Chapter 121: Death and Life
Deep in the forest, dense towering trees drain the seedlings of nutrients for their seedlings to grow, and the gap between trees here is wider than in the outer jungle, which is closer to Kinlunga. Nimbas's engineering team was now working in a clearing completely hidden by the canopy of giant trees, and there were vampires working in the dark caverns, and the ghouls were waiting aside, and whenever a vampire brought anything out, they would take it over, and then hand it over to the ghouls for classification, and then the necromancer and apprentice would do the identification and testing, and finally hand it over to Nimbas, to confirm whether it matched the goal of their trip.
The necromancer, who was already famous, stood outside the scope of the construction, and at the moment it seemed that the work was progressing smoothly, and the work was proceeding in an orderly manner. He estimated the time, and in ten minutes at most, the excavation should be complete.
His gaze fell on the object in the chest beside him.
These things were excavated from the ground, and although they were only incidental loot, they still had powerful effects, and it is difficult to imagine how powerful the owners of these things were in those days. With Nimbas's status and identity, he is also considered an aristocratic class in Diya, and there are not a few high-end equipment and props that he comes into contact with on weekdays, but Rao is like this, whenever his eyes fall on these dusty things, and he sees the warm and thick magic flowing slowly, he can't help but be greedy. However, he has good self-control and understands what can and cannot be moved. After living for so long, he didn't want to rush to see the Lord of the Eternal Night, even if he thought in a good direction, he didn't have the confidence to follow in the footsteps of his teacher.
"It's too slow."
The sound of the cane sounded, and Nimbas awoke from his musings, and turned to see the lich Moraus walking with his long staff among the acolytes and ghouls. Hurried over and bowed.
"My esteemed master, the work will be completed soon, please be kind enough to be patient......"
"I'm not talking about you, Nimbas."
The lich glanced at his beloved, and though his eyes were now only empty with glittering light, he could still express his displeasure at the moment. "Your work is progressing well, I'm talking about the wizard apprentice you sent out, it's been so long, why hasn't it paid off yet!"
While it is a pleasure to be affirmed by a mentor, Nimbas is equally unable to answer this question.
So he had to bury his head deeper to show his piety.
"I'm sorry, my esteemed master, I don't have any reason."
The lich tapped his staff heavily, and a cloud of air rose from the damp ground, and in a very fast time, the images of several undead were condensed in front of the lich. At first glance, this thing looks like a skeleton. It's just an extra layer of black rags than a skeleton. But if you look closely, you'll soon see that these spirits don't have legs, and even in the right light, you can see through their bodies faintly behind them. This is the Ghost, a special undead force that is half virtual and half real, and hovering in front of Moraus at the moment is an advanced version of the Ghost's deterioration - the Shadow.
"They're in your command. Send out to find the scout team right now, I don't have time to wait here for him to crawl back! Moraus roared with his upper and lower jaws open. The lich's natural intimidation caused the ghouls on either side to fall to the ground and shiver.
Nimbas respectfully sent his mentor away, and turned around a little helplessly. He wasn't impressed by Moraus's temper, the lich has a long life, and although it still has a more or less human personality, it can wander for too long, and each lich will have a unique understanding. Even thinking has become different. Most of them have lost interest in secular monetary rights and have instead concentrated on academic or philosophical directions, so when Moraus was forced to put down his research and lead his troops to this broken forest to excavate, the difference in mood can be imagined, and Nimbas is completely understandable.
He just wondered if he had made a bad decision.
"Follow this route. The one who set out to find this figure," Nimbas waved his wand in his hand, drawing the appearance of a wizard's apprentice in front of the floating undead, "find him and bring him back at any cost." β
The wraiths let out a few short, high-pitched whistling whistling like light smoke in the middle of the night, tumbling up and down the trunks of the trees, and in a few breaths they disappeared into the trees.
Nimbas sighed softly, and when he looked back and saw the silent necromancer apprentices not far away, he couldn't help but sigh again, and the shriveled skin on his face trembled, looking extremely strange.
"So, the living are trouble......"
The withdrawal of the gnolls and lizardmen undoubtedly announced that the defenses on the city of Jinlunga had been reduced, and the wizard apprentices in the distance outside the city saw that the lights on the city were flickering on and down, and the rain of arrows had become sparse, and they immediately came to their senses, and kept shouting orders to the herald ghouls beside themβof course, it was nothing more than "Attack!" "Go ahead!" These two articles. If it weren't for the fact that the four corpse witches beside him were all in a state of soul power overdraft, I'm afraid that this guy who was eager for merit would have to carry his staff to the battle in person.
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The undead army pressed on the front line went straight to the city gate, although they lost a third of their men on the way to charge, but the remaining hundred skeletons and ghouls were still enough to hold the two tree trunks and crash into the city gate.
"Commander?" Lowering Samael from the city, Albert couldn't help but look back at Assesis with concern as he carried his spear straight toward the undead army at the city gates.
But the latter was completely unmoved.
They were not standing above the city gates, and Commander Kunali did not appear to have any intention of changing positions. He just stood at the top of the city, watching the small but dense crowd of undead below scream and rush towards the city gate, and then press the trunk of the tree and pound it one after another.
At this moment, one of the Kunali Sword Guards, who had left with Altyn earlier, rushed back from the city, walked up to Assesis and gave a quick return in Kunari, then turned back to the guards with a nonchalant expression.
"Six gnolls died, and ten lizardmen died."
Assesis rarely spoke, and the mage knew that this was for himself. Just thinking about the number of white-haired gnolls that they had reported to themselves: 35 gnolls and 22 lizardmen, nearly half of them were killed or wounded by a single Necro Shot. Rao was used to seeing big scenes in the past, and Albert also felt a little distressed.
There is no way, who made Jinlunga's population a scarce resource now.
"Won't you send them?" Albert pointed to the sky, a bright moon in the head, and occasionally a few clouds drifting by, but there was no sign of anything.
Commander Kunali was unmoved, unlike Albert, who was temporarily in charge of the housekeeping role. He was the highest military commander appointed by Green, and his excellent ability to lead the army made his thinking completely different from that of the Dark Wizard. Albert may have been thinking about how to keep the Golden Lunga collar or how to preserve his strength in battle, but Assesis had only one idea from beginning to end.
How to win.
He didn't think about whether he could hold the fortress, whether he could force the undead legions back, or even whether the soldiers in the swamp would live or die. What he wanted was complete victory, the annihilation of this undead army. Forever in the Golden Lunga Collar.
A defender of dozens of people, and more than 200 undead troops were annihilated?
Or in the case of a clear shortage of arrows?
Yes, Assesis is going to win.
So he's been waiting for an opportunity, a chance to decide the outcome with one blow.
As for the puppet creatures that Lilith hastened, Assesis can't guarantee that they can turn the tide of the war, but he can't afford to throw themselves into a war of attrition needlessly.
And it was at this time that the turquoise light under the city attracted his attention.
Assesis withdrew his gaze from Albert and returned to the battlefield. Even though it was night, he could clearly see a slender young man holding two spears of diametrically opposed colors. Screaming frantically, they rushed into the undead army attacking the city gates. As he himself said, Samael excelled at quick combat, his gait was light and agile, his body like a pitch-black swallow constantly wandering between the enemy troops, and with the speed far beyond the undead, two spears picked out a tricky angle and went straight to the door. Whether it's a skeleton or a ghoul, he doesn't have a single shot enemy, and is occasionally surrounded by a large number of undead, and he suddenly switches to a wide open and closed attack method, combined with the red spear that constantly bursts of light to weaken the undead. For a time, it was like entering a no-man's land in the undead army.
"Mr. Samael is as war-loving as he himself says, huh...... It's very suitable for fighting against the army. β
Albert lamented heartily that if it weren't for the limited length of the activation rope tied to Samael's body, I'm afraid the adventurous visitor would have been more courageous. However, there is no way to do it, after all, before breaking through the Third Awakening - Liberation Gate, both body and energy are the main factors limiting the battle, as long as he is surrounded by large-scale enemies, he still can't escape the fate of defeat in the end, so Albert didn't dare to let him rush back and forth.
"That's it."
Unexpectedly, Assesis actually gave him an instruction to retract the activation rope.
Albert gave him a surprised look, and as he ordered the Armor Doll to retract the rope, he leaned in to Commander Kunali and whispered, "What's wrong?" β
Assesis indifferently stretched out his hand and pointed at the screaming Samael, every time this guy kills an undead, it seems to be a buff that has been swiped a little faster, and he is more mentally excited, which can be seen from his gradually revealing crazy smile. However, although his combat power was gradually improving, it was corresponding to the rapid consumption of his body, and Assesis's eyes were very poisonous, and from the several knife wounds left by the attack behind him, he could already judge that he was about to run out.
He was very sure that if Samael continued to fight, in the end, it would not be that his movements gradually slowed down under the condition of exertion, but that he would lose his body and consciousness in an instant, and he would fall to the ground and faint directly.
"We need him."
These were Acesses' words, but they also made Albert think of something.
"By the way, the undead army also has powerful combat forces such as Ramasu and Necromancy, if it suddenly attacks, I am afraid that he will be defeated immediately, how to say that Mr. Samael is also the first guest of Jinlunga, if he dies outside, it will be too bad."
Thinking about it like this, the Black Wizard felt that the timing of Assesis' order was simply just right, and hurriedly urged the magic on the activation rope to pull Samael out of the battle formation.
"Damn. Damn it! What is the way that guy came from, how can he be so powerful! β
Jin Lunga's shape has improved, but the wizard apprentice's side can't hold his face. The young mage roared in frustration, almost smashing his staff on the head of the corpse witch beside him, knocking the exhausted four from the ground.
"Rush me! Rush! Kill it with me, and you must take down this broken city! β
The attack on the city gates slowed down slightly. Although the two tree trunks continued to attack the city gates, most of the skeletons and ghouls were killed by Samael, and in turn began to hunt down the young men. Although the undead have no emotion, after all, they are also transformed from living beings, and of course Samael will not just stop when he keeps falling backwards and breaking through the encirclement, the undead immediately roared and chased after him, and some skeletons even threw out the rusty swords and rusty knives in their hands, trying to cut off the activation rope behind him. Samael was not to be outdone. While following the strength of the activation rope, his feet continued to retreat backwards, and on the other hand, he let out a crazy laugh and waved the spear in his hand like a desperate play, and for a while, the wind blade and light exploded continuously, and the turquoise and golden-red light were intertwined, and suddenly a piece of white bones flew sideways.
"Well, Mr. Samael can't be a dual personality......
Albert was a little surprised, this was too far from the Samael he had met when he had first met.
"Move fast."
Assesis suddenly spoke in a high-intensity blow from Samael. He keenly captured the weakness of the black-haired youth's successor, and sure enough. Before Albert could send the armor puppet, Samael slammed his spears forward with his two guns crossed, creating a fusion attack of wind breath and flash, and then tilted his head, and the whole person fell unconscious.
"Oops, pull him up!"
Albert exclaimed. In addition to urging the magic power, he even reached out to pull the activation rope, and Assesis also assigned the Broken Sword Guardian to come and help, but their movements were still a step slower after all, and before the activation rope shrank to the height that lifted Samael, the people who were dragging the rope felt the weight of their hands sink suddenly-
A ghoul pounced on the activation rope!
Comatose Samael. Probably due to the weak breath, it was surprisingly ignored by the undead. I don't know if it was the order of the wizard's apprentice who arrived later, or if it was some indescribable instinct, they abandoned the impenetrable gate and ran for the thin rope of activation, trying to climb directly to the city wall through the guΓ² rope.
In less than a few seconds, the activation rope was already full of undead with teeth and claws!
What to do?
Albert was so anxious that dragging Samael up would be equivalent to putting the enemy into the city, but if he didn't drag him up, the undead who couldn't climb the city walls would inevitably lock the hatred back on Samael, and in his current state, even a wild dog would kill him.
At the critical moment, he could only shout for help, "Assesses!" β
Commander Kunali sighed lightly in his heart, under such conditions, not only military operations, but also many things for Green, such as the impact that would be caused by Samael's death - a territory that could not even be protected by a guest, it would be difficult to attract talents from reputation alone, so he had to wave his hand, and the puppet creatures hidden in the air swooped down, roaring and killing the undead who climbed onto the activation rope!
Twelve gargoyles with hideous faces.
This constructing creature is arguably the most basic creation of alchemy and magic techniques, but each person who designs and manufactures it creates a completely different gargoyle. The twelve gargoyles that Lilith had on hand were characterized by the speed of their manufacture, and it took her less than a day to complete the gargoyle making, and correspondingly, the quality, strength, and defense of each gargoyle had decreased. Although they tore apart several undead with their dive attacks, one or two of them were randomly attacked to any part of the body, and they fell to the ground and smashed to pieces because of their unstable center of gravity. The twelve gargoyles rushed to the outside, which did ease the tension, but the tide of battle was turned again when the enraged wizard apprentice, with the cooperation of the corpse witches, hysterically shouted the spell of dissociation.
The lifeless constructing life form was completely vulnerable under the dissociation technique of the five people, and the number of gargoyles quickly decreased, and in just a few minutes, there was only one gargoyle left in the air, and finally launched a suicide attack under the order of Assis, and simply fell from the sky and killed several undead.
And the wizard apprentice who had his hands free, also saw Samael who was ignored by the undead at this moment, he was stunned for a moment and then reacted, this is the culprit who destroyed a considerable number of his troops, so he raised his staff and aimed it at Samael and chanted the spell a little harder-
Boom!
The wizard apprentice who stood at the front flew out upside down with a stunned face, smashing into the corpse witch and rolling into a ball.
"Ouch, what's going on, which cemetery did I fall to?"
In the clearing between the undead and the wizard's apprentice beneath the city, the figure stood out of nowhere, and although the words from his mouth were obviously quieter than the roar of the undead, they reached the ears of Assesis and Albert very clearly.
He twisted his neck and looked around at the ghouls and skeletons that were turning around him, but there was no surprise on his face, but he looked up at the mage and the commander Kunali in the city, and instead showed a helpless grin.
"That's why I'm saying, dead people are the most troublesome." (To be continued......)
PS: Hmm...... To correct me, the place at the beginning of the previous chapter is to knock open the city gates, not the city walls......