Chapter 354: Their respective temptations
In the early morning, when the bright sunshine fell on Mokou Town, a small black spot visible to the naked eye suddenly appeared in the sky above the town.
Immediately afterwards, this small black spot gradually grew larger at an extremely fast speed, and finally appeared in front of everyone in an impressive manner.
Waves of frightened shouts rang out one after another.
This is a floating city that is larger than Mokou Town. It is surrounded by shadows that look like real objects, floating quietly in the sky nearly a hundred meters above the ground.
There is no doubt that the ghost princes drove the floating city of Sacross and launched an attack on Mokou Town.
As the town's urgent sirens sounded, the floating city suspended in the sky suddenly erupted like a volcano, spewing out cold shadow energy from the center of the city.
This terrifying energy spread at the fastest speed, like a huge carpet transformed from shadows, covering the tiny town of Mokou.
In an instant, the entire Mokou Town turned into a suffocating darkness. It was as if the sky was falling. Any light source was swallowed up the moment it came into contact with the shadow.
Whether it is a bonfire, a candle, or a magical radiance, the moment they are ignited, their short lives end in the blink of an eye.
The residents of this town, which seemed to be shrouded in boundless darkness, were like frightened rats, fleeing in panic towards any place they could hide.
Just when the magic carpet of shadow descended from the floating city and was about to swallow up the entire town, the only wizard tower in Mokou Town was like a lighthouse in the darkness, shining brightly.
In the wizard tower, a rapid alarm sounded, and the figure of Ms. Polaris quietly appeared next to Myrcella and said: "The shadow curtain has begun to erode the barrier of the wizard tower."
Myrcella looked at the scene outside the tower through the Eyes of Insight.
She saw a huge shadow carpet, and when she was about to land in Mokou Town, her descent was blocked by the Wizard Tower.
She knew that once the Shadow Curtain fell to the ground, the entire Mokou Town would be instantly torn apart with dozens of cracks in the shadow plane. At that time, they would be greeted by not only the Shadow People and Sembia's army, but also Endless shadows and undead.
The consequence is that even if they hold on to Mokou Town, the tens of thousands of residents in the town will be eroded by the negative energy spewing out from the shadow plane just like the capitals of Tifantun and Sambia. Next, turn into an undead creature.
Of course she doesn't want to see this happen.
Thinking of this, Myrcella immediately sent a message to Master Arad that she could take action.
After all, he has been guarding the tenth floor of the wizard tower in advance.
Mage Arad, who received the order, already had a detailed understanding of the wizard tower with the help of the tower spirit the moment the shadow curtain came into contact with it.
He looked up at Durnan and Sandra Cote who were assisting him, and calmly ordered: "Everything is as I expected, the shadow curtain and the mystery lock I simulated , There is not much difference, let’s counterattack according to the plan we made.”
The two mages nodded slightly and immediately devoted all their energy to the light blue crystal ball suspended in front of them. .
As their thoughts turned on, they immediately established a link with the magic network through their own means. Threads of energy like silk emerged out of thin air, wrapped around the crystal ball, and flickered in ever-changing ways. light.
Through the flashing light of the crystal ball, you can find that the image inside is not the scene outside the tower, but dense black silk threads.
They are like deadlocks, entangled with each other in a mind-numbing way.
Although it seems messy, if you look closely, you can find that these messy black threads appear to be extremely smooth and natural when magical energy surges out.
The task of the two legendary mages Durnan and Sandra Cote is to comb out these unimaginably complicated threads, like peeling off cocoons.
And Arad is responsible for dispersing all the combed threads to prevent the flow of Shadow Demon Network energy.
With little by little bluish-white brilliance emerging.
The Wizard Tower, protected by the barrier, stood quietly in the falling shadows. Although it was being ravaged by the violent and chaotic shadow tides all the time, it remained as motionless as a giant.
As the shadow energy continues to erode, the blue-white light surrounding the Wizard Tower not only shows no tendency to weaken, but instead seizes the dark living space at a speed visible to the naked eye.
Inside the Ghost Tower in the Floating City.
Lamorak looked at the shadow curtain that was constantly being swallowed up by the blue and white light. He frowned and said to Agrila: "The wizard tower in Mokou Town is countering our mystery lock. It looks quite good." It seems to be going well, it can't go on like this."
"I understand." Agrila opened her red eyes and said calmly: "Since they like to counterattack, then I will accompany them. They had a good time.”
"Immediately connect to the Shadow Demon Network and reduce the scope of the shadow curtain to only surround the wizard tower in Mokou Town." He said to Lamorak, "I want to see what else they can do to decipher the shadow I simulated. Magic Web Lock."
"I knew you would do this." Lamorak smiled and immediately put Agrela's words into action.
Just a moment.
The shadow curtain shrouding the Wizard Tower suddenly shrank its coverage, condensed together like a substance, and then turned into a roaring and rotating dark energy, like an abyssal python, tightly wrapped around the glittering on the wizard's tower, constantly squeezing its brilliance.
Suddenly, the enchantment of the wizard tower became bright and dim, as if it would go out at any time.
"They have reduced the scope of the shadow curtain." Sandra Cote frowned and said, "We don't have the ability to counterattack at all."
In the crystal ball, the dense black threads are constantly shrinking , as if it had been forcibly compressed, turning into a smooth black crystal ball, endlessly rolling, like a crazy surge of shadow energy, constantly eroding the magic barrier of the wizard tower.
“This is beyond the scope of my ability.” Durnan said helplessly, “The power source of the floating city is the Myser energy core, and this shrunken shadow curtain is the Shadow Demon Network. Released, we are fighting against the Shadow Demon Network."
"I understand." Arad nodded slightly and said without any fluctuations in his expression: "I knew they would do this, since they can't. Counterattack, then blow it up."
While the two mages were stunned, he said again:
"The energy of this explosion is very terrifying, and we may also be affected. You two should be prepared for defense."
After saying that, Arad took out one of the Shadow Stone fragments with some reluctance, and carefully Place it into an extremely complex magic circle that he has engraved in advance.
As the saying goes, cut the mess with a sharp knife.
When the fragments of the Shadow Stone fell into the magic circle, it was like a powder keg that was suddenly ignited, suddenly erupting into extremely terrifying chaotic energy.
Durnan and Sandra Cote in the wizard tower suddenly changed their expressions. They propped up the defensive barrier as quickly as possible and activated various spells they had prepared in advance.
Even so, the three legendary mages with great strength were still lifted up by the terrifying air waves generated by this terrifying energy. They fell to the ground like fallen leaves in the strong wind and became sluggish. .
“——!!”
Almost in an instant, as the light of the Wizard Tower was suddenly converged, and then suddenly spewed out, the originally roaring darkness was directly illuminated in an instant. Swallowed by brilliance.
Wrapping around the wizard tower, the power of shadow, filled with the chill of death and terrifying power, was like gasoline ignited by flames. It burst into flames with a bang.
For a time, the whole world seemed to be illuminated brightly by blue-white light.
"Boom!!!"
The extremely terrifying explosion and flash tore through the originally dark sky.
This shocking sight made even the civilians hiding in the room subconsciously open their windows and look up to the sky.
Everyone saw that the floating city suspended in the sky had shed the shadow energy surrounding it, revealing an ancient castle built on an inverted mountain peak.
At this moment, the floating city that invaded Mokou Town was trembling slightly under the powerful recoil energy due to the Mystery Chains and Barriers surrounding it, as if it might fall. There were even dozens of unlucky shadow people on the ground. In this terrible tremor, they fell headlong towards the ground
"Boom!"
In the Ghost Tower of the floating city of Sacros, the ghost princes Agrila and Lamorak stabilized their bodies, with shock and disbelief on their dignified and serious faces.
“How is it possible?” Agrela murmured to herself: “How could they master such terrifying power and forcefully blow up my Mystery Lock to pieces.”
“Indeed, This is not common sense at all." Lamorak also said to himself: "I would not be surprised if they can resist the erosion of the shadow curtain, but they can explode our mystery lock with a wizard tower. , this..."
"Obviously, they have made sufficient preparations in advance."
Agrila raised her hand to interrupt Lamorak's words, staring at a crystal ball surrounded by shadows placed in front of her, her expression involuntarily becoming serious.
"Since you can't handle it, let me do it myself." At this moment, a slightly impatient voice sounded from behind Agrella.
A majestic figure wearing black armor suddenly came into view, that was the eldest prince Revalan.
He is like a moving iron mountain, surrounded by a thick and mysterious shadow. This shadow not only wraps around his iron-solid and powerful body, but also highlights his unparalleled power.
His armor is extraordinary. It is densely covered with complicated and exquisite runes. It is as black as night and shines with a cold metallic luster, as if it carries the memories and glory of countless battles.
Wrapped in this suit of armor, Revalan's princely temperament becomes even more solemn and majestic, like a lone wolf in the night, arrogant among the others.
Although his eyes are ordinary in color and as deep as a bottomless cold pool, they contain a power that cannot be ignored.
It is an icy chill that radiates from the depths of the soul. No matter when and where it is, it is like the cold wind in the North Pole, silent but strong and biting, penetrating the heart.
Even the bravest warrior, under his featureless but breathtaking eyes, can't help but feel awe and a sense of awe and trembling from deep within.
Agrila looked away at Revalan a little uncomfortably, nodded, and immediately opened a portal for him.
The eldest prince Revalan turned into a stream of light without hesitation, disappeared into the portal and disappeared.
Looking at Revalan's disappearing figure, Agrila frowned.
An illusion made him think that Revalan had completely changed into a different person after returning from Bra Star, and he also instinctively felt that every time Revalan looked at him, It's like looking at a plate of delicious food.
Egrila secretly kept an eye on it, and immediately cooperated with Lamorak to start building a portal in the floating city leading to Mokou Town, so that the troops who had been well prepared for a long time could launch a full-scale attack.
The highest level of the Wizard Tower in Mokou Town.
Through her reconnaissance eyes, Myrcella looked at the mages who were gradually recovering under the treatment of the priest, and then looked at the floating city suspended in the sky.
She knows that countering the floating city's shadow curtain is just the beginning. Next, she will face more dangerous enemies.
While she was discussing countermeasures with Ms. Polaris, Myrcella suddenly noticed a teleportation wave transformed from shadow energy, filling the tower. She looked slightly condensed and picked up the staff. , stood up from the chair, and said to Ms. Polaris, "The enemy has arrived, start the space transfer immediately."
Ms. Polaris waved her hand, and the space where Myrcella was suddenly began to spin. As the space folds and intertwines, it becomes a world that seems vast and boundless, with a faint purple light shining in the void.
In just a moment, the suffocating figure of Revalan, the eldest prince of Ghost City, appeared in front of Myrcella.
He stretched out his hand, and a black spear surrounded by shadow energy appeared out of thin air in his hand.
Revalan looked around, with murderous intent on his stern face, "You dare to show off this little trick of transforming space in front of me. Today I will let you see what the power of a true god is."
The words just fell. In that endless dark space, Revalan's body was like a taboo door that was quietly opened, containing suffocating terrifying power.
An indescribable shadow energy awakened instantly in his body like a sleeping ancient beast, violently breaking through the shackles of his body and soul in an irresistible manner. , spouting out violently.
This shadow energy is like a dark whirlpool like obsidian, carrying destructive power that can swallow up all light, solidifying the surrounding air, and filling the air with a chilling sense of depression.
However, in this vast abyss of darkness, a ray of pale golden light is like the first ray of sunshine at dawn, penetrating the heavy haze and shining a glimmer of hope in the desperate situation.
The faint golden light struggled and fought against the terrifying shadow energy, but was intertwined and danced with it under the pull of some mysterious force, forming a strange and magnificent picture.
They collide and blend with each other in the dim space, like a silent symphony of light and darkness, life and death, making the whole scene appear depressing and terrifying, but also revealing a touch of otherworldly sacredness.
There is no doubt that, as Revalan said, this is indeed the divine brilliance that represents the power of the true God.
Myrcella was unmoved and immediately activated the special ability of the super-enchanter.
As she sang softly, mysterious mantras appeared in front of her like elves dancing in the night sky.
Her slender and white fingers traced through the air, and the super magic runes shining with magic light flashed in this mysterious space, and turned into invisible energy, constantly rotating and condensing.
At the same time, the figure of the sorceress Caradna quietly appeared beside Myrcella.
With Karadna's whisper, the Chaos Wand wrapped in linen slowly appeared in her hand while spinning.
"Look at me, let him see my newly realized ability!"
Then she smiled proudly, then raised her right hand to the sky and shook it hard!
"Crack!"
With Karadna's movement, the linen wrapping the Chaos Wand shattered, and a huge dark purple dazzling magic circle rotated with the sorceress as the center. Expand.
The super-magic runes surrounding Myrcella suddenly condensed in the center of the magic circle at a very fast speed.
The magic circle intertwined with blue and white runes and purple light presents a dream-like scene.
Then, the illusory beauty turned into the most terrifying threat, with flickering lights and countless dark purple fireballs spurting out from the center of the circle.
They were connected in series, and they flew towards the Prince of Shadows in an arc, like whips being whipped around.
A series of wonderful barrages unfolded in the mysterious space that shimmered with lavender light. They were gorgeous, but full of murderous intent and destruction.
Then, this gorgeous and wonderful rain of fire fell from the sky, shrouding Revalan who was caught off guard.
Accompanied by a loud roar, the gorgeous fireball exploded into bursts of magical flames.
The smoke dissipated, looking at the ghost prince who was temporarily trapped in the flames, Myrcella looked at the shadow of Ms. Polaris with a solemn expression, "Whether you can succeed or not, it depends on you. ”
Obviously, her and Caradna’s attacks alone were unable to cause any substantial harm to this ghost prince who was fused with divine power.
The only thing they can do is to drive them away, that's all.
“Leave it to me.”
Ms. Polaris smiled slightly, and her slender fingers drew an elegant and gorgeous trajectory in the air. The radiance from her fingers perfectly condensed into a halo of expulsion magic circle in the sky above the Prince of Shadows, and it was accurately set on Revalan's body. physically.
"Damn it! Do you think this is the end!?"
Feeling the huge force of expulsion covering his body, the furious Prince of Shadows couldn't help but curse and couldn't resist. was forcibly teleported out and disappeared.
"Is this enough?" Caradna, who had wrapped the Chaos Wand, looked at the place where the Prince of Shadows disappeared, and said with a worried expression, "It's just... with the power of his shadow divinity , I’m afraid he will be able to return soon.”
“It’s not that easy to come back.” Ms. Polaris smiled mysteriously, “I teleported him to the Standing Stone Plains in the Aino Oak Desert. Waiting for his arrival there, ready to blow his head off.”
.........
The Lich King stared at the Bard of Shadow Valley. His skinny hands were slightly open, as if he was pleading, but this gesture did not mean to show weakness.
"This is not...I did it."
Laloc's voice was dry and deep, "I often...test the lichs who are loyal to me and give them a certain amount of freedom. Observe their behavior. Obviously, this time, they seem to have been used by Miss Lost to do something stupid and offend the mysterious lady."
"This is not an illusion." Brian looked at it. Larok said to the elf beside him with a vigilant expression, "This is his true body."
"Indeed."
Ilseveri nodded: "But he didn't take action immediately. It seemed like he wanted to throw away the pot that tore the magic web."
"No matter how much you throw it away, you can't get rid of the suspicion that he is the manipulator behind the scenes." Brian replied.
The two of them held the hilts of their swords and looked at Larocque, always preparing their magic.
But Larok paid no attention, and kept staring at the storm and the unconscious Xinbu with his cold eyes.
Storm walked forward slowly, without a weapon in his hand, and his hair hanging on his shoulders was flying uneasily.
"What now?" Her voice was obviously provocative, "What are you going to do?"
The silver flames jumped in the eye of the storm, looking full of threats.
Laroque did not answer, but the storm silently shed a tear of silver fire. The tear dropped from the eye to the chest, turning into a thin line of silver fire, flowing up the shoulder and down the arm. , nothing burned, and finally gathered in her palm, and then rose up hungrily, the fire was shining.
Laloc stared at the thing in Storm's Palm, with a stronger desire in his eyes. He reluctantly left the silver flame and looked into Storm Silverhand's eyes:
"Now, I will leave after I apologize. You know that I have been looking for greater magic. I don't want to fight with you and those who serve the mysterious lady."
"Really?" Ilseveri took the initiative to walk up to Storm and said in a rude tone, "Anyone will say that if we are obedient, are you treating us like children?"
Brian looked at Larocque in silence, Showing a thoughtful look.
"Please don't get me wrong." Larocque said, bowing to the storm. Green fire came out of nowhere and spread on his dry gray skin. "I am not stupid, no matter how strong I am. Mortals can't fight against the true God. I still know myself."
"If that's the case, why don't you leave?" Storm reminded him, his tone was like that of a noble lady and a king. say.
"Madam, I will go." The undead lord replied, "I admit, I..."
He sighed, and then said in a voice that was almost a whisper, "I can see this silver flame, It's very rare for me, so, farewell!"
"Wait a minute!" Brian, who had been silent, suddenly stopped him, and Larocque stopped and turned around silently. Look at him.
Brian looked at the powerful Lich King thoughtfully. After what seemed like a long time, he raised his feet and walked forward slowly, with a very serious look on his face.
The female elf Ilseveri and Storm held their breaths and watched him walk towards Larok.
Seeing Brian walking over calmly, Larocque looked confused and subconsciously took a step back, then took another step back.
A breeze blew from where he stood, ruffling his long and thick white hair.
The white-haired scalp was gray and stretched tight against his skull.
As Brian walked over, Larocque's eyes seemed to burn with the white flames, and green light leaked from his skin, wandering uneasily around him like a little snake.
Lalocque whispered: "I'm warning you, you'd better not get close to me, it's very dangerous."
Brian didn't speak, but stopped very close to Larok, slowly raised his hand, and the arcane fire shining with blue and white flames appeared in his palm.
Laloc quickly stepped aside with his staff and stared down at the opponent.
The arcane fire jumped and danced in Brian's palm. Larocque bent down to look, his nose almost touching the tongue of fire, as if he wanted to completely see through its essence.
"This is... simply incredible."
He murmured to himself, trembling with excitement, and raised his hands unconsciously, "I see, that's it, I finally understand..."
Seeing this, Storm raised her hands nervously, as if she was planning to do something. Ilseveri licked her lips and raised her hands to cast a spell.
At this time, Larok straightened up, looked into Brian's eyes and said: "Thank you, descendant of Netheril, no one has been so kind to me for a long time. Mr. Iolum really didn't look. Wrong person."
He stepped back, bowed deeply to Brian, and said, "Don't worry, you don't have to be afraid of me anymore, because I already have inspiration and am ready to return to magic. "
"I sincerely wish that the summer will last forever in the Eno Oak Desert and the leaves will be evergreen. I look forward to that day. If I am still alive, this is a gift to you, young Arcana. Master, take your leave."
Laloc threw a badge engraved with the entanglement symbol to Brian and turned around slowly.
He shook his cloak and it fell to the ground and disappeared without a trace.
As the stone above Larocque's head disappeared, a faint sound came, like someone plucking the highest notes of a harp.
Storm stood there observing, her fingers flying, casting spells quickly... Then she turned around, obviously relieved, and said: "He left, walked cleanly, without casting detection magic, and There is no trick to leave us a chance."
"What?" Xinbu, who had just woken up, raised her face from the ground, her voice was cold and terrifying, but the fire in her eyes was as fierce as ever, "You didn't even give me a chance. Face him?”
“Dear sister,” Storm said softly, “There is no chance at all.”
The queen of Aglaron turned around suddenly and froze, like a wounded cat: "You mean?"
"No." Storm said, effortlessly pulling her up. , helped her stand firm.
"I'll be honest, no matter how injured you are or how tired you are, you can turn yourself into jumping lightning. I've seen it too many times, and the goddess Mystra can attest to it. Most of all What surprises me is that the way Larocque looks now, it seems that he can no longer summon a barrier to resist the silver flames. As the silver flames, they will involuntarily approach him, and as soon as they come into contact, he will be finished."
She walked into the messy vegetable patch, "When he said danger, that's what he meant. Did you see the green flames all over his body? That spell was used to maintain his immortality. When Mies As Terra's flame approached, the green flame became more active."
"He didn't dare to possess the silver flame, but he longed for its powerful power," Il Sevili suddenly said, "He knows. That would completely destroy him, and at the same time he is extremely eager, but after all, he has gone through a lot of hardships to get a chance of survival, how can he give up everything in an instant."
"That's wrong!" The female elf seemed to realize something, and suddenly said: "Brian doesn't have silver fire, why is Larok so afraid of him?"
After saying that, she suddenly realized that Brian didn't know When she had left, she couldn't help but curse, "Why did this guy run so fast? Oh my god, let the Seldarine gods curse him. My ruler's blade hasn't been returned to me yet."< br>
“The reason why Larok is afraid of him is because the silver lightning transformed by Ms. Silinxi is hidden in his arcane fire.” Storm looked at the depressed elf and smiled:
"Obviously, the purpose of Brian's doing this was to deliberately test Larocque. Larocque was very smart and did not choose to take action. In other words... the purpose of his coming here was just to apologize."
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(End of this chapter)