Lord of War

The Sighing Forest is a dark and humid place. Although the air here is not too turbid, it still gives people an uncomfortable feeling. Especially in some terrains, it seems to be a normal terrain, but if you accidentally step on it, you will find that it is actually a wetland-this is a kind of land that has been changed by a large amount of undead magic. It has the characteristics of swampy wetland and quicksand terrain. Once it falls into this terrain, the more it struggles, the faster it will sink, and it will be completely swallowed by the wetland. And the wetland will also absorb the breath and strength of the living, and then give birth to a new undead creature such as a skeleton or a black warrior.

The reckless Mellie almost fell into such a trap—fortunately, she escaped smoothly with the help of other sisters.

At this point, this mercenary team no longer dared to advance too rashly.

But at this time, there is a smell in the forest that is more unbearable than the moist water vapor.

It was an extremely strong smell of blood and decay.

Cecilia and Angel stared at the messy scene in front of them in a daze. On the other hand, Tini hurried past each corpse—at first, she would squat down to examine the corpses, but it took a long time, but after carefully examining four or five corpses, she just After squatting down to check for a while, she got up. After the number increased to ten, Tini didn't even bother to squat down. She just picked up the corpses with her sword and glanced at them.

This inspection didn't take long, but it wasn't slow either. After Tini had scanned all the corpses, more than ten minutes had passed.

The reason why Cecilia, Angel, and Tini stayed here to inspect the corpses instead of chasing Rena and the others was because these corpses were the Viper Legion soldiers who were chasing Rena and the others.

The corpses of more than a hundred soldiers. At this moment, it was casually discarded on the ground like torn rags—the stumps and internal organs outlined a blood-red hideous picture on the gray-white ground. It seems that what these soldiers experienced was not a war, but a massacre, but they were the ones being massacred. And judging from the signs at the scene, if they didn't know that these people were soldiers of Viper Legion. Moreover, if fresh traces can be seen in those internal organs, I am afraid that anyone who sees the tragic scene in front of them will think that this is a massacre that happened decades ago.

Because of the armor and weapons worn by these Viper soldiers, the iron parts are all covered with a layer of rust, and the leather parts are also rolled and cracked. In particular, more than half of the mutilated corpses had completely lost their water content, becoming dry and full of wrinkles, and the broken parts of the corpses were still quite grayish-brown and pale.

"It's an abyssal death knight." Tini let out a long breath, her face really not pretty.

"How could such a powerful undead creature appear here?" Cecilia had some guesses in her heart. But her understanding of undead creatures is indeed not as good as that of Tini, who was born in the temple. After hearing Tini's conclusion, Cecilia's face naturally became very ugly, "The concentration of the forest of sighs It’s not strong enough, this place is at most the outer edge of the land of black earth, it’s impossible for such high-level undead creatures to appear.”

"Judging from the footprints on the ground, there may be more than one abyssal death knight you are talking about." As an excellent commander and commander, Angel naturally has some unique skills that only belong to her. One of the reasons why Cecilia was not listed as a Valkyrie despite being named a Valkyrie.

"The number is probably between five and eight...Although I don't know exactly what the high-level undead creature you are talking about is, I can see the horror of this undead creature. Their first lun charge from the side At least thirty Viper soldiers fell on the spot."

While explaining, Angel also stretched out her finger to point to the battlefield position on the right, and then drew a trace across the entire battlefield from right to left with a wave of her hand. The fallen corpse. This sign fully demonstrated that the opponent's surprise attack came so quickly and suddenly that these soldiers were all killed before they could react, and the neat horseshoe prints on the ground also showed that this was a charge.

"Abyssal death knight...what the hell is it?" Angel asked in a deep voice.

"That is... a very evil undead creature." Cecilia explained, "We all know that necromancers are very good at changing and creating undead creatures, and the greatest achievement is the fear knight. Terrible undead creatures can evolve into destruction knights or even higher undead knights after absorbing enough undead power. But..."

"I know that. Undead creatures that grow unnaturally will have a growth limit, and the undead knight is the growth limit of such synthetic undead creatures." Angel took over the words. After all, the Millennium Covenant Empire has the largest black soil land known as the Land of Order, so some research has been done on the information of the undead, but it is not like magicians or scholars who will delve into the entire huge undead genealogy system "I remember that the undead knight is a tenth-level undead creature. Although it is equivalent to the middle-level sanctuary powerhouse in terms of rank, it is only in terms of physical fitness. Because this type of undead creature lacks the ability of the domain, in fact, the lower-level sanctuary powerhouse If you are not careless, you can generally defeat such undead creatures."

"Indeed." Cecilia nodded, "It is precisely because of this that those necromancers have been seeking to break through this shackle. ... Abyssal death knights are representative products of breaking through this shackle. They Using undead knights as the main material, and then forcibly implanting the purified blood of the median demon, as long as the undead knights can survive this torment and change, then they will become abyssal death knights, and their rank is... the eleventh rank , and has initially mastered the ability of the field, and also has a certain degree of self-awareness, which is not inferior to the general high-ranking sanctuary powerhouse."

"This..." Angel's complexion finally changed.

Five to eight high-level undead creatures possessing the strength of high-level sanctuary powerhouses, the pressure brought by this combat power is not weaker than when they faced Rattlesnake Uba before.

"And the most frightening thing is that this kind of undead creatures have already opened the way to continue to grow. They can even be promoted to the twelfth level of death knights through continuous killing and absorbing the power of the living." Tini took the words Continue to say, of course, this is definitely not good news. "The death knights with legendary combat power have basically got rid of the usual weaknesses of the undead. Neither holy light nor flames can cause a lot of damage to them. On the contrary, they have pale flame protection and immortality. It is the nightmare of many legendary powerhouses."

"Only... to break the core?" Angel was clearly not the first time dealing with powerful undead creatures, so she grasped the crux of the problem keenly.

Tini didn't answer. Instead, he nodded, but the gloom on his face lingered.

And this atmosphere of fear is also infecting the people around. At least Cecilia and Angel's faces are also extremely ugly.

"Let's hurry up and get on the road." Cecilia said in a deep voice, "Abyssal death knights have extreme hatred for life, and their range of sensing life fluctuations is wider than that of ordinary undead creatures. Maybe they have captured Rui If there is any trace of Na, we should rush over to support immediately."

"You're right." Angel nodded.

then. The three of them immediately started on their way again, and this time the speed of the three of them began to increase significantly.

Both Angel and Tini are fighters, and the explosion of fighting spirit in their bodies allows them to travel faster without feeling tired. But Cecilia can't do it. As a magician, she is not very good at physical activity, but she also has her own method-the wings condensed by Solomon's seventy-two flames just solved Cecily's problem. The problem of insufficient mobile speed.

Because they were worried that the abyssal death knights had already launched an attack on Rena and the others, Cecilia and the others did not hold back the slightest in their journey this time, and they all moved forward at the fastest speed. Although I know that there are only eight abyssal death knights at most, it is impossible to threaten Rena who is wearing a Michael suit, but Rilista and the others who are following Rena are not sure, after all, they are not even in the lower sanctuary. The limit has not been reached.

only. When Cecilia and the others reunited with Rena smoothly, all this proved that the worries of Cecilia and the others were completely unnecessary.

Rina, Rilista and others are still alive and well, and they don't look like they have been attacked at all. There wasn't even a single battle—the skeletons that usually surrounded Rilista and the others didn't appear once. So much so that when Cecilia and the others rushed over, Rena put on a wary posture, facing behind Cecilia and the others.

Because in Reina's view, it must be some difficult enemy to be able to force Cecilia and others into such a hurry.

Of course, it soon proved that all of this was just a meaningless worry—about ten minutes after the two sides met, Kozilek returned to Cecilia and the others with the bone fragment that Lake gave him. side.

After Cecilia took over the bone fragment. She understood why their actions after entering the forest were not difficult, and why the viper soldiers who were chasing Rena and the others were attacked by the abyssal death knights. And why didn't Rui Na and the others encounter any skeleton attacks along the way. Of course, the more important thing is that Reina already knows who is in control of the Forest of Sighs and the land of black soil in the deeper area.

After Lake separated from Sean and the others at the mermaid empire ruins. He chose this land of black soil as his place of healing and recuperation. Of course, as a Lich King, after seeing so many undead in the land of black earth, it was impossible for Lake not to be moved, so it only took him a short period of time, probably less than a year, to completely Take the entire land of the Black Earth together with the Forest of Sighs in your hands.

It can be said that this land is his domain, and all the undead on this land are his eyes. Anyone who enters here cannot hide from his perception and detection, and it is precisely in this situation that his army of undead grows stronger day by day - many Pioneer Guilds who have penetrated into this black land The members were all turned into abyssal death knights by him-of course, the success rate cannot be so high.

However, Cecilia would never underestimate the undead army under Lake's control.

In the countless years since the Bone Plane was born, there have been seven Lich Kings in existence, and in order to identify these seven great witches, they naturally have their own unique titles. Like Thord, his title is "The Uncrowned King." Because he is the strongest existence among the seven witches.

As for Lake, it is called the "scourge of the undead".

Because he has the most and most elite undead soldiers among the seven great witches, more than half of the recorded invasion wars launched by the corpse plane against other planes were this Lich King known as the "scourge of the undead". Rick made it out of boredom. Of course, in different worlds, there are different names for this kind of invasion, such as "Undead Scourge", "Corpse Tide", "Bone Invasion", "Undead Calamity" and so on. Over time, the appearance of Lake also symbolized With the invasion of the Bone Plane, this is an extremely desperate and terrible disaster for many people.

That's how it got its name as the disaster of the undead.

If it is said that before Lake took over the land of the black earth, if the undead gathered here rioted, it would probably destroy a kingdom between the third and second tier, then in the past two years since Lake entered the land of the black earth, In a short period of time, the undead army in the land of the black earth has been able to easily conquer a top first-class kingdom. If they attack forcefully regardless of losses, even a super-first-class kingdom cannot stop Lake's army of undead.

Moreover, there is another terrible problem with the undead invasion, that is, once a kingdom is conquered, the undead army will only become stronger and will not be consumed.

But at this moment, Cecilia didn't pay any attention to the ostentatious content that Lake recorded in this bone fragment.

What she really cared about was the conspicuous mark displayed on the bone fragment, and the strength of the members of the operation force responsible for escorting Leis.

According to the old lich Lake's information, there were two legendary warriors who were extremely good at fighting in that escort, because they had already killed at least ten abyssal death knights under Lake's command. Only the sacrifice of the abyssal death knight would make Lake feel a little distressed. Besides, although there were not a few other high-level undead creatures killed by them, at least Lake didn't care at all, just slightly Just a reminder.

But of course they also need to pay a heavy price.

According to Lake, the escort team had nearly 500 people at the beginning, and it could be called outstanding in terms of size, equipment and quality. Although Lake doesn't know how to identify the legion level, Cecilia still thinks that this troop that has formed a strong combat unit definitely has the strength close to the seventh-level legion, which is not even the middle sanctuary strong The level to provoke at will.

But now, the remaining strength of this army is less than 30 people, which is naturally no threat to Cecilia and others. However, after experiencing such a brutal battle that can be called tragic, the 30 people who survived may have grown to a relatively terrifying level of combat power. At least Rilista and others have been unable to play any role in this battle. up.

It can even be said that if it wasn't because of Reina and Kozilek, Cecilia and the others would not be able to save Rais even if they knew the other party's strength. big.

"What is the reason why such a strong guard force is needed to escort Reis?"

Cecilia's brows were tightly frowned. She had already announced the information recorded by Lake to others, which naturally aroused the high attention and curiosity of others.

At least Angel is like this: "I'm afraid this is not some kind of escort, but a secret transfer....I think that noble lady named Lais may have participated in some secret imperial plan that cannot be known to outsiders. "(To be continued) [This text is provided by Qihang Update Group @沃林术主] If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendations and monthly tickets. Your support is my biggest motivation. ) Bring Meng Meng Da Cupid @除落de Cupid