Act Ninety-Five: The Red Shadow of Dawn
However, in this world, there are accidents all the time.
At dawn, outside the city of Lou Gauin, a crimson figure stood on a pile of sand, surveying the vast city shrouded in the afterglow, and he fell into deep thought like a wise man.
"Soon, it's going to begin."
Two greenstone poplars obscured his view, and with a flick of his dead tree-like left hand, crimson lines climbed up the two trees from their roots, and they quickly senesced, withered, and shattered into pitch-black charcoal.
The pale green thread carried a vigorous life force, and it sank into his body along his fingertips.
The pale face in the shadow of the cloak was flushed, but the vitality of the two greenstone poplars was only enough for him to taste.
For the black-eating Merman, the most delicious meal is the strong professional.
Tying them to a stake, howling, angry, and desperate, he couldn't help but think of the sweet and miserable tones of the professionals at the moment when Rodamant was made.
Back to the point, he sat down.
At present, it seems that the actions of the royal family are still under control.
Merman lowered his eyes and fell into thought again.
A long time ago, he succeeded in creating [Rodament], causing panic, and instigating the mercenary guild and the adventurer organization to launch a crusade, and then planted a hidden danger, causing the royal family, the mercenary guild and the adventurer organization to be greatly damaged, and even killed the mercenary king, harvesting a pile of powerful corpses that can be used to make bone warriors.
In the plan, by the time he reached this point, he would have been able to incite an army of monsters to raid Ru Gain's palace.
As a result, it was still because of an accident.
Solving the two most powerful forces of Lu Gauinri paved the way for the professional homeland, and Merman had to admit that at the most critical time, it was the outcast who stepped forward.
Soon, those professionals became the pillars of Lu Gain, and even found the Sacred Stone, repeatedly delaying his plans to sweep the palace.
Then he realized that in order to sweep the palace, he had to remove the "professional" as an obstacle.
That's when the opportunity came.
A new group of professionals from Canduras took the initiative to take over the sewer mission in order to gain the trust of the royal family, and they will also be helped by the Professionals' Home to coalesce into a new main force of professionals.
Professionals want to get rid of Rodamant, get rid of hidden dangers, but why not Merman?
As long as this new main army of professionals is buried in the sewers, Lu Gayne will be in a predicament like never before, no one can stop the monsters, and he can harvest more professional flesh, become stronger, and enslave more bone warriors.
Even.
Create monsters that are even more powerful than Rodament.
What a wonderful prospect is this? He could barely hold back a smile.
Controlling the invincible army of monsters, trampling to every corner of the desert region, the pearl of the desert is his land, mastering the lifeblood of the port, he can take the opportunity to control the caravan and become the super-large overlord who occupies half of the Aranok and dominates the twin sea lanes, calling for wind and rain, standing at the peak of humanity, looking down on the entire continent.
Subsequently!
Rise to the top in Black Food, transforming from a half-demon to a real demon, a real high-level life.
Power, power, eternal life, the ultimate that man wants to pursue, are all obtained by him.
What a beautiful blueprint.
"This is Merman, this is the most powerful half-demon in Aranok."
"Control everything... Control the unexpected, never go wrong. โ
Merman muttered to himself, his crimson eyes quickly cooling.
He's ambitious, and it's rare that he's calm.
Although everything was planned, last time, he had already suffered a loss from the "accident" and made a wedding dress for the professionals.
So this time, he definitely won't make the same mistake again.
"Wood, Vaughn, Salus."
Merman whispered three names, and the calm sand suddenly surged with blood-like colors, like red-stained dirt, and in the blink of an eye, condensed into three sluggish, naked male humans.
They had the breath of a monster surging through them.
These three people were brought by him from the stronghold of Black Food, and the powerful cursed demons have powerful "Lizard Demon Curse", "Sand Monster Curse", and "Rotten Serpent Curse" respectively, and their strength is converted to professional level, which is about Lv15-Lv16.
However, the three of them can go head-to-head against the Lv20 Super Pro.
Although none of their abilities are suitable for frontal combat.
Merman brought them here to make sure that the plan was foolproof after the main force of the pros entered the sewer area, and that he would flank the pros with [Rodament].
In the dark, damp, and evil breath of the sewers, the power of these cursed demons will be amplified, the power of the professions will be weakened, and the actual battle will be different than expected.
Their ability to curse is worth mentioning.
The Lizarddemon Curse carries a toxin that cannot be removed with normal antidote against monsters.
The Sand Monster's Curse allows Vaughn to turn into dust and infiltrate the crevices of the tiles beneath the pro's feet, knowing their location at all times while waiting for an opportunity to sneak up.
The Curse of the Rotting Snake is more special, and with the toxins of the Curse of the Rotting Corpse Monster and the Lizard Demon, it can produce the effect of venom corpse explosion, which is extremely lethal.
Of course, Merman himself also has a certain combat ability.
He was sure that these configurations would catch those professionals off guard.
"Even if those professionals were really unexpectedly prepared, they wouldn't be more prepared than I was."
"Accident?"
"No surprises!"
Merman examined the three cursed demons, fists clenched, and a sinister smile.
It was already clear, and he sensed that at this moment, the professionals should leave for the sewers.
There are many sewer entrances in the city of Lu Gauin, but most of them are blocked by sacred stones, and the large entrances are only on the port side, so Merman does not have to guess at all, with the size of the professional team, they will definitely enter the sewers through the entrance of the port.
And he and the three cursed demons only need to enter through the entrance outside the city prepared in advance, and go around the back to seal the last retreat of the professionals, which is perfect.
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The sky is gradually clearing, and although the sky dome is still a little gloomy, it no longer affects the vision.
The temperature was a little low, and Seniors exhaled a white breath, checked the pro props on his body, and pulled his weapon out again, carefully examining the luster on it.
"It's bright, so there's no need to be nervous."
A barbarian from the Professional's Home rolled over and dismounted, walked across the street, and smiled at Senior, "Introduce yourself, my name is Maia, as you can see, a barbarian, and it's a pleasure to fight alongside you. โ
"Mia?"
Without waiting for Senior's words, Amber, who was talking to her companion, looked surprised, "I've heard of you, Mr. Barbarian, the warrior who fought in the sewers last time. โ
"What about the companions of the other professional homes?"
The barbarian named Maia laughed at himself and said, "What a warrior, just a survivor." โ
Then he turned around, "Look, they've arrived. โ
At the end of the street there was a huge procession of at least eighty people, warriors in armor and mages with staffs, the steps of the team were different but very neat.
"Good."
The support of the Professional's Home was more than expected, and Amber and the others were pleasantly surprised.
"Thanks to the selfless help of the professional home, we will definitely succeed."
She smiled and shook hands happily with Maia.