Chapter Eighty-Eight: Snowballing
Du Shen's judgment was correct. Pen ~ Fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info On the fourth night after discovering the disciples of the Temple, the Tide Gate built in the castle's secret room reacted.
The tidal gate is a parallelepiped shape with a wide base and a narrow top. A white soft light appears inside the hexahedron. The light fills and grows brighter, eventually making it impossible to see inside the hexahedron. It didn't take long for Frida's figure to emerge from the light.
The wizard guarding the portal happily reported to Du Shen and the others. Du Shen and Megan, knowing a little about the situation on the other side of the portal, immediately began to arrange for the townspeople to transfer.
Because of the arrangements and drills, the townspeople acted very quickly. That night, in less than an hour of teleportation, the ordinary townspeople of the Ring and most of the apprentices were transferred to the far south.
The Tide Gate is connected at a fixed time each night, around the time of the full moon. The connection lasted about the same time, around fifty minutes. Before the portal activates or closes, the entire frame of the door flashes a striking red light. As long as you leave the inside of the portal before the red light stops flashing, there will be no teleportation accidents.
Using teleportation, Du Shen and the others spent three nights transferring the entire ring of stars.
Finding a new and safer place to stay, Du Shen began his next move. He used Star Ring's previous information channels to issue summoning orders to other Shadow Castle subordinates.
Most of these summoned forces are so weakened that there are only two or three big cats and small cats left. On weekdays, these people are secretive in order to ensure their own safety, and rarely contact other wizards. For many of them, the Ring can't even be directly contacted. Therefore, Du Shen's summoning order must be disseminated for a long time before it can show its effect.
Rid of the ancient vassals who had fallen badly, there were still two organizations among the followers of Shadowkeep that had retained their strength. Of course, these two organizations could not rush to take refuge because of an edict. One of them is called the Poison Cave, and the other calls itself the Den of Divine Beasts.
The sorcerers of the poison cave have found a different way to combine various poisons in nature with their own witchcraft. Most of their spells are cruel and unguardable, leaving a great reputation among wizards.
The sorcerer of the Cave of Mythical Beasts has established himself in the world with totems made since childhood. Most of these totems are various animal figures, made of a magical silver sand. The silver sand is separated by a very short distance from each other, and is connected by a weak force field, forming a whole.
The totem composed of silver sand is driven by the owner and can make certain movements. So there are a few wizards who directly drive their totems into battle. However, in this way, only a small part of the power of the totem can be exerted.
The vast majority of wizards in the Beast Den attach totems to the surface of their bodies to fight. It's like putting on a strange suit of armor. The armor floated far beyond the wizard's body, and there were many holes. It is said that the totem attached to the body surface can not only greatly improve the physical attributes of the wizard, but also give the wizard some strange abilities.
After discussing with Megan and others, Du Shen decided to subdue the Divine Beast's Den first.
There is a tidal gate, and Du Shen doesn't have to rush in person. He had a few wizards carry the portal to the area near the lair. Du Shen stayed in the new land and slowly improved his strength.
After a short period of time, one night, the wizard of the pathfinder returned from the portal. Du Shen and Megan immediately led all the official wizards of the Star Ring to step into the portal. Because of the discussions that had taken place earlier, Teresa was able to go along.
The base camp of the beast's den, located between the deserted mountains. Du Shen waited for a moment before putting the disconnected Tide Gate into the pendant. He led the people out of the valley and approached the rocky mountains with a peculiar image in the north.
The rocky mountain is very tall and m-shaped. There is not much vegetation on it, and there is not a trace of human habitation around. Walking to the pillar in the middle of the stone mountain, his own wizard found the secret mark and contacted to input the magic power.
There was no vision, and not long after, a burly figure suddenly jumped down from the top of everyone's heads. The man saw that Du Shen and the others were well-equipped and numerous. He didn't have any different colors, and only asked Du Shen and the others about their origin and purpose.
The Star Ring has been in contact with the Beast's Lair. Megan came forward and introduced it. The man told the crowd to wait. He took out a crystal ball, was silent for a long time, and promised to lead everyone to meet the leader of the beast cave.
So, Du Shen and others followed the strong man and walked northwest. Bypassing the two mountains, the strong man led the group directly into a certain mountain wall.
There is a cave behind the mountain wall, and it is a long and narrow valley. There is a great river that runs through the entire valley, and at the source and end of the great river are deep and tall caves. On both sides of the river, there are a long line of houses, mostly wooden houses, but also towering stone buildings.
In a simple stone building, Du Shen and the others saw the leader of the beast den. It was a white-bearded old man. The old man's name was Ronald.
Hearing Meghan's introduction, Teresa is the contemporary owner of Shadow Keep. Ronald was surprised, and immediately took the lead and knelt on the ground to greet Teressa.
Wait until Meghan makes it clear and asks the Beast's Den to follow the oath and pledge allegiance to Teresa. Ronald bluntly pleaded: "We have been waiting for the arrival of our master. However, today's Divine Beast's Cave has declined, and it really can't afford to fail. We ask the host to show his strength. Let's clear up the confusion about the future. ”
At this time, Teressa, after a period of improvement, has become a knight in physical attributes, and her application of witchcraft is comparable to that of an old wizard who has accumulated years. This kind of strength is good, but I'm afraid that I won't be able to convince Ronald.
Therefore, Du Shen came forward and said that he wanted to show his strength instead of Teressa. Ronald and others rejected Du Shen's proposal. Du Shen immediately took the opportunity to turn his face, summoned the ghouls, and made a fuss.
After Ronald fused the totem, his combat power was only comparable to Garrison. But Du Shen is not what it used to be. He attacked head-on with ghouls and flanked with skeleton swordsmen. Although the skeleton has low stats, it is not very guardable after using Glimpse, which is enough to cause powerful interference to Ronald. In addition, there are several wizards such as Megan who use witchcraft to assist from the side. Ronald didn't last long, suffered a series of injuries, and eventually fell to the ground.
The battle in the small building was relatively short. But the movement of the battle spread, not only the guards outside the building, but more and more beast cave wizards came from afar to attack Du Shen and the others.
The battle was not intense, but it lasted intermittently for a long time. In the end, at least half an hour passed, and no other wizards could be seen around the small building.
Du Shen estimated that he had beaten most of the wizards in the beast den. He ordered the ghouls to bring Ronald and the other high-level beast dens out of the small building.
Du Shen led Ronald and the others to inspect the tragic situation of the surrounding wizards: "Your Excellency Ronald, I have made the entire Divine Beast's Den ineffective. I've been very restrained and try not to kill any of the wizards. You should be happy with the power I've shown, right?"
Glancing at the badly injured subordinates around him, Ronald was not depressed, only a little gloomy. He raised his head very seriously: "Your Excellency Du Shen, the strength you have shown is indeed enviable and admirable. But that is not the power of our Lord. I still ask my Lord to show her power for herself. If her strength can't live up to our expectations. We won't follow her. Even if Your Excellency kills us all. ”
"Brainless!" Although Du Shen scolded in a low voice, he also rose a little admiration. In the battle just now, the wizards of the entire Divine Beast Cave all showed a tenacious will to fight. Although Ronald is stubborn, compared to the high-level leaders of the Ring of Stars, Du Shen appreciates it more.
The wizard of the Beast's Den is also very good. Du Shen felt that the whole was stronger than the wizard of the Star Ring. Therefore, Du Shen does not intend to persecute to death.
As a last resort, Du Shen once again threw out his fake identity. He tells Ronald that he is also a descendant of Shadowkeep.
At first, Ronald was not convinced. Du Shen, Teressa, and Megan explained and assured one after another. After that, the elders of the star ring collectively appeared to speak. When Ronald heard about Teresa's twists and turns in the Star Ring, he finally believed a little.
Later, Du Shen seriously told Ronald to keep his identity secret. And express the deep meaning. Ronald finally dispelled most of his doubts.
As a result, Du Shen reluctantly reaped the allegiance of the Divine Beast's Cave.
After that, Du Shen and the others temporarily stayed in the beast's den. Du Shen introduces the Tide Gate to Ronald and the others, and leads them through the portal to visit the new land.
Seeing the vast territory bathed in the silvery moonlight, Ronald and the other high-level beast caves were somewhat excited. Du Shen felt that the attitude of Ronald and others was a little sincere.
Cultivating for a period of time, mainly waiting for the wizard in the beast's den to recuperate. Du Shen led the crowd to the poison cave.
This time, the official wizards of the Star Ring and the Beast Den poured out, and Du Shen's team could be described as mighty.
The wizards of the poison cave are not as reasonable as the beast cave. The two wizards guarding the door did not ask for instructions, and directly refused Du Shen's request to meet the leader.
After some threats and persecution to no avail, Du Shen had to kill two gatekeepers to force the high-level of the drug cave out.
The upper echelons of the poison cave are more difficult to communicate. Perhaps it is because of years of poison and suffering, which has caused mental distortion. The high-level leaders of the drug cave are not only ugly in appearance, but also very willful and arrogant.
They had no respect for Teresa and claimed that the Ancestors had never sworn allegiance to the Shadowkeep.
After some theories to no avail, Du Shen had to order the entire poison cave to be conquered by force. The poison cave is worthy of being famous for its poison. Despite the ghouls taking the lead, taking on most of the damage and traps, more and more wizards are poisoned as the battle progresses.
In the end, Du Shen and the subordinate wizards both played real fire. Everyone is getting more and more ruthless, which can be described as a bloody wash of the entire drug cave.
After the battle, there were only fifty or sixty wizards left in the poison cave, less than one-fifth of the original number. These surviving wizards are relatively intact in appearance and relatively normal in spirit. Upon everyone's inquiry, they all promised to pledge allegiance to Shadowkeep.
Conquer the Poison Cave and inflict a small number of deaths and a large number of heavy injuries to subordinate wizards. Du Shen had to rest again. During this time, he still tried his best to improve his strength.