Chapter Twenty-Three: The Lich King
Suddenly, the silence of the chamber was broken by the sound of heavy, hurried footsteps, and soon a man pushed open the door to the chamber and quickly stepped inside.
The person who came came with sword eyebrows and starry eyes, his handsome appearance revealed a calmness that did not match his age, there was a sparse slag on his face, he didn't look very good at it, he had simple and fragmented short black hair, he was wearing a standard armor different from that of ordinary soldiers, and on his chest was a heart guard with a bear pattern on it.
The man first looked at the people in the room, and finally stopped his gaze on Lance, then smiled and walked quickly towards Lance. When he walked in front of Lance, he clenched his fist with his right hand, and with a "bang", he hit Lance's chest heavily, and said, "Good guy, it's really you, and your strength has increased a lot." After speaking, he shook his right hand, just now, it felt like hitting a hard stone, he didn't know if the other party hurt or not, anyway, he was in pain.
Lance frowned and said, "Don't mess around! Avalonsa!" and his eyes gestured to Merlin beside him.
Only then did Avalonsa notice Her Royal Highness the princess beside Lance, and made a knightly salute in a dignified manner, saying, "I've seen Princess Merlin." ”
"You don't have to be rigid about etiquette here, just treat me as your ordinary subordinate. Merlin said, of course she knew the person who came, Avalonsa, the current supreme commander of the Dawn Fortress, was of the same grade as Lance, and together with Lance, the two of them quelled the last reincarnation turmoil, and they were among the best in the Divine Tree Kingdom in terms of strength, strategy, and foresight. Like Lance, they both came from a military family and were one of the few close friends of Lance.
"Yes. Avalon replied, then straightened his armor and sat down between Lance and Merlin, in the main seat of the entire council chamber. The moment he sat down, the aura of the whole person completely changed, the original frivolity disappeared, and was replaced by a kind of calmness and sophistication that has gone through vicissitudes.
Avalonsa examined the four of them in turn, and couldn't help but nodded approvingly, it seems that they are the four Jiuye relatives that His Majesty said, and it is very good for the junior grade to have such a realm, for the purpose of His Majesty's arrangement for Lance, Merlin and the four of them to come here, Avalonsa knows it, and at the same time he can't help but be a little worried in his heart, but he was quickly vetoed by himself, if Lance and the princess are here, it will be foolproof.
Avalonza pointed to a few places on the map spread out on the table and said, "Here, here, and here...... These are the camps where we were attacked last night, and all the camps we were out there last night, can you see anything?"
Merlin looked carefully at the places where Avalon had pointed her finger, and then said, "Is there any pattern? Every point of ours has been attacked, isn't it the same as every raid in the past?"
Lance nodded slightly, and without saying much, quietly waited for Avalonsa's next step.
Sure enough, Avalonza continued: "Indeed, there is a lot of chaos, there is no pattern to speak of, and our investigation afterwards confirmed this, the reincarnation creatures that attacked each camp were not the same in quantity and quality, and these reincarnation creatures fought with us as if they were passing by at random, which shows that ......"
"What do you mean?" asked Cooper, Jon's disciple.
Avalonza smiled at Cooper, not answering him immediately, but looking in the direction of Lance meaningfully.
"It shows that the reincarnation creatures that launched this surprise attack do not have a unified commander, and their actions are just instinctive. Lance reluctantly said that he could no longer understand Avalonsa's bad taste.
What is the instinct of reincarnation? It is, of course, bloodthirsty destruction, longing for the blood and flesh of all living beings.
Suddenly realizing something, Lance frowned and fell into deep thought.
Seeing Lance's expression, Avalonsa knew that his best friend had thought of that possibility, and even he was startled when he first guessed it.
Reincarnated creatures are born from all the negative emotions of all creatures in the entire continent, and the reincarnated creatures born from the seven original sins of the most origin: arrogance, jealousy, anger, greed, laziness, lust, and gluttony are the most powerful, and are called the Lich King.
Not only is the Lich King powerful, but even if he is destroyed, he will be reborn in the Reincarnation Graveyard and retain all his previous memories, but this process usually takes thousands of years.
During the last Samsara War, the two Lich Kings, Pride and Jealousy, were killed, and the other five returned to the Samsara Graveyard to lay dormant.
This surprise attack is too similar to the precursor to the rebirth of the Lich King in the record, but in terms of time, only a few hundred years have passed, so it must be too fast!
Lance told everyone what he had guessed in his heart, and a heavy atmosphere filled the council chamber, if the guess was true, the Lich King would be reborn, and the reincarnation graveyard would definitely make a comeback, and seven and five would be two concepts.
Although Merlin sealed Peiyin, sealing and killing a Lich King are completely different concepts.
Merlin and Lance couldn't help but think of someone at the same time: His Majesty, is it his ghost again? Who is this Crown, in addition to helping the reincarnated creatures pass through the Holy Light Barrier unharmed, can it actually accelerate the rebirth of the Lich King?
"You've got a plan in place, haven't you?" said Lance suddenly, he knew Avalonsa too well, and if the situation had become completely grim to the point of no return, he wouldn't have had the heart to joke with himself before.
Avalon said: "I'm just speculating that according to the scale of last night, the reincarnation creatures have not completely gone berserk, and the ones that have appeared are some of the lowest reincarnation creatures, which shows that the rebirth has not reached the final stage, and we still have a chance to kill them again when the Lich King is weak, so that at least it can be delayed for a long time, after all, the combat power is tight now......"
Kill the Lich King, even if it is a Lich King who has not yet been reborn, but it is still the Lich King! You know, in the last reincarnation war, just to kill Pride and Jealousy and destroy the connection between them, what a price the Divine Tree Kingdom paid!
Avalonsa continued, "It's just that if you want to kill the Lich King who has not yet been reborn, you have to go inside the reincarnation graveyard, and we don't know anything about the inner world and environment, so it is undeniable that it will be extremely dangerous. The only thing to be thankful for is that although the Reincarnation Graveyard is a forbidden demon area, the attributes and strength of our Ye Zhili have not been suppressed......" After speaking, he swept around Lance and Merlin with vague concern.
There is another thing that Avalonsar did not say, this time it is the two Lich Kings who will be reincarnated. Those who enter must be divided into two squads and kill the two Lich Kings at the same time in an extremely close time, otherwise if it drags on for too long, the reincarnated creatures on the other side will definitely notice and look at the convergence, and then they will have to return in vain. He believed he had thought of it, and Lance couldn't have thought of it.
Lance thought for a moment and added: "And there shouldn't be too many people going, and you can't reach the Nine Leaves, because after reaching the Nine Leaves, the body will form its own domain, and it will collide with the environment of the reincarnation cemetery, and be detected by other Lich Kings." So, we're the right fit, right?" is a question, but the tone is tolerant of questioning.
Both Avalonza and Merlin nodded silently, and everyone else present felt a heaviness from them. Going deep into the cemetery of reincarnation, this is no different from sending death to anyone.
"Is there an eyebrow about the exact location of the Lich King's rebirth?" Lance asked the crux of the question.
Avalon shook his head and said, "It's not clear yet, it's not even sure if it's on the edge or inside. The raid was irregular, and nothing could be seen from it. ”
Lance was silent with one hand on his cheek, and at this point the needle drop could be heard in the council chamber, except for the sound of Lance's habitual fingers tapping on the table.
On the other hand, the four of them have not spoken since just now, but quietly listened to the analysis of Lance and Avarosa, on the one hand, because they are still young, and many of the things they said are not very clear, on the other hand, the temperament of the four people is not the type of person who likes to talk, maybe the previous hidden calculation.
"Your Majesty mentioned to me in the letter, asking me to protect you well, you have also seen this operation, it is very dangerous, if you are afraid, you can choose to quit, I will not blame you. Avalonza said suddenly, not jokingly, not testing the four, but asking sincerely. The four people present can be said to be the best young people this time, they are the future of the Divine Tree Kingdom, and one more person to survive is a great gain for the country.
As expected, no one offered to quit, and Avalonza was relieved and a little worried. If something happens to any of them, then I will personally go to His Majesty to plead guilty.
"Woo woo woo~" Suddenly the sound of a horn sounded, low and melodious, and everyone in the council hall couldn't help but turn their eyes to Avarosa.
Avarosa smiled and said, "It seems that another reincarnation creature has invaded, go! follow me up to the wall!" After saying that, he got up and left the council hall first, and then Lance, Merlin, and the others followed him.
On the Dawn Fortress, except for the group of people who arrived just now, there were already people standing full, and the sentinels who were on guard were more people dressed in various mage robes.
Yin watched the black and oppressive tide-like reincarnation creatures under the Dawn Fortress from far and near, approaching the fortress at a speed that was not slow, and the fastest was about to reach the city wall.
Because it was the first time to face this kind of scene, the four people, including Yin, couldn't help but have a solemn and nervous look on their faces, and they were ready to fight at any time.
Lance was indifferent, as if he had become accustomed to it, and Merlin condensed a dazzling cloud of holy light in his hand, ready to smash into the wave of reincarnation at any time.
Avalonza smiled and shook Merlin, then waved forward with one hand, and in an instant, colorful magic shot from the city to the waves, smashing out a vacuum in the waves, and those low-level reincarnation creatures turned into debris at the slightest contact. Occasionally, a very small number of fish that slipped through the net clinged to the city wall would also be shot down by the officers one by one.
Half an hour later, the tide that seemed to be invisible at a glance before was cleared, and finally a team of priests dressed in white robes appeared, purifying the battlefield with a wide range of holy light, and in just an instant, the stumps and severed arms of those reincarnated creatures who died in battle all dissolved into the light.
Avalon said, "The Wizard Corps and the Priest Corps meditate in place, and the rest of the people stay vigilant!"
"Yes!"
Avalonsa said to them: "This is the mage group and the priest group, generally it is enough for them to appear in this low-level reincarnation wave, let's go, don't worry here." ”
The group all left, continuing to study the previous countermeasures.