351. Coincidence or not
"What are you going to sell? Or what to buy? We have a good antiseptic wax here that will keep the necromantic material for a long time. ”
The low-ranking acolyte smiled without smiling, revealing a mouthful of stained fangs.
The gray jacket and cargo pants on his body exude a vague smell of embalming.
This basement can be described as shabby.
Whether it was the defense system or the interior decoration, Li Nuo smelled a cheap smell.
Through deconstruction, Leno learns that the underground gathering places of the Necronomicon are often discovered by MI2 and the "Pillars of the Leylines".
If it is discovered by MI2, the situation is relatively better, and the low-level acolytes can still escape calmly as long as they are willing to abandon their subordinates.
However, if the wizard of the "Pillar of the Leylines" detects his whereabouts, it will be troublesome, and the low-level acolyte will have to use the "Emergency Teleportation Technique" to escape.
After being interrupted by outsiders several times in a row, the Necronomicon simply gave up on setting up defenses in the underground gathering place.
Don't look at the low-level acolyte in front of him with a calm smile, but in fact, he couldn't get nervous in his heart, for fear that Li Nuo, who appeared in front of him, was a secret agent of the leyline wizard.
Li Nuo glanced at the magic orb that the other party was holding in the palm of his hand, and sneered disdainfully:
"What are you holding in your hands? A magic orb enchanted with "Emergency Teleportation"? I thought the Necronomicon was the head snake here, but I didn't expect it to be just a rat crossing the street. I doubt I'll be able to find the right buyer here. ”
A few cold gazes shot towards Li Nuo, coming from the necromantic transformers who were guarding the side of the low-level acolyte.
These ordinary humans, who have not yet completed the transformation of their magic organs, can't even distinguish the magic fluctuations on Li Nuo's body, they only think that the other party is an arrogant black businessman.
The low-ranking acolytes were also a little impatient at first.
But after seeing Li Nuo take out a Shadow Orb from his magic pocket, his complexion changed.
From a trace of forbearance and anger, to astonishment and amazement, and finally to respect and flattery.
"Welcome~ the mighty Shadow Grey Wizard." The low-ranking acolyte bowed and showed his baldness to Li Nuo.
The Necromantic Transformer looked at the magic orb in Li Nuo's hand in confusion, his eyes focused on the translucent figure inside the orb, as if he was a little greedy and a little ignorant.
Although he didn't know much about magic, it was not difficult to know from the attitude of the low-level acolytes that the Shadow Magic Orb in the seller's hand was extraordinary.
That's inevitable.
The Shadow Shadow Soul sealed in this orb is a genuine Eight-Ring Battle Shadow Wizard.
Li Nuo himself could hide his magic fluctuations, but he didn't hide the Shadow Orb.
The gloom and restrained madness of shadow magic would never be mistaken by the low-ranking acolytes.
This is enough to prove Li Nuo's strength.
"I have a letter of introduction to the Death Society. Take me to your behind-the-scenes monks. Li Nuo flipped his hand, put the Shadow Orb back into his magic pocket, took out the invitation and shook it.
The Death Party enchants enchanted envelopes and stationery with unique magic patterns.
Without opening it, the low-ranking acolyte used a detection spell to identify the authenticity of the letter.
The low-ranking acolyte respectfully invited Li Nuo to move deeper into the basement, and from there the secret passage led to the underground river dozens of meters below.
Li Nuo had seen this road in the other party's memory fragments, and he was not afraid of any ambush.
He calmly hurried behind the low-ranking acolyte, walked through the narrow and dimly lit corridor, and walked down step by step.
The sound of gurgling water was getting closer, and the smell of dampness was in the air.
After a few moments, an underground river with green water appeared in front of me.
This underground river, Li Nuo has seen before.
It wasn't that green at that time, and there weren't so many black particles suspended on it.
Throwing out the deconstruction technique, Li Nuo's heart moved slightly.
This underground river is already very effective, and can be seen as a simplified version of the Suman Islands that carry ocean currents around the island.
As long as you drop a specific magic material and recite a spell, anyone can quickly transfer to the Necromantic Sect's territory with the help of the Underground River.
How could the Leyline Pillars allow the Necronomicon to build such a magical river underground?
Li Nuo couldn't help but have doubts in his heart.
Could it be that because the Leyline Pillars are only good at rock and soil magic, not water magic, so they can only let the Necromantic Sect do so?
Li Nuo was figuring around, but saw the low-level acolyte take out a series of magic materials made of bones from his magic pocket.
He threw all of these things into the water, and before the other party was swept away by the river, he hurriedly drew his bone wand and recited the incantation.
After a mouthful of necromancy, the magical materials floating on the surface of the river were put together, and the river water was used as glue to build a skeleton boat with a green lantern.
"Please, Your Excellency. This ship can take us to the Sect Territory to the west. ”
The low-ranking acolyte bent down to invite Li Nuo to board the ship:
"The conditions are simple, please bear with me. May death bless you. ”
Li Nuo snorted, activated the "Death Flight", and landed on the bone boat.
After the low-ranking acolyte boarded the boat, he took the form of a boatman, took out a slender bone rod from his magic pocket and poked it to the bottom.
The surface of the water glows brightly green, and then the hull of the ship moves quickly and smoothly with the direction of the river without wind.
The low-ranking acolyte sprinkled a handful of powder into the lantern.
The green light shone brightly, weaving a curtain around the hull, obscuring the boat and its passengers.
"Your Excellency, in about half an hour, we will be able to reach the first level controlled by the sect. From there, you can hop on a faster bone boat. ”
The low-ranking acolyte said humbly.
On both sides of the shore were mist, water vapor and oddly shaped stones, and there was little scenery along the way.
Li Nuo thought about it for a while and decided to set a set of words for a low-level acolyte.
Deconstruction can only obtain fragments of memories within the last month, and can do nothing about what it was a month ago.
A lot of things can only be obtained by asking.
"How did you build this magical river under the nose of the Pillar of the Leylines? Didn't the mud men stop you? ”
Li Nuo asked bluntly.
The low-ranking acolyte chuckled slightly and said:
"Your Excellency, the Mudmen have tried to destroy our river of necromancy, but this will only make it worse..."
The low-ranking acolyte Balabala, began to tell about what happened half a year ago.
It is said that after the leyline pillar became aware of the river's existence, the leyline wizards began to try to destroy it.
Intercepting, diverting, covering, blowing up, purifying, the leyline wizards used all kinds of means.
The results were very unpromising.
In many cases, rivers polluted by the Necronomion were stopped, but they also severely altered the underground structure, causing collapses and even small earthquakes.
After many attempts, the Leyline Pillar chose to give up for the time being.
They're spending time reworking the subterranean structures of the Resurrection to make sure that the River of Necrons' Dead doesn't cause a geological catastrophe.
The Necronomicon will send an army of the undead to interfere with the leyline pillars.
According to gross estimates, such a huge and arduous project may take three years.
During this period, the necromantic acolytes on the river of necromancy, how to go, how to go.
"What about three years from now?" Li Nuo asked again:
"Three years later, the river is cut off, and you Necromantic Sect are not going to fall into passivity?"
The low-ranking acolyte folded his hands in front of him, praised the doctrine of necromancy, and then said in a tone of fanaticism:
"No, Your Excellency. At the great rally three months ago, the chief priests of the faction said that it would take only half a year at most for us to get help. ”
"Assistance?" Li Nuo raised an eyebrow hidden under the mask.
"Yes, the Mighty Shore's aid." The low-ranking acolyte smiled mysteriously and didn't say much.
Li Nuo connected the time clues in his mind.
Half a year ago, defectors appeared in the empire, and undead soldiers appeared in the tombs of the front line.
Three months ago, the leaders of the various factions of the Necronomicony, the chief priest of the faction, openly announced that they would receive assistance in half a year.
Counting the time, the so-called "aid" should appear in almost two months.
Thinking of the Necronomicon's behavior of buying magical energy from the outside world, Li Nuo basically deduced that the assistance invited by the Necronomicon Sect should be the "Netherworld" of the alien sky.
Yes, yes, this trip has gained a lot, at least figuring out the approximate time point of the appearance of the pollution field, and there is no need to wait with your head bored.
Li Nuo was secretly happy and calmed his mind.
He just wanted to talk again, but he saw another bone boat at the fork in the river.
The same humble boat, the same green lantern, the same low-ranking necromantic acolyte, but the passenger on that ship was a humanoid creature that wrapped itself tightly around its body.
"The Necromantic Lantern allows us to see the bone ship that is also in the magic veil, to prevent accidental collisions."
The low-ranking acolyte explained to Li Nuo, then raised his bone wand and shot a non-lethal pillar of dark green light at the ship opposite.
The ship on the opposite side also shot out such a pillar of light.
The two ships exchanged lights and arranged the order of passing through the three forks.
Li Nuo's bone boat went behind, and the other party's boat went first.
The two boats, one after the other, converge into the main trunk of the underground river.
"The passengers on that ship should also be here to sell magic gems." The low-ranking acolyte whispered.
Leno nodded slightly, and threw a deconstruction technique at the man.
[System News:]
[You're about to deconstruct the "Pure Light Agent in disguise.] 】
Belch?
Wait a minute?
Pure Light Agent?
Li Nuo was slightly stunned for a moment.
This Pure Light Spy is not of high rank.
From the point of view of the demand for deconstruction, it should be the strength of the sixth ring or so.
In case of a conflict with him, the threat is not great.
Li Nuo launched a full-scale deconstruction.
After a faint trance, a long list of systematic words refreshed in Li Nuo's mind.
[You have obtained the target's panel information:]
Name: Lamont
[Character Level] 65
[Battle Level] 55
[Identity 1] A special pure light agent under the command of Elder Gleaming
[Identity 2] A high-level wizard of the Pure Light Court
(Other identities omitted)
【Features】
Starstone-level Extraordinary Feature: Lie Perception
Able to spontaneously sense if the person they are talking to is lying. It is impossible to discern what the falsehood in the lie is.
(Other features omitted)
【Status Bar】
1. Confused Light, level 89, remaining duration 3 days
Surrounded by blind light, Lamont can cause everyone and everything around him to fall into a "confused light", and it is impossible to detect Lamont's disguise.
Only characters with a character level higher than level 89 are immune to the "Confused Light" and can see through Lamont.
2. Advanced Verbal Interaction, level 89, remaining duration 3 days
This state allows Lamont to communicate with the Necronomion without any barriers without having learned the language of the Necromancy.
【Skills】
Advanced Examining Light, Level 65, Pure Light Magic
Use an invisible light to examine the target, and obtain as much information as possible about the target's true appearance, physical fitness, strength level, and so on.
Affected by the "Confused Light", this skill does not cause any spell fluctuations.
[You have obtained the memory fragment of the target:]
[Memory fragment 1: "Lamont disguised himself as a merchant and arrived at Tatis on an ocean-going ship", 100% completeness]
[Memory fragment 2: "Secret Instruction Book from Elder Glimmer Light", 100% completeness]
【…】
Li Nuo temporarily swept away the other solution results and directly clicked to view the "Secret Instruction Book".
Half a minute later, he breathed a sigh of relief.
This Pure Light Agent wasn't here for him.
The encounter between myself and the other party here is completely accidental.
As early as two months ago, Lamont received a letter from Elder Plunder, and set off from Unas Ring to travel to the Tatis Empire by boat to contact the Necromantic Sect.
Counting today's boat trip, Lamont has already been to the Necromantic Sect's territory 6 times, so it can be said that he is familiar with the road.
Every time he went, he would sell about 10 million soul energy.
And the identity he is disguised as a gray wizard traveling merchant backed by the strength of a mysterious gray wizard.
Li Nuo closed the solution in his mind, thought about it carefully, and always felt that something was not right.
When the "Hustle and Bustle Tunnel" appeared, the Pure Light Court was the first to come, and it was very well prepared, as if it had known such a polluted area for a long time.
Before the appearance of the "Gray Wasteland", the Pure Light Court also sent a team into the Convergence City.
Now, as soon as the "Dead Steel Forest" appeared, the Pure Light Court has come to get involved again, and it has already sent spies to contact the Necromantic Sect three months ago.
What's more, just three months ago, the leader of the Necronomicon's faction announced the matter of "foreign aid" within the sect.
Is this a coincidence?
Why is it that before and after the appearance of these three polluted areas, there are always pure light courts?
Li Nuo pondered.
The bone boat drifts with the current, undulating on the raging underground river.
There were several forks in the road, and one or two bone boats each joined the group and floated along the underground river to the west.
Since Li Nuo left the Junction of Tribulation a year ago, the above-ground part has changed a lot, but the underground is no different from before.
The watchtowers of the Necronomicon still stand on both sides of the river, guarding the dark green underground river that floats and filth, spreading a thick fog that obscures the view.
After passing by nearly thirty watchtowers in a row, Li Nuo saw the Necromantic Sect checkpoint that stood in the way.
It was a magical fortress made of bones, and the mere mere glance at it would make people save.
It lay on the underground river like a giant creature with its mouth open, swallowing seawater and spreading a terrifying aura for ordinary people. (End of chapter)