Chapter 207: City of Bones (5)
Ryan and Alendor carefully concealed their whereabouts, and carefully observed the city of bones that was close at hand.The fortress of this undead legion is as its name suggests, it is completely made of the bones of various creatures, I don't know if the resentment of those creatures before death has not diverged, or the surface of those white bones is engraved with countless runes, in short, Ryan They can feel the powerful dark power emanating from the entire city of bones from a distance, under the influence of such power, if the human army launches a strong attack, at most it will be able to maintain half of its combat effectiveness, and it is definitely a bitter battle in the face of the undead legion who are waiting for work.
After getting the information of Hubert, the inner line of the blood family, especially a detailed map of the City of Bone, Ryan decided to boldly infiltrate it and search the magic circle throughout the City of Bones at close range, this plan was firmly opposed by Farath, but Ryan finally convinced his wife, but for safety reasons, he still brought a companion when he re-entered the dark canopy, that is, Alendor, who also entered the legendary realm.
The two legendary powerhouses who cooperated closely with each other were naturally not the Andrew Steel Golem before, and it was very easy to find them, and the two of them tried their best to conceal their whereabouts from the beginning, until they infiltrated the edge of the City of Bones, and no undead creatures noticed that they had entered. Along the way, Ryan carefully checked, and sure enough, as Hubert said, there was no magic array, there were nothing more than a large number of skeletons and zombies along the way, as well as a small number of revenant banshees and occasional patrol blood warriors, such combat power could be easily defeated even if it was just an ordinary legion in the imperial capital, and naturally did not know that the two powerful enemies had passed through the defense area they were responsible for.
Although they were mentally prepared, Ryan and Allendo couldn't help but gasp when they saw the city of bones for the first time, and there were white bones everywhere they looked, especially the walls of the city of bones, all of which were made up of skeletons one by one, which was particularly eerie and terrifying, their empty eyes looked out of the city, and from time to time there were weeping and wailing voices echoing in the wilderness on the outskirts of the city of bones, obviously the souls of these dead creatures were all imprisoned in their bones by dark magic, so that they would not be able to return to the arms of the god of the underworld, and they would never be at peace。
If that's all it takes, it's just cruel, but Ryan soon discovers that all the bones here have different magical inscriptions on them, but they are different from humans, The elves' enchantment skills are completely different, fortunately, Ryan had captured a gray-robed lich alive before, and also got a magic array and a few dark rune knights, after some research, he had a little bit of experience with dark magic, and after comparing it with the inscriptions on the wall of bones in front of him, Ryan had roughly identified these were all defensive inscriptions, presumably used to strengthen the defense.
Ryan and Allendo observed their whereabouts outside the city for 2 hours, and they found that there were very few undead creatures guarding here, only some elite skeleton warriors, but there were patrols including giant bone golems running back and forth from time to time, Ryan only thought about it a little and understood the reason, after all, with the outer defense system and the dark canopy shrouded in the sky, it is impossible for ordinary enemies to sneak into this place silently, and the real powerhouses, such as Ryan and Allendo, come here, even if a hundred teams of dark rune knights are dispatched, they can't find any clues at all, so there will be this kind of loose on the outside and tight on the inside.
Although he didn't care much about these high-level undead creatures, Ryan still chose a gap for the patrol to pass through and took Alendor into the interior of the City of Bones from the air, and the undead creatures that were still stationed on the Wall of Bones didn't notice it at all. After entering the destination of this trip, Ryan immediately put all his mind on searching for those magic arrays, while Alendor faithfully stood by his side, keeping an eye on what was happening around him to protect Ryan's safety.
The strength of the undead legion stationed in the city of bones has been weakened to the lowest point, otherwise it would be impossible for Ryan to carry out any action in the city, and even if they act at will, they will be exposed, this is because when this fortress is fully armed, all the undead creatures in its city are stuffed, and if Ryan is in it, they naturally can't even do the most basic movement, how can they successfully carry out the mission? This is also caused by the special situation of undead creatures, after all, they are already dead creatures to some extent, they don't need supplies, they don't need to care about the desire to fight and morale, if there is really no place to put it, then it is okay to dig a deep pit in the ground and then stuff it all in.
If the city of bones is fully garrisoned, once it encounters a forbidden spell with lethality covering a radius of dozens of kilometers, then the loss will be greater than the normal battle, so the city of bones has taken this into account in the early days of its establishment, and has arranged a large number of defensive magic arrays in the entire fortress, and there is even a forbidden spell magic array carefully arranged by a demigod lich, once this fortress encounters the most fatal blow, then the forbidden spell magic array in the city will also be triggered at the same time.
This forbidden spell magic array throughout the entire fortress is divided into two layers, and once the first layer is launched, it will immediately release a dark magic forbidden spell, because the human side does not know how to use this type of energy magic, so once this dark forbidden spell and the external forbidden spell attack touch each other, then it will definitely produce a violent shock wave at the first time, and then the destructive power that is enough to destroy everything will spread out in all directions, after such a huge energy collision, everything within a radius of 30 kilometers centered on the city of bones will be destroyed, unless the strength is above the legend, it is almost impossible to survive。
But the most vicious point is not this, but the second layer of magic array below. When the magic array placed on them is triggered, the second layer of magic array will also be activated, and its effect is not as violent as the first layer, and it can't even be called an offensive magic array, because its only feature is to absorb souls. When the forbidden spell that had just been created collided and took the lives of countless living beings, the magic array would immediately forcibly gather their souls, and then begin to spread a plague that could spread for hundreds of kilometers according to the predetermined situation.
Due to the large number of casualties caused by the first wave, it is impossible for the human side to really abandon their injured companions, and they will definitely fight to rescue them, and in this chaotic situation, there will definitely be living beings infected with the plague that have not been found, as long as he enters the densely populated city, the plague lurking in his body will break out, and it will begin in the form of corpse explosions, using human flesh and blood as a medium to spread wildly.
The plague emitted by this magic array is very similar to the one spread by the Dark Rune Knight in the Imperial New Year's tragedy, except that they are sacrificed with more souls, so they remain dormant in the human body for a longer time, and when they erupt, they are more violent, enough to completely wipe out a small city in just three hours, and if a city like the Imperial Capital is allowed to explode among its residents, it will be a heinous tragedy, and its end is immeasurable.
In this way, although the City of Bones was completely destroyed under the attack of the forbidden spell, with the demigod lich personally arranged, the humans who were the attackers would also suffer heavy losses, thus reaching a terrifying balance. After all, if you take the initiative to release such an attack on the human city, it will definitely be detected by the human side in advance, even if the first wave of forbidden spell strikes is successful, then it will also attract enough attention from the human side, and it is impossible to let the plague spread in the back, but when the human race attacks the city of bones, there is no need to worry about these problems, in order to siege the city, the human army cannot be too far, it must be within the scope of the first wave of forbidden spell counterattack, and the follow-up troops will also be within the range of the second wave of strikes, and enough people will be infected with the plague, and because of the chaos, people will not have much time and energy to take care of these details, and when the plague breaks out, then it will be too late.
Fortunately, because of the plan of the lich lord Nicholas, the elite forces of the City of Bones were almost exhausted, and it was the turn of Hubert, the inner line of the Blood Clan, to patrol the surroundings, which made the Ryan clone who was originally just inquiring about the news lucky to get the defense map of the City of Bone, and when Ryan and Alendor successfully infiltrated the City of Bone, they naturally found enough evidence to prove the hypothesis that they said in front of Orlando and others.
Seeing that Ryan's face was getting worse and worse, Alan knew that his friend had found something important, and he gently patted Ryan on the back a few times to comfort him, and then quickly wrote a line on his back with his finger to ask for the specific situation. Ryan turned to Allendo and smiled bitterly, and then stretched out his finger and wrote a few lines in Alendor's palm, which also made Allendo's face change greatly, because Ryan told him that at this time, the two of them were standing in the middle of a forbidden magic array, and it was obvious that Ryan's previous guess was confirmed.
Ryan did discover the arrangement of the demigod lich, but it's a pity that he is a human and not a god after all, and he is still a step behind in the face of an opponent like a demigod lich, so Ryan only found the upper layer, but there is no way to completely destroy everything here and find the magic array hidden below, of course, he never dreamed that someone could use a technique similar to Victor's magic array superposition to superimpose two forbidden spell-level magic arrays up and down, and the two magic arrays will never have any relationship with each other, so there is no need to worry about being traced by others to some kind of clue and leak, but they are so cleverly designedAs long as the upper layer is triggered, then the lower layer will also be launched because of this, forming a chain attack that makes people unguardable.
This naturally can't blame Ryan, and he doesn't care about Hubert, the inside of the blood clan, after all, the entire city of bones is all arranged by the plane projection of the demigod lich, and apart from it, only a few people such as Nicholas know some insiders. The power of the demigod lich, even if it is just a plane projection, can defeat the Archbishop of Iber who is possessed by the gods, if it is not in the other world, there is no way to come to this plane, I am afraid that the entire Eslar continent would have been destroyed by it a long time ago, like this old guy who has survived for tens of thousands of years, it is normal for Ryan to be inferior to it in the knowledge of the magic array, and Ryan can deduce a part of the demigod lich in the city of bones through some incomplete information, which is already a rare and valuable thing.
After roughly guessing the layout of the entire Forbidden Spell Magic Array in the City of Bones, Ryan began the transformation work. Since humans are better at elemental types of magic, and know almost nothing about dark magic, and this forbidden spell magic array covers the entire fortress and occupies such a huge area, its internal operation cannot be completely paralyzed by just cutting off a few connected magic arrays, so Ryan finally chose a more secure method, which is to reduce its power as much as possible after activation.
This principle is the same as taking a boat, Lane must not know anything about how to make a ship that can sail quickly, but he still roughly understands that it has to do with the wood used to make the ship, and the sails on the ship and the sailor's rowing captain's steering, when Lane wants to make the ship arrive at its destination later, he does not need and cannot completely destroy the whole ship, but as long as the rudder is broken and the sail cable is cut, it can naturally hinder the speed of the ship.
Now Ryan is busy with this, he also has a very high talent for the magic array, although he only got a magic array from the gray-robed lich before rescuing Black Rock City, and he actually drew inferences from him and learned a lot of secret methods of the undead legion, so as to find some key places in the city of bones, and what Ryan needs to do is to improve the internal friction of the entire forbidden spell magic array as much as possible, such as mutual contact and cancellation when the internal energy flows, etc., this inspiration comes from the human world, with the powerful military power and magical power of the imperial capital, but in 200 years, there has been no southern step, and it has to be said that there are too many internal infighting such as power struggle for profit and greed for pleasure.
It takes at least three months to arrange a magic array that covers such a vast area, which can only be barely done by relying on the countless years of accumulation of the undead legion, but it doesn't take so long to get some infighting and increase the consumption of it, Ryan spent most of the day to complete it successfully, of course, this also counts the time used to avoid the eyes and ears of the undead legion, if Ryan can concentrate on the work, maybe it will be done in three or five hours, how can it be delayed for so long?
After doing everything, Ryan let out a long breath, and gestured to Alendor who was on guard for himself, and the two began to leave slowly, according to Ryan's plan, in the next action, he will personally release a forbidden spell magic to trigger the forbidden spell magic array located in the city of bones, but due to the fact that Ryan has moved his hands and feet, this forbidden spell magic array will not be able to exert its full strength, according to Ryan's estimate, it can only roughly reach the previous 7 percent, although such a great power is still a forbidden spell attack, but it can no longer compete with the forbidden spell released by Ryan, so after a fierce energy collisionEverything in the City of Bones will eventually be destroyed in the raging flames that fall from the sky, and the Alliance's crusade will be the first real victory.