A lonely star loomed among the dark clouds in the night sky, and a cool breeze blew through the treetops, causing several owls to hoot, breaking the silence deep in the forest.
"Damn it." The two dwarf warriors picked up their axes and walked through the mountains and forests. As dwarves, they have the talent of "dark vision", which allows them to see the surrounding environment clearly as long as there is even a little bit of light. Therefore, when patrolling at night, there is no need to use torches like humans do.
"Gudu, Gudu." A bearded dwarf drank a few gulps of ale, and then wiped it casually with his sleeve. As a result, his front was full of wine, but the dwarf warrior didn't care, and he put the wine bag away. , said to his companion: "Hey, your daughter is going to get married soon."
"Yes." When he mentioned his lovely daughter, the dwarf warrior next to him suddenly became much more excited. He wore a funny hat on his head and had already picked up the wine bag, but he did not drink immediately. Instead, he said happily: "It will be next month, but His Majesty the King has not come back yet. I think there is probably no way to invite him to host it in person."
"Well, it's not very peaceful recently. I heard that a civil war broke out on the human side, and the undead army that hasn't appeared in 200 years has also appeared. Maybe it won't be long before we go out to fight side by side with our human allies again. ." said the bearded dwarf,
The two dwarves patrolling the mountain said as they walked that they would have to walk on the mountain road for at least an hour before returning to the Rock Fortress. The plants and trees here were already familiar to them, and they would not see them even with their eyes closed. Any mistakes,
"Huh." The bearded dwarf suddenly stopped. He stared at the open space not far away with strange eyes. It should be part of the dense forest. Why did someone cut down those tall trees? It's really weird to deliberately clear out large areas of open space.
The bearded dwarf called his companions and walked over. When they were in the open space, they realized that the ground here was not flat. There were countless marks on the ground, as if someone had used something to scribble on it. Generally speaking, the dwarf with the funny hat was stunned for a moment and said to the bearded companion beside him: "This, this is very much like a magic circle, but I remember that none of us dwarves seem to be good at this."
"Could it be done by humans or elves?" The bearded dwarf said this, and suddenly saw a shadow appearing behind his companion. He was shocked and immediately reminded: "Be careful..."
The bearded dwarf could only say this, because a pair of sharp claws had already scratched his neck. He clutched his throat in pain and fell to his knees on the ground. However, no matter how hard he tried, he could not breathe again. Any air. When he was in a daze, the bearded dwarf saw his companion's throat cut open by a skeleton. He finally understood what happened, but unfortunately he fell into an eternal sleep.
A strange magic spell was recited softly, and two black magic balls appeared in the palm of a gray-robed lich. After completing the magic, the lich waved his bone arm and separated the two magic balls. It was thrown at the dwarf mountain ranger who was lying on the ground bleeding. After the latter's body came into contact with this black "corrosion ball", a large area of festering appeared immediately, and yellow pus gushes out quickly, flowing on the On the ground, a pungent and unpleasant smell soon appeared in the air. A few minutes later, the bodies of the two dwarf rangers were melted into a pool of yellow water by evil magic, and finally slowly penetrated into the soil. middle,
More than a dozen black shadows reappeared in the middle of the open space. Each of them was wearing a black lich robe. The gray-robed lich who had dealt with the accident saluted these black-robed lichs and said, "Kill them." The giant skeleton golems of the two dwarves continued to be on guard, but the black-robed lichs ignored their companions at all. They really had no time to be distracted now, because the entire magic circle had reached its most critical moment.
This is part of the entire attack plan of the Lich Lord Nicholas. In order to ensure that the dwarves cannot send a message for help to their allies in time, Nicholas' undead army has sent a large number of men to quietly sneak into the vicinity of the dwarf city. A large number of magic arrays, once these magic arrays are successfully deployed and opened, will have a huge impact on the dwarf city. The most direct point is to interfere with the stability of the time and space teleportation magic array, making it impossible for the dwarves to use this method to make allies. Contact, as for the rescue team sent by the dwarves, Nicholas also arranged enough manpower to snipe them. It is necessary that the entire attack achieves the purpose of suddenness, so as to achieve the combat goal in one go.
After several days of hard work at night, the entire magic circle is nearly completed. Each of these hundreds of large and small magic circles is personally presided over by a black-robed lich. During the day, they will be shrouded in a layer of illusion to hide them. Beyond the sight of the dwarves, as for the inadvertent intruders at night, they would naturally die like the two dwarf rangers just now. By the time the dwarves realized something was wrong and launched a large-scale search, the undead army had already launched an attack.
"What, Cassano didn't go north quickly, Ryan and a few other people are still staying in the Iron Fist Castle, and the three adult red dragons fly over Cassano every day to show off their power." Nicholas was confused by this series of circumstances. I remember that I had clearly spread the corresponding news, so why didn't Ryan desperately rescue the Imperial City this time? Could it be that he was aware of his intentions, or made the most correct choice by mistake
"If Ryan and the others don't go north, it won't take more than four hours to fly at full speed from Cassano to Blackstone Mountain on the Red Dragon. No, our surprise attack time must be changed. I can't risk failure." Nicholas' voice was slightly louder. There was some urgency, and it said to the several red-robed lichs in front of it: "What do you think?"
The lichs under the demigod lich are distinguished by the color of their clothing. Among them, the gray robes are the worst, the black robes are strong enough to stand on their own, and the few red robed lichs are all the most capable assistants. , each of them was carefully selected by the demigod lich. In terms of strength and talent, they are very similar to dragon descendants like Catherine, but they were not explicitly accepted as students by Cons. This time Nicholas occupied Senat's We brought 4 bodies here at once. This can be said to be an unprecedented generosity of the Undead Army.
"Nicholas, when we set up the magic circle, we have already cleared dozens of small crawlers one after another. If the time of the surprise attack changes, it will easily expose our army's intentions."
"I agree, and I don't think we need to worry too much about the threat from Ryan and the others. Our strength is not inferior to them."
"No, Nicholas's power is enough to deal with that Ryan, and the Elf Queen can only play a supporting role. What's more, she is not in Cassano now. We have always had an advantage in terms of strength, but now there are three adults on Ryan's side. Red dragon, this is the most troublesome, because we can’t guess what the dragon clan means.”
"I object. I think the surprise attack must be fast. We must cooperate with our 'friends' from the other world. As long as we can open the passage between this plane and the other world, we can pay the necessary price. As for the legendary human mage and his friends , I suggest that Sandro's offensive be more intense. If necessary, he can sacrifice twelve black-robed lichs to open the void passage again. As long as he dispatches 20 more frost bone dragons, plus 300 dark rune knights. , I believe that the pressure on the Imperial Capital will make all humans nervous, so that they can mobilize their power."
The four red-robed lichs each stated their opinions. They did not argue with each other, they just expressed their thoughts for Nicholas' reference. The lich lord Nicholas pondered for a while, and then said: "The attack time remains unchanged. However, we must strengthen the blockade of the dwarves and delay this news for at least 5 to 7 days. This time should be enough for us to break through the dwarves' defense system. In addition, I will deploy heavy troops on the only way to aid the dwarves in Cassano. If he really comes to the rescue, he will kill them all together. If Ryan comes in person, I will take action against him. Okay, let me allocate it... "
Ryan stood on the top of the tallest building in Iron Fist Castle, which was his spire magic tower. There was a small platform here for people to browse the surrounding scenery. Ryan silently watched the long queue at his feet. Just a rough estimate, there are more than 3,000 people participating in the selection of magic apprentices today. The entire team was sent from the gate of the castle to the north gate of the new city. The scenery can be said to be quite spectacular.
Thanks to the vigorous publicity and promotion of Ryan, Victor and others, the mainland people's understanding of magic is no longer as unfamiliar as it used to be. Many people even know some superficial magic spells, such as "illumination". Although most people have no way to truly release it, from this point of view, the popularity of magic in the human world is indeed becoming more and more widespread.
Of course Ryan was very happy about the situation in front of him, but he also had a worry, because Cassano's population base was too small. In many selections in the past period, almost all people with some magic talent were After being selected, it is naturally much more difficult to select more magic apprentices from those who have been repeatedly selected. Moreover, due to Ryan's famous deeds, many people blindly pursue the path of magic without regard to themselves. Is there really any magic talent? Just blindly emphasizing hard work and practice often leads to half the result with twice the result. This bad sign has also appeared. Although there are not many cases, Ryan is already thinking about how to calm down the promotion of magic belts. The impetuous mood has come,