Crime and Punishment Chapter 4 Wisdom II

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The walls of the Oracle City grew rapidly, and after a night of work, they had grown several times taller. With the exception of the side towards the lake, the high walls have encased the entire City of Oracles.

From afar, the city of oracles at this time is like a tulip blooming on the green grass.

Each petal of the tulip rises with a burst of mist, and the faint magic light of various colors decorates the elven city like a dream.

In the afternoon sun, an ancient elven tree in the middle of the Oracle City began to grow at a speed visible to the naked eye, a straight branch like a sharp sword, pointing straight to the sky. As the elven tree grew, the tulip petals began to unfold one by one, flattening down, revealing a delicate and tender core.

Finally, the ancient elven tree in the center stopped growing, and slowly lit up, and when it arrived, it was like a burning torch!

A faint pillar of white light suddenly rose from the elven ancient tree. At the end of the pillar of light was a clear blue sky.

Almost every elf in the City of Oracles is busy. They kept shuttling back and forth at the behest of the elven mage, controlling the growth of various parts of the Oracle City, and influencing the magic flowing in the plants with their natural instincts.

In the temple in the central square, Theseus was frowning at Amoro, who was bound in a thorn bush. At this moment, Amoro looked sluggish and lay limply on the ground. Its massive body trembled slightly, allowing the blood-sucking thorns to draw life force from its body.

"Elder Theseus, you can't draw any more strength, and now Amoro can't support it anymore. The elven mage in charge of the operation of the temple said nervously.

Theseus's brow furrowed even tighter, and he looked Amoro up and down, his sharp gaze was like substance, and wherever he looked, Amoro's muscles trembled involuntarily. This once majestic demon did not even have the courage to beg for mercy in front of the silent Xius at this moment, so he could only lie pitifully and wait silently for the judgment of fate.

"Increase the extraction intensity until the needs of the main magic array are satisfied!" Xiusi said coldly, "At least within half an hour, it will definitely not die! Hmph, if you want to hide it from my old man, your demon's level is still too low! If I don't let you suffer a little today, I, Xiusi, will live for four hundred years in vain!"

"No! no......" Amoro immediately regained his vitality and cried out in panic, but the free back of Theseus had already left the temple.

The elven mage was visibly furious at the fact that he had been deceived by a demon. He grimaced as he adjusted the magic array, and as the bloodsucking thorns grew thicker and thicker, Amoro slumped.

This time, it really can't be called.

The original Elven Temple has been completely renovated, and in the center of the hall is a deep magic pool, through which you can see that there is a strange world underneath, filled with brilliant bands of light of unknown meaning and large pulsing colors.

There is only Hus in the main hall of Wakada.

He stood with his hands folded beside the magic pool, an invisible wind surrounding him, blowing his long hair.

Xius's eyes were now like the water of a magic pool, with countless colors and bands of light flowing and changing. His all-penetrating gaze pierced through the surface of the magic pool, through countless heavy light curtains, looking for something.

Finally, a faint ball of light appeared in the heavy light curtain.

Theseus's face became solemn, and he took out a short silver rod with a hollow in the middle from his bosom, and stretched out his fingers and gently flicked it three times.

Three vague chirps echoed in the City of Oracles, and all the elves stopped their activities at the same moment and froze in place, like statues. All their power has been gathered in the Elven Temple.

Hughes slowly stretched his hands forward, hugging them as if he were holding something. The light in his eyes suddenly lit up, his long hair flew, and then he suddenly shouted, and his erect hands finally moved, as if he had finally pushed the invisible weight a little.

The Lich Hall was also filled with ever-changing light and shadow at the moment, and patches of color kept passing over the three kings. In the center of the main hall floated a pale fireball, in which a beautiful world was displayed. In the beautiful mountains and lush forests, you can clearly see a beautiful elf city.

The lich Elgra stood by the fireball, carefully adjusting the operation of the magic circle of the Great Hall, always locking the elven city in the center of the fireball.

The Bone Emperor and the Black Warrior Emperor Yanjing stood quietly on the side. They don't have a hand in it. Looking at the elven city in the fireball, they felt something unnatural.

After the decisive battle, the defeated Ninth Knight did hand over the coordinates set on Rogge. But in this world, he hides another coordinate. Before the decisive battle, this coordinate had been kept by the other kings, and it was not told to Fengyue. This is the claim of the fire of wisdom. At that time, the Flame of Wisdom already vaguely sensed that the future of the dead world was full of dark clouds.

Unexpectedly, the premonition of the fire of wisdom finally came true, and the last three kings of the dead world had already used this coordinate.

But the hearts of the three kings were very heavy. This wasn't just because they had broken away from the world of death that had existed for thousands of years, but also because they had actually broken their promise to Fengyue before the decisive battle. The three kings managed to escape from the dead world, at least in small part because they deceived Fengyue.

For kings who have never broken their promises, this is an unbearable burden.

Elgra the Lich didn't think much of it, locking on the coordinates in the storm of time and space had exhausted all of its energy. In fact, he only needs to correct the direction, and the 'spatial drift' will naturally handle the rest of the matter. But the mere act of locking the coordinates had exhausted all of Elgra's magic.

But Elgra, the lich, was determined to use the last bit of strength in the soul fire, and if he held on for a few more moments, the spatial drift would be complete. At that time, even if its soul fire was extinguished, the Bone Emperor and the Black Warrior Emperor would survive.

In a few moments, the Lich Hall will appear near Elven City. As for whether it will bring great damage to the elves in the city, it is not something that Elgra can control. Judging from the information brought back by the Ninth Knight, the creatures in this world are not particularly powerful, and with the strength of the kings, it is not difficult to survive here.

It can be seen that near the elven city is an endless mountain range, which is suitable for the kings to hide their whereabouts and gradually adapt to the world.

The Lich is holding the coordinates of the Great Hall with all his might, while the Bone Emperor and the Black Warrior Emperor are silently preparing for a possible battle.

The two kings now look very shabby. The Bone Emperor was covered with only a rusty piece of chain mail. There wasn't even any magical caste on this chain mail, and it could only add a paltry amount of defense to the Bone Emperor's steel-like body. The main weapon that the Bone Emperor relied on to injure the enemy was three bone blades more than a meter long on the left and right sides of his arms. The three bone blades were sharp and hard, and under the urging of the Bone Emperor's power, they could easily cut off the spine of a bone dragon.

The Black Warrior Emperor still had the same dark black full-body armor on his body, and only a pair of dark red eyes could be seen through the gap in the helmet. It seemed that he was not as embarrassed as the Bone Emperor, but the two-handed giant sword in his hand revealed his embarrassment. This greatsword is simply a bone sword made from the remains of an unknown behemoth. In the midst of the battle, it still didn't know if it would be able to withstand the full force of the Black Warrior Emperor.

The elven city in the pale fireball is getting closer and clearer. In the city of the immortal mountains on earth, Elgra could even see one of the buildings clearly.

However, the mutation suddenly occurred!

The pale fireball suddenly jumped, and the image of the elven city was distorted for a while, and then with a snap, it shattered into countless light chips!

Algra was taken aback, and he desperately fed what little mana he had into the fireball, but all he sensed was a blank space, and the faint coordinates were gone.

What if there are no coordinates?

Elgra didn't dare to think about the consequences.

When the magic of 'spatial drift' is exhausted, it is the time when the fate of the kings is decided.

The Lich Hall shook violently, and dust and rubble flew from the roof, walls, and ground, and flew in the air in a chaotic manner. The protection on the outside of the hall was losing its effect, and bands of light began to pass through the hall, reflecting everything in the hall in a flickering light and dark.

The main hall suddenly shook violently, and all the light disappeared!

All the power of the three kings disappeared in an instant, and then their bodies flew out helplessly, slamming into the wall, and for a moment the bones flew everywhere.

After a few moments, the power returned to the kings, and the Lich Hall returned to its former serenity.

The three kings rose from the ground one after another, and although their bodies were badly damaged, they could be repaired at any time as long as they had the strength. This is an advantage for necromantic creatures.

The hall was dark and dreary, except for the crystal on Elgra's wand that glowed dismally.

In the temple, there was a deathly silence.

There was no sky, no sun, no greenery, no mountains, and no elven city outside the temple, and the result was too far from what the kings had expected, and it was not at all the world depicted in the coordinates.

Here, there is only darkness and silence.

"Where is this?" the Bone Emperor broke the silence. Detection is not its specialty, and as far as it can perceive, it is an endless stream of thick rocks.

"We've arrived at the world marked by the coordinates...", the Black Warrior Emperor said slowly, still trying to probe the world around him, "Where we are now, it should be underground or ...... In a mountain. ”

Elgra, who had been silent, finally spoke: "Honorable Black Knight Emperor, the situation is worse than you expected. We are deep underground. Down there is an endless stream of rock, and my strength is not strong enough to reach its end. As far as I could see, there was no lava and no rivers of earth. And above our heads, there is a rocky mountain of more than a kilometer. In short, we are already trapped deep underground because of the sudden deviation of the landing point. Perhaps the only good news is that there is a crack in the rock that points to the ground. This would save us at least a few hundred meters of digging distance. The road to the ground is tough, but we can do it. ”

The Bone Emperor said: "The death aura in this world is obviously insufficient, and my strength is recovering very slowly. Dear Lich, how are you?"

Elgra said: "I'm in a bad situation just as well. The recovery of death mana is several times slower, and the difficulty of controlling magic has also increased a lot. It's so lively that I don't get used to it. He waved his wand, and after the smoke passed, a zombie warrior in heavy cyan armor and armed with a shield and axe appeared before the three kings.

Elgra observed the warrior carefully, and then said, "It seems that we can still form a small legion in this world. It's just that now all of my magic equipment except for this wand is consumed in spatial drift, and it's hard to summon powerful undead creatures. Alas, if that Spatial Penetration Crystal were still there, we would be able to teleport directly to the surface without having to dig like zombies and skeletons here. ”

The figure of the Bone Emperor had already flashed, and he had already arrived outside the main hall, and his spiritual fluctuations immediately came from outside the hall: "The rocks here are too hard, and the subordinates we can summon now can't help." Come on, let's dig!"

So in the kilometers underground, in the endless rocks, the three kings began to dig the road to the surface little by little. Even the Lich Elgra, after blessing himself with auxiliary magic such as the power of the bull and summoning a magical weapon, struggled to cut and dig between the thick rock formations.

Although trapped in a desperate underground situation, the three kings were completely free from worry, gloom and heaviness. Separated from the world of death, they experienced pleasure for the first time.

After all, for the first time in a long time, the kings had hope.

Under the high autumn sky, whether on the ground or underground, the living are fighting for their hopes.

Not far from the City of Oracles, there is a steep cliff. It was supposed to be a calm afternoon, but the bottom of the cliff suddenly fell countless gravels and dirt for no reason, followed by a loud bang, and large swaths of rock collapsed.

After the fog cleared, there was already a deep cave at the bottom of the cliff.

After a while, dozens of heavily armored zombie warriors stepped out of the cavern on gravel. They are completely different from the low-level zombies common on the mainland, not only do they look much more sophisticated in terms of equipment, but they are also agile and vigilant, and at least have a certain degree of intelligence.

The zombies lined up in a line, scattered, and searched in all directions.

Another burst of black mist poured out of the cave, and more than a dozen dark gray skeletons jumped out. These skeletons are completely unarmed, but they are agile and fast, and they are not inferior to demonic beasts such as monkeys and leopards. With a single leap, they will cross a distance of more than ten meters, and their vigilant eyes can't help but search the environment around the cave entrance.

A shadow flew out of the cavern, an undead creature with wings and no more than two meters long, which looked like a subspecies of some pterosaur in its previous life.

However, it was clearly not as lucky as its companions searching on the ground, and with a soft buzz in the woods, a magical arrow entwined with a faint white light flew out like lightning, easily piercing its skull. The white light turned into a raging flame filled with divine aura, which would instantly burn the hapless undead creature to pieces.

The humming sound of bowstrings rang out continuously, and dozens of magical arrows flew out of the forest, one arrow at a time, sending all the undead creatures gushing out of the cave into the sacred flames.

The forest suddenly moved, and several towering trees in front of the cave kept growing, and finally turned into several tall towers.

Many elven archers on the tower appeared one after another, and the long arrows on their backs were all exuding a divine aura, obviously coming prepared.

The elven mages began to chant incantations, and in the melodious sound of incantations, a magic circle appeared in front of the cave. A small splash of water rose in the center of the magic circle, and then a clear spring erupted from the magic circle and flowed down the cavern deep underground.

The cave winds all the way down, and not far away, it is a rather wide cave. In addition to the three kings, there are also dozens of different undead creatures standing in the cave.

The crisp sound of the water immediately alerted the undead, and the kings were concerned about the faint divine aura that diffused in the air.

In silence, clear water swayed through the multitude of undead creatures and into the depths of the cavern.

A black warrior seemed to stand still for a long time, and his footsteps moved, stained with a little clear droplet...... Rumble!

The droplets of water had exploded into a violent flame, enveloping the Black Warrior inside! Under the scorching flame, the Black Warrior let out a painful scream and rolled around like crazy. Its struggle was short-lived, and in the blink of an eye, the pure scorching divine flame consumed all the breath of death on its body.

A strong black warrior, he ended up leaving only a pair of black iron armor on the ground.

The Black Knight's screaming stopped, and more undead creatures began to cry out about dying.

The gurgling and flowing clear stream had now become the source of the raging flames. In the eyes of the three kings, the high temperature of the Holy Flame was causing drops of water to boil and transpire into clouds of mist, and the mist would instantly burn, turning into an incomparably fierce flame.

If it is like a loop, in the blink of an eye, the entire passage has been filled with holy flames!

The three kings watched silently as dozens of powerful men they had just summoned turned into ashes in the flames. There is nothing they can do. The Holy Flame swept through the passage of hundreds of meters, and although it could not help the King, ordinary undead creatures would definitely not be able to resist the erosion of the Holy Flame.

The Holy Flame comes and goes as fast as it comes. Once the flames were extinguished, the entire passage was filled with a faint aura of sacredness that upset the kings.

"Someone is waiting for us......." Elgra began.

"He was very well prepared...... "The Bone Emperor was very calm.

"Obviously, He knows who we are, so He will welcome us with pure divine spirit. The Black Warrior Emperor said, the bone sword in his hand had been burned by the Holy Flame at the moment, and only one hilt remained.

Elgra's mental fluctuations were much heavier than those of the Bone Emperor: "My magic power has been exhausted. In this place, mana recovery is too slow. I have a feeling, no evidence, just a feeling that the basilica will deviate from the intended coordinates and appear deep underground, which is his masterpiece. ”

The Black Warrior Emperor nodded and said, "I feel the same way. Although I didn't feel any powerful force outside, I could conclude that he must be waiting outside. ”

Elgra sighed, "This world ...... It looks like he didn't just know that we were trying to get out of here, but that we had used up most of our strength in the long excavation. ”

The Bone Emperor said: "He is a terrible enemy...... It seems that he, knowing that we have little strength left, still does not intend to enter the passage to fight us. ”

In the underground passage, it is the place where the Bone Emperor, who is known for his attack power, can exert his combat effectiveness the most.

The wind in the passage suddenly became stronger, and there was a strong divine aura in the wind. These divine breaths could not hurt the king, but they made the recovery of their strength extremely slow.

All three kings could not hide their fear. The enemies outside seemed to be well aware of their every move, as if a pair of invisible eyes were watching the kings through the barriers.

Rushing out is never a wise choice. The kings knew that the enemies outside were very good at shooting, and that the arrows they used were all magic arrows of the Holy caste.

In this case, even with the strength of the kings, how dare they fly into the sky?

There is no doubt that the mysterious enemy outside must have a large number of magic arrows with a guiding function. And the strong magic fluctuation just now indicates that a large number of magicians are accumulating outside the cave.

The moment the three kings flew into the sky, they would surely become the best targets for countless magic arrows and divine attack magic.

Silent.

I don't know how long there was silence, but the Black Warrior Emperor finally spoke: "I'll go out first." ”

If all the attacks were focused on the Black Warrior Emperor, then at least the extremely fast Bone Emperor would have a chance to escape. And Elgra, whose magic is exhausted, has little hope of escaping.

As soon as the Black Warrior Emperor took a step, he was grabbed by the Bone Emperor.

The Bone Emperor sighed heavily, "He won't give us this kind of opportunity. We have come to this world with great difficulty, so don't sacrifice lightly. In my opinion, let's choose another direction and dig again. ”

Elgra sighed and said, "When we come to the surface again, there will be countless magic arrows and mages waiting for us. ”

"Then," the Bone Emperor said, "let's go in another direction!" As long as we don't get to despair, we shouldn't give up or sacrifice lightly!"

On an elven tree outside the cave, Hughes let out a sigh of relief, the nervousness on his face faded, and he began to show a trace of exhaustion.

He carefully placed a large piece of amber down.

This piece of amber is more than a meter tall and resembles a mountain. There is a small red dot in the middle and lower part of the amber, and if you look closely, you will see that there is a very small temple there. In appearance, it looks exactly like Elgra's Lich Temple. A thin red thread jutted out of the Lich Hall, spiraling upwards and reaching the ground.

At this moment, from the other side of the hall, a small red line was slowly stretching out, extending to the ground on the other side. The progress of the red line is very slow, and it seems that it will not be able to reach the ground without a day or two.

Hughes rested for a moment, stood up, and instructed the elven mages beside him, "You now understand how to use this piece of amber. Remember, as long as you are well prepared, those three cowardly undead will never rush out to fight to the death. They shouldn't be stupid, hmph, forgive them and don't dare to fly into the sky. So when they climb out of the ground, if they see that you are already waiting, they will definitely go back and dig in another direction. With this piece of amber, all their movements will be under your control. All you have to do is get them to keep digging. The mountain was big enough they could dig for months. ”

Xius pondered for a moment, and then said, "After suffering a few losses, they must have learned wiser. Well, you have to be very careful when they're about to dig into the ground, and beware of them suddenly speeding up or changing direction. ”

The elven mage jotted down the main points of Hughus's instructions one by one.

Hughes beckoned, and Eiffel walked over. She was clad in elaborate leather armor and carried a magical longbow behind her back.

Hughes took something out of his bosom, handed it to Eiffel, and said, "If those three undead really rush out, you can shoot this at them." As soon as they saw this, they would have run far away, and would never have dared to approach the City of Oracles again! I have been delayed here for a long time, and now I have to go back to the north. ”

Seeing that Eiffel agreed, Xius slowly rose, and then his figure flashed, and disappeared into the northern sky.

Eiffel looked closely at what Hughes had given her. It is a thin piece of metal with a dark black background and gold and blue decorations, shaped like willow leaves.

This is a piece of the demon lotus's nail leaf!

Eiffel gently stroked the demon lotus nail leaf, feeling the breath on it, and suddenly smiled lightly, and carefully took it into her arms.

Suddenly a figure flashed in front of her, and Hughes hurried back in a rage.

The old fox gasped and said to Eiffel, "I almost forgot to tell you, after this thing shoots out, you must remember to pick it up!"

(To be continued)