Chapter 52: The Statue of the Night God
In the thick fog, the silhouette of the black castle loomed, countless zombies and skeletons, under the control of the lich and banshee, surrounded the castle, the black knights formed patrols, repeatedly searched for any possible place where humans could hide, even the sky was full of gargoyles and vampires, and not even a bird could fly in. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
Seventeen days have passed since the human raid on Castle Black, and the human forces on the outskirts of the Dead Wastes have long since withdrawn, but Castle Black's defenses are still tight.
Anna's army was mostly lost in the Dead Wilderness under the encirclement of the undead, and only a few remnants of the defeated army escorted the princess to escape.
For the sake of most of the stolen goods being recovered, and these humans nourishing the undead in the Death Wilderness with their own blood and lives, the night moon has calmed down.
She's concentrating on dealing with the magic of Kamui.
Finding a large room, the Queen of the Dead transformed it into an oversized "torture bed", and installed almost half of the crystal nuclei and gems of the Dead Wilderness on it and turned it on to maximum power.
These were not enough, and she directly issued an order to let her cronies and high-ranking undead come here in shifts to deliver magic to them.
But seventeen days have passed, and the suppressive magic of "Shenwei" shows no signs of abating.
The High Undead cronies didn't know the reason for the need to channel their magic to their queen, and many of them took it for granted that it was the queen's exclusive meditation method of plundering their magic power to strengthen themselves. Surprised by his leader's powerful "capacity" that did not change its face no matter how many different natures of magic power were transmitted in the past, it all raised the guess of the true strength of the night moon again.
It's the head dragon, it's time to burst up, right?
"Is Lilou back?"
Knowing that it was really something that could not be rushed, Yeyue finally got down from the instrument and began to deal with military affairs.
"I've been waiting outside all day."
It was the butler Nophile who answered.
"Let her wait for me at the restaurant."
After a casual meal, Nightmoon swept away all the vampires in the restaurant, and asked Lilou, the ghost scout in charge of intelligence exploration, to report on her achievements over the past seventeen days.
"Divine Blessing has indeed been occupied by a force of unknown origin, and many troops of the Holy Light Empire have come outside the city one after another, and the number has reached more than 50,000, and it continues to increase. According to this momentum, in another month, the human army attacking the city will reach more than 100,000. But this mysterious force is tenacious, and they have been resisting it by relying on the extremely strong defenses of God Bless City. ”
"Do you have any clue about this force?"
"There are no definite clues for the time being, but there are indeed a lot of low-level undead in the city defenders, and there are also a considerable number of high-level undead and necromancers in the city. It is indeed very similar to the legendary army of the Darkmoon Empire in the past. And ......" Lilou stopped talking.
"What?"
"For some reason, the human forces besieging the city do not have many priests in the church. So we also have a lot of ghosts that can evade the human army and infiltrate the city of God. They all reported to me that the closer they got to the center of the city, the more comfortable they became, and some of the ghosts suddenly increased their strength. ”
"You mean there's some kind of magical artifact of the Necromancer School in the center of the city?"
"The subordinates did speculate so, but the center of the city is also a gathering place for those humans who call themselves 'Night God Believers', and there are many quite powerful mages who are equipped with various detection magic. We really can't get any closer without fighting. ”
"Hmm." Yeyue thought for a while, and suddenly thought of something, and asked, "How far did you start to feel that so-called comfortable feeling?" ”
"This ......," Lilu recalled carefully, "Now that I think about it, I feel it even from far away from the battlefield. ”
"Got it."
That's right, regardless of whether or not the occupiers of unknown origin are really followers of the Night Lady, there are indeed magical items from the Necromantic School of the Dark Moon Empire in the city.
And it is the most powerful one - the artifact "Statue of Sushar, the Goddess of Night and Shadow".
This artifact had been placed in the Temple of the Night God before, and had always been under the protection of the Night Church. As a member of the Dark Moon Empire's Magic Senate and a ritual of honor for the Night, Night Moon has also visited many times in his previous life.
This artifact is the backbone of the Darkmoon Empire's army, and has four main effects in its area of effect:
1. It can enhance the effect of all schools of the undead magic;
Second, it can also awaken the undead in a huge area, which is much more obvious than the effect of the undead canopy of the night moon;
3. It has a very strong effect on all undead and necromancers to enhance their strength.
Fourth, it has a strong strengthening effect on magic that manipulates the mind and senses.
In addition to these, it is said that the Idol of the Night God has an untold secret, which is said to allow a person to obtain a huge amount of magic that mortals cannot even imagine, and also bring great power and wealth.
However, there are also immeasurable dangers.
Because of her own ability, Night Moon has never paid much attention to magical items other than herself, and uses things that are casually exchanged or made by herself.
But this artifact she had always wanted since her previous life, and she had wanted it for more than a hundred years.
So as soon as Lilou said it, she reacted immediately.
"Gather your troops at once. We're going to get ready to attack the human world. ”
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Does the so-called acquisition of a huge amount of magic mean that the power of "Kamui" can be lifted immediately? Does it mean that this can save a long time for accumulating magic power, explore and experience the "rules" in advance, and hit the holy level?
It's inevitable.
As for whether it will attract the attention of humans......
What if you pay attention?
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Under the night sky.
On the top of a small hill outside the Divine Bless City, a dark-haired woman with an unforgettable elegance was looking down.
The stars in the night sky seemed to be the background of this woman standing on a high place, reflecting her even more beautiful and extraordinary.
Looking down into her eyes, there was a huge, dark camp, several kilometers away from the God's Blessed South Gate.
There are three other large camps like this outside the city, facing the gates of the other three directions. There were also many small camps, with thousands of scouts riding horses outside of the City of God and from camp to camp, and the shadow of the Wyvern Knight seemed to appear in the sky from time to time.
"There is indeed a faint feeling of a sacred relic of the School of the Dead."
Night Moon's magic power was almost completely suppressed by the artifact, if it weren't for Night Moon's more than a hundred years of magic immersion in the School of the Undead, and she tried her best to feel it, it would have been impossible to realize the existence of the holy object in this situation.
"Queen, do you really want to go in person?"
It was a vague shadow beside the woman who spoke.
There is more than one such shadow, and if you look closely, you will find that there are more than a dozen shadows standing beside the two of them.
Yeyue was noncommittal, only waved her hand, and the ghost Lilu stepped back and completely disappeared from her figure.
The other ghosts followed suit.
The ghosts of the Grandmaster rank are following him, and there is a huge army of undead behind him as a backing, so why be afraid?
The only thing to worry about is a mistake in judgment.
Although it is almost certain that the sacred object in the city is the statue of the Lady of the Night, if it is not, it is really not cost-effective to rashly launch an army and attract the attention of humans.
And in the Wilderness of Total Death, only one has seen and felt the statue of the Night God, and he probably knows the special magic of activating the artifact. Then see with your own eyes.
As for the huge human army in front of you......
She ignored it.
The Lord of the Dead straightened his modest cloak and set off.
Lilou and a few ghost scouts who had entered the city led the way, and the rest of the ghosts were ordered by Nightmoon to perform "shadow invisibility" on Nightmoon under the command of the mind through the undead contract.
After that, he also followed behind incognito without saying a word.
Intelligence on the Ghost Scouts is useful.
Dealing with the undead Divine Blessed Occupation Army, the human race really didn't send many priests to the war.
Without restraining each other's natural enemies, the group easily evaded all surveillance and approached the tall and thick walls of the gods.
Another short-lived thought command, and the wraiths approached their king and blessed her with the "flying spell".
She flew over the city walls avoiding all the soldiers and undead who patrolled the city, as well as the gargoyles that flew by from time to time.
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