Chapter 59: The Demon Count
Compared with the bright above-ground world, the sky in the underground world is always dim and gloomy, and people have long been accustomed to the turbid groundwater that must be filtered before drinking due to excessive impurities, and they are also used to the clothes and quilts hanging outside the house if they are not accidentally dried for a long time and are full of dust, and they are even more accustomed to coughing up blood at a young age, and various respiratory diseases are frequent.
Perhaps, this is the fundamental reason why the descendants of the exiled have always longed for the blue sky and white clouds of the terrestrial world, after all, who does not want themselves and their children and grandchildren to live better.
At this time, the originally dim sky became even more ugly, the clouds in mid-air turned a strange blood red, and the yin wind gusted, and if it was slightly lowered, it was a pungent and disgusting smell of blood.
The gloomy wind is not naturally formed, in the world of Ash, where the soul actually exists, these reverberating evil winds are ghost fragments turned into souls, and when the blood shed this time is enough, and enough people have died, a relatively closed negative energy environment will naturally be formed, that is, the so-called new place of the undead - the cursed land.
When there are too many people who die at one time, the souls are unwilling to leave, and under the mutual involvement, the dead remain in the world, and a large number of the dead are resurrected.
This is also the reason why the victorious side must clean up the battlefield after each major war, in addition to recovering the spoils of war and burning the corpses that may bring the plague, but also inviting the priests to surpass the unjust war spirit.
Otherwise, in a few decades, if there is another cursed place where the dead gather, it will be really fun.
But even so, with the ancient battlefield where those undead monarchs like to entrench the most as evidence, if tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands of deaths at one time, plus the fall of the strong enough, the thick breath of death will not dissipate, and the excessive blood will dye several meters underground red, and the curse of the desperate realm of the strong will remain in the world, when these conditions are in place, the priest's excesses will not work, and it will still forcibly cause the cursed land, or even a higher death place.
But this time, the area around the mining area outside the Vitan is probably destined to become a place of death for new life.
It was the smell of the battlefield belonging to the era of cold weapons, the smell of blood wafted with the wind for miles, the black and turbid wind hovered over the battlefield, and the cries of the living and the wails of the survivors echoed on the battlefield.
Standing in a pool of blood, the old lion took one last look at his old subordinates who had followed him for decades, raised his axe, and gave the veteran who only half of his throat was left with the last relief.
"Clean up the battlefield." There is no room for soft-heartedness on the battlefield, it is an order squeezed out of the teeth.
In war, healing magic and supplies are never enough, and the magic skills of healing professions such as priests have long been exhausted in war, and now the so-called cleaning of the battlefield is more about relieving the seriously injured and incurable on both sides of the enemy.
"Did you win?"
Yes, the old lion and his legion did win, and after paying nearly half of the damage, before the death of tens of thousands of soldiers at any cost, in front of countless souls that passed away, the strong men who were blinded by greed finally remembered that it was more important to save their lives before their future positions of power and power.
Those who were still alive began to flee, but those who were dead and seriously injured were destined to stay in a foreign land.
But by this time, it was already too late.
"Hahahaha, it's so pleasant. Tao. Furyfang, I've seen your end. I didn't expect the curse to be fulfilled so soon, I'm waiting for you in hell! ”
And the red dragon who witnessed the occurrence of a qiē, her blood had already flowed all over the altar, and she was tied like a chicken and duck waiting to be slaughtered, but she still beat her enemies mercilessly with taunts.
"Did you lose?"
Yes, while winning this war, the old lion also lost, lost a qiē.
As the elite backbone, the twelve war groups all lost more than half, the two war groups were all wiped out, and the ace one-eyed war group as the backbone resisted the first round of impact The loss rate was more than ninety, and the number could also be directly canceled.
And it's not just the things on the surface that lose even more.
War is a continuation of politics, and if a war does not bring benefits, even if it wins, I am afraid, it will be defeated from the beginning.
Looking at his hands that were still trembling, Tao recalled that he had just smashed the "Great Calculator" Penny. When Hall skulled, when the cyan soul fire in it was extinguished, the other party's crazy eyes and curses.
He knew that this was not the end of the matter, the lich would not die so easily, and when she was resurrected, revenge and even an army would be inevitable.
And what happened to the eleventh consul of the Siro Empire is just a microcosm, the tenth consul "Rotten Ant King" Ramsden has no ability to come back from the dead, and when his old partner Greenspan left with a mutilated body, his eyes full of hatred also showed a new shadow of war.
And what happened to the undead archons was only a part of the strong men who were killed.
"It's over, I'm done."
As Moriel ridiculed, Tao's political career, as an underground overlord, is over.
He and his army had just beheaded the royal knights of the Elven Kingdom of Phyllis, hung the national teacher of the Orlan Empire on the spear, and even the only disciple of the legendary great beast tamer Gildanskie was also killed.
Tao himself knows that no individual or organization can survive the anger of so many forces, no one ......
Not to mention that this is the underground world, and the most corpses have fallen, but there are still dungeon lords who have a relationship with one side or simply used to be under their command.
"Blood debt."
Tao doesn't regret it at all, is it because the other party is big, and he wants to give his own head? The other party has already made it clear that he wants to get rid of himself as the heir of the artifact and become the new Emperor of the Eternal Night, should he obediently sacrifice his head and artifact?
And the only thing that Tao regrets is the eyes of the soldiers looking at him, they no longer revere and trust themselves as before, their eyes are full of confusion and fear, and after occasionally looking at each other, they are even more disoriented, their eyes dodge, and they whisper to convey their own secrets.
"Look at the dim pupils, and the claws and demon wings...... The king is actually a demon, so what are we fighting for? ”
Tao had just been pushed to the limit by the undead archons, and was forced to use demonic power in order to save his life, and the chaotic power and demonic characteristics that would never appear in ordinary orcs could not be hidden from the tens of thousands of warriors in front of him.
The hostility of the underground world to chaos is far less than that of the ground, as the lord of the dungeon, he can collude with demons, he can dance with evil gods, and he can conspire with devils, but as the underground overlord who represents the power of the orc race, if he is not even an orc, why should he sit in this position.
Tao can already imagine that when the rumors spread throughout the underground world, and those ambitious dungeon lords raised the flag of rebellion on this ground, the soldiers under his command would probably still fall into the confusion of who to fight for.
"No, I'm not done yet!! I still have this!! I will be the new Emperor of the Dead. ”
The artifact scepter that was radiating dazzling brilliance in his hand had become the only reliance in his heart.
And suddenly, the altar behind it suddenly emitted a dazzling blood light, and countless yin spirits and blood were swept into the altar by invisible force, and the blood formed a river on the ground, and the souls of the strong who were unwilling to fall wailed, but they were still sucked into the door to another dimension.
"Sacrifice, such a rich offering! So many high-quality souls, so many delicious dishes! I...... I, Soul Eater Kakajili, will become even stronger!! Well done, Tao, I'll give you a reward for this! I will give you the gift of the Chaos Abyss. ”
The altar has already been activated, and by accident, to everyone's expectations, this war has become the best blood sacrifice for the demon Count Kakajili.
And in this war, thousands of legends fell, nearly 100,000 orc elite warriors died in battle, their souls and blood can even make this demon count in the name of soul devouring begin to advance, perhaps, in less than a thousand years, a new demon duke will be born.
But demons are never creatures that know contentment.
"Scepter, give me the Scepter of the Night!!"
Even for the Demon Count, the artifact that carries the mystery of the demigod Undead Emperor is still an unavoidable treasure, maybe after obtaining it, he can add chaos elements such as "death" and "deceased" to his power, then, his road to promotion will be smooth.
Hearing that his master asked for a scepter, Tao immediately looked dead, he wanted to run with the scepter, but with the sacrifice in place, this and the lower plane have been linked, in front of the demon count, how could he run away.
In the void of the plane gate, a huge ghost hand stretched out from it, and with a shuddering finger, the scepter flew straight over.
"Ha, the Scepter of the Night! Great, is today my lucky day? Wait and beat up those devils for fun. ”
Desperate Tao sat on his knees, his last reliance was gone, the status of the Orc Emperor would soon be lost, and the blood sacrifice would reach this point, and the demon count could come directly to the mortal world, and he was an agent, I am afraid that it would come to an end.
Suddenly, there was a roar of rage, vibrating back and forth throughout the space!
"Fake, fake, who is it! How dare you fool the great Kakajili!! I'm going to tear him to shreds. ”
The entire plane gate began to tremble, and soon a huge hoof burning with blazing flames stepped out of the gate of hell, and then the hideous claw head emerged.
The whole world was darkened, the earth began to crack, the flames of the ground ran to the surface, and in the distance, several extinct volcanoes erupted directly.
In a fit of rage, the Demon Count, the Soul Eater Kakagili actually descended directly to the mortal world!
At this time, Tao was shocked by the fact that the scepter was fake, and he paid a qiē, but in the end, was he fooled from the beginning?
"Impossible, impossible!!"
muttering to himself, that sentence inexplicably sounded in his mind again.
"You may regret it."
"Sleepless!! You're fooling me!! ”
But at this time, Tao's roar was ignored, and the angry demon lord had already held him in his hand and held it in front of him.
"Who is it? Who dares to deceive the mighty Kakajili. Is that you? Little devil mongrel!! ”
Just standing there, the hundred-meter-high body is like whipping the earth, all the plants are dying, the volcano is erupting, the earth is cracking, Kakajili's existence is beginning to collapse the rules around him, the demon duke can wrestle with the gods, and the demon earl who is a lower order is already an invincible existence in the mortal world.
The pungent smell of sulfur is suffocating, and the huge force on the body makes all the bones together, and the huge mouth that devours flesh and soul is in front of him, and the orc emperor is going to make a final defense for his life.
At this time, in the face of the Lord's questioning, the figure of the hated man appeared again in front of Tao's eyes.
"No, they're all sleepless, and the damned Brimstone Mountain City, they sent the scepter, it's all their conspiracy! It was that man who deceived you, great demon count! ”
Hearing this, the Demon Count hesitated for a moment, and saw the orcs next to him who were screaming in fear, and in the end, he still absolutely left the life of this half-blood.
"No one dares to deceive Kakajiri without paying the price. Make atonement for yourselves with your life. If you do a good job, spare your dog's life. ”
With a single move, the Demon Count opened the door completely, and countless demons swarmed in, while on the other side, a brand new gate opened at the same time.
There, faintly, you can see a beautiful mountain city - sulfur mountain city!
"The new sacrifice, that's it. That city is full of the disgusting power of order. Fool, show me the way, where the hell is the god of the fire elemental sealed. If you mistake what is done by Your Highness Cavins, let you mourn by my lamp forever. ”
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At this time, our group is still just moving forward slowly, chatting while walking, like an outing.
From the very beginning, I didn't think that those greedy guys could get an underground overlord, and after the end of the covenant, it was completely reasonable for an underground overlord to crusade against a dungeon lord, and in the end, it was still necessary to see the real thing.
The decisive battle site has already been prepared, but the rest is just to invite the audience to enter.
There weren't many of us, and I, Adam, and Little Red, plus Margaret who was still in Brimstone Hill, and Lisa, who couldn't come, were all in the team.
This time, though, we deliberately brought Anne and Eliza with us.
Red and Adam were full of excitement about going to battle, and Eliza remained silent as always, but I noticed that Anne's love was not good with her head down.
Her state is related to my epic mission, and I plan to end this battle, whether she can break through the legend or not, and let Adam give her the position of city lord, so that I can meet the basic conditions for resurrection.
"I can finally have a physical body, if I still maintain such a weak state, how can I deal with the next ** annoyance."
As long as I resurrect the physical body, with the advantage of the system and the familiar "plot", I can quickly become strong and start my series of plans, and I have always been looking forward to what level of physical body I will obtain from this resurrection.
Is the flesh also graded? Of course, it wasn't fair when the goddess of order and the goddess of chaos created things.
The dragon that was the direct creator of the goddess of order is a golden race, and if it doesn't achieve anything, it will have at least gold-level combat power, but the second generation of humans can barely even reach the black iron race, and ordinary adults can't even beat skeleton soldiers.
My current Lich Body, in fact, is the full name of "The Immortal King (Silver)", which is a powerful template equivalent to the Silver Race, and it gives me the same power as the bonus to Eliza.
While obviously unfair, it is a harsh reality.
Adam, who has reached the peak of mortal demigods, may not be the opponent of Xiaohong, whose realm is far inferior to him, and Eliza, who was at the peak of gold at that time, was able to single-handedly clean up Anne of the same level, this is the impact of the physical body on the comprehensive combat power, it determines the basic attributes and racial talents, racial abilities, and is the cornerstone of a qiē power and magic.
No matter how superb your swordsmanship is, what should you do if your body is weak, you hold a sword in both hands, and you encounter an opponent whose strength is three times that of you, but whose skills are not much worse than yours, and you still can't fight.
Thousands of high-rise buildings rise from the ground, how deep the foundation is, how high the high-rise buildings are, if you want to make the final comprehensive combat power rise, the blood and flesh are very important.
Of course, the weak race also has an advantage in numbers and tools, and the normal golden bloodline grows extremely slowly, otherwise, the earth world would not be the world of the weakest race of humans.
But for me, strength is indispensable to deal with the troubles that follow, the demon army will not reason with you, and their racial talents and basic attributes are even more outrageous.
"The darling of the abyss, how strong the demon prince's racial talent is, perhaps, is not something that the dragon clan of the golden race can compare. Hehe, it was already silver last time, will this time directly compare the physical talent of the dragon clan, or, to a higher level. ”
However, in history, the demon prince was still killed by humans, perhaps, it also shows that the racial talent is not a qiē Okay, I know that the unlucky demon prince is the "me" in history, and the brave man who killed "me" is Anne, who is obviously not in a state in front of him.
"What's wrong, are you scared?"
Suddenly, recalling that period of history, I remembered whether this was the demon king who gave pre-war psychological counseling to the brave, if one day she really grew up and chopped me off with a knife, would I give myself a "moving the world, the hardest work to be the devil of death award".
"Nope. I just feel like I'm so stupid and can't help. Unlike the awkward Eliza, Anne has always been a good and frank boy, and when asked about her troubles, she spoke up directly.
But Adam and Red, who had been listening intently, both laughed, and it was obvious that in their eyes, Anne's troubles were really nothing.
I motioned to Adam with my eyes to comfort him, but he looked up again and pretended to be stupid, Xiaohong suddenly became interested in the ant nest on the ground, and in desperation, looked around, and in the end, it was up to me.
"Heh, those guys are all accumulated for thousands of years, and you are only twenty years old, so it's normal that you can't catch up."
"Not this! Poor strength Anne can accept it, Anne just thinks she is so stupid, seeing everyone so busy, but she can't help. Sister Eliza can do anything, little Victoria is overwhelming the Quartet in the alliance, and I, the future city lord, can only watch from the sidelines. ”
Looking at Anne, who is seriously troubled, I also have a little headache, teenagers and girls always like to compare with their peers, and it is easier to drill the horns.
Just as the idleest person in our team back then was always Adam, a fool, who thought that things would mess up if he did things, and in this generation, compared to Eliza, who was in full control of the bystanders, and Victoria, who seemed to be peaceful but was actually wicked and cunning, Anne was indeed immature.
But if I tell the truth, I'm afraid she will be even more depressed, as the future city lord loses confidence, my epic mission will be directly lost, so I rolled my eyes and thought about it.
"Hehe, you misunderstood, do you remember the last time I told you? As the most important thing as a city lord, is to know people and make good use of them, and throw troubles to people who are good at solving them, you see, that guy over there is still the current city lord, isn't it safe to eat and steal leisure? ”
"Ahem!" Hearing me talk about him, Adam coughed twice, meaning not to mention him, it seems that he is still self-aware, as long as he is mentioned, most of the time there is no good thing to say.
"But Uncle Bone, you also said that everyone's path is different, I don't want to be like my father-in-law, obviously everyone is so busy, there are so many things to do, but I hide and be lazy, and I am usually lazy, and I am always pointed at by the citizens, so ugly, so embarrassing."
was said to be ashamed by the righteous daughter, immediately, Adam cried and lost his face, Xiaohong directly held his stomach and smiled and bent over, but Eliza nodded, looked at this side meaningfully, and signaled, "You are about the same."
If it was usual, I would not hesitate to hurt him a few words, but at this time, it was the same as last time, even if I was helpless, I had to maintain his image.
"Actually, the city lord also has important things to be busy with, not only to protect everyone, this can actually be done slowly, in fact, there is one more thing, you can work hard now. And Adam did a great job of that. ”
"What?"
"You are the head, you have to show the way for everyone, at least, to give everyone a confidence that tomorrow will be better, so that everyone can live hard with energy and hope. If you can't find it, you can make one. ”
"But I don't even know where I'm going."
"So, ask your subordinates what they want the future to hold. Combining everyone's dreams with their hopes for the future may be the direction in which you should lead them. ”
After a moment's hesitation, perhaps, some things have come to be clarified, and I talked about some personal experience.
"For example, many years ago, there was a tyrannical king who decided to stop his aggression and reconcile with the surrounding kingdoms, but at this time, if he spoke directly to his lords and generals, there was only one result."
"What result?" Anne asked curiously.
"He will be overthrown directly, his hungry wolf-like generals have not been satisfied, and his noble lords still have enough new territories and populations to directly overthrow the king who stands in their way, and then quickly introduce a new leader to continue the invasion of the empire."
It was Adam who answered Anne's doubts, and looking at his leisurely appearance, it was clear that he had been thinking about this question for more than a day or two.
Yes, at that time, there were seven undead lords in the Eternal Night Legion who were only slightly weaker than me, and even if they suddenly agreed with their heads in water, how should I explain to those mid-level and high-ranking undead generals below, when every undead general was rejoicing in the upcoming era of necromancy, I was not even sure that my own Four Heavenly Kings were convinced, if I said that reconciliation with the living, being overthrown by the riot was the only possible outcome.
So, in many cases, the ruler at the top is really just a combination of the will of the middle and lower classes, and the future direction he wants to point out is only the future direction that most people look forward to. You don't have to think too much about it, just learn to listen. ”
"You see, there are a lot of freaks in our city, but everyone is actually very happy. Even those who are often put in jail change. Didn't you leave the city either? If you also like this city, wouldn't it be enough to protect him and make him the same as before? ”
Yes, as I said, in fact, according to the strength of the Sorrowful Wind, the Storm Eagle, the Snowhoof, and the Bea brothers, the world is so big, where they can't go, if they can't do it, they can become a noble lord in other places, but they still choose to be in this city full of rules and constraints, while relying on their personalities, while accepting punishment with grievances, but it also shows that there are things they dream of here, which is simply impossible in other places.
My words were too broad, and the girl city lord nodded as if he didn't understand.
"Think about it while you are distressed, little by little, everyone comes over like this, and your sister Eliza will also help you."
This time, Eliza finally didn't tear down the stage, just nodded silently.
"Well, Anne will work hard." Although there was still confusion in his eyes, judging from the small fist he waved, he had already recovered his spirit.
[Congratulations on the epic quest, 50% of the Phoenix Nirvana has been completed, please keep up the good work, after the task is completed, a specific reward will be given according to the final completion situation]
The system is also unwilling to be lonely, but the real rewards have made me energetic again.
Before we reached our destination, the earth began to shake and crack suddenly, and the volcano in the distance began to retaliate, and an ominous red cloud appeared in the sky, which was obviously not right.
At the same time, Adam rushed to the front, and the sword he borrowed from Anne slashed through the rocks on one side, splitting half of the cliff.
And he himself, with his sword aloft, made a standard knightly charge move, pointing at a small hill and shouting.
"Where the hell, come out for me! Otherwise, even the hills will be cut down. ”
The lazy Adam in the past was so excited, obviously there was no need to draw his sword but the sword split the cliff, Xiaohong and the others were also a little puzzled, but I pouted in disdain, my magic eye had already told me the end.
"Heh, isn't it just that I lost face, and I want to show off in front of my juniors and save some face? You have to cry. ”
Then, in Adam's roar, a bare dwarf spy ran out from behind the hill.
"City Lord, don't behead, don't behead, it's me! Spectator number 4267, my own people, I am my own people. ”
"Is that you?"
"It's me."
"Needless to say, you thick-eyed and upright-looking person are actually a counter-revolutionary, you traitor, you actually brought us into the ambush circle, see me kill you on behalf of Sulfur Mountain City!"
"Smack!" It's not that the gunshot sounded, but I really couldn't stand it, and kicked Adam, who knew he was wrong, but still held on, and this spy obviously had important information, and it would be a mistake to continue the farce.
After a brief glance at the information, even I was immediately shocked, the collapse of the sky just now has been explained, and the Demon Earl is definitely not easy to deal with.
Immediately, I threw the information to Xiaohong, and after she finished reading it, she turned into a dragon without saying a word.
Due to the existence of various dragon knights in knight novels, most of the wise dragons are actually very disgusted by the mortal race's behavior of treating them as mounts, but at this time, Xiaohong has no scruples.
"Come on, I'll fly with all my might, I'll be able to intercept it!" This time the opponent is not simple. Recharge your batteries and prepare for the decisive battle! ”
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PS. We actually update a lot.,On average, it's at least 5000 per day.,Why do some people always say that we update a more with less conscience.。
PS2。 The author of the magic refining, warm wind, has released a new book, the Ao Ling God King, and friends who like Western Fantasy can go and see it, and the squirrel himself also liked the magic refining back then. The quality of the books of the old authors will not be bad,