Chapter 11: Guarding the Village of Dewell
When Frey and Cassius arrived outside, they saw a dozen ghouls feasting on the corpses of five villagers, and three more ghouls who couldn't squeeze inside to eat, chasing a dozen villagers
A sister-in-law fell to the ground, and a ghoul chasing after her raised her claws and was about to dig into her back, only to see an ice arrow pierce directly into the ghoul's body, freeze it up, and save a life
The other two ghouls, chasing a middle-aged uncle and an emaciated teenager, were each stabbed in the ankle with two flying daggers, and the two ghouls fell to the ground, but still crawled on the ground
The village chief told the villagers to hide in the council hall, and Cassius shouted as he pointed to the building they had just come out of
The dozen or so ghouls who were devouring the corpses of the villagers saw that some of their companions had been knocked down, and immediately gave up the food in front of them and pounced on the two Cassius
With the rapid chanting of the incantation, a tall and long lone wall of ice immediately lay in front of the ghoul and Cassius, and the ice wall was connected between the two houses, forming a large fortification, blocking the ghouls outside, and the ghouls who rushed to the front hit their heads against the ice wall, but outside the ice wall, two male villagers could not avoid it, and were thrown to the ground by the ghouls
There are six levels of magic on Olopa: the first level is called the entry level, the second level is called the basic level, and the two levels of magic are collectively referred to as primary magic, the third level is the advanced level, the fourth level is the expert level, and the third and fourth levels of magic are usually called intermediate magic, and the so-called advanced magic of course refers to the master and mentor levels of the fifth and sixth levels
Summoning the ice wall is a third-level magic, that is, an advanced level of magic, and Cassius's mage level at this time is a five-ring mage, generally speaking, with the magic of the five-ring mage, in order to cast a third-level magic, it is still necessary to chant a complete spell, but Cassius's years of wilderness survival training have made him favored this magic that can save his life at a critical time, so he has conducted special targeted training on the casting speed of summoning the ice wall and the strength of the ice wall, and now the hardness of the ice wall he casts has reached the effect of the three-ring mage, and the talent for water magic allows him to shorten the spell of this commonly used spell into one sentence, otherwise he will chant at the speed of a ghoulHe was torn to shreds by the ghoul before he finished the spell
The ghouls frantically tore at the ice wall with their claws, Cassius concentrating on maintaining the control of the ice wall, while Frey, who was unarmed, assisted the village chief in allowing the seventy or so villagers who were still alive to escape into the council hall for refuge, and instructed them to plank the windows around the council hall tightly
However, Cassius's mana was always limited, and after sweating profusely and settling all the villagers, Frey came to Cassius's side
Does the fat man need help
It doesn't need to be asked
But my dagger has just been thrown, or else......
I knew it earlier, so I used this to make do with it, and Cassius pointed to the ground, only to see that there were two ice vertebrae formed by the condensation of water elements lying on the ground
It's strange that it's not cold at all, Frey reaches for the ice spine, but her hands don't feel cold at all
I don't have time, you explain the principle of magic, help me quickly, I can't hold on...... Uh--the wall of ice that had been hit hard in a row eventually collapsed, and Cassius received a magical feedback and spat out a small mouthful of blood
Frei danced two ice vertebrae in front of Cassius, her body flew like a dexterous swallow in the middle of several ghouls, she knew from Cassius that ghouls were monsters that could live for weeks even if they lost their heads, so the ice vertebrae in her hands always targeted their limbs, either to abolish the ghoul's claws or to make them unable to move, and Frei chose to fight the ghouls in the narrow terrain between the two houses, so that the opponent's numerical advantage could not be fully exploited
In less than a quarter of an hour, several ghouls have been abolished, although their hands and feet are still grinning, but they cannot pose a threat in the short term, but Frey's situation is not optimistic, her combat skills are mainly based on instantaneous killing and instantaneous assassination skills, for long-term combat, Frey has neither experience nor body, in fact, Frey's ability to support for so long is also partly due to the factor of Cassius, if it weren't for the fact that the ice wall was shattered just now, a large amount of cold air invaded the bodies of these ghouls, and their movements were greatly slowed down, Frei would have exhausted her body earlier
I only heard a scream, Frei was injured for the first time since the battle with the ghoul, due to the strict consumption of her body, her movements could not keep up with the speed just now, the girl's back was slashed by sharp claws, her clothes were cut open, and the delicate skin and flesh were also scratched out of three blood stains, although the wound was not deep, but the blood was shocking, Frei backhanded an ice vertebrae stabbed into the ghoul's forearm joint, and another ghoul swung her claws at Frei from the opposite direction, Frei let go of her right hand that didn't have time to pull out the ice vertebrae, and then staggered this attack with her hand on the ground and staggered this attack with the strength of the flip, and stepped on the ghoul's head with the strength of the flipAfter jumping farther
At this time, there were already six ghouls temporarily incapacitated, but Frey's body was also drenched in sweat, and she stood breathlessly in front of the remaining ghouls, leaving only an ice vertebrae in her hand
Come on, Frey turned the ice vertebrae and stared at the monster in front of her, with her skills she could have escaped, but she didn't choose to die to defend the village hall behind her and the little girl inside who resembled her lost sister
Frey stepped out of the way, and the voice of Cassius came from behind her, and Frei immediately jumped to the side without thinking about it, only to see a wave of frozen energy blowing directly towards the remaining ghouls like a blizzard, and the strong cold air made these ghouls in a surging posture into ice sculptures
The dead fat man has such a powerful range, why didn't he use it earlier, and Frey, who had just been relieved of the danger, immediately rushed in front of Cassius and kicked him in the thick calf
It hurts me, Cassius picked up his calf and showed a painful expression, what are you doing, I just recovered from the magic feedback and came over to help you, besides, it will take time for me to cast this magic
I don't care, I was almost killed by you just now, Frey curled her mouth, and her savage nature was revealed
If not, how can you see your heroism, and besides, aren't you dead now?
You......
At this moment, a dangerous aura interrupted the argument between Cassius and Frey
Why are you hindering me one after another, and a voice full of anger appears at the entrance of the village
Cassius and the others looked over, only to see a man in a black robe, holding a one-handed staff and a leather whip in both hands, standing at the entrance to the valley path
Who is he, do you know him, Frey asked Cassius
How could I possibly know such a weirdo, but I think he must be the one who manipulated these ghouls, Cassius said
What is he the necromancer you are talking about, Frey looked at the strange man in front of her in surprise
Hehe, this fat man said that these cute ghouls are all my pets, and the weird man laughed and said, but you actually hurt so many of my cute pets, so be aware of the need to die
As he spoke, the strange man jerked the leather whip of his right hand to the ground, making a heavy crackling sound, and then a noisy noise came from behind the strange man, and suddenly countless ghouls poured out at the entrance to the valley path
Go, my army of ghouls, tread down that village, turn the lives of those two imps who get in my way and all the people in the village into my strength, for the great plan of my master, the strange man shouted to the sky, and at the same time the leather whip in his right hand kept whipping the ghouls passing by him, and the ghouls he had whipped had red eyes, and the ghouls he had whipped had red eyes, and they were running and waving their claws at noticeably faster
What to do, in the face of the surging hordes of ghouls, Frey's heart was cold
Defend the council hall, we have no way out, just dealt with a dozen ghouls, both of them have been injured, wolf Bèi is extremely strong, now dealing with hundreds of ghouls at the same time, and there is also a necromancer of unknown strength, Cassius is really at a loss, but all he can do is continue to fight against the guards of Dever Village, because even if they want to escape, they can't escape, the only exit in and out of Devil Village has been blocked by the army of ghouls, and the spatial teleportation is not even to think about waiting for the lengthy spell to finish chanting, his fat body may have become a pile of minced meat
Frey didn't say anything more, she quickly withdrew the two daggers that had been thrown, standing side by side with Cassius in front of the door of the council hall, she swung the two daggers she had known for many years in a defensive posture, the young female thief knew that even if she chose to surrender now, the necromancer on the other side would not let her go, did I really come to the end of my life, I haven't found my own background yet, Frei thought regretfully
However, a puzzling scene occurred, when the army of ghouls was knocked down by a large piece of frozen energy, and rushed to less than ten meters from the entrance of the council hall, they suddenly stopped the attack as if they had received an order at the same time
Frey and Cassius looked at each other, puzzled
At this time, I saw the necromancer walking to the middle of the ghoul army
I changed my mind for a moment, and now I play it differently, the necromancer looks at the two people in front of him with a gloomy sneer, in his eyes, these two have become turtles in the urn, and it is too boring to let the ghouls tear you to pieces at once, I prefer to see you slowly tortured
What tricks do you want to play, and fear rises in Frey's heart
The necromancer didn't answer, he just laughed a few times, and at the same time raised the one-handed staff in his left hand, only to see that the top of the staff was a white bone hand, holding up a gray magic bead, and the undead wizard's mouth began to chant incantations, and the beads gradually emitted a gray strange glow
No, he wanted to cast a spell, Cassius immediately thought, and at the same time, he also chuttered a spell to attack the magic, and the extremely dense water element at the bottom of the valley quickly condensed into two ice arrows and shot towards the necromancer
However, the necromancer showed no signs of dodging or stopping his chanting, only to see the two ghouls in front of him leap to their feet, and use their own for the necromancer to block the attack of two ice arrows
At the same time, the necromancer had also finished casting his spell, and he looked at the two in front of him playfully
Only to hear the hoarse screams of some birds in the air, Cassius and Frey looked into the sky, and when they saw a group of scavenging vultures swooping towards the two of them at a very high speed, Cassius hurriedly released several chain of ice arrows, and the four vultures were shot down by the speeding ice arrows in the air, but before Cassius could cast a second round of ice arrows, the vultures had already rushed in front of the two of them, and attacked them fiercely with their claws and sharp beaks
Roll away, Frey brandished two daggers and slashed and besieged her and the scavenging vultures of the mages with little melee ability, and after a few minutes of entanglement, more than a dozen scavenger vultures were all shot down, but they left dozens of terrible scars on the two of them
The necromancer watched the process, neither helping his vultures, nor attacking them, and after a dozen scavenging vultures were all killed, the necromancer raised his staff and cast a second spell
I saw that the ground was shaking with unusual light and heavy weights
What's going on, the earthquake and the bloodied Frei exclaimed
It wasn't an earthquake, but the surrounding water elementals said that the earth elementals were scared, and Cassius was terrified
At this moment, a beetle with a big fist suddenly emerged from the mud and quickly crawled towards Frey
Ah, Xiaoqiang, a creature that every girl would be afraid of, Frey pulled Cassius's arm tightly
It was the carrion beetle, Cassius corrected, but even though it wasn't that kind of creature, the carrion beetle's appearance could also scare the girl half to death, and Frey's whole body was weak and she had lost her combat effectiveness
The carrion beetle that was about to rush in front of him was stomped flat by Cassius, splashing green bodily fluids, but it didn't end so quickly, as the ground was constantly tumbling, and the second carrion beetle broke through the ground, and then the third, and then the fourth, and the fifth...... In an instant, hundreds of carrion beetles had already burrowed out of the ground and surrounded Cassius and the others
Cassius chanted a spell, and when the carrion beetles were about to touch their feet, he touched the ground with his staff, only to see that the ground was quickly covered with a layer of ice, and the swarm of insects was frozen in the ice, and the frozen energy also turned the mud into frozen soil, and there were no new carrion beetles turning over the dirt and running out
Hucasius breathed a sigh of relief, but just then he heard Frey shout beside him, and he looked at Frey, only to see a carrion beetle crawling on her calf, tearing at her skin, Cassius hurriedly used the end of his staff to remove the carrion beetle, and then stomped on it, but when he turned his head to see Frey's condition, the little girl had collapsed to the ground, and the part of her calf that had been bitten by the carrion beetle turned black
Poison Cassius immediately realized, however, that before he could come to his senses, the necromancer's third magic had arrived
A swarm of flies swooped down on Cassius, and the poor mage didn't even have time to chant the incantation, and he went mad in the black pile of flies, waving his staff and fat hands to drive away the flies
The torture of the flies lasted for three minutes before it dissipated, and Cassius, who was bitten to the ground, finally couldn't support his fat body and collapsed
Hahahaha, seeing that he had won a big victory, the necromancer laughed wildly, you he pointed to the place where Frei who collapsed on the ground, and the place where she was bitten by the carrion beetle will slowly rot and then spread around, and in a few days you will rot alive, and then he pointed to Cassius who fell to the ground, don't think that flies just bite your body, they have laid thousands of eggs on you, and then these eggs will hatch into larvae, and your chubby body will be eaten alive by the larvae into a skeleton
Dead of decay and eaten by larvae, it was unimaginable pain when you think about it, compared to the torture of the lord - the villagers in the council hall trembled with fear when they heard what the necromancer said, and they only realized today what real evil was.