第十二章 The Dark Tide Rises (第2/2页)
Oncethehighestguardianswhobalancedlightandshadowacrossages,theywerenowstrippedofdivinity,sorcery,andreinforcements.Yetthesemeremortalshadjustfelledanabominationofelderchaos,tearinganarrowthreadofsurvivalfromthejawsofutterruin.
柯拉尔缓缓抬步,立于最前,目光扫过满目疮痍的舰队、浴血疲惫的将士,扫过两岸黑压压蛰伏的魔军,扫过远方海天交界处滔天翻涌的墨色魔雾。
““Thisday’sbattleisnotwroughtbymiracle,norordainedbyfate.””
他苍老的声音传遍整支舰队,落进每一名将士耳中,沉缓却有力,震慑全场。
““Thelighthaswaned,andheavennolongersheltersmortalkind.Theoldorderhascrumbled,andanewageofstrifehascome.Darknessisdividedbetweentwothrones,andhiddentidesstirineverycorneroftheworld.BehindusliesthelastpurerefugeofRobson—thefinalsparkoflight,thesolehopeofascatteredpeople.””
““Westandwithoutdivinegrace,withoutsacredrelics,withoutcomingaid.””
““Yettrueguardianshaveneverreliedonheavenlypowerordestinedfavor.Theystandbyunyieldingresolve,bythedutyofbearingaworld’ssufferinguponmortalflesh,andbythewilltoperishratherthanletallfolkfallagainintoshadow.””
““UponthesewatersofBesadamo,wemortalsshallmakeourstand.Ourbrokenbodiesshallbeourramparts,ourbloodourblades.Weholdthissealineuntilourlastbreath.””
Ashisvoicefaded,thegaleroaredandtheseasurgedinanswer.
Throughoutthemage-fleet,everyweary,woundedsoldierliftedtheirgaze.Fatigueanddespairburnedaway,replacedbyunquenchableresolve.Thetatteredbannersstirredinthebitterwind,theirfracturedsacredrunesglowingfaintly—fragile,yetunbroken.
而就在此刻,远方魔雾骤然翻滚暴涨。
海天一线之间,无尽暗能轰然沉降,整片苍穹瞬间暗沉,寒浪骤然凝滞。原本散漫蛰伏的魔军,瞬间气息暴涨,凶戾煞气铺天盖地席卷四野。两岸魔兵列阵推进,踏碎滩涂岩土,黑压压的黑影步步逼近,威压沉郁窒息。长空之上,奇美拉与野性狮鹫振翅齐鸣,千禽掠空,遮天蔽日,俯冲杀机骤然锁定海面舰队。
魔雾最深处,巨型魔舰巍峨静立。
欧美娅孤影立于舰首最高处。
她一袭暗沉黑袍随风微动,周身无滔天魔气肆虐,无可怖权能震荡,却自带冰封天地的死寂寒凉。褪去人性、褪去执念、褪去所有温情过往的她,已是纯粹的黑暗法则载体,眼内空空荡荡,无喜无悲、无憎无怒,唯有绝对冰冷的秩序碾压。
她静静看着前方那支残破不堪、摇摇欲坠的光明舰队,看着六名耗尽本源、沦为凡人的昔日顶尖强者,看着那群浴血死守、蝼蚁般顽强的人族将士。
微弱、渺小、残破、濒临覆灭。
却偏偏,在绝对黑暗的绝境之中,硬生生燃着一缕不肯熄灭的微光。
她薄唇轻启,声线清冷无温,随风漫过千里海域,落进每一寸死寂空气。
““Falsepeacehassoftenedmortalhearts,andthislingeringglimmerdeludesthedyingworld.””
““Youstriveagainstthetideofshadowwithmortalflesh.Afutile,stubbornstruggle.””
话音落,总攻令下。
Inthatinstant,thedarkhostadvancedasone.Wingedbeastsstoopedtokill,toweringwavescrashedoverthewaves,andunendingmenacesealedtheentirestraitbeneathitsshadow.
Thefinal,decisivebattleofBesadamoStraithadbegun.