Chapter 13 The Tide of the Times Begins in the Black Cauldron

"Although I'm a little unconvinced, this kid is so handsome"

I clasped my hands on my chest, held my jawbone, and looked at the corpse in front of me solemnly. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

Paul, a young warrior, met his death like a heroic warrior shortly after intercepting Skeleton Soldier A and B alone.

When it died, it still had a satisfied smile on its lips, and it was surrounded by the breath of holy light, like a blessed warrior. Crucially, a second before it was confirmed that he was dead, he was still fighting the attack of the skeletons.

He died standing up, and he did his best to protect his beloved in the real sense, and persevered until the last second.

Not to mention anything else, if this kind of person returns to the embrace of the God of Light, it must be at the level of a Heroic Spirit.

In all fairness, even as an opponent, I kind of admire his qualities. It seems that this kind of person should be the life of the protagonist, and although I don't want to say that, he is the successor that my former boss dreams of......

"Lord Esthein, the search has yielded nothing, and the people of the Holy See have completely lost their trace. ”

Stein's sudden appearance behind me really startled me. I have to say that the dark wizard, something similar to a ghost, although the ability to search for information is particularly strong, but it also has to bear the side effects of being scared to death.

"I see, Alice, you and the skeletons carry it to the altar at the bottom of the fortress. Well.. By the way, the magic crystal that is ready for the undead transformation ritual, Stein and I have something to talk about, so don't participate in it. ”

"No, as Uncle Bone's guard, Alice must protect you at all times, and I won't give in to that!"

Werewolf Lori's voice came from the ceiling.

Well.. Then when I asked you to get the explosive barrel before, you ran so fast? It's acceptable for the sake of playing, right?!

According to Stein's report, Alice has built new apartments on the ceilings of each of the undead's most popular locations. Including conference rooms, warehouses, armory, staff dormitories, laboratories, and my room?

I don't know why Alice is so obsessed with the ceiling, and she tells me it's what her bloodthirsty grandfather taught her. It is said that werewolves will always have a good habit of waiting in the shadows, and if you think about it, this logic seems to be fine.

But on second thought, her grandfather seems to be cultivating voyeurism, right?

Such a young girl, who hides in a dark corner all day long, peeps at others, grows up and doesn't become a dark pervert in her heart to have a ghost, right?! And I feel like my privacy is being seriously violated?!

"Roasted truffles in the Forest of the Dead".

"Hmm.. Uncle Bone, you despicable little ......".

"Still not satisfied, double!".

"Hmm.. Well.. Wow.. Uncle Bone, Alice wants to be cooked~!".

Seeing Alice's figure appear in front of me in an instant, I smiled knowingly.

Plan Pass: Children are good bribes, and the foodie attribute is even simpler.

Due to the desolation of the undead near the fortress of the undead, and the fact that the Dark Wizards and Skeleton Soldiers are undead who do not need to eat, Alice's pickiness about food is limited to the difference between those who will die and those who will not die if they eat.

But this situation ended two weeks ago.

I didn't need to eat, but it wasn't until one day I put the wrong ingredients in the lab and fried the Mystery Food, which Alice had randomly left nearby, that I realized that the barbecue had the effect of seducing Lori.

In addition, Alice is an invisibility activist, so every time you want her to show up, you have to prepare some baked food.

It's like I'm a crazy cultist, and Alice is the evil god, and every time I invite her to show up, I have to offer some sacrifice. But.. This miserable life. It's almost over!

"Hmph.. Hey, hey, now that you're down, then don't even think about running anymore!".

"Bone .. Uncle Bone.. Why are you weird, that. I don't want roasted truffles, I'll ...... back."

"Don't want to run! Skeleton Soldier A and B, carry out the plan! Grab that little Lori for me and throw it on my bed!".

In the panicked expression of the werewolf Lori, I gave my own evil order.

And the skeleton brothers, as if they had already planned, instantly held down Alice. Carefully threw Alice, who was struggling to bite their bones, to the large bed in the center of the room.

But it's a pity that Alice is very fast, but not much stronger than me, not to mention the skeleton brother duo who are the hidden bosses. It's just holding down this level of little Lori.,It's really steady.。

"Well, children should listen to adults, why bother today? Stein, bring the guys."

"Really.. Do you want to do this? Lord Aeshuin. . . Mistress Alice is still a child after all. Okay, the subordinates got ......".

"Eh, Uncle Wizard?!! what are those in your hands? Uncle Bone?! Don't come here, wow!!."

Seeing me squeezing towards her with bad intentions, Alice seemed to want to escape back to the ceiling from the other side of the bed. But since I've exposed my wolf ambitions, how can I let you escape so easily?

"Bump!" Oops, it hurts......".

It seems that the effect of the space barrier is not bad, at least judging from the way the werewolf Lori covers her head in pain, full marks.

After the indescribable process lasted twenty minutes.

"Woooooooooo

Alice, who covered her face and wept, rushed out of the door, saying that she would leave without taking a cloud with her.

"Seems to have gone too far, Brother Skeleton, go after Alice. By the way, Paul was carried to the altar at the bottom of the fortress".

It seems that I have indeed gone too far, Alice is still a child after all.

But..... In order to correct her penchant for drilling the ceiling and protect her privacy, I decided to make this decision. Forced her to wear the Forbidden Bracelet, which I made exclusively. In any case, I stand on the right side of correcting children's bad habits!

I'm not Lolicon.. If I have to say it, I'm actually more inclined to... No, it almost exposed privacy.

Mistracked.. Anyway, I don't even have two taels of meat on me, how can I do something messy. This is just an alchemy item I made in a hurry, the principle is more complicated, but the effect is simple and clear, that is, when you drill into the ceiling, you will be bounced back by the space barrier.

"Stein, let's get down to business, how about the mining of the Magic Crystal Vein and the movements of the Death Lords."

Seeing that the unrelated personnel had already left, I asked Stein, who was floating in mid-air.

It's been two days since the incident in the Slime's Lair, and since Paul intercepted the Skeleton Brothers, we haven't had any more avenues to hear from the Papal Adventurers.

Although there was a search, Dark Wizards B and C had lost contact, and if nothing else, they should have been killed.

"Lord Eshuin, the evening before yesterday. . . The territory of Duke Reinhardt, Grand Duke of Spider, was bombarded by a huge amount of holy light energy, and according to his intelligence network, it should be an act of revenge launched by the Holy See......".

"Hmm... Well, what a poor guy".

I also know a little bit of this information, and it would be hellish if I didn't know. Just the evening before yesterday, the Holy Light energy that exploded like a nuclear bomb bombed the southwest of the Undead Fortress, and the sky was blown up white, good fellow.

Although I don't know how much it is a loss, but the Holy See has made a bloody investment.

Silently mourn for the Spider Grand Duke for a few seconds, pitiful. Because of Stein's distraction slogan, the poor Lord of Death suffered. But the Holy See is so efficient that it began to retaliate that night......

"Because of this attack, there are movements that show that the other Lords of Death seem to be planning to unite and prepare to form an undead alliance and legion to assist the Demon Realm in attacking the defenses of the human forces and starting an all-out war with the Holy See. ”

After a pause, Stein said worriedly, "Because the living conditions are not high, the undead have always been the weakest and most powerful force in the Demon Realm. But this incident may cause the entire Demon Realm to join the wave and launch a full-scale invasion completely!"

"Hmm... And so the world war broke out... Isn't it too casual? And I seem to be the culprit?".

It's embarrassing.. Isn't there something wrong with these Death Lords? It's no problem to fight back and forth, it's been centuries, and I hate each other to death in my heart, and I wish the other party would die cleanly.

As a result, the Holy See came to help you clear the field, and if you don't thank the other party, forget it, and you have to fight back?

Okay, you fight, you fight, usually lazy and used to it, and suddenly you have to be ruthless, it's like everyone is usually a waste dog, and suddenly someone starts to work hard, in order not to let the hard-working people eat more meat, out of envy, jealousy and hatred, you drag a lot of people to work hard with you......

"Let's skip this matter! Let's talk about the mining of the Magic Crystal Vein......."

I'm a little weak-hearted, so let's quickly pull away from this topic and cut into two or three things about the magic crystal vein.

After all, for the future development of the current Undead Fortress, this matter is the biggest hole card that supports us.

Because the undead partition is not a place where magic technology is developed, to a large extent, because most of the undead are lazy dogs who do not want to make progress, so the extended use of magic crystals has been greatly reduced.

But obviously, my former boss wasn't that kind of thing, and the best way to use magic crystals in his recommendation was artificial bones!

Finally, it's a bit like you're going to become a demon king, Sea of Skulls, are you afraid, this is the necromancer's signature.

"Lord Ashin, the mining of the magic crystal vein is going well!, and according to the technique you mentioned, it is indeed possible to convert the energy in the magic crystal into an object similar to a bone, but at present, the undead fortress is short of manpower, and the transformation efficiency is slightly insufficient......."

I'm still a little excited to hear Stein say that everything is going well, and after being a skeleton for so long, something is finally going well.

"Oh oh! The only thing that stands in the way of the Undead Fortress is time now!".

I pretended to be a leader and laid out a grand blueprint for Stein's fortress of the undead.

"So now... Let's go meet our new classmates. I'm still looking forward to what kind of soul creature Paul-san's powerful character will become after he transforms into an immortal."

After nothing was wrong, I was ready to take Stein to the underground altar. At this time, twenty centimeters in front of me, a blue magic array suddenly appeared, I was a little surprised, I didn't expect Stein's work efficiency to be quite high.

Although the Undead Fortress is very dilapidated and depressed, it is unnecessarily excessive, resulting in a half-day walk to other places.

So after obtaining the hole card of the Magic Crystal Vein, I specially instructed Stein to get me some magic crystals to come over and desert, and prepare to draw careful spatial teleportation circles at several important locations in the fortress.

This small-distance teleportation circle is not only convenient, but also consumes very little mana.

Anyway, now that we have a lot of magic crystals in our hands, this extravagance and waste is still no problem, but it is better to say, if we do not carry out these extravagance and waste, how can we show that we are a force of conscience with infinitely better prospects.

"Well done, Stein. I'm admiring your ability to do things more and more, but how is the technique of building a magic array different from the drawings I gave you, this is your own self-made?

Even though I said that, I didn't mind much.

The basic pattern of the magic array is still the foundation of the space magic array, which may have been modified by Stein on his own initiative.

Anyway, as long as the magic array contains a basic magic circle for spatial teleportation, the effect will not be much different, at most the problem of high energy consumption, as well as the problem of teleportation distance, it is harmless.

But it wasn't until I walked into the magic circle that Stein looked at me suspiciously and said, "But... Lord Eshuin, I have not been in ......the fortress these days because you have instructed me to investigate the movements of the other Death Lords."

"So?".

"So... For your spatial linkage plan for the Undead Fortress... It hasn't started yet."

"Really fake.. Haha, don't be kidding, what's going on with this magic array? It's not funny, I didn't say it, but Stein, boring humor is really not for you......."

The light in the azure space circle flickered more and more, and I looked at Stein's sincere expression and felt as if something was wrong......