1 hour later, there was news.

The two soldiers who had returned to report the news were attacked by the enemy on the way. When the bats with fluttering wings swooped down behind the soldiers from the dark and dreary trees, the two men turned back too late, and the two short screams stopped abruptly. After the two bats lay on the corpse of the soldier and feasted, black smoke flashed, turning into two vampires wearing black trench coats and blood-colored dresses, grabbing the corpse of the soldier and going straight to a certain place.

The lickers who followed the soldiers did not interfere with the hunt of the two vampires, until they returned with their prey, they gently bounced between the trees to track, and the 15 lickers lurking near the stronghold in the distance immediately moved, except for 1 to continue to be on guard, the other 14 quickly moved in the direction of the vampires, faintly forming an encirclement network.

Swift vampires and equally swift lickers scurry through the dense forest, swift but silent, ghostly shaped.

In a remote cave 3 miles away from the stronghold's tower, three necromancers were whispering around the campfire, the same black robes and hats, and the same white bone staff marked the identities of the three people.

Necromancer Garda angrily waved his staff of bones and cursed, "Too weak! Unforgivable weakness! Since Novis has already sharpened his sword, why can't we let go of our hands and feet to do a big fight? Sneak attack, sneak attack, they will only let us sneak attack, only allow us to bring these a few subordinates, what can we do?"

"Alright, alright, Garda, do you have an opinion on the United Council of the Dead? do you have an opinion on several Excellencies?" rebuked the necromancer Merkel:

"Of course I don't have a problem with your Excellency, but the war is about to begin, are you still so divided?" Garda hurriedly explained: "Since we have made it difficult to climb over the Aveli Mountains to attack Novis, why are we not allowed to bring all our subordinates, only 3 vampires?"

Necromancer Hurley, who had been silent, sighed, "Because the Federation is still assessing the impact of Novis entering the war. We can't fight on both sides, we need to warn Novis about the fate of angering the necromancers, and we can't provoke them to join the war desperately, so the Council only sent 7 teams, each team strictly limited the number of high-level undead, and did not allow us to go too far from the Aveli Mountains. The Federation probably just wants to scare Novis off!"

Garda lowered his head and was silent, he and Merkel were only level 4 necromancers, while Hurley was already a level 6 necromancer, this team was dominated by mid-level mages Hurley, and when Hurley gave an order, he also had to obey unconditionally.

Hurley saw that the two of them were a little depressed, so he had to explain: "Since we have accepted the task of the United Council, we can only do it, and we don't need to think about it, so let's not discuss it anymore! We will keep an eye on this stronghold, turn all the Novis soldiers who come to this stronghold into our slaves, and then fight a skirmish with them, and time will always be on our side." Garda, the 2 vampires sent out should be back, right?Merkel, get your team ready, attack in a moment, and leave all the people who came today. ”

Merkel nodded: "Those corpses have already been disposed of, I will wake them up before the attack." The people who came today were very vigilant, and they actually burned all the materials left in the tower in advance, but it was a pity that those arrangements were arranged. ”

Garda interjected, "Remember, they also have a mage in their team, and they will kill him first, otherwise they will lose too much material." You saw that strange creature in the afternoon, it wasn't something that should be found in the Aveli Mountains, it looked like a mutated ghoul!

As soon as the three of them finished their discussion, they sensed the approach of the vampire, and Hurley stood up and beckoned, "Let's go, it's almost time, it's time to clean up those poor dead people!"

Out of the hole, Merkel walked around to a wooded area on the side, where the corpses she had collected from the stronghold had been transformed into zombies and buried here waiting to be awakened. Hurley and Garda stood at the entrance of the cave as they watched the vampire approach with the two corpses as they discussed the battle that awaited.

Suddenly, Master Hurley sensed something, turned around and rushed to Merkel, who was walking to the edge of the woods, and shouted, "Be careful, come back!"

Before the words fell, black shadows flashed in the woods in front of Merkel, and several fierce figures jumped into the air in the night and pounced on the stunned Merkel.

Merkel staggered backwards, and immediately activated the spell "Mage Armor" pre-stored on the staff with her fastest speed, and before she could stop, the Mage Armor shook violently and was about to shatter. Merkel didn't have time to hold the spell, so she pulled down the bone tooth necklace around her neck and smashed it down. With a muffled bang, a strong wave of negative energy burst out, forming a violent shock wave that washed over the surrounding 10 meters, and all the living matter within the range quickly withered under the erosion of negative energy, it was simply a small death wither, but it was a pity that he himself was also within the scouring range. Too much negative energy is also a burden for necromancers, who are only used to negative energy, not love it. The mage's shield had been shattered, and Merkel's soul fire was washed away with a tremble, and as soon as he stabilized his soul, he saw two blood basins biting viciously. As soon as it was dark, Merkel only had time to exclaim in her heart that "undead creatures" lost her life.

Hurley and Garda looked at everything in front of them in anger, and in less than 7 seconds, a companion died tragically in front of him, and what was this that killed him? By the way, I had seen that the ghoul-like creature that had appeared in the stronghold in the afternoon was no longer one, but four, and they swarmed up, tearing Merkel apart before she could react with swift speed.

Garda cursed, and was about to command the vampires who had just arrived next to him to attack, Hurley grabbed him and shouted: "Defend with all your strength, they are also undead, don't use necromancy, there are still behind!"

Just when the two of them summoned the vampires to defend with all their strength and blessed themselves with armor like a fire, 11 more lickers rushed at them from the way when the vampires came!

Hurley screamed, and the "Necromantic Immobilization" was thrown into the rushing team of lickers, and the lickers flipped on their backs, and overturned six in succession, and those behind either jumped up or scattered, buying time for the two necromancers. Garda's "Fireball Technique" landed at the 6 lickers rolling together, bursting into scorching flames, killing 1 in an instant and severely injuring 3 lickers.

The vampires on the heads of the two necromancers re-transformed into human forms, rushed up and entangled the 4 lickers who had just killed Merkel, both of them were undead, so they saved a lot of redundant actions to cover the parry, all of them were ferocious bites and scratches, and every moment, both sides were creating wounds. The vampire is noticeably more agile in his movements, and although he is 2 to 4, he still suppresses the licker and cannot move forward.

Due to the support of Li Xun's soul connection to the lickers, the necromantic fixation technique could not last, and soon the 2 necromancers fell into the siege of the 8 lickers. The 8 intact lickers are scattered around the mage in turn, and the 3 heavily damaged ones are scattered around the periphery waiting for an opportunity, and every time a mage wants to cast a spell to attack, a licker will pounce in front of him, covering his vision with his body, and strive to exchange the casualties of one licker for the full attack of the remaining lickers.

"Someone directs them. Hurley first discovered the problem, he knew very well that this kind of undead creature did not have a high IQ, and most of them still relied on instinct to act, and it was impossible to be like this, with a clear division of labor and discipline.

Garda's shield had already been broken, and he barely escaped the 2 lickers under Hurley's cover, and used the "Arrow of Life" to force back the one attacking Hurley, and he was exhausted for a while, and quickly screamed: "Quickly recruit your vampire!"

Hurley was speechless for a while, if he could recruit it, he would have recruited it a long time ago, and it would take nearly 5 seconds to summon the undead creature he carried with him to open his soul space, depending on the current situation, Garda is not even a shield, who can buy himself this long 5 seconds?

Time was pressing, just do it when you thought of it, after Hurley shouted "run separately", he rushed to the direction with the fewest lickers, and did not hesitate to use the "fireball ring" on his hand, opened the way with 3 fireballs, and with a continuous explosion, blew up the 4 lickers who were in the way, and tried to rush out. Only ran out of 10 meters when I heard Garda's scream, my heart trembled, and I slowly stood still, and the road blocked in front of me was 3 lickers who were hit hard at the beginning, although most of the body was scorched black, but still stopped in front of him.

Hurley cried out in despair, "Who are you? I'm a member of the Council of the Dead, and you're ......."

Before he could finish speaking, his neck hurt, and his head had been bitten off by the licker.

Li Xun looked at the battlefield through the soul connection, 4 lickers died, 7 were seriously injured, and 4 were lightly injured, which was still within the acceptable range, he smiled, and let the injured 7 lickers hunt freely, and the 4 lightly injured lickers searched the necromancer and the cave, and collected all the loot that could be taken away and brought it back, so he rubbed his forehead and slowly retracted his consciousness.

The first time I directly use the soul connection to direct the operation feels very fresh and peculiar, but the burden is not small, especially the use of the soul connection to help the licker resist the "necromantic fixing technique", the head is a little painful, and so on in the future, there are more and more subordinate creatures, so that accurate command operations require strong spiritual support, it seems that the attribute points of the latter levels must be pointed on the spirit.

With a smile, Li Xun was finally able to sleep peacefully.