Volume III: The Beginning of Turmoil (Remastered) Chapter 50: Eruption
A violent collision of magical forces occurred in the air, causing an explosion that sent shockwaves through the entire Shadowfang Castle and the surrounding area.
With the help of the shock and smoke caused by this burst of magical power, Yu Bin jumped off the walls of the Shadow Fang Castle, summoned the Demon Bone Dragon Horse, and left the Shadow Fang Castle as fast as he could. After searching the castle but not finding the Book of your, the wolf king Nandus could only vent his anger on the ghosts roaming the castle, and the mortally wounded half-werewolf Springval eventually died at the hands of the wolf king Nandus, and Dawnwall Oath of Death was captured by the regained werewolf Arugao and imprisoned in a shadow cage on the first floor of the Mage Tower.
As for the battle that took place over Shadowfang Castle, it was a lose-lose ending.
Although he extracted some of the magic power of the magic array, Melganis still successfully blocked the attack of Fenrus the Devourer, however, just when he was about to successfully activate the magic array, the werewolf Arugao, who had finally regained his senses, did not hesitate to cause damage to the magic pool of the mage tower, and injected all the accumulated magic power into the summoning circle in a short period of time, greatly strengthening the spatial passage between the two planes.
The spatial blockade effect of the magic array and the power of the summoning circle to break through the space stirred each other, and finally triggered a strong magic collision, the explosion and magic stirring caused by the collision not only made Melganis's injuries a little worse again, but also destroyed the stability of the space where the Shadow Fang Castle was located, although the stable spatial passage between the shadow plane and the main plane was cut off, but this fragile space became easier to invade, as long as Arugao repaired the summoning circle that was damaged by a large amount of magic impact, It is still possible to continue summoning Shadow Werewolves from the Shadow Plane to the Main Plane.
However, in the face of the wolf king Nandus and the wounded but ferocious devourer Fenrus, Melganis had to choose to retreat temporarily, and returned to Dalaran with the magic apprentice using the teleportation prop, he had to report to his teacher Antonidas and the Kenrito Council what happened in the Shadowfang Castle, and the whereabouts of the Book of your obviously could only be known from the mouth of Arugao, presumably Dalaran would not sit idly by and watch this opportunity slip out of his hands.
And seeing that Melganis used spatial teleportation to escape, Arugao didn't have the energy to track down the whereabouts of the stolen Book of your, he knew that it wouldn't be long before Dalaran would come here and bring him back to torture, wanting to avoid spending the rest of his life in the prison of Violet Castle, his only choice was to summon more shadow werewolves to the main plane and gain enough strength to confront Dalaran! As for escaping, Arugao said that it was purely self-defeating, and how could a werewolf who had lost the ability to cast spells escape from Dalaran's powerful magic?
Fortunately, although the Mage Tower was damaged to a certain extent, most of the materials stored on the first floor were still preserved, and Yu Bin and the others did not have the time and energy to take these materials away, which allowed Arugao to repair the broken mana pool and summon the magic circle in the shortest possible time, and start summoning the Shadow Werewolf again.
And the fact is also true, it only took less than two days, Arugao repaired the summoning circle, under the influence of the collision of magic power, the fragile space allowed him to easily open up the summoning channel with the shadow plane, a steady stream of shadow werewolves under the guidance of the wolf king Nandus and Devourer Fenrus to the main plane, with the Shadow Fang Castle as the center to attack everywhere, the entire Silver Pine Forest soon fell, and a large number of human civilians were either food or infected into werewolves under the slaughter of the shadow werewolves.
The werewolf plague has officially broken out! In terms of time, it is more than half a year ahead of the previous life!
If in terms of the impact caused by this disaster, the werewolf disaster in this life was triggered in advance by Bin and others, both the influence and lethality were weakened a lot, and in the previous life, Arugao hid behind the scenes, and it was not until the Entagri world was fully opened to players that the werewolf disaster was detonated, and a large number of players who leveled up in the Silver Pine Forest and nearby areas were affected and transformed into werewolves, which made the number of werewolves increase dramatically, and eventually led to the Ashwood Kingdom having to use all its strength to fight against it, It took years to put it down.
And this time, the hastily outbreak of the werewolf plague only caused a lot of harm to the human civilians living in the Silver Pine Forest, because the number of players entering the world of Entagri has not increased significantly, even if some players who level up in the Silver Pine Forest are affected, it will not be able to make the number of werewolves increase significantly, which makes the strength of the werewolves greatly limited. At the same time, the expeditionary force that received the news from Dalaran also entered the Silver Pine Forest as soon as possible, controlling the spread of werewolves, and yes, the impact of this disaster was reduced to an acceptable level.
But even so, the kingdom of Ashwood paid a lot of price for this, and in the following years, werewolves who slipped through the net continued to cause large and small riots on the borders of the kingdom, and even affected the kingdom's military strength. Of course, that's all for later.
On the other side, after escaping from the Silver Pine Forest in embarrassment, Yu Bin did not make any stop in the Hillsbrad Hills, and walked down the Sheen River non-stop, and once again came to the Psychic Academy. The dead Alan and the others have also been successfully resurrected here, and are being repaired with the help of Farina.
As the safe area closest to the Silver Pine Forest, Yu Bin wanted to be here to see how the "Werewolf Disaster" would develop this time. At the same time, it is also to find someone to deal with the "Book of your".
"Little one, you always surprise me!" With his boneless hands, Kel'thugad rubbed the Book of your in his hand and said to Bin in a mocking tone.
"I don't want to deceive you, Lord Kel'thugad, with our strength, it was a complete fluke that we were able to obtain this ancient book."
"You're right!" Kel'thugad placed the Book of your on his desk.
At this time, the place where Yu Bin was located was the lowest floor of the Psychic Academy, and it was also the reception room, study and bedroom of Kel'thugad. The dark blue soul fire burning quietly in his sockets showed that Kel'thugad's mood was not as surprised as he had said.
Bypassing the desk, Kel'thugad walked over, or rather floated in front of Yu Bin: "So, what reward do you want, little one?" ”
"It's all up to you!"
"Farina wants to shelter her best friend!" Kel'thugad suddenly said something that had nothing to do with the Book of your.
Yu Bin was stunned for a moment, but still replied: "Yes, I have promised Lady Farina that I will escort Lady Manas to her safely." ”
"Acts of bravery!" Kel'thugad seemed to have lost the mood to chat with Yu Bin and walked back behind his desk, "It's not like what an undead should do!" ”
Yu Bin was a little surprised, after all, he had recaptured the Book of your for Kel'thugad, why didn't he get anything in return?
However, his rich experience gave Yu Bin the most suitable choice, he did not ask for compensation from Kel'thugad, nor did he show any dissatisfaction, but just owed himself, and then turned away.
For an undead, especially a high-ranking undead like Kel'thugad, never expect the other party to have any idea of equivalent exchange. This is the lesson of blood summed up by countless players in the previous life!
Shortly after Yu Bin left, Les Frost and Dark Dean Gardin returned to the underground study.
"Looks like your teacher has found a nice toy!" Dark Dean Garding looked at the exit of the study, as if Yu Bin was standing there.
"He has a lot of toys!" Les Frost replied with a nonchalant voice.
"I thought that idiot would make it." Kel'thugad didn't care to throw the Book of your to Les Frost, "Dalaran's genius, hehe, those idiots are really disappointing me!" ”
"It's a pity that it cost so much to let that fool from Arugao successfully steal the Book of your, but now it is in the hands of a small reptile." The Dark Dean Gardin also didn't care about the Book of your, and instead began to laugh at Arugao's stupidity.
If Yu Bin is still here, I'm afraid he will be surprised, it sounds like Arugao's conspiracy is driven by the Psychic Academy.
"But at least Arugao has been able to get Dalaran's eye for us." Kel'thugad waved his hand, "It's a little early, but for us, the impact is not very big. ”
"Ashwood?"
"This time, it seems that the Kingdom of Virgil also has a chance."
"The new lich?" In Les Frost's eyes, the ice-blue soul fire beat violently.
"Go get ready!" Kel'thugad ended the discussion. "As for me, I'll have to think about what to do with this hot thing!"
After two days in the Psychic Academy, Yu Bin and the others waited for Farina to complete the transformation of the comb, while paying attention to the movements of the Silver Pine Forest.
The "Werewolf Plague" intensified, and the werewolf infestation began to spread from the Silver Pines Forest to the Hillsbrad Hills, the Tirisfard Glades and Hinterland, and even the area where the Psychic Academy was located began to appear sporadically. There are even some werewolves who have appeared in the kingdom of Ashwood, and martial law has begun in the border areas of the kingdom.
This also means that for a long time in the future, these areas are not suitable for players to move, and Yu Bin and they must also leave the Psychic Academy as soon as possible, otherwise they will be trapped on this isolated island.
Just when Yu Bin and the others were about to leave the Psychic Academy, Kel'thugad gave Yu Bin a surprise.
As a reward for giving the Book of your to Kel'thugad, the Great Lich stepped in and gave Yu Bin a magic book.
【Shadow Magic Notes】【Orange Epic】【Off-Hand】
Weight: 1.1 kg, Material: Enchanted parchment. The wearer can ignore the spell learning requirements and cast a shadow spell (tier 0-3 only) recorded in the spellbook.
[Equipment Description: This magic book is a study notebook of Kel'thugad when he was young, which records in detail the knowledge of shadow magic of the 0th to 3rd levels, and the sentence is written on the cover of the book: "The purpose of learning is to use it. ”】
Book for book, well, fair! Yu Bin couldn't cry or laugh.
The book was eventually given to Lei Guang by him. It was difficult for Yu Bin to understand Kel'thugad's thoughts, he was obviously a warrior, but the great lich insisted on giving him a magic book.
Of course, it's not that the book is bad. The effect of having the equiptor, ignoring the spell learning requirements and using a shadow spell of tier 0-3, is enough to make this spellbook the best of epic equipment.
You must know that with Lei Guang's current ability, if you want to rely on academics to meet the learning requirements of Tier 0-3 Shadow Spells, it will cost at least ten academic points, and in this regard, the value of this book is far more than an orange epic-level equipment.
Lei Guang was happy, but Yu Bin had a sad face.
Kelsel's Gad not only rewarded him with such a magic book, but also secretly gave Bin a task before he left the Psychic Academy.
Kel'thugad asks him to deliver the Book of your to the Lord of Koudila, the Shadow Witch Elvera!
The Book of your, which had been handled by Kel'thugad with special means, was lying quietly in Yu Bin's space bag, and Yu Bin tried to open the ancient book, but it was as if it had never been written, it was blank, and it was obvious that Kel'thugad had blessed this ancient book with some kind of special magic.
Of course, before leaving the Psychic Academy, Yu Bin also used Farina's relationship to exchange some gadgets from the hands of those undead living in the Psychic Academy, including some architectural drawings, which Yu Bin plans to use to further increase the strength of Naxxramas.
At the same time, the expeditionary force that had just left Tilimanshire, on the border of the Ashwood Kingdom, also learned about the tragedy that happened in the Silver Pine Forest from different sources!
The High Priest Tadrar learned about this from the Church of Light in the Kingdom of Ashwood, and the fact that Melganis was injured and fled back to Dalaran made Antonidas immediately aware of the consequences of all this, and this powerful legendary archmage did not hesitate to put aside his worries and persuaded the Council of Kenrito to pass on the information brought back by Melganis to the Holy See of Light, because he knew that no matter what Dalaran wanted to do in the Silver Pine Forest, he could not bypass the Kingdom of Ashwood, and now it was closest to the Silver Pine Forest, A force that is also powerful enough is the expeditionary force initiated by the Holy See of Light.
After being confirmed by the Ashwood Kingdom Border Garrison, Tibste, the Supreme Commander of the Expeditionary Force, did not hesitate to change the route of the march, abandoning the plan to go from Eagle's Nest Mountain in Hinterland to the town of Nanhai, and instead took a route through the Mosena Marsh and into the Silver Pine Forest.
At the same time, the armies of the Kingdom of Ashwood have also begun to gather on the border, and they will seal the kingdom's borders with the Tirisfard Glades, the Silver Pine Forest, and the Hillsbrad Hills, and gradually advance the blockade line towards the Silver Pine Forest on the premise of ensuring the security of the border area.
A feeling of impending a storm hung over the heads of the expeditionary force, making those players nervous.