Chapter 0979 - Gambling on Life
The reason why this wizarding battle that took place at the Gangsas volcano did not cause too many horrific casualties is mainly related to the sparse population near the volcanic area.
However, since the wizards broke into it, the Gangsas volcano exploded every three days and erupted every five days, spewing out thick volcanic ash that obscured the sky, making a radius of hundreds of miles a dead place of extinction.
The Gangsas volcano is located in the middle of the Zambis Empire, and it is impossible not to alarm the upper echelons of the empire if something happens there.
But let the wizards turn the world upside down, and the Zambis Empire was like a blind eye, hearing and turning a blind eye. Even a large number of regular imperial troops, under the command of the paladins, moved out of some of the people near the Gangsas volcano, completely dividing it into a forbidden area.
Of course, what they announced to the public was that the Gangsas volcano had unexpectedly entered an active period, and the local villagers had been relocated in order not to cause casualties among the people of the empire. As for what happened to the Gangsas Volcano, only a few high-ranking members of the Empire and some high-ranking paladins could truly understand what was happening there.
Although it sounds a bit humiliating to allow a group of foreign wizards to fight to the death within their own sphere of rule. However, considering that the group of evil witches in the southwest has not yet been eliminated, the Empire and the Paladin's upper echelons agree that it is not appropriate to involve this group of wizards in the dimensional war again.
And so, the days went by like this......
Five-day ...... 10 days...... One month...... Two months...... Trimester......
On November 25th, half a year after Grim and the others arrived at the Envik plane through the wormhole, the witch tower that stood in the Dabire Heights in the southwest of the Zambis Empire finally collapsed!
Grim got the news from the wandering plague spirit Remy.
Ever since Grim gave it the order to move freely, Remy has chosen to roam the fringes of the Zambis Empire, raiding and scavenging villages and towns in order to maintain and replenish his Plague Corps.
In the past six months, Remy has raised a plague army of thousands in number. But unfortunately, the tree was very popular, and soon attracted a large group of paladins to besiege it.
Remy, who is not suitable for frontal combat, encounters paladins who are the best at 'purification', and even needs the third-order Golden Knight to go out and flee in fear. It fled into the wilderness and jungle with the remaining hundred or so elites, and instead went to ravage the indigenous demonic beasts of the Envik plane.
There wasn't anyone among the Native Warcraft who was as good at purification as the Paladin, so Remy was like a fish in water, and once again swelled the number of the Plague Legion.
With an inexhaustible source of troops, Remy used the vast wilderness jungle as a base, and from time to time rushed out of the jungle to harass the surrounding human villages and towns, sharpening his subordinates little by little. It only took two months for Remy to create his own Tier 2 Plague Minion, the Plaguebringer.
This is a strange creature that is good at concocting, creating, and spreading plagues, and their individual combat power is not very strong, not even as good as low-level poisonous corpses. However, they have the ability to create a steady stream of Plague Spores, and can also amplify or adjust the magical properties of Plague Spores depending on the enemy.
This ability makes them Remy's best aid in managing and growing the Plague Legion!
In many cases, throwing a Tier 2 Plaguebringer into an area rich in biological resources without Remy's intervention at all, the Plaguebringer can quickly pull up a fairly weighty plague legion for it.
In appearance, these plaguebringers are all extremely ugly.
The dark blue sick skin, the body surface full of sticky and slippery body fluids, and the terrible bubbles that are constantly bulging all over the body, you can see the yellow, yellow, green and green epidemic virus bacteria in it. Every time a bubble bursts, a deadly plague of terrifying devastating effects is released into the air.
It can be said that wherever the plague messenger passed, there were always terrible yellow clouds in the air that would not disperse for a long time. All lifeforms that have been infected by the yellow cloud must be forcibly transformed by the plague, and those with weak physiques are decomposed and assimilated into more plague spores and released into the air, while those with more peculiar life forms may be transformed into infected bodies if they survive the plague transformation.
That is, a low-level poisonous corpse!
And the plague creatures that were sacrificed in the furnace of thousands of indigenous lives became more and more powerful and elite as the slaughter progressed. Paladin Squads, Imperial Regulars, Local Militias, Mercenary Squads, and Local Armed Forces of all shapes...... The Plague Legion created by Remy and these sworn enemies have waged a life-and-death slaughter in towns, villages, wildernesses, woodlands, and swamps.
Eliminate the weak and stay strong, kill and evolve!
It can be said responsibly that all the plague creatures that can survive in this environment have become extremely terrifying elite leaders, and there are even lord-level plague creatures that have evolved four or five times.
It was with this group of plague men that Remy also became a huge hidden danger in the northwest frontier region of the Zambis Empire. If it weren't for the fact that the deceptive witches had restrained most of the empire's strength, I am afraid that a high-level paladin would have led a team to encircle and suppress it.
However, on November 25th, Remy's good days finally came to an end.
The Witch Tower, which had been standing on the Heights of Dabire, was breached by the 4th Order Holy Knights, and the large group of deceitful witches there scattered and fled, becoming a group of lost dogs.
After Remy got the news, he first passed it on to Grim through the soul connection, and then led a large group of men into the deep mountains and forests to never show his head again. If it dares to make trouble in the territory of the Zambis Empire at this time, I am afraid that those terrifying 4th-order holy knights will appear in the team that encircles and suppresses it next.
This is a powerful fellow that even its master does not dare to provoke, and it ...... Let's honestly avoid it!
And in the past six months, Grim was tragically blocked in the Gonzas volcano by four wizard hunters. With the volcano behind him, the four hunters did not dare to rush in to find trouble with him, and Grim did not dare to leave the volcano half a step easily.
So, the two sides confronted each other in annoyance!
Hearing the news that the Witch Tower had been toppled, Grim, who had been restless and wanted to repel the four wizard hunters, finally calmed down and hid in seclusion in the depths of the volcano.
Since he couldn't defeat the enemy and didn't dare to leave the volcano easily, it would be meaningless to continue fighting. It's better to calm down and see how long these damn guys plan to stay here.
However, to Grim's surprise, the four wizard hunters were surprisingly tenacious.
They guarded the crater, where at least one wizard was on guard every day, while the rest of the wizards either hid in small camps or ran to the outlying human towns to buy some food and water.
Although the need for these things has been incredibly low for Tier 3 wizards, food and water are still an essential physiological supplement.
Originally, the four wizard hunters also wanted to use these to force Grim out of the volcano, but to their surprise, Grim carried a large amount of fire dragon meat in the storage ring he carried, which was enough for Grim to last for ten years if he saved some food.
As for drinking water, Grim carried a water-making magic wand with him, and although there was very little water condensed in the molten fire cave where the fire element was extremely rich, it was enough for him alone.
As a result, the two sides went on in a stalemate!
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Now that the outside road is cut off, Grim doesn't think about it anymore.
Taking advantage of this rare opportunity to 'seclusion', Grim hid in the molten cavern dug under the lava fire pool, and with the help of rudimentary facilities and barren resources, he once again completed the soul cutting, and put a part of his soul into the soul gathering crystal.
And this move also made his soul aura suddenly weaken!
According to the evaluation of the chip, Grim's soul has shrunk by more than 1/3, and even carrying it has seriously affected his combat power.
However, the risks are high, and the rewards are just as great!
The Soul Gathering Crystal is filled with hundreds of soul consciousness that is already a muddy pure holy light, and the part of the soul that Grim split out rushed into it is simply a tiger into the flock, able to devour and dissolve those ownerless holy light powers at will.
Grim's split soul first consciously devoured the holy light of those black iron knights, and only after his own strength grew and strengthened did he slowly attack the holy light of those silver knights. And its ultimate goal, of course, is the only golden holy light in the Soul Gathering Crystal.
While splitting his soul and devouring the power of the Holy Light, in order to hide his suddenly weakened 1/3 soul, Grim even took the initiative to provoke a war again, using a large number of hoarded fire creatures to attack the opponent's camp.
And Grim's 'anomaly' naturally couldn't hide the powerful perception of that psychic warlock, and the four hunters obviously had some disagreements about the sudden weakening of the fire witch's spiritual power.
Katie the Sword Lady and Beni Jia the Psychic Warlock both thought that it might be the fire witch who accidentally meditated and caused a backlash, which caused their souls to weaken, and this was also a good time for them to take the opportunity to attack it. But the serpent wizard Natagu and the old poison woman agreed that it was all a trap set by the fire witch to lure them into misfortune.
Otherwise, how could a third-order wizard suddenly weaken his soul!
In fact, it is not to blame that Natagou is suspicious and thinks too much, but no wizard dares to play a game of soul cutting like Grim, even when all enemies are watching.
If you encounter a few reckless and irascible guys and rush into the pool of lava fire, I am afraid that it will be very difficult for Grim to repel the enemy's attack when his soul is weak.
However, after half a year of 'contact', Grim, who has always been bold, has gradually become familiar with and understand these four wizard hunters. Therefore, after an in-depth assessment of their personalities through the chip, Grim boldly made this almost 'suicidal' move.
Thankfully, he got it right!