Chapter 1225 - Light It Up (2/2)

The knights immediately lifted the shading spell off their swords, a sea of bright reflections suddenly filled the darkness. Dozens of people jumped out from behind the low walls and charged toward the furnace tower in the square.

The monsters immediately sensed the enemy when the humans entered their defensive zone. They roared and charged at high speed and confronted Veronica and the knights head-on.

In Veronica’s vision, only the square tower was her target. Standing at a dozen meters tall, the furnace was like a lighthouse in the dark, guiding the princess and knights. The princess knight kept going, waving the sword sideways. She suddenly felt she had hit something with her sword. The impact force transferred as a numb sensation on her wrist. She had hit a wolf-like monster and sent it flying in the opposite direction.

While the black wolf-like monster was still in the air, its belly, which the princess had sliced, burst open with a silver glimmer. The monster was burned into ashes before it even hit the ground.

Veronica tucked her sword and kept going. She still felt the numbness in her arm. During a typical battle, killing a festered, wolf-like monster was a piece of cake, but it was the one-hit-one-kill kind of fighting. To save time, Veronica had utilized the explosive physical strength of the knight, which could inflict more significant damage, both to the enemy and herself.

The furnace tower was drawing closer and closer.

“Don’t waste time with the monsters,” Morrian said with a loud voice. “Get into a defensive formation, cover the princess!”

At this time, all the remaining festered monsters in the square and the surroundings were alarmed. Their number was so many that Veronica could not help but think that the lured-away monsters had turned around, which was impossible, of course. It was just that even though only one-tenth of the festered monsters remained in the square when they gathered, it was still overwhelming.

Just like what Veronica saw now.

Thirty meters from the furnace.

The injured knights had switched position to the inner layer of the squad, using bows to support the main force on the outside. The other knights had formed a powerful shield around Veronica, clearing out a bloody path in the sea of monsters. Waves of festered monsters kept coming. They were using the most primitive ways of gnawing and tearing trying to break into Veronica’s defense. But the experienced and mighty knight warriors were able to kill all the monsters, pushing the waves of attack back, leaving a trail of burning ashes and human blood.

Ten meters to target.

Veronica felt that victory was within reach. The pressure was enormous, but she felt that finishing the last mile was no longer a problem. So Veronica became worried about the Ancient Guardian. Looking toward the direction of the breach outside, she tried to find the guardians and the thousands of monsters.

Veronica finally realized how crazy it was to let the Ancient Guardian fight alone in the endless Chaos. It would appear like an exaggerated, heroic story in the poets.

But the guardian was doing it.

Even the old knight Morian began to wonder if the guardian could make it back.

Suddenly, a dazzling light ball rose from outside the town.

Like a new moon poking out of darkness, it illuminated everything before it quickly burst. A huge mushroom cloud rose from the smoke and flashes of light.

Only then the sound of the loud explosion and the tremor of the earth arrived.

The furnace was in sight.

The knights turned quickly and formed an impenetrable barrier between the princess and the monsters. The old knight Morian shouted, “Your Royal Highness! Light it up!”

Veronica had been ready for this moment. She swung her sword around and cut a wound in her hand without hesitation. Blood with a faint golden light oozed out of the wound. She splashed it onto the pedestal of the furnace tower and chanted an ancient vow.

“In the name of the goddess of creation, the ancient vow, and of Collow, the guardians of the 77,700 Jailor’s Columns, the Light of Order will surely illuminate all the world!”