My Destiny Illustrated Book of the Moon

Chapter 667 Three sentences to make the girl risk her life for me

"He has fair skin, long hair, outstanding appearance, and is good at using a strong bow.

Whether on horseback or on foot, he never fails to hit the target.
Gods and ghosts are all worried, he can be considered a hero who can defeat a thousand enemies alone."

——The Tale of the Heike, Volume 9: The Death of Kiso

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Riding on a steed from the Age of Gods, the woman with silver hair and red eyes, carrying a large vermilion bow on her back, galloped forward along the banks of the Euphrates River, with an indelible look of anxiety on her face covered in dust and blood.

too fast.

It seemed as if the northern city, which was peaceful yesterday, had suddenly fallen into a hell of fighting between beasts and humans. The four major cities of Eshnanna, Sipa, Kish, and Kazaru were all in a state of emergency. Even though their generals were proud of their unparalleled martial arts, they were now in a desperate situation.

Lord Amakusa went to Sipa, Lord Fuma rushed to Kish for support one step ahead, and when Lord Sheba was fighting against the general of the monsters, the evil spirit Um Dabrutu in Kazaru City, the emergency signal device from Eshnanna was already screaming.

The other two generals did not respond or were too late to respond. Only she, at the cost of her own life, forcibly exorcised the undead that summoned the raging waves and torrential rain, and then rushed to the point where the message was sent without stopping.

Will it be in time? Can the soldiers hold out until she arrives?

And after arriving, will I, who am injured, be able to defeat those elite monsters?
Is the rescue signal sent out a trap set by the enemy?
Her thoughts were swirling around in her mind in a chaotic manner, making her warrior instincts uneasy, and then numb, and all she could do was grit her teeth and charge forward regardless.

As a servant, she had long been prepared to die in battle, but before that, she could save more people with her own hands - this was the meaning of her crossing time and space and coming here!
The blood-stained hound's arrow burned her eyes.

"Shh!" With a shake of the reins, the horse was pulled by a huge force and raised its front hooves in pain. The vicious arrow drew a bloody groove on its chest and shot into the ground. The reflected cold light was like a warning, staring coldly at the general who came from afar.

"Who is it?" She clenched the bow behind her, as if candlelight was lit in her eyes, and an abnormal bulge grew on her forehead. "The monsters can never use bows and arrows. Only the [Eleven Children of Tiamat] have such wisdom - is it the mermaid Kulu, or the giant sun Ugar?"

No one responded, and Tomoe Gozen did not delay any longer, but stroked the horse and urged it on.

No matter who the enemy is, her mission remains the same.

But as she crossed the dividing line, the scene that came into view made these women, who were used to seeing battlefields, open their eyes wide and forget words for a moment.

Corpses, corpses, corpses.

Some were chopped off their limbs, some were minced into pieces, some were destroyed by thunder, some were pierced by arrows, some were swallowed by unknown mysteries...

Blood, blood, blood, blood.

The pungent smell of blood filled the battlefield, making people feel suffocated and wonder "Is there any extra oxygen left here?". This stimulation engraved in ancient genes made Tomoe Gozen, who had demon blood flowing in his body, breathe heavier and the red horns on his head became more ferocious.

Am I late?
No one expected the soldiers to die, but no one believed that the weak humans could survive in this sea of ​​corpses and blood.

Like a howling storm, when it passes, all things will be equally destroyed, both good and bad.

The horse waded through the bloody stream and went up along the scattered bronze fragments. What it saw were human severed limbs, dug out organs, and heads with eyes open... As Tomoe Gozen's heart grew colder and colder, she finally heard a hoarse voice in the whistling wind.

"Is it... General Tomoe?"

Someone is alive!

The woman perked up and rode forward: "What's the situation? And what's going on here..."

"Ah, General, be careful, don't come over here!"

"!!!"

The moment he realized the crisis, Tomoe pulled the reins and, with his superb horsemanship, narrowly avoided the crossed weapons. He was still terrified: "What... is going on?"

"It was a young man who saved us in a time of crisis and set up a barrier to protect us."

In the trench on the verge of destruction, the centurion with a bandaged arm smiled bitterly. Although he was alive, there was not much joy in his eyes: "At the beginning, we thought that the one who saved us was a brave man like the general, but..."

After a pause, the centurion did not say the next words. He just raised his hand and signaled with his eyes that Tomoe Gozen should look in a certain direction.

Tomoe Gozen raised his eyes, and then noticed the turbulent battlefield.

And the hearty laughter that comes to your face.

“Haha. Ahahahahaha!”

It was a roar that made one's blood boil just by listening to it. The murderous aura and killing intent turned into a storm, whistling past, invading the enemy's body and spirit. The lion dogs roared angrily, but when the young man's vertical pupils burning with spiritual flames swept over them, they fell to the ground, leaving only sobs.

But begging for mercy will not bring salvation. As the Dusk Sword let out a metallic whistle, a bloodthirsty dragon descended from the void, sweeping across with spiritual flames, creating a tragic bloody scene.

The engine started, and the roar was raised to a loud range. A red and black steel warhorse flew out into the air, and the young man on it laughed heartily. His face was stern, and his spiritual fire was glowing. In an instant, he drove straight in and split the monsters on both sides into two at a speed that no one could match!

The children that the Warcraft Goddess fed with innocent flesh and blood and watered with hateful blood - those Warcraft had claws that could tear steel and fangs that could gouge through wood and stone. However, in front of the young man's double swords, they were as fragile as ants. Just step on them and they would meet their doom!

"Awake from the golden dream, free from the cradle——"

The cyan gems sparkled, and the true ether evaporated into mist, which spread out as the young man waved his hand. In the world dyed blood red by the dusk, the monsters growled uneasily, and then a faint blue spiritual flame was seen blazing, splashing like ink in the destruction.

"The destiny of death has come, and all of you shall be killed!" The magic power exploded, transforming into an evil dragon with spread wings. It rose from high in the sky, looked down from the air, and then rushed straight down!

"Fantasy Great Sword·The Demon Lost!"

"Wait?!" Tomoe Gozen's face changed drastically. She suddenly understood the reason for the soldiers' fear. "We are also within the attack range!"

But it was too late. Before the sound could be transmitted, the disaster of destruction had already fallen.

boom!
A dusk-colored wave rose from the ground, and the shrill waves surged and swept across, turning into a tide, rising into the sky and rushing in all directions.

Wherever the blazing light and shadow passed, everything quickly stiffened and withered. Before the storm of magic arrived, everything quickly peeled off and withered into fine dust.

Just like the tides coming and going, everything changes. The monsters that survived the massacre were drowned by the raging torrent, disintegrating and collapsing at a speed visible to the naked eye, and finally even their skeletons were greedily devoured. When this wave of destruction swept to the side of the chariot, the soldiers shouted in fear, staring blankly at death approaching, but being blocked outside the barrier. Tomoe Gozen looked pale, abandoned his bow and replaced it with a sword, slashed out of the trench with the strange power of the ghost species, and then quickly hid in it.

What's left in my mind is a ridiculous thought.

I won’t be killed by an AOE that seems to be a friendly force and return to the Throne of Heroes in humiliation, right?
The next moment, she lost consciousness in the tsunami of destruction.

The sound was too loud and chaotic. Once it exceeded a certain limit, it seemed as if nothing could be heard. Even the image projected on the retina became chaotic, like an old TV with poor signal, with only snow all over the screen.

——Nothing can heal the pain but time.

Time can slowly heal all of this, or simply give people peace through death.

Don't die just because you didn't take friendly fire into account!

In the indescribable nausea and dizziness, Tomoe Gozen simply closed her eyes. After an unknown amount of time, she suddenly felt her body lighten, and the turbulence and radiation that had been hitting her whole body seemed to have gone away. Then she was pulled out of the trench.

"I never thought that someone could survive within the range of a Noble Phantasm. Your physique and battlefield proficiency saved you, young lady."

The platinum light lit up, quickly repairing the scars on her body, and even the old wounds from the battle with Um Dabrutu were eliminated. Tomoe opened her candle-like eyes, and what came into view was the cold and solemn white bone mask. But the person wearing this bone mask was not cold, his tone was relaxed and warm, like the breeze blowing across the battlefield: "I'm sorry, I didn't notice that someone broke into the battlefield, and you suffered unnecessary harm."

"No, it's okay." Tomoe took a few steps back to avoid direct contact, then bowed solemnly, "We should thank you. No matter what, you saved the soldiers on my behalf... uh, even though the method was not good for the heart."

The general, who had a temperament as gentle as Yamato Nadeshiko, couldn't help but glance at the soldiers in the trenches again. After facing the devastating disaster, many soldiers were foaming at the mouth, and even if they were unconscious, their faces were still twitching. Only the centurion and a few tough guys could hold on, but their expressions and eyes were silently telling what it meant to "lose hope in life".

"Replacing you... Hmm, I see. You're the general from Uruk." Shuoyue nodded slightly. He looked at the beautiful woman with fair skin who always revealed a sense of melancholy, and thought for a moment.

"Could it be Tomoe Gozen?"

"Ah, huh?!" Tomoe Gozen's eyes widened when his real name was revealed. "Yes, my name is Tomoe——But, how did you know that?"

"Just call me Shuoyue." Shuoyue responded with a mysterious smile, even though the young general couldn't see it. "By the way, can you still fight, General Ba?"

"Eh?" Tomoe Gozen's mind was full of question marks. "It's ok, it's ok. What's wrong?"

Shuoyue did not answer, because the dark beast tide thousands of miles away told Tomoe Gozen the answer. Although the previous treasure swept across an area of ​​thousands of meters, how vast is the northern plain of Mesopotamia? Looking around, the boundary between heaven and earth converged into a line.

The commander of the Warcraft army, the scorpion sage Kitabriel, saw this and used the last survivors of Eshnanna to set a trap, waiting for the generals of Uruk to fall into the trap.

Although the plan was disrupted due to Ugar's impatience and Shuoyue's intrusion, the final result did not change - Tomoe Gozen, the general guarding the north wall, fell into the trap, and all the monsters in the northern city had gathered here.

What if all the monsters within a kilometer were cleared? During the long hibernation, the number of Sons of Tiamat produced by the Monster Goddess was more than a million!

Now, with Kitabriel's order, the beast tide surrounded them from all directions, gnashing their teeth and sucking blood, roaring continuously, just like a slowly closing net, wanting to tear the tiny humans apart, chew them up, and swallow them into their stomachs.

In a blink of an eye, the offensive and defensive situations changed!
"Sure enough, it's a trap..." Facing the army of magical beasts that he dared not even count, Tomoe Gozen took a deep breath, then turned to Shuoyue and said in a sonorous and powerful voice.

"Lord Shuoyue, let's escape! With the strength of you and me, we can definitely lead everyone out of the encirclement!"

"The decision to retreat was made so decisively. The soldiers who heard Tomoe Gozen's words were not disappointed, but nodded vigorously in agreement.

There are simply too many enemies!

Even their simple march would make the earth tremble. Even if they formed a shield formation, once they were knocked to the ground, they would not even need to pounce or bite. They could just step on the soldiers' bodies and turn them into meat paste with a few kicks.

To defeat the weakest lion dog Uridim, several soldiers have to sacrifice their lives, the huge sun Ugar, and even the servants have to go all out. But looking at the dense tide of beasts, the seven-headed serpent Mushiomav, the poisonous dragon Bashyum, the Babylonian dragon Mushihushu... these children of the god Tiamat, almost all of them are out!

After all, there are only a few strong people like Shuoyue who fight against the desperate beast tide and fight for a chance of survival, or they are overwhelmed and become victims - this is the main theme of the heroic and tragic song in the absolute Warcraft front!

“Lord Shuoyue!” Seeing that the young man was hesitant to move, Ba Yuzen could not help but get anxious. “There is no time to hesitate. I understand your desire to kill the monster. If allowed, Ba also wants to fight to the end... However, our mission is not to kill, but to protect!”

"If we can't even protect people, our existence is meaningless!"

Listening to the earnest words of the female general, Shuoyue blinked, looked at her candle-colored eyes and increasingly slender ghost horns, and suddenly understood.

So, in the original story, it was because you failed to save this group of soldiers that you charged into the siege in anger and died together with the Scorpion Sage Kitabriel?

What a woman who is as brave as any man. It's such a pity that she disappeared before Fujimaru arrived.

"Three sentences." The young man raised his finger. "If I still can't persuade you after I finish speaking, I will give up my proposal and do my best to help you retreat."

"Give up, Lord Shuoyue, you can't convince me..." Just as Tomoe Gozen was about to refuse, Shuoyue interrupted her.

"First, with so many monsters, the Scorpion Sage Kitabriel will definitely lead them personally - this is a rare opportunity to take his head."

"This... Of course I know this, but with just the two of us..."

"Second, I am more of a magician than a warrior. To use your words, I am an Onmyoji on the level of Abe Haruaki."

"Well, even so, there are still the soldiers..."

"Third, the barrier I set up cannot be broken within five minutes unless the leader of the monsters shows up in person."

"..."

Looking at the speechless Tomoe Gozen, Shuoyue tilted his head, hiding the smile on his face: "So, do you still want to leave now?"

"...You have completely convinced me, sir." Shuoyue didn't have to wait too long. When she found that she had no worries, Tomoe Gozen no longer suppressed the instincts of her demon bloodline. Amidst the fierce light, a large armor burning with flames appeared on the girl's body.

"Then I will entrust my bow and my sword to you, Your Excellency!"

Holding the large bow wrapped in flames, Tomoe Gozen was about to climb onto his horse, but was stopped by Shuoyue. The young man shook his head slightly, then knelt on one knee with his palms touching the ground.

"Born from the earth (mother), swallowed by wind (wisdom), filled with water (life)."

The blessing was loud and clear, and the monsters seemed to have sensed some kind of threat. They quickened their charge in agitation. Staring at the ferocious beast faces that were getting closer and closer, the young man responded with a disdainful sneer.

"You may be a ball of clay, but you are not a ball of clay. Although you are a human being, you are not a human being. You are the one who stands in Paradise and rules the Paradise. You are our dream, our hope, and our love."

The earth rumbled, and amid Tomoe Gozen's surprised cry, the original giant rose from the ground and crushed the monsters into meat paste with one foot.

"Embrace the Holy Spirit, thou art called the Original Man (Adam)!"

Standing on the shoulders of a giant, Shuoyue looked into the distance and locked onto the Warcraft Sage with a gloomy face who was hiding behind the beast tide.

"The prey is within reach, Tomoe Gozen, can you catch up with me?"

"I can't wait any longer, sir!" The heroic young general with flying silver hair laughed. She jumped up easily and stood on the other side of the giant, overlooking the monsters that were swarming over and climbing up Adam's ankles and roaring.

Then, take a deep breath of intoxication.

"It's such a nostalgic battlefield taste, just as sweet as the beer I drank with the generals the night before!"

"Well, after you chop off the enemy's head, please treat me to the best wine in Uruk, General Ba."

"Haha, of course - as long as you can take the first credit from me!"

Even though the enemy was close at hand, the young man in black robe and the heroic general were still chatting and laughing. An ignorant beast leaped up, roaring and pounced on them, but what was waiting for it was not fresh flesh and blood, but a sharp blade and an arrow piercing its head.

"It seems our enemies can't wait any longer." Shuoyue shook his sword and shook off the sticky blood. "What a coincidence—"

"Because we are the same." Tomoe Gozen drew his bow and drew his arrow, his posture was dashing and murderous, "I am already looking forward to the moment of returning triumphantly!"

Swords and arrows cut through the sky, emitting dazzling light.

The opponent is the scorpion sage Kitabriel and the catastrophic beast tide that swept across the entire north.

The assault team that was going to challenge them was a group of only two people, but both Tomoe Gozen, a warrior, and Sakutsuki, a magician, had excitement and enthusiasm in their eyes.

Just like that, amid the roar of the giants - heading towards the hell of mankind!

(End of this chapter)