Chapter 31: Stopping the Black Front
Harris found himself trapped in a terrible trap, and the dark power around him was obviously very strong, but he couldn't connect with it smoothly, and it felt like he was abandoned by the darkness. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info
"Why, how could this happen?" he was terrified, and the hand holding the hilt of the sword couldn't help but increase his strength a little more. The squeak of the ramie gauze wrapped around the hilt.
"Double columns, shoulder to shoulder, open the way and go straight!"
The dark warrior comprehended, and did not give direction guidance for the black corpse, but only gave a forward command, followed by a shoulder to form a long snake formation in two columns.
At this time, the forest became darker and darker, and the poisonous insects were still fierce, and a dark warrior broke out with a destructive impact, and the fiery red light exploded in the darkness as if it were a colored light bulb with insufficient power supply, spinning and extinguishing, short and insignificant.
"Report, has been completely unable to see. β
"Forward, use the sword in your hand to discern the direction, keep moving forward!" Harris couldn't see it either, not only could he not see it, but he was also harassed by many poisonous insects, and his perception was greatly reduced, so he could only use his own flesh as a measuring tool. He knew that the hands of the dark warriors holding their swords were strong and steady, and they couldn't tell the direction with their swords pointing forward, and they could still walk in a straight line roughly. Even if there is a tree in front of you, you can follow the route by moving sideways and moving forward, and as long as you keep moving forward, you can finally get out of this strange black fog.
This method went well at first, but after walking for a while, the black fog was still thick, and Harris began to drum in his heart, and said to himself, "If this is a spell, then the enveloping area is inevitably too large and too long-lasting." β
There were doubts, but he tried to suppress them, he knew that the change of the morning order would make the following people at a loss, and he asked the team to move forward firmly.
But he didn't go far when a new situation occurred, and the dark warrior at the front said that there was an abyss in front of him, and several of his soldiers who had opened the way had fallen.
"What?" Harris felt incredulous, he knew something about the Spider Forest, where did the abyss come from?" β
After a few minutes, the dark warrior gave a similar answer, not the abyss, but the fissure of the earth, I don't know how deep it was, but the span was about 30 meters or so.
Harris still thought it was unlikely, he went over to investigate, and then secretly scolded Fryer again for his insidious, dark and insect swarms, and too much interference with environmental discrimination, he did some tests, such as throwing sticks or something, and he could be sure that the abyss in front of him was not an abyss, nor a rift, but it did have some characteristics similar to this kind of terrain, and if he didn't care about moving forward, he would fall, and it was unknown where he fell.
He thought that this should be the effect caused by a spell like 'quicksand trap', what shocked and puzzled him was the range of the effect, he traveled along the edge of the so-called rift, which could be hundreds of meters, and he still hadn't stepped out of the range covered by the spell for a long time, and he didn't feel a significant change in direction, the crack formed by this spell seemed to really exist there in the pattern of a moat, unusually grand, not a circle effect like 'drawing the ground as a dungeon'.
He became more and more frightened, after all, if this was really a spell, I am afraid that it would take more than ten magus to be able to achieve such power. He knew that Fryer was a lone wolf, and it was impossible to get more than ten magisters to help, and if that was the case, there was no need to engage in these siege tricks, and cast spells together, even if he hid in the forward group, he would still be killed. But if it wasn't a spell but something else, it was even more difficult for him to accept, he really couldn't think of it......
"Wait, isn't it...... Magic?" Harris only felt a light flash in his mind, and then he had an idea. "Blackwater Sect, Night Lady!"
He cleared his throat and said loudly, "Excuse me, is the Immortal Night Lady here?" β
There was no response. Harris's heart sank to the bottom.
Secretly, Li Yun asked Fryer: "I have heard of the Shadow Council, but this Tanas has not heard of it. You know what?"
"Legend has it that the initiators of the Shadow Council are not six but seven, and one of them is Tannas, the earliest initiator, who died under the sword of Oakland in order to cover the escape of the other six. There is also a theory that the other six joined forces to trap Tanus and let him die under the Auckland sword. β
"Oh......" Li Yun nodded. Auckland he knows that very famous heroes, The monarch, the King of Light, the predecessor of the Netherel Kingdom, the Newbrun Dynasty, was founded by Oakland, and has been ruled by its descendants, until its descendants, the young mad king fell off a cliff and died, leaving orphans and widows, Flett I took his place and established Netherre, the kingdom has been running for more than 2,000 years before him, which is why Netherel has not been lively for a few years, an important reason why the mountains and rivers are declining, the disadvantages have been deep, and they have not been swept away, Netherel just inherited the legacy of the former royal family, and went a while, not a new oneγ
As for the Shadow Council, this one is even older, and it is said that it can be traced back to the destruction of the Second Legion of Destruction, the Second Invasion ended by the explosion of the Well of Eternity, and its remaining minions established this organization. It is notorious because its founders were all the leading party of the year.
Li Yun knew about the Shadow Council because Ingrama had used it more than once in his codex as a negative teaching material for not learning and not knowing, but after the memory was sealed, the source of information given was the Holy See's classics, after all, in the world of Salano, when it comes to the ancient calendar, it is impossible to avoid the two invasions of the Destruction Legion, and when it comes to the residual poison of the Destruction Legion, it is impossible to avoid the Shadow Council, especially for human beings, from before the rise of the population to after the rise, the influence of the Shadow Council has never been broken.
Li Yun couldn't help but ask again, "Lady Night, do you have any dealings with Tannas?"
Fryer shook his head: "As far as I know, no. I guess this one wants to rely on his family background. β
"The Dark Department is still talking about this?"
"Occasionally, after all, some family heirloom magic items or magic skills are still very intimidating. β
"At least not the descendants of this Tanas. β
Indeed, no matter how broad Harris Valen's ancestors were, at least he was a dark knight with no supernormal means, and after discovering the appearance of a 'deep rift' level spell, he simply stayed where he was. Tight formations, groups sit around, and then the dark warriors take turns unleashing destructive light blasts, and the poisonous insects are killed in waves after waves.
Harris felt that with the Perseverance Technique, the first person who couldn't hold it should be the opponent who consumed a lot of strength in order to maintain the effect of the spell. The theory is correct, but it is not right to stand still, and it is also what Li Yun wants, what Harris and his party encountered is the joint spell casting of him and Flair, Flair is responsible for the illusory part, and he is responsible for the real part, the abyss rift is the best representative work, which contains both the illusion that makes Harris misjudge, and the reality that can really devour the immortal.
And now, Li Yun can calmly calibrate the target, and then suddenly activate the blood pool. Blood pools cannot devour living creatures, dark warriors are living creatures, but black corpses are not.
For Harris, the fall was sudden, as if the thin slabs of stone in the pit had cracked, and with a 'whew!', all the soldiers who were left were gone.
This situation caused the dark warriors, including him, to instinctively scatter around, and it took a while to reunite, but the panicked emotions were unable to calm down, and the situation made them feel strange and thrilling, as dark creatures with autonomous consciousness, this was the first time that they experienced the terrible side of darkness from a hostile position.
A strange darkness still surrounded them, but the attack of the poisonous insects weakened, and they soon disappeared.
This situation made Harris feel a little relieved, and he realized that the other party had achieved the original purpose of deterrence, and he was ready to talk to him.
Sure enough, a deep voice came from all directions: "Hand over your power, I will allow you to leave here with dignity, or you will die in my forest." β
Harris said loudly, "Is it Lord Fryer, why do you care about my strength, with your strength, as long as you are willing to join the Shadow Council, you will definitely be able to gain great power." β
He was answered by a series of death's voices, screaming, muffled, fast and urgent, from his men, his guards, like the Dark Warriors, were living children of darkness, or more precisely, humans who had completed the blackening ritual, and in an instant, nearly half of them were killed, and then they were lost, and their bodies could not be found on the ground.
The remaining six guards and one of the Dark Warriors were terrified with their weapons in their hands, their backs to back, half-bowed, trying to keep their eyes open to see what was going on around them, in vain, but the nervousness made them instinctively do so.
Unknown direction, unknown attack, unknown enemy...... These unknowns constituted a source of terror, making them nervous and creepy as they thought they were accustomed to the darkness.
"Okay, okay, whatever you say, I'm willing to surrender power. Facing the tremendous pressure of death, Harris bowed his head, and he took out the magic core from his right chest, which was his second heart, the source of strength, and the shape was an egg-sized spar, in the shape of a date core, angular but not prominent, as if it had been polished, translucent and luminous, flame-like light, accompanied by a light mist of the same color, and a tentacle-like light filament waving and swinging, which looked demonic.
The black mist surrounding Harris spread outward, forming a circle with a radius of about five meters, and a humanoid puppet made of branches and sticks staggered from outside.
Harris handed the core to the golem, and watched it slip back into the darkness with difficulty.
Fryer, who got the magic core, asked Li Yun with a smile: "How to divide it?"
Li Yun glanced at the demon core and said, "You don't need to divide it, it's yours." β
"Thank you. Satisfied, Fryer put the core in his bag. Then he said, "Are you really going to let this guy go back? I don't care much about reputation." β
"A message that the Spider Forest is dangerous, and it is enough to be passed on by this Valen Knight. β
"Okay. I also don't mind my strong reputation going far and wide. β
So the effect of the 'Dusk to Darkness' spell was removed, and the dark forest that allowed Harris to see normally finally reappeared.
"Lord Fryer, consider my suggestion, you will only get more by joining the Shadow Council. Harris continued to woo without giving up.
There was silence all around.
"Your Excellency Fryer, the Ebon Army has no intention of the Spider Forest, but is just a pretext, hoping that you will give it some convenience. β
The four fields are still silent.
Harris could only turn around the forward regiment camp surrounded by seven men.
Among the branches and leaves of a huge dragon's blood tree, after seeing Hasri and his party go away, Flair said to Li Yun: "Galatsa, the king of destruction, is not easy to mess with, are you really sure you want to take this army hard?"
"Are you worried that people like us will not be able to accumulate their family funds, and it would be a pity to lose them overnight?"
"Who's to say it isn't. "I know that the moon god is especially fond of you, and that you have the power of a god son." The magic used by the right people is truly amazing, and this power comes from the transformation of the power of faith, which means that the Mann people are important to you. I also know that you have invested a lot in Mann Territory, and those towns and fortresses are the crystallization of hard work, and even the favor of the moon god. But these are still not enough reasons to resolutely resist the army of the Lord of Destruction. β
"Oh, so what's your suggestion?"
"Show strength, then get out of the way and let them pass. β
"I don't put my safety on the thoughts and tacit understanding of the opponent I have beaten hard. They want to go to the Greystone Mountains, no problem, just make a tunnel in the Supreme Mountains and go down the Tianqiao Gorge. β
"You know, that's hard. β
Li Yun smiled: "So my purpose is to let them know that it is more difficult to go from this side." β
Flair shrugged.
On the other hand, it was late afternoon when Hasri returned to the camp, and Joyce brought back General Hobson's command that the army would begin its march at 8 p.m. tonight, and was expected to begin passing through the Spider Forest around 10 p.m., and that the camp would stand on the mound during the day tomorrow, and that a dark cloud would be summoned to obscure the daylight. Except for a small number of strikers to guide them, the home team needs to break into the south of the Grey Leaf Forest to clear the northern area of Mannterritory.
Harris paced back and forth, hesitating, undecided, unsure whether to report his encounter in the Spider Forest.
Theoretically, it should be reported, after all, he has suffered a defeat, and the Spider Forest is dangerous for the army.
But he couldn't help but be lucky, the army had no intention of occupying the Spider Forest, although Fryer was greedy, he should not be stupid, and it would not do him any good to fight with the army.
Harris also knew that when the army marched, it would inevitably take the big road and would not explore the Spider Forest. The only problem now is that the main force also has scouts, and it will be like he did when he first came here, this is the minimum of marching vigilance, and I don't know if Fryer will be bold enough to repeat his old tricks and strike again.
"Someone. β
A knight came in through the curtain.
"Go to Olaston and ask him about the progress of his road clearance. β
The knight saluted, then turned away.
"My lord, are we tactfully informing General Hobson that Flair regards the Spider Forest as private property, and that it is good to let the army go straight through the forest, and not to have more trouble. Joyce sensed the loss of personnel, and saw that Harris was no longer in high spirits, so he naturally knew that Harris was frustrated. Harris may be thinking about his position, hoping to hide from the peak, but he wants to think about his own life and future, the military law of the Black Blade Legion is strict, once there is an accident, under the investigation, it will be found that he does not report it, and he will definitely be unlucky.
Harris also knew that military law was harsh, but Joyce's statement gave him a wake-up call, and he thought he was smart enough to think he could play with words......
Always open his mouth and shut up, the kingdom is sorry for him, God has abandoned his Harris, and at this time I didn't think of his way of doing things, who can he be right except himself?
As far as the army is concerned, good soldiers and commanders are indispensable. The dark army has a way to gain strong basic combat power by sacrificing others or heinous means, but their upper and middle and upper levels are often full of all kinds of problem characters, Harris is good, but fortunately, in his mediocre ability and character, it is difficult for him to do things beyond the ordinary, but it is not too bad, because he does not have the courage to tell a lie without doing anything.
As a result, when the main force of the Blade army arrived, he received a shyly late report from Joyce, who ran it: there are still unfriendly dark forces in the Spider Forest that have not been completely eliminated, please be careful.
"Waste, you can't do such a trivial thing. The arrogant warband commander Caron squeezed this sentence out of his teeth, glanced at Joyce, and then ordered: "Sorcerer, in the direction of Flair's lair, bombard and advance, and the main force of the army will advance along the road." β
The skeleton army rolls forward in three columns, each column is a squad, the skeleton warrior is in front, the corpse witch is in the middle of the team, there are two skeleton warriors as guards, a total of 13 people, six squads are a squadron, the squadron leader is a necromancer or dark mage, or a destroyer mage.
Each of the three types of mages has their own strengths, and necromancers are proficient in mastering immortality, repairing, strengthening, and precisely controlling the combat power under their command.
The dark mage is a panacea, and the dark system knows all kinds of spells, and the undead squadrons under its command can often adapt to various situations and environments, and the combat power may not be strong, but the toughness is excellent.
Evil mage, specifically divided into destruction, corrosion, distortion of the three systems, the Black Blade Legion is the army of the king of destruction Galatsa, its evil mage, are all destructive system, eyes, staff gems, are shining with demonic flames, that is called incineration, is the basic form and characteristics of the evil energy mastered by the destruction system. Li Yun chased the raiding team of the evil army the night before, and the one he encountered was the first knight, which was the sabotage system, and the lethality was huge, and Li Yun, a blood-fighting scarlet knight who bought meat, was reluctant to exchange injuries for injuries.
A squadron is 10x6+3x6+5, with a total of 83 people, six squadrons and a brigade, six brigades and a warband, the wargroup of the Black Blade Legion, its number is larger than Li Yun's Moon Shadow warband, and there are more elites, but the soldiers are a big step behind.
Caron is one of the main commanders of the Black Blade Legion, and the squadron-sized spell team under his command is his own private property, and it is also the basis for him to gain a foothold and not take other colleagues seriously.
Now, after the spell team received the order, the evil energy mages have cast spells, and the destruction spells are very similar to the academic plastic energy spells, and the spell release situation is relatively simple and simple, but it is extremely powerful. Destruction mages above the squadron have a reputation for artillery groups. Of course, the artillery here does not refer to the earth's god of war artillery, but to the magic cannon.
The basketball-sized demonic fireball flies at a speed that is not too fast, the overall trajectory is in an arc, along the way the sparks are flying, the heat wave is steaming, the black smoke is billowing, there is a little bit of lava bomb being ejected, once it reaches the target, or hits something that obstructs it, this fireball will explode violently, the diameter of the explosion core is three meters, in this range, the destructive power is the strongest, and the dragon's blood tree that one person barely holds around his arms is often blown into a pile of debris no larger than the size of the palm.
Under the bombardment of dozens of waves of incinerator balls, a man-made road was gradually opened.
The efficiency is already very high, but there is still a feeling that the water is far away and does not quench the thirst, the umbrella-like crown of the dragon's blood tree is the big head, when the canopy falls down due to the loss of support, it is more laborious to blow it up completely, but it is not possible to blow it up, it is in the way.
Seeing that his battle group had already passed, and the magic team had only opened a road of less than 100 meters, Caron realized that he was afraid that he was thinking a little too much, according to this method, even if the mage of the magic team had unlimited spiritual power and mana, when he arrived at Fryer's lair, he was afraid that he would have to have to tomorrow morning.
Just as he was in a dilemma, Morico, the commander of another main warband, rode over on a skeletal warhorse. "Caron, your spell team is really good, and you don't forget to train on the march. β
"......" Caron glanced at Moriko and said, "I'm letting some small people hiding in the shadows see what it means to be powerful!"
As a result, Morrico mistakenly thought that Caron was showing off his strength, referring to him and the other commanders.
"It's really powerful, it's good-looking, please continue. With that, he waved at his army, and another undead warband rolled forward.
Caron ignored Moriko and let the Sorcerers close their team and chase after him.
In this way, when Moriko greeted the commander of the third undead wargroup behind him, he did not remind Spider Forest of the unfriendliness except to mock Caron for showing off his magic team, after all, Moriko himself did not know about this matter.
After the three undead warbands, there is the baggage regiment of the Black Blade Legion.
After the Baggage Regiment, it is one of the core combat forces of the Black Blade Legion, the Black Blade Knights.
The Falcon Pass north of Ankram was breached by the undead army because its garrison was lured out, and then defeated by the Knights of the Ebon Blade, who then deliberately ordered it to flee, and the Knights of the Blade swarmed into the city, and then held out until the infantry arrived, and the Pass Fortress fell.
Later, it was them again, when the Holy Order Knights broke through the Holy See, they followed and killed all the way, and nearly half of the Knights of the Holy Order died under their swords.
Later, the Legion of the Black Blade secretly took it, and the Knights of the Black Blade played the role of chasing and destroying the mouth, and completed the mission brilliantly, and when the Holy See and the Kingdom of Netharel knew of their existence, they had already arrived in Kaenk and were about to enter Kamaran.
According to the original plan, the Ebon Legion will take Mann Territory, sacrifice the living here, and use the corpse resources here to carry out a combat power upgrade, including army expansion.
The high-level of the Blackblade Legion is still aware of the world's major events, Servis's Colorful Legion and the Blackwater Sect's followers have disabled the Holy See's Canonical Legion, and the Corrosive Legion has successfully dragged the Knights of the Nethrel Kingdom and the Court Mage Regiment, the Holy Order's Knights of the Holy Order of the Holy See have been annihilated, and the Knights of Radiance and Glory have also entered Ankram.
The Black Blade Legion did not wait for such an opportunity, including the route they had drawn up when they were in Ankram and informed Arcade III of the desecration of Princess Margaret's body.
As for what happened in Mann Territory, they also knew a little bit about it.
I have to say that the place where happiness and sorrow arise lies in this 'general knowledge'.
In the cognition of the high-level of the Blackebon Legion, the Mann Leader, because of Servis and the Canon Legion, the Knights of the Kingdom have fought one after another, and they have no time to take care of anything else, and they have successfully completed self-rescue. But the losses were heavy, with all the most important villages in the south being destroyed and the population enormous, including the most capable of fighting the Crusaders.
With this in mind, these high-ranking leaders felt that as long as the Blade Army fell, the Mann Territory would either be completely wiped out, or take refuge in the mountains and forests, or flee west along Elrond Avenue. There is no third possibility. That is, they think that the Black Blade can take East Kamalan lightly.
After that, the Blackblades will fight each other in Servis and occupy Kamaran. And Servis and the Blackwater Sect had to pinch their noses to admit that the fat of Donkamaran had been swallowed by them.
Taking this step also means that the Black Blade Legion has officially jumped out of the base in Ankram and established a second dark colony. When the time comes, the Rushing River and the Spider Forest will be their northern barriers, and to the west will be Servis to help them ward off disasters, and the Greystone Mountain region will have important treasures that they have always wanted to get their hands on. Develop in East Kamalan with peace of mind, and when the time is ripe, the soldiers will cut through the gorge and quickly take the treasure, and when the time comes, even if they fight the Holy See head-on, the Black Blade Legion will have no fear.
The prospect is wonderful, the plan is well-planned, and the only variable is Li Yun. In just two months, Mann led him to undergo a great change like a rebirth in Nirvana. What's more, the Manns have both the determination to defend their homeland and the means to fight the enemy.
The north-south span of the Spider Forest, according to a normal walk, takes at least an hour and a half to complete.
The speed of the baggage team is slow, and the warband of Karon in front of them is almost out of the Spider Forest, and they have not yet reached the break of the Spider Forest. And the Knights of the Black Blade, who were following them, still had a small part of them crossing the bridge.
It was at such a time when the battle began with the blowing up of the stone bridge.
There was no huge explosion or fire in the blowing up of the stone bridge, just a series of popping bean-like clatters from underwater, and then the stone bridge pillar broke and toppled, the bridge deck twisted, and together with the black blade rider who crossed the bridge, it fell into the rushing river.
The 50-meter-span Rushing River Stone Bridge was unusually completely broken this time, and its destruction was originally left by Li Yun to the invading troops of the Holy See, but it turned out to be 'cheap' to the Black Blade Army.
The destruction of the river bridge was a signal that the existence of the Flying Shadow allowed the battle to start on three battlefields at the same time.
The first battlefield was dominated by Li Yun, dusk to dark, the black mist engulfed the original forward regimental camp, and the blood pool continued to devour the skeleton horses and undead cavalry of the Black Blade Knights who had lost their vision.
The second battlefield is assisted by Flair, and the illusion and dusk to darkness trap Karon's warband, and all the blood warriors have to do is cast a pool of blood in the designated location, forming a trap to devour the basic combat power of the Karon warband, including the corpse witch.
The third battlefield is in the Grey Leaf Forest, with the Flying Shadow Team led by Hulda as the guide, and the Crusaders, the werewolves of the Running Wolf tribe, and the Silver Howling Wolf as the combat force, and the forward regiment led by Harris is blocked.
Except for Harris's forward regiment, which had a certain psychological preparation, the rest of the Black Blade Legion could be said to be caught off guard and directly defeated. The main reason is that I didn't expect to encounter a strong blow from the dark system.
Of the 267 blood knights, nearly 200 were on the second battlefield, and 200 blood pools suddenly appeared under the cover of dusk and darkness, which was equivalent to a huge abyssal crack along the avenue, and in less than 3 minutes, Karon lost more than eighty percent of the total number of warbands. Until this time, many squadron leaders did not understand what was going on, and they were still desperately calling for the combat power under their command.
As a result, they didn't see the skeleton warriors or corpse witches under their command appear, but they saw the bone warriors with their eyes shining blue, covered in white bone armor, and holding a white bone katana.
"Death Chill!" A dark mage let out a terrifying and desperate scream as he looked at the undead soldiers who were already within reach as soon as they appeared...... (To be continued.) )