Chapter 248 The Divine Ascension Technique of the Nine-Ring Tower!

The dense swarms of insects were all over the mountains, making people's scalps numb.

Built against the mountain, on the city wall that looked like the Great Wall, the soldiers felt frightened as they looked at the endless insects.

"Why are there more and more of these bugs? I can't kill them all!"

The soldiers cursed loudly, but this curse only encouraged themselves and was of no use in their current situation.

Even these soldiers who had the city walls to rely on were considered lucky given the dangers faced by the entire empire.

Now, it is the second year that the Narpo Empire has been resisting the Zerg.

In order to resist the arrival of the Zerg, the emperor of the empire mobilized a large number of civilians and used the previous defense lines against the northern orcs to build three defense lines in the north of the empire, hoping to use these three defense lines to keep the Zerg out of the country.

I have to say that the emperor's idea was good, but the actual situation was completely unexpected.

Humanity had no experience fighting the brood of the Mother of Life, nor did they understand the Swarm's capabilities.

They thought these insects were like other races and had set marching routes.

But the reality is that these insects have extremely strong survival abilities in the wild, and they can easily survive even in uninhabited swamps and forests, or snow-capped mountains.

As a result, the empire's defense became extremely embarrassing.

This line of defense was designed to prevent the orcs from advancing, so these walls were only built on the roads that the orcs must take.

Because the Zerg has a strong ability to climb mountains and cross rivers, they can completely bypass the defense line from the side and do not fight with the defenders on the defense line at all.

This makes the entire empire's defense line useless, and it is meaningless to gather more troops.

Fortunately, after discovering that something was wrong, the Empire immediately adjusted its strategy. It no longer concentrated its forces, but instead dispersed its forces along the border to block the Zerg's attack.

But when the troops were dispersed, facing these fearless Zerg swarms, the empire's military strength became stretched.

The defense line was too long, and even with the empire's national strength, it was difficult to hold on. The speed at which the entire empire's territory collapsed was beyond people's imagination.

"I'm going to kill you, you son of a bitch!"

A squad of more than 10,000 Paladins is the absolute elite of the empire.

These paladins are both offensive and defensive, have self-healing abilities, and are determined. When they form an army to fight, they can kill insects as easily as chopping melons and vegetables.

However, human power is limited and the number of these insects is too large.

After killing a group of them, fatigue gradually eroded their bodies. The leading high-ring paladin gave an order and led his subordinates to evacuate quickly. They hid back in the city and used magic protection to defend against the invasion of the insect swarm.

On the city wall, soldiers holding alchemical instruments fired bullets into the insect swarm. Alchemical cannons roared continuously, killing thousands of insects in the blink of an eye, leaving a field of blood and body parts.

These insects found that they could not break through the magical protection, they made shrill cries and slowly retreated.

"How much ammunition is left?"

"Sir, according to consumption, these ammunition can only keep us going for five days at most."

"Hasn't there been any new ammunition?"

"My Lord, you are aware of the current situation. The entire empire is in chaos. Only God knows whether we can get new ammunition."

"If we don't have ammunition to replenish, we will have no choice but to fight those damn bugs in close combat. I don't know how many people will be killed or injured."

"But there is no other way now. All the empire can do now is to gather its forces and protect some important military areas and cities as much as possible. It is impossible to protect all the territories."

Conversations between military commanders and quartermasters are now almost the norm on battlefields across the empire.

"Captain, do you think we can survive?"

Fanny wiped the sweat from her forehead, ate the tough bread, and said to Alfred beside her.

Grand Duke Campbell continued to hold the title of Grand Duke in the new Kingdom of England and Sussex.

As the son of the Grand Duke, Alfred was disappointed with the Church of Dawn and had lost his ability as a paladin.

But in the new Eternal Church, he regained his firm faith and became a paladin again, even reaching the sixth ring and possessing mythical power.

Therefore, at the call of the Empire, he led the paladins of the church to join the war to protect humanity.

However, the strength of the enemy this time was beyond his expectations. The swarms of insects all over the mountains were simply countless, and they were madly invading human territory.

"Whether we can survive or not, what we have to do now is to kill as many bugs as possible. I don't believe we can't kill them all."

The paladin was also full of murderous intent at this time.

Fanny gritted her teeth and asked again: "I don't know where Deya is now. I haven't heard from him for a long time."

Alfred teased, "You should call him the Son of God, but Deya should be with those big shots now.

Those big guys temporarily held up the last line of defense, making it difficult for these bugs to break through in a short period of time.

I heard that the dragons of Sky Island have decided to help humans. With the dragons joining us, our pressure should be less."

Fanny said: "I hope so, but no matter what, I will keep fighting!"

"Haha, that's what a paladin should say." Alfred laughed.

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In the imperial palace, several powerful men of the eighth and ninth rings were holding a meeting using projection magic.

Because the swarm's behavior of bypassing the defense line was beyond people's expectations and the front line collapsed too quickly, these eight-ring and nine-ring strongmen had to take action themselves.

The good news is that although the number of the Zerg is huge, they find it difficult to break through the last line of defense of the Eight Rings and Nine Rings, which are powerful enough to defeat an army, and temporarily maintain the operation of the empire.

"The situation on the front line is very bad. These Zerg swarms are plundering humans. According to the investigation intelligence I sent people to obtain, the millions of missing people in the imperial territories captured by the Zerg swarms have been taken back to the Zerg's lair.

The swarm is using those living people to hatch and produce more bugs, which is why these bugs can never be killed.

I'm afraid that by now there are no other living creatures in the entire northern land. The other races there, mainly orcs, should have been completely killed and turned into insects."

The Imperial Duke, who was commanding the battle at the front line, reported what he knew.

Upon hearing this, the Emperor of the Empire asked carefully, "These insects are not as strong as imagined. The most terrifying thing about them is their numbers and their fearless spirit.

If, if we can control their numbers, so that there are only dead people instead of living ones, can we defeat them?"

The emperor of the empire was very nervous when he said this. The powerful men present could understand his real intention, which was that the insect swarm needed living people to hatch new insects.

Then they could simply kill the unarmed and defenseless citizens of the empire themselves before their territory was lost.

In this way, by losing the nutrients from living people, the number of insects can be reduced.

However, this behavior of killing one's own people first in order to kill the enemy is really too cruel.

The people present were all determined. They fell into deep thought about this proposal, and even wondered whether this method could really be used.

Adolf, who also attended the meeting, said: "It's a good idea, but even if we really decide to do this, it won't reduce the number of insects.

During this period, the Nine Rings Tower also studied the biological characteristics and habits of this group of insects, such as how they moved, and since they used living people as nutrients for hatching instead of food, what did they eat. "

Adolf's words caught the attention of the others.

"After our research, we found that these insects secrete a wonderful substance from their bodies. When the substance covers the earth, it absorbs nutrients from plants, soil, etc.

These nutrients become their food, and the land that the swarm passes through will quickly become barren."

An archbishop of the Order Fire asked, "Why do these bugs do this? With the number of these bugs, it is only a matter of time before they consume the entire material world.

By then, the insects will lose their source of nutrition. How can they survive? How is their current behavior different from suicide? "

Adolf smiled and said, "It's a good question, Your Excellency the Archbishop. But let's think in another way. Could the current situation of insect swarms all over the mountains be a special case?
In fact, the most ideal social living state for these insect swarms is a small group consisting of only a very small number of powerful insects?

In other words, the reason why the swarm explodes in such large numbers is just to destroy us humans.

If one day all humans are wiped out and the Zerg no longer poses a threat, their numbers will be drastically reduced, forming a balance with the environment of the material world.

Just like in the past, we have never discovered the true nature of the Church of the Mother of All Creatures, that is because the true social form of these insects is rare in number, and only when faced with external threats will they burst out with the advantage of numbers. "

Adolf's explanation is very reasonable, and it fits the ecology of the Zerg very well when you think about it.

That kind of crazy burst in numbers and then plundering behavior is not in line with the lifestyle of a group, because when there are not enough resources, these groups should self-destruct.

Therefore, the most ideal living state for a real insect swarm is to achieve a perfect balance with the entire natural environment.

Adolf continued, "... I have another piece of bad news for you all. The reason why I said your method is not feasible is because many insects cannot be hatched by living people.

In the place where the Mother of All Living Things is, She has actually been giving birth to new insects. Even more terrifying is that we have observed the appearance of insects with eight rings. Perhaps in the near future, we will see insects with nine rings.

By then, it is very likely that our greatest advantage will be lost. We are now able to resist the invasion of the Zerg mainly by relying on the numerical advantage of our strong men.

Everyone, please don't forget what the mother's duty is, it is to reproduce! "

Adolf's words almost made everyone present fall into despair.

Doesn’t this mean that their demise is only a matter of time? The Zerg will only become stronger and stronger, and even those of them with eight or nine rings will fall one day.

"So there's no chance of us winning?"

Another member of the church asked.

"The only way to win is to kill the Mother of All Living Things. As long as the Mother of All Living Things is still there, it will be useless even if we kill all the bugs.

When "He" wakes up, it will be the day of destruction for all life in this material world. My suggestion is that the empire can use the national strength that it still has to build a half-plane that is half separated from the material world.

Then they will follow the example of the elves and allow a small number of humans to live in the demiplane. Perhaps there will be a chance for them to survive and leave some fire for humans."

Although the truth Adolf told was hopeless, it must be said that his advice was actually the most reliable.

At this time, Adolf couldn't help but think that the humans in this material world came from other material worlds.

Could it be that in other material worlds, humans are also facing an insurmountable crisis and are forced to find a new material world to reproduce and survive?

The crisis in another world may not necessarily be a swarm of insects, it may also be some other disaster. When you think about it this way, human beings are really plagued by disasters.

No, it should be said that all races in this world are plagued by disasters, and in order to be able to reproduce, they have to try their best.

Nothing concrete was discussed at this meeting, but the imperial family still followed Adolf's advice and prepared to gather a large amount of resources to create a demiplane.

The Nine Rings Tower also promised to provide them with magical support.

After all, the plan of the Nine Rings Tower is that if things are impossible, the tower will escape from this material world. So in the end, leaving a glimmer of hope for the humans in this material world is the only thing they can do.

For the next year, the Empire continued to put up a desperate resistance.

In order to fight against these insect swarms, the entire empire has entered a period of militarized management. All citizens of the empire only maintain the minimum living expenses, and everyone's job is to enter the military factories and manufacture weapons and ammunition.

And just as Adolf said, in the third year, the Zerg finally produced an eight-ring strongman.

With the appearance of the eight-ring bugs, the empire's last line of defense became precarious.

Especially no matter how militarized the management is, when people's quality of life plummets, even if external enemies are right in front of them, unrest will still occur within the entire society.

Some people hoped that as long as they moved away from the empire and went to an uninhabited island, they would be able to avoid the swarm and survive.

No matter how hard the empire tries to stop it, it is difficult to completely prevent the spread of such ideas.

Just when the entire empire was in danger and seemed to collapse at any time, in the middle of the third year, Deya finally perfected the spell!

[You have studied the 11th level spell "XXX", skill experience +1]

[Required experience value 20480/20480]

[The eleventh-ring spell has been upgraded to the twelfth-ring. Please name it.]

Deya looked at the prompt on the panel. He actually wanted to name it "Deya Cavendish's Divinity Technique".

However, this spell was perfected by countless wizards in the Nine Rings Tower, passed down from generation to generation over five thousand years.

Although the most important step is to take it by yourself, the last steamed bun can make you full, and you should not forget the steamed buns you have eaten before.

He must not forget the efforts of his predecessors.

"Name it [Nine-ring Tower's Divine Ascension Technique]!"

Deya said so.

(End of this chapter)