Chapter 21: The Legendary Werewolf (3)
For the long history of this ancient continent, human beings are just ordinary passers-by, even if they now occupy the richest eastern continent.
Of course, there are orcs, elves, dwarves, giants, and even demons......
The history of this ancient continent is so long that it is impossible to even know what she was originally called, and human beings simply cannot imagine how many life races this ancient elder has witnessed the rise and fall of life.
For her understanding, human magicians can only use some prehistoric ruins, or stone tablets left over from prehistory, which are cultural relics left by various prehistoric intelligent lives, with thousands, tens of thousands of years, or even more distant history.
Because of the age, the process of identifying these cultural relics is very difficult, those ruins are often collapsed, and the stone monuments are often weathered, which is a process that tests the patience and will of the magician.
They frowned at the faint handwriting of the stele, struggling to discern and identify what kind of writing it was, perhaps spending the whole day in their endless shaking of their heads, and perhaps all they got was a sigh of regret.
As we have said before, not all magicians are interested in great powers, and some are more interested in discovering hidden secrets than those powers.
And it is precisely because of the existence of these magicians that human magic can have such a huge change, from the initial lame alchemy, to the current heyday of the magic age, the evolution of magical civilization has gone through more than a thousand years.
In the course of the evolution of magical civilization over the years, the history of mankind has recorded the deeds of countless other intelligent life species, orcs, elves, dwarves, giants, and even dragons......
Originally, human magicians believed that orcs and elves were the first life on the continent.
But with the accumulation of a large amount of prehistoric materials, human magicians realized that the tragic battle of a thousand years ago seemed to be just a trivial matter on this continent.
Hundreds of years ago, when the plan to improve magic was first proposed by the great King Sasson, magicians researched magic and discovered a kind of intelligent magical creature that was older than the orcs, that is, demons.
Humans can proudly say that they invented alchemy, but they cannot say that magic was born because of them.
If you insist on making a conclusion about the origin of magic, I am afraid that no one has enough evidence to convince the other party, some magicians believe that magic comes from demons, it is alchemy based on the power of demons, some magicians believe that the ancestors borrowed the magic of the elves, thus creating magic, and the third theory, magic was created by the gods, from the age of the gods!
The age of the gods, this is a very general statement given by human magicians, tens of thousands of years before history, or even hundreds of thousands of years, tens of thousands of years, as long as there are gods in the history of this continent, then, the period when the gods control the entire continent is the age of the gods.
As for the gods, most of the magicians wanted it to be just a good legend.
After all, gods are called gods because they possess unrivaled and irresistible powers, and magicians, let alone dark magicians, do not want gods to exist in the world.
To tell the truth, the highest intelligent magical creature they have ever seen is a demon, but for some reason, the demon seems to have left this continent, no, it is this plane, this space...... Perhaps, they themselves live in another subspace, and they just came to this world through some special way.
Therefore, after the Age of the Gods, human mages do not call this period the Age of Demons, but rather the Age of Chaos, that is, the era when the original magicians believed that various intelligent beings began to appear.
And in the subsequent history, with the evolution of the civilization of various intelligent creatures, there were orcs, elves, dwarves, giants, humans and other species that had the strength to occupy the entire continent, not only that, but even the dragon This kind of powerful creature has gradually appeared on this continent, and various intelligent life has caused wars from time to time for the continuation of their respective races, for this reason, magicians have turned this period into a post-chaotic era.
Of course, at that time, the wars between races were nothing more than orcs against elves, dwarves against giants, and as for humans...... At that time, it was just a weak existence attached to the elves.
Maybe it's hundreds of years, maybe it's thousands of years, the elves have gradually lost in this long war, they can't resist the strength of the orcs, and at this time, human beings have their own civilization, they are not willing to be subservient to the elves, after all, the elves who claim to be high-level intelligent creatures will not treat humans like their own race.
In the following days, the orcs became more powerful and had threatened any life race on the continent, and at this time, the elven race had been completely defeated in this long tug-of-war, even if they were unwilling in their hearts, relying on their own strength alone, they could no longer deal with the powerful orcs.
And the glory of human history begins from this moment!
At that time, human beings did not have the courage and skill of the dwarves at all, nor did they have the agility of the elves, but the human beings relied on their innate talents to convince the dwarves with brewed wine, and persuaded the elves with praise, so that the two united against the orcs, and at the same time, the humans also attracted their distant relatives barbarians to come to help in the war.
At that time, the elves and the dwarves were not so harmonious, the elves used to call the dwarves 'bearded', although the beard was a more glorious existence for the dwarves than the scars, but the elves' tone was obviously not praising them, but the dwarves were not good at words, and they preferred to solve problems with their own axes rather than quarrelling.
As a result, the question of who would have the more leadership in the alliance was debated for a long time, and in the end, the humans persuaded the two races to give in, but even so, the dwarves still did not want the elves to lead the alliance, and the elves still did not want the dwarves to lead the alliance.
The end result is that humanity has reluctantly taken over the leadership of the Alliance!
Although there have been many versions of this incident after the fact, it is roughly like this......
Of course, although he took over the authority to lead the alliance, it does not mean that humans can command elves and dwarves, and the dwarves are better, but the elves will not buy the accounts of humans at all, so that the alliance was defeated by the orcs at the initial stage.
But it has to be said that humans are indeed more intelligent and alert than other races...... I don't want to use cunning......
In front of the powerful orcs, humans have used almost all the power they can use, including dragons!
Humans provoked the conflict between orcs and dragons, and even used words to bewitch giants and orcs to be enemies, so that during that period, orcs were enemies of almost the entire continent.
During this time, humanity has been learning from the achievements of dwarves and elves, from whom they learned to smelt and forge weapons, and from the elves some knowledge about magic, which laid the foundation for the birth of alchemy.
In the end, the orcs were defeated and had no choice but to move to the far west, but when the members of the alliance were ready to share the fruits of victory, they suddenly found that humanity was already a force that was only stronger than them.
Of course, individual humans still can't compete with dwarves or elves, but this force has to be based on the total human population, which is simply incomparable to dwarves and elves.
Having played the role of a thug in this long war, but unable to reap the slightest benefit, the dwarves and elves angrily broke away from the alliance.
Perhaps they had thought about revenge, but unfortunately, the dwarves were still caught up in a territorial war with the giants for the northern continent, and the elves had the misfortune to break out in a rebellion, and by the time the dwarves and elves had pulled out their hands, they could no longer keep up with the progress of the humans.
This era is known as the golden age of magicians! Of course, it only refers to the golden stage of the development of mankind.
In the following days, the relationship between humans and dwarves, elves, and even the origin barbarians was once in a state of tension, and the contradictions between humans and powerful creatures and dragons gradually intensified, but with the formation and perfection of alchemy, which can be used as a weapon, human beings have established the qualifications of the continent's hegemon.
This period was called the Age of Alchemy by the magicians!
Since the Golden Age, the protagonists of this continent are no longer dwarves, elves, or orcs, but humans!
Since the Age of Alchemy, human alchemists have been focusing on improving alchemy, and they want to turn alchemy into a more powerful and lethal weapon.
Thus, borrowing from elves and demons, the concept of magic was born, which is the post-alchemy era.
At the same time, the period from the Golden Age to the Post-Alchemy Age is collectively referred to as the Pre-Age of Magic!
And the appearance of werewolves is precisely because alchemy has reached a bottleneck stage, and alchemists are interested in finding a direction for improvement or breakthrough, so in human magic, the first magic to appear is curse!
Therefore, the origin of human magic can be said to be derived from both elves and demons, and there are two magic systems at the same time, one is the dark negative energy from the demons, that is, the magic based on the pentagram, and the other is from the natural energy of the elves, that is, the magic based on the six-pointed star, and these two kinds of magic eventually evolved into two systems: black magic and white magic.
But either way, it has nothing to do with the gods!
Jean Connell was born in the pre-magical age, or more precisely, in the post-alchemical age.
Unlike other werewolves, Connell is not a pure werewolf, of course, this does not mean that he is Gangaro, or that his power comes directly from demons or anything, but for a decade or twenty, the alchemist has been searching for knowledge about improving magic in him and his kind, while the mad alchemists have changed Conil with potions of their own making.
In one sentence, Jean Connell was the most powerful of all werewolves, because he not only survived the three hundred and thirty-three full nights, but was completely reformed by the alchemists, and built on this foundation, Jean Connell was transformed into Gangaro after being killed......
Undead creatures that make alchemists infinitely remorseful and desperate!
Legend has it that if a person is bitten by a werewolf and drains his blood, then the person will become a werewolf, and if he is bitten by a vampire, he can only become the eternal slave and servant of the vampire, the former is still free, and the latter, he loses his freedom.
But no matter what, the two unfortunate fellows are still alive, but it would be different if they were sucked dry by Gangero......
Strictly speaking, vampires' power comes from blood in their bodies, or some kind of dark power, but Gangaro is different, his power comes not only from blood, but also from his soul!
Whose soul?
Hey, naturally it's the victim's soul, Gangaro usually doesn't take the initiative and doesn't suck blood, they have a more convenient way, which is to use the pure darkness they are born with, and connect the person's body, soul, and even devour, so as to become a part of Gangaro's power.
Gangaro was once feared and frightened, but after all, the world feared his innate immortality!
Of course, there is no species in the world that lasts forever, and legend has it that even the gods will fall.
Of course not!
Gangero can be killed, but the problem is that you never know how many times you'll have to kill him before he actually dies......
Legend has it that Gangaro can be killed as many times as the soul he has in his body, that is, if he devours ten people, then he can be resurrected ten times, if he devours a hundred, then he can be resurrected a hundred times, but what if it is ten thousand, one hundred thousand, or a million?
Even if Gangaro just stands and asks you to kill, I'm afraid you won't be able to kill him in your lifetime, right? Not to mention that Gangaro himself has great power, and he can turn into a bat or black blood and run away in a critical situation, which is what really makes countless people feel afraid and panic!
The probability of Gangaro appearing in history is very small, and people at that time were used to burning the corpses of werewolves, so that for hundreds of years, there were only a few examples, but killing these Gangaro all took a lot of manpower, material resources, and time.
Silver is deadly to werewolves, and the same is true for ordinary vampires, but for Gangaro, silver isn't that easy to use, let alone Jean Connell, who is still alive for hundreds of years with silver stakes nailed all over his body?
"Click!" the werewolf easily snapped the shackles he was wearing, and looking at his indifferent expression, it seemed that it was not a shackle made of black iron at all, but a few dead branches.
The shackles on his body were broken one by one by the werewolf, and he held his left wrist with his right hand and moved his muscles, looking at Gangaro in front of him with dozens or even hundreds.
"Look at what you've done, stinking imp!" roared Ivo Berwick angrily, and no one here knew the man's horror better than he did.
Hundreds of years of alchemists' codex do not mention this monster named Jean Connell.
That's right, he's not a werewolf anymore, but he's not an ordinary Gangaro, but a monster who was killed at the peak of his strength and transformed into Gangaro after death!
Even if the vital parts of the body are filled with silver stakes that are fatal to the werewolf, it can only restrict the man's movements, and cannot bring him any substantial damage, plus Gangaro has inherited the werewolf's super fast ** recovery ability, if you want to directly hurt him, I'm afraid there is only the white magic of the Holy See, but this man has more than one life......
"It's over, it's over......" Ivo Berwick muttered to himself with a look of horror.
In fact, he understands that those achievements that he is proud of, although they are named Gangaro and have the ability to appear to be immortal, are really far from the real Gangaro in the legend......
In the final analysis, they are just 'excellent and inferior products', they can only reshape their bodies by consuming blood energy, this is not an immortal body at all!
As if inspired by Ivo Berwick's words, the werewolf looked back at Lavia with some amusement, and said evilly, "he said...... I'm going to destroy everything I see here......"
The girl's expression was very calm, she just glanced at the werewolf and asked softly, "Then will you?"
"......" The werewolf opened his mouth, as if he was asked, he originally wanted to deliberately scare the girl, but when he saw those familiar eyes, he gave up, laughed at himself, and said, "What a nasty little ghost!" As he spoke, a dark aura gushed out from under his feet, clinging to the ground and spreading towards the surroundings at a very fast speed, this pure, deep darkness, the dark bear was somewhat similar to the dark bear.
"......" Lavia was a little panicked and tried to avoid the darkness that spread in all directions, but to her surprise, the darkness seemed to have life, and when it approached the girl, it parted to the sides, leaving her a yard or so, and the rest of the place, whether it was the wall or the top, in a matter of seconds, the darkness originating from the werewolf spread to most of the dungeon.
But there is also a difference between this darkness and the dark bear, that is, the darkness that originates from the werewolves, mixed with a hint of bright red lines, it is not difficult to imagine what it is.
"Damn!" Ivo Beric glanced at Lavia with hatred.
He was furious, because it was this girl's stupid actions that put him in danger, and even if he could escape from the clutches of this real Gangero, he would probably be ruined all those materials and research he had been doing for six years.
But in any case, it is more important to return one's own life than those research materials......
"Kill them!" Ivo Berwick gave the last order to the hundreds of Gangeros.
After receiving the order, hundreds of Gangero's spearheads were immediately pointed at Connell, because they could feel that this man was the most threatening!
However, Connell, who looked at the hundreds of 'of kinds' rushing towards him, did not show any difference, he did not even make the slightest movement, and let them pounce on him.
"Oh my God!" Lavia was shocked as she saw that the Gangaro had disappeared in an instant after rushing into the dark area of the werewolves, and that a third of the hundreds of Gangaro had disappeared without knowing what had happened.
There was no sound, as if the Gangero had never been there.
The rest of Gangaro suddenly stopped attacking, and they looked at Connell together, and they had no soul, but they were suppressed because of their instincts.
"Tsk!" The werewolf in the center of the dark zone frowned in the girl's stunned eyes and said strangely, "Is it really soulless......
"Sure enough?" the girl heard the meaning of the werewolf's words, as if she understood something, covered her mouth and said in shock, "You...... You devoured them?"
Looking at the disgust in the girl's eyes, the werewolf tried to explain, "You see, they sent it to the door themselves," and as he said, he pointed to the darkness around him with his right hand, and said jokingly, "You think it's alchemy? or something...... Oh, magic, no! these darkness were originally part of my body, you see, and I didn't take the initiative to devour them...... Besides, these soulless guys can't bring me the slightest benefit!"
"But devouring ......"
"Do you think these guys are still human? No, they're not werewolves, they're not humans, they're not Gangaro! they're nothing, just corpses that instinctively attack people!" The werewolf paused, looked at the girl and said, "Wasn't it you who told me to get rid of them?"
"But I didn't say ......"
"But for me, it's the quickest way!" interrupted Lavia, and Connell said evilly, "I said, don't think too kindly...... Also, you're pretty much standing in my 'body' right now, be careful not to fall, if you fall into the darkness, you won't even be able to catch me......"
The ......girl seemed to be frightened, glanced at her feet with panicked eyes, and then seemed to understand something, and glared at the werewolf angrily.
"Well, don't always show me a look that annoys," the sadness in the werewolf's eyes faded away, and he smiled heartily, and then, suddenly realizing something, he frowned, "Oops!"
"What?" the girl subconsciously looked up, just in time to see the dark bear that enveloped the boy suddenly turned into countless dark aura, sweeping towards the rest of Gangaro, who was forced by the powerful deterrent power of the werewolf, and it was not difficult to imagine what would happen next.
"No, Soth! don't do that!" the girl subconsciously cried, her expression very anxious, and it was clear that she did not want to see that scene again......
"Tsk, troublesome little ghost!" Glancing at the girl quietly, the werewolf shook his head, raised his right hand, and with his movements, countless hands poured out of the infinite darkness, trying to stop the dark giant bear from devouring the Gangaro who had been suppressed by himself.
But in the next second, the werewolf's expression changed suddenly, and the moment those dark hands touched the giant bear, they were dyed with a deeper and purer darkness, and this darkness was still surging towards the werewolf along those arms.
"Damn!" Connell hurriedly severed ties with the dark hands, watching as the energy became part of the bear's power.
"What kind of demon did that imp deal with?" "The self who is good at devouring others has been robbed of his energy by a little imp in turn, which makes the werewolf feel incredible.
"He didn't!"
"You think I'll believe it?" said jokingly, but the werewolf's eyes became serious, because he felt that the little ghost in front of him had an illusion in his body that even made him fear and regress.
No, that's not demonic power, it's higher!
Although Connell could not change the fact that he had become Gangero, he was unwilling to accept it.
After all, becoming a werewolf was his own volition, and it was not out of his own will to transform into a Gang Gro, but whether he accepted it or not, Gang Gro was an existence that was closer to a demon than a werewolf, and it could even be said that Gang Gro was already a kind of demon.
In the world of demons, strength alone does not make them superior to other demons, and there is something more important than strength, and that is class!
Class originally originated from bloodline, and it was almost destined to be unchanging, because in the demon world, excellent bloodline has an immeasurable increase in the growth of a demon's strength, and high-level demons override low-level demons, which is a fixed rule and fact for thousands or tens of thousands of years.
High-level demons don't have to use force to bring low-level demons to their knees, they only need to show their aura to make the low-level demons escape.
There are eleven classes of demons, from the highest monarch to the lowest demon, each class is a chasm that is difficult to cross, and the average Gangaro can almost be ranked eighth, that is, the commander level, of course, for Connell, it is far more than this class, it is higher!
But even so, Connell was still robbed of his power without any suspense......
This little imp...... What kind of existence is that bear-like creature?
For a while, countless question marks appeared in the hearts of werewolves.
It was as if he heard the roar of the giant bear in the depths of his soul, and this feeling that made him shiver from the depths of his soul, as well as the instinct from his subconscious, reminded him.
If that bear really belongs to a kind of demon, then it must be a high-level existence!
Maybe...... It's even higher......
"Soth......" the girl murmured.
But in response to her call, the giant bear only looked around with its regrouped real, massive body, and then the blood-red eyes were aimed at the werewolf.
As he had guessed at first, the bear would instinctively attack not only anyone who was hostile to it, or the boy, but also powerful enough to threaten its existence......
Obviously, this werewolf, who has lived for hundreds of years, is honored to meet the target......
"Whoosh!" Connell retracted the darkness that shrouded him, after all, the giant bear was a higher-level existence than him, this kind of move that could only be used against the weak guy, if it was used against the giant bear, it would undoubtedly recharge it.
As if she understood what Connell wanted to do, the girl said eagerly, "Don't...... Don't hurt him...... I, I beg you......" Even though the other party helped him, and he didn't seem to be malicious, but with the great power of his body, the girl was afraid of angering him.
Not for herself, of course......
"Hurt him?" Connell glanced at the girl with a worried expression, and shook his head rather depressedly, he wanted to say that it was he who was hurt, but when he saw the crystal in the girl's eyes, the werewolf seemed to be touched by the memories in his heart, he just nodded, and said softly, "Stand away, that bear is not easy to deal with!"
The "......" girl hesitated, and finally stood by the wall, after all, her current strength couldn't help at all.
"What a troublesome little ghost!" said the werewolf evil spirit, looking at the boy who was shrouded in the dark bear, "I really don't know how important it is, is this kind of power that you can grasp now?" I wonder what kind of existence is the guy who gave you power...... Hey, just rip it out......"
"Please don't hurt him!" the girl's interruption caused the werewolf to die in the end.
"Damn it!" Connell exhaled in frustration, apparently he didn't really like this kind of tie-up fight.
"Come on, let me see if you're like that!" he said, hooking his finger at the bear.
And in response to his provocation, the giant bear roared like a substance.
"Roar!"
(To be continued)