Blood tax

Chapter 528 The Bizarre Adventure with Erza ([-])
"The troll, the troll who is worse than the militia, actually stands in front of the regular army..."

Griffith's eyes suddenly changed.He has cleared the way with the charge of the self-explosive ball, and dispersed the enemies near Erza.The tide of corpses suffered great losses, but they still followed the human troops who were fighting and retreating all the way.

But at this moment, the troll stood up.They didn't have heavy armor or shields, so they faced the dangerous acid explosion with their flesh and blood.As long as one round of hedging, the self-explosive ball can wipe out the troll.

However, these trolls hung some bulging burlap pockets on their chests, filled with black metal balls, and rushed into the space between the undead creatures and the human troops without hesitation, and even crazily crashed into the self-explosive balls!
"spread--!"

Griffith hastily issued the order, resolutely gave up chasing the enemy who was close at hand, and at the same time gathered the remaining living corpses to gather towards him.

The fighting spirit of these trolls has surpassed the scope of courage, they are clearly being manipulated, and their flesh and consciousness have reached the critical point of collapse.

perish together!

Explosion versus self-explosion!
All the troll warriors on the top let out a roar, and opened the sackcloth pockets, and the black iron bombs that had already lit the matchlock exploded together with their bodies.

There were dull roars one after another, and the self-explosive ball also detonated at the same time. The frenzy of flying flesh was also mixed with large and small grenades, which flew out like dandelions.

A large group of self-explosive balls that were too late to disperse or explode were swept away in an instant.The shock wave of the explosion directly engulfed Griffith's corpse tide, and then wiped out all creatures within the killing radius.

The burning minced meat splashed everywhere, and was torn to pieces by another round of explosions before it hit the ground.

The pieces of flesh and blood were blown up into the sky, turning into a thick black rain, falling into the densely packed deep pits on the ground and forming a quagmire.

Griffith felt his brain go blank for a while, hundreds of self-exploding balls disappeared, and the number of casualties and blood pressure soared instantly.The troll human bomb not only blew up the self-explosive balls he used to attack, but also blew up the living corpses that were used as human shields along the way.

"Warning, warning," Minos' casualty statistics trembled in his head, "combat units have suffered huge losses, and the commander needs to regroup the troops."

It was too late to establish a new undead army, and there was an irreparable force vacuum in his hands.

Calm down, in short, calm down first, first ask the invincible Erza, we may not be able to fight together...Griffith collected himself and looked sideways.

Erza's face is whiter than his...

The extraordinary characteristics on the verge of losing control and the divine power to override the will are tormenting her.The characteristics of a witcher endow her with an extraordinary body, but it does not bring resistance to high-ranking mystery.

Noticing that Griffith was looking at her, Erza gently pulled down the cloak on her body: "Your troops~"

"I'm almost dead..." Griffith rubbed his forehead, and hugged Erza first, and put him on the skeleton horse. "But it doesn't matter, I will be able to regroup the troops soon."

"Oh..." The huntress smiled softly, "So this is your authority——

"It can efficiently replenish the battle damage that other commanders cannot fight."

"..." Griffith's blood pressure rose even higher, "I just need a little time."

Commodus was staring at them, and the Praetorian Guards had already surrounded them from both wings.

"The victory has been decided.

"The authority of the hand of God is not the only factor that determines the outcome.

"Humans' understanding and use of power is the key to victory.

"This king is above you."

Commodus waved his hand and pressed, and dozens of troll warriors came out in a row. The Extraordinary and the imperial guards surrounded him, and pressed towards Griffith with a thunderous momentum!

In Commodus's plan, the expedition to the south is to find an opportunity to fight the other gods.He has many servants of trolls and a loyal army. Whether it is defeating the hand of God face to face or searching for the power in the ruins, he is fully sure.

The outcome has been decided, Erza's attributes have been restrained, and Griffith's army has been wiped out.

Being able to surround the hands of two gods at once, luck is so good that there is no reason to hesitate, it must be taken immediately!

"Go, little minion," Erza wanted to get off the horse, "I can use the mythical form again."

However, Griffith did not let go, but hugged her even tighter.

"Not in a hurry."

He rode on a horse, and faced the enemy army that was gathering in darkness, he did not break through or fight back.

He still has a back hand, in his current state, could it be worth the king's army... Kang Maode shouted anxiously:

As soon as the voice fell, the ground suddenly trembled, which was more violent than the shock of the serial explosions during the battle just now.

Some sort of chant-like sound appeared in the ground song, and indescribable horror spread to the world.

Griffith's backhand is activated!

The ground suddenly cracked, and a huge, indescribable black shadow broke out of the ground.

First, there is a bunch of surging tentacles growing on the soft and greasy gray-black bag-like body... Apart from the pile of stretched and curled tentacles, there is a lump at the front end of this thing that dominates this terrifying, frightening animal. disgusting creature.

Earth-burrowing monsters!

Witnessing this terrifying scene, Commodus' army was frightened.However, they were mighty fighters, and their minds withstood the onslaught.

The huge undead creature writhed crazily on the surface, and the lumps were torn apart amidst the strange sound, and the mouthparts were like petals.In the strange roar that went straight into the soul, black and yellow pieces of meat were sprayed into the sky.

The black and yellow piece of meat fell to the ground, and a group of hideous and decaying zombies stood up, clustered around the skeleton army horse.As the death knight raised his finger, he immediately rushed to the oncoming guards and started a scuffle.

Griffith rode his horse to stand amidst the chaos and madness, and walked towards the mouthparts of the earth-burrower unhurriedly, and looked back at the kingslayer:
"Learning to be a shotgunner, and then learning to explode a ball...

"Your Highness, you use the tactics of the last general to deal with the last general, but be careful of falling into the dark side."

A cold light flashed in Kang Maode's eyes:
"It's just an earth borer, soldiers, kill this pair of dogs and men.

"Bring their Extraordinary characteristics to this king!"

He waved the army, but the rear of the Imperial Guard suddenly became commotion.

In the rear of the military formation, there was actually a dense sound of guns and artillery, and a large amount of information swarmed in from the rear——

A Bayeran army has appeared behind the Commodus Guards and is launching an attack!Two incomparably powerful ripples of spiritual energy shot straight into the sky like the sun.

"It's an army led by a demigod. They're here." Upon hearing the news, Commodus suddenly felt an indescribable resentment and loss in his heart. He grabbed the holy sword and threw it at Griffith.

"Retreat!" Griffith jumped into the mouthparts of the earth borer.Immediately afterwards, the holy sword Enduil followed.

This blow was like a thunderbolt, tearing half of the Earth Burrower's head on the spot.Griffith also received a solid blow on the arm.Severe pain immediately began to bite along the spinal cord.He hurriedly got underground and fled towards the depths of the jungle.

……

A burrower can stretch itself to incredible lengths, digging tunnels out of its own flesh.Combat troops can enter the mouthparts of the burrower and move from underground to any corner of the battlefield.

This is an efficient and maneuverable tunnel network. The disadvantage is that humans will be affected by the crazy and decaying breath if they get too close to it, and lose their sanity.

Even Griffith's resistance is difficult to support.

Soon, he couldn't take it anymore, so he could only leave the burrower, and summoned the undead adjutant who followed him with dim eyes:
"Necromancer Conix, Banshee Sif, the bones of trolls and creatures are buried in the ground here, resurrect them and give me an army."

"As you wish, Lord Death Knight," the lieutenants accepted, "we have found some useful troll crypts and settlements to raise an army."

After deploying his adjutants, Griffith hurriedly set off again.Both Commodus and the demigod may have a way to locate him and Erza.Before the undead army was deployed, he wanted to delay as much as possible.

Erza watched these ferocious undead creatures leave without saying a word, and after a while, she said:
"Do they still retain the memory of the past?"

She was curious and seemed to be looking forward to it.

Griffith took a deep look at her:
"Once upon a time, a ghoul once said to me—

"'Death is the end of life, there is no second life, there is no existence. The existence that was resurrected by you may have the appearance and memory of a human being, but death has completely changed consciousness.'"

……

Erza was silent.

Griffith wasn't sure what she was thinking, but it was clear she wasn't far from losing control.

He climbed a giant tree and stood atop its towering canopy.

Commodus's army was fighting with Bayeran's pursuers in the distance, and the boiling psionic energy washed over this hidden underground world repeatedly like tidal waves.

Finally, the two sides seem to have distanced themselves and stopped fighting, and the jungle suddenly fell into an eerie silence.

However, Griffith is very clear that this is only a temporary calm.

Galadia is in danger, and Roland is fighting Bajelan in the north...

Commodus's army is very powerful, and the demigods of Byelan will come to hunt down Griffith at any time, leaving him with little time.

How to break the game?

At this time, Griffith saw an ancient city on a mountain rock, completely built of huge stone and marble, thick and solemn.After countless years of baptism, the once glorious city has long been withered and dilapidated, and a desolate and dilapidated atmosphere that almost merges with the swamp and dense forest blows towards the face.

There is no sun here, but there is the afterglow of the setting sun that is gradually slanting west just like the ground.The huge ruins are plated with a layer of pure gold, which is extremely desolate and lonely in the almost infinite splendor.

The towering crater almost pierces into the sky, imprisoning this land like a city wall.The distant sunset gradually sinks into darkness.

There, there must remain clans of trolls, remnants of a once glorious empire, the last and most loyal and mighty warriors.They stick to the ancient holy land. When the empire collapsed in blood and madness, these most loyal people to the empire fled into the underground holy land to survive.

Griffith felt a voice calling him...

There, lies the god of the undead, the secret of the Void's life.

(End of this chapter)