Edge of the Apocalypse

Chapter 1429: Zerka Temple (5)

"Die!" With a loud shout, Jin Ka's foot, which was wrapped around the neck of a Night Demon, opened its bow and pulled the Night Demon's head off its neck. He even pulled out a section of his spine from his body and casually threw it onto the ground like a centipede stained with blood.

Ralph looked around and found that no other Night Demon Empress had waved her foot to claim credit from Ilu, who was sitting on a huge rock. "Look here, Captain, I've killed more than twenty monsters. Do you think my prize money can be deducted a little less?"

Captain Yi Lu used the iron hook to point in the other direction: "Bastard, just kill a few nothing to be proud of, look over there."

Golden Card turned around and saw a small mountain of corpses. There were at least forty to fifty Night Demons in that small mountain that was overlapped by corpses. The blonde and blue-skinned Hannah was standing there, wiping her long saber.

"Damn it, this woman actually chopped down so many terrifying rookies." Kinka thought for a moment and shouted, "That's not fair, captain. I'm unarmed, so of course I'm slow."

'"You have a lot of hands!" Illu spat.

Golden Card looked at his five or six feet and obediently shut up.

Hannah jumped off the pile of corpses, raised a Night Demon's head with her feet, and frowned, "Are these planet natives? Or are they just local beasts?"

"Who cares? It's not our target anyway." Ilu stood up and ordered two mercenaries, "You guys stay and repair the starship. When I get back, make sure it can move. If it can't move, say goodbye to your heads."

The two mercenaries agreed with bitter faces. Yi Lu jumped off the giant rock and waved his hand, "Follow me."

The resupplied mercenaries followed the captain around several buildings. In front of them was the empty ruins of the Imperial City. Yi Lu stood there for a moment before saying, "Damn, this place is so big, how can we find a little girl?"

Hannah stepped forward and narrowed her eyes. "There are signs of Origin Energy activity over there. It looks like there is someone fighting. However, they are too far away to be able to observe anything more specific."

Yi Lu looked at the woman in surprise and said, "I can't even feel anything here. How did you know?"

"Women of our race can directly see the changes in the Origin Energy in space with their eyes. Therefore, some treasure hunters specifically hunt us down. They dig out our eyes and soak them in certain potions. They are important materials for making special visual aids." Hannah bluntly said, "It can be said that my eyes are more valuable than I am."

The few mercenaries who looked at Hannah immediately looked at her with different expressions. However, the golden card's expression remained the same. Yi Lu snorted and said, "So that's the case. In the future, we'll have to rely on you to track our target. Don't worry, as long as anyone dares to attack you here, I'll turn him into a corpse."

He grinned and looked at the mercenaries behind him. "Are you right?"

"Of course, we are companions. Whoever tries to harm Hannah, we will fight to the death." The mercenaries hurriedly squeezed out a smile and shouted.

Hannah said expressionlessly, "Follow me."

She walked ahead and led the group of mercenaries into the Imperial City.

The wind and sand blinded the eyes.

When Morothy climbed the last stone staircase, he was knocked out of balance by a sudden gust of wind and almost fell if Angeloni hadn't grabbed him in time. The scholar climbed onto the platform awkwardly and thanked the petite woman.

The soldier helped him up. Morothy looked behind him. The stone steps connecting the upper and lower platforms could only be seen a small section. The rest were submerged in the whistling sandstorm. It had already been five to six hours since they stopped walking. During this period of time, they had encountered at least a dozen or three attacks from Night Demons, and the number of Night Demons had also increased or decreased. More than a hundred, less than a dozen.

But with Mainne and his soldiers, plus the Silver Winged Runner and Angeloni, the journey was a thrilling one. Moroto counted them carefully, and they had already climbed five or six platforms, one of which was a block. As they got deeper and deeper into the Imperial City, the platform grew taller and taller, and the area became smaller and smaller.

The first block they entered the city was a few kilometers long in a straight line, while the lower block they had just passed was less than a kilometer long. The higher the platform, the smaller the area, but the more exquisite the buildings were. This was exactly in line with the imperial city's class outlook.

Moroto walked to a sculpture and shouted, "This should be a noble district, and it should be where the upper nobles live. The palace shouldn't be far from here. Once we reach the platform where the palace is located, we will be able to see the Sacred Mountain."

Just as he finished speaking, another gust of strong wind swept over the yellow sand. Morothy had to lower his body to not be swept over by the strong wind. The higher the platform, the greater the sandstorm, and the lower the visibility. Right now, Moroto could only see things more than ten meters away, and he couldn't see them clearly from afar.

To ensure smooth progress, Mainne chose ten soldiers to work together to erect the Origin Energy barrier. They were replaced every half an hour, so that they were driven out of a windless area in the gale.

Walking through the barrier, Moroto finally breathed a sigh of relief. If he didn't have a screen to isolate himself from the wind and sand, Moroto would probably have to crawl forward.

"Are you alright, Mr. Scholar?" Lucy asked.

Moroto wiped his sweat, but because of the liquid helmet, his hand could not touch his face, so he could only put it down awkwardly and said, "I am not afraid of His Highness laughing. This is the first time I have come to the aristocratic district." In the past, the deepest time he went to the Imperial City, he had only stayed in the noble people's area to work. I didn't expect the sandstorm here to be so strong, but I was lucky to have accompanied His Highness this time, so I had the chance to go deeper into this area. "I dare say that no one has entered this place since Master Gwa. I am truly lucky."

"Then please follow me, sir. I really hope to arrive at the temple as soon as possible."

Moroto said, "The temple is on the sacred mountain, and the road is even harder to walk. I'm afraid we'll spend more and more time in the future."

"As long as I can go up, it doesn't matter if I spend more time. I'm afraid that the power in the temple has disappeared after so many years, or is it still hibernating?" Lucy had a worried look on her face.

He didn't know much about the temple, so he didn't know how to respond, so he chose to remain silent. Suddenly, an imposing aura rose in front of her. Lucy raised her head and saw the flames around Mainne. The Marquis shouted, "Everyone, be on guard. There's a hurricane. Quickly look for a cover!"

"What? A hurricane?" Moroto obviously did not expect to encounter such a natural disaster in the Imperial City that would only happen in the wilderness.

At this time, Lucy could feel the Origin Energy of space becoming violent and chaotic. As she followed the group towards a building on the left, she saw the wind and sand that had been whistling non-stop before suddenly disappear. The dust in the air was moving in the same direction. A moment later, a hair-numbing howl came from afar, and a gray shadow connecting the heavens and earth could be faintly seen moving in the direction of the formation!