312. The Cauldron of Darkness
[System News:]
[You have eliminated 115 "Terror Claws" and 6 "Assassin Wanderers.] 】
[You have been rewarded with 230,000 Energy points.] 】
[You unlocked the standardized panel information for "Terrorclaws" and "Dark Wanderer.] 】
[You have obtained 6 fragments of memories of the "Assassin Wanderer":]
[Memory fragment 1: "The Plan for Killing the Thunderbolt Wizard", 100% completeness]
[Memory fragment 2: "Instruction Book for Accelerating the Collection of Shadow Magic Materials", 100% completeness]
[Memory fragment 3: "Map of the Lower City of Exile", 70% completeness]
【… (Other memory fragments omitted)]
Li Nuo put aside the rest of the solution results and called up "Memory Fragment One" alone.
This is the plan of the Assassin Alert to besiege and kill themselves, and it contains personnel and tactical information.
It contains the whereabouts of 10 other Darkfallers.
Li Nuo looked around, found the right direction, and cast the "Death Flight" to fly in the direction of the 10 Dark Dead.
After hundreds of terrifying claws were killed by him in an instant, the black flame wall where terrifying claws appeared collapsed.
This means that the Dark Dead Wizard, who casts summoning spells behind the scenes, has terminated summoning spells.
They are likely to flee the battlefield the first time they find out that something is wrong.
The Shadows were the home of the Shadow Extraordinaires, and if they were bent on escaping, Li Nuo might not be able to stop them.
"I'm going to have to use a small hole card, lest those guys pass the news of my mastery of death spells back to Exile."
Li Nuo volleyed back into a human form, and there was an extra two-handed wand made of stone in his hand.
The wand was top-heavy, topped with a large rock gem that glowed earthy-brown. The tail end is sharp and thin, like a bee sting, which looks fragile, but it is actually extremely hard.
This is the trophy of Li Nuo, and its original owner is the long-dead Pangula family secret guard.
Leno poured a wave of geotechnical energy into his wand, activating the magic patterns inside it.
"Boom..."
A stone pillar, pulled by a wand, rose from the ground a hundred meters away from his feet, and became the platform on which Li Nuo stood.
Leno held his wand in both hands and held it high above his head, hooking spell blueprints in his mind.
The moment the blueprint was presented, he slammed his wand down.
"Bang !!"
The end of the wand collided with the stone pillar, making an earth-shattering explosion.
Circles of earthy brown aura emanated from the stone pillars, spreading rapidly in all directions.
"Geotechnical Energy Detection"!
With the blessing of the Holy Throne's Geo Staff, the horizontal detection range of this spell has been increased several times.
Every stalagmite, every ground in a 30-kilometer radius, and every monster burrowed in the soil were all presented in Li Nuo's mind.
At this moment, the 10 Assassins had no escape.
"Hey, I found you guys. Count you as clever and use a plan to disperse and escape. ”
Li Nuo's eyes narrowed slightly, and his gaze swept from three directions.
At 3 o'clock, 7 o'clock, and 11 o'clock, there were 3 or 4 Assassins.
The other party and the others all used the "Shadow Transfer" and were moving away from them at a speed of more than 200 kilometers per hour.
The fastest group will arrive in Exile City in 15 minutes.
Even if Li Nuo used the level 100 "Death Flight", it would be impossible for him to catch up with all of them.
However, he had no intention of chasing it.
He has another way to deal with the fleeing enemy.
Li Nuo took out the Thunderbolt Orb and the Yuan Reactor from his magic pocket, and mobilized the thunder and lightning energy in the Yuan Reactor to pour into the Orb.
Bright lightning rays emerge from the orb, illuminating the darkness around them.
Li Nuo raised his right hand and used his index finger to extract a piece of lightning energy from the orb and outline the magic pattern of the "Tracking Thunder Arrow Array" in the air.
With his movements, a magic circle with a diameter of more than five meters quickly took shape, shining like a brilliant crystal lamp in the dark area.
At the same time, Li Nuo used his heart and soul to mobilize the "Tracking Mark" and "Psychic Vision", and with the help of "Vision Jumping", he found the 10 Dark Dead.
Dozens of "tracking marks" were photographed by Li Nuo on everyone's body, ensuring that it was impossible for them to escape from the tracking.
At the moment when the "Tracking Thunder Arrow Array" was condensed, hundreds of lightning energy arrows dragging the electric snake's tail flame shot out from the circle.
These energy arrows circled around the hair, selected their enemies, drew an arc, and chased after them with a thud.
Li Nuo uses the "tracking markers" on the enemy's body to accurately guide.
At speeds well over 200 km/h, the Tracking Bolt chased behind the enemy and stabbed them in the back without mercy.
"Crackle, crackle, crackle..."
"Boom, boom..."
Thunder flickered in the magical vision, and the explosion continued.
Of the 10 Assassins, 7 of the Darkers were killed on the spot when they were hit by a tracking lightning bolt that pierced their shields.
Before they could escape into the darkness and move away, their shadow fragments were hit by a new tracking lightning bolt.
Under a series of bombardments, these 7 dark dead people have no place to bury, and it is impossible to regain their lives.
However, 3 of the Darkdead survived the bombardment of the Tracker Bolt.
Li Nuo recognized their identities as the captain and two vice-captains of the siege team.
The captain is the strength of the seventh ring, and the two vice-captains are the strength of the sixth ring, both of whom are shadow battle wizards.
When a Shadow Wizard is promoted to the Sixth Ring, he or she will master a signature form of shadow magic:
Cloak of Shadows.
This is a magical armor woven from Shadow Energy and Shadow Monster materials, not a metal made of Magical Metal Armor.
The Cloak of Shadow and the Magic Shield can exist at the same time.
It uses Shadow Energy to negate a portion of non-Shadow Energy spell attacks.
The amount of non-shadow energy that can be offset by each 1 point of shadow energy depends on the level of the shadow battle wizard and the magic materials used to make the armor.
Exile City keeps so many Shadow Monsters outside the city in order to obtain the magic materials on their bodies to enhance spells such as the "Shadow Cloak" that require magic materials.
At the moment, these three Dark Dead, their "Shadow Shield" only has 30% lightning resistance, and they are quickly penetrated by the tracking lightning arrow.
But the "Shadow Cloak", which resembles a black hooded cloak, saved their dog's life and resisted the lightning bombardment.
Dense electric snakes roamed the surface of the cloak, but they could not hurt the three dark dead in the slightest.
Not only that, but after discovering that Li Nuo's tracking lightning bolt was unable to penetrate his own defenses, the three Assassins stopped going around in circles.
As if they had a heart in mind, they turned around and hurried straight towards the direction where the exiled city was.
It seems that they want to use the "shadow cloak" on their bodies to forcibly break free from Li Nuo's pursuit.
"If you think I have that little to do, you're very wrong."
Li Nuo chuckled secretly.
With a wave of his hand, he took out five magic scrolls from his magic pocket and tore them open with his "heart grasp".
The five magic scrolls burst into lightning lightning, condensing another 5 "Tracking Thunder Arrow Circle" in the air.
A total of 6 "Tracking Thunder Arrow Arrays" hovered in front of Li Nuo.
The surging thunder and lightning energy flowed out from the Yuan reactor in Li Nuo's left hand, along his torso to his right hand, and then split into 6 thunder and lightning rays from the tip of his right finger and entered the 6 magic circles.
"Buzz..."
The 6 circles trembled slightly, working at full strength.
Dense tracking lightning bolts shot out like a torrential rain, chasing the enemy closely, setting off a surging wave of thunder and lightning in the stalagmite-lined underground space.
This massive thunder and lightning offensive fell in the eyes of the enemy, and it can be described as heart-pounding.
Seeing an overwhelming array of thunderbolts behind him, and he could only watch himself being overtaken, the three assassins couldn't help but let out a desperate exclamation.
"No!!"
"Who the hell is he?!"
"Why did you master the spells of death, rock and earth and thunder at the same time!!"
"Boom boom boom..."
The underground space reverberated with a dull reverberation.
The oversaturated lightning attack directly tore the 3 Dark Dead into slag along with their Shadow Shards.
[System News:]
[You have eliminated 3 "Dark Vigilant Wizards.] 】
[You have been rewarded with 320,000 Energy points.] 】
You have unlocked the target's panel information. 】
You have obtained a fragment of your target's memory. 】
The system message is final, and it is determined that the enemy has been completely annihilated.
Li Nuo clicked on the memory fragment and glanced at it, and saw that the other party and the others had no time to report to the Exile City, and he secretly breathed a sigh of relief in his heart.
He reversed the direction of the Thunderbolt's flight, aiming at the Assassin Wanderers who had called for reinforcements.
After more than ten seconds, all the dark dead who appeared in the surrounding area were killed, and wave after wave of thunder and lightning echoes completely subsided.
"Good, good. In this way, the Exiled City only knew that it had lost a team of vigilantes, but it did not know how this team did not exist. Based on the fluctuations in lightning energy, they will determine that their enemies are real lightning wizards, not death wizards or rock and earth wizards. My two hole cards were activated, but they weren't exposed. Very good. ”
Li Nuo chuckled a few times and beckoned Noreen to help him clean up the battlefield.
For his part, he began to prepare for the next siege in the exiled city.
The next time he will face, the enemy he will face should be led by the Shadow Warrior of the Eight Rings.
The Wizard of the Eight Rings can apply to the Throne Wizard for the casting permission to cast the Throne spell.
If the Wizard of the Eight Rings was allowed to unfold the shadow sub-plane, then Li Nuo felt that he might not be able to kill the other party.
The last time he faced the Pangula guards, they summoned the Geotechnical Subplane to suppress him.
He mastered the runes of the Pangula family and strengthened the "Monolith Shield" with the runes, which made the Geotechnical Subplane think that he was his own.
This time the situation was different, the seven-ring Dark Death Vigilante wizard he killed did not have the magic runes that could obtain the identity of the Shadow Plane.
If this magic rune could not be obtained by deconstructing the Eight-Ring Dark Dead, then Li Nuo would have to think differently to deal with the possible shadow plane.
"Let me meet the Dark Vigilant Wizard of the Eighth Ring for a while, and let Dinas teleport over and take me away."
While inspecting the magic props he was carrying, Li Nuo secretly thought:
"In the solution of the formation, there are 5 Assassins with the strength of the Eight Rings. I wonder which of them will be the one who will come to besiege me? Could it be that the person who will come is not the strength of the Eighth Ring, but the two deputy city lords with the strength of the Nine Rings? ”
Hey, that's a bit awkward.
Li Nuo had previously shouted that he was going to destroy the Exile City, which was somewhat whimsical.
He now knew that Exile City was highly regarded by the Magical Realm of the Dark Dead, and that there were far more high-end combat forces in the city than he had imagined.
The Magical Nation of the Dark Dead wants to make Exile a public transit point.
The Dark Dead have opened a stable portal in the upper part of Exile City.
This portal is associated with the magical realms of the Ring of Non-Unas, through which they can reach the shadows of Cahill.
Because of this, in addition to 1 city lord of the Ten Rings, 2 deputy city lords of the Nine Rings, and 5 chief city guardians of the Eighth Ring, there may be some high-level gray wizards from other magical realms in the Exiled City.
It is not impossible for these gray wizards of unknown origin to track down Li Nuo.
Based on this consideration, Li Nuo decided to be careful, careful, and careful, so as not to capsize in the gutter because of a moment of negligence.
…
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The rumored City of Exile stands in the middle of the "Windy Plains", surrounded on all sides by flat rocky ground.
Looking at this three-dimensional city from a distance, it is like a giant alchemy crucible emitting black mist, with a small mouth, a big belly, and an arc-shaped wall that surrounds the whole city impenetrable.
This massive building, which looks like a giant cauldron, is the lower part of the Exiled City.
The upper part of the Exiled City, directly above the lower city, is the inverted pyramid-shaped building that hangs from the ceiling.
The Underworld, when you look up, you can see the majestic Uptown.
The inverted triangular appearance, like a sharp sword hanging over the head, is always aimed at the people of the lower city.
This unique layout of the city foreshadows the Exiled City and the magical realm of the Dark Dead behind it, which is hierarchical and harsh.
The Dark Dead are Shadow Shadows, spirit creatures.
One of the differences between spirit creatures and flesh creatures is the ability to reproduce.
Flesh and blood creatures can reproduce through viviparity, oviparity, budding, etc.
Spirit creatures are unable to reproduce.
It's the price of giving up flesh and blood in exchange for physical damage immunity.
In order to ensure that there is enough coolie, the magical realm of the Dark Dead has plundered the realm of flesh and blood, capturing batch after batch of captives with flesh and blood.
The Dark Dead in Uptown have set up a magic circle to transform flesh and blood into shadow ghosts, creating new Dark Dead in batches.
These Assassins were in the Lower Quarter, and they were slaves taken from other countries, so they were named "Dark Laborers" in the Upper Quarter.
About one-tenth of the Dark Dead laborers, while completing the Yin Transformation Ritual, were discovered to have extraordinary talents in Uptown.
These lucky Assassin Laborers were suddenly freed from their status as laborers, received extraordinary enlightenment, and became Assassin Wanderers, and even Assassin Wizards.
If it weren't for the extraordinary talent, the Dark Laborers who were forced to transform into the Shadow Shadows would be toiling in the Lower City day in and day out.
They will die again and again in the dangerous work of magical production, and be reborn again and again with the help of shadow shards and circles.
After more than 10 rebirths, the souls of the Dark Laborers are no longer able to support the next rebirth.
They will be unable to condense the Shadow Fragments after death, and they will enter a true death.
Their spirit remains are recovered by the magic circle and converted into shadow energy, which is fed into ritual transformation of shadow spirits.
Their life and past, all their memories and encounters, their names, origins and other identity information, will dissipate in the yin wind of the plains.
Who cares about these helpless souls who are sinking in the shadows?
Who would risk being wiped out by the powerful Assassins of Uptown to save the unfortunate of Downtown?
In the age when the power of magic is rampant, the interests of saving the weak will always be crushed by ignoring the interests of the weak, and only the power of magic itself can drive people to practice justice.
"Elody, there's something going on in Uptown."
A shadowy ghost with a pale face walked through the crowded streets and alleys, stepping on stone bricks covered with sludge and dirty water, and stopping at the garbage heap in the deepest part of the alley.
This is where rotten meat, animal hair, and stinky grease are disposed of.
Thanks to the Shadowcaster's spirit nature, the Shadow Laborers could not smell the bad smell at all, nor could they experience the greasy touch of rotten flesh and grease running through their fingertips.
The female Shadow Ghost named Eloti crouched near the crucible next to the garbage heap, constantly stirring the dirty liquid inside the pot to prevent the heat from sticking.
"What's wrong? Hinton? Eloti asked, throwing a few lumps of grease into the pot.
"There have been casualties among the Dark Death Alert, at least ten members have died." Hinton spoke quickly, with some excitement in his voice:
"When I say 'dead', I mean 'dead' in the true sense of the word. After the guys left the city, it seemed that a battle broke out with people, and even the Shadow Fragments did not come back. ”
Elodie turned her head sideways, revealing half of her burnt face through her dirty hair.
- Since her face was already half scorched by the time she underwent the transformation ritual, she remained severely burned even after becoming a shadow ghost.
"Where did you hear from that? A noisy wailing tavern? Could this be a rumor made up by some guy? Eloti asked.
Hinton shook his head repeatedly:
"No, no, no, it's not just the tavern that's getting the news. Now you go out into the alley and ask someone around, and everyone is discussing it. This news came from a small group of wanderers who bred wild dark ground eels and was supposed to be true. ”
Elody fell into deep thought.
Hinton asked:
"Did you think Balder's Gate would organize an army of wizards to rescue us?"
"Don't expect those who are only interested in having fun in the city. Civilians like us in the suburbs are just talking animals in their eyes..."
Eloti stirred the cauldron and thought as she said:
"But in any case, the casualties of the alert regiment show that the people outside the city have a certain strength. Let's go and inquire again. If the people outside the city are strong enough to disrupt the lower city, then we need to be ready to escape. ”
"Okay, I'll inquire and I'll be right back." Hinton dropped a word and hurried out.
After about ten minutes, he returned with a look of sleepiness.
"What's wrong?" Eloti asked.
Hinton hesitated for a long time, sighed and said:
"I'm sure people from outside the city won't come to our rescue. Well, they seem to be a bunch of thunderbolt wizards. Fifty kilometers outside the city, this group of thunder and lightning wizards set off a thunderstorm and swept away two monster nests, as well as 16 members of the vigilant group and 6 wanderers. At this time, this group of thunder wizards should know that they are in trouble with Exile City. They probably left the Dark Zone long ago. ”
Eloti sighed:
"Eh, so they're not our saviors, are they?"
Hinton nodded sullenly:
"That's how it should be. Looks like we'll have to wait a little longer. I can be reborn three more times, what about you? ”
Eloti looked at her almost transparent palm:
"I guess I have three rebirths left. I don't know if I can hold on until the helper arrives. ”
The atmosphere was a little heavy.
"Bell, bell, bell..."
The loud bell rang from the mouth of the alley, which was a signal for the overseer to summon the dark laborers. (End of chapter)