and Your Highness will surely understand the meaning of it."

Hearing this, everyone felt relieved. Even Lani, who had just overdrawn her magic power and turned pale, smiled. Lakkad stroked his short beard and said decisively, "In this case, we must concentrate all our high-end combat power to prepare for a joint attack, and strive to kill Esti with one strike!"

"I have just sent messengers to various places to summon them. Masters Luther, Cassius, Lady Orlanvinia, and Finlay are all on their way back," Michaela said with deep conviction. "You should do your best to recover now. The final battle will begin in two hours."

Here everyone was preparing for war in full swing. At the same time, a man in black robe, dressed similarly to the secret envoy Elmon, knocked on the door of the Beast Temple that had been sealed for many years.

"Lord Malicus..." The man in black robe bowed deeply to the figure wrapped in a tattered white robe at the end of the temple, "It has been sixteen years since we parted in the capital."

Maliks sat as still as a bell, just glancing at the man of His Highness calmly, and after a long while he said, "What's the matter?"

Most of the man's face was covered in the shadow of his hood, and the corners of his mouth that were exposed did not show any dissatisfaction at being slighted. He stood up and said, "Just half a continent away, the most brutal war between gods since the First World War is erupting. I didn't expect that you can still sit high in the temple and not care about worldly affairs. Your extraordinary and otherworldly mind really makes me admire you."

"But I wonder what your Excellency thinks of this battle?"

Malikus snorted coldly, "The ancient evil god has revived, and your highnesses have been ordered by the oracle to kill him. I should have helped, but until now, the oracle has not yet come, so naturally I can only sit and watch. How can I have any opinion?"

This cold snort brought with it an invisible and intangible divine power fluctuation. The man in black robe felt his chest stuffy and almost had a mouthful of blood rushing to his throat. He quickly swallowed it and took a deep breath, saying, "My lord, the Supreme Will and Her Majesty the Eternal Queen have more far-reaching considerations. As the Sword of God, you should know this better than me."

After saying this, seeing that Malicus had no intention of further attacking him, his pale face finally recovered a little, and he still said respectfully: "Although you have not received the oracle, you still kept your oath to your former master and did not leave the temple. Lord Alpha is very satisfied with this."

Suddenly, he changed the subject and said in a cold voice, "But does your Excellency know that His Highness Lucia used some means in this battle that he should not have been involved in?"

Malicus' wolf eyes wrapped in white cloth flashed, but he did not utter a word for the time being.

On the other side, the black-robed man continued, "Master Alpha already knew that after the battle, although Carter Pella was defeated, he still had a piece of destined death in his hands. However, the battle was extremely tragic. He knew that you had tried your best and even fell into a desperate situation of near death. Naturally, he would not blame you for anything."

"However, at this moment, His Highness Lucia Sanx, as a god-man personally appointed by the Supreme Will, shouldering the glorious mission of inheriting the Ancient Dragon Dynasty and creating the next era, has colluded with the rebellious remnants of Carter Pella and even stolen the destined death that must never appear in the world. This not only goes against the Supreme Will's original intention of testing all living beings through this battle, but is also a betrayal of his identity as a god-man!"

"Therefore, Lord Alpha means that you should personally come forward and take back this mistake—" the black-robed man said proudly, "If His Highness Lucia can defeat the evil god with his own ability in the future, the Supreme Will will naturally give him the reward he deserves. This mistake can be attributed to his young age and ignorance of people. He was deceived by the evildoers for a while, which is not worth mentioning."

(End of this chapter)