Chapter 31: To Each His Own
Li Xun was already running away at this time.
It's really dangerous!
If it weren't for the fact that he put a ghost eye on the place where he killed the 2 necromancers, saw the mysterious behavior of the shadow creatures and arranged a trap in advance, tonight would have been his own death day.
If you want to participate in the battle of the big people, you must have the consciousness to give your life. The secret magic and strange things in the hands of the big people are really terrifying, and if you encounter one casually, you may kill yourself. In the next few days, we must be low-key and low-key, and we must not be targeted by big people again, and I don't have a second life to start again.
In order to avoid the follow-up trouble as much as possible, Li Xun put away Skeletron and some of the lickers, leaving only 5 lickers around him to open the way, and performed "stealth technique" and "levitation technique" on himself, not walking on the ground, floating in the treetops and fleeing into the distance.
It's a pity that the level 3 spell "evasion detection" can't be used by yourself, otherwise you don't need to eliminate the traces so troublesomely, fortunately, the necromancer is not good at prophecy spells, and it is not so easy to track yourself without relying on special items or strange beasts.
Strange mountains and forests, unknown enemies, everything is due to their own weakness, and there are only a few means that can be called, and there are almost no back-ups. As a fox but wants to reap the benefits of the lion and tiger war, this is his biggest problem at present!
After escaping 10 miles, Li Xun returned to the ground, summoned Skeletron and all the lickers, began to look for a new hiding place, and vowed to kill him for 3 days without showing up.
Rutheran Village.
The high-level mage José Tiku who had finished meditating stepped out of the meditation room and began to listen to the progress of the two mid-level mages who were in charge of daily affairs.
After the preliminary investigation of the 5 mages, the hiding places of a large number of necromancers' subordinates have been roughly delineated. During the reconnaissance, these 5 mages fought with the enemy and killed 3 necromancers, but 2 of their own mages lost contact and may have died.
"What's the village doing lately?" José Tiku silently listened to his daily report before asking.
"It's been closely monitored, and the most active one who just had contact with the suspected shadow creature yesterday and visited the water source and food storage warehouse in the village today, is now in the barracks outside the village. My lord, do we need to stop him?"
A faint smile appeared on the corner of Jose Tiku's mouth, but a cold cold glow reflected in his slightly narrowed eyes: "It's a very positive little thing! you don't need to stop him, but the plague seeds he put should be sampled, and the healing potion should be prepared in advance." The safety of the mage group must be guaranteed, and the nobles should not explain it until the time is right. ”
A middle-level mage said hesitantly: "If the time drags on for a long time, even if there is a potion treatment, I am afraid that there will be damage, and the earl's side will ...... in the future."
José Tiku put away his smile: "You can ensure the safety of the count, and the other nobles and knights don't have to worry about it yet." If they do not give the enemy full confidence, how can they come out of their holes? Let them carry out their intrigues! Only when they think that they are in complete control of the situation will they take the initiative to appear before us, and then we will have a good chance to destroy them with one blow. You will inform the Earl in a moment, and tomorrow all the mages will be dispatched to eliminate the necromancer, and ask him to do a good job of cooperating with the army. ”
After a brief report on the integration of the mage group, the two mid-level mages hurriedly left to complete their tasks. José Tiku muttered melancholy, "High mage, high mage......"
As a high-level mage, he knew how difficult it was for a mage who had mastered any gate and teleportation to be a mage, let alone a high-level necromancer. Most of the high-level necromancers have powerful undead servants comparable to small legions, coupled with many life-saving methods, strange spell casting methods, and disgusting and vicious spells, mages of the same level have always taken advantage of each other in battles, although they are confident to defeat him, but it is very difficult to keep the other party permanently, if it is not for their own mage group is far stronger than the other party, they will not think about it at all.
It's all about planning! If you plan well, you can cut off the claws of the necromancer's delusion to penetrate deep into the Duchy of Novis, but once it fails, the necromancer has found a foothold, and combined with the plague that has broken out among hundreds of thousands of refugees, the Duchy of Novis may follow in the footsteps of the Morolhead Kingdom and become a paradise for the undead.
Just when José Tiku was worried about the current situation of the principality, Nicholas, who was in the ancient tree eight miles away, had already received a message crystal from Hans. Originally living in the village of Rutheran and always under the watchful eye of the mage's vigilant circle, Hans never dared to use the communication crystal, and could only rely on the shadow creatures to communicate face-to-face to transmit messages. Today, he just completed the poisoning mission conveyed by the shadow creatures, and in order to avoid suspicion, he took the initiative to ask to come to the barracks, and before he could think about what to do, the mage group sent an order, and the next day he went into the mountains to exterminate the undead creatures. If such a great information is not reported, it will provoke the anger of the necromancer, and the plague seed in his body will instantly transform him into an ugly and terrible zombie, and Hans can't help but tremble at the thought of his sad fate in the future.
After going to several familiar places and not being able to find the shadow creature, Hans had to brave himself to go to a place 2 miles away from the village under the guise of patrolling and use the teleportation crystal.
After listening to Hans's debriefing, Nicholas fell into deep thought.
This attack on the Duchy of Novis was a task issued by the Federation Council, and he and the others were very limited by the mission, and they could only operate in the planned area, which was the main reason why they were so passive. I used to think that the Federation was trying to warn the Duchy of Novis, but I didn't want to provoke it too much, but now when I look at it all over, I always feel as if I have become a decoy. From this, it can be speculated that if he is really a bait, and the Federation Council is willing to pay even a high-level necromancer, the plot must be even greater, then what should it be?
It shouldn't be people. At present, there are not many big people in the Duchy of Novis who are concentrated on the front line of Valencia City and Thundering Fortress, and the legendary mage enshrined by the royal family has not come, and the Grand Duke of the Duchy has not come, just because a small prince is not worth making the Federation pay such a sacrifice.
That is, the strength of the Council of the Federation of Things is outstanding, there are 5 legends in the formation, although the war between the southern front and the major kingdoms is not smooth, but there will be no fiasco, after all, the mage force and the church power are not compatible, and they all expect to consume more strength of the other party. The war on the front line continues, and the negotiations in the shadows have not stopped, and as long as the interests are guaranteed, this vigorous continental war may come to an abrupt end at any time.
In this case, the Federation Council laid a secret hand in advance of the Duchy of Novis behind him, and as soon as the war on the front line was over, he could consider plotting against the entire Duchy. It seems that he is just a small chess piece, in order to divide the mage forces on the front line of the principality, and the Federation Council will inevitably send another person to infiltrate the Duchy of Novis, and the target should be those refugees from the Morohrid Kingdom who rushed into the territory of the Duchy some time ago.
Could it be that the top leaders of the Federation Council want to launch another "undead scourge"? Last time, the Federation Council relied on the undead disaster launched by the three legendary lichs to transform the capital of the Morohed Kingdom into a paradise for the undead, established a stable stronghold, and thus took nearly 70% of the territory of the Mojolhead Kingdom. After the incident, the 3 legendary lich who launched the undead scourge have been in a weak state, and more than 1 year has passed, is the Federation Council capable of launching the undead scourge again?
Although he is a high-level necromancer, after all, he has not been able to form his own power in the Federation Council for a long time, and he does not understand these high-level things clearly enough, and the task of becoming cannon fodder like this will inevitably fall on his head. You must be careful and careful in this mission, and the task must be completed, but you must not trap yourself in it. At present, the one who can pose a threat to himself is the 13th-level high-level mage Jose Tiku in the mage group opposite, judging from his actions, since he came to Ruthran Village, he has been quite indulgent in the activities of necromancers, otherwise even if the shadow creatures can hide their forms, they should not run rampant in the village for more than ten consecutive days, and the corpse puppets they have arranged are all safe and sound.
Hmph, it's a fake thing after it's done.
With such obvious encouragement from the enemy, it seems that the idea is to fight all at once. In this way, some of your own small means can also be used to your heart's content. Hmph, I really want to see the expression on your face when you close the net and find that you have caught a vicious man-eating giant crocodile.
The night passed quickly in the silent deployment of troops on both sides.