"Did you see it?"
Erastril ignored the mess of the underground soldiers, she turned and stared at Elminster with an unprecedented seriousness in her eyes.
"certainly!"
Elminster took out the baby's pipe, but he didn't have the heart to enjoy it any more: "The black cloak, the purple eye mark, and the holy emblem on the ring and black plate! It's the goddess of shadows, she's back... "
"Ms. Night - Shar!"
For this goddess of darkness who once competed with his mother, Alaszhuo's heart is full of anxiety and fear.
"Well, and a new shadow magic net has also been established. Although the coverage area is relatively small, it seems that it can only provide support for the highest level 9 spell slots, but it is also a great temptation for those mages below the legendary level..."
Elminster was well aware of the rationality, or reality, of those mages.
Their faith was already very weak, and it was even more so after the fall of the goddess of the magic net and the collapse of the spell slot.
The period of losing the ability to cast spells is the most humiliating and sad period for mages, and there are even many people who are so desperate that they violate the oracle and commit suicide.
But now, Shar, the goddess of shadow, appeared and formed the Shadow Mages Association.
As long as you join in, you can get the power you once had!
Only when you have lost it can you know how to cherish it. It is precisely because you know the hard-won power that those shadow mages who joined the shadow mage association have become more devout and fanatical.
For the sake of power, mages can even make deals with devils and demons. Compared with this, taking refuge in Shar is almost no choice!
Even Elminster was once shaken in his heart. If he hadn't reached the peak of the legend and hadn't lost his strength, and he was once Mystra's hardcore, if he offended Shar to death, maybe even him will make the same choice.
"Judging from the spatial fluctuations just now, it is obviously the work of a legendary mage. Has a mage of this level already taken refuge with the other party?"
Elminster frowned deeply.
"And... the other party came to prevent our army from destroying the mother worm's nest, and they have obviously defected to the wizard's side..."
As the divinity of the Goddess of the Magic Net, and the pinnacle of the legendary mage, Alastriol obviously has a higher intelligence channel, and knows more clearly about the things that exist at the upper level.
"The shadow mage will take refuge in the wizard, that is to say, has the former shadow goddess already joined the wizard's camp?"
This fact immediately weighed heavily on the hearts of both Alastriol and Elminster.
Although in the ancient Ragnarok period, the wizards and the gods were hostile camps, but this kind of high-level 'surrender' has never happened.
As for Shar, who became the first case, the blow to the morale of the world of the gods is immeasurable.
"An existence that violates the glory of the gods will eventually be sanctioned in the Pantheon!"
No matter how weak his previous faith was, the cruel environment and numerous external persecutions forced Elminster to become a devout supporter of the gods.
"I hope so... Also, after this round of sneak attacks, our defense has exposed a lot of deficiencies, as well as the lack of guards and delays in emergency preparations..."
Erastriol's face was full of exhaustion: "Bring Saladin over here... I'm afraid we must join forces immediately, or at least we need to step up contact, so that we can no longer be defeated by each other..."
With the enmity between the northerners and the orcs, Alastriol almost gambled all the reputation and trust he had accumulated in the past.
It can also be seen from this that the emergence of the Shadow Mage Association has dealt a blow to the Silver Moon Alliance.
…
Two days later, a wave of allied forces of humans and orcs finally reached the swamp.
The rotten purple mud exudes a stench, and many green smokes fluctuate on the water surface, turning into endless images.
Every time the nest of female worms appears, the surrounding environment will be completely changed. No matter what the terrain was before, it will slowly evolve into a swampy landform, with highly toxic and rotten swamp water, which is the favorite of worms and beasts. Heaven.
"Judging from this evolution rate, the mother worm is about to wake up..."
In a temporary command room, Elminster pointed to a scene captured by photography, with an obvious look of worry on his face.
"Once the mother worm's nest is mature, it will immediately produce a steady stream of engineers and other arms, and begin to plunder the surrounding flesh and blood to produce more powerful soldiers and even mother worms... According to the summary of the information we have obtained, once the first stage cannot If you successfully stop the opponent, the next success rate is... 0!!!”
At the edge of the round table, Erastriol and the Beast Emperor Saladin were sitting upright. Several human officers and the orc leader were silent, staring at each other, and sparks seemed to burst out of their eyes.
"That is to say, if our operation fails this time, everything around, including vegetation, water sources, food, or whether it is orcs or humans, will be completely predated by those king insects, creating a second female insect, and opening a new era. Base…”
Alaszhuo said slowly: "Once this continues, in the end, the entire main material world will be destroyed. Therefore, I ask you, no! I implore you! My officers, let go of all previous hatred, for Fight for our future!"
"What the queen means is what I mean!"
Saladin looked at the orc leader under him: "If you dare to disobey, I will twist your heads off and stuff them into your butts!!!"
It has to be said that the high pressure and powerful rule of the orcs played a good role in this time when desire was needed.
Under Saladin's high-pressure threat, those orc commanders expressed their submission faster than the human officers.
"How much time do we have?"
Saladin looked at Elminster.
"Twenty hourglass hours, maybe a little shorter..." Elminster slowly exhaled a few white smoke rings.
"Then let's do it now, my [Avatar of the Gods] is ready!"
A dense layer of incantations appeared on Saladin's body: "For this action, my lord also promised to grant more divine power, and even sent an avatar!"
"Thank you for everything!"
Alustri stood up and bowed deeply.
…
Under the urgent crisis, the army quickly moved into action.
"Mage is ready, [Wind Breeze]!"
Elminster was the leader of the mage group at this time. Under his order, the strong wind element particles around many mages were attracted.
A slight breeze ripples through the entire area.
Elminster, on the other hand, relied on his legendary mage's attainments and the support of a huge magic circle to integrate the low-level [wind making] of many mages.
"The result of my hundreds of years of research into arcane fusion—legendary fusion spell: tornado storm!"
Rumble!
The whistling wind instantly formed a tornado, and the eye of the wind whizzed in the middle, attracting all surrounding matter.
Under Elminster's control, the tornado quickly swept across the huge swamp, and a steady stream of swamp water was pumped out, flying high into the sky, while the green corrosive smoke was continuously dispersed.
After the tornado storm left, the figure of Elastra appeared in front of the swamp.
"Summon—Legion of Earth Elemental Elders!!!" A khaki ring in her hand kept flickering light, and with the support of teleportation, many huge earth elemental elders walked out of the elemental plane and let out a huge roar .
The khaki elemental particles condensed and turned into spells that had been prepared long ago.
—[Turn mud into stone!]
—[Turn mud into stone!]
—[Turn mud into stone!]
With the efforts of many earth elemental elders, a large amount of magic light flooded the swamp full of silt.
The rotten and soft mud began to condense rapidly, turning into hard granite, and a road leading to the duel field was opened in the roadless swamp.
hum...
The sound of flapping wings sounded, and a group of terrifying green clouds moved over. The whole group of clouds was composed of all kinds of ferocious insects and beasts.
From the lowest-level miscellaneous phototactic insects to the advanced red beetles, as well as the terrifying golden beetle-like soldiers, the large number caused a commotion in the army.
And above the heads of those golden warriors, several shadow mages wearing black cloaks stood proudly.
"These scum actually went to other nests of female worms to summon reinforcements!!!"
Alaszhuo's face was flushed with anger. Although she knew about the collusion of the other party, this behavior still exceeded her bottom line!
"You guys did a great job, leave it to me!"
At this time, the beast emperor Saladin stood up.
It came to the front of the team and tore off the cloak on its body, revealing its thick hair and upper body covered with various scars.
"Pray in the name of my god...give me strength!!!"
A strange sledgehammer rippling with purple thunder appeared in Saladin's hand, and the power poured in from somewhere, causing Saladin's body to suddenly swell.
Rumble! Almost in an instant, the strongest orc turned into an indomitable giant!
Super-level spells - [Avatar of the Gods]! ! !
boom! The gigantic Saladin stepped forward, and the surrounding ground shook suddenly.
Crash! Endless thunder fell from the void, lingering on the artifact of Thor's Hammer, causing the opponent to swell as well.
"You damn bugs, give me death!!!"
Saladin roared and swung his hammer!
The purple thunder and lightning swept across in an instant, covering almost everything between the sky and the earth, tearing a silver trail in the originally dark light curtain, bringing hope and light.
Large swathes of insect seas burned and fell down, and many shadow mages were annihilated by lightning in an instant.
"attack!!!"
The wolf cavalry roared and rushed to the depths of the swamp on the newly built road.
"Attack!" The human legion was also red-eyed, fighting for their own survival.