Chapter 24: The Shadow Returns
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Sido.
The Great Hall of Bakertown.
It used to be the mayor's mansion, but since the hapless mayor was kicked out by the vengeful Spirit Legion, it has been converted into a council chamber. Until Huey's return, this was the center of high command.
In the conference hall, there were now seven or eight people standing, and in the middle of them was a huge sand table, which was the town of Baik and the surrounding terrain. On the wall at the end of the chamber hangs a map of Cido.
"Five months ago, our men took the town of Baik and established their own territory here. Because of Bluff's stupidity, he not only buried his own troops, but also the troops of the three neighboring towns. So we made a decision at that time to take down the surrounding three towns at once. To attack these three towns, you have to pass through a rainforest. "It was Haley who spoke.
"That's where you were ambushed?" Raschel asked.
"Yes. Flame Clouded Leopard Clio replied, pointing to the corner of the sand table, "This is the rainforest, where the roads are complicated and very difficult to walk, and the canopy of the trees shades the sunlight and the vision is dim. Our men were beaten out before they could see the enemy. ”
This battle was the most miserable battle fought by the vengeful spirits, and they didn't even see what the enemy was like, so they suffered a big loss, and they were all annoyed. After that, Haley and the Six Heavenly Kings organized three battles to attack the rainforest, but none of them touched the enemy. Their enemies are like ghosts, and they never fight head-on. And it has an unexpected ability to dodge.
They always attack and then disappear suddenly, and the Legionnaires who are ambushed are often killed by a single blow, and do not even call out before they die. Fortunately, the enemy does not seem to intend to rush out of the rainforest to fight, as long as the people of the vengeful spirit exit the rainforest, they will not pursue. So the casualties of the vengeful spirit are not too large. But the path to expansion is blocked, which is quite annoying for the vengeful spirits.
To the horror of Haley and the others, if such a situation was only the work of a small wave of strong people, it would be reasonable. But in those few contacts, they now saw that this was something that one or two strong men could do, but an entire army that was broken into pieces and attacked. Their methods of attack are so stealthy and eerie that until now, the vengeful spirits didn't even know who their enemies were.
Their plans for expansion came to a halt as a result.
"Are you saying that the enemy's entire army is a high-ranking samurai?" Raschel was a little incredulous.
Haley spread his hands helplessly: "I also know that this is incredible, as if all the high-ranking samurai of the entire Wind Roaring Big 6 ran to this corner and ambushed us. But beyond that, I can't explain what kind of soldiers can make my men die in ambush without even seeing their faces. ”
"It's not just the strong who can kill quietly, but also the professional killer assassins. They may not be very powerful, but they are very good at stealth. Raschel said.
"But the Assassins don't have the courage to fight the army, and the Assassins are naturally loners, and they don't like or work with others. But the opponents we encountered this time were very different, they were very organised, disciplined, unified and closely coordinated. Often, a battle is created on one side, and after attracting the attention of our people, a sudden onslaught arises on the other end. The wolf replied.
"Is it possible that the elves are hidden, they are good hunters in the jungle, and they have their own organization and discipline. If they want to, they can do it without being seen by you. For if you present them, they will die. Raschel asked again.
"We've thought about it too, and Sido isn't without elves. The problem is that elves never get involved in human warfare. But most importantly, the elves are good at long-range attacks. But this time, we were all in close quarters. Haley replied.
Tina also said: "In addition, the elves are a stubborn and old-fashioned race, in their eyes, only nature is beautiful, only art is sacred, even if it kills, they like to use artistic methods." They would sprinkle flowers on the corpses and would never make them bloody. ”
Raschel snapped: "Bloody corpses?"
"That's right. The spirit ape Ikbiwan cried out angrily: "Those fellows are insidious and cruel, they like to kill people by disemboweling, and none of the people they kill are whole. They hid in the shadows, and when our troops passed, they attacked suddenly, and they spared no one who was within their range, and at least half of the dead were killed by their dismemberment!
"Hey, don't bring me with you, I'm not one of those bastards. Denan the Earth Bear snorted dissatisfied. As a powerful samurai, Denan's favorite thing to do is to smash people's heads directly and watch the scoops of brains flow out with blood. The Vengeful Spirit once thought that there would not be many perverts like Denan, but they didn't expect that they would encounter all such perverts in the rainforest attack this time.
"Did you use the Scout Bee to find the enemy?" Raschel asked.
"Yes, but for some reason, the enemy seems to have some kind of reconnaissance means that can show us, and the reconnaissance bees are all destroyed after they go out. On the contrary, the Eye of Detection can wield its effect. But the problem is that the Eye of Detection can only monitor a fixed area, and that rainforest does not belong to us......"
Raschel's brow furrowed, he thought for a moment, and then suddenly said, "You say that the soldiers who were attacked were all mutilated?"
"Yes. ”
"Can you tell from the wounds what kind of weapon they used?"
"It's a knife, a strange cut, we can't be sure what it is, but a normal sword can't do that kind of damage. Surprisingly, in all the battles, not only did we not show the opponent's men, nor did we show any of the opponent's weapons left behind. Haley replied frustratedly. Indeed, the battle was fought like this, and the spirit of revenge could be said to be a big loss.
Raschel immediately said, "I need a body that has recently died!"
"Eight days ago there was a guy who disobeyed orders and went into the rainforest, and the body was carried out three days later and was already decomposing. Now I'm afraid only bones remain. ”
"Let's go, let's take a look. ”
Standing in front of an open coffin, the corpse inside was rotten to the point of disappearance, maggots crawling everywhere on it, revealing the white bones and emitting a strong stench.
Haley and the others covered their noses and retreated, but Raschel ignored all of this.
He jumped into the tomb and looked at the corpse, which had been divided into several parts, and stared at the wounds, as if he had seen the most charming beauty.
Back at his best job, Raschel looks in good spirits.
I said...... Mr. Raschel, do you see what's coming?" Bailey couldn't stand the stench.
"Chakra, Bailey, you two come here. Raschel exclaimed suddenly.
Chakle and Bailey looked at each other, and Raschel actually called them over, what did this mean.
Seeing that they didn't react, Raschel looked up angrily: "You'd better come down now, I want you to see this thing." ”
"We didn't study that. Bailey shouted.
"You'd better have, because if I'm not mistaken, we've seen such wounds before!" cried Raschel.
"What?" Chakra and Bailey were startled.
Ignoring the filth and the stench, they jumped off the tomb and stood with Raschel.
Raschel lifted a piece of rotten flesh full of maggots, pointed to the smooth bone and cut it, "Look here, don't you think the cut here looks like the damage we have somewhere?"
"Somewhere?" Chakra and Bailey looked at each other again, then shook their heads together.
Chakra said, "Lord Raschel, this is not something that is good at. Even if I've seen it before, it's impossible to tell anything from that. ”
"Oh, really? Maybe I should have a reminder of that. Raschel laughed. He shook off a maggot that crawled onto his finger, and then whispered: "Good at close attacks, even the best samurai will not notice, cruel, quite organized, bloodthirsty, dismembering corpses, leaving no weapons left, very fast, fierce by nature...... Don't you think such troops should have something to do with some forgotten memory in your head?"
Chakra and Bailey's faces changed dramatically at the same time.
Bailey trembled even more and said, "You...... You mean...... They?"
"Yes, it's them, it's not them. Raschel burst out with a grim laugh: "You finally remember?Purgatory Island, those dead teenagers, and the ...... that the empire once cultivated at any cost Army!"
In the laboratory of the headquarters of the Church of the Scourge.
Xiu Yi is concentrating on making a King Kong puppet.
Due to the Shaping Technique, this type of golem is currently only capable of being crafted by Xiuyi. Huey hadn't made any of these Vajra golems since Royo, but today, he took them out again.
Unlike in the past, Xiu Yi is going to make a vajra puppet with six forms to further transcend the Ming of Electra.
With a shaping spell in his mouth, Xiu Yi used all the power of the magic furnace in his body.
Compared to the risks of making the Vajra Golem in the Valley Laboratory, Xiu Yi now has a greater grasp and more ability. The liquid metal body of the Vajra golem in his hand was like a rubber man, constantly changing shape, like flowing mercury.
Strangely, Xiuy's attention was not on the Vajra puppet.
He wasn't interested in what kind of sixth change he made, he was interested in the reaction of the magic furnace in his body.
The consumption of mana by the Shaping Technique was so huge that even Xiu Yi, who had the magic power of a fifth-level magician, felt unbearable, and in the process of successfully breaking through the fifth layer of form change and impacting the sixth layer, the magic furnace in Xiu Yi's body rolled like boiling water. Sweat rolled down Huey's forehead, and he focused all his attention on himself.
Just as the last bit of mana was exhausted, he roared, and all the fighting power in his body was summoned by him, rushing towards the magic furnace. They rushed in and away, leaving behind only a trace of fighting energy......
It's an absolutely risky attempt to blend vindictiveness and magic, but in the Valley Labs, Xiu Yi has already experienced it once. Having a successful experience, even if it was just a fluke, was enough for Xiui to take another risk.
This time, Xiu Yi just withstood the terrible feeling that almost burst his body, he roared, and his hands were about to release power, the golden light was no longer a simple fighting energy, but what kind of power was coming out of him.
"Ahh
As if he was carving a magic pattern on himself, Xiu Yi tried to stay awake and feel the reaction of that vindictive energy in the magic furnace.
He could even feel the power roaring!
"Restore ......," Huey spat out these two words with difficulty.
The power disappeared, and the originally empty magic furnace miraculously appeared a wave of magic power.
"Whew!" Xiu Yi let out a long breath.
The experiment was a success!
This experiment is not actually about making a vajra puppet, but about finding the mystery between vindictive energy and magic.
Isador was right, vindictiveness and magic were not without commonalities. Magic is the borrowing of the natural power of heaven and earth, while fighting spirit is the excavation of the body's own strength.
However, there is a further explanation for the essence of this excavation, that is, where does the body's own strength come from?
From the muscles? Of course not.
Although the samurai possess great physical strength, their true strength is still supported by fighting spirit. So what is the essence of vindictiveness?
On more than one occasion, it has been claimed that Dou Qi itself is actually another form of magic, because the human body itself is a small world, which can also produce elemental power.
But no one has ever been able to prove it.
But this time, Huey received confirmation from Isaddo.
According to Izado's reminder, vindictive energy and magic are likely to be of the same origin.
Although they are so different in the way they are presented and produced, this does not prevent them from being homogeneous.
The simplest examples, diamond, graphite, and charcoal, are all composed of carbon, and what causes the huge difference in their function and shape is the combination of carbon elements.
Even the wind element, thunder element, earth element, and water element may not be much different in nature. All the elements of magic are actually just one, and they are only molecular, which leads to further changes.
From this point of view, it may be that magicians are not manipulating magical elements, but magical molecules.
On the core issue of the most fundamental source, no one has yet been able to fully open it.
However, Isardo was clearly close to this point, and his chaotic realm could cause a double disturbance of magic and vindictive energy. If it was only at the level of a magical molecule, it was obviously impossible to do this, which fully demonstrated the strength of his elemental control ability.
But it's not easy to prove it.
Xiu Yi thought of the wonderful events he had when he first made the Vajra Golem.
At that time, he ran out of magic power due to shaping, and finally used the power of Dou Qi to enter the magic furnace, but miraculously completed the shaping of the Vajra puppet.
Although Xiu Yi himself has not been able to figure out the reason later, but now that he thinks about it, it should have something to do with it.
He thought that maybe he could try to exhaust his magic power by making a Vajra puppet again, and then infuse the Dou Qi into the magic furnace, and then try to disintegrate, using his body as a furnace, and do a homologous experiment of the greatest magic fighting energy.
Of course, this is quite dangerous work, and he does not dare to indoctrinate them all, so he can only mix them to a limited extent. He hoped that with the help of the huge power of the magic furnace, he could completely disintegrate his fighting energy and restore them to the most essential magical elements.
If the experiment is successful, then a new direction will appear in his cultivation path from now on.
He had expected it to be a life-or-death experience, and it might not come to fruition. But to his surprise, he succeeded in the first attempt, and he paid no price except for some injuries.
As for the fighting qi that had been fused into the magic furnace, he had watched it dissolve into the most primordial elemental power, and then evolve again.
It's like a recombination of molecules, which evolves into magic in the magic furnace.
"Whew!" Looking at this scene, Xiu Yi couldn't be happier.
He didn't know how the Church of the Scourge trained their magic warriors, but he knew that even the Knights of Destruction and the Holy Knights would not be able to transform their powers like him. If he can freely control this transformation of power, then Xiu Yi will have a whole new world in the future.
Perhaps hearing a loud roar from the lab, Keith pushed the door open. Seeing that Xiu Yiglare was covered in blood, he was startled: "Xiu Yi, what's wrong with you?"
"Ah, nothing. Xiu Yi hurriedly replied, "It's just a small experiment." ”
"Experiments? What kind of experiments can make you like this? Are you crazy? You're kidding with your life. ”
"Not every madman is a genius, but often every genius is a madman. Hue muttered to himself.
"So, what did you experiment with?" asked Keith.
"Something very important. I finally understood that the absorption of power is also related to knowledge, and the deeper you understand, the more effective your cultivation methods may be, which means that you are on the right path. While it takes decades for others to get to their destination, it may only take you years or even months to get there. Xiu Yi looked at the formed Vajra puppet and smiled happily: "Alchemy, magic, and fighting spirit, they are not completely isolated, they can communicate and help each other, just like Electra." Yes, that's what I am. ”
After saying this, he closed his eyes and fell straight down.
Completely unconscious.