Chapter 298: Fairy Lake
"Merlin Firestone, I've heard the name, the legend is a very noble mage, but I didn't expect to degenerate like this, so our real enemy is him?" After listening to Natasha's preliminary explanation, Huoye asked with a sigh. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
"No, they had a fight with each other, and Merlin was plotted by Gunther."
Gunther had a broader vision than his mentor, and the two soon made a breakthrough to find a way to bring decaying bodies back to life.
However, this method is not stable, and Merlin proposes to let Guntel test it first, when he actually took in the lich with this plan - to find someone in the same situation as himself to be the test subject.
This undoubtedly annoyed Gunther, and the angry apprentice pretended to agree, but made some small moves in the process of the spell to counter Merlin, and after a fight, the apprentice defeated the mentor, and Merlin became the receiver instead.
The resurrection spell was indeed flawed, and although Merlin's body really grew flesh and blood and returned to its original appearance, it fell into a deep sleep and could not wake up, so Guntel locked him up, and the dove took possession of the magpie's nest and became the master of the forest.
He went on to expand his study of life to all living things, including the poisonous spiders in the forest, the ancient trees that gave birth to wisdom, and the lizards in the swamps.
Merlin had been harassed by various poisonous spiders for a long time in the forest, and in order to solve this problem once and for all, he personally crossed the Endless Sea to another continent decades ago to hunt down a so-called "spider god" - Shadra, worshipped by Hex's tribe.
For Merlin, it was just an ordinary hunt: using the hatred between the different tribes of the trolls, combined with a paid mercenary group and old mage friends who had hired them to help him, he easily wiped out a medium-sized tribe of trolls and captured the spider god.
Shadra's presence was a deterrent to all spiders, and after obtaining this giant beast, Merlin imprisoned it under his dwelling, and then the spiders in the forest all turned away from it, gradually forming Merlin's own independent territory, and from then on, away from harassment.
Gunther had long been interested in Shadra, and as soon as he became his master, he began to study spiders, and he was not satisfied with using Shadra as a mere deterrent, he wanted to use this deterrent power to make the giant spiders subjugate.
By this time, Gunther's ambition had further expanded, and he wanted not only to be resurrected as a human being, but also to become the most powerful of the people.
Although Shadra can only be regarded as a false god, the long-term sacrifice and worship of trolls has also produced a hint of divinity, which can be defeated and imprisoned, but it is almost impossible to submit to a mortal.
Guntel found a risky way to embed his life guard into Shadra's brain, using a part of his soul to suppress the consciousness of the spider god and barely control it.
Using Shadra, he soon had an army of obedient spiders, and research began on a series of mutant spiders, with Rosebyne-Solar being one of them.
Gunther wanted to see what special effects a High Elf and a son of Shadra would have, but Rose Byrne fled while he was out hunting dragon eggs, and met a group of paladins who had gone to the swamp to fetch black soil.
Compared to the mutations of spiders, the giant sequoia is where Guntel spent the most effort, and his series of modifications to the giant sequoia are only for one purpose: to obtain the unparalleled vitality of the ancient tree.
Pure and powerful life force is not only a necessity for reincarnation spells, but also allows him to gain a near-endless lifespan and regeneration ability after resurrection.
He wanted to turn back into a human and was unwilling to give up eternal life, so he devised a complex method to give birth to the essence of life, and put his second life guard into the tree brain for easy control.
Later, he also resided in the giant sequoia, completely replacing the self-consciousness of the giant sequoia, but unfortunately all this was destroyed by Unas.
Guntel's third lifeguard was hidden inside the seven-headed lizard, who had already lost interest in the swamp lizards, but when he returned from stealing the dragon eggs, he found that he was being followed by two dragons and that there was a threat from human forces in the canyon, so he urgently subdued the seven-headed lizard as a temporary combat force.
Seven lizards were badly wounded in the swamp battle, and now they are recuperating in a fairy lake hidden in the northeast of the forestβUnas's previous guess was correct.
Natasha's narrative contains too much information, and Unas slowly combs through it, it seems that the troll has finally found the right place, his enemies and gods are in the forest, and Rose Byrne must also find Guntel to recover, and it is a wise choice to kill the giant sequoia on his own.
"What a heinous scum, I think the most ferocious demons will be ashamed of themselves in front of them," Huoye said indignantly, "We must destroy them." β
Unas thought for a moment and asked, "Does Gunther only have three Horcruxes?" β
"According to the memories I've searched, yes." Natasha was still rubbing her temples.
"That's good, how can we say that we also hold a third of his life, destroying this Horcrux in my hand will definitely cause him great damage, I don't think he will act rashly for the time being, by the way, how much do you know about the dragon egg?"
"Dragon eggs?" Natasha frowned and thought for a moment, "Five are in the body of the giant sequoia, and one is preserved in the cave at the bottom of the lake in the forest, which the lich calls the lake of fairies, and there are many prisoners imprisoned under the lake, most of them for human experiments. β
Huoye immediately asked, "How many are there?" β
"About two or three hundred, of which the elves are the most?"
"Why?"
"The lich is interested in the longevity of the elves, and wants to study why."
"This brute!" The fire leaf rarely burst into a foul mouth.
Unas patted him on the shoulder for a little comfort, and asked Natasha, "The situation of the dragon egg is consistent with what Matigosa said, where is the entrance to this place?" β
"Also at the bottom of the lake, Guntel has three abode, which he calls the Institute of Botany, the Institute of Zoology, and the Institute of Poisonous Spiders, respectively in the Evil Woodland, the cave at the bottom of the lake, and the base camp of mutant spiders, where the spider god Shadra is located, and where Master Merlin is also kept." Natasha tried to pour out all the information she knew.
The core of the Great Sequoia collapsed, the Evil Woodland was destroyed, and Guntel was left with only two nests.
It's better to do something about the fairy lake next, Unas thought silently in his heart, but everything still depends on the lich's movements, and it is better to deal with it randomly, he probably doesn't know that his secrets are all exposed, and he may be able to solve it in one fell swoop while he is careless.
Unas asked a few more detailed questions, and finally said, "Gather everyone together in the evening, and now you can rest." β
The little meeting between the three of them was over, and it was time for Natasha to take a break to sort out more useful details.
The day passed quickly, and Unas inspected the defensive line, and after dinner, informed the elves and their core men to go to Longqiu for a meeting.
Everyone entered the cave, the two dragons recovered a little after a day's sleep, and the little red dragon also came to her senses, her attitude towards the paladin was much more restrained, and as soon as she saw Unas, she thanked her first: "Human, thank you for saving my five children." β
The tone was a little stiff, but it was not easy for the red dragon, who had never looked down on small humans, and even had to go through a mental struggle to say the word thank you.
"It's just a gesture, Ms. Alice doesn't need to be polite."
"But there's one left, did you lose it?" The true face of the little red dragon was soon revealed, and his eyes were quite unkind.
Unas's anger immediately rose to his head, and he was about to attack, and the blue dragon hurriedly said: "Unas knight, please don't be angry, we didn't suspect you, Alice was just talking angry." β
It turned out that the five dragon eggs that were taken back by Unas had lost some of their vitality, and the embryos in them had become very weak, and it was a question of whether they could hatch or not.
You must know that although the dragon family is very capable of laying eggs, the hatching rate has not been high, under normal circumstances, half of the ten dragon eggs can hatch is good, and the infant dragon mortality rate is also very high, and the survival ability of the long young dragon stage is also average, so the dragon that can really grow to adulthood is very rare.
The five dragon eggs of the little red dragon basically have no hope of adulthood, and it is difficult to even hatch a young dragon, no wonder she is furious, and at the same time puts hope on the last dragon egg.
"How could I be angry with a mother?" Unas was duplicitous and polite to the blue dragon, "I already know where the last child of the Red Dragon lady is. β
"What?! Where is it? The little red dragon roared and flapped its wings, and everyone felt a gust of hot wind sweep by.
Unas started from the beginning, and roughly told the ins and outs of what he could say, of course he didn't say that it was Natasha's memory that he dug up, but threw the pot to the fire leaf, saying that he would have a unique spiritual observation technique, and the blood elf could only hold back a wry smile in his heart and nodded in acknowledgement.
The cave was silent for a while, and everyone was secretly digesting the shocking information.
The blue dragon broke the silence first, "You said you got the Lich's Horcrux, can you show me?" β
Unas didn't hesitate and took out the black box and handed it to the blue-haired female elf that Matigossa had turned into.
The blue dragon rubbed the box for a short while, as if it was releasing some detection spell, and soon came to a conclusion, "I think it is indeed a Horcrux." β
"Show me too!"
The little red dragon was about to stretch out his claws as he spoke, but Unas hurriedly stopped him, snatched the life guard first, and said: "Lady Alice's claws are too powerful, I'm afraid you will accidentally break them, you better wait until you learn the Transfiguration Technique." β
The little red dragon was angry, but she didn't grab it hard, she had seen the paladin's method of being able to store things in an instant, and knew that she couldn't take advantage of it.
"Now that you know so much information, can you tell me who attacked me and Alice with a bed crossbow in the forest?" β
This Unas really didn't know, he looked at Natasha, and the priestess replied calmly: "Gunther hired a team of mercenaries specializing in dragon hunting to follow him to steal dragon eggs, but in the end it didn't work, so he bought two dragon hunting crossbows just in case, only two crossbow arrows, which were consumed last night, you don't have to be afraid." β
"Looks like you do know everything about him." Seeing that what Natasha said was reasonable, the blue dragon believed most of it on the spot.
"So what are you waiting for? Let's go to that fairy lake, and I'm going to get the last child back anyway. β
Night Moon, the representative of the Night Elves, said: "The purpose of our crossing the ocean to come here is to save our compatriots, and now that we know that they are there, of course we will not back down, we not only want to save people, but also take revenge!" β
The people on the Silver Dawn side were all in the guard's head, and they were not in a hurry to express their position, and both the troll and Rose Byrne looked at Unas eagerly, eager to call out the battle order for him.
Unas shrugged his shoulders and said, "Since everyone is so eager to fight, I will naturally do the same, but I still follow the previous rule - I can not afford to lose too much if I only send a small force to raid." β
"But there are two or three hundred prisoners at the bottom of the lake, and without a large team of men and horses to escort them, even if they can be rescued, they will not be able to come back, and we must drag the enemy's spider swarm in the frontal battlefield."
"That makes a lot of sense, so how do you lure a swarm of mutant spiders out of the forest? Our destruction of the Sequoia must have put the Lich on high alert, and we will not be able to save us if he does not come out of it. β
"If you want me to say, how about capturing the thief and capturing the king first, and using negotiations to lure the lich out, his life guard box is in our hands, and he will definitely be willing to negotiate terms with us, and then we will solve him."
"Joke, you can't solve him, don't forget that he still has two life boxes, and he will be resurrected when he dies, what a fool."
"You!"
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Everyone immediately discussed tactics fiercely, Unas sighed, after all, forest combat is too bad for large troops, the forest full of poisonous spiders is like a giant beast, no matter how many soldiers can swallow it, he can't let everyone die in vain.
After arguing and arguing, he didn't find any clever plan, Unas had to raise his hand to signal quiet, and ordered: "Last night's battle, everyone's vitality has not recovered, I think today's end is over, everyone go back to rest and think of a way by the way, break the meeting!" β
When the others were almost gone, he asked the blue dragon in a low voice, "How long will it take for the two of you to regain their combat effectiveness?" β
Matigossa replied, "I only need one day, and Alice may need a few more days of rest." β
"I'm fine," the little red dragon said forcefully, "I'm all healed!" β
"Let's wait until you can fly on your own." The blue dragon ruthlessly exposed it, and the wounds on the skin on the surface of the red dragon were indeed scarred, and it looked like it was almost healed, but the toxins in the body had not yet dissipated, and it couldn't even take off smoothly.
"Okay, I know, you are our highest combat power, you must be restored to the peak state, I will think of a tactic in the next few days, and I will definitely help you retrieve the dragon egg."
"Then please, Knight Unas."
Out of the cave, Unas looked at the full moon in the sky, and a trusting smile came to Matigosa's mind, if she wasn't a dragon, she must be a gentle woman.
(To be continued.) )