"You forced me. ”

Blair dropped a harsh word.

Under the moonlight, the appearance of his half of his body full of throwing knives was extremely terrifying. Sophia, who had the advantage, was also frightened by this encounter and took a step back.

"Zi", "Zi", "Zi"...... With his right hand, which had been cracked, Blair pulled the knives out of his body one by one, and with each knife he pulled, black blood gushed out from the wound and splashed on the ground, raising wisps of black smoke.

Whatever Blair is doing, it's definitely not going to be a good thing. Sophia did not hesitate and immediately rushed over with her twin swords in her hands. But as soon as she ran two steps, she felt that her steps were faltering, as if she was "glued" by something. When Sophia looked back, she saw several translucent ghosts entangled around her hands, waist, and feet, slowing her movements.

Originally, it was impossible for the souls of spirits to attack the ** made of matter, but Blair used his own blood to semi-materialize these ghosts.

But that's not enough! Blair reached into his arms with a trembling bloody hand, took out a packet of powdered items, and scattered them forward.

It is made from bat droppings, human ashes that have died unjustly, crocodile tears, and the placental basin of a dead baby, which are ground and crushed, and mixed in a certain proportion. These powders intensify the materialization of the ghosts. All of a sudden, the ghosts cried and howled, countless mournful ghosts flew around Sophia, and the several battle blessing spells that were originally blessed on her body were also neutralized layer by layer, and after the blessings on her body completely disappeared, these ghost warriors could directly harm Sophia's body.

They are all the souls of the deceased who were killed by Blair's "Soul Blade", lost their sense of self, and became Blair's servants.

"Evil!" Sophia was disgusted by this cruelty, and she resolutely discarded the dagger in her left hand, and pulled out the silver cross, which she wrapped around the dagger in her right hand.

Although Sophia no longer has any magic to cast any light magic, silver is the nemesis of any undead creature, and wherever the dagger crosses, the ghosts consciously let go, avoiding the silver wrapped around the dagger.

Sophia, who had found a way to crack it, did not hesitate in the slightest, and flipped between the ghosts with her short sword. Although the number of ghosts is large, they have no self-consciousness, and they exert their pre-birth combat power, and are lightly sliced through the semi-physical body by a sharp blade, destroying the blood clot of Blair, which has coagulated as the core that maintains their physical existence.

Judging from the look in Blair's eyes that were almost about to breathe fire, he felt very anxious that the ghost warriors had been eliminated one by one. Blair, who was forced to be in a hurry, grabbed the thirteen throwing knives and stabbed them into his right half of his body in turn. The black blood splattered from the wound, and the soul that broke away from the "Soul Blade" was transformed into a half-physical ghost warrior to participate in the siege of Sophia.

This is a long-term battle, but also a battle of life, Blair uses his own blood to create a constant stream of ghost warriors, if he can't take down Sophia's body before she is exhausted, then his blood will be drained first, so whoever can last longer in this battle will be the final winner.

However, it was not only the warring parties who were present, but also the spectators who had not been noticed by them in the first place. A crow, hiding in a nearby tree, was watching the battle from beginning to end......

Island of the Dead.

By the pool, the Lich King Callowen watched the battle from beginning to end. In fact, from the time Blair first left the Isle of the Dead, the Lich King had been secretly watching him. This is why the Lich King sent a Raven instead of a Vulture, because everyone on the Isle of the Dead knows that Lord Lich King can drive vultures as his eyes and ears, however, in fact, there is more than one animal that the Lich King can repel, and this secret is known only to the Lich King himself.

The spying on the road has led the Lich King to discover something interesting. There are two of the most interesting things: first, in addition to the Blair he sent, the "Night Stalker" organization in the Republic of Monis also seems to be interested in Sophia, although the "Night Stalker" killer attack is ostensibly aimed at Sophia's companion, but the sophisticated Lich King quickly sees through the ploy that it is just a ploy to distract her companion, and second, it is Sophia's appearance at this time.

"The little girl is not bad. Looking at the reflection of the pool, Sophia still made such a stubborn resistance despite the huge disadvantage of not being able to use the Valkyrie's soul and light magic, and the Lich King did not hesitate to give praise, but at the same time, he also saw Sophia's greater shortcomings, "The ability is indeed good, but unfortunately it is too tender to make a decision immediately." ”

If the Lich King really wanted to invite Sophia as a guest, there was no shortage of necromancers on the Dead Island who possessed diplomatic and negotiation skills, but he would rather send a cold-blooded killer. It may seem counterintuitive, but the Lich King did it on purpose. Because he knew that with Blair's character and habits, he would definitely take strong measures to carry out the kidnapping, and then there would be a battle with Sophia. In fact, the Lich King doesn't care whether Blair lives or dies, and the kind of guy who has been a traitor will not be trusted no matter which new master he defects to, and the best way to deal with it is to let him die in the middle of the mission. To put it bluntly, the Lich King's invitation to Sophia was a foolish excuse, testing her abilities was the real goal, and Blair was just a pathetic prop for the Lich King to test.

However, the results of the test were not satisfactory to the Lich King. Because the Lich King can see that Sophia's current ability, it is actually quite simple to defeat Blair quickly, as long as she summons the soul of the Valkyrie, although she no longer has magic power, but with her body, she can still easily manipulate that powerful strength and knock Blair down in an instant, but in this way, the protective barrier arranged around the float will be lifted, and the poisoned and unconscious Cassius will be defenseless, so Sophia has chosen the most difficult path of resistance, although doing so will cost her her life at any time。

Sophia's approach may have been noble in the eyes of the Wandering Poet, but in the eyes of the Lich Five, it was simply idiotic. Because if something happens to her, it is impossible for that companion to be saved.

As a leader, you have to think about things from the perspective of the overall situation, sometimes you have to make trade-offs, and you must not scruple too much at critical moments. In this regard, Sophia simply does not have what it takes to become a leader, at least not yet. "It seems that this little girl will have to give her more tribulation. The Lich King worried, "Otherwise, even if the tower can be built in half a year, it won't be able to do its job." ”

Just as the Lich King was thinking about it, the pool suddenly rippled slightly, and the picture in the reflection in the water was no longer visible, and this situation lasted less than 1 or 2 seconds before it returned to normal.

The anomaly lasted for a short time, but it couldn't escape the Lich King's eyes.

"Is there anyone else there?" the Lich King immediately realized an unexpected situation.

It is only when there is another powerful source of magic near the scene that they interfere with each other. From this, it can be inferred that the possibility of the return of the "Night Stalker" organization can basically be ruled out, that is, the power competing for the Kuka Mountains, and the fourth force.

"It seems that that guy's character is not as noble as he himself boasts. Hehe, there are more and more interesting things. The Lich King had quickly guessed who this fourth force was, and to his surprise, he also felt an inexplicable excitement.

The battle between Sophia and Blair has returned to the original face-to-face tearing. Blair knows very well that the ghost warriors he summoned alone can't hurt Sophia's muscles and bones at all, and if it drags on for a long time, he will lose too much blood and die at any time, so he still needs to take action himself at a critical time, and those ghost warriors flying around the two can only play an assistive role.

At this time, because Sophia's blessing had been neutralized by the dark magic of the ghost, her speed slowed down, and the power of her moves also decreased, so the seriously injured Blair was not as difficult as before. The two actually fought to an even degree.

In fact, Blair doesn't need to defeat Sophia on the sword at all, he only needs to use the bronze dagger "Soul Blade" to leave a small wound on Sophia's body, and then the soul imprisoned in the "Soul Blade" will tear Sophia's soul out of her body on its own. This is his trick "Soul Hunting".

Originally, Blair didn't want to use this trick at all, which was different from when Buyos asked him to capture Owen many years ago, when Buyos just wanted Owen's **, to be precise, it was for the drop of demon blood in Owen's body, and it didn't matter what would happen to Owen's soul, so he didn't hesitate to use "soul hunting" against Owen back then; But now the Lich King has given him the task of bringing Sophia back to the island of the dead alive, although Blair doesn't know what the purpose of this is, but since he is required to bring people back alive, he must keep his body and soul intact, because not everyone can maintain self-consciousness and return to ** on their own after the soul is withdrawn** like Owen did. So Blair didn't come up and use this trick "soul hunting" to Sophia as soon as he came up. But now the situation has changed, Sophia's strength has grown completely beyond his expectations, the original plan is no longer feasible, continue to consume like this, once Sophia recovers enough to release the magic of a holy light, then it will be him who will die. Therefore, Blair does not have so many scruples, this is no longer for the task, but for the sake of survival.

However, another change in the sudden arrival once again disrupted Blair's calculations.

The temperature around him dropped suddenly, and a thin layer of ice instantly condensed on the ground. A powerful cryogenic magic is encroaching on the area. Sophia and Blair noticed that someone had intruded into their fight, and they both stopped and looked in the direction the magic came from.

At first, Sophia excitedly thought Cassius had woken up and rushed to her aid, but the idea lasted less than half a second before it was completely rejected. Because Sophia felt a terrible murderous aura and extreme malice from these cold airs. Apparently Blair felt it too, and he paused his hostility with Sophia, and after distancing himself, he raised his dagger vigilantly in the direction from which the magic came.

"Tick", "Tick", "Tick......

The slow, heavy sound of horses' hooves came to my ears one by one, and in the faint moonlight, a knight in pitch black, riding a war horse that was also all black, appeared in the cold mist