Chapter Eighty-Eight: The Sudia Plain
On a grassy plain, Rhines calmly looked at the enemy in front of her, a vague smile on the corner of her mouth.
"I've heard that Roseos has trained soul mages." The silver-haired mercenary said indifferently, "I didn't expect that Rossos would dare to use a sacrificial mage who can drive away the necromancy. ”
In front of her was a man of unknown age and wearing a black cloak of dark stripes, and behind this person, there were several people wearing black coarse cloth cloaks. There was a rotten smell of death around them, which was terrifying.
"Roseos really thinks he's going to die." Smoker said mockingly, "As a god, you even openly cultivate such people. ”
"Shao is worthy of Molphy's brain, clever and clever." Reins said lazily, "Where there are necromantic sacrificial magicians, there are church guys." ”
"I'm right in front of you, Reins." Smofa complained half-truthfully, "Does the name of me have to be 'church guy'?" ”
"I've gone from 'Number 7' to 'Wright's spy." Talos pouted and said, "Be content." ”
Rheinsie ignored the two people who were playing tricks, and her red eyes looked up and down at the enemy who had not said a word from the beginning to the present.
"I remember that there is at least one Soul Mage in the top 10 in Rossos, Talos?"
"There are two." Talos pursed his lips, and after answering Reins's question, he muttered quietly, "Call me by my name when you need me......"
"Don't talk halfway." Reins glanced at him, "Number and number, you can't know it." ”
Talos pursed his lips, but he didn't dare not speak.
"No. 8 and No. 10." He honestly said, "The 'gift' of turning them into soul mages is very shocking, and few people can withstand it. The two of them were the physically strong men that Roses was looking for later, a man and a woman. ”
"A man and a woman?" Smofa interjected curiously, "Wouldn't it be even worse if they had children, and it would become an ancestral profession." ”
"No, the two of them have a very bad relationship." Talos said with a single look, "Because they are also necromantic priests, women are ranked higher than men." No. 10 is always looking for trouble when he is not convinced, and No. 8 has been fighting with him. However, there is also that kind of gossip in Roseos, and there is a saying that the two were a loving couple before, and they turned against each other because of their ranking. ”
The man in front of him, dressed in a black cloak of dark stripes, shuddered imperceptibly.
"What do you do with it?" Reins gave Talos a strange look, "I really don't see it......"
Whatever the hidden meaning of the unfinished words, Talos decided not to know.
The Sudia Plains should not be as lush as they are at this time, and while summer is the time of year for other regions, this is not the case with the Sudia Plains.
Perhaps due to the magic of the extremes, the creatures of the Sudia Plains react to the climate much later than in other regions. In the plains of Sudia, it should only be the time of the transition between the old yellow leaves and the first buds, not the time when it is full of life as it is now.
"Life is truly unpredictable." Rhines tapped her chin lightly with her fingers, "Obviously, the source of energy is the deceased and the thoughts that sustain the deceased, but it can bring such pure life energy to this plain. Soul mages are incredible. ”
"These meadows are growing because of the Soul Mage?" Lanoda asked incredulously, "But I remember that the magic that the Soul Mage had earned through sacrifice was supposed to be cursed by death, and it was impossible to gain the opposite life force. ”
"Oh yes, in my meagre knowledge base, the same should be true of the Soul Mage." The corners of Reinth's mouth twitched, "But it's clear that our omnipotent and all-powerful Rossos has some unique way of allowing this Soul Mage to cheat. ”
Judging by Reines' relaxed tone, she didn't take the other party seriously. This is normal, after all, Rossos's ranking is not exactly in the order in which they received the "gifts" - otherwise she would be number 1 - to some extent, this ranking will take into account their own strength and contribution to Rossos.
Except for a few people whose range of activity is not in the Goddess Continent, compared to the others in the top ten, Rhines has made very little contribution to Rossos - she has not been able to be used as a useful "knife" for a few years, and most of that time has been lobbied by Lilian to "paddle and fish".
Under such a premise, she was still able to rank in the 4th place and did not throw it away, which is enough to show how far behind the ability of others is her.
“…… I'd love to know why you're still talking about it here. ”
A slightly hoarse voice rang out from across from them, and although the cloak blurred the gender, the voice undoubtedly revealed the other's identity.
"Oh, looks like it's number eight." Reins said calmly to Talos, then carefully examined the other man's cloak, "I don't quite understand why I'm being accused of being so ashamed. This cloak looks good, with a decent amount of magical defense, but ...... This level of defense would probably cut off the flow of mana, and with this outfit, No. 8 himself would not be able to perform magic normally, let alone draw it from somewhere else. ”
Despite saying that, Number 8 still doesn't take off her cloak. The shadow of the hood made it impossible to see her expression, but from the aura around her, it was clear that her murderous aura had not lessened and was getting stronger.
"This plain looks beautiful, but some parts of it are rotting underneath." Imy grinned, "This is not a plain, it is a habitat for large carnivores, and there are animal remains underneath. So of course - there are some human bones that are not self-sufficient. ”
"There are still humans living on this plain who have lived for a long time." Shuka said indifferently, "The human beings here have no cultural education, and there is no technology. They believe in the rules of the beast and the survival of the fittest, so there are also people who die to compete for food with the beast. ”
"That would have been easy to say, after all, you don't have the ability, and there's nothing to say about losing to the beast." Imi said casually, "Savages don't know what resentment is, only by solving the problem of food, clothing and reproduction can they have the leisure to consider what love and hatred are." ”
"But it's all too easy for Rossos to create resentment." "I think even unintelligent creatures can be provoked by Roseos to have negative emotions," Smofa sighed. ”
"Isn't that an exaggeration?" Talos rolled his eyes, "You're from the church, can you not be so arrogant as Roseos?" ”
Their small talk seemed to make Number 8 feel slighted, and her body trembled slightly.
"You don't have much of a chance to be arrogant."
She still stood still, and several people around her took a step forward. The smell of decay filled the air in an instant, and it was a plain full of life, but a dead silence suddenly rose.
In such a tense atmosphere, Rhines sighed faintly.
"I suddenly remembered Number 2." She said leisurely, "He and his 'crows' are like this, feeding bacteria and viruses with their own lives, spreading death. In the end, he died a miserable death, tsk. ”
The originally clear blue sky was covered by ominous dark clouds, and gusts of cold wind blew through people's skin, as if this cold could penetrate deep into the bone marrow, making people shiver.
Wokan embraced Lanorda into his arms and helped her ward off the evil chill that invaded her soul. The rest of them were more or less capable of protecting themselves, but Lanoda didn't, and he didn't dare risk letting Lanoda endure this.
There seemed to be faint black shadows on the plain, but it was difficult to see. Although the shadows seemed to be standing still, not moving. But every time they closed their eyes and opened them, the shadows were one step closer to them.
This terrifying feeling that makes your teeth fight up and down is the most terrifying.
"Exorcise the undead?" Reins didn't seem to be affected in the slightest, instead looking at the dark shadows, "No, the soul energy of the undead shouldn't be so weak. Souls that can get rid of the attraction of reincarnation and be pulled back to the living place have a strong obsession, whether it is resentment or something that has not been done in life, they will definitely have a strong soul power, not like a wisp of smoke, which will be dispersed as soon as the wind blows. ”
"The wind blows away?" Number 8 hid behind his hood and sneered, "You really look down on them. ”
"Well, of course." Rhines smiled and admitted, "Whether it's these thoughts, or the little chess pieces of Rossos around you who can be sacrificed at any time, or yourself, there is nothing to look at for me." ”
Lanorda was silently aware that the silver-haired mercenary would never care about the feelings of anyone who heard her words, with the exception of her lover, perhaps.
"Then let's give it a try."
Although Eight's voice struggled to stay steady, everyone here could hear the trembling of anger in her voice, which she had tried so hard to suppress. For this, Imi laughed mercilessly.
"Are you still going to put on a show there?" Imi asked sarcastically, "Come on, with Rhine, who do you think here will not know, you need to spend a lot of materials and magic to maintain those magic circles, and you can't use extreme power yet." As a spirit mage like you, you don't have any mana reserves at all, so you can only use nightmares to threaten the living with longing for the dead, and then get your mana, right? With church people here, what else do you think you can do? ”
Number 8 didn't say anything more, and the shadows seemed to get orders, and the cold, rotten smell grew stronger.