Compared with the bright above-ground world, the sky in the underground world is always dim and dark. People have long been accustomed to the turbid groundwater that must be filtered before drinking due to excessive impurities. After drying for a long time, it is full of dust, and I am more used to coughing up blood at a young age, and various respiratory diseases frequently occur.
Perhaps, this is the fundamental reason why the descendants of the exiles always yearn for the ground world with blue sky and white clouds. After all, who doesn't want themselves and their descendants to live better.
At this time, the originally dim sky became even more unsightly, the clouds in the air turned a strange blood-red color, and the gloomy wind was blowing.
The gloomy wind is not naturally formed. In the world of Ashe, where the soul actually exists, these reverberating sinister winds are ghost fragments transformed by the soul, and when this one-time shedding of blood is enough, death If there are enough people, it will naturally form a relatively closed negative energy environment, that is, the so-called undead birthplace - the cursed land.
When there are too many dead people at one time, the souls are unwilling to leave. Under the influence of each other, the dead remain in the world, and the dead are resurrected in large numbers. Even after the massacre occurred in history, the whole city turned into a city of death, the protector of the city. Knights, the precedents for all conversion to death knights.
This is also a war on the ground. After each war, the victors must clean up the battlefield. In addition to recovering the spoils and burning the corpses that may bring plague, they also have to invite priests to save the unjust war spirits.
Otherwise, after a few decades, if there is another cursed place where the dead gather, it will be really fun.
But even so, as evidenced by the ancient battlefields that the undead monarchs like to entangle most, if tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands of deaths at one time, plus the fall of the strong enough, the heavy breath of death will not dissipate, and the excessive blood will not dissipate. Dyeing several meters underground red, the curse of the world of the powerhouses in despair remains in the world. When these conditions are complete, the priest's supernatural power will not work, and it will still be forced to create a cursed place, or even a more advanced one. The place of death.
But this time, the area around the outer mining area of Weitan is probably destined to become a new place of death.
It was the smell of a battlefield belonging to the age of cold weapons. The smell of blood wafted a few miles away in the wind. The dark and cloudy wind lingered over the battlefield. The cry of the living and the wailing of the survivors echoed on the battlefield.
Standing on the ground of blood, the old lion finally glanced at his old subordinate who had been with him for decades, raised his axe, and finally released the old soldier who had only half of his throat left.
"Clean up the battlefield." There was no room for soft-heartedness on the battlefield, that was an order squeezed between his teeth.
In war, healing magic and supplies are never enough. The magic of priests and other healing professions has long been exhausted in the war. Now the so-called cleaning of the battlefield is more to relieve the seriously wounded and dying on both sides of the enemy.
"Did you win?"
Yes, the old lion and his legion did win, after paying nearly half the damage, before the death of tens of thousands of soldiers who would spare no expense, and before the countless souls who died with them, blinded by greed and reason. The powerhouses finally remembered that it was more important to save their own lives before gaining power and power in the future.
Those who were still alive began to flee, but those who were dead and seriously injured were destined to stay in a foreign land.
But at this time, it was too late.
"Hahahaha, that's really enjoyable. Thao Fury, I've seen your end. I didn't expect the curse to be fulfilled so soon, I'm waiting for you in hell!"
And the red dragon who witnessed everything happened, her blood had flowed all over the altar, and was tied like a chicken and duck to be slaughtered, but still mercilessly attacked her enemy with ridicule.
"Did you lose?"
Yes, while winning this war, the old lion also lost and lost everything.
As the elite backbone of the twelve chapters, more than half of them were lost, the two chapters were completely destroyed, and the ace one-eyed chapter was the backbone to resist the first round of shocks.
And it's not just those things on the bright side that lose even more.
War is a continuation of politics. If a war fails to bring benefits, even if he wins, he will probably lose from the very beginning.
Looking at the trembling hands, Tao recalled the frantic look and curse of the other party when he shattered the skull of "The Great Calculator" Penny Hall and extinguished the blue soul fire in it.
He knew that this matter was not over yet, the Lich was not so easy to die, and after she was resurrected, revenge and even the attack of the army were almost inevitable.
The experience of the eleventh consul of the Ciro Empire is only a microcosm. The tenth consul "Rotten Ant King" Ramsden has no ability to come back from the dead. His old partner Greenspan left with a broken body. When he left, those eyes full of hatred also indicated a new shadow of war.
And what happened to the undead consuls was only a part of the dead powerhouses.
"It's over, I'm done."
As Moriel mocked, Thao's political career as an underground overlord was over.
He and his army had just cut off the heads of the royal knights of the Elven Kingdom of Phyllis, and hung the national division of the Oran Empire on the spear, and even the only disciple of the legendary great animal trainer Gildanschi After being beheaded, it was difficult for the orcs to identify which "big man" this was and what power was behind them. They were already numb.
Tao himself knows that no individual or organization can survive the wrath of so many forces, and no one...
Not to mention that this is the underground world, the most fallen corpses are still the dungeon masters who have a relationship or were once under their command.
"Blood debt."
Tao didn't regret it at all, is it because the other party has a big background, and he wants to give his own head? The other party has made it clear that he wants to get rid of himself, the inheritor of the artifact, and become the new Yongye Emperor. Should he obediently offer his head and artifact
The only thing Tao regrets is the way the soldiers looked at him. They no longer respected and trusted themselves as before. Their eyes were full of confusion and fear. Dodging his eyes, he even conveyed his own secret in whispers.
"Look at those dim pupils, as well as those claws and demon wings... The king is actually a demon, so why are we fighting?"
Tao was just pushed to the limit by the undead archons, and was forced to use the power of demons in order to save his life, and the power of chaos and demonic characteristics that would never appear in ordinary orcs could not be concealed from the tens of thousands of warriors in front of him.
The hostility of the underground world to chaos is far less than that of the ground. As a dungeon master, you can collude with demons, dance with evil gods, and conspire with devils, but as the underground overlord representing the power of the orc race, if you are not even an orc, why should you sit there? this location.
Tao could already imagine that when rumors spread to the entire underground world, and when the ambitious dungeon masters raised the flag of rebellion on this basis, the soldiers under his command might still be at a loss as to who they were fighting for.
"No, I'm not over yet!! I still have this!! I'm going to be the new undead emperor."
The dazzling divine weapon scepter in his hand has become the only support in his heart.
Suddenly, the altar behind the back suddenly emitted a dazzling blood light. Countless Yin spirits and blood were drawn into the altar by invisible forces. The blood formed a river on the ground. But still being sucked into the door leading to another dimension.
"Sacrifice, such a bountiful offering! So many high-quality souls, so many delicious delicacies! I... My Soul Eater Kakagiri will become stronger!! Well done, Thao, I will give you Yu This relative reward! I will give you the gift of Chaos Abyss."
The altar has already been activated, and by accident, beyond everyone's expectations, this war has become the best blood sacrifice for the demon Count Kakagili.
In this war, thousands of legends have fallen, and nearly 100,000 elite orc warriors have died in battle. Their souls and blood can even make this demonic count named Soul Eater begin to advance. Perhaps, it will not pass a thousand years. A new Demon Duke will be born.
But the devil has never been a creature that knows contentment.
"Scepter, give me the Eternal Night Scepter!!"
Even for the Demon Count, the artifact that carries the mysteries of the demigod undead emperor is still a rare treasure. Maybe after getting it, he can add chaotic elements such as "death" and "dead" to his power. , then, his road to promotion will be smooth.
Hearing that his master asked for a scepter, Tao's face immediately turned ashen. He wanted to run with the scepter, but with the sacrifice in place, the place and the lower planes were already linked, and in front of the demon count, how could he escape.
In the void of the gate of the plane, a huge ghost hand stretched out from it, and the scepter flew directly over with a trembling finger.
"Ha, Scepter of Eternal Night! Great, is today my lucky day? Let's beat those devils for fun."
Desperate Tao knelt on the ground, and his last support was gone. The status of the orc emperor would soon be lost. If the blood sacrifice reached this level, the demon earl could come directly to the mortal world. As an agent, I am afraid also come to an end.
Suddenly, a roar shook back and forth in the entire space!
"Fake, it's fake, who is it! How dare you fool the great Kakajiri!! I'm going to tear him to pieces."
The entire gate of the plane began to tremble, and soon, a huge hoof burning with raging flame stepped out of the gate of hell, and then, the hideous head with horns came out.
The whole world was gloomy, the earth began to crack, and the underground flames ran to the ground. In the distance, several extinct volcanoes erupted directly.
Under the fury, the Demon Count, Soul Eater Kakagili actually descended directly to the mortal world!
At this time, Tao was shocked by the fact that the scepter was fake. He gave everything, and in the end, was he fooled from the beginning
"Impossible, impossible!!"
While muttering to himself, that sentence resounded in his mind again inexplicably.
"You may regret it."
"Sleepless!! You are playing with me!!!"
But at this time, Tao's roar was ignored, and the angry Demon Lord had already held him in his hand and held him in front of him.
"Who is it? Who dares to deceive the mighty Kakagiri. Is that you? Little devil bastard!!"
Just standing there, the 100-meter-high body seemed to be lashing the earth, all the plants were dying, the volcano was erupting, the earth was cracking, and the existence of Kakagili began to break the surrounding rules. Wrestling, the Demon Earl who is lower than the upper tier, is already an invincible existence in the mortal world.
The pungent smell of sulfur was suffocating, and the enormous force on the body melted all the bones together. The giant mouth that devoured flesh and soul was in front of him, and the orc emperor had to make a final justification for his life.
At this time, facing the question from the Lord, the figure of the man who was hated to the core appeared in front of Tao again.
"No, it's all sleepless people, and the damned Brimstone Mountain City. They sent the scepter. This is all their conspiracy! It's that man who deceived you, the great demon earl!"
Hearing this, the Demon Count hesitated for a moment, seeing the beasts next to him who were screaming in fear, and in the end, he would definitely leave the half-blooded child's life.
"No one dares to deceive Kakajili without paying the price. You can atone for yourself with your own life. If you do well, spare your dog's life."
With a single move from the Demon Count, the gate of the dimension was completely opened, and countless demons swarmed, while on the other side, a brand new door opened at the same time.
There, vaguely, you can see a beautiful mountain city - Sulphur Mountain City!
"The new sacrifice is there. That city is full of the disgusting power of order. Idiot, show me the way, where is the God of Fire Elemental Sealed? , let you wailing forever in my lamp."
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At this time, our group was still just moving forward slowly, chatting while walking, like an outing.
From the very beginning, I didn't think that those greedy guys could get an underground overlord. After the covenant is over, it is completely reasonable for an underground overlord to attack a dungeon master.
The location of the decisive battle has long been prepared, and the rest is just to invite the audience to enter.
Our number is not large, me, Adam, Xiaohong, plus Margaret who is still in Brimstone Mountain City, minus Lisa who can't come, the team from that year is all there.
However, this time, we deliberately brought Annie and Eliza.
Xiaohong and Adam were full of excitement about going to the battlefield, and Eliza remained silent as always, but I found that Annie, who bowed her head, was in a bad mood.
Her status is related to my epic quest, and I plan to end this battle. No matter whether she can break through the legend or not, let Adam give her the position of the city lord, so that I can meet the basic conditions for resurrection.
"Finally, I can have a physical body. If I still maintain such a weak state, how can I deal with the next big trouble."
As long as the body is resurrected, with the advantages of the system and familiarity with the "plot", I can quickly become stronger and start a series of my plans. Moreover, I have always been looking forward to what level of body I will get this resurrection.
Is the physical body also graded? Of course, it was unfair when the goddess of order and chaos created her creations.
The giant dragon, the direct creation of the Goddess of Order, is a golden race. If you can’t achieve anything, you will be at least a golden-level combat power. The second generation of humans is barely capable of even the black iron race. Ordinary adults can’t even beat skeleton soldiers.
My current lich body is actually the full name of "Undead King (Silver)", which is a powerful template equivalent to the silver race.
While obviously unfair, it is a harsh reality.
Adam, who has reached the pinnacle of mortals and a demigod, is not necessarily an opponent of Xiaohong, whose realm is far inferior to his. At that time, Eliza, who was at the pinnacle of gold, was able to take care of Annie of the same level with one hand. Influence, it determines basic attributes, racial talents, racial abilities, and is the cornerstone of all power and magic.
No matter how superb your swordsmanship is, what should you do if your body is weak? If you hold a sword in both hands, and meet an opponent whose strength is three times that of you, but whose skill is not much worse than yours, you still cannot fight.
Ten thousand zhang tall buildings rise from the ground, how deep are the foundations, how tall are tall buildings, and if you want to increase the final comprehensive combat power, blood and flesh are very important.
Of course, the weak race also has advantages in quantity and tools, but the normal golden bloodline grows very slowly. Otherwise, the world on earth would not be the world of the weakest race, human beings.
But for me, to deal with the next troubles, strength is indispensable, the army of demons will not reason with you, and their racial talents and basic attributes are even more outrageous.
"The darling of the abyss, how strong is the racial talent of the devil prince, perhaps, it is not comparable to the dragon race of the golden race. Hehe, it was already silver last time, will this time directly compare the physical talent of the dragon race? , or, more advanced."
However, in history, that demon prince was still beheaded by humans. Perhaps, it also shows that racial talent is not everything... Well, I know that the unlucky demon prince is the "me" in history, and beheading "me" The hero is Annie who is obviously not in the state in front of her.
"What's the matter, are you afraid?"
Suddenly, recalling that period of history, I remembered whether this could be considered a demon king who gave the brave men pre-war psychological counseling. If one day she really grows up and chops me up with a knife, should I award myself the "Moving the world, the most beautiful person"? Effort to be the Devil of Death Award".
"No. I just think I'm so stupid and can't help." Unlike the awkward Eliza, Annie has always been a good and frank child. When asked about her troubles, she said it directly.
But Adam and Xiaohong, who had been listening all the time, both laughed. Obviously, in their eyes, Annie's troubles were nothing.
I gestured to Adam with my eyes to comfort him, but he looked up again and pretended to be stupid, and Xiaohong suddenly became interested in the ant nest on the ground. In desperation, he looked around, and in the end, it was me.
"Oh, those guys have been accumulated for thousands of years, and you are only under 20, so it's normal that you can't catch up."
"It's not this! Annie can accept the poor strength, but Annie just thinks she is so stupid. Seeing that everyone is so busy, she can't help. Sister Eliza can do everything, and little Victoria is pushing the Quartet in the league, and I This future city lord can only watch from the sidelines."
Looking at Annie, who is serious and troubled, I also have a headache. Teenagers and girls always like to compare themselves with their peers, and it is easier to get into the horns.
Just as in those days the most idle person in our team was always the idiot Adam, who thought he would mess things up 80% of the time, but in this generation, compared with Eliza, who is in full control of bystanders, and Victoria who looks peaceful but is evil and cunning, Anne is indeed immature.
But if I tell the truth, I am afraid she will be even more depressed. If she loses her confidence as a future city lord, my epic quest will go to waste, so she rolled her eyes and thought about it.
"Hehe, you misunderstood, do you remember what I told you last time? The most important thing as a city lord is to know people and make good use of them, and leave troubles to those who are good at solving them. Look, that guy over there is still incumbent. City lord, don't you feel free to eat and take a break?"
"Cough cough!" Adam coughed twice when he heard me talking about him, not wanting to mention him. It seems that he is still self-aware, as long as he mentions him, there are probably no good things to say.
"But Uncle Bones, you also said that everyone's path is different. I don't want to be like my adoptive father. Everyone is so busy and there are so many things to do, but they hide and be lazy. They pointed and pointed, it was so ugly and shameful."
Being shamed by the righteous daughter, Adam cried and grimaced immediately, Xiaohong directly held her stomach and smiled and bent over, but Eliza nodded, looked at this side with deep meaning, and motioned "You too almost".
As usual, I would not hesitate to hurt him a few words, but this time, it is the same as last time, even if it is helpless, I have to maintain his image.
"Actually, the city owner is also busy with important things, not only to protect everyone. This can actually be done slowly. In fact, there is one more thing, you can work hard now. Adam has done a good job in this regard."
"what?"
"You are the head, you must point the way for everyone. At least, give everyone a confidence that tomorrow will be better, and let everyone live a life full of energy and hope. If you can't find it, you can make up one."
"But, I don't even know where I am going."
"Then you ask your subordinates what they want for the future. Combining everyone's dreams and expectations for the future, perhaps, is the direction you should lead them."
After hesitating for a moment, perhaps, some things have come to be clear, and I talked about some personal experiences.
"For example, many years ago, there was a tyrannical king who decided to stop his aggression and reconcile with the surrounding kingdoms, but at this time, if he spoke directly to his lords and generals, he would only a result."
"What's the result?" Annie asked curiously.
"He will be directly overthrown, his generals like hungry wolves have not been satisfied, and the noble lords under his command still have enough new territory and population, they will directly overthrow the king who is in the way, and then quickly launch a new leader, continue the imperial aggression."
It was Adam who answered Annie's doubts, and looking at his leisurely appearance, it was obvious that he had been thinking about this issue for a day or two.
Yes, at that time, there were seven undead kings in the Eternal Night Legion who were only slightly weaker than me, and even if they suddenly agreed with the water in their heads, how should I explain to the middle and high-level undead generals below? When I was rejoicing in the coming age of the dead, I wasn't even sure to convince the Four Heavenly Kings under my command. If I were to reconcile with the living, being overthrown by a riot was the only possible outcome.
"So, in many cases, the upper-level ruler is actually just the will of the middle and lower classes, and the future direction he wants to point out is only the future direction that most people expect. You don't need to think too much, just learn to listen. "
"Look, although there are a lot of freaks in our city, everyone is actually very happy. Even those perverts who are often put in prison, haven't they left the city. If you also like this city, Protect him and let him be the same as before, isn't that enough?"
Yes, as I said, in fact, depending on the strengths of Sad Wind, Storm Eagle, Snowhoof, and Brother Beya, the world is so big that you can't go anywhere. Maybe you can become a nobleman in other places, but They still chose to live in this city full of rules and restraints, while relying on their personality and accepting punishment, but it also showed that there is something they dream of here, which is impossible in other places.
My words were too broad, and the girl castle lord nodded in understanding.
"Think about it while you are distressed, and work hard bit by bit. Everyone came here like this, and your sister Eliza will also help you."
This time, Eliza finally did not break the stage, just nodded silently.
"Well, Annie will work very hard." Although there was still confusion in her eyes, judging from the little fist waving, she had recovered her spirits.
[Congratulations on the epic mission, Phoenix's Nirvana is 50% completed, please make persistent efforts. After the mission is completed, specific rewards will be given according to the final completion status]
The system is also unwilling to brush the sense of existence, but the real rewards have made me motivated again.
Before we reached our destination, the earth began to sway and crack, and the volcano in the distance began to retaliate. There were ominous red clouds in the sky, obviously something was wrong.
At the same time, Adam rushed to the front, and the divine sword temporarily borrowed from Annie slashed across the rock on one side and split half of the cliff.
And he himself, holding his long sword high, made a standard knight charge action, pointing at a small hill and shouting.
"He Fang is sneaky, come out for me! Otherwise, even the hills will be chopped up."
Adam, who used to be lazy in the past, was so excited. It was obvious that there was no need to draw a sword and cut the cliff with a knife. Xiaohong and others were also a little puzzled, but I pouted in disdain. My magic eye has already told me the ending.
"Heh, didn't you just lose face and want to show off in front of the younger generation to save some face? You have the right to cry."
And then, in Adam's roar, a bare dwarf scout ran out from behind the hill.
"City Lord, don't behead, don't behead, it's me! Bystander number 4267, my own person, I am my own person."
"Is that your kid?"
"it's me."
"Needless to say, you are a counter-revolutionary with big eyebrows, big eyes and a righteous face. You traitor, you actually brought us into an ambush, and watch me kill you on behalf of Sulphur Mountain City!"
"Crack!" This isn't the sound of gunshots, but I really can't stand it anymore, and kicked Adam, who knew he was wrong, but still insisted, this spy obviously has important information, and it would be a mistake to continue the farce. .
After a brief glance at the information, even if it was me, I was immediately shocked. The fissure just now has been explained, and the Demon Count is definitely not easy to deal with.
Immediately, I threw the information to Xiaohong, and she turned into a dragon after reading it.
Due to the existence of various dragon knights in knight novels, most of the intelligent dragons are actually very disgusted with the mortal race's behavior of using them as mounts, but at this time, Xiaohong has no scruples.
"Come up, I will fly with all my strength, and I will be able to intercept it! This time the opponent is not easy. You should recharge your batteries and prepare for the decisive battle!"