The human coalition that invaded the Cursed Lands marched in the direction of the Blood King's Castle, encountering several fortresses and fortresses along the way, but they did not find any defenders, and some valley passes were empty, as if they had been unguarded for a long time, much to the surprise of the Commander of the Three Duchyes. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

On this day, the commander of the Erus Legion, Durencheski, was riding a horse to follow the Erus cavalry, when suddenly a former army scout hurriedly came to the horse and reported: "General, the demon army has been found ahead!"

When Durenchesky heard this, he immediately became nervous, waved his hand to stop the troops, and then bowed his head and asked the scouts: "How many are there?"

"There were only a few dozen people. Durencher breathed a sigh of relief at the scout's words, and he waved his hand to the scout and said, "Go and deliver my order to the vanguard, take out all the enemies who stand in your way, and leave no one behind!"

The scouts immediately mounted their horses and returned to the front army, and the vanguard general immediately led the cavalry in the direction of the enemy after receiving the order of the commander, and the horse team galloped in the open and flat lava land, and the demons who were leisurely advancing heard the sound of the horses' hooves coldly, and looked back in surprise.

"Kill them all!" The human cavalry roared like a galloping wind, and the unprepared demons were instantly torn to pieces by the knight's spear and sword, and the only big demon in the team swung the demon scythe in his hand and slashed a war horse to the ground, and the knight on the horse fell to the ground.

The Great Demon raised the Demon Scythe in his hand and slashed at the knight who fell to the ground, and the other knight raised his spear and stabbed him in the shoulder, and the Great Demon turned around with a roar and hit the knight with the scythe shaft in his hand, knocking him off his horse.

Seeing that all the subordinates around him had been killed, the Great Demon did not dare to continue the fight, and the chanting spell disappeared into a mist of fire, and the knights rescued their wounded companions, examined every corpse on the ground, made sure that they were all dead, and then sent someone to report to General Durenchesky.

Durenchesky, who learned the news, hurried to the scene with people, and the chief general of the vanguard army stepped forward to meet the general, handed a black envelope to the general and said: "General, this is what we found on a demon, which is sealed with fire paint, and it seems to be a letter. ”

The general looked down at the letter in his hand, trying to open it with his hands, but every time he tried to lift it, the fire paint on it shone brightly, making the letter as hard as steel.

"It does seem to be a letter, and it seems to have something very important in it. Durenchesky pondered for a moment and said to his men: "We must find a way to find out the contents of the letter, and perhaps this is an important clue that will help us to defeat the enemy." ”

"We can give the letter to the magicians of the Mage Tower, and they may have a way to decipher what is in mind. The general of the vanguard army advised Durenchesky.

The general took his advice, but instead of immediately sending someone to contact the troops of the Mage Tower, he casually ordered the march to continue until the night when the whole army was encamped and rested, and the general quietly arrived at the mage camp of the Mage Tower with several of his cronies.

Upon learning of Coach Erus's visit, Potter, the leader of the Wizard Tower, personally greeted him and introduced Durencheski into his magic tent, and after the two sides were seated, Potter asked Durencheski about the purpose of his late-night visit, and Durencheski handed the letter to Potter.

"This is captured by our army from the demons of the enemy army during the march today, they seem to be a messenger group, escorting an important secret letter, we can't open this letter to know the contents of it, but I think it's very important, I wonder if you have a way to crack it, master?"

Durenchesky looked expectantly at the whitebeard mage in front of him, and the great magician Potter stroked his snow-white hair with his hand, and glanced down at the letter on the table, only to see the letter floating in front of him, and the fire paint on the envelope shone brightly, preventing the letter from being opened.

"There's a seal on it," Potter said to Durenchesky, looking at the new Flame Paint, "it's sealed with dark magic, and I think I can break it, but I'll need some time, so please go to the tent next door and ask you to come when I'm done." ”

Durencheski thanked the Grand Magician, got up and followed Potter's disciples out of the tent with his entourage, and when they were gone, Potter dispersed the rest of the tent, took his staff and pointed it at the letter, and recited a spell aloud, the fire paint glowed brightly with the spell, but it was still not opened.

Undeterred, Potter recited another spell again, the glow of the fire paint became dimmed, and Potter recited the third spell again while the iron was hot, and the colorful magic light circulated on the surface of the envelope, and suddenly there was a click, the fire paint burst open, and the envelope opened.

The Great Magician put down the magic wand in his hand with satisfaction, waved the letter into his hand, he opened the envelope and took out the letter in the envelope, and after opening the letter, he saw that there were some contents written on it in strange demonic words, Potter frowned slightly after reading it, turned around and walked to the box where he stored the books, and found a thick large book from it.

He sat down at the table, looked down at the book and checked the difficult demonic text on the letter, but fortunately the letter was not long, and soon Potter understood the meaning of the letter, and he got up and hurried out of the tent with the letter, and went to the tent where Durenchesky was waiting, and told him that he had cracked the contents of the letter.

"What is in the letter?" asked Durenchesky impatiently.

"The letter was addressed to the Vampire King by the Hate King, and the Hate King's men captured a group of adventurers who learned from them that there was a glittering crystal in a cave in a valley near the Vampire King's castle, and that the adventurers wanted to take the crystal with them, but were attacked by the vampires and had to hide the crystal and flee. ”

Durenchesky frowned when he heard this, and said with some disappointment: "Is that all? I thought there would be something useful, it seems that it was in vain!"

"No, General, this is very important news!" Compared to Durenchesky's disappointment, Potter was full of anticipation, and he said excitedly, "Do you know what the crystal they said in their letter is? If I guess correctly, it should be the sacred crystal that was lost in the Cursed Land a hundred years ago!"

"What's that?" Durenchesky asked, looking at the Grand Magician suspiciously.

"That's something that can defeat the Vampire King!" Potter said excitedly with open arms, "Back then, the Mage Tower and the Holy Council used it to pierce the heart of the Vampire King, seal his soul in a crystal, and then inject it into a holy weapon, but the crystal was unfortunately lost when the army withdrew!"

"You mean, you can kill the Vampire King completely with that thing?" Durenchesky suddenly came to his senses when he heard this, and asked as he looked at the Grand Magician.

"Not to kill completely, but to seal his soul and transform it into pure energy, as it was back then, and his body will be in ashes, just as if he was dead, and we can reseal him, as people did a century ago. Potter patiently explained to the general.

The general nodded as if he didn't understand, and then asked with a little hesitation, "Did the letter make it clear where the crystal was hidden?"

Potter ordered someone to bring a map, and the two searched for the map for a while, Potter pointed to a valley near the Vampire King's Castle and said, "This is it, five kilometers away from the Vampire King's Castle, located southeast of the King's Castle, it must be here!"

Durencheski stared at the position of Potter's finger for a moment, nodded approvingly, and said, "Okay, let's take this place as the target of the march, get that crystal first, and then attack the Vampire King's Castle and completely solve Antonio!"

Potter agreed with his plan, and Durencheski thanked the Grand Magician for his help and got up to leave the wizard's camp, and as he was leaving, Durencheski quietly told Potter not to tell anyone else about it for the time being, lest the enemy know their movements and take the crystal first.

Potter agreed, and Durencheski returned to the camp satisfied, and the next day the army set off again, and since there were still no enemy troops on the way, the advance of the human alliance was smooth sailing, and soon approached the destination.

That night, Durenchesky led his army to quietly set out from the village, and without telling any friendly troops, quietly marched to the target valley, and the troops hurried to the mouth of the valley under the cover of night.

Durenchesky, who was riding on a horse, looked up at the steep valley in front of him, and saw that the cliffs on both sides were rocky, and the strange-looking old trees were intertwined, which looked particularly strange in the dark night.

Some of the disillusioned generals ordered a detachment of troops to be sent into the valley to reconnoiter the situation, and the rest of the large forces were on standby, and the vanguard soon entered the valley, and after some time, the cavalry of the vanguard returned from the valley and told the general that the terrain in the valley was wide, but there was not a single figure in sight.

The general pondered for a moment, and then ordered the whole army to set off into the valley, and the troops immediately regrouped and prepared to march, when the sentry in charge of the guard suddenly reported that an army was rapidly approaching them.

Durencheski was taken aback when he heard this, and hurriedly ordered the whole army to line up to meet the enemy, only to hear the earth-shaking sound of horses' hooves approaching like a tide, and the person who came was none other than the two generals Italy Coach Conte and Deiz Coach Rudolph, as well as the Grand Magician of the Mage Tower, Potter.

Finding out that the person who came was a friendly army, Durenchesky's inner horror suddenly turned into chagrin, and he only heard General Conti, the Itali commander who came forward on his horse, say loudly: "General Durenchesky, what is the purpose of you leading your army here late at night without concealing that your friendly army is here?"

Durencheski didn't answer, secretly thinking about how to deal with it, and at this time, Deiz coach Rudolph held the reins of the war horse and sneered: "General, I don't think you should make up any nonsense to deceive us, Grand Magician Potter has already told us what happened!"

Durenchesky glanced at Potter in annoyance, and the archmage immediately stepped forward and said, "General, we don't know anything about this place, this valley is so close to the Vampire King's Castle, if this is an enemy trap, you and your troops will be devastated. ”

"So, you're here to save me?" asked Durenchesky, looking back at the Grand Magician.

"We're here to hunt for the Divine Crystal with you. Potter looked at the three generals present with a serious expression and said, "If we can find the crystal tonight, we can raid the Vampire King's Castle in one go tomorrow morning, and take advantage of the weakening of the vampire during the day to ...... in one fell swoop."

"Wait," Durencheski interrupted the Grand Magician with a sneering and a wave of his hand, and he looked at Conte, Rudolph, and Potter and said, "Before we enter the valley, there is one thing that is better to make it clear now......"