Chapter Twenty-Three: Arnold's Wish

Fernando felt that he couldn't spit it out because he couldn't spit it out, this old fox had deceived everyone! And what was even more odious was that he had hinted in advance that he was watching himself and others be misled like a play!

No wonder he wasn't worried that the "Deep Blue Gift" Sharp would regret revealing it!

Fernando held back his anger and followed Anold to fly out of the forest quickly, the aftermath of the battle of the legendary powerhouse could destroy this place!

"Has Your Excellency the 'Death Lord' regained his strength to the third order?" Douglas repeated one of Fernando's questions, at this time, he was more concerned about the comparison of strength between the two sides, and the rest were trivial, and could wait until the matter was over to discuss.

In the depths of the forest, the light and shadow changed, the snowflakes flew, as if there were countless ghosts wandering inside, making people shudder, Anold squinted his eyes and looked back, smiling like a real fox: "Your Excellency the 'Death Lord' was severely injured by the Pope, and his body, soul, and life box were all shattered, and he almost fell completely. ”

"Later, His Excellency the 'Death Lord' relied on the soul core preserved by the legendary secret arts, fused many other people's soul fragments, resurrected them in the way of alchemical life, and reshaped his body. ”

In the Psychic Connection, he was not in a hurry to talk about the Death Lord, and he didn't seem to have any doubts about the outcome of this battle, after all, the Death Lord was once the peak of the legend, and he was a terrifying powerhouse with an undead legion under his command, even if his strength had dropped seriously now, there was no problem in dealing with a "Heart of Time" who had not yet been promoted to the third order:

"But it's a big deal. The fragments clashed with each other, the main consciousness was often disturbed, and most of the spell models became incomplete, so they did not regain their strength for a long time. ”

"It wasn't until more than ten years ago that His Excellency Tannanos relied on his in-depth study and mastery of the soul to slowly and completely absorb other fragments, and only then did he slowly recover the strength of the legendary third order, and maybe in a few decades, he would be able to return to the top. ”

"That doesn't seem like a big problem......" Fernando said subconsciously.

He was judged on the basis of reality, after a long war at the dawn of light. It's clear to everyone. In the case of the same level, the mage is stronger than the knight and the clergy, but the time interval between the growth of the mage is too long, much higher than the two. Especially the latter. That's why it's slowly falling to the downside.

Other than that. Symbolizing death, resurrection, and life, the necromancer is one of the three most powerful types of magicians because of his deep understanding of the soul. And more deadly and bizarre!

Therefore, even if Ketonia is a variant of the "Time Dragon" bloodline, a powerful knight who is enough to compete with mages of the same rank, he will not have any hope of winning in the face of a necromancer who is one order higher than himself, just see if he can seize the fleeting opportunity to escape.

Arnold smiled, did not respond to Fernando's words, but took the initiative to explain the action to the two: "Actually, while contacting the 'Red Eye', 'Soul Supreme' and other organizations, I also tried to 'say hello' to the three legendary Excellencies, and got a satisfactory answer. ”

They were fast and had reached the edge of the Black Forest, so they turned back together again to look at the battlefield of the legendary powerhouses.

At this moment, in the mist of the souls floating and struggling with countless soul faces, a hazy flickering light suddenly flew out, and along the way, all the obstacles were like phantoms, and they did not delay it for a moment at all, as if they were in different time and space.

"The power of time is really strong......" In the telepathic connection, Douglas sighed with emotion.

Before he could finish speaking, the sky, which had been slightly brightened by the fluttering of ice and snow, suddenly dimmed, and a huge dragon circled and descended, its muscles rotting all over its body, its bones deep visible, pus flowing sideways, and pale flames spitting from its mouth.

This turned out to be a "Dragon Lich", a legendary undead creature!

The death dragon spread its wings, obscuring the sky and the sun, leaving half of the forest in absolute darkness, enveloping the passing "time", and only a faint light could be seen struggling and tearing.

In the nearby air, two huge figures appeared again, one was a mummy wrapped in a yellow-brown cloth, and the strong aura made Douglas and Fernando in the distance feel it, and the other was a monster with only a skeleton left in its body, it was larger than the dragon lich, as if it was the skeleton left behind by the death of the legendary sea monster in the endless ocean.

These two absolutely legendary-level necromancers, under the entanglement of their respective auras, plunged into the deep darkness created by the "Dragon Lich", so the haze behind the "time" was also obscured.

In the forest, undead creatures such as demons, zombies, skinless dogs, mummies, dead souls, and ghosts are like a raging tide, climbing and covering the "darkness".

"A legendary-level necromancer is really terrifying, especially since he is also known for mastering the 'Death Lord' profession known for his powerful undead legions, Ketonia is finished......" Fernando has a deep understanding of the necromancer, and when he saw the scene at this time, he was inevitably a little dumbfounded.

Among the other legendary professions of the necromancer, whether it is the "Pale Lord" or the "Demigod Lich", although there are also many "helpers", they are not as good as the "Death Lord" who takes this as their "main job", and these two professions are more inclined to instant death spells, soul attacks, and secret states.

If it weren't for the fact that the Pope had destroyed the main force of the "Death Lord" "Legion", he would have been able to withstand most of the legends in the Great Holm region alone.

It was dark in the depths of the forest, no sound leaked out, and it was quiet to the extreme, which was both strange and terrifying, making it impossible to understand the progress of the battle, so Fernando had to withdraw his gaze and continue the "topic" just now: "Satisfactory answer?"

Didn't the old fox say that only with the cooperation of the nobles could he impress the organization of the three legendary mages to join?

Arnold glanced at him and Douglas, and the old god said, "Although Lord Tannanos is dissatisfied with the actions of the Empire at the beginning, he is unwilling to go to Aalto to help. But as one of the powerhouses who once stood at the pinnacle of this world, he did not lack judgment on the situation, and understood that this was the ultimate chance to save himself!"

"Taking advantage of the opportunity that most of the main forces of the church are dragged to the west by Abel, Dracula, Danissus and other powerful people of various races and the legendary lords of the empire, you must save yourself!

"This is the last chance, to die or to live better, we know, and the elite of them know it, even if I don't call 'say hello'. They should be making a move recently, too. ”

Speaking of which. Arnold laughed: "Originally, they didn't think much of us, but Sharp's commission gave me inspiration, so there was this action, from the beginning." The real target is the 'Heart of Time' Ketonia. The most promising epic knight among the nobility. It is also relatively close to the strong of the church. ”

"It's no wonder that Sharp made a random commission at the beginning, and before you made more confirmations, you pushed it so aggressively!" Fernando felt more and more distraught. I didn't even see this, and it wasn't until I think back now that I realized that the old fox's attitude at that time was too eager!

Arnold smiled and said nothing, but Douglas nodded and said, "Even we believe that this is to assassinate Alfonso, how can Ketonia doubt it?"

"But what if Rig wasn't a traitor? What if the Heart of Time didn't arrive?" Fernando had already understood that completing Sharp's commission was just a superficial disguise to hide his true goal, but he still had some doubts in his mind.

Arnold laughed like a fox who had stolen a chicken: "The real goal is Alfonso, by assassinating him, provoking the conflict between the nobility and the church, and winning over some of the big nobles represented by Sharp, so as to gain space for survival." ”

Fernando looked at Arnold in astonishment, feeling that he was a little out of his tracks.

Arnold said with a smile: "First of all, you have to always remember our path: to win over the nobles and sow discord between them and the church, so whether it is besieging the pro-church 'Heart of Time' or assassinating Alfonso, they are all fighting for this path, but the former is more effective, and the latter is secondary." ”

"In the case where the former cannot be done, the latter is our minimum guarantee, and it is definitely more than a disguise. ”

Fernando listened intently, vaguely grasping something essential, and for the first time he was eager to hear the old fox continue.

Arnold's eyes turned to Douglas and said with a smile: "If you want to successfully achieve your goal, you must not formulate the kind of plan that is so interlocking that the slightest accident in any link will fail, because there are so many accidents in actual action that it is terrible, and people's hearts are so complicated that it is difficult to fully grasp them." ”

"The key to the operation is to conceal, disguise, deceive, conceal one's true purpose, disguise it as another idea, and this idea will help the completion of the real purpose to some extent, so as to avoid defeat to the greatest extent, because the enemy destroys what he really wants, and even his destruction helps you, regardless of disguise or deception, it is inseparable from the support of detailed intelligence and the concealment of one's own key information......"

He flew outside the forest, with his hands behind his back, his white hair fluttering, talking eloquently, indescribably calm, hearing Fernando stunned for a moment, and scolded from the bottom of his heart: The old fox is really the old fox!

But why doesn't he usually go into such detail?

Douglas listened quietly, with the same feeling similar to Fernando, before the battle of Antiphre, he had been focusing on research, was rejected by other magicians, basically did not preside over the overall situation, make plans, arrange the experience of action, and later in the process of exile, suffered a lot of losses, and slowly learned a little, but these experiences are so obscure, that he still seems jerky, but at this time, after listening to Arnold's explanation, he suddenly had a sense of enlightenment and integration.

His heart moved: "Mr. President, are you teaching me?"

He used honorifics.

Arnold turned his head, smiled at the forest that was still shrouded in absolute darkness, and said with old and feeling: "No matter how strange your question is, you are the most potential magician in the guild, hey, Fernando is smart, but he is too impatient and too impatient, so I have to tell you some of my experience before I die." ”

"Old fox!"

"Mr. President......"

Arnold raised his hand to stop their words, and continued: "In this war that makes magicians desperate, so many legendary lords have fallen, let alone me? Maybe at any time, I will be killed by cardinals, epic knights or night watchmen, and I will not be luckier than others, or maybe in a hundred years, I will already grow old and die, this is the law of nature, unless I become a legendary magician, it is difficult to break through." ”

"My greatest wish now is for the magician to return to the highest position in this world and build a brilliant and splendid magical empire. ”

His gaze did not leave the legendary battlefield, and his voice became slightly muffled: "I don't know if I can live to see this scene......"

I only hope that in my lifetime, I will see "you" return to the highest!

His back is a little rickety, and his gray hair is so obvious.

At this moment, an unimaginably brilliant light burst out in the darkness, illuminating the heavens and the earth. (To be continued......)