Chapter 15: The Escape of the Soul, the Scourge of Gluttony

Imotru, the crisis has not gone away.

A cold night breeze blew, and Artes looked solemnly in the direction of the Twilight Plains.

"There's a huge amount of soul energy gathered over there, and it's moving closer here."

"What? Still coming? Gustavo rolled his eyes. Who are we provoking to provoke, and what about the reinforcements you are talking about? Why haven't you come yet? If you send someone over and carry this stubble, let alone move to Silvermoon City, let us join the elf clan. ”

"Elves don't accept naked barbarians." Tina muttered quietly.

"Oh, is it? In the year 455 of the Faith Calendar, Mr. Garlanord, a famous performance artist who lived in the Rime Manor, carried out a 15-day naked running plan in the name of 'liberating nature and returning to nature'. ”

You don't have to guess to know who can refute it so accurately.

"You-"

"What am I? I'm not telling the truth? Or do the self-proclaimed noble elves look down on the 'savage and ignorant' druids? You look around with your eyes wide open and think clearly before answering. Mu Yan looked at her playfully.

"Enough is enough, human." Mishya stood up rather defensively.

"What, you're loud?" Gustavo also stood up with his arms folded, and the two sides were at a stalemate.

Artes ignored this scene, but looked at Mu Yan with curiosity, before Amath told him that this human knows many secrets of the race, and also claimed to want to talk to him about Sawin's "sonnets", it seems that he is right, the other party is indeed very good at studying elven culture.

"The role of knowledge is not to quarrel, but to solve problems, and you have any solution to the present situation, sir, erudite anthropologist?" He asked.

Since the two valley walkers said that they were able to win a great victory thanks to his command, it is impossible for such a wise person to have no understanding of the current situation, right?

"There is no solution, but there is a little understanding." Mu Yan was a little nervous in front of this former best friend, and he smiled shyly. "I wonder if Lord Artes has already started his soul studies?"

Artes raised an eyebrow and nodded slightly.

"Then the situation is very clear, it's not that I feel wrong, it's that you're used to the smell of McTarron, so you can't tell the soul energy on that pile of corpses." He gestured to the jungle dads who were using their cobwebs as trampolines. "The reason why they are still there after the battle is over is because of the special energy emanating from the corpse of the Feathered Serpent. Maybe it's because we're spellcasters, but we're all right.

"Again, the other survivors in the realm are okay because they're used to the smell."

"So, what are we overlooking?" Artes looked at the eastern sky. "According to you, my perception is confused, so I can't distinguish the smell of McTarron, and that's what the guy from the east is attracted to?"

Mu Yan nodded.

"The Wraith Forest of the Twilight Plains, have you heard of Lord Artes?"

"Rank 5 Demonic Beasts, Deadwood Wraiths and Pale Souls? Slightly heard. ”

"That's right, they should be coming." Mu Yan added in his heart that this is only the second batch.

"That's right...... Let's wait for reinforcements, it should be almost there. Arteus frowned.

Mu Yan remembered that the battle report was written like this.

"At the beginning of the dark red stinging serpent in the sky (?) Sorry, it's an ancient RTS game interstellar enthusiast below) flew over, and we lost two scouts, but luckily we put the Wizard's Eye in place before they hung up. It didn't take long for the wizard's eye to be disturbed by energy, and the message sent back was only sound, not footage, and I will put this audio on later, and I can help you listen to it. Then, around dawn, the tree I was staying on was smashed by a fanged mammoth...... Even the giants are coming, and the devil knows what the group of virtues of Imotru has done.

Addendum: The brother on the 247th floor is really powerful, he heard some information from the audio: female ghost voice = pale soul, squeaking sound = dead wood wraith (this is doubtful, some people say it may be from a moving RV), wolf howl = howling wind wolf, monkey cry = steel-boned giant ape, poultry screaming, slippery and wriggling sound = snake or quagmire creature (rotting blood fox, stinky mud, acid monster to be determined)...... Wow bro, you're amazing, what does the third dimension do?

Addendum: The brother on the 455th floor is right, from an official point of view, maybe this story was originally a Warcraft military parade, which aims to tell us how awesome this game is, how good Villefort's modeling is, and how good it is, and how good it is not TM to buy!? Therefore, the comrades of conspiracy theories can save it, and they all say that after the founding of the People's Republic of China, they will not let Chengjing ......"

Therefore, this batch of ghost creatures that are exempt from 80% of physical attacks is just the first course of action after the appetizer, and Imotru is already full of wounded soldiers, and the most important thing is that after this battle, everyone's original breath is relieved, and they can't be mentioned in a short time.

Although they were only a group of ghost creatures in their fifties, their health was only three or four thousand...... But there are so many of them, and none of these three mages are good at large-scale fire magic......

Wait, a wide range of fire-based magic? Is this the legendary opening time?

Mu Yan took out a dark red scroll, the surface was warm, and the magic patterns on it flickered with a faint red light like embers.

"How is Lord Galadze's 'Long Molten Slurry' scroll with you?" Mishoa recognized it at a glance, and was about to reach out to grab it, when Gustavo's figure flashed, and he stood in front of her like an iron tower.

"What, you want to rob it in front of me?"

Artes also frowned, although he was not so impulsive, but his expression was also a little displeased.

"Please give me an explanation for this matter."

"Ask its previous owner, I got it under the witness of Bimoon." Mu Yan spread his hands and replied innocently.

Mishua snorted coldly and called Tina and the others aside, and when she saw Gustavo stretch out his ears, she planted a soundproof barrier.

The latter pouted, "Boring woman." ”

There seemed to be an argument between several people in the enchantment, but the worst thing was Amacer, who was lectured by two women in turn, and it could be seen that he was angry, but he was trying to restrain his emotions.

After about five minutes, several people understood the ins and outs of the matter, or Tina put the pot on Amacer's head, and in the end, the two did not come to trouble Mu Yan again.

Although the elf's promise is not as good as the shit he belittles, it is still very reliable in some things that do not involve racial issues.

"You're done arguing, aren't you? So I'm going to talk about my plan. Mu Yan cleared his throat. Next up is the Wraith Army, which is 100% immune to physical attacks...... More than half of it, but there is a lack of elementals who are good at light and fire among Imotru's spellcasters, so this scroll is the key to victory.

"So before that, we're going to use the tools we have at hand to complete the 'monster gathering' operation."

He pulls up a wall of dirt and then briefly explains what a "monster gathering" is, as in a class, and then describes his solution.

"The ghosts only follow the soul energy, but when they find that there are many more delicious living people gathered here, they will definitely abandon those feathered serpent corpses and attack everyone here instead, so when a large number of living people gather together, the target is extremely obvious. So I gave the project a name, 'Live Bait'. ”

Hearing this word, the quiet crowd around seemed to understand something.

Feeling a sad atmosphere brewing, Mu Yan hurriedly explained: "You will be mistaken, 'live bait' does not mean that you must be dead, let Master Artes, a seven-ring mage who is proficient in space magic, be here, what is the difficulty of suddenly changing positions at a critical moment?" ”

Hearing this, Artes couldn't help but be a little surprised, it was true that he was proficient in space magic, but how did he know? Has the Human Alliance's infiltration of Silvermoon City reached such heinous proportions?

β€œβ€¦β€¦ So I'm going to hide most of them in that pit in the planting area, yes, the one I blew up. Then pile up a thick layer of feathered serpent carcasses around it as a double bait to gather the ghosts. Then, at the moment when the chanting of this scroll is over and the spell of the Seven Rings is complete, Master Artes will transfer us out. Then the flames of destruction fall from the sky, and all the souls of the dead will be transcended and return to the River Styx. ”

confidently explained the whole process, but Mu Yan found that everyone didn't react, and looked at him with strange expressions, their eyes full of suspicion.

So he asked, "Do you have any doubts?" ”

There was silence all around.

"What's wrong, say!"

Still silent.

Gustavo looked a little embarrassed and hurriedly hugged him aside.

"Xiao Mu, didn't I say it...... Isn't your plan a bit too bold? Isn't this equivalent to handing over the lives of nearly 10,000 people to an elf who has only met for more than two days? ”

"But this is the most reasonable solution, the least loss, the highest efficiency, not my crow's mouth......"

"What's wrong with the crow's mouth, what kind of grudge does the crow have with you, and you want to hack it?"

Only then did Mu Yan realize that the status of crows in the druid's mind was not low at all, and hurriedly changed his words. "It's not that I set up flags randomly, maybe there will be another wave if this wave is done, if not, can you accept such a large battle loss ratio?"

"But if that guy gets away with it, won't he ......"

"Then you can watch it, anyway, if it doesn't work, I'll run away, I don't understand why you don't run away." He pouted, and after solving McTarron, he asked the other party why he didn't run away, and the altar blew him up anyway, and nothing big happened. The other party smiled and said that he couldn't decide on this matter, and then said no more.

Seeing that Mu Yan was leaving, Gustavo reached out and grabbed his back collar, and he couldn't move a bit.

"I'll ask you one last time, is that Artes really trustworthy?"

"Although it doesn't sound convincing, I still want to say that with what I know about him, this person has never been afraid of big scenes, and he may usually be hanging, but he will never drop the chain at a critical moment."

"Okay."

Gustavo seemed to have made up his mind, and let go of his hand and walked in front of Artes.

"Xiao Mu said that I can trust you, because I believe in him, so I also believe in you."

With that, he stretched out his fist.

Artes looked at him, and then at Mu Yan, he didn't know where these two people got their mysterious confidence, and even he wasn't sure that he could complete a short distance transfer of such a number of people.

"No kidding, I'm not going to have anything to do with itβ€”"

"You can, Mr. Artes." Mu Yan interjected: "It's like the scene that happened in the Sulfur Fire Wasteland forty years ago. ”

"Who the hell are you?"

Artes's expression changed suddenly, and he felt that everything about himself could not be hidden in front of the other party.

Forty years ago, a giant named the Elven Killer attacked a large village on the southern edge of the Silent Forest, taking thousands of people captive, he and his companions were ordered to go to the Sulphur Wasteland to crusade.

Because of his light-hearted personality, this matter has never been publicized, and he doesn't dare to say how many people around him know, how does this guy know?

In this regard, Mu Yan wanted to joke very much, "This is what you told me!" ”

In the game, after becoming close friends with Artes, he will often mention his past, saying that he has the idea of publishing a book at the end of his life, called "Remembering - The Life of Artes", and burns it to ashes, sprinkles it around the quiet lake, and sleeps with him for a long time. And Mu Yan remembers very well that Artes didn't have the Mage Tower forty years ago, so he should be stronger now.

"Since you could do it then, now with Lady Michua's anti-gravity circle, it's even simpler." So he added.

"How do you know I'm minoring in arcane ......" This time it was Misshua's turn to close her mouth in surprise. As an elementalist specializing in earth and qi, she has been secretly learning the knowledge of the arcanist, hoping to have more common topics with Artes, so she has been hiding from him, but who would have thought that this human would know?

"Misshua, you ......" Artes looked at his lover in a daze, although the relationship between the two had not yet been clarified, he knew that it was caused by the other party's arrogance.

"No wonder I think you've been getting smarter lately......"

"What? You mean I used to be stupid? Mishya's eyebrows were raised, and she was about to get angry.

Artes hurriedly changed the subject.

"Ahem...... That human, your name is Shamu, right? How did you know all this? ”

"The stag in the forest that has lost its way should look up for the light of the bright moon." Mu Yan pretended to be mysterious and said, "Of course, the all-knowing Solinari told me. ”

The blood moon is called Nurintari and the golden moon is called Sorinari, with the former representing justice and punishment, and the latter symbolizing wisdom and blessing. The elves call themselves the Children of the Night, considering themselves the children of the two moons, and see them as the totem and symbol of the race. And for God, there is only simple fear and surrender, just like in the ancient days of the Celestial Empire, the people surrendered to the rule of the Son of Heaven, but the real belief was the common ancestor Yan and Huang Emperor.

So, like Thorin, when it comes to the most devout beliefs, Artes is not easy to ask.

"Then Mishua and I are going to set up the circle now, you better move quickly, I feel like they're coming soon."

"Thank you." Mu Yan bowed slightly, then looked at Gustavo.

The latter stood in front of the crowd and muttered for a long time.

"I'll be the first to stand there, and then the last one to leave."

"Hey, shouldn't you-"

"Shut up, it's the patriarch's time to speak!" The patriarch interrupted him rudely.

Mu Yan pursed his lips and stopped interjecting.

"I fucking hate reasoning because it takes a lot of brains to talk too much, but now I have to say something.

"I was fighting with that crazy woman inside just now, and I didn't know what was going on outside, but I saw that you guys had great results under Xiao Mu's command, which shows that he is very capable. I hate to admit it, but I have to say that he has a much better brain than I do. That's the first reason you have to believe in Him. ”

He scratched his hair and continued: "We have been guarding this dilapidated place for generations, not to mention that it is easy to attack and difficult to defend, and it will turn into a lake when it rains heavily. In the past, half of the air force was left, and today there are only one hundred and forty men left after the war. In the past, less than 10% of people could swim, but now everyone can become a fish, and Ymir alone can become 6 species. If this continues, let's stop calling us druids, let's call them Naga. Don't believe in the wind whisperers, how good is it to mix with the Lord of the Stream?

"Yes, that's right, I'm an unreliable patriarch, I'm lazy to eat, and I think about blowing up the altar all day long. But I'm just the fuck trying to blow up that place, what are you doing guarding this place for so many years? Really waiting for that tree to come back? Wait? My grandfather's grandfather waited all his life, and then he crashed to his death on the altar, I can't be as religious as him, I like freedom. In the past, I advised you to go, but you didn't go, saying that the altar is here, the roots are here, and all of us are bound here, but now Xiao Mu has blown up the altar, and the shackles are gone, will you go?

"No, don't go, I know your urine very well, that altar is not a bird bondage at all, that's all an excuse. The real restraint is here. Gustavo hammered his chest, clanging.

"The real restraint is here, and no one can blow it up, so I didn't think about it, this is the path you have chosen, and it is also the second reason why you must believe in Xiao Mu. If you don't want to go, you have to live well, and if you want to live, you have to believe in him.

"In the end, I repeat, I will be the first to stand in there and the last to leave. Underage cubs can leave, wherever you go, just hide, don't die, and don't embarrass Imotru when you grow up. Even if the others want to die, they will keep me in the pit, this is an order, even after tonight, I have no problem with you taking back this position, but now, I am still the fucking patriarch! This is also the first ...... that you must believe in Little Mu Whatever the fucking few, it's a reason anyway. ”

With that, he turned around and walked straight to the planting area.

Suzanne hurried out of the crowd and followed him closely, and Condo silently glanced at his sweetheart, and instead of following, he chose another way to go.

"That, then I'll say a few words too......" Mu Yan stood up and raised his right hand. I swear to Mia that if Arteus's teleportation fails by the time the spell is completed, I will stand still and accept the punishment. ”

After saying that, he also turned and left. The blue light flashed, and Surya followed, Mu Yan threw an inquiring look at her, only to see that the other party's face was full of "I am willing", so she had to shake her head helplessly.

"Brother, what do you say?"

After not seeing each other for a long time, Jin Li had begun to call Thorin brothers.

"You may not believe me, but this guy is a god." Thorin's expression was serious.

"Are you kidding? How could Mia's patron be a human? ”

"Look, what I said, you won't believe it, this is the gap between you and me." Thorin looked unfathomable, then lifted his heel.

"Really fake ......" Jin Li hesitated for a moment and followed.

Maga and Freya looked at the crowd, didn't say anything, and walked over to the place where the altar had been standing. Then came Haza, Ymir......

More and more people are making up their minds to go to the planting area together.