When the fog in the forest cleared, the battle was almost over. The surprise attack by the young men of the human garrison did initially have some unexpected effect on Madara's advance army, but by the time Kabaith gathered the higher-level undead, the battle quickly became clear.

The forest is quiet.

"Lord Kabais." The pale necromancer apprentice pressed his hand to his chest and saluted respectfully to the tall skeleton in front of him.

"I thought you maggots weren't going to come to me, Roscoe."

The brass armor-clad skeleton general's eyes burned with flames, and he sat on a pile of corpses with his feet crossed, his double-edged battle axe in one hand and one hand on his knee, looking condescendingly at the emaciated apprentice with contempt.

The Dark Lord and the Necromancer have always hated each other, and this time they are united by the call of the Mercury Staff, but they are not separated from each other. As for the Bloodline, who had always maintained their own circle, and had little involvement in the affairs of Madara, a kingdom that had spent centuries in such a divided environment, it was only recently that a cloud of darkness had burst out from under its solid shell.

These are the prophecies of the banshees, and they coincide with the revelation of Goddess Elaine about the 'spread of darkness in the east'. Whether it's the Dark Lord, Necromancer, or Bloodborn, everyone believes that this era is coming to an end, and that a new era will be ushered in by Madara.

Rothko smiled, Kabis was one of the main generals under Tagus, and he was only a small squadron leader, and the difference between them could not be calculated. can make this skeleton speak a lesson, it is nothing more than because his advance team has stolen the limelight of the entire side army. With 300 skeletons and more than 20 corpse witches, he defeated the Buchi garrison in one fell swoop, and then designed the self-defense group to wipe out Qingcun so that Kabais could drive straight in, and finally cooperated with the other side to completely annihilate Buchi's garrison, such a result can be described as brilliant.

According to the tradition of Madara, the vanguard of the great army is generally cannon fodder used to consume the enemy's vital forces, and even only to delay time and serve as a buffer when the enemy is in the worst situation. Such an advance party consisted of skeleton soldiers and low-ranking corpse witches, which the Eruin side could easily defeat with only one-third of its size.

In Tagus's plan, Rothko is nothing more than a pawn to disrupt Cloth, and the real attack arrows are Kabais and 'Ghoul' Vesa on the flanks - but the one-eyed vampire commander doesn't expect the necromancer apprentice named Rothko to surprise him with a big surprise. It's like he didn't expect the 'ghoul' Wesa to make a heavy mistake on the right flank. The battlefield is always full of variables, and even a good commander can't take the lead, not to mention that Tagus is known for his steadiness.

However, this necromancer apprentice from humble background did not know his future path at the moment, so he naturally did not turn against him. On the contrary, Kabais's words were more like an honor for him, anyway, the other party was targeting all the necromancers, but they raised his status in disguise.

He glanced at the row of cold black knights behind Kabais, and was a little envious, he had scavenged a lot of good things in the invasion, but most of them had to be turned in, and the rest was not enough to evoke a black knight. I've heard that there is a Templar tomb in the Green Village, which is the best vehicle, but unfortunately it is now the territory of Kabaith.

It's a pity, but forget it. There will be opportunities in the future, and this time Madara is here to reap the benefits, and all the generals have seen this opportunity.

He thought for a moment, and then replied, "Lord Kabais, a few rats have escaped to the north. Nor did we see the refugees we saw yesterday afternoon, and I suspect they are attacking the west, and their large forces have already made their way north into the Dagger Beach. ”

That's all there is to it. To the north is the district of the 'ghoul' Vesa, and if he wants to chase down the 'living materials', or at least get a piece of the pie, he has to ask the 'Grim Reaper' to nod. His small squadron leader couldn't afford that.

But Kabais is not a fool, it glanced at this little necromancer apprentice, and suddenly realized that this guy's motives were not pure, and couldn't help but adjust his jaw and make a clicking sound: "You want me to go and have a conflict with that bald man in Wesa, what good can I get?" Tiny maggots. ”

"Isn't that enough to expand your power, my lord."

"Hmph, it's just a rabble. I don't have much interest in those weak skeletons. ”

"I've heard that there is a veteran of the November War in Buchi's garrison, the captain of those humans."

The fire in Kabais's eyes flashed: "The gains outweigh the losses, cheap Wessana kid." ”

Rothko sighed, knowing that his persuasion had failed. He raised his head and was about to leave, after all, he and Kabis were not members of the same system, and he really wouldn't have come here if it weren't for this matter - don't look at the Grim Reaper Kabis is the main general in the army, but as a member of the necromancer, his advance team can completely ignore its orders.

But at this time, he felt a slight shock in his heart, and couldn't help but look south.

The tall skeletons looked in that direction at the same time—their gaze passed through the forest, falling in the shadows of the mountains in either direction.

What a strong magical reaction-

"It's Xavier Mountain Road." Kabais sniffed in the air, as if he could smell the magic coming from the direction of the Yusong River.

Rothko didn't answer, as he immediately felt a stronger wave of magic coming from that direction.

What's going on with that Golden Demon Tree? Such a strong reaction could probably be felt by any wizard dozens of miles away, and he was suddenly a little worried, wondering if the warlocks of the white-maned legion in the direction of Fort Ridden would find anything.

"We'd better send some men first, Lord Kabais."

"Hmph, I don't have to say that I know. We undead creatures are much more sensitive to magic than you, and when you become a lich, it's not too late for me to teach me a lesson. ”

Roscoe smiled.

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Brando, who led Freya and Roman out of a crevice in the rocks of the cliff, immediately made a gesture for the two of them to stop, and from here they could see the whole sunken valley outside—surrounded by bare mountains, a gray rock sunken downward, and sharp stalagmites jutting out of the ground—and a great golden oak tree with branches and leaves silently took root in the middle of the cracked valley.

This is the Forbidden Orchard.

The Golden Demon Tree absorbed the nutrients and free magic factors in the earth, and the earth withered, and the earth element, which had lost its attachment, rose into the air to form such a scene. Brando raised his head, and the sky over the entire valley was gloomy, as if a black cloud was overpowering, which was also caused by the imbalance of elemental power.

Because of the disintegration of the earth element, a large number of other elements were attracted to gather here, and the order of the elements here was extremely chaotic. The elemental order is a rule set at the time of Martha's creation, controlled by the king of the elves of the four directions, but the order is not necessarily stable, like the golden magic tree, which is often disturbed by human factors.

In this valley, due to the anomalies of the elements, the power of the elemental envoys would be suppressed by 30%, and for this reason, there were almost no squads in this dungeon that contained the elementals in the first place, a history that was once called the three-year history of blood and tears by the elementals. Of course, this profession sprung up later, and that's a story for later.

Roman and Freya looked at the strange golden magic tree in amazement, they had only heard of such creatures in bedside stories before, but they didn't expect to see it with their own eyes one day, and they were still a little suspicious of it in a dream.

Moreover, the beauty of the Golden Demon Tree presents a strong visual conflict with the surrounding desolation, which is like you seeing a realistic fantasy, full of fantasy.

"W-What is that?" Freya couldn't help but ask a little dazed.

"It's so beautiful, Brando, isn't that the golden apple tree of mythology? Those monsters are the tree's guards, aren't they? I didn't expect such a beautiful creature to exist in such an environment! ”

"That's an oak, Roman." The future Valkyrie sighed.

"I—Of course I know, it's just a golden oak!" Miss Merchant, raising her eyebrows, hurriedly argued.

"Don't be fooled by its beauty, this is probably the most dangerous creature you've ever seen. No, it should be a monster. Brando's eyes searched the valley carefully, and he soon found a patrol of Treants, vine-clad monsters slowly moving along the rugged rocky surface-

This is in line with his memories in the game.

"Monsters?"

"Well, all the monsters we met before were born because of it."

"How so?" Freya's eyes widened in surprise.

But in fact, she and Roman have also seen this demon treeman patrol, but now they are not too nervous to face these monsters. The three of them had already dealt with these Golden Demon Tree servants too many times before, and Brando himself had earned another 65 experience points, and he had also obtained a tree crystal from an adult Demon Tree Man.

This thing is a manufacturing material in the game.,I just don't know how the production skills of this world are calculated.,In short, with the guiding ideology of being prepared, put it on your body first.。

However, he found that Freya and Roman had also grown significantly during the battle, especially the future Valkyrie, whose strength and dexterity had risen rapidly - and after a few battles, she was close to reaching the level of a cadet of the garrison. It's just that Brando still doesn't know how they gained experience, and on the surface it seems to be much slower than him.

Because of a high-level monster like the Demon Tree Man, it stands to reason that killing a few Freya Pure Militia should have been promoted several levels in a row, but in fact, he felt that he was not even as fast as his own second-class mercenary.

This makes people a little confused.

Of course, at this moment, they have to let go of their doubts first, because they have more important things to do. If they waited for the Golden Demon Tree to discover them first, and then summoned the blighted beasts outside, there would not be much time left for them. Brando had calculated before in the game that there would be a maximum of fifteen minutes between the start of the battle and the arrival of the first blighted beasts, which was exactly a period of saving the Holy Sword, and if they couldn't kill the Golden Demon Tree before then, they would have to think about escaping.

However, Brando didn't think about going to war right away, first of all, not to mention how to deal with the Demon Tree Patrol, he himself had another question to answer.

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but look at a higher cliff on the other side.

"You wait here for me, don't be discovered." He looked back.

"Brando?"

……

(PS. Come on, come on, move forward)