The stars are suspended above the wasteland.
Joshua looked up at the shining coordinates in the dark and remained silent for more than ten seconds. Then he looked down at the vast wasteland in front of him.
This is a strange land for soldiers. It is endless, desolate and lifeless. At the end of the earth, there is a black plateau in the shadow, shrouded by sandstorms and black clouds.
The sun and the moon are all out, and the stars are covered by clouds. The world is dark. Except for the purple lightning in the clouds, there is no light in the sky. At this moment, the star coordinates suddenly fly up. It extends towards the end of the horizon, with a silver winding line, straight to the top of the towering gaitar plateau.
No matter how deep the darkness is, it can't cover the light, because it is the last mark left by akhal.
Joshua looked at this deep light path, full of the chill of death spreading all over his body, which seemed to be a dead end to the underworld, but even in the real underworld, there was no reason for the soldiers to retreat.
Shaking off the layers of dense rock that had set in him, Joshua took the first step.
——Unknown knight.
Although the knight's name is still unknown, the soldier knows from the bottom of his heart that he is a strong man worthy of praise and can bear all the glory.
Even if he destroys the world, drives the infinite shadow to kill countless people, even if they don't say more than ten words and fight for less than an hour, there will be no change.
Every shot, every shot, every change of gravitational wave, contains the knight's reluctance and doubt, confusion and relief, and finally, the heart to face everything calmly. Just a few fights, Joshua had a better understanding of what kind of person he was and what heavy truth he was carrying than most people.
Now, he put down the burden, quietly turned into dust and died, and took over all of his life.
Along the direction of the light path, Joshua suddenly found that his heart was calm to some indifference. He waved his hand, so the Dragon hunting sword and gun that fell into the distance turned into a streamer and returned to his hands.
"All the time."
He thought indifferently: "this is the battle. It has never changed."
It's totally different from the fighting of human strongmen, chaotic demons and wild animals. When the soldiers hold the spear and wave their fist, what they want to smash is not the simple life, but the will of the other side. What they hit is not only weapons and fists, but also their own beliefs and spirits.
Every fight between the two sides is a collision of spirit and will, a fight of faith and persistence. Strength alone can only determine the advantages and disadvantages. It is the soul that can really determine the victory or defeat.
Just like the previous one.
The powerful gravitational change makes the earth and rock within a radius of tens of kilometers fly out of thin air, and are absorbed into the sky by the gravitational source of the old knight's condensation in his body. These hundreds of millions of tons of endless rocks will collapse under tens of thousands of times or even more terrible gravity, and compress into unthinkable super condensed matter, which will firmly seal themselves or completely crush them, The high density rock on the soldier's body is the evidence.
In the face of such a powerful astrological attack that could change one side's terrain, Joshua's only way to deal with it is to abandon his body and incarnate himself as a giant of life energy. Then he imitates the self explosion of the fusion star with the consciousness of giving up life, so as to promote the combustion and fusion of life energy in his body, transform it into the purest heat, impact and light, and do his best to blow it out.
He was on the verge of the end - at the last moment, Joshua was almost ready to give up his body and use the last, most ardent sacrifice to try to break through the invisible prison that could hold the stars.
If the development of everything is really like this, then it is a perfect battle, which can make the blood of soldiers boil to the extreme. It is a gamble of life and everything to see who can win the final victory.
But nothing in the world can be perfect.
[Xingtian prison] is interrupted.
A mental fragment accompanied by the terrible gravitational wave tells the soldier the name of this move and indicates the end of the knight. It is indeed a powerful skill worthy of its name. As long as the soldier can bear this move without death, he will be able to break his tough "eggshell" with the help of this collapsing and compressing gravity, The essence of life will be transformed and sublimated to the realm of legend.
But it all came to an abrupt end. After defeating all the means of Joshua, akhal's last strike forced him to burn his life and soul to fight back, and then burned himself out.
He is too old.
The soldiers clenched their fists and burst the wounds that had no time to heal. Blood drops down the earth, splashing a few dust, deep red blood beads appear to want to breed something at the moment when they come out of the body, but at last they turn into a drop of broken blood, absorbed by the dry gravel on the ground. Joshua's weapon seemed to feel the ups and downs of his master's heart, so he was silent.Akhar has been dead for a thousand years. If the Ulan Empire had not spared no effort to find his mausoleum, dig out his remains, and use the most profound psychic secret method to reunite his soul brand scattered in the whole continent, the old knight would have been completely wiped out. How could he have recovered into a hero and played a holy land level blow? But even so, he came to the end. The fight with Joshua was his last insistence. It was not the energy in akhal's body, but his soul that burned in the prison.
He didn't have the slightest margin. He really did his best, but he was old, that's all.
The knight who lost to time still didn't get the most perfect ending.
And Joshua came to the plateau.
The black sandstorm in the gaitar plateau is like the most solid wall, a fortress that never collapses, and keeps all visitors away.
The light path formed by starlight passes through the dust and spreads straight to the center of the plateau. Instead of stopping, the soldiers speed up.
As he stepped forward, the scene on his side was blurred. The hot wind around him was like a red iron cone piercing into the endless storm. Under the impact of this violent force, the dark storm rolled and began to retreat. At this time, the great power of nature bowed to a person, It can be seen that the original huge storm vortex is divided into two parts at the speed visible to the naked eye, retreating to both sides of the plateau as Moses divided the sea, revealing the path of the middle soldiers.
Joshua seemed to have some dissatisfaction. He raised his dragon hunting sword and shot the black sandstorm on both sides.
As a result, the storm continued to disperse, and the energy source of this huge vortex was pierced by invisible life energy radiation, losing most of its power.
After a while, the soldier slowed down. He raised his head and looked at the magnificent city in front of him. This is the end of the starlight road and his destination.
Ulan Empire, capital of gaitar.
At the other end of the black sandstorm is a magnificent city, which is located between two slightly uplifted hills with six towering black towers engraved with countless runes. The wall of the city is made of polished square gray rocks. The strong fortress and arrow tower stand behind the wall. You can see that there are four pillars of light penetrating the sky in the center of the city, which pierce the sky and stir the dark clouds into a huge vortex.
In this city, which can be called the origin of the shadow of death, there is no trace of the shadow of death. Joshua seriously felt that he did not notice the breath of death and silence - but he also noticed that there are some strange breath in the city that he did not know whether it was death or life.
Naturally, no one opened the gate, so the soldier came to the wall. He clapped his hands. A hurricane blew by. The strong wall was like a castle made of gravel in the tide. It easily collapsed into countless debris. The gray dust paved a road forward, which made Joshua walk into the city without hindrance.
Inside the city, there is darkness, and there is a noisy and strange noise. You can see many dwellings shrouded in the shadow. These dwellings are very neat, not like the layout of a city, but like part of some kind of huge array. In the center of the city, there are four tall obelisks, surrounded by the ruins of three stone tablets, Their whole body is covered with dark luster, and the pillar of light that penetrates the sky is just launched with them as the center.
Joshua looked up at the obelisk, and then looked down at the dwellings. The breath of life and death and the noise came from them. If they were evil, the soldiers would not mind to eradicate them.
But as a result, he was slightly stunned.
In every house, there are creeping monsters. Their bodies are like a mixture of mud and soil, bound in a sealed room. It seems that they can feel Joshua's eyes. These monsters are not making noise, but trembling and dare not continue to speak, and the soldiers can see through their essence in an instant.
It was invaded by the deep and incomparable dead air of the underworld, and completely alienated into some kind of strange existence of human beings.
Twenty seven years ago, the doomsday upheaval took place in this city. The power of light and dark transmitted the endless atmosphere of the underworld to the whole world and awakened the endless army of dead shadows. The residents of the imperial capital nearest to this power were transformed into this strange thing.
They, they, these still conscious beings make noises, which are extremely painful howls and supplications. Ordinary human beings may not be able to understand this alienated language, but to the point of Joshua, they can clearly understand its meaning.
Neither life nor death, the body also turns into mud, even if it is dead, it will also turn into shadow, so what these beings pray for is neither resurrection nor death.
It's rest."Ah..." sighed softly. The soldier closed his eyes. Then, he opened his eyes again and walked firmly towards the center of the city.
The destiny of Grandia's world has been entrusted to him by the unknown knight. The truth is in front of him. Today's Joshua will not stop for this.
So, at the next moment, the soldiers were standing in front of the remaining four obelisks.
The center of the city is a huge square, which is paved with white granite. Seven obelisks are built on it according to the law. The center is a high platform of no use. Now, with the death of Aerman, the shadow swordsman and the old knight, three stone tablets are reduced to ashes, leaving only the remaining tower base here.
Joshua felt that the black light flowing on the four obelisks made him very uncomfortable. The decadent steel force spread around it. It seemed that this was the center of corruption. So he took out his hand and shot them all with the strength of a spiral gun. There was no array or barrier in the middle of the way. The process was simple, which made people wonder if it was an illusion. After he stopped, he was able to see if it was an illusion, For some reason, the soldier suddenly felt light in his chest, as if he had fulfilled his promise.
In the distance, in the direction where the four holy cities are located, the leaders of the dead shadow who are entangled with the four holy city masters suddenly stand in the same place. The caster who controls the crystal puppet looks relieved. The misty figure murmurs a word in a language that is difficult for ordinary people to understand. The expression of the summoner who can summon the ice bone dragon and all kinds of alien creatures seems to be a pity, Because he had the upper hand in the battle, and the shooter with the long metal bow shrugged and gave a free and easy smile.
In the next moment, these strong undead who bear the fate of an era will disappear with the wind.
"What's the matter?"
No matter the old robot, the fairy lady, the Dwarf Warrior or the giant all looked shocked and confused, but later, they immediately looked in the direction of the gaital plateau, and their eyes were full of surprise.
In the distance, four dark pillars of light dissipate, and the black clouds like whirlpool gradually return to calm. The endless breath of death does not spread to every corner of the world, but accumulates in the original place, so that the capital of gaitar, which has long been infected, like the underworld, is shrouded in darkness.
The darkness, like the incarnation of death and extinction, is deep and bottomless. There is no light or sound in it. Whether it is the shrill wind or the wailing of monsters, it is engulfed by the darkness. It is as if the world is still in a chaotic void before it is born.
But there was a little light.
Seven obelisks and the whole capital of gaital form a great array - no, it's not only these. The dust storm on the plateau and the cold wind in the barren plain are all part of this array. Everything in the world is included in it. This city is just the center of collecting and gathering everything.
And in the center of the great array, there suddenly appeared a hazy light mass without shape and color, which could not be described by any language except existence. It did not look transparent, but it was not an entity. At the same time, it expanded and contracted like a living creature, as if it had life.
There's a hand, out of the dark, holding the ball of light.
Joshua van Radcliffe knows that this is the truth of everything, whether it is the strange attitude of the fourth inheritor, the past of urbanderni, the reason why the dead killed the living and destroyed the world, or the fate of the world as the old knight said. All the answers are contained in this mysterious light group. As long as we master it, we can know everything.
So he held it without hesitation