With the experience of traveling for the first time, it seems much more familiar with the second trip. Coming to the strange and familiar town again, and getting off the teleportation array station, Renong saw that it was already dark and found a hotel to stay overnight.

The trend of expeditions to the Phantom Palace has receded, and the town is deserted without the rude mercenaries.

"Nightmare, are you saying that I was too hasty to go to the Phantom Palace alone? "Early the next morning, after a simple breakfast, Ronon set out against the clear sky, but the closer he got to the Phantom Palace, the darker it became. The breeze brings with it the smell of death rot characteristic of the Phantom Palace.

"Do you have a choice?" the nightmare emerged from the magic circle, "and you're not alone. ”

"Uh-huh! I'm a little relieved to have you say this. In other words, the adventurers who go to the Phantom Palace usually wait for the ban on the Phantom Palace to be lifted, and now that the ban is resealed, can we enter?"

"If you don't try it, how can you know the way? Come on, I'm already very hungry. ”

"So you went to the Phantom Palace just to eat ......," a row of black lines popped out of Renon's forehead.

"Nonsense! Who wants to go with you if you don't want to eat it?"

"@#* (River crab cleaned up the screen)!"

Ronon donned the Cloak of Nothingness and sat on Nightmare's back and raced through the undead lands and forests to the edge of the familiar ruins of the wall. The forest is still the same forest, and the land is still the same black land, but there is an extra layer of pale yellow energy on the familiar broken wall.

"Is this the prohibition set by the Holy See?" Renon stretched out his hand curiously, wanting to touch it.

"If you don't want to die, don't touch it. Nightmare warned.

Hearing Nightmare's words, Renon retracted his hand with lightning speed, "Seems to be difficult to deal with." ”

"Yes to you in general, not necessarily to me. After speaking, the nightmare's eyes scattered a strange purple light, flickering brightly and darkly, and the prohibition arranged by the Holy See also flickered, and after a while, the pale yellow energy shield disappeared.

"Let's go!" the nightmare stepped into the land of death.

Rinon followed closely, leaving a black mist in his wake. Under the protection of the Cloak of Nothingness, Rainon did not encounter a single undead along the way. He looked around curiously, "What about the undead? ”

"Probably because of this cloak?" Nightmare said, glancing at the Cloak of Nothingness on Rynon's body, "The undead here are all summoned creatures of the Phantom Queen, and they are so in awe of the dark energy emitted by the Cloak of Nothingness that weak undead creatures are afraid to approach. ”

"Weak undead creatures don't dare to approach...... Then you mean that powerful undead creatures will still come to attack me, right?"

"Yes, although undead creatures are immortal, they still need food, and that is the soul. They will not die without the replenishment of foreign soul energy, but they will weaken day by day until they become a skeleton. ”

"That'...... Isn't that still dead?"

"No, they don't die, as long as they have soul energy, they can be 'alive' again. It's like necromancy spiritism. ”

"Sounds pretty cool! Do you know necromancy?

"Won't ......"

The journey went surprisingly smoothly until they stumbled to the castle gates. Under the gray clouds that covered the sky, the phantom palace was dark and could not see its fingers, and everything was gray.

"Today, I can finally deeply understand what it means to be blind. Renon laughed to himself.

"You can use your telekinesis to perceive everything around you. ”

"I can still do this little thing, or I wouldn't have made it here. Hey...... this door. As he spoke, Ronon noticed something was wrong.

"The three arches are closed, and they are as good as ever! I remember when you first came this door was in a dilapidated state. What the hell is going on?Someone has repaired this gate?" Nightmare asked as he unleashed his telekinesis to explore the surroundings, "Or is it the Phantom Empress awakened?" There were no living undead around, but a few powerful soul energies were detected. ”

"Where?" said Ruinon, vigilantly holding out his meditation stance.

"It's in the castle, you killed one last time, and now three more are born. Well, it's good, one on the second floor, two on the third floor...... I'm coming, baby, and I hope you can fill my belly. As she spoke, Nightmare stuck out her tongue and licked her lips.

“...... They've discovered us...... Their soul energy is so strong!" Renon also sensed it.

"Don't you want to see the Phantom Empress, how can you lure the big one out without slaughtering the little minions, right?"

Renon nodded, strode into the center of the castle and thought: I must become stronger, I must find the whereabouts of the Frost Tears!

At the same time as Rainon embarked on his journey, Constantine and his military fortress of Crimory were busy preparing for war. A large amount of combat supplies were delivered to the fortress, and even if they were besieged and cut off from the supply routes, the defenders could hold out for a month.

Konstantin again came to the city walls and looked into the distance. At this time, General Michel Lamand came to Konstantin and said: "Thanks to Master Konstantin last night's advice, I was able to see the blue sky and see the dawn of victory. ”

"Don't dare to be! That's just paper. ”

"I received a secret report this morning from the patrol at the front that the Combine would be arriving in three days. Suddenly, General Lamand's face sank and his tone became extremely serious, "When will the Allied reinforcements be in place?"

Konstantin took out a large map from the space bag, used air magic to unfold it, floated in the air and said: "The advance force of the orcs will arrive at Morlock Mountain tomorrow, and the battleship group of Uskohei will be slower, and it will be a week before reaching the Blackwater River, and then sail into the Missoula River, a tributary of the Blackwater River, and turn northwest to intercept the rear of the coalition forces." ”

(Mollock Mountain: Located at the junction of the northwest side of Kevin Las and the northeast side of the Caledias, it is about 1,500 meters above sea level and stretches for thousands of miles.) To the south, the terrain rises and borders the tundra of Haifeng, while to the north is a vast loess plain. ）

(Blackwater River: Originates in the border area southwest of Kevin Rass and northwest of Uskohei, and crosses Kevin Ras, Odemeser, and Ertan from south to north, and finally flows into Lake Baissein in the west of Eltan.) Because of the dark color of the water and the turbulent current, it is called the Black Water River by the world. ）

(Missoula River: Located on the territory of Odemeser, one of the main tributaries of the Blackwater River.) ）

General Lamander's eyes scanned the map back and forth and asked, "The orc advance team only has fifteen hundred orc berserkers, right?"

"Yes!"

"And when will the follow-up troops arrive? If we don't arrive and join the battle within a week, we're done. As he spoke, General Ramand handed Konstantin a letter and said, "Just look at it, I haven't told anyone about it yet." ”

Konstantin opened the envelope and took out the letter paper and read it, his hands began to tremble slightly. After a while, he looked up and asked General Lamander, "Is everything in the letter true?"

"Really. ”

"When did you get the report?"

"Yesterday afternoon. ”

"Then why didn't you say it at last night's combat meeting?"

"Master Constantine, you are a good magician, but unfortunately not a good general. Some things can be announced openly and honestly, but some things must be concealed, and once they are announced, the morale of the military will be shaken, and the consequences will be unimaginable if the people's hearts are confused. ”

Konstantin stared at Lamand's face for a long time, and finally sighed and folded the letter and handed it back to Lamand.

"I believe in you, Master Constantine. You're a true warrior, much more reliable than the officialdom bastards who can only sneak around. ”

"Have you considered a change of tactics? If this information is true, then we have no chance of winning until reinforcements arrive. ”

"Your plan is the only way for us to win, but we have to take some detours. As he spoke, Ramand turned around and took Constantine's hand and said, "Magicians have mysterious powers, and they can turn clouds and rain over mountains and seas, and the life and death of Kevin Russ depends on you." ”

"General...... What are you?"

"As long as you can hold it for three days...... We have hope of winning!"

"The general commanded. ”

"Trouble Master Constantine and President Laurent, bring the Magisters ......," General Ramande whispered in Constantine's ear for a long time.

Konstantin frowned, and after listening to this, he said: "Is there no other choice? This is simply gambling!"

"This is the most critical fortress of Kevin Rus, if it is lost, the next road can be said to be a smooth road, and the coalition forces will take the capital directly. In fact, including you, the master, we all know that we are fighting a battle with no chance of winning, and if we don't go, we will lose, and if we go and fail, it will only be lost, but at least we can change the hope of victory from zero to one, right?"

Konstantin nodded and said, "I must do it with all my might." After saying that, he used his flying skills and flew towards the rest area of the fortress army at the foot of the mountain.

Ramand looked at Konstantin's distant back and thought: what goes from zero to one is just to die more slowly. No, if it fails, it will hasten death! Is it really the death of Kevin Rus? Arroyo Constantine, can you really turn the tide as you did back then? Even if you repel the coalition forces, do you think they will really accept the armistice? They are determined to annex our Kevin Rus! No, they are the entire western continent.

In the dimly lit tent of the coalition camp, there was an old man with gray hair and a long clock, who was hunched over, and his thin fingers crawled back and forth on a map. Although his face was wrinkled, his sharp eyes were full of energy, as sharp as eagle eyes. His eyes swept over the map more than one person high, not letting go of any clues. He was the Supreme Commander of the Western Coalition, Bernard Blair.

The old marshal stood in front of the map and stared at it for a long time, when suddenly, he turned to the door and shouted, "Someone!" Don't look at his old age and weak body, but he speaks with a full of anger and a loud voice.

The old marshal's voice fell, and a heavily armed soldier entered the tent and knelt down on one knee and asked, "General, what do you command?"

"The whole army immediately set off and accelerated forward!"

"This ......" The soldier was stunned by the sudden rapid marching order, and did not react for a while.

"What is this, why don't you go quickly?"

"Yes!" the soldier's duty is to obey, and although he was puzzled by the marshal's order, he still ran out of the tent to convey the order for a quick march.

Marshal Blair turned his back again and looked back at the map, and the wrinkles on his face deepened. He shook his head and muttered to himself: "Mountains, forests, canyons, rivers...... May the God of Creation bless us through the easiest terrain to do with our hands. ”