Cataclysm King.

Chapter 572 Black Death

Suddenly a bright moon appeared in the sky, and the bright moonlight filled the earth, giving people a sense of leisure, tranquility, and hazy beauty like a dream.

The moonlight shone on the cold fort and reflected the extremely serious faces.

Ji Xun had seen the methods of those foreign gods many times, so it was not surprising at all.

Even the sacred object of the Silver Moon Sect, the [Moon], is still on his body.

But this was the first time for most of the coalition forces to see such a magical scene.

The canyon was filled with light mist, and the bright moon hung high. When people looked at the moon, it was reflected in their eyes.

This is a means of belief pollution.

However, the coalition forces have already had plans to deal with foreign gods. They not only have various restrictions and formations to shield against pollution, but also some relics that absorb divinity.

This moonlight had no effect at all on the sergeants on Kieran's defense line.

Ji Xun and Dong Qi quickly arrived at the observation window of the fort.

Before long, the two of them saw scattered lights appearing on the horizon in the direction of Lige City at the end of their field of vision.

Then those light spots gradually gathered into a wave of flames, rushing toward the canyon.

Ji Xun picked up the telescope and took a closer look.

In front of the enemy camp are some dilapidated mechanical cities and poorly equipped slave legions.

Dong Qi also saw this scene and muttered: "There are quite a few people."

She knew that this was just a probing attack and that these people could not possibly pose any threat to Kieran's defense line, so she didn't pay much attention to it.

But Ji Xun frowned slightly as he looked at those people, "There will be a fierce battle in the future."

Dong Qi glanced at him doubtfully and cast a puzzled look: "Huh?"

The two knew what the other meant without saying much.

Ji Xun's eyes were distant and deep, and he said directly: "Olan Royal Court originally used these vanguard troops as consumables. The purpose is probably to 'sacrifice'. The more people die now, the more power gathered by the following foreign gods will The stronger you are, the more you will deal with in the future.”

But this is a conspiracy. Even if you think about it, you can't deal with it.

The enemy has sent a batch of cannon fodder. If you don't kill them, they will come to destroy the defense line;

If killed, another medium will be added to the sacrifice.

No matter which way you choose, the enemies will become stronger and stronger.

Dong Qi frowned and muttered: "But, there are at least tens of thousands of people."

Although she knew that there would inevitably be deaths in war, she still couldn't understand that those in power would just say that a hundred thousand lives were lost.

This always made her feel that the Oran Royal Court seemed to take life too seriously.

After all, these people are nominally citizens of Oran.

Ji Xun didn't pick up the slightly cold topic.

But the fact is that in the eyes of gods, believers have always been consumables.

All he said was: "There will be more to come."

Only one side of the two sides can survive this war, so the Oran Royal Court will definitely use all means available.

If Olan's side relies on normal means to attack Kieran's defense, there is a chance that they can win.

But that could take months, even years.

That King Arthur couldn't wait.

So this war was destined to be extremely tragic from the beginning.

Moonlight is like a stimulant. Those Silver Moon believers will die for their gods and will never hesitate.

If nothing else, Donghuang has a large enough population.

Several moon gods want to win the war as soon as possible, and this method is also the most practical.

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Dong Qi listened to Ji Xun's words with a serious expression, his eyes flashing with thoughts.

The two wanted to observe more carefully, but at this time the fog outside suddenly became thicker.

It started to rain lightly in the sky, and the cold wind howled by.

The field of view was suddenly restricted and visibility became extremely low.

This rain and fog not only obscures the view, but also serves as a means of perception.

The ability to change the climate is also extremely terrifying on the battlefield.

Ji Xun saw traces of the flow of laws in his eyes, and said to himself: "The 'Elemental King Lagros' also took action."

A huge uncertain factor in his deduction is the two seven natural disaster monarchs.

That King Arthur was completely crazy, desperate to win and completely unblock the two outer gods.

In that case, the coalition will win or lose in the end.

The scene of the collapse of the Talon Empire three thousand years ago may also be repeated.

Dong Qi frowned as he looked at it.

Even though her eyes were filled with fog, she had no intention of leaving.

Ji Xun's eyes dimmed, but he greeted him easily: "Let's go, let's go eat first."

This is just the beginning of testing. The war will not end so soon, and we still have to eat.

"fire!"

"Bang!"

"Bang!"

"Bang!"

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The enemy's vanguard has already attacked, and the coalition forces have opened up artillery coverage without hesitation.

The sound of artillery fire was dense and orderly.

Although the view was obscured by rain and fog, the coalition forces had already deployed a large number of intelligence personnel and reconnaissance machinery.

Even if there is no field of vision, the headquarters can accurately locate the enemy's position through multiple arrangements.

Artillery at this distance is the best means of attack.

The coalition forces were supported by the huge arsenal in New World Technology City. They had already stocked up on sufficient ammunition, and all kinds of artillery shells poured out like raindrops.

Occasionally, there were artillery shells hitting the rock wall on Oran's side, but the range was a little worse. Apart from shooting down some gravel, there was no threat at all.

Most of Jilan's defense line is in the heart of the mountain, and the canteen is even deeper.

Except for the slight sound of gunfire, it was completely unaffected.

When Ji Xun and Dong Qi came, there were not as many people coming to eat as on weekdays.

The young sergeants all looked nervous, while the generals and high-level card masters seemed very calm.

It’s time to eat, it’s time to drink.

The food during the war was excellent, both in appearance and taste.

And in order to take into account the tastes of various places, there are hundreds of kinds of food every day.

Ji Xun's demand for food is not that high, but little Ivan likes the feeling of eating at a buffet, so the canteen is a must-visit place every day.

Everyone in the defense line knew Ji Xun and Dong Qi, the "number one mechanical war goddess," and everyone said hello when they passed by.

During the war, everyone ate in the cafeteria, no one excepted, even the leaders of several organizations.

When Ji Xun came, he happened to see Chujiu and Griffith there.

He and Dong Qi walked over.

Ji Xun took the initiative to greet Griffith: "Senior."

Although Dong Qi was not familiar with the leader of the Rebel Dragon Army, she also knew that he was currently the highest combat power in the coalition. She followed Ji Xun and greeted him obediently as a junior.

Griffith smiled softly.

If you are friends with Chujiu, there is no need to be so acquainted with each other, just nod your head to say hello.

Ji Xun and Dong Qi sat across from them. Looking at the invisible aura lingering outside Griffith's body, he seemed to see something different and said in surprise: "Has there been a breakthrough in the senior realm?"

When they were chatting, he knew that this rank had reached a bottleneck.

Just like Marshal Andre of the Iris Legion, it can be said that there is no great opportunity. This is almost the ceiling that human extraordinary people can reach.

Just like this, as soon as Ji Xun opened his mouth, he immediately felt that he might have seen it wrong.

But don't want to,

Griffith nodded and said softly: "Yes."

Hearing this, Ji Xun glared: "Huh?"

Really a breakthrough?

"hehe."

Griffith chuckled, knowing why he was so surprised.

After all, even for herself, it was unimaginable a few days ago.

That stunningly beautiful face was filled with a gentle smile, and she said: "Thanks to you for finding the correct use of [Gray Mist Relic]. I tried to go to the relic space. Although I didn't have the chance to meet Lan Ling like you did. Your Majesty St. But I also found the Rose Tavern and drank a glass of soul wine [Dream God's Dew], which greatly improved my imagination in the "imaginary universe" that was stuck in the bottleneck. Something is loose”

She was not an outsider either, she spoke out about her opportunities.

"oh?"

When Ji Xun heard this, he suddenly said, "That's it."

Chujiu, Nanjing and Reni have all been to the tavern, but no one except Ji Xun has seen the witch Lanlingster. It's not surprising that she hasn't met her.

But that soul wine is a real big opportunity.

Most people cannot afford to drink that wine, and the exchange requires a ninth-level soul.

Others may not have it, but this one can.

At this juncture, the coalition's highest combat power can break through the realm, which is good news.

Ji Xun asked curiously: "Isn't that senior about to take the last step?"

Griffith shook his head and said, "It's still early."

Ji Xun heard the uncertainty about the divine level from that tone. He thought of something and asked: "Does your order have a promotion ceremony? I mean, it's like a war order."

Since Andre of the Iris Legion wanted to use this promotion ceremony to condense his godhead, he thought that other sequences were also possible.

"have."

Griffith also said, but changed the subject, "However, the final step of promotion in the [7 Arts] path is very difficult. The promotion ceremony required is also related to the times. Only in peaceful times, when literature and art are flourishing, will the laws be changed?" Clear.”

After a pause, she expressed her thoughts: "The culture and art of the Talon Empire were highly prosperous, and then they entered the Dark Ages because of the war. In that desperate era, the master's paintings could not even be replaced by a black stripe. Bread. It’s not much different now. So I plan to wait until the war is over and become a teacher in a college to add some color to the dead art world. That is my dream life. When civilization and literature and art are reborn, it may be mine. When the promotion ceremony is completed.”

"Renaissance?"

Such a word suddenly popped into Ji Xun's mind.

With a flash of inspiration, he discovered that the so-called "promotion ceremony" seemed to be the development trend of a certain civilization.

This trend is not influenced by personal will, but it allows outstanding talents in the wave to shine brightly.

Griffith saw the thought on his face and said: "The essence of the promotion ceremony is to steal the 'power of rules' that governs the operation of the universe. The power controlled by the gods has changed from the essence of laws to rules."

As she said that, she looked at Ji Xun and was slightly surprised, and said: "However, I have barely scratched the surface so far. I can't explain it to you very clearly. Generally speaking, people below the ninth level can't understand what they say. Yes. But it seems like you understand."

"That's it"

Ji Xun actually seemed to understand.

It was rare for someone to guide him, so he expressed his thoughts: "Senior, I am also a little confused and want to ask for advice. I also encountered the feeling you mentioned when I was working on the mysterious magic method of "Inducing the Gods to Fall".

I didn't understand why the experience value of that secret method didn't move at all before.

Now when I heard it, I realized that I had understood something that was too advanced.

After hearing what he said, Griffith's expression gradually became strange.

Finally, when Ji Xun finished speaking, she responded: "Haha, you are really different. I can give you very limited advice on this point. Well, you can talk to His Majesty and Priest Nan when you have time. If you communicate with them, they can give you more help at this stage. ”

"oh"

Ji Xun nodded as he listened.

He knew what Griffith meant, and he was slightly teasing, but 70% serious.

The realms of Chujiu and Nanjing are similar to him, but both the Augustus royal family and the high priest lineage have a profound accumulation of heritage. The problems they are encountering now have also been encountered by the predecessors of the Talon Dynasty. , there are relatively more things to learn from.

Having said this, Ji Xun looked at Chujiu in front of him and asked, "Is there no news about Xiaonan going to the underworld?"

Chu Jiuyan said concisely: "Yes. It should be soon."

A word "um" means that everything is normal.

The two of them didn’t need to say much.

Nanjing has been in the underworld for many days, and she, the high priest, has many heavy responsibilities on her shoulders.

There are some things that even the two closest people, Ji Xun and Chujiu, cannot say. Nan Jing's trip to the underworld this time is probably related to the death of Nan Shenyu, the last high priest of Talun.

It may involve the "plane monitor" that Lanlingster calls.

To say that the foreign gods of the Oran Palace are most afraid of, it is not the ninth level Griffith, but definitely the high priest Nan Jing.

Ji Xun didn't talk much about this topic. He looked at Chujiu in front of him and asked, "Chujiu, have you also made a breakthrough?"

Chujiu nodded and simply replied: "Yes."

Ji Xun smiled, "No wonder."

No wonder Griffith wanted the two of them to communicate more.

In fact, the change was even greater in Chujiu. Since that assassination, her royal power and destiny were almost visibly rising every day.

When the subjects are strong, the king's destiny is also strong. This is royal power.

More and more old ministers of Oran defected to Chujiu, and Chujiu now had an imperial image.

In other words, in Ji Xun's previous life, this is "imperial purple energy", domineering that can be seen with the naked eye.

At the same time, her strength and laws have also skyrocketed.

This makes Ji Xun feel inexplicable sometimes.

The Q and K sequences related to [Kingdom] are so special.

Sometimes, you can become stronger by doing nothing but sitting on the throne.

The table was piled high with delicious food.

Soon, little Ivan’s belly became bulging.

In front of him was the pioneer and practitioner of "Transcendent Phase Balance". Ji Xun chatted with Chujiu, and also chatted with Griffith about some cultivation-related matters.

However, while chatting, an accident happened.

The gunfire suddenly stopped.

Ji Xun frowned.

Chujiu and Griffith also looked serious.

The three people's perception was much stronger than the others, and they guessed what happened.

Dong Qi didn't know why. He saw the expressions of the three people changing and asked, "What's wrong?"

Ji Xundao: "Olan's side has stopped attacking."

Dong Qi is a combatant, and of course his control over the overall situation is not as good as that of Ji Xun and the others. She still doesn't quite understand why they are so serious.

Ji Xun didn't wait for her to ask any more questions, and said directly: "It's no surprise that the Oran Palace's side should have tested and found out that they couldn't win by force. This is a strategy. To stop the bombardment, it should be that some can't be used. The vanguard (cannon fodder) being bombarded.”

It is not difficult to guess that the history of any human civilization is actually the history of war.

Any conceivable strategy must have been done by someone in history.

When Ji Xun heard the cannon fire stop, he had already guessed it.

"oh."

Dong Qi roughly understood it upon hearing this.

Sure enough, before waiting for a moment, a messenger hurried over and said something to the palace lady not far away.

The female officer's expression changed, and she quickly came over and reported to Chujiu: "Your Majesty, news came from the sentry post that Oran used a large number of civilians as the vanguard, and many of them were the family members and tribesmen of the ministers. "

"Yeah. Got it."

When Chujiu heard this, although his expression remained unchanged, there was a solemn look in his crystal eyes.

She stood up and said to Ji Xun, "I'll go take a look."

Ji Xun also wanted to see what trouble Olan had done, and said, "I'll go with you."

Several people quickly arrived at the nearest fort command room.

The weather that was just foggy just now suddenly turned cloudy and rainy, making the sky brighter and clearer than ever before.

Under the moonlight, the entire plain across the canyon was clear and clear. On the ground at the end of the field of vision, in addition to large and small craters, there were also corpses scattered everywhere.

In front of the artillery position of the Kilan defense line, the first wave of tests by the Oran Royal Court failed without any suspense.

Now is the second wave.

The new batch of pioneers are moving towards the canyon little by little.

It was completely dark, probably tens of thousands of people.

Through the lens barrel of the telescope, Ji Xun could clearly see the expressions of those people.

Among those tens of thousands of people, some were professional soldiers from the Oran side, and there were even more who looked gloomy and depressed. They were obviously civilians who had been brought here.

It was that civilian who made Chujiu and everyone around him silent.

Because in front of them are their relatives.

Rennie from the God of Play family, Reike from the Forbidden Magician family, and various former Oran ministers who have recently defected to the family.

They more or less saw their relatives in the crowd.

Even though the Oran Royal Court had been in exile for the past two hundred years, the exiled generations of Oran kings had made a lot of preparations for restoration.

Oran's old ministers also took root and multiplied in major cities across the federation.

Just like the Golden Oak Company in Innocence City, it was a force secretly supported by the Oran Palace.

Therefore, there are actually many family members of the old officials of Oran.

Now everyone can see clearly that King Arthur wants the family members of Oran's subjects to be cannon fodder, so that the coalition forces can use them as a weapon.

Even looking back now, the reason why those who defected to Chujiu took it out so easily may not have been intentionally let go.

Then I kept a batch and now use them as a threat.

Under the defense line, everyone was silent as they watched the wall of people get closer and closer.

Everyone knows that this is Oran's siege tactic.

Let them come near, and they will destroy the walls;

If we really want to fire artillery to kill all these people, the morale within the coalition forces will immediately become unstable.

After all, there were not only the family members of the old ministers of Oran before them, but also some personnel related to the Revolutionary Army and the Lionheart Family.

Everyone was mentally prepared to face the cruelty of war, but they really didn't expect that King Arthur was really merciless and used such despicable tactics from the beginning.

Fortunately, there was an emergency plan in place. As the commander-in-chief of the coalition forces, Chujiu decisively ordered: "Put people into the isolation area. No one can contact without permission. Anyone who takes the opportunity to cause trouble will be killed on the spot!"

"yes."

Everyone took the order and left.

Chujiu watched everyone leave, turned his head and glanced at Ji Xun beside him, and asked, "What do you think?"

She was very aware of Ji Xun's ability. The two of them had actually discussed this possibility before, but now that it happened, they asked.

Ji Xun narrowed his eyes slightly and said concisely: "Insects, plagues, spies, assassins and pollution of faith."

His eighth-level advancement is [Guo Shi Wushuang] in our [J War] sequence, so he has a deeper understanding of war than others.

At this moment, the laws of war have become concrete battlefield strategies, appearing before our eyes.

In Ji Xun's mind, he saw what would happen if the cannon fodder came in.

These people must not be killed.

But Kilan's defense line has not been breached, so it doesn't make much sense to rely on this small number of people to come in and carry out a sneak attack.

No matter what, isolating this group is the best choice.

The coalition's defense line in the Kiran Mountains did not completely block the Hell's Gate Canyon, but deliberately left a passage.

Those tens of thousands of people were released in this way.

Some Oran sergeants who were hiding among the civilians approached the defense line and tried to rush into the fort. They were beaten into a honeycomb by the mechanical sentry towers everywhere, and they quickly stopped.

The remaining people were guided by the guide and stopped in the isolation area of ​​​​the canyon.

It looked like the Oran Royal Court had sent a group of hostages over for free.

But just because it went so smoothly, Ji Xuncai became more and more certain that it might be the worst situation.

In the canyon isolation area, countless gun barrels were pointed at tens of thousands of people.

Most of the crowd were women and children, as well as elderly people.

Most people didn't know what was happening. They all looked at the cold fortress around them in fear.

Just now, they had watched with their own eyes the sergeant hidden in the crowd being beaten to pieces, and everyone could not hide the fear and despair in their eyes.

The adults could still understand the broadcast and kept silent, but the young children were frightened by the terrifying atmosphere and kept crying.

I don’t know who started it first, but the old people and women also started crying along with Taotao.

Being sent to the front line as cannon fodder by their own king was already extremely humiliating, but now they are still being held at gunpoint, and all of them have long since lost their minds.

After all, they are all their own family members below, and the old Oran ministers on the coalition side are all heartbroken.

On the ninth day of the lunar month, King Augustus personally spoke and quickly stabilized everyone's mood.

But in a blink of an eye, an unexpected surprise occurred.

Among those people, someone's eyes suddenly overflowed with abnormal bloodshot eyes.

Gradually, strange dark spots appeared on the skin of both adults and children.

Not one, but one.

The time is also very precise.

"Plague! They have the plague!"

"The holy water of the Holy Grail of Royal Power can cure all diseases. Let's find King Augustus. She will definitely save everyone!"

"Yes! Find King Augustus!"

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Someone in the crowd shouted something, and the crowd that had just stabilized suddenly became commotion.

Now, everyone understood the vicious intention of the Oran Royal Court in sending these old, weak, women and children.

As Ji Xun said, they brought the [plague].

Thanks to the contingency plan, no one was allowed to come into contact with this group of people. Even those corpses that were beaten to pieces trying to climb the wall were immediately burned and disinfected.

Otherwise, if this group of people comes into contact with the people on the defense line, the plague may cause the coalition forces to lose without a fight.

A spy took the lead in making noises. The adults could remain calm at first, but now they became panicked.

They could die on their own, but looking at the infant baby and their elderly parents, their mood collapsed.

The old, weak, women and children form a closed loop of fear.

The elderly and children have weak resistance and will soon cough up blood.

In the panic, some people in the crowd scattered and tried to escape, but were forced back at gunpoint.

Seeing the people running around being shot to death by machine guns, this group of people knew they couldn't escape and just cried together.

Even if they had the last glimmer of hope, they couldn't bear to watch their children die in the plague.

The women and old people could only kneel on the ground and beg: "Great King Augustus, please save my child."

This sound gradually formed a torrent of desperate sounds, echoing throughout the canyon.

This cry also attracted the attention of the group of Oran's old ministers. They all had gloomy faces and their fists were clenched to the point of watering.

Ji Xun looked at the commotion at the bottom of the canyon without any change in his expression. He just complained in his heart: "[Black Death]? Then King Arthur really uses some strategies to eliminate his descendants?"

I dare to use a strategy like the plague indiscriminately without fear of backlash.

Another possibility is that the other party can accurately control the spread of the plague.

In addition to [Diamond 3 - Plague Doctor], there are a few top card masters in the professional sequence, then there is another possibility, and that is the 'source of the disease, Takpara'.

Ji Xun had read about the "Black Death" in documents from the Talon period, a plague that caused countless deaths and was almost incurable.

The one he was pointing at was the Seven Natural Disaster Sovereigns.

Although the jars of the Lord of Disease were all used by the Southern Continent Dragon God Airel to deceive the Golden Dragon God. But the existence of plague will never disappear as long as there are living things.

The Oran Royal Court is also very vicious.

[The Black Death] has no cure.

As they deliberately spread, the [Holy Grail of Royal Power] in Chujiu's hand can heal.

But the problem is that the holy water condensed by the Holy Grail is limited, and it needs to consume the holder's royal luck and original mantra.

Just one or two.

If you want to cure these tens of thousands of people, I am afraid that you will not be able to do it even if you use up all the original spell power of Chujiu.

But if we don't save it, the people's hearts that King Augustus has just gathered in Chujiu may fall apart immediately.

The most important thing is that if luck changes, there will inevitably be some negative effects in the war.

King Arthur came up with such a vicious plan, which immediately put the coalition forces into a dilemma.

(End of chapter)