novel bin Chapter 174 The Portal Opens Again
Chapter 174 The Portal Opens Again
The luncheon has ended.
Kyle slowly and deliberately wiped his mouth with a napkin, his movements elegant, but his slightly trembling fingertips betrayed him.
He glanced at the dazzling smile on Lin Mo's face and could only squeeze out a few words through gritted teeth.
"Holy Son, please come with me."
The group left the dining hall and headed to the teleportation altar in the center of the valley.
The dwarven elder Thorin Steelbeard and the orc leader Grom followed, their faces full of curiosity, eager to witness this miracle that transcends worlds.
The altar remained unchanged, an ancient stone platform with intricate magical patterns engraved on the ground.
Several holy mages carried several boxes of crystal-clear energy crystals and a special crystal the size of a pigeon egg that emitted spatial fluctuations as they approached.
Kyle took a deep breath, picked up the spatial crystal, and carefully placed it in the groove in the center of the altar.
Subsequently, the holy mages embedded the energy crystals one by one into the nodes of the magic circle.
"I'm starting!" Kyle's voice rang out.
Long Zhan glanced at the noisy alien races around him, then at the warriors who were fully prepared for battle, and after thinking for a moment, he gave the order:
"The entire army!"
"Level One Alert! Repeat, Level One Alert!"
"Click! Click-click!"
Inside the forward operating base, soldiers moved in an instant, checking their weapons and disengaging safety mechanisms, while the warning lights on armored vehicles and exoskeletons flashed silently.
An aura of impending doom spread, silencing the dwarves and orcs who had been watching the spectacle.
On the altar, Kyle raised his staff and began chanting ancient and difficult incantations.
hum-
The ordinary stone altar suddenly lit up, and the magical runes on the ground were ignited one by one, emitting a milky white light.
The magical elements within the valley were wildly drawn by an invisible force, converging into a massive pure white pillar of energy that once again tore through the sky!
Even during the day, the beam of light was as dazzling as if it were a physical object.
"By the God of Craftsmen..." Thorin subconsciously raised his arm to shield his eyes, peering through his fingers at the towering pillar of light, his face filled with awe.
Grom opened his mouth wide and made an unconscious "gurgling" sound from his throat.
They originally thought the portal was just like the transportation hubs that the Holy Humans had laid out in the territory before, just an ordinary door.
I never expected the portal to make such a loud noise when it opened.
This time, the distant horizon was quiet.
Volaz and his hundreds of thousands of demonic troops, along with those annoying flying monsters, have all become just a string of numbers on the expeditionary force's merit list.
This area is safe for the time being.
It will also take some time for the demons to regain control of the Volaz region.
While waiting for the portal to open, Lin Mo's gaze swept across the elven crowd.
Elder Muyu's bald head, with its newly grown stubble, was quite conspicuous, and the elves around him wore solemn expressions.
Lin Mo's gaze swept back and forth twice.
That familiar figure was nowhere to be seen.
"Are you looking for Princess Fendona?"
Elder Muyu appeared beside him at some point, her voice gentle.
Lin Mo turned her head and glanced at him.
"She went back."
Elder Muyu touched his bald head and smiled.
"With the great victory in Lostia City and the recapture of Emerald Leaf City, everything is in need of rebuilding. As the city lord, she naturally has to return to take charge of the overall situation."
Lin Mo raised an eyebrow, somewhat surprised, and said:
"The city lord? She's so young..."
"She is very young, but the elves of Lostia are willing to give her time to grow." Elder Muyu's gaze was distant.
"Princess Fendona's father was once the lord of Lostia City and one of the most valiant warriors of our Elf race, deeply loved by all his people."
"Fendona was very sensible from a young age, had extremely high magical talent, and was sincere and kind to others. The elves in the city all liked her very much."
Elder Muyu's voice lowered as he spoke.
"Ten years ago, during a war against a demon invasion, her father heroically sacrificed his life to cover the retreat of the elven civilians."
"To commend his achievements and to appease the people, Her Majesty the Queen appointed Fendona as the new lord of the city and assigned two elders to assist her in protecting the city."
"Now that we have won a great victory in Lostia, Elder Varelius, who was temporarily acting as the acting elder, has been relieved of his post, and the City of Emerald Leaf has returned to our embrace. We need a lot of manpower."
"Therefore, Fendona needs to return to Lostia to take charge of the overall situation."
Lin Mo remained silent after listening.
The image of that elven girl flashed through his mind.
The girl who bound him with magical vines when they first met.
The girl who always blushed when he talked nonsense.
She was the first person I met after I came into this world, and she was also my benefactor.
only……
As he gazed at the increasingly dazzling ball of light ahead, a thought, unnoticed even by himself, flashed through his mind.
I don't know if I'll ever have the chance to see him again.
Just then, the ball of light in the center of the altar suddenly shrank inward, and then with a soft "pop," a pitch-black hole the size of a football appeared.
Unstable arcs of electricity flickered at the edge of the cavity, and the interior was a chaotic mess.
It began to expand outwards slowly at a rate visible to the naked eye.
The portal is growing at a different speed than the first time. Having broken through the world barrier the first time, this time it's significantly faster.
From the size of a basketball, to the size of a washbasin, and then to the size of a meter...
The portal has been opened!
All the eyes of the expeditionary soldiers waiting to return home were focused on that door that connected them to their homes.
The anticipation and excitement on their faces froze the moment the scene inside the portal was fully revealed.
Inside the gate, the chaos dissipated.
The expected welcome with flowers and hugs did not materialize.
The underground base scene inside the portal was laid bare under the illumination of countless searchlights.
What greeted the expeditionary force was a cold array of black gun barrels.
Everyone was stunned.
hum-
A barely audible buzzing sound came from the direction the sound came from, and everyone looked over and their hair stood on end.
Fifty meters directly in front of the portal, ten ferocious steel behemoths were aimed at this side.
They have six black cannons arranged side by side, and their bases are as solid as a rock.
The muzzle rotates slightly under the drive of the motor, emitting a soft "humming" sound.
It was as if they could tear everything apart the moment the order to fire was given!
Furthermore, thin beams of red laser light shot out from the opening in the ceiling, passing through the portal, sweeping back and forth over Lin Mo, Long Zhan, and everyone around them like the gaze of death.
This is not over yet.
"Click...click click..."
On the originally smooth walls, thick armor plates slid inward, revealing hundreds or even thousands of dark weapon firing ports behind them.
It has the muzzle of a traditional cannon, the mirror of a laser weapon, and missile launchers as dense as a honeycomb.
Without exception, all the weapons were aimed at the portal.
On either side of the ten machine guns, two rows of soldiers wearing heavy dark gray exoskeletons spread out in a battle formation, half-crouching on the ground.
Beneath the fully covered holographic helmets, they held their assault rifles steadily, the muzzles also aimed at the portal.
The entire underground space became a meticulously planned frontline battlefield.
An invisible pressure surged forth!
At this moment, there was only silence.
Deathly silence!