Chapter 90: The Battle of Momona Cunzi (Part 2)

On the side of Bell's team, he and his peers from the Knight Family were like whirlwinds of steel, spread across the front of the formation, brandishing the fine weapons in their hands and precisely and swiftly slaughtering the parasitic monsters blocking their path one by one.

There were many parasitic monsters pouring out from the village, but the human side also had a significant number of people; a large number of Town Guards and Armed Civilians, reinforced by Divine Art, relied on their local numerical advantage to forcibly follow Bell and his group, squeezing their way into the densely built Momona Cunzi.

Fighting all the way, the severed limbs of monsters, smoldering with fire and smoke, were everywhere. Because they were killing monsters, everyone in the entire team felt no fear; instead, they were possessed by a kind of alternative fanaticism—the ability to slaughter monsters they would normally be terrified of—and they fought forward like madmen.

It was hard to say whether the courage in the depths of everyone's hearts had been ignited by the Divine Art of the Church of the God of Wealth, or if it had activated the most instinctive fighting desire of humans.

At this moment, even the most cowardly Armed Villagers were wearing excited expressions, fiercely stabbing forward with the wooden Long Spears in their hands that were imbued with Divine Art. They didn't care at all how terrifying the monster in front of them looked, how many heads it had, or the image of it waving several thick vines acting as arms.

Regardless of what the monsters were like, a bunch of humans would just rush up with their Long Spears and stab wildly, and the monsters would have their bodies pierced and set ablaze.

The parasitic monsters that had parasitized ordinary animals performed the worst at this time; the creatures they parasitized were too light and lacked physical strength, so they were stabbed fiercely by the Armed Civilians with Long Spears and died immediately while their bodies burned. Only the terrifying monsters that had fused together, as well as some parasitic monsters that had parasitized strong monsters or strong wild beasts, could temporarily block the village streets and hinder the rapid advance of the humans.

But they could not block them for long.

Whenever any monster blocked the team for even a moment, a youth from the Knight Family wearing shimmering armor and holding a Radiant Weapon would immediately rush out, dodging the monster's intercepting attacks with precise and swift footwork. After quickly closing in, they would swing their steel Long Sword to cut off multiple limbs of the monster in an instant, then kick them over heavily, leaving them to be pierced through the torso by the countless spears of the civilians nearby, turning into a ball of burning fire.

The large burst of firelight erupting from inside the torso would directly burn to death the Core Human Face hiding somewhere within the trunk.

The parasitic monsters' most troublesome ability was thus easily broken by the Radiant Weapon of the Sun God Church.

As Bell's group charged into the narrow village roads of Momona Cunzi, a large number of parasitic monsters poured out from the tree holes of the towering trees at the edge of the village to provide support. They had to provide support; the combat power of the humans had exceeded the expectations of the Evil God directing all of this from behind.

Seeing a large number of new parasitic monsters join the battle, Jier also accelerated his own advance.

The advance of his team was, after all, much slower than Bell's side because they had far fewer people.

But they also quickly advanced into the interior of Momona Cunzi, breaking through the village gate that had been left open. There was no help for it; the monsters had opened the gate themselves to charge at Jier and his men. If the monsters had known how to use the towering wooden walls to defend the village, today's battle would have been far, far more difficult.

Relying on the towering walls of Momona Cunzi and the sufficient number of monsters inside, even if Jier and his team had enough high-end combat power, it would likely have taken several days to take such a small village.

The streets inside the village were narrow, less than four meters wide, and both sides were lined with traditional wooden buildings three or four stories high, built closely together.

Parasitic monsters constantly rushed out from behind the street-facing doors of the villagers' homes, lunging directly at the Warriors closest to them. Some monsters also leaped down from the high floors of the buildings on both sides, not with the intention of fighting, but simply hoping to disrupt the formation of the human team. They crashed from the air into the middle of the team, attempting to strike from the inside out, disrupting the orderly formation of the Warriors to create opportunities for the monsters on the periphery.

In this kind of intense close-quarters combat, formation was crucial. While fighting on the front line, Jier shouted for the Warriors and Priests to stay close together, with weapons and Shields facing outward, ensuring that everyone only faced the enemy from the front, while the other three directions were occupied by their own people.

Even though Jier's side had only twenty-some people to deal with dozens or hundreds of parasitic monsters, the monsters could do nothing against this team. They tried several times, but were forcibly pushed back by Jier's team.

This caused more monsters to pour out from the tree holes in the towering trees, landing as densely as a waterfall, and as soon as they landed, they charged straight at the two tough human teams.

The Blue Axe spun rapidly in the narrow street. Because the road was narrow and the monsters were dense, the 【Moon-Water Decapitator】 could often kill seven or eight parasitic monsters in a single round trip. This caused its originally blue axe head to quickly absorb and accumulate a great deal of green monster essence.

That was the abundant life essence of the monsters, which could also be called life force, and it was all snatched away by the Spirit of the tree demon inside the axe.

The recent series of battles had made its power within the axe significantly exceed that of the other monster spirits. Even the spirit of the spider-type Magic Beast could not suppress it; everyone huddled in the corners of the axe, watching coldly and cautiously as the tree demon accumulated power and became arrogant.

That tree demon perhaps forgot that it was not a terrifying monster with a real monster body, but merely a pitiful prisoner imprisoned and restricted inside the axe.

The 【Moon-Water Decapitator】 helped it absorb the essence of enemy monsters not for its own good, but simply to utilize it to fight and kill enemies.

But the rapid increase in strength had caused this tree demon spirit, which had been imprisoned in the axe for decades, to long ago forget this fact.

It thought that with the battles, its strength would continue to grow upward and eventually possess a day where it could escape this "prison," but how could that be possible?

Just as Jier caught the Two-handed Axe that had killed and returned, he noticed that this axe, which possessed quite a bit of spirituality and mysterious abilities, was entirely wrapped in a strong green light. The light pulsed, as if some kind of power had accumulated to the brim, reminding the master of this weapon to quickly use some kind of special hidden skill.

This feeling suddenly popped into his mind as if by magic when Jier gripped the wooden handle of the axe.

Needless to say, this was clearly the Spirit of the axe "informing" and "reminding" him, its master.

"Ha, an unexpected surprise. Then let me see your true ability!"

Following the intent of the axe, Jier took a step forward, facing the thirty-some parasitic monsters that had surged up the street in one breath. He stuck his Long Sword into the ground with his left hand, then held the axe handle high with both hands, blade facing the enemy, and shouted along with the intent: "My tentacles, obey the command—"

As soon as the words left his mouth, the green light on the Blue Axe flared brilliantly, the intense green light illuminating everyone and every monster in the vicinity.

The next moment, the green light vanished. Just as everyone thought it was over, the surrounding ground began to shake. This vibration became more and more intense, as if something was about to burst out from underground.

Immediately following, the originally hard and solid village ground cracked over a large area, and from every fist-sized crack in the earth, sturdy vines as thick as human arms drilled out.

When the Warriors and Priests saw this, they thought it was something created by a parasitic monster, but these strong and powerful vines directly bound and strangled the parasitic monsters in the surrounding houses, on the streets, and even on the rooftops.

The tips of the vines were hard and sharp, piercing directly into the bodies of the parasitic monsters. The next moment, everyone saw those parasitic monsters struggling with their limbs flailing, looking exactly like burly men being assaulted.

In just a few breaths, these parasitic monsters shriveled up, as if they had been drained of all the moisture and nutrients in their bodies, each one looking as emaciated as a prisoner from the bottom of a prison who had been starving for months, their skin stretched over their bones like skeletons.

After those vines were full, they did not disappear completely, but drilled back into the earth, moving under the vibration of the ground to the place where the next batch of parasitic monsters was surging forward, then broke through the ground to repeat the scene just now.

"Truly amazing!" someone exclaimed.

"It's on our side!" someone shouted in surprise.

"Is this the true strength of Lord Jier's axe, 【Moon-Water Decapitator】? I knew it, I must make my axe become just as powerful!" Bawei was so happy he jumped up, kissing his own axe hard, his eyes burning as he watched Jier display his might.

The Priests looked at each other; they hadn't paid much attention to Knight Jier's axe before, but no one expected that it was not just a simple spiritual weapon, but actually possessed such a special ability.

"Move! Everyone keep up!"

Jier shouted back, then led everyone to quickly follow the entire street that had been cleared of parasitic monsters, heading straight for the central open space of Momona Cunzi.

Yes, despite Momona Cunzi not being large in area, and the villagers' houses even needing to expand upward, the villagers still managed to clear a precious small open space in the center of the village for gatherings and drying things.

Here, in the very center of the village, was unexpectedly placed a several-meter-tall Statue of the God with an unfamiliar appearance. What was terrifying was that at the base of this Statue of the God, which looked like a peaceful and benevolent old man, were gathered more than twenty human skeletons that had already turned into white bone.

"An evil sacrificial ritual! This is an evil sacrificial ritual!" a Priest shouted loudly, and everyone deliberately avoided this central location.

This sacrificial ritual seemed to have been held a long time ago; there was no flesh and blood left on the skeletons. At the same time, combined with the positions and angles of these human skeletons at the time of death, the ritual array connection lines constructed with melted Silver Coins, and the small gold discs made of melted Gold Coins, it was clear that this was an evil sacrificial ritual that used humans as sacrifices to bloodily worship this Statue of the God.

Jier saw this scene from afar, and he was furious. He pointed his axe directly at the statue, and the next moment, the countless vines under his control drilled through the ground to approach that place, then burst out from the ground, overturning everything in the entire ritual site in one fell swoop.

The human remains flew everywhere, the long strips of silver used as ritual connectors scattered, and the small discs made of gold also crashed heavily to the side. Even the three-meter-tall stone Statue of the God in the center was knocked over to the ground by these thick and powerful vines.

Unfortunately, there was a thick Divine Power Shield on the stone-carved Statue of the God, and the countless vines whipping it after it fell did not actually harm the statue in the slightest.

The Priests accompanying the team saw this and immediately shouted: "Careful! That must be an Alien Evil God using an alias to deceive the villagers, impersonating the image of another god! Everyone, do not approach, let us find a way to destroy it!"

Jier immediately withdrew the plant vines wrapped around the Statue of the God, letting them scatter around the crowd to assist the Warriors in defending against the countless parasitic monsters rushing in from all directions.

After all, no one expected that Jier's team would be faster than Bell's team, which had more people and more accompanying Priests, and would actually be the first to reach the center of Momona Cunzi.

This place was not far from the towering trees in the village, and one could even directly see the tree hole in the large tree that was constantly spewing out parasitic monsters.

Although they said they would destroy the statue impersonating an Evil God, the Priests were now kneeling on one knee and praying one by one. They were praying to their respective gods, reporting this obviously non-compliant impersonating statue to their respective gods to be known.

However, there were few of them, and no one knew how long this reporting work would take.

After all, their words carried little weight; if one or two Priests prayed to a god to inform them, whether the god would know, whether they would be willing to manage the matter if they knew, and how much time it would take to arrive if they were willing to manage it, no one knew.

"That thing is protected by a Divine Power Shield, can't it be destroyed by direct force? I mean the simplest and most direct kind of force!"

Jier pointed to the Two-handed Axe in his hand and shouted at the seven Priests accompanying the team.

None of the Priests paid him any mind; they were all piously reporting the matter to their respective deities, as this was a good opportunity, and whoever could receive feedback from their deity and let them know of this matter would clearly be credited with a merit.

Except for the God of Hunting, who had come specifically to deal with this Alien Evil God, the Priests of the other churches clearly could not represent the deities behind them or their entire churches; their participation in this operation against the Evil God was, to be precise, essentially following the orders of local Nobles to fight against an Alien Evil God that was infringing upon the local Human population.

At most, this counted as a local friction or conflict; perhaps the Sun God Church had exerted great effort when exterminating the Alien Kingdom in the past and had been met with hostility from the Alien Evil God, so He might be more willing to exert effort to root out the problem.

The other deities and churches would not specifically attach importance to everything happening in Sasi County at this time.

After all, the world is vast, and every deity's church has countless troubles and problems, big and small, every day; the matter in Sasi County was, to a large extent, not a major event with widespread influence.

However, once most deities learned that an Alien Evil God had impersonated other deities to deceive the Villagers of local villages and caused a series of chaotic situations, they would all intervene.

Because if they didn't know, that would be one thing, but once they knew such impersonation and evil-doing was happening, they had to intervene. After all, if an Alien Evil God could impersonate a righteous deity who was unaware of the matter to do evil today, couldn't other conflicting deities do the same tomorrow? In the end, they could withdraw in time and pin the blame on some innocent deity who had been completely unaware of the matter.

If everyone did things this way, the Faith of the entire world would be thrown into complete disarray.

That was a piece of history that had truly occurred during the chaotic and dark age after the collapse of the Magic Empire, after which the gods established a treaty and worked together to build the Pantheon, which could supervise one another and restrain such things that easily triggered chaos.

After all, such messy and reckless methods were essentially detrimental to the normal, healthy, and orderly competition among the various deities for the Faith of mortals. It was acceptable to initiate some underhanded methods through believers and churches behind the scenes, but the deities themselves could not enter the fray to engage in such nonsense.

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