Chapter Twenty-Six: The Invisible Hand

"Did I miss something?" When Macageren returned, he only saw Saf sitting on the ground with dull eyes, looking completely broken, while the other people's expressions were extremely strange, looking left and right, but no one looked at Shure.

As for Xiu'er, he sat in the middle with a serious face and was full of majesty, as for whether he was strong and inward-looking, no one knows.

"It's all done?" said Shul with a stiff face, coughing dryly, "Then come and sit down, and get ready for the battle meeting." ”

"What's wrong?" the halfling scratched his head and gave his friend a questioning look, "Boss, what's going on?"

"Hahaha. Mobuck finally couldn't hold it anymore and said with a wild laugh, "I'll tell you, Captain, he just ...... Wait, Captain, you put the hammer down first, there's something to say......"

After a period of terrible violence, Shul finally suppressed all the dissenting voices, and everyone finally fell silent.

"Moria, keep an eye on the old battlefield, Mia, you use the Eagle Eye to look at the direction of the city, Kelly, you treat everyone, heal the injured, help him recover his strength if he is not injured, everyone, half an hour to rest, half an hour later, regardless of the state, move on to the next step. ”

"Now you can speak, Miriday. Once back on track, the lively atmosphere returned to seriousness, "You just said that we are in trouble, be more detailed." ”

"The undead here are very strange. The necromancer took a deep breath and sorted out his words, "They're not the same as Pavadiga's. ”

"I already know that. Shul sighed, "Tell me something I don't know." ”

"They don't have soul fires but can move freely, and I've found the reason. Miridy tapped the black stone beneath them, "Because they don't need soul fire, there are other things that provide them with dark energy to support their actions." ”

"These black stones?" Shure narrowed his eyes, rubbing the ground thoughtfully.

"That's right, it's these black stones, and there should be black sand outside. Militi explained earnestly, "You're right, I'm not using banishment, I'm using the Dark Call of Reversal. ”

"This spell was originally used to condense the dark energy in the target and replenish the energy into the body of the undead to strengthen their summons. After the spell is reversed, the effect is also reversed, which is equivalent to extracting the dark energy from the undead's body and filling it back into the target. ”

"Hmm. Shul nodded, indicating that he already understood, and Milita explained it very clearly, although the specific process was not known, but the effect achieved was understandable.

"This spell is not simple, because these undead are not my summons, they are not under my control, it is very troublesome to strip the dark energy in their bodies, plus I chose the ground as the target at that time, because the ground is large enough to carry enough dark energy, but after all, the ground is not our usual magic item, and it should be difficult to fill the energy inside. So I was talking for five minutes, and I didn't think I could deal with all the undead. ”

"However, it wasn't until I started casting spells that I realized I was wrong, and at the same time I discovered a big problem. ”

"The spell was cast very easily, and it was easy to strip the dark energy and stuff it into the black stone. Everything is going so smoothly, not to mention the current this, even if there are one or two hundred more, I can easily solve it. ”

"There is only one theory that can explain this phenomenon. With her long nails, Miridy carved a shallow line on the black stone, "The energy was originally transmitted from point one to point two through this channel, so I can easily reverse the direction of energy now, so that the dark energy can follow the same channel, from point two to point one." ”

"Hey, so when you stop reversing, the energy transfer will return to its original direction. Shul habitually slapped his thighs and frowned tightly, "In other words, those undead could get back on their feet at any time?"

"Not really, that's an exaggeration. Miridy shook her head and said, "Energy transmission is not so fast, it takes an accumulation process, it is difficult to say how long, but it will not be less than two days, the larger the body, the longer it may take." ”

"Are you judging by the bones that were piled up outside our station yesterday?"

"That's right, if it's as fast as you think, those bones will move last night, and they won't move at all until we leave. ”

"Well, that makes sense. Shuer asked suspiciously, "But since they won't get up right away, what do you mean when you say we're in trouble?"

"Black stone and black sand are paved with every corner of our reach, it is not an exaggeration to say that it is the whole earth, and all the undead are the products of the earth, not only in the wind, as long as there are corpses buried in the sand, then the undead may come out at any time to attack us, and we can't find any premonition, isn't this trouble?"

"If you don't think it's a problem, there's something even more troublesome. ”

"I've checked these black stones before, do you remember, although it has the characteristics of soul sand, the dark energy is very abundant, but these energies are very stable, and they won't even overflow outward, how can they be transmitted to the undead for no reason? ”

"Therefore, there must be an invisible hand behind the scenes, controlling the energy inside the black stone, or more directly, this invisible hand has raised this group of undead and created obstacles for us. ”

"Is this the trouble you are talking about?" said Shur, instead of showing surprise, with a normal expression, "Is there anything else?"

"Isn't that enough?" said Miriday, a little dissatisfied.

"No, you're mistaken, I'll admit it, what you're talking about is really troublesome, but I thought you already knew, referring to other troubles. Shuer shook his head and said, "You don't think it's just a coincidence that there are still such undead in this city, suddenly emerging from hundreds of meters underground." ”

"Just when we walked nearby, there happened to be a large group of undead, and then these undead immediately woke up and attacked us, do you think this kind of coincidence could exist?"

"Well, that's a coincidence. Miridy was stunned, she didn't expect this, so she could only shake her head vigorously and said, "Unlikely." ”

"There is such a thing as coincidence, but excessive coincidences are a different matter. Shure sneered, "Of course there is, and it always is, and I even thought at one point that it was watching us all the time." ”

"Are you watching?" Raising his head to the sky and asking, Shul sneered, shook his head, and said, "It's unlikely that you'll be observing all the time, but it's okay to observe occasionally, otherwise it wouldn't have raised the city so in time." ”

"Who do you think it could be?" Mia pondered with her chin propped, "Is there a local deity with Mistress Wendy? she wants to smuggle to Pavatiga, so why should she hinder us, and she should be a water deity, I don't think these black stones and black sand have anything to do with the concept of water." ”

"She is indeed a water-type deity. Shule looked at Kelly with questioning eyes, and the priestess nodded, confirming his judgment, and Shull continued, "The question is, who has stipulated that there is only one god in this world who wants to smuggle in the world, the god of water?"

"Huh?" This sentence is so amazing, if Xiu'er guessed correctly, then everyone will not be facing a local god. It's easier to deal with a god who wants to be on your side, but now that you have added one more, and you don't know the other party's attitude at all, the situation becomes complicated all of a sudden.

"One could be two, and even if someone tells me now that all four gods of this world have come in, I wouldn't be surprised. Xiuer sneered and said, "Don't be nervous, the situation is still under control, and it's not time to be nervous." ”

In a simple word, the tension in the team can be eliminated, and this is the strength of the core. Xiuer's image of being scheming and good at planning has long been deeply rooted in the hearts of his teammates, and since he said that everything is not out of control, even if he really has to face the gods, his teammates will not feel afraid.

"I'm almost rested. Squinting his eyes with a smile, Shul looked at the largest building in the city and whispered, "Get ready when you're rested, we'll be inside the building to explore later, and we'll probably spend the day in it today." ”

No one objected, and although everyone's hearts were full of doubts, but there was no order to get out of the state of battle, then all actions obeyed the order, and once the order was given, it was never allowed to be violated.

"It's weird, there's probably a trap in the building, why do you want to go in?" As if seeing through the confusion of his teammates, Shul chuckled and explained leisurely, "You don't think we still have a choice." ”

"If we show the gesture of leaving, guess what will happen? If nothing else, the wind will soon blow, hehe, another coincidence, just when the time is almost up, the sandstorm will come and force us to go in and take shelter from the sandstorm. If we want to dodge in other ways, those undead, plus their possible kind, will forcibly regain their ability to move and attack us, although they still can't hurt us, but under the threat of sandstorms, we can only enter the city to avoid danger. ”

"Of course, these are just guesses, not necessarily right, how about it, or let's try it and confirm our conjecture. ”

"No need. ”

No one will do this kind of meaningless thing, if everyone's idea is correct, then the other party forces the shadow chasers to enter, and naturally then reveals the purpose, if there is no abnormality after entering, it means that the conjecture is wrong, so there is no need to force the test at all.

"Since you're all right, let's get started. "Shure is not as relaxed as he appears, but he has always hidden it well," Maka Jaren was ready to open the door, and the others followed, acting. ”