Volume 1 Prelude to the Storm Chapter 1 The Visitor
The world of the dead, the Undercity.
The leader of the Undead Scourge, the Bone Dragon Knight, General Tegrul, stood at the head of the Undercity, staring in the direction of the Bone Wilderness in the distance, the turquoise flames burning in his eye sockets jumping wildly, showing the extreme restlessness in his heart.
In the sky above the White Bone Wilderness, countless thick lead clouds quickly condensed together, and they couldn't stop tumbling, forming a large swirl cloud. Bolts of lightning fell from the sky and landed on the Bone Wilderness, and the thunder that followed immediately exploded throughout the Death World.
In the lightning and thunder, the whirlpool in the whirlpool cloud spun faster and faster.
General Tegrul knew that the passage between the dead world and the human world was about to be forcibly opened, and someone would forcibly break into this world of undead creatures.
"General, is it an invasion, do you need to assemble our legions at once?" a tall undead knight beside General Tegrul asked him.
"Not for the time being, I'll go and see who has the guts to break into the world of the dead. Tegrul suppressed the irritability in his heart and said in a hoarse voice.
"Iribus, my friend, wake up from your slumber, we have something to do. A wave of soul emanated from the depths of Tegrul's consciousness and ran towards the sleepy valley far northwest of the Undercity.
A moment later, a white dot flew swiftly towards the Undercity from the direction of the Sleeping Valley, so fast that it would be impossible to catch its flight in the blink of an eye.
In the blink of an eye, the white dot flew to the head of the Undercity, stopping in front of Tegrul, a pale and unrivaled bone dragon.
Draped in his body, Tegrul grabbed his weapon and stepped onto the back of the bone dragon. The pale bone dragon then flapped its wings and immediately soared into the sky in the direction of the White Bone Wilderness.
A pillar of golden light shot out from the swirling clouds and landed above the Bone Wilderness, opening the way for the world of the dead to connect with the human world. And as the passage opened, a loud and high-pitched chant was also heard into the world of death.
On the White Bone Wilderness, it was already as chaotic as a fried pot at this time, and after feeling the divine aura emanating from the golden pillar of light, countless low-level undead creatures fled in fear and like headless flies, while the undead creatures shrouded by the pillar of light spontaneously ignited and disintegrated in endless pain.
Looking at the light that suddenly descended on the world of death, Tegrul finally knew why he had been restless before. However, at this time, deep down in his heart, the incomparable anger had replaced the restless emotion. Because, the appearance of the Holy Light, the most hated by the undead, in the world of death is undoubtedly the greatest provocation to the entire world of death.
Moreover, the unpleasant and disgusting chant that came to his ears caused a dense layer of goosebumps all over his body, and made him feel the desire to vomit all the time.
He looked angrily at the source of the song.
A red dragon, an elf, and two humans are bathed in light and enter the world of the dead through the opening connecting passage. One of the human light mages in white robes was singing loudly with great excitement concentrating the holy power of his whole body.
"Shut up, human, shut your foul mouth, I don't want to hear your disgusting singing again. Tegrul angrily raised the knight's spear, engraved with countless necromancer spell symbols, and pointed it at the light mage who was singing to himself.
The roar that resounded throughout the Bone Wilderness interrupted the Light Mage's singing. The red dragon, the elves, the singing light mage, and another human all floated quietly in mid-air, looking at the Bone Dragon Knight not far from them.
At the same time, the holy light that entered the world of death was extinguished, the swirling clouds in the sky stopped spinning, and the passage connecting the world of death and the human world was closed again.
"Who is this undead? Hey, ugly undead, do you know that if I have entered such a filthy and wicked world of death, if I do not use the holy hymn of light to purify my soul at any time, then my pure and immaculate heart will be polluted by evil sooner or later. I don't want to be a filthy and evil creature like you. The Light Mage pretended to be surprised and counted Tegrul down, and then wanted to sing again.
The ghostly fire burning in Tegrul's eye sockets burst out of the distance, and in a fit of rage, he emptied the cavalry spear in his hand a little, and a powerful shock wave of death energy was immediately released from the cavalry lance and attacked the light mage.
Seeing that the incoming shock wave of death energy was so ferocious, the light mage couldn't help but be surprised, and he immediately recited the spell silently, releasing all his magic power, forming a spherical magic protective light shield, wrapping himself and his companions in it, and resisting this wave of extremely fierce death energy impact.
At the moment when the death energy shockwave hit the protective light shield, a violent and raging storm instantly formed in the sky above the Bone Wilderness, and the protective light shield located in the center of the storm was like a flat boat in the stormy waves, struggling to prevent it from capsizing. However, under the long-term confrontation between the death energy of the shock wave and the magical energy of the protective shield, the protective shield that had been depleted of mana gradually became dull and crumbling.
The light mage's face had become extremely pale at this time, and beads of sweat were dripping down his forehead, he didn't expect that as soon as he stepped into the world of death, he would meet a super undead creature that was so strong that he would not be able to support it.
At this time, another human beside the Light Mage slowly raised his hand, stretched out his five fingers in front of him, and his body flashed with a golden fighting light.
Finally, the fragile magical protective light ball could no longer support it, and it broke in an instant, and the shock wave that had consumed most of the death energy did not disappear, and continued to rush forward with a roar.
However, a sudden golden Dou Qi wall blocked the way of the death energy shockwave. Finally, the declining death energy shockwave failed to break through the barrier of the Dou Qi Protective Wall, and disappeared after exhausting the last trace of death energy in front of the Dou Qi Protective Wall.
Tegrul's blow was blocked by the combined efforts of two of the uninvited guests who came to the world of death.
At this moment, the red dragon among the uninvited guests let out a roar that shook the heavens and the earth: "O filthy evil creature, you dare to attack even the great dragon Tayland Gratrisa, and I will make you pay the most tragic price for your rude deeds." ”
The red dragon's long neck poked forward, and a bright, hot dragon breath erupted from its mouth and rushed towards Tegrul. The pale bone dragon under Tegrul's crotch also suddenly opened its mouth at this time, and a dragon breath with a cold and piercing aura immediately greeted it.
The dragon breath of two different attributes, one cold and one hot, collided together in mid-air, and after a violent storm, the dragon breath of the two different attributes were evenly matched, canceling each other out cleanly.
"Impossible, a lowly bone dragon can withstand the breath of my Lord Terangra Theresa, this is ridiculous!" roared the red dragon in shock, carefully measuring the bone dragon and twitching its nose as if sniffing something.
"O lowly bone dragon, the breath of death that pervades your whole body makes me feel extremely sick, but why do I smell such a familiar smell from you?" said Terangra Theresa looked at the bone dragon with a puzzled expression.
"Your skeleton is so huge, twice as big as a normal dragon, and you have a size that is not inferior to mine, are you also a high-ranking dragon when you were alive?" Tyrangra Theresa struggled to search his mind for the dragons he had come into contact with over the years.
The bone dragon fluttered and flapped its own pair of skeleton, leaking wings everywhere, hanging in mid-air. The ghostly fire burning in the depths of its dark eye sockets was so calm, and it looked at the red dragon in contemplation without a trace of emotion.
"I remember, it's you, Iribus, the most powerful frost dragon Iribus, no wonder you have a breath that rivals mine, I didn't expect to meet you in the world of death. Terangra Theresa suddenly had an idea in his mind and cried out in surprise.
"Ah, no, this skeleton is the former pride of the Frost Dragons, Iribus, and the contrast to my image is too great, isn't it?" said the Light Mage beside Terangra Theresa with a look of disdain.
Terangratrisa turned abruptly, staring at the Light Mage with a dragon's eyes larger than a brass bell, and roared, "Iribus was not only the pride of the Frost Dragons, but also the pride of our entire Dragons, it was once a powerful dragon on my par with me, and I think you've heard of the poignant love story of its unhappy marriage that led to its tragic death, right? Oliver, if you dare to say anything insulting to Iribus, I don't mind letting you taste my flame breath. ”
Oliver was immediately startled when he saw that the red dragon beside him was angry, he knew very well how irritable and bad the temper of the red dragon beside him was. In it, there are many examples of spitting out dragon breath and burning the other person to charcoal at the slightest discord with him.
"Venerable Lord Terangratricea, it is my supreme honor to listen to your teachings, and I will certainly correct them in accordance with your teachings. Oliver said with a smile on his face. At the same time, he also glanced at the elf beside him, the dragon knight Isher Wind Song.
"My dear friend, Oliver is also unintentional, so forgive him. Seeing Oliver's pleading gaze, the handsome elf spoke.
Terangra Theresa snorted twice and turned her head away, letting Oliver go by default. Seeing this, Oliver immediately patted his chest and let out a long sigh of relief. Just kidding, even if his magic attainments have reached the level of the twelfth pinnacle, he is already among the top powerhouses of the human race, and it is easy to deal with an ordinary low-level dragon, but if he is facing the thirteenth-level red dragon in front of him, whose combat power is as high as a pervert in the dragon clan, he will not have the slightest chance of winning.
"Iribus, why didn't your soul ascend to heaven after death, but fell into this incomparably filthy world of death and became an evil bone dragon?" Terangra Theresa looked at the bone dragon with questioning eyes.
The bone dragon still didn't answer, as if it didn't recognize the red dragon in front of him.
"Iribus, are you really cursed? The sword that Rennes took your life from is really the 'cursed sword' in the hands of the dark demon god Akmund?Are you really the 'eternal cursed', unable to return to the arms of the dragon god, reincarnated, and can only be a lonely ghost wandering the world of death forever?" Terangratrisa seemed to think of something, and continued to ask loudly towards the bone dragon.
Terangratrisa's questioning was still futile, and the bone dragon still did not react. Although it was a high-level undead creature with a certain ability to think, the memories of its previous life had long been forgotten, and it had no idea what the red dragon in front of it was saying.
Seeing such a miserable and desolate situation in Iribus, and thinking of the vicious and terrifying name of "Eternal Accursed", an existence as powerful as Terangra Theresa couldn't help but shudder slightly.
"You lowly and impudent intruders, stop your tiresome noise and take up arms and fight!" Tegrul, who was already impatient, raised his rifle again, feeling the mental fluctuations coming from the depths of his soul, and the bone dragon Iribus was very cooperative and ready to attack again.
"Hehe, general, I confess that if you were to fight alone, you would be a little better than any of the three of us, and of course, the strength of our venerable Lord Terangra Theresa is no match for you. However, you also have a powerful bone dragon friend who seems to be qualified to fight our venerable Lord Terangra Theresa. But in this way, you still have to face the three of us as your opponents, and as long as any two of us join forces, the strength is above you. How are you going to win such a battle?" asked the human man who had condensed the fighting spirit just now with a smile.
Tegrul was silent for a moment before slowly speaking: "You are right, with your strength, you are definitely at the top of the world you are in, even in the world of death, there are not many dead people who can be your opponents. Except for the war three hundred years ago when the human world invaded the world of death on a large scale and wanted to completely destroy the world of death, I have never seen so many of the top powerhouses from the world of death appear at once. Iribus and I are no match for you. ”
“...... Still, who told you that I would fight alone?" there was a hint of mockery in Tegrul's deep, hoarse voice.
Tegrul suddenly raised his head to the sky and let out a silent roar, and the spiritual fluctuations from the depths of his soul quickly spread in all directions of the death world.
Countless bones buried in the dirt of the dead world awoke from their slumber, slowly but forcefully rose from the dirt, and looked up at the sky one after another, looking in the direction from which the soul fluctuations came from.
In just a short moment, behind Tegrul, three Saint-Rank Undead Knights riding bone dragons like him quietly appeared. And in the distant sky, more undead knights riding high-level flying undead creatures such as white-boned griffins and skeleton bats were also quickly surrounding this side.
And on land, an army of the undead is marching silently. Countless skeleton soldiers, zombie warriors, shadow wizards, ghost knights, and the skeletal dragon knights of the land gathered into a black oppressive patch, heading in the direction of the Bone Wilderness.
"In addition to me, there are also 600,000 undead soldiers under the jurisdiction of my Scourge Legion. Tegrul said coldly.
"My esteemed general, you're finally willing to let us join us in this interesting battle. It is our supreme honor to be able to destroy a powerful existence from the outside world with our own hands. One of the Bone Dragon Knights behind Tegrul said in a cold voice. In his eyes, no, in the eyes of the 600,000 undead soldiers of the entire Cataclysmic Legion, these three people and one dragon from the human realm, no matter how strong their strength was, after facing the Cataclysmic Legion, they were doomed to the fate of being ruthlessly destroyed in the end.
"Hehe, misunderstanding, misunderstanding, it's all a misunderstanding. The human man who had spoken to Tegrul earlier smiled awkwardly and spread out his hands to explain to Tegruor, "Actually, we are all emissaries from the Norsenside continent of the human realm, representing all the intelligent races living and breeding on the Northumbrid continent, the Lich King Nostradama, the most powerful king of the immortal world. Let me start by our name, my name is Gasol, and his name is ....... ”
Gasol had just said his name when he was interrupted by Tegrul. "Human, I have no interest in the names of you and your companions, and all you have to do now is draw your weapons, kill yourself, or make a futile resistance, and let me and my soldiers end your lives in battle. ”
After Tegrul said this, he suddenly realized that there was a language problem in his words. It turned out that in addition to the human man named Gasol and his elf companion who was hanging a long sword from his waist, another human light mage wearing a mage robe and the red dragon couldn't find any sharp weapons on their bodies at all, how could this make them kill themselves?
However, this is not a wise undead general. Tegrul thought for a moment, then slowly pointed at the Light Mage and the Red Dragon with the spear in his hand, and said, "You, and you, you two, since you don't have weapons to kill yourself, then each use fire magic and flame dragon breath to self-immolate." ”
As soon as Tegrul said this, Gasol, Oliver, and Ichelle looked better, while the grumpy red dragon Terangratriza immediately went crazy.
"What? You stupid and filthy creature, you would utter such feeble words as asking the great Master Terangra Theresa to self-immolate with his dragon's breath? I'm going to burn you to ashes. In an enraged, Terangra Theresa was about to open her mouth again.
Gasol hurriedly stopped, "Venerable Lord Terangratricea, we can't clash with these undead creatures anymore, have you forgotten the importance of our mission?"
Terangratrisa was stunned for a moment, and a dragon's breath that had already taken shape appeared in its large mouth, but it did not immediately spit it out, and it was clear that Gasol's words had touched it. But it really couldn't swallow it. Wisps of fire spilled from its nostrils and the edges of its mouth, showing that it was in a state of great confusion and indecision.
"My dear friend, this is a big deal, please use your broad and broad mind to tolerate the rudeness of these undead creatures. "The voice of the elven dragon knight Ischel is always so soft and magnetic, so that people can have a comfortable feeling after listening to it.
Hearing his friend's advice, Terangratrisa's anger gradually extinguished, and he swallowed the dragon's breath back into his stomach, glared at Tegrul hatefully, and then said no more.
Ignoring the "friendliness" shown by the three people and one dragon in front of him, the cavalry spear in his hand slowly stabbed into the sky, everyone knew that the moment the cavalry spear was swung down, it was the beginning of the Scourge Legion's attack.
Gasol's expressions became solemn, and just as they were thinking about how to resolve the crisis in front of them, a slight spatial distortion suddenly occurred in the mid-air between them and Tegrul.
A figure that distorted with space appeared.
"The twelfth-level Holy Demon Master and the twelfth-level Sword Saint, as well as the twelfth-level Dragon Knight, and all of them are the peak of the twelve-level, and there are also the dragons with a combat power level as high as the thirteenth, three golden saint-rank peak powerhouses on the edge of the god rank and a bronze god-level dragon, such a gorgeous and powerful combination, what will happen to me Nostradama?
Space stopped distorting. A skeleton dressed in black robes, holding an ornate staff, and wearing a delicate crown appeared between Gasol and the others and Tegrul.
"Tell me, Mighty men from the continent of Northumbed, what is the purpose of your coming to the world of the dead, even disturbing the rest of the dead, to meet me? The Lich King Nostradama stared silently at the uninvited guests who had intruded into his territory, blood-colored flames burning slowly in his eyes.
"Until then, my general, take back your indestructible spear and postpone the order to attack for the time being. ”
"Respect your message, my king. As Tegrul lowered the mounted spear he was holding high, the 600,000 undead soldiers who had spread throughout the Bone Wilderness also paused their offensive at the same time.
"Can you tell me the answer? Nostradama asked coldly.
"O most powerful king of the Dead World, you know that Akmund, the demon god of the dark world, your former master, the supreme commander of the Burning Legion, is about to be resurrected. Gasol stared at Nostradama and said word for word.
A bolt of lightning tore through the suffocating lead of the dead world. The blood-colored flames in Nostradama's eye sockets throbbed violently.