Chapter 25: The Northern Campaign (4)
The Undead Empire has no unified political and religious leaders, and the three lords who are the direct envoys of the Grim Reaper are the supreme rulers of the Empire, and such a big man not only appeared in the early stages of the war, but also went into battle himself, which really surprised the Alliance side, and everyone turned their attention to the Children of Nature who stood on the city walls like a target.
In addition to death and magic, the death knight is a pure physical attack, even if he uses divine magic, he is also dead, and the earth element that can instantly disintegrate and bless a variety of divine arts can only be done by the other two lords. In order to prevent radicals like Julian from messing around, Link directly singled out the fact that another lord had also arrived on the battlefield.
"Since you're here, let's show up, I won't let these mortals leave the life barrier and make senseless sacrifices. β
As soon as the words fell, a black shadow slowly appeared above the head of the Dead Rider Lord, his whole body was wrapped in a thick black mist, and he could only barely see the outline of the "person", and he didn't know what was inside.
"Is the Pillar of Neutrality going to intervene in the material realm with Dawn?" I don't know if it was the Lich or the Vampire Lord's hoarse voice echoing over the fortress, the caster was not the Lord himself, but a member of the Mage Order. I saw that he hung his head crookedly, his eyes were blank, and he was still controlled. Both to show off and to illustrate the facts, it can extend the spell into a fortress protected by a Life Barrier. It was this move that completely confirmed his identity - the vampire lord.
Raising his hand and gesturing to the people around him, Ortega's mood was even lower than just now, and a henchman instructed the other members of the mage group to imprison the controlled mage.
The power of the Children of Nature is enough to change the outcome of a war, and the Undead Empire certainly won't take it lightly, and there has never been a siege in the past where two lords have fought at the same time. The high priest really couldn't see the situation clearly, and the situation that was easy to maintain was broken by this guy. If one of them is not right, the mage group may all be folded here......
It was only a moment before the archmage had made up his mind. At the end of the battle, he reported to Hohenheim that he wanted to find a way to move away from the front before the mage corps suffered a large number of casualties, and he didn't want to be demoted to the council.
"If Hicks hadn't crossed the line, how could the column have intervened directly. Link directly shifted the blame to the top boss of the Undead Empire.
This was the second time the commanders had heard the children of nature call out the gods by their names. He shook his head at Link's audacity.
Julian walked over and lowered his voice to rebuke him for bringing disaster to mortals.
"If the gods could interfere with the material world at will, there would be no gods. Link didn't have a good impression of the future Deathrider Lord, and his tone was almost impatient.
"Don't go out, it's not safe in the barrier. β
Leaving this sentence, he jumped off the battlements, and his free-falling figure swelled suddenly, turning into a white deer with huge horns at the moment he was about to land. It is said that it is white, but it can only be barely classified into this color block. Compared to the undead lord's smoky blackness, Link's transformation of the white deer is more like a conglomeration of light, bright but not dazzling, giving people an indescribable sense of grotesqueness.
The white deer is the symbol of Isol, the pillar of the earth, but anyone who can change this form means that he has the highest authority of the child of nature - the incarnation.
The two lords looked at each other and did not speak. The army of the undead began to change formations in silent orders. Regardless of the level of the battle, the skeleton army that belongs to the cannon fodder level has burrowed into the ground and faced the incarnated children of nature. They don't work. Even if it is cannon fodder, it should be used in the right place, not meaningless consumption. Ghouls, gargoyles, giant corpses, ghosts, these undead, who are slightly taller than skeletons, quickly retreat to the sides, and without orders, they with their weak intelligence can clearly feel how terrifying what is approaching. The breath of life is no longer a signal for gluttony, but carries a terrible premonition of annihilation.
The Death Rider Lord jerked the reins, and the dark black Nightmare raised its front hooves in one of the Death Knight's most famous charging stances. Its goal is the embodiment of the pillar that paces unhurriedly, with every step. A fist-sized hoof print stepped into the iron-clad ground, revealing the dirt that had long been hidden beneath the ice.
The soldiers opened their mouths wide and watched in amazement at this miraculous scene, just stepping on it had such power, if they used their magic skills, wouldn't they be able to turn the plain affected by the dead spirit back into the original ten thousand hectares of grassland?
Even the well-informed archmage was stunned, but in terms of divine power, the Child of Nature was not as good as the Dawn Paladin who came with him. If there is nothing, he can capture but cannot estimate the specific amount, just like his appearance, ordinary, plain, if it were not for one amazing act after another, no one would believe that he was a child of nature.
"Step into the ......," Romero muttered, his eyes full of ecstasy.
This is a high-level divine skill, even the Great Druid can't use it so easily, and the power of the incarnation is really extraordinary.
The Death Rider Lord was not shaken by Link's power in the slightest, and the Death Charge came like a lightning bolt, leaving only an afterimage in the air that was too fast to see, and he had already crossed the White Deer Avatar with his mount.
Everyone held their breath and waited for the outcome of this first encounter.
A black smoke rose from the white deer's body, and the torn part healed at a faster speed before it could show a hideous wound.
Nature's healing and restoration, the most basic earth-based divine technique, has such an effect when cast by an incarnation-level child of nature!
If it weren't for the black mist, the vampire lord's face at this moment must have been uncontrollable in shock.
No wonder the guy refused to come, he must have expected a fierce battle. Bastard......
However, the situation is not without a chance of winning, as long as it is a living thing, it cannot avoid the cause and effect of death, no matter how strong the recovery ability is, it is impossible to eat the death charge indefinitely, every time it is injured, the endurance of the flesh/body is reduced, and the damage caused by cause and effect cannot be cured, and the only way is to eliminate the caster.
The vampire lord spread his hands, and the scattered snowflakes turned into ice picks for a long time, and instantly turned into long-range weapons to attack Link, who was confronting the Death Rider Lord.
Just listening to the crisp sound of "ding ding ding", the ice pick did not break the skin of the white deer at all, and after falling to the ground, it quickly turned into a puddle of water agent and quickly penetrated into the dry ground. Immediately afterwards, the ground shook, from slight to violent, as if a seismic wave was cast, and before the middle-level undead scattered on the periphery could react, they were entangled by vines drilled out of the ground, like insects caught by carnivorous plants, and the dead air inside was purified, and these undead immediately turned into black ash or white smoke and dissipated, and the wailing resounded throughout the field, and the originally dense army like a tide was immediately emptied a quarter.
"A few vines entangled......" The voice of the vampire lord gritting his teeth came from under the black mist, neither male nor female, neither old nor young. He only attacked tentatively, and was used by the other party, triggering the druid-level body protection ability. The vine entanglement alone has this kind of power, and if it is a divine punishment unique to the children of nature......
"Waitβ" The Vampire Lord shouted as he prepared to perform the Death Charge again. It's a pity that the speed of his voice is far less than that of a galloping charge, and the nightmare crosses the white deer that is a head shorter than him, and the moment it passes by, it is torn apart, and the scattered muscles and bones are still steaming hot that does not match the undead.
The Deathrider Lord glanced down at his mount, and the armor on his body and the sword in his hand cracked, revealing a true face that no one had seen in a long time - an elf.
"Your Majesty Edos!" exclaimed Romero in the fortress, the Dead Rider Lord was the Glowing Elven King who had been killed in the First Northern Campaign.
Oh, this is Irees's father, so the other lord must be Irees's brother, right? It was the death of his father and brother in battle, and Iris, who was already a son of nature, had to step down.
"I said earlier not to rush into action, this is no ordinary child of nature. β
The temperature of the air plummeted, and the undead who had fled regrouped.
The third lord appeared, and the hearts of the people who were hiding in the fortress to spy on the battle froze as the temperature dropped.
"Witch King Frost. "It's also ridiculous to say, Link has met this old enemy many times, and this is the first time he has seen Frost Cold's true face, not a stand-in or a parasite, but a real deity.
"Oh...... Is that the title I'm going to get in the future? The lich, dressed in a white robe, folded his arms to his chest and performed a modest mage's salute, "Although I want to say that it is the first time we have met, but ...... I always feel like I've seen it somewhere. β
Memories obtained from Edmundow suggest that this child of nature did not perform Transfiguration, but was born with such a common face. At that time, there was no name for the afterlife, and the reincarnated lich who still used his original name once thought that he had met his fellow countryman. It's a pity that the lifeweaver can't be predicted, even if it relies on the power of the gods, it can't be snooped, but the other party's too maverick style makes it uncertain, even the former atheist, after coming into contact with Edgar, has to rely on the power of the gods, and can't do anything as outrageous as calling the god by name.
"Two, this is the end of the temptation. The lich's muscleless skull turned to the other two lords, and there was no room for negotiation in his tone.
"You're trying to get us back in vain?!" The black mist cleared, revealing another elven face, indeed as Link had speculated, the vampire lord was none other than the future King of Ingwe, King Iriss, and the elven prince Safin, who was once known as the light of the Emerald Forest.
"Do you want to fight for annihilation to consume the other party's divine punishment? A child of nature has four chances of divine punishment, and it is more than enough to kill all three of us, if you insist on killing yourself, I will not stop you, but ...... Don't delay your master's plans. With that, the lich's crimson soul flame glanced at the Deathrider Lord, who had not spoken.
Safin's face was distorted, and he completely lost the beauty of the elves, leaving only the ugliness of darkness. Glaring at the lich using the video and audio teleportation technique, he gritted his teeth and shouted angrily for a long time: "Retreat!"
The army of death retreated like a ebb tide, and if it weren't for the traces and wreckage of battle left on the ground, the coalition forces inside the fortress would have almost thought that they had a nightmare of an army attacking. (To be continued.) )