Act 181: The Battle of the White Lion IV
After the death of the necromancer, Chen's shriveled body suddenly spontaneously combusted because it had lost the nourishment of the soul fire, turning into a cloud of ashes and falling to the ground flutteringly. Brando retrieved his saber and searched among the latter's relics, finding that there were no objects of value, probably because they were distorted beings, and Vaynd's magical feedback was vividly displayed on the undead, and it was for this reason that many players in previous lives were reluctant to fight the undead.
He frowned slightly, thinking about the details of the treasure that Bai had described earlier, and then remembered something, turned his gaze, and sure enough, he saw the bone staff of the necromancer lying quietly on the side.
Madara's so-called necromancers, in fact, most of them are not really necromancers who are proficient in black witchcraft or spiritism, but corpse witches, and the guy who was not a ghost or a ghost before is naturally the same, it is difficult for people who are not familiar with Madala to distinguish the difference between this, but it is not difficult for him, the corpse witch is a relatively low-level existence in Madara's undead army, and his strength is low, and the necromancer is a rare existence even in the country of the dead moon, and most of them are noble-born - Either it is the direct descendant of the undead monarch who holds the mercury staff, or the proud disciple of a certain master, the 'craft' of the necromancers has been passed down from generation to generation, and has long formed a strict organization to protect their own interests, this organization is the famous undead sequence.
A necromancer born in the undead sequence, not to mention that he will not appear in the realm of mortals lightly, and even if he appears, he will generally be surrounded by an army of undead and black knights, which is really because of his rarity, so he has a high status, and he will definitely not be killed like crushing a worm.
He remembered seeing a necromancer when he was in Buchi and Fort Fir. That is a true necromancer, and he is also the leader of the younger generation in the undead sequence of this era, the former is surrounded by many powerful people, whether it is the corpse witch or the black knight, and even Kabais, who are famous in Madara.
Of course, there are also some high-ranking Corpse Witch Lords in the realm of the Dead Moon. But most of these undead had a hard time hiding the disgusting stench of corpses on their bodies, just like the sneaky guy who had died under his sword before.
Brando raised his hand, and the bone staff lying on the ground seemed to be pulled by an invisible force, and flew up to his hand out of thin air, and a cold force immediately spread from the bone staff, as if it wanted to penetrate his heart through his hand. This is the power of the dark soul, which can also be said to be a kind of negative energy, and he immediately distinguishes that if he is just an ordinary person at the moment. Or that he only has the strength of the Black Iron Rank, this power will immediately erode his mind, turning him into a walking corpse, and when his life fire is completely burned out, he will transform into a new corpse.
This is the power of the Witch's Bone Staff.
Therefore, the body of the corpse witch is actually this bone staff, and all its magic power comes from it, and as for its body, it is actually just an ordinary skeleton controlled by it.
It's just a little different. The normal corpse witch's bone staff is symbiotic with its body, when the corpse's soul fire is extinguished. The bone staff will also be annihilated, which scholars who have studied the undead believe is also a form of magical feedback - but the one in Brando's hand is clearly a little different.
Brando found that not only did it not lose its magic, but it also apparently possessed some kind of autonomous will, as evidenced by the cold aura and hostility it emanated from it.
This is by no means a simple bone staff.
He had seen many tricks with these skeletons in his previous life with Madara, one of which was to use the Dark Arcana to create an enhanced version of the bone staff, which would allow ordinary corpse witches to rule over more armies of the undead. Moreover, when they are killed, as long as they are not damaged, they can quickly be transferred to other corpses to continue to use, and they are even a kind of pseudo-undead artifact that continuously produces corpses.
The only flaw in these Bone Staffs is that they require the consumption of the True Dark Arcana to make them. And from the long history to today, there are still a number of dark treasures of the undead, and if you consume one, you will lose one, and once this bone staff is damaged, it is an immeasurable loss for the undead, so after humans realize their secrets, this bone staff will quickly disappear.
He had known the secret earlier, so he had been careful when Shiro had described the dark artifact to him, and now he had found the bone staff.
At some point in the future, the undead used this kind of thing to make the wind elves and the Cruz people suffer a lot, but this time this thing fell into his hands, and they suffered the loss themselves. Brando held this ivory-shiny, slightly cold bone staff, and quickly calculated in his heart, this thing will erode the fire of life, so any existence with life force can not use it, and only the undead can drive it, so the necromancer buried under his sword will be so shocked, it probably guessed his intentions, but did not guess the result.
Brando turned around, and at this time from the dark shadows behind the forest came out with another trembling figure, this figure was a little stiff and fearful, not because of the strength that Brando had shown before, it had already seen the strength of this young man, even the 'Black Knight' White who had mastered the fake of the Book of Mavikalt was completely defeated by him, and it was not surprising to deal with dozens of Cruz knights.
Although these knights of the White Legion are the front-line combat force of this human empire, they are far from being elite, at least they are far from the Flame Knights and Templars, they are at best the backbone of ordinary battles, but they are still far from the battle beyond mortals in terms of elements.
But what really scared it was what Brando had said earlier.
"Her name is Kohua, and she's the daughter of Isis, and even if I don't kill you, you won't be able to get out of here alive—"
Few people in the world know the name Kohua anymore, but the title of daughter of Isis never loses its color with the passage of time, not to mention that as the people of the Dead Moon, the Madara know better what history lies in the darkness.
The dim Kou Hua is one of the strongest beings in the twilight.
Became his subordinate?
This speculation made the Corrupt Knight Krot walk on thin ice, and he didn't know if Brando had intended to let him hear it. Because there is no need to reveal this secret to a dead person, even if the sleeper will always keep his mouth shut and keep the secret, but who can guarantee that there will be no ears in the forest, not to mention that as the undead themselves, Krot knows in his heart that the so-called dead will keep secrets This statement itself is untenable, and there are many ways to make the dead speak. Some of them are not complicated.
No kidding, the easiest thing to do is to put the sword around your neck, because you're an 'undead' - it thinks a little self-deprecatingly.
In its opinion, Brando is not a reckless and frivolous person, so the meaning of these words is somewhat worth speculating, especially when it sees the bone staff in Brando's hand, and instantly understands the meaning of the other party.
Cloe walked over with some trepidation, and tried to keep himself humble—it had not yet learned how to be humble before the living, so it had to do its best to remind itself of the scene when he met His Majesty the Emperor—though it had only been seen from afar.
"Your Excellency. Poison ...... I mean, the blessing of the water of life, several of your subordinates are injured very quickly, but their commander is more seriously injured, and according to you humans, I am afraid that it will not be so easy to come to your senses for a while. But there are still a few who have completely lost their breath of life, should we transform them into undead, my lord, your subordinates are extremely high, although their strength may be a little worse. However, transforming the undead is based on potential, not strength, and I can guarantee that they will become Black Knights. And the best kind—" It replied cautiously, and even then it almost said the wrong thing, for the holy water that contains a strong positive energy for the undead is highly poisonous, and the knights of the Templars often splash holy water on their swords before cleaning the undead, but any undead who are struck are like butter cut by a hot knife. Even if you don't die, it's inevitable that the soul fire will be hit hard.
Brando looked at it and replied sternly, "No, Krot, no!" According to human customs. The dead deserve to be buried, not to mention that they are still valiant warriors, warriors of Eruin, whose souls will be attributed to Martha, and their bodies will not be desecrated in any way! ”
"The spirits of the dead will also be returned to Martha." Krot sneered in his heart, but he definitely didn't dare to say it, it actually knew this custom of human beings, but it didn't understand it a little, and it was just a subconscious construction. In Madara, if such a good corpse is not transformed into an undead, it will be seen as disrespectful to the Moon of the Dead.
So these humans seem a little strange to it, including Brando, of course.
Brando seemed to know what this guy was thinking, and said, "Mr. Crot, I know that you are an undead, your faith is attributed to the Moon of the Dead, the world of the living is out of place for you, and you are neither my subordinate nor of Eruin. ”
Krot was slightly stunned, the soul fire in his eyes flashed, and he didn't quite understand what the young man meant by saying this to himself.
Brando, regardless of whether it understood it or not, continued: "The prophecy of the Black says that the bearer of the mercury staff will represent the will of the dead moon, and that it will come to this world and will unify the kingdom of darkness, and that it is the monarch of the undead, and that you must submit to your majesty - so I do not want you to betray your monarch, but only to ask you to do me a small favor, which is related to your life, and I am sure you will not object. ”
Krot nodded cautiously, of course it knew that its life was in the hands of the young man opposite, otherwise the previous corpse witch was the best portrayal, even if he didn't talk about the corpse witch, he didn't think that his life was more precious than the black knight white, and the other party could even kill the latter regardless of it, so it was naturally not worth mentioning.
However, it did not understand Brando's words, and it seemed to it that what it was doing, or what it was about to do, was in fact betraying His Majesty, although it now hoped that the other would not mind such a small betrayal, after all, even the bearer of the mercury staff could not be omniscient, as far as he knew was the power of the Dark Dragon.
"You may have some doubts," Brando could see the undead in its flickering soul fire, "You just need to know that your Emperor Xià and the Queen of Cruz are not really of the same mind, and if you cause some trouble for the latter, it will not hinder your allegiance to the Cunzi, and maybe there will be some benefit, after all, the side of the bed will not allow others to sleep peacefully." For Madara, a powerful Cruz Empire is not a good thing, and your Emperor may not be involved in this matter with the heart of a fisherman. ”
Of course, Brando didn't know what the Cunzài with the mercury staff was thinking in his heart, the mysterious Cunzài was like a mystery to him both in the previous life and at the moment, for this undead monarch, few players had seen its Cunzài, even if it was a player from Madala, but the latter's authority was absolutely unquestionable, surpassing the Cunzài of a mortal monarch in this era.
However, this power and mystery did not prevent him from fooling Crot into believing in himself, or he knew that the rotten knight in front of him must have preferred to believe in himself, perhaps he had already convinced himself in his heart, because the latter was a timid and fearful fellow in the first place.
He said so much, just hoping that this guy wouldn't have too many worries, because the next action must rely on its help. In contrast, he doesn't trust those corpse witches who don't have much wisdom and are blindly loyal to the mercury staff, and the 'high-level undead' like Krot, who has a certain amount of wisdom and knows how to judge the pros and cons, is much easier to deceive.
Just convince them that they are grasshoppers tied to a rope.
He glanced at the soul fire beating in Krot's eyes, and understood that his words had had had a corresponding effect, so he handed over the bone staff in his hand: "We are going to the shores of Silver Valley, you take control of this army of the undead, I believe you will understand what to do, Mr. Crot-"
Krot shuddered slightly, and then bent down respectfully: "Happy to serve you, honorable lord." ”
…… (To be continued......)