Chapter 322 Dark Canyon
The path from the monastery leads to the northern end of a canyon. This is the Dark Canyon, which is the projection of the Grand Canyon in the east of the Great Swamp in the material world on the shadow plane.
However, what is different from the main plane is that the rivers meandering from the swamp converge here, forming waterfalls up to 50 meters high in the cracks, submerging the canyon underwater.
Despite this, in the shadow plane, no matter how long this scene lasts, the canyon will not be filled and the swamp will not drain dry.
Because the distorted world structure of the Shadow Plane injects eternal power into this process, this flowing water will not change until the world changes.
The most important thing is that the place called Dark Canyon is the most stable place in the world, and it will not flow away due to the rules of the shadow world - of course, the detailed topography will still change due to this.
This is also the end of the intersection of the Magic Network and the Shadow Demon Network.
This is why the followers of the Lost Lady gathered here: to use the characteristics of the Dark Canyon, the casters sacrificed by the fake temple as sacrifices as catalysts to establish a dividing magic network and The ritual of the Shadow Demonic Web, and finally tearing the Demonic Web apart...
Now the Demonic Web has been torn into a small piece, but it is still far from complete.
The ancient black dragon Despiel, who is responsible for tearing apart the Demonic Network in the Shadow Plane, still needs more Demonic Network users affected by "Dark Chronicles" to sacrifice them to hinder the Demonic Network's development. Self-healing and widening cracks.
Despier, the ancient black dragon.
This black dragon was chosen by the Lost Lady Shar before he was born. She marked his eggs with mysterious 'Rune' words. When he was born from the egg, these words remained for a long time. around him.
Due to this abnormality and what was later discovered, he was unable to breathe and cast spells like a normal black dragon, so he was eventually abandoned by the black dragon tribe in Guangze.
Despiel lived alone in the Everglades for a long time.
Until one day, he saw a revelation. A woman shrouded in shadow sympathized with the unfair treatment he suffered among her own race, and taught him the ability to turn this natural curse into a blessing.
As a result, Despierre gained the ability to breathe out the power of shadows, and finally, he realized that his power could one day tear apart the Weave.
Since then, he has embarked on the path of pursuing this goal.
The black dragon acted just as the Lost Lady Shar hoped, and gained more rewards and greater power as a result.
One day, he learned from a dream that his sister, Taiya, was killed by a tribe of lizard people called Dragon Slayers in Guangze, leaving her treasure unguarded.
Following the guidance of the dream, Despiel found these treasures at the cost of slaughtering countless lizardmen who began to settle here and enslaving the remaining residents of the Shadowscale tribe.
As he begins to settle where his sister once lived, a powerful human woman appears before him.
She easily thwarts Despierre's attempts to kill her, and displays the power to destroy him with ease.
After this display of power, she spared Despiel and revealed to him the great being who had protected him and provided him with strength for so long.
Finally, the priestess named Elsweyr told Despiel what he would do next in the plan of the great being.
Elsweir gave the "Dark Chronicles" to Despiel and taught him how to use this magical item to transform the lizard people he ruled into more powerful undead creatures.
Moreover, this is also a key prop for the ceremony of tearing the magic web...
When Despierre conquered the Great Swamp in an orderly manner according to the plan, he accidentally discovered that the Twilight Lord left behind, leading to the shadow plane. channel.
Soon, Elsweyr dispatched the leader of the Cursed, Koslo Seravan, to clear this path.
Finally, Despier moved all the lair and rituals to the plane of shadow.
From this day on, Despiel began to work day and night, working with the Shar priests to capture enough victims for the ritual, trying to open a hole in the magic network that could cover the entire Great Swamp. ……
In a hidden cave in the Dark Grand Canyon, the only source of light is a fist-sized milky white light ball suspended in mid-air, which emits bright light and brings light and warmth to the small cave.
With the help of the soft magic light, Brian sat on a stone next to the wall, flipping through the books obtained from the lost monastery, and recalling the magic network, the shadow magic network, and the ancient black dragon. Despiel's thing.
He thought for a moment, felt the passage of time, and immediately realized that from the time he and Caradna left the monastery until now, the two of them had rested here for at least 8 hours.
On adventures in the wild, especially in dangerous outer planes like the Shadow Plane, it is very necessary to rest, whether it is his mental state and physical strength, or arcane energy and spiritual energy, everything is there Returned to saturated state during rest.
So, without wasting any more time, he put away all the books scattered on the ground, patted the sorceress who was resting next to him, and signaled her to prepare to leave.
As a legendary warlock, Caradna obviously did not sleep like a dead pig like ordinary people, but was in a state of semi-meditation and semi-sleep
Brian just patted her perfume gently Shoulder, the sorceress suddenly woke up and stood up. A look full of vigilance and vigilance suddenly appeared in her wine-red eyes. After realizing that it was him, she gradually disappeared.
"Have you rested yet?" Brian asked casually. From the corner of his eye, he noticed that her delicate and pretty face remained awake as always, and it was completely impossible to tell that her eyes were sleepy as she had just woken up. state.
"Yeah." Caradna, who was sitting next to Brian, nodded slightly.
She didn't care that her uneven curves were exposed, and stretched out comfortably. Then she combed her disheveled hair and arranged her slightly messy clothes, unintentionally The exposed expanse of white and tender skin is covered.
Brian pondered for a moment, then took out an extremely clear teardrop-shaped gemstone pendant strung with tight rune threads that glowed with a faint golden light, and handed it to her, "This is the one I put on the shadow dancer I killed yesterday. I found a good piece of magic equipment that seems more suitable for you. Take it.”
Clear Soul Pendant +3
Type: Accessory
Quality. : Purple·Excellence
Aura: Advanced transformation aura
Effect: This pendant charges 6 times a day. The wearer can activate the spell effects attached to the equipment by consuming the charges.
1. Consume 1 charge to completely restore the vitality and physical strength lost due to casting the spell that day.
2. After consuming 2 charges, the wearer can resist sonic attacks within 10 seconds.
3. After consuming 3 charges, the wearer can be completely immune to the effects of enchantment and control spells within 5 seconds.
Explanation: This magic pendant of elf craftsmanship is a treasure made from the 'Tears of the King'. It is the work of the famous master of magical objects and the ancient star elf mage Morel, with his mark on it. .
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What a coincidence.
When Brian identified the attributes of this piece of equipment, he was surprised.
Unexpectedly, this piece of equipment obtained from the followers of Cyric was actually made by the Star Elf Lich who lives in the glass palace in the swamp of the distant sea.
No matter what, the attributes of this piece of equipment completely match its own quality.
At the same time, it also explains why the "Chaos Mantra" he released in Brian's battle yesterday caused minimal damage to the shadow dancers.
Seeing the equipment handed over to her, Caradna was stunned for a moment, then she accepted it unceremoniously and was gradually attracted to it.
Seeing this situation, Brian smiled secretly. This sorceress, who looked a bit nervous, was worthy of being Hesaya’s best friend. From the time the two of them started until now, she has never asked for it. Divide the spoils equally, but let him collect them.
Faced with this situation, Brian was not a shy person. When he saw something valuable or in good condition, he waved his hand and pocketed it all.
“How is it, does it look good?”
Just as Brian was about to get up, he found that Caradna, like a simple noble lady, had already put the pendant on her neck in a showy way, gesturing for him to look over.
The distance between the two was not that far, and they could even smell each other's breath. Brian turned around and looked at the warlock lady carefully.
She sat next to him, facing him, with a tall and well-proportioned figure, smooth and smooth blond hair hanging down to her waist, exquisite high heels that made her thighs more slender and sexy, and she was dressed in expensive dark black The rose dress has a slightly open neckline, and the dark purple lace on the bust is vaguely exposed. A precious battle mage cloak is draped on the shoulders, and a spiritual heart pendant with a light golden luster is worn on the neck, making it look noble and charming.
The beautiful face and long hair are beautifully set against the white and smooth skin. Under the soft magic light, they look even more dazzling and charming.
Unconsciously, Brian's eyes had followed the curvy figure and moved down to the slender waist.
Slightly curved buttocks, two slender and beautiful legs, crystal clear and white, with well-proportioned thighs and smooth calves, full of the beautiful lines of a pure woman, which is touching.
Looking at the sorceress in front of him, for some reason, his heart became a little restless, there was an impulse in his heart, and there was a faint inexplicable excitement, but he couldn't tell what it was exactly.
At this moment, Caradna suddenly lifted the hem of her skirt slightly, her burgundy eyes flickering slightly, and she looked at Brian seductively.
She took the initiative to put one of her slender, white legs that was completely exposed to the air, lightly and gently on Brian's legs. With a slight push on her ankle, there was a soft 'snap' sound. , a smooth and tender foot was so nakedly exposed to the air.
Under the soft light, the toes are extremely pink and clean, and the feet are exposed with a charming fragrance. The bare feet have graceful curves, and the skin is as smooth as gelatin without any pickiness. It is dazzlingly white and crystal clear.
The sorceress held her little face with the back of her hands, raised her smooth and white legs, and whispered in a seductive tone: "Brian, tell me, do my legs look good?"
"Of course. "Brian said subconsciously as he looked at the seductive scenery in front of him, swallowed unconsciously, and his heartbeat seemed to speed up.
After saying this, he suddenly woke up as if a bucket of cold water had been poured on him.
This made him instantly realize that he had been unknowingly affected by Caradna's charm spell. He pretended to be angry and made a 'pop' sound, shaking his hand and leaving a mark on her thigh. With a red slap mark, he stood up and shifted his gaze.
Brian took a deep breath and allowed his heartbeat to return to normal.
Under normal circumstances, in order to relieve his nervousness, he would usually relax his guard in front of relatively trustworthy people.
It was precisely for this reason that the naughty sorceress seized the opportunity and almost succeeded in teasing her. In addition to complaining about this, his instinct actually told him that he seemed to be pretty good. Enjoy this atmosphere.
This is not a good thing.
Thinking of the next task, Brian immediately calmed down. He snorted at the sorceress who was looking at him with a pretentious look on her face, turned around and walked out of the cave.
“You are still not a man, you are so harsh.”
Seeing that Brian had left, Caradna gasped, stretched out her hand to rub the burning pain in her legs, and stood up angrily to follow him quickly.
In the dark canyon, Brian and the two appeared in the dark forest.
Under the darkness of the shadow plane, without the blessing of dark vision, nothing can be seen in the forest, and even the light spell cannot function properly.
Feeling the withered trees of the forest, the dark stone caves, and the silent and terrifying atmosphere... Even a person with a big heart like Brian would have a moment where he wanted to give up decisively and turn around. Caradna said: Pack your bags immediately and go home to wash and sleep.
However, he also knew that this was just a delusion. After all, this was not a game, so he could only bite the bullet and keep going.
"Follow closely, the road ahead will be difficult." Brian reminded the sorceress who was looking around with interest: "It will be troublesome if you fall behind."
Although Karadna had just She deliberately used charm spells to tease him in the cave, but after walking out of the cave, the warlock lady acted like a normal person, as if nothing had happened.
The truth is: as long as I am not embarrassed, others will be embarrassed.
"I know." Caradna smiled after hearing this, and immediately came to Brian's side, happily walking side by side with him.
Soon, something changed in the forest. If the forest was dead silent before, now as the two of them went deeper, they felt as if they had entered a silent world.
The dense forest no longer existed, and was replaced by a large expanse of withered trees. Their dry and pale branches twisted into creepy shapes. From a sudden look, it looked like the arms of countless dying people waving in the air asking for help.
Brian walked at the front. Although the boundless darkness and those weird trees in front of him didn't have any impact on him, it still made him feel hairy all over.
At this moment, he suddenly realized that the Purple Dragon Seal Ring was sending a dangerous message to him.
The moment Brian was about to activate the flash spell to escape, a huge black shadow fell from the sky. Although he raised his sword in time to resist, he still could not withstand this huge force and could only hold on for a long time. In one second, he was completely blown away.
“Brian!!!”
Seeing the scene in front of her, Caradna shouted loudly in shock, and at this moment, as if she heard her voice, the huge black figure turned its head and stared at her coldly.
The moment she was stared at by that cold gaze, Caradna was unable to say the next words for a moment. She only felt that her whole body seemed to be restrained and she could not move. .
On the other side, Brian found that the sorceress was frozen in place and was already planning an attack. His expression changed and he immediately used a quick spell to launch his own attack method.
——"Bigby Shattering Palm!"
Along with the shrill scream of a baby, the ghostly giant hand transformed from pure force field energy burst out. The terrifying force hit the black shadow hard, hammering it out dozens of meters away like a ball, breaking dozens of thick dead trees in succession, and disappeared into the dark and withered forest.
When Brian was wondering what kind of monster the enemy was, the dark shadow twisted, and a huge black shadow appeared in front of him out of thin air.
As if it realized that the attacker just now was Brian, the huge shadow roared and raised its arm high, and then slammed it down hard.
Brian, who had suffered a loss once, was obviously on guard. When the huge shadow fell, he had already used the flash technique to quickly dodge and appeared in front of Caradna.
Shadow’s fists hit the ground hard, causing the entire ground to shake.
At this moment, Caradna, who recovered, quickly waved her hand, and a rosy purple light emerged in the dark forest, illuminating the surrounding environment, and the monster revealed its true face.
After seeing the true face of the monster, both Brian and Caradna gasped involuntarily.
"Oh my God, what the hell is this!??" The very nervous sorceress was so frightened by the monster in front of her that her face turned pale, and her voice was trembling.
What appeared in front of them was a huge baby.
It looks similar to an ordinary baby. There is no hair on its bare head, and its two big eyes move irregularly in the eye frames. It looks a little fat with its naked body, and It can also be seen from the scars and livid skin on its body that this baby should have died long ago.
However, it is still alive.
It seemed to have absorbed all the evil and darkness here, growing from a weak little thing into the terrifying monster that was three meters tall in front of it.
It turned its head, its lifeless eyes reflected the light and the shadows of the two people. Then, the huge dead baby opened its toothless mouth, as if smiling, but along with it, But it was a cold, low call.
"I want to...find...mother..."
The moment she heard this word, Caradna felt an inexplicable fear, so that her face turned pale and her whole body trembled. .
As a legendary warlock, neither ghosts, nor crazy evil spirits, nor even lichs have ever broken her will. But now, this cry makes her feel an inexplicable feeling. Feeling palpitation in his heart, he subconsciously grabbed Brian's arms with both hands and leaned against him tightly.
"What on earth is this?" Brian had a clear view of the sorceress's expression. Although he was not as bad as the other party showed, he still managed to pass a fear exemption.
What just puzzled him was what kind of undead creature appeared in front of him, which could actually explode with such terrifying power.
In the game world, he has never seen such an undead in the form of a baby.
——"Psychic mind barrier!"
With a thought, Brian added a barrier to the trembling sorceress beside him that was immune to mental and emotional influences.
Then, he shook the opponent's cold little hand and said, "Get ready to fight."
As soon as he finished speaking, he turned into a shadow and quietly walked up, the star sword in his hand shining with the blue and white of the cursed fire. The flame penetrated the giant baby's neck without any hindrance or stagnation.
However, the baby's cyan skin was harder than steel at this moment. Brian's attack with all his strength could only cut through a layer of skin.
The monster under attack let out a cry like a baby. It screamed and stood upright, like a child who had been bullied and helpless. But the next moment, its hand suddenly Stretch out and grab Brian.
At the same time, the sorceress on the other side had regained her composure with the blessing of Brian's superpower. Her eyes narrowed slightly and she whispered a spell. A javelin-sized burning dark purple chaos The energy spear, like an arrow from the string, turned into a ray of purple light and shot towards the monster.
The dark purple chaotic energy cut through the darkness and stabbed the monster's smooth, huge eyes with incomparable precision.
“Aww!”
The severe pain caused the monster to fall to the ground suddenly, and at this moment, the light full of chaotic energy also fell from the sky, shrouding it like a corrosive effect Like powerful sulfuric acid, its skin rots away at a speed visible to the naked eye.
This made the monster appear even more painful. It wailed and raised its hands, trying to resist.
The Star Sword with blue and white flames in Brian's hand erupted mercilessly into raging flames, wrapped in a sharp blade, and instantly pierced the giant baby's head, and the smelly, dark liquid burst from behind. It splashed out of the hole and fell to the ground, emitting traces of white smoke.
"Ah!!!!"
The severely injured giant baby let out a shrill scream and made a desperate last struggle. Its blue-white skin turned red at a speed visible to the naked eye. , like a cooked lobster, with hot billowing white smoke rising.
Became a red-temperature giant baby?
Brian's instinct told him to stay away from this giant baby as soon as possible.
So, he used a flash technique and disappeared on the spot.
"Run!" Then he shouted at the sorceress who was still preparing her magic.
Unfortunately, it was too late. A giant crossbow made of bones appeared out of thin air in the hands of the giant red-temperature baby. With a clicking sound, a bone war spear was suddenly launched.
The Bone War Spear carried countless madly screaming souls, streaking through the darkness, making the air sound like a sonic boom, and shot straight towards Karadna.
The expression of the sorceress who was unable to evade changed slightly, and she quickly raised her hands to support the thick dark purple energy defense field, trying to block the attack of the bone war spear.
“Zizzizi……”
The bone war spear suddenly broke through the air. The moment it hit the deep purple energy field, countless roaring phantoms of the undead suddenly emerged, eroding away the thick defensive barrier without any obstruction, and penetrated the sorceress's body with overwhelming force. .
At this moment, Brian also seized the opportunity. Like a bolt of lightning, he held the sword tightly with both hands and stabbed the red-warm giant baby's heart with force. Blue-white cursed flames burst out from the sword, and in the blink of an eye, it was wrapped in blazing flames and turned into ashes.
After taking care of the giant baby, Brian immediately rushed to Caradna. She looked like she was leaning lifelessly against a big tree, her expression more pale than before. pale.
He put away the long sword, carefully supported it, let her lean comfortably into his arms, and tried to pull out the bone spear inserted in Caradna's lower abdomen.
The sorceress frowned, her burgundy eyes suddenly flashed, she raised her head and glared at him, and moaned more like a complaint than a pain, "Please, you can't slow down, it hurts so deep all at once." Yes, you think it’s great, why don’t you give it a try?”
Seeing the other party speaking in such a confident tone, Brian secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
Then, he was too lazy to pay attention to her, and deliberately kept a straight face, ignoring her moaning in pain, and forcefully pulled the spear out of her body at an extremely fast speed, and blood flowed out. .
Brian simply treated the sorceress's wounds and poured a bottle of advanced healing potion into her. The color in her pale and pretty face began to gradually return.
"No wonder there are no other undead creatures in this forest."
Caradna, who gradually regained her strength, took Brian's extended hand and used it to get up from the ground, "It turned out that they were all swallowed up by this terrifying giant baby."
When she said this , the sorceress also subconsciously glanced at the place where the giant baby was burned to ashes, showing an expression of lingering fear.
"That's true." Brian also showed a fearful expression, "I didn't expect such a terrifying monster to be hidden here."
Although he knew the plot of the Magic Web Scar, he didn't He had not personally participated, and because of his appearance in the real world, the timeline was disrupted, and many unexpected things happened, including this giant baby.
In this case, he couldn't help but secretly blame Brenas, the little prince of Ghost City who let his pigeons go.
If the other party was with him, maybe there wouldn't be so much trouble.
After all, Brenas has lived in the Shadow Plane for more than a thousand years, and he is very familiar with the environment here. He is also a dossier scholar of both Sinnoh and Sinnoh, and is especially good at dealing with undead creatures.
The biggest reason why he dared to go to the shadow plane confidently and destroy the dark ritual of the ancient black dragon was that Brenas nodded and agreed to help him.
Who would have ever imagined that he would end up in a situation like this where he could only take the sorceress Karadna who was brought in temporarily and force the situation.
After taking a short rest and confirming that Caradna was fine, Brian took her forward.
After walking out of the dark forest, what appeared in front of them was an open area, and halfway up the mountainside of the cliff in the distance, Brian finally saw a gray semicircular building built, which looked like it was built from the mountain wall. Like a big mushroom growing out of it.
Obviously, that castle is the place where the ancient black dragon performed dark rituals.
At the same time, where the castle extends downwards, there is an avenue of burning torches.
On the avenue leading to the cliff castle, there is a high tower surrounded by writhing black tentacles. The structure of the high tower is very similar to the high tower I once encountered in Guangze. .
There are two skeletal giants wandering around the tower.
Their bodies, which are about 6 meters long, don't look thin at all. Their bodies are made of white bones and are strong and powerful. They walk slowly around the tower. Their huge heads look around from time to time, and the soul flames in their eye sockets are like tiny little ones. The little sun radiates white light from the darkness, as if it can see through all invisibility and illusion.
“What should I do?” Caradna approached Brian and the two of them hid in the shadow of a rock. She looked at the tower surrounded by black fog and said worriedly, “I can see that. , the role of these two skeleton giants is to guard the road leading to the castle. Once we fight against the skeleton giants, we will definitely alert the guards in the tower, and it will be more troublesome then."
"Yes. ." Brian nodded slightly.
Through the negative energy surging around the skeleton giant, he could feel that the strength of these two big guys was probably at the legendary level. It was obviously impossible to kill them quietly. of.
However, looking at the skeleton giant walking around the tower regularly, Brian immediately thought of a good idea and said to the sorceress beside him:
"Let's do this. I will lead them one by one to a place where the tower cannot be seen. You are responsible for releasing a silent force field, and then I will kill them."
This is just one of his purposes. According to reports, Brian speculated that after he killed the two skeletal giants, he might be able to attract their master, the Death Knight, out of the tower.
In this case, it will be easier for them to deal with them.
"It is obviously impossible to break in by force, and it can only be this way." Caradna nodded, indicating that she approved of Brian's method.
Brian no longer hesitated. When one of the skeleton giants turned his head again and wanted to walk to the other side of the tower, he used a spell to shoot a flaming arrow that flew past and landed on the skeleton some distance away. There was a slight sound on the pile of rocks not far from the giant.
At this moment, the skeletal giant that was about to leave suddenly stopped. Then, it quickly turned its head, its two eyes like searchlights, emitting an unparalleled dazzling light, illuminating the pile of rocks in front of it.
Under such light, it would be difficult for even an invisible mouse to escape its eyes.
The moment Brian deliberately met the skeletal giant's eyes, he immediately pulled Caradna and retreated quickly.
The skeleton giant walked slowly. From a distance, it seemed that its movements were very slow, but this was just a visual error caused by its huge size.
In fact, the skeleton giant only took a few steps, but it arrived in front of the two of them in an instant.
It opened its mouth, and a low roar emerged from the deep darkness where no vocal organs could be used, carrying the evil of death.
It leaned down, and the halo of light emanating from its two eyes scanned the surroundings, looking for any suspicious signs.
Brian raised a finger.
This is a code.
Caradna recited a spell quietly, and a dark purple light flashed through it, then turned into a straight line and shot towards the giant.
Then, a purple, dim semicircular barrier appeared from mid-air, covering the skeletal giant inside like a birdcage. Then it flashed and disappeared, and it seemed to have no effect.
But a magical dotted line that appeared from the void and connected to Caradna's finger showed that this was not the case.
In an instant, it disappeared silently, as if a transparent giant opened its mouth and swallowed up all the sounds in the world in one bite.
“The resistance of this skeletal giant is very high, I can only maintain it for sixty seconds at most!”
Caradna worked hard to maintain the effect of the spell while transmitting it through magic. The tone reminded Brian.
"Enough"
Brian nodded slightly and rushed forward with his long sword in hand.
“——!!!”
The skeletal giant, sensing that something was wrong, raised his head. The first thing he saw was Brian, who was about to charge. The sharp sword in his hand burst out. The blue-white flame made it feel uncomfortable and angry.
The skeleton giant opened its mouth and roared, raising the sledgehammer in his hand. The thick white bone hammer whizzed past and hit the nearby valley, immediately smashing several hard boulders. .
Rubbles the size of a human head tumbled down the cliff and hit the ground heavily.
But all this did not make any sound. It was so absurd that people could even mistake it for watching a silent film pantomime.
The Star Sword in Brian's hand swung down from the air and struck the bone giant's hammer.
Although silence swallowed up the sound, it can be seen from the sparks flying when the two clashed, how fierce the battle between the two sides was.
The huge and powerful impact caused Brian's figure to sway in mid-air. However, in this confrontation, his legendary professional characteristic "recoil resistance" unexpectedly helped him to escape. Most of the power.
The skeletal giant was obviously not willing to give up. It took half a step forward, roared and raised the hammer, trying to kill the enemy with the unpleasant light on the sword to complete eternal death like a bug.
But it didn't do it.
The rotating star sword in Brian's hand hit the skeletal giant's arm, forcing its attack to change direction and pass by him. Although the resulting strong air flow caused Brian's figure to tilt, it still didn't matter. Finally, he escaped the ending of being completely smashed into a pulp.
“——!!!”
The Bone Giant became even more angry after encountering provocations twice. As a subordinate of the Death Knight, the Bone Giant was not a smart guy to begin with. The only meaning is to destroy life with your own hands. Only then can it feel short-term satisfaction.
But the long-term emptiness that follows will make it more painful and angry, until it once again finds a chance to vent.
And now, it has apparently found a cathartic target.
The skeleton giant turned around and raised the sledgehammer again. Brian stepped back and tried to escape, but at this moment, the sledgehammer whizzed through the air and hit him hard. Go down.
“Twenty seconds!”
The simple test was over. Brian dodged the skeletal giant’s giant hammer. The hard hammer head hit the ground and was smashed into pieces of stone. Under the violent impact, they flew in all directions and bounced onto his protective barrier, causing him to take a breath of cold air.
However, Brian did not stop moving forward because of this. He raised his long sword, and streaks of cursed fire energy began to condense around his sword body, and leaping blue and white flames emerged on it. Then, Brian stepped forward half Stepping forward, he raised the sword with his right hand and swung it down with all his strength.
On the surface, this sword is unremarkable, but as it falls, a condensed dazzling light suddenly appears on the tip of the sword, and when Brian The sword tip finally swung down and pointed at the ground, the light condensed on the sword tip suddenly burst out.
In an instant, the originally flat land split into a shocking gap as if it was split open by an invisible giant sword. Then light spurted out from it and spread forward along the gap.
This is a new swordsmanship that Brian and Caradna figured out on their own after they teamed up to expel the Ghost Dragon Turtle and combined the chaotic energy of the Star Sword and the flame of the cursed fire.
This is a kind of swordsmanship that combines purer chaos energy and cursed fire energy.
Its speed is not fast, and its moves are not flashy, but the power it unleashes is eye-catching.
Although the Skeleton Giant is very powerful, Brian is very confident because its heavy attack cannot touch his body at all.
The skeleton giant, which was attacking with all its strength, was finally unable to block Brian's attack this time. Before it had time to pick up the weapon, the gap in the earth burning with blue and white flames had already reached its feet, and The huge and steady body of the skeleton giant also swayed at this time. It raised its body and its steps began to become a little chaotic. However, before it could regain its balance, the radiance that burst out from the gap followed closely. , impacting the giant's defenseless body from bottom to top like magma flames pouring out of the ground.
Silence still enveloped everything.
But at this moment, the skeleton giant's body is no longer as complete as before.
Under the fierce attack, its chest had cracked, and the bones that were originally tightly together were now in pieces.
But it is still persisting. Although it seems that the bone giant is at the end of its strength and is even showing signs of completely falling apart under the fierce attack, Brian knows very well that this is the most dangerous time.
“Forty seconds!”
In the crazy surge of arcane energy, Brian’s whole body turned into a dazzling light and rushed forward. His superb swordsmanship made the sword in his hand The long sword erupted into dazzling circles one after another, stabbing towards the skeletal giant's head.
Facing the overwhelming momentum of Brian, the skeleton giant finally reacted.
It instinctively stretched out its left hand and opened it in front of itself, trying to resist the attack.
However, this is also its last struggle.
The full force blow that Brian unleashed was simply not something it could withstand.
Before his sword even pierced the bone giant's palm, the center of the skeleton giant's palm had already begun to shatter and collapse under the huge pressure, and then completely turned into powder and scattered in the wind, without even a trace of it. None of the hindrance effects were achieved.
And in the next moment, the long sword in Brian's hand shone like a star, and easily pierced the skeletal giant's open mouth.
An extremely strong impact erupted from it, and in the blink of an eye, the skeletal giant's head was completely blown away from the inside, forcing it to break away from his body. The chin and half of the face were completely missing, and only pieces were left. Spreading traces of spider webs.
The soul flame in his eyes flashed again and again, as if he wanted to do something, but at this moment, sword lights surging with blue and white flames flashed through, as easy as cutting tofu. Fly over and split it apart completely.
Subsequently, the broken skull finally lost all its strength, and it began to weather rapidly, dispersing into sand and dust.
At this moment, the light in the dark eyes of the skeleton giant also completely disappeared.
“Sixty seconds!”
The huge body lost its support and strength and fell to the ground. At this moment, the silent force field maintained by Karadna finally came to an end.
After taking care of the skeleton giant, Brian did not dare to waste time and immediately went to lure down a skeleton giant. Otherwise, it would be more troublesome if the death knight arrived in advance before killing the skeleton giant. .
At the same time, on the other side, there was a tower shrouded in shadow and black mist.
Death Knight Macarin opened his eyes. His face was composed of a charred skull, covered with shrunken and rotten flesh. Dark red flames danced in the two eye sockets, with terrifying gazes. Even if no one is watching, it still makes people feel cold and vicious.
The dark ceiling and pale hall constituted the scenery in front of him.
The death knight stared at the scene in front of him in silence, then stretched out his hand to stroke the mane of the mount beneath him. Feeling the touch of his master, Nightmare shook his head, raised his front hooves uneasily, and struck. He snorted and puffed out two plumes of smoke.
It is said that the world in the eyes of the undead has no color. It seems that when they choose to abandon life and choose hypocritical eternity, they also choose to abandon the opportunity to own this beautiful world.
No matter how beautiful and colorful the scene is, the only colors shown in front of the undead are black and white, the two most monotonous colors since the creation of the world.
This is why the undead are always extremely cold-blooded and cruel.
Because for them, there is nothing worth remembering and cherishing in this world. Only death and destruction can bring them the supreme feeling.
Macarin was once a Purple Dragon Knight in the border army of the Kingdom of Cormyr. Later, because of violating military regulations, he had to flee the land of the Purple Dragon Kingdom and came to the chaotic swamp on the border with Sembia. He was eventually killed by the orcs. Died in a lost fortress.
When he opened his eyes again, he was taken to the shadow plane.
He has been here for five hundred years.
Five hundred years may be a long time for ordinary people, but Macarin knows very well that in the eyes of those "old and immortal" undead, five hundred years is just a blink of an eye. time, if he returns to the Kingdom of Cormyr, not only will his crimes not disappear due to the passage of time, on the contrary, his status as an undead creature will allow him to be completely purified by the priests of the gods.
Are you going to stay in this hellish place forever?
It's not that Macarin has never asked himself this, but he doesn't take it too seriously. After becoming an undead, human desires have almost completely disappeared, and the concept of time, loneliness, and other emotions have completely disappeared.
To a certain extent, the dead are like puppets with their own will, but they are still puppets after all.
However, Macarin is obviously an exception.
He seems to still retain some emotions from the human period, which is why he was favored by the pastor of the Lost Lady Church in the first place, and he even spent a lot of money to transform into a death knight.
Makarin moved.
He felt that the aura of his subordinates, the skeleton giant, seemed to be weakening.
This is a very unusual situation. Nothing like this has ever happened since he entered the shadow plane.
These two skeletal giants are the 'native species' he conquered in the shadow plane. Their strength is not inferior to the adult shadow dragon.
Besides, in the shadow plane, Macarin believed that no one dared to trouble him.
After all, this is the Lost Lady's fortress, and he is responsible for garrisoning it.
But now it seems that this is not the case at all.
He felt a trace of magic wave spreading through the air.
Macarin looked through the window of the tower. It happened that at this moment, he saw the blue-white flame falling from the sky.
Someone is attacking! !
As a defected death knight, Macarin immediately became vigilant.
He picked up the knight's spear and giant shield placed on the side of the horse, pulled off the thick armor on his face, and urged the nightmare to turn slowly.
As a high-level undead with independent consciousness, he can feel the surging and frantic magic power in the air, just like the waves of the sea, and even the heart that has long since died is no longer beating. The hearts of the undead are tightly suppressed in it.
Is the other party a mage?
Legendary mage?
Did the Kingdom of Cormyr send people to hunt me down?
This thought flashed through Macarin's mind and quickly disappeared.
I have been dead for more than 500 years, and I have not committed any serious treasonous mistakes. The history of the Kingdom of Cormyr has long since completely forgotten this little person.
This is the power of the living...
Is it an adventurer?
Thinking of this, Macarin clenched the knight's gun in his hand, and at the same time, a trace of expectation arose deep in his heart.
For the dead, the only happiness they can get is to give death to those living lives with their own hands. Watching the burning and jumping flames of life gradually disappear, this will bring them the same feeling as creating life among the living. An intoxicating pleasure.
This is exactly why the undead creatures are eager to take life, because this is the only happiness they can enjoy in this world...
Makarin is no exception. .
He turned around and whistled softly. Then, the heavy adamantine door of the tower slowly opened, and the nightmare lingering with the flames of hell under him blew out two thick smoke from his nose and began. Start running and fly towards the valley.
Coming! ! !
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(End of this chapter)