Volume 2: The Shadow of the Wailing Cave (Remastered) Chapter 43: Into the Wailing Cave (1)
Yu Bin looked at Sassarian who was following him, and felt that fate was playing tricks on him.
When he brought the purple glowing orb close to Thassarian's soul fire, the purple energy that suddenly appeared from the orb enveloped Thassarian's soul fire before everyone could react. Just when Yu Bin was at a loss, this purple energy returned to the orb, and the orb, which made a big commotion, regained its calm again, no matter how Yu Bin fiddled with it, there was no reaction.
But Sasarian has come to his senses!
Yes, this undead knight controlled by Maltan actually got rid of the control of necromancy in this way, regained his memories as a human, and also let Yu Bin know what happened during the time after he separated from Martan.
After Thassarian's narration, Yu Bin learned that Maltan did not die in the tomb of the great wizard Griman, and that the greedy corpse witch not only did not die there, but was lucky enough to obtain the inheritance of the great wizard and became a half-lich!
The reason why it is called a half-lich is because Maltan has not yet refined his life box and saved his soul in it, which makes Maltan unable to become a complete lich and can only stay in the state of a half-lich.
So, having gained power, Martan decided to start his own revenge! He wants to refine the king of Virgil into his own life box, so that the culprit who forced him to give up his life and throw himself into the arms of death will taste eternal pain. Not only does he want to overthrow the kingdom of Virgil, but he also wants to turn all the beings with royal blood, even the corpses of the kings who sleep in the mausoleum, into the most humble skeletons, and face his drive and torture for eternity.
In this regard, Yu Bin said that a corrupt criminal can blame his own mistakes on the victim, which is really eye-opening for him. This is completely another interpretation of "it's not me who is wrong, it's this world" on the continent of Entagre, I don't know what the Virgil royal family who is behind the blame will think.
And if you want revenge, it is impossible for Maltan to achieve it by his own strength alone, let alone a half-lich like him who has just obtained the inheritance, even if it is the old lich who Navic doesn't know how many years he has lived, it is a fantasy to destroy a kingdom by himself, if he can do it so easily, humans don't know how many times they have been destroyed.
Not to mention how deep a kingdom is, just the high-level combat power possessed by the royal family of the Virgil Kingdom itself is enough to crush this guy Maltan.
In order to fight against the kingdom of Virgil and achieve his own revenge, Maltan studies the knowledge left by the archsorcerer Griman while secretly plotting a conspiracy. He infiltrated the Duchy of Giraldine, which is adjacent to the Kingdom of Virgil, through some secret channel, and launched a plague of the undead against the Duchy on the wild border, and the border city of Andorhar was chosen as a target by Maltan. This cunning avenger threw a plague of the undead into the wells of Andorhar, turning most of the city's humanity into undead, with only a few lucky enough to escape.
In order to allow the civilians to escape, the few remaining city guards in Andohar spontaneously stepped forward to take charge of the rear, and Thassarian was their commander, and this skilled knight and his valiant guards breached the city gates, and fended off the pursuing undead for hours before finally dying in battle. Annoyed by the human soldiers for sabotaging his plans, Martan affirmed Thassarian's prowess and eventually resurrected him as an undead knight.
The survivors of Andorhar passed the news of the undead attack to the Grand Duke of the Duchy of Giraldine, but before the Duchy of Giraldine could launch a counter-attack, Maltan had already left the border country with some of the selected elites and sneaked into the border between the Kingdom of Virgil and the Kingdom of Ashwood.
On Martan's orders, Thassarian took some necromancers hastily trained by Maltan to the Barrens to raise a powerful army for their masters. After careful consideration, Thassarian finally took aim at the centaurs, and the battle of the Velociraptor Plains began.
The outcome of that war was naturally clear to Yu Bin, but Thassarian didn't know that it was the guy in front of him who led to his defeat, so after contacting Maltan, he entered the Wailing Cave with the last of his elites, trying to pollute the source of the groundwater and turn the entire barren land into a paradise of death.
And the tragic battle that took place on the Cliff of Eternal Life made Yu Bin and Canos frown as Sassarian told it. The appearance of the Lord of Nightmares and the terrifying power of the Abyss make them worry about the situation in the Barrenlands.
"What's next for you?" Yu Bin asked, since Thassarian had broken free from Martan's control under the influence of the orb and regained his memory, the undead knight quickly got back on his feet after a brief period of depression, and asked to go with Yu Bin and them.
"My hometown is Andorhar, which has been destroyed by Maltan, and the forces of death are entrenched in that city, and even if the Duchy purifies those wells, it will no longer be suitable for human habitation, or it will soon become the land of the undead." "I was on duty at the time of the discovery of the anomaly, and I don't know if my relatives have escaped from that hell, and if possible, I hope to find them, whether they or they have become undead, and that is probably my only reason to exist." ”
"It's not going to be easy!" It is not difficult for Yu Bin to understand Sassarian's feelings, to make a human accept that he has become an undead, and from then on he will be separated from his relatives and friends forever, life and death are a painful thing, and it is even more difficult for this undead to find his relatives who may survive in the human realm.
"I know, but I can't do anything else! Your Excellency Ice Whisper, it was you who saved me, allowed me to regain my humanity and free myself from the control of the enemy, and I want to repay you for your kindness out of the honor of a knight! Yu Bin's orb only allowed Thassarian's soul fire to regain freedom, but it did not eliminate the abyssal seed in his body, it was Canos and the orc shaman who used their own power to temporarily suppress the activity of the abyss seed, allowing Thassarian to temporarily get rid of the crisis of becoming an abyss puppet, "Although my strength has been weakened, I can still provide you with some help." ”
"I see! Thank you for your help, and in return, I will look for opportunities to find your loved ones. Yu Bin never believed that someone could give his life to repay his kindness, even if he saved the other party's life only a few minutes ago, gratitude and dedication often cannot be generalized, "I think, for you, it may not be so convenient to come forward to find your relatives in person!" I have a lot of friends on the human side, and trust me, I'll take care of this. ”
Sasarian didn't expect that he didn't need to say it himself, and the undead in front of him who had saved him said this sentence directly. As Yu Bin had guessed, the reason why Thassarian wanted to go with them was to find a way for Yu Bin and Canos to help him find his relatives. Yu Bin's strength is low, even if he enters the human realm, he will not attract too much attention, and some orcs have a normal relationship with humans, at least they don't shout and kill when they meet.
"Thank you, thank you for your kindness! If you can help me find my loved ones, Thassarian's blade will be wielded for you henceforth! ”
Is this allegiance? Yu Bin was a little baffled, he thought that it would take a lot of effort to turn this hero-level undead knight into his subordinate, but he didn't expect it to be so easy.
However, Yu Bin thought about it carefully and knew what was going on.
First of all, it's not so easy for an undead to find a few civilians in the human realm who don't know where they are, it's simply risking their lives, and God knows if those knights with a sense of justice and priests who believe in light will reward you with a holy light bullet when they meet.
Secondly, Thassarian is now free from Maltan's control, but this does not mean that he is not afraid of Martan's revenge, and the human soul makes Thassarian unwilling to be in the same league with those undead, so it is also a good choice to devote himself to Yu Bin, who seems to be good, especially when Canos, a heroic orc, is also a brother to Yu Bin.
Finally, it is Sassarian's own problem, he can feel the power of that orb, he can so easily release the shackles in his soul and set himself free, it is obvious that the orb is a rare treasure, and such a treasure appears in Yu Bin, a lowly undead, it is difficult to ensure that there is any background behind it. Thinking that there were still those abyssal seeds in his body that threatened his life, Thassarian had to press the treasure on Yu Bin, hoping that he would solve the problem.
Yu Bin sighed secretly, it was obvious that Sasarian didn't know how shameless the player's existence could be, let alone find a few civilians on the human side, even if you wanted to know what the Grand Duke of the Principality of Giraldine ate at night, those players could find out for you, all you needed was some gold coins!
Poor Martan, can't he wait another year or two? At that time, he will find that he doesn't need to do anything to subvert the kingdom of Virgil himself, just buy players with gold coins, and some players are willing to do shady things for money.
Although Sassarian's defection made Yu Bin a little flustered, he still didn't get carried away, and Sassarian's joining didn't actually provide them with much help. On the one hand, it is because Thassarian's previous injuries were very serious, although the soul fire was repaired by the orb, but the strength has not recovered much, and on the other hand, because Thassarian is not yet able to perfectly integrate into his undead identity, he is not an undead born after a long time, but an existence transformed by Martan, and the human soul is forcibly distorted into an undead, which makes Thassarian have to spend a lot of time to become familiar with the power of death, something that has never been tried.
It will probably take a lot of time and energy for this free undead knight to completely control his new body!
But Yu Bin did not refuse Thassarian's help, although according to his description, the terrible Lord of Nightmares had fallen into the abyss under the cliff of eternal life with Waldan's huge body, but the Wailing Cave was in all directions, and God knows if it would happen next, even if there was an additional meat shield that could attract hatred.
"Canos, we have to speed up!" The news brought by Sasarian made Yu Bin feel bad, "If the so-called Lord of Nightmares is not lying to us, then when he completely fuses those abyssal powers, the first person he will have to deal with is probably the Great Druid!" ”
"I don't want to have nightmares like this in the future!" Karnos smacked his lips, "Let's wake up that Sleeping Beauty!" ”
The shaman from the Fireblade clan sensed the most powerful power of nature, and there was no doubt that it was where the Wailing Caverns connected to the Emerald Dream, and where the Great Druid Nalarex slumbered. Yu Bin's memories of his previous life didn't contain any information about the Nightmare Lord, and if he remembered correctly, the biggest event that happened in the Barren Land was probably the war between the Minotaurs and the Orcs for the Sweetwater Oasis.
It was the second year after the world of Entagri was fully opened to players in the previous life, for some reason, the minotaurs formed an army with the support of the elves, trying to seize the Sweetwater Oasis from the centaurs, and the orcs of Orgrimmar did not want to be blocked by the calves at their doorstep, so they also pulled the trolls in the gray valley and the lizardmen hiding in the dust swamp, and confronted the army of the minotaurs, and the two sides fought back and forth around the commanding heights of more than 300 meters of Ghost Mist Peak for several months, Eventually, a major war broke out.
However, before the war could be brought to a conclusion, a large area centered on the Sweetwater Oasis was transformed into an eerie demonic realm overnight, and the forces of death and darkness not only reduced the soldiers on both sides, but also greatly damaged the environment of the Barren Land.
The war between the Minotaurs and the Orcs ended hastily, and in order to prevent the further expansion of this demonic realm, both druids and shamans invested great energy to calm the restless elements and restore the balance of nature.
Now it seems that Yu Bin thinks that the change in the Demon Domain that happened in the Barren Land in his previous life may be because of the Nightmare Lord, and the Great Druid obviously did not succeed in preventing this disaster.
Will he be able to change this "history" this time?