Volume 3: The Beginning of Turmoil (Remastered) Chapter 44: Shadowfang Castle (4)
In the open space in front of the main castle of Shadowfang Castle, two figures were fighting with the wolf king Nandus.
Transformed into the Oath of Death, Dawnwall did not lose his mind by becoming an undead creature, he knew that he could not fight the archmage Arugao on his own, so when Yu Bin and the others killed the blind guard Odu, the ghost warrior found Springval, a half-werewolf, hiding in the castle's tower, waiting for a chance for revenge.
The half-werewolf was once the sheriff of Burnwood Village, and Springval, a native of Springwall, served in the Ashwood Kingdom as an adult, and returned to Burnwood Village as sheriff after retiring from the army. But Arugao's arrival changed his fate. In order to study the Shadow Werewolves and better summon these creatures from the shadow plane to the main plane, Arugao secretly captured many villagers from Burning Wood Village for experiments.
In order to find out why the villagers disappeared, Springval infiltrated Shadowfang Castle and was unfortunately discovered by Arugao, who eventually became a half-werewolf after being infected by the rabies of the Shadow Werewolf, and hid in the dark corners of the castle to fend for himself like other villagers who had become half-werewolves.
At the invitation of Dawnwall, the former sheriff of Burnt Village finally decided to step forward and take revenge on Arugao.
In the face of the attack of two hero-level warriors, even the wolf king Nandus had to raise the spirit of twelve. If it was in the shadow plane, the wolf king Nandus would never take these two guys seriously. But this is the main plane, and the wolf king Nandus, who has just been summoned here from the shadow plane by Arugao, has not had time to create a shell of his own, and the power of the surrounding shadows is not as strong as that of the shadow plane, allowing him to squander it unscrupulously. Therefore, the whole battle situation was a stalemate for a while.
"Dead leftovers! You should have been sacrificed in the first place! Arugao gritted his teeth as the wolf king Nandus was dragged by Daunwall and Springval, allowing the humble little reptiles to hide in the main castle.
The tower connected to the main fort was transformed into his own mage tower by Arugao, and the room at the top of the tower was where he summoned him. If he hadn't had to stay here to maintain the operation of the summoning circle, how could Yu Bin and the others be so swaggering and wreaking havoc everywhere in the Shadow Fang Castle.
"Fenruth, are you just looking at it?" Aru roared at the shadow wolf lying beside him, summoning these two powerful shadow creatures that had almost exhausted his magic, but the results were not satisfactory. Not only did the wolf king Nandus disobey his orders, but even the beast Fenrus the Devourer disdained him as a summoner.
The Shadow Giant Wolf opened its eyes slightly and glanced at the weak human, unconcerned by Arugao's roar. As a legendary shadow creature, Fenruth is not a beast without intelligence. In order to cross the barrier between the planes and come to the world of Entagre with the wolf king Nandus, he had to suppress his power to the extreme, otherwise with Arugao's strength, he would not be able to provide the magic needed to summon him.
But when he came to the main plane, before he could regain his strength, he sensed that a strong aura was secretly locking him. Fenrus the Devourer could feel that the master of that breath was no weaker than himself, which was why he was unwilling to follow Arugao's orders and join the battle. He didn't want to expose the fact that his strength had not yet recovered to the guy who was secretly watching, and if he was not careful, he would probably be beaten back to the shadow plane.
Seeing that Fenruth was indifferent, Arugao trembled with anger. The look in the look of this shadow giant wolf just now was exactly the same as those of the archmages who were high up in Dalaran, full of contempt and disdain for him. It was precisely because he couldn't stand this gaze that Arugao finally decided to steal the Book of your from the Violet Treasury and betray Dalaran. He wants to make those who look down on him regret what they have done, and he wants to prove that he is not a dispensable character in the eyes of others!
As long as he grasps the power of the Book of your, he, the archmage Arugao, can become the most powerful archmage in the world!
Fortunately, the anger had not completely destroyed his sanity, and although those few humble undead had survived for the time being, he didn't think that Yu Bin and the others had the strength to invade the mage tower that he had carefully arranged.
The earliest mage tower appeared in the middle of the First Age, when the elven mages of the Elven Empire continued to explore the field of magic, in order to facilitate their own research, some specific buildings were renovated, and the original mage tower was born. At that time, the Mage Tower was built as a research facility, and the unique aesthetics of the elves led to the fact that most of the Mage Towers were built in the shape of towers that soared into the sky, which is also the origin of the name Mage Tower.
With the continuous development of the elven empire, the elven mages also continued to add various functions to their mage towers, and eventually, the mage towers developed into an all-round building integrating defense, research, cultivation, training, manufacturing and other functions. When a mage is in his own mage tower, he can often exert several times, or even dozens of times his strength, and this powerful support bonus effect can even allow them to challenge those powerful enemies beyond the ranks.
Although Arugao couldn't build his mage tower as powerful as the ancient mages due to the environment and material constraints of the Silver Pine Forest, it was still possible to destroy a few insignificant undead, and the magic traps and magic golems placed in various parts of the mage tower were enough to make any enemy who dared to invade the mage tower taste despair.
"Humph!" Arugao saw that the commander couldn't move Fenrus, so he had to turn around and walk back to the tower in hatred, he was not worried about the wolf king Nandus, if even the two hero-level little guys couldn't beat it, then this so-called wolf king would have been devoured by those powerful shadow creatures in the shadow plane.
However, just as Arugao was about to activate the summoning circle again and summon more shadow werewolves to the main plane, a beam of frozen rays struck the outer wall of the mage tower, triggering the magic protection that Arugao had placed on it, and the collision of magic power stirred up obvious magic fluctuations.
"Huh?" Arugao stretched out his hand and activated the protective barrier not far away, and a lilac magic barrier enveloped the entire mage tower, "Which fool again?" ”
In the night, a figure floated in the air not far away, it was Melganis who sensed the breath and hurriedly flew over.
"Ah~Lu~Gao!" As a high-ranking disciple of Antonidas, Melganis certainly knew about the traitor Arugao of Dalaran who defected years ago, not to mention the fact that the lost Book of your was most likely stolen by this traitor. Melganis had been searching for this ancient book for more than a year, and in his opinion, all the hard work and time he had encountered in the past year or so was the fault of the traitor Arugao.
Whether it was for Dalaran or for himself, Melganis could not have spared Arugao.
"It's you, Melganis!" Arugao also recognized the guy who attacked the mage tower with a freezing ray, and for him, this high disciple of Antonidas was one of those mages who looked down on him from above, although Melganis probably didn't even remember such a thing.
Under the old and new hatred, Arugao temporarily put down his attention to Bin and them, and began to mobilize the magic power of the Mage Tower to the very top, he wanted to use this opportunity to defeat Melganis and let the fools of Dalaran know that talent is not the only factor that determines everything!
With the support of the magic of the Mage Tower, the original lilac magic barrier quickly turned dark purple, and a powerful shadow power gradually spread around the Mage Tower, so that Melganis had to choose to retreat, so as not to fall into this shadow realm.
In the battle between mages, the control of the surrounding environment is the most basic means. A mage who specializes in fire magic is not stupid enough to pit himself against an enemy who specializes in freezing magic in a field of ice and snow. The same can be said of Melganis, who is adept at wind and water magic, and is clearly reluctant to engage in spell confrontation with Arugor in a space filled with the power of shadows.
However, the presence of Arugao and the Book of your made it impossible for Melganis to avoid the battle, so he had to keep his distance from the Mage Tower while using various spells to test the Shadow Barrier.
Freezing Ray, Wind Blade, Frost Blast, Lightning Chain! Melganis is worthy of being a high disciple of Antonidas, a gifted archmage, all kinds of spells in his hands as if he didn't need money, and he didn't even need to chant to sprinkle his hand at the purple shadow barrier.
And Arugao is not to be outdone, although in terms of personal strength, he is not as good as Melganis at this time, but relying on the support of the Mage Tower, whether it is in the amount of magic or in the type of spells, Arugao is a cut above Melganis.
Shadow Arrows, Shadow Arrow Rain, Shadow Haunting, Corrosion, Shadow Feedback! Relying on the powerful magic circle placed in the mage tower, Arugao unscrupulously smashed various shadow spells into Melganis in mid-air.
Yu Bin, who was hiding in the main castle with Lei Guang and the others, watched the spell confrontation in mid-air with the help of the dilapidated gaps between the walls, even if he didn't know much about the past of the spellcaster, he could see how terrible this battle between archmages was.
"This ...... It's simply ...... It's too strong! Don't you need to chant? Also as a spellcaster, Thunderlight has a deeper understanding of the spells that fly in mid-air, "Oh my God, Shadow Flame! Oh, that's Frost Blast! Wind Dragon Technique is also available! ”
"Who is this guy, such a cow? Even now, I can give myself an uninterrupted blessing levitation technique! Keldila was also dumbfounded, this high-end spell confrontation obviously made the two of them look at it with a smile!
Yu Bin watched Melganis and Arugao use various spells to bombard each other with a solemn face, and felt speechless! This level of spell confrontation, Yu Bin has seen it dozens of times in his previous life, don't look at all kinds of spells flying around in the air, in fact, it doesn't have much effect on Melganis and Arugao, it is purely consuming the magic power of both sides.
Really high-end spell confrontations often appear in an instant, and those powerful mages don't know anything, they only know the turret of throwing spells without brains, and a spell counter plus magic restraint is enough to give them the absolute upper hand.
In contrast, Yu Bin was more concerned about Fenrus, the Devourer, who had never shown any threat. Melganis may not be able to see the origin of this giant wolf for a while, but Yu Bin, who has experienced the attack on Shadow Fang Castle in his previous life, knows very well how powerful this shadow giant wolf is.
It can be said that even if everyone present at this time joins forces, it is not the opponent of this shadow giant wolf who has lived for tens of thousands of years. In his previous life, Fenruth was enough to wipe out thousands of players with just a breath of shadow, and the title of Devourer was not for nothing.
In the open space in front of the main castle, the wolf king Nandus is gradually gaining the upper hand, and the shadow barrier of Arugao not only provides a solid layer of magic protection for the mage tower, but also allows the wolf king Nandus to draw enough shadow power from it, facing the powerful and experienced wolf king Nandus, Dawnwall and Springval obviously can't end the battle in a short time.
And the spell confrontation that happened in the air couldn't tell the winner for a while. The magic power of an archmage is very deep, especially an elite archmage from Dalaran like Melganis, who doesn't know how many powerful equipment and props he has, not to mention that Antonidas can't let his master die easily outside, Yu Bin can guess how many high-grade magic potions that can be used to replenish magic power in this guy's space bag. Not to mention Arugao, the mage tower itself has the function of drawing magic from the surrounding space, in a sense, Arugao in the mage tower is like having an infinite blue bar, as long as the mage tower is not destroyed, his magic power will not be exhausted, and some are capital and Merganis competition.
"What to do? Do you want to take advantage of this opportunity to run? Alan asked, although the spell confrontation in mid-air looked pleasing to the eye, he was more concerned about the safety of his own people. While no one is free to deal with us now, we might as well exit Shadowfang Castle first! ”
Yu Bin nodded, what Alan said was right, in fact, when he found out that Arugao had successfully summoned Fenrus the Devourer, he already had the idea of retreating, and he was not a fool, he would not do such a thing as sending sheep into the tiger's mouth.
"This is the best chance, are you just going to let it go?"
Just as everyone was about to rush out of the hall, a sneering voice came from nearby, and a figure wrapped in ice blue mist appeared in front of Yu Bin and the others.
"Who?" Yu Bin and Ai Lan blocked in front of everyone for the first time, Lei Guang's magic power at this time had not recovered much, and Keldila used most of the magic skills because of the wave just now, and the two masters could be said to be the weakest time, at this time, such a guy who did not know who he was or foe suddenly appeared, Yu Bin's heart immediately rose to his throat.
Les Frost looked at Yu Bin through the ice blue mist, it was impossible to say that he didn't care about this toy that was favored by his teacher, but he didn't have the idea of having a relationship with Yu Bin here.
"This is the best chance to capture the Book of your! Don't worry, that shadow wolf doesn't have the energy to deal with you! While Arugao is putting the magic of the Mage Tower to work against that little guy in Dalaran, all you'll have to face is the magic traps and magic golems! Les Frost threw an cryolite at Yu Bin, "This thing can alert you if there are magic traps around you!" Now, go and reclaim the Book of your! Or do I make you ice sculptures to decorate my room? ”