Sanctuary Paradise

Chapter 492 Siege [6k words]

Buzz, rumble—! !

A humming sound like the breathing of a giant beast was heard. In the sky, the few thin clouds that were originally distributed far away seemed to be pulled by something and gathered towards the sky above the battlefield.

Looking around, one could see a massive amount of air rushing back toward the direction of the giant pit, creating a storm on the battlefield that affected dozens of kilometers away.

The effect of the meteorite-like blow just now was like a super-enhanced "Heaven Collapse and Earth Shattering", which crushed and destroyed all the matter in the range and created a vacuum area of ​​5 kilometers.

"Don't you have anything to say?"

In mid-air, Yamu casually held up a magic chip to prevent his hair from being blown too messy. At the same time, he glanced at Xin Lailai not far away and asked expressionlessly.

"..."

Xin Lailai looked at the catastrophic scene before him and fell silent.

To be honest, he didn't expect that the Black Dragon would actually take the counterattack of "Reverse Flame".

According to his original expectation, no matter how stubborn the Black Dragon was, facing the attack accumulated by 60 seconds of dragon breath, he should at least dodge it and try to suffer as little damage as possible.

——Who would have known that this thing was so stubborn that it didn't even dodge from beginning to end, and even refused to defend itself.

"Maybe it's angry because it got up from bed."

A cold female voice came from the Death Keeper nearby. The Death Keeper looked at the huge pit in front of him that was blasted out by the black dragon, and Orario, who was at the edge of the pit in the distance and looked like she had been bitten by a giant beast, and said something out of the blue.

"..."

"..."

"Is this a joke?"

"Perhaps."

"Okay, pretend I didn't ask."

Xin Lailai rubbed his temple gently. Although the Death Bearer's complaints were a bit too humorous, to be honest, from a logical point of view, there was a high possibility that the Black Dragon was in a state of extreme rage.

After all, if anyone was sleeping soundly and was suddenly thrown to a place 23 kilometers away by a teleportation array, and as soon as he landed, he was attacked by a large group of people in various ways, and was hit on the head so hard that it could cause a concussion, it is estimated that his anger value would be filled up instantly.

"So, what to do now, rush in and get on with it?"

Yamu pointed his thumb at the center of the giant pit and slowly climbed up from the ground. There was a rocky gray color on his dark scales. His pair of vertical pupils were staring at them. The dark dragon that kept roaring continuously said something casually.

"The terrain has changed so drastically that some of the previous plans are definitely no longer applicable. However, since this guy has dug such a big hole for himself, there is no need to consider those things anymore. We can just notify the adventurers to start the second phase of the plan."

Xin Lailai said calmly, the soul energy in the soul space surged, and after being transformed into soul thoughts under the influence of mental power, as his thoughts fell, it instantly turned into a soul sound that spread across the plain.

'Everyone, please note that the plan has changed. The evasion phase ends early and we will enter the suppression phase directly!'

'Repeat, the evasion phase ends early and we enter the suppression phase directly!'

The resounding voice of the soul spread from the plain. Outside the giant pit, the adventurers who were hiding on the other side of the city or in mid-air responded in different ways upon hearing the voice.

"Wait, why did we go straight to the next step? Didn't we agree to lead the black dragon to a safe distance first?"

"Idiot, you'll know if you look outside the city. There's such a big pit right there. We don't need to lure the black dragon away or find cover. We just need to find a way to trap Him in the pit!"

"The people from Ganesha's clan are coming too! Quick, get ready to transfer to the behemoth!"

"Um... Landa, why are you still standing here?"

"I...I'm a little bit tempted to give up. How about you guys go by yourselves?"

"Tsk, you spineless fellow! Then just hide here by yourself! Hey, is there anyone else who can move?!"

Various sounds rang out from the city and the plains. Faced with the black dragon that had already launched two waves of attacks, the mentality of many adventurers on the scene had obviously changed. Some were excited and ecstatic, while others were timid and fearful.

“Hahaha! I am Ganesha. Warriors of my clan, ride on the beast with me and defeat this unprecedented beast of disaster!”

A hearty and bold laughter was roaring across the plain along with the burly ivory-masked man standing on the giant elephant's head. The members of the Ganesha clan who were originally wandering at the edge drove the giant beasts towards the place where adventurers were concentrated, pulling adventurers one by one onto the beasts and carrying them towards the edge of the giant pit surrounded by the storm.

Rumble——! !

For a moment, hundreds of beasts were galloping, and the well-trained giant beasts were running wildly on the shattered land. The dust they raised was like a battle flag flying high in the strong wind.

"Spirit of the high sky, please protect me and dispel the storm!"

"Flame fairy, listen to my command. I command you..."

Chanting sounds rang out from the battlefield. Looking ahead, one could see wizard-type adventurers sitting on giant beasts, holding their staffs high in their hands, preparing one spell after another.

For a moment, the elements on the entire plain became agitated. A large number of elements gathered together, causing various phenomena in the air.

Flame, thunder, ice, poisonous fog...

At first glance, it was just like the scenes in those oil paintings that recorded various myths and legends. Hundreds of adventurers gathered together and charged towards the dark giant beast sitting in the abyss like a torrent.

"It's really like a heroic story. I never thought that one day we would be able to participate in such a battle..."

In the sky, the red-haired forger Welf, who was working with Bell, looked at the scene below and murmured, his voice unconsciously tinged with excitement.

"Indeed... This kind of scene may only happen once in a lifetime."

A pleasant female voice came from behind Welf, and a short-haired female elf wearing a green cloak and a wooden long sword hanging on her waist was standing in the air on two air currents, holding Bell Crany in one hand and Welf in the other, and nodded.

"Now that my mission is complete, can you please let me go first? Otherwise, it will be uncomfortable to be carried like this all the time."

"Well... Miss Liu, I also think that we should put Welf down first. If we keep carrying him like this, Welf's clothes will not hold up."

Bell Crane, who was forcibly held by the short-haired elf, glanced at Welf's clothes that were already showing signs of breaking, and suggested cautiously.

"Oh, then I'll let you go."

"Hey, wait a minute, let me open the umbrella first, hey--!!"

Without waiting for Welf to finish, the short-haired elf loosened his grip and let it fall downwards, leaving only the increasingly distant sound floating in the air.

"..."

"Let's go, Hedin and the others are waiting for you."

"Okay...Okay, thank you for your help, Miss Liu.

"You're welcome."

When the short-haired elf heard Bell Crany's words, he smiled slightly, casually lifted the hair by his ear, and after saying a few words, he flapped the translucent magic wings behind him, grabbed the white-haired boy, and rushed towards a hillside with a whoosh.

Ten seconds later, several figures appeared in front of the two. They were none other than Ota, the strongest adventurer in Orario, and his Freya clan members who had evacuated when the black dragon breathed out.

"I didn't expect you to survive that kind of attack. I thought Ji Feng could only collect your body."

A hostile sneer came from the mouth of a blond male elf in a white robe. Hedin glanced at Bell Crany and said with a bad look.

"Um... Master Hedin, I..."

"Alright, stop talking nonsense. Now is a critical moment. Our mission is to escort you to the Black Dragon at the right time, and your mission is to cooperate with us to completely capture Him. That's it, get ready to go."

"That... is it! Master Hedin!"

When Bell Kron saw Hedin's reaction and seemed to be about to say something, a flash of lightning suddenly appeared from the top of the staff in Hedin's hand, causing him to shudder instinctively. He put his legs together, raised his head and chest, saluted and shouted.

"Well, let's go, hurry up!"

Hedin saw Bell Crane's reaction and nodded slightly, with a hint of satisfaction in his eyes.
Then he looked around, glanced at several core members of Freya's family, and finally looked at the center of the storm in the distance. His eyes were stern and he said in a deep voice:
"For the glory of the goddess."

"For the glory of the goddess!!"

A low roar came from the hill, and the next second, this elite team, whose lowest level was LV.4, rushed forward together, like a sharp arrow, and rushed straight towards the giant pit at an unimaginable speed.

"Roar--!!"

As Freya's family took action, a deafening roar suddenly exploded from the battlefield. It was the roar of a giant dragon that had been unable to spread out of the huge pit due to the strong wind and was only now spreading.

Boom, boom, boom, boom, boom…!!

Along with the black dragon's roar, all kinds of magic fell from the huge pit like a flood, hitting the black dragon's body like a rainstorm, colliding with the gray black scales, and turning into balls of powerless magic, which scattered on it without causing any damage to it.

"Round two, ready... release!"

call out--! !

The whistling sound of flames and wind blades cutting through the air came from the giant pit. The adventurers on the edge of the pit seemed to not care at all that their magic attacks did not cause any harm to the black dragon, and they just kept releasing magic.

"Roar--!!"

Faced with the endless tickling attacks, the black dragon became obviously impatient. It growled and flapped its limbs, causing the ground deep in the pit to tremble violently. It swept its long tail and was about to rush out of the huge pit.

The blade is entangled and the slash is complete!
boom!
A pitch-black sword light descended from the sky, leaving a dark trace in the air and smashing heavily on the black dragon's head.

Boom——! !

The black dragon, which was about to climb out of the pit, was hit by this blow and its head fell down uncontrollably and hit the edge of the hemispherical pit.

Boom!

The roar of the thunderstorm fell, and almost at the moment when the Black Dragon was stopped by the sword, Yamu's figure suddenly rushed from another direction, and the blade wrapped in boundary thunder rushed towards the right eye of the Black Dragon, which had been injured several times before and even left an obvious scar.

Wrath of Heaven - Thunder and Lightning!

boom--! !

The technique and moves that belonged to the world thunder system bombarded the black dragon's right eye at an unimaginable speed. The golden thunder, which represented the strongest damage of the elemental system, instantly tore through the opponent's defense. With its extremely high damage level, it cut open the black dragon's eyelid, which was thicker than the legendary armor. "Roar!!"

The intense pain brought by the erosion of the boundary thunder made the black dragon couldn't help but let out a roar, but before it could make the next reaction, a dark and cold blade light instantly fell from the sky and accurately cut on the wound cut by Yamu.

Dark Slash: Blooming!

The dark blade flashed, leaving a striking mark in midair. In an instant, the movement of the black dragon's head seemed to freeze, and then:

Puff puff puff puff——!!

Dozens of pitch-black sword lights burst out simultaneously from the wounds that the deceased had just been slashed with. A series of explosions of death energy dyed the black dragon's scarlet vertical pupils with an indelible black color, just like a drop of ink on a canvas.

"Roar--!!"

A roar like a volcanic eruption sounded, as if the dark dragon was stimulated by the death energy that had eroded its body. It suddenly shook its heavy body that could no longer take off due to the infusion of earth elements, and its huge body like a mountain instantly crashed into the direction of Yamu and the Death Holder.

Rock creation magic: ground collapse!
Almost at the same time when the Black Dragon made this almost iron-like impact movement, the ground beneath his feet suddenly collapsed without any warning, causing the Black Dragon's movement to become seriously unbalanced. The body that was originally heading towards the Death Executioner and Yamu deviated greatly to the side and hit the ground.

boom--! !

There was a deafening roar, and the ground that had been hit collapsed dozens of meters. The cracks that spread out could easily swallow a building.

As for the instigator of all this, Xin Lailai himself, he stood in mid-air with an indifferent expression, calmly watching the black dragon that was staring at him with its left eye, with a circle of rich ochre light surrounding its body.

——The black dragon’s resistance to spells is indeed very high, but spells are not just used to deal damage.

——Especially when the opponent has entered the earth element form and is temporarily unable to fly and can only move on the ground.

"Ling Yuzi, the attack is up to you, I will be responsible for assisting and disrupting!"

'Um! ’

The exchange of body dominance was completed in an instant. Xin Lailai looked at the scene in front of him and wantonly expanded his spiritual field, taking in the black dragon's huge body that was one kilometer long into his mind.

boom!
The sound of an explosion of demonic power was heard. It was the Ling Yuzi who controlled his body and used another Tyrant Slash. It was followed by the piercing sound of thunder and the sound of death energy exploding, as well as the sound of rain hitting the black dragon's body due to a large number of spells bombarding it.

Suddenly, the black dragon's right hind leg moved slightly, and its tail, which was in the blind spot of Yamu, the Death Bearer and others, was raised high, and was about to fall down -

Rock creation magic: ground collapse!
boom--! !

It was another attack that lost its balance and had a drastic deviation in accuracy. In the huge pit, the Black Dragon was like a funny comedian, constantly falling, getting up, falling again, and getting up again, unable to launch an effective attack.

Even if he used rock elements to reinforce the ground beneath his feet, it would be destroyed in an instant by the rock elements controlled by Xin Lailai. Even if he wanted to get rid of the adventurers who were constantly harassing him from above, he was at the bottom of a huge pit that was one kilometer deep, and he could not effectively deal with these weak creatures that could be killed with one kick.

"Black sword, blue medicine!"

'Open your mouth!'

Suddenly, the cold voice of the Death Executor sounded in Xin Lailai's mind. Upon hearing it, Xin Lailai's eyes moved, and without any hesitation, he instantly selected a ball of liquid emitting strong magical fluctuations from the storage space, controlled it to refresh in front of the Death Executor's slightly opened red lips, and threw it directly into the mouth.

The next second, the blue bar of the deceased on the team list, which had only 1/5 left, began to rise rapidly, and in just a few seconds it returned to the level of 4/5.

The Death Bearer, whose mana had been restored, did not hesitate at all. The mana in his body quickly transformed into pure Netherworld death energy, and he slashed with all his strength using the large black sword in his hand that was almost as tall as him.

Dark Slash, Cutting Off the Flow!

boom--! !

The Death Slash, which consumed nearly 3000 mana points, instantly caused the Black Dragon's health bar on the status bar to drop from 47.7% to 44.9%, and the health bar above its head quickly turned gray, causing its maximum health limit after the real-time health limit to drop from 95% to 90%.

Erosion, healing reduction, upper limit reduction, death burst, true damage.

Even though the opponent's current profession has not yet experienced its first awakening, the strength of the "Netherworld Death Energy" that he possesses has clearly begun to show.

Boom——! Boom——! Boom——!
Suddenly, a long and pleasant bell sound came from the edge of the giant pit. Xin Lailai heard it and his mind moved. He immediately used the spiritual field to look towards the edge of the giant pit:
At the edge of the huge pit, a young man with white hair and red eyes was standing there with a serious expression. He held a red crescent-shaped sword in his hand, and a soft and eye-catching white light was released from the back of his right hand.

In a trance, a melody seemed to sound.

——That is the melody that belongs only to a "hero".

——That is a melody woven from "great deeds".

"Argonaut (Hero's Wish)"

In the world of Dicuo, this ability is used for the first time by the protagonist Bell Crany when facing the invasion of special Goliaths.

The specific effect can be described in one sentence using the words of Paradise:

"Super Enhanced Charge EX"

During the charging period, you cannot be distracted and will be directly interrupted by changes in attacks. During this period, your physical and mental strength will continue to be consumed. After charging for more than 120 seconds, the "Great Deed Bell" will be played, which is loud enough to echo throughout an entire dungeon. During the charging period, you will continue to absorb the power of the world, "super-hugely" strengthening the next "active behavior" such as attack, movement, magic, etc.

In the original novel, Bell Crany relied on a "Hero's Wish" that had been accumulated for more than 100 seconds, and successfully released an attack with his LV.2 body that was comparable to the ultimate move of a top LV.5 adventurer.

Translated into the concept of paradise, the opponent relied on this ability to successfully deliver a blow equivalent to the contractor's ultimate move of 25 real intelligence attributes without having an intelligence attribute exceeding 80.

——To put it more bluntly, a first-level spell can instantly defeat a third-level spell, and the spell used is ordinary first-level magic.

Not only that, as the opponent's level increases, the upper limit of the accumulation time of "Hero's Wish" is also increasing. It was 4 minutes before LV.3, 4 minutes at LV.4, and when the opponent reaches LV.5, the maximum accumulation time of this move has reached 5 minutes.

As for accumulating the "Hero's Wish" for a full 5 minutes with the strength of LV.5, and unleashing the power of a single blow based on the top-level magic sword?

Xin Lailai couldn't guarantee anything else, but he could be sure that if this attack was not launched by Bell Crany but by him, the result would most likely be that he would be warned by Paradise and his credibility would be directly deducted.

--Soon.

At the bottom of the giant pit, Xin Lailai unfolded his psychic field, constantly directing and assisting Ling Yuzi and the other two in close combat with the black dragon, while constantly memorizing the time in his mind.

30秒…1分钟…1分30秒…2分钟……

"Roar--!!"

Time passed by bit by bit, and the Black Dragon's anger with a sense of frustration continued to sound, and when the bell rang for 2 minutes and 30 seconds:

'Time's up, get started! ! '

A low shout exploded in the minds of the other two people. Upon hearing this, Yamu and the Death Bearer looked at the dark dragon in front of them, which had just been thrown off balance by the rock magic again. Their eyes moved at the same time, and they all made a gesture of drawing their swords and preparing to move.

Wrath of Heaven - Extreme Thunder Break!

Dark Slash, Destruction!

Golden lightning and death energy exploded together, directly rendering the area where the black dragon's head was located into black and gold. Not only that...

Tangled Blade·Domineering Slash! !
boom--! !

The dark demonic power erupted from the top of the black dragon's head, colliding with the black dragon's head that had already been chopped off and was dripping with blood, madly destroying the black dragon's flesh and blood, causing it to scream uncontrollably.

Om-! !

Immediately afterwards, a tremendous force erupted from the black dragon's cranial cavity and instantly spread to the black dragon's entire body. At the same time, the gray color on its scales began to fade rapidly, replaced by a touch of emerald green.

Morphological transformation.

Without any surprise, the black dragon, which had suffered sufficient damage, was immediately forced into a phase of transformation, and the three people near its head quickly evacuated to a distance.

For a moment, the entire battlefield seemed to have quieted down, with only the sound of strong winds and bells echoing in the giant pit.

"Roar--!!"

Inside the giant pit, the black dragon, whose mobility had been restored due to his skill, seemed to have sensed something. His bloodshot pupils reflected the figure of a white-haired young man standing on the edge of the giant pit. He let out a long roar towards the sky, flapped his wings, and was about to avoid the attack by flying when several figures suddenly fell from the sky.

"Drink!"

boom--! !

Ota and several core members of Freya's clan, who had been prepared, picked up a huge metal stake that was more than ten meters long, jumped down, and smashed it heavily on the wings of the black dragon.

In an instant, blood gushed out. The wings that lost the protection of the earth element were obviously not strong enough in front of the metal stakes forged with 90 points of real strength attributes and legendary materials. They were directly pierced by the metal stakes and nailed to the ground.

Rock creation magic: Mud and stone solidification!
Rock Creation Magic: Rock Armor!
An ochre-colored light flashed, and along with the rolling rocks, it protected the metal piles and Ota and others who were pinned on them, forcing the black dragon that wanted to break free and take off to only let out unwilling roars.

Peng——! !

When the 10th second passed, the area within a radius of meters centered on the black dragon was instantly covered by violent wind blades. However, compared with the previous devastating meteor-like attack, the strong wind in front of them was obviously much milder. Ota and his companions who were in the storm easily withstood it under the protection of the rock armor.

then……

"Bell Crane! Do it!!"

Boom-!
The sound of a bell fell like the final word.

At the edge of the giant pit, the white-haired boy, who had accumulated his "Hero's Wish" to the limit, took a step forward.

A flame rose from the crimson crescent sword, and then with a bang it turned into a blazing flame, spreading all the way until it enveloped the opponent's entire body, and then...

Swing your sword!

"Drink——!!"

A hysterical roar sounded as if he had gambled all his courage and bravery. Bell Crany roared, leaped forward, stared at the black dragon below, and slashed with all his strength!
boom--! !

The next second, an extremely dazzling red light shot up from the depths of the giant pit, breaking through the dark clouds gathering in the sky and going straight into the sky.

[Tip: Because the Overlord unit "Black Dragon" Nidhogg's "head" was hit by a "super-massive" amount of world power, the effect of the skill "Wrath of Punishment" has been greatly reduced, and the duration has been halved. Only two elemental forms can be effective at the same time. ]

[Tip: Because the Overlord unit "Black Dragon" Nidhogg's "head" was hit by "super-massive" world power, the skill "World Devouring Dragon" has been temporarily ineffective! ]

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(End of this chapter)