The Rise of the Cemetery

The plane of Klein, Pierpont, the capital of Novus Principality.

Under the cover of the light blue sky, the deep night looks a bit chilly and cold.

No matter where you look up at the sky from Pierpont, the first thing you see is not two huge moon disks hanging high in the sky, but a magical shield that covers the sky and emits faint fluorescence.

This is a large ward against evil.

Under its cover, any dark magic with negative energy as the core will trigger the shock and countermeasure of the enchantment as long as it takes shape.

Inside the barrier, low-level necromancers below level 6 are directly deprived of the power to cast spells, mid-level necromancers below level 11 face a 60% chance of failing to cast spells, and even high-level necromancers have a 20% chance of failing to cast spells. of possible spellcast failures. Only undead masters above level 16 can get rid of the interference of the anti-evil enchantment and cast spells normally.

In ordinary Pierpont, every night, several main streets such as the aristocratic district, business district, and high-end consumer and entertainment district are brightly lit, people come and go, and the four-wheeled carriages are crowded and immobile. However, as the gossip about the undead's invasion spread, this once bustling city, full of music and entertainment, finally calmed down.

Pierpont has had a curfew in place for nearly a month.

Whenever the night falls and the stars are shining, the City Guards and Iron Fist Knights will be dispatched in large numbers to closely guard the major intersections and important checkpoints in Pierpont, alerting to terrible incidents that may happen at any time.

In some cities in the northeastern part of Novus, ghouls have attacked citizens, vampires have lurked in noble areas, undead lichous have created plagues... and other terrible undead invasions. This further diminished the sense of security of Novus nobles.

As a result, a large number of nobles and their families poured into Pierpont, praying for a peaceful life here.

Although the Principality of Novis is rich in products and resources, it is still somewhat weak in the control of extraordinary power. There are only four to five hundred official mages registered in the principality, and most of them are middle and low-level mages.

If such a number is placed in one city, it will of course greatly strengthen the deterrent power of the city's magic power. However, if it is evenly distributed among more than 30 large and medium-sized cities and nearly a hundred small and medium-sized towns in Novus, then some small towns in remote areas may not even have a formal mage.

This is the current situation in the Principality of Novus.

In many towns and small cities in the principality, the most active ones are actually a large number of mage apprentices who have gone out to practice. They are the only providers of spell power in these areas.

Small border towns that are too remote like Blu-ray City and Deep Water City usually hire one or two mage apprentices to maintain the local letter tower, which is used to maintain basic magical communication with the big city above. And consuls need more help from mercenaries and adventurers to maintain their normal rule.

But such a situation seems so weak and fragile in the face of the possible invasion of the Undead Council.

Nowadays, in order to better counteract the intrusion of necromancers, the Novus Mage Association has issued a call-up order, concentrating all the mages in a few core cities such as Thunder Fortress, Pierpont, and Valencia City. This increasingly leaves the remaining cities weak and vulnerable.

It is precisely because of the strengthening of the power of mages that, as the capital, Pierpont can support such a huge anti-evil barrier at night, becoming the most "safe" city in Novus.

As the night fell, Pierpont looked depressed.

In the huge city, except for the bright lights around the checkpoints and passes in the streets and alleys, the rest of the places have all fallen into the cold darkness.

At this time, the only people who can walk on the streets are the heavily armed city guard patrols and the Iron Fist Knights. Anyone who dares to set foot on the streets after the curfew without a warrant from the Grand Duke's Mansion will be directly arrested and imprisoned without any explanation. There they would be greeted by ghastly torturers with red-hot irons and water-soaked whips.

Inside the Grand Duke's Mansion.

In the heavily guarded magic chamber, the old-looking Grand Duke Novus became thinner and thinner, sitting tremblingly on the throne, as if he might collapse in the next moment.

In front of him, stood the young prince Antelia, the Minister of Military Affairs Gullit, the Minister of Finance Todd, and the Iron Fist Knight Captain Finn (Legendary Level). Although there are only four or five people, they are already the core figures at the top of the entire ruling structure of the Principality of Novus.

But what is a little strange is that the 17th-level consultant mage who has been with Prince Antlia all year round has disappeared. Even a certain guard mage who was close to Grand Duke Novus did not appear in the secret room.

The walls around this secret room are covered with anti-detection and anti-prophecy magic runes, and the operation of the defensive magic circle mainly depends on the magic crystal, which does not need the maintenance of the mage at all. This is also convenient for them to avoid the eyes and ears of the mages and discuss some taboo topics.

"Have you made arrangements for West Huai'an?" Grand Duke Novus looked up at the young and energetic Prince Antlia: "I don't want to arouse their suspicion."

"It's all been arranged." Antlia carefully suppressed the excitement in her heart, and replied in a calm voice: "Tonight, the magic tower detected abnormal magic fluctuations in the western suburbs of the city. I assigned him to find out the details. The whole story has gone!"

West Huai'an is the personal consultant mage of Prince Antlia, level 17.

Although the two have lived together for ten years, the prince still sent him to a faraway place carefully due to the taboo of talking about topics today.

Grand Duke Novis nodded in satisfaction, and then turned to ask the Minister of Military Affairs Gullit and the Minister of Finance Todd.

"How are you two talking with each other? What are their conditions?"

Gullit, Minister of Military Affairs, went to contact people from the Justice Church. In the port of Ancona on the northwest coast of Novis, there is a temple of the Just Church, and the presiding officer inside is an archbishop (holy step).

The Minister of Finance, Todd, approached the Morning Light Church. There is no temple of the Church of Morning Light in the Principality of Novis, and he sent his henchmen to the nearby Kingdom of Thrane to connect with these servants of the God of Morning Light.

Under the direct threat of this undead natural disaster, everyone in Novus also exhausted all means to save themselves. But if you choose to join the Mage Guild, you will inevitably have to drive out the power of the church. And choosing the power of the church naturally rejects the existence of mages.

Therefore, under the desperation, the power holders of Novus ran around, wandering and contacting among the major forces, looking for the best solution that could not only save their lives, but also keep the power in their hands.

Before deciding on the final object of refuge, the Grand Duke Norvis does not want to offend a certain party in the church, nor does he want to lose the powerful protection force of mages early, so the meeting and consultation tonight will undoubtedly avoid the attention of those spellcasters.

Not only was the consultant mage of Prince Antlia removed from the secret conversation tonight, but even the guardian mage close to Grand Duke Novus also stayed in the magic tower of the Mages Association for some special reasons.

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Just as the people in power like Novus gathered together to discuss silently, in a magic secret room in the towering magic tower half a mile away, several mages wearing scarlet mage robes were also staring at the magic in front of them. Shui Jing was silent silently.

And what appeared in the magic water mirror was the magic secret room where Grand Duke Novus and others hid during the secret meeting. Although it was impossible to find out exactly what was being discussed inside, the general content of the other party's conversation could basically be determined just based on the other party's such secretive behavior and such rejection of the mage.

Standing in the corner was a red-robed old man who looked kindly and solemnly. It was the consultant mage West Huai'an that Prince Antria mistakenly thought was already hundreds of miles away. And another mage who hides his face under the shadow of a deep hood is the 19th-level Grand Master Gnard who has served as the guardian mage of the Grand Duke Novus for nearly a hundred years.

"Have you confirmed the number of people attending the meeting?" Gnard squeezed a sentence through his teeth with a stern face.

"It's been confirmed. There are Gullit, Todd, and Finn. Besides them, they are the old and the young of the Kesteren family." The one who answered the question was 16th-level Andreas Di Lasso, and his words The contempt for Grand Duke Navis and his son is also palpable.

Since the only two legendary mages in Novus are both on the front line of Thunder Fortress, the highest mage that Pierpont can preside over is only level 19 Guardian Mage Gnard. But obviously, Andauris, who is level 16, is the most trusted tower mage of the star mage family, at least his words and deeds represent the will of the star mage Katie Enni.

"It seems that they have established a connection with the church. Can we find out the specific transaction content between them and the church?" Gnard's words were cold and blunt.

As the guardian mage who has maintained Navis for nearly a hundred years, Gnard still has a lot of affection for this country. However, the current situation obviously involves the rivalry between the mage group and the church forces. Once I am on the wrong team, it will become a luxury to gain a foothold among the mages of the Klein Continent in the future.

Don't look at the current Pierpont who is in charge of Gnard, but once he does something against the interests of the group of mages, I am afraid that Andauris will send a small report to the star mages in minutes. So he could only keep a cold face, harden his heart, and start to arrange corresponding countermeasures.

"This aspect can be left to me. Antlia will definitely stay overnight in Pierpont tonight, and I can arrange for Louis to approach him." West sighed and took the job on himself.

Louis is the highest-level illusionist (level 13) in the Mage Association. He has a beautiful "dream lure" skill and is a good hand at inducing confessions. Moreover, the dream attraction technique will not cause any visible damage to the subject's body. When the subject wakes up, he will only think that he has had a dream, and he will never think that he has been invaded by the illusionist.

Now that West, the consultant mage of the Prince of Antlia, came forward to arrange it in person, then even the mana fluctuations caused by the dream attraction technique would not have to worry about being noticed.

"Well, let's do it!" Gnard nodded: "All our actions are to save Navis from this disaster. For this purpose, all hazards that are not conducive to the control of the situation need to be eliminated in advance .As for how Navis will choose his future path, I believe Lord Katieni will definitely make the most correct decision!"

All the mages were silent.