Arcane Journey

Chapter 322 Follower of 'Dark Sun' Cyric

Looking from a distance, Brian found that the building complex that appeared in front of him did not know whether it should be classified as a village or a fortress.

A large area of ​​fallen dead trees bounded the approximate area of ​​the village, covering an area of ​​about 1000 square meters.

The lizard people filled the gaps between the trees with dry grass and mud. It seemed that it took an unknown number of years to form this strange but very practical building.

Brian observed carefully through the "Eagle Eye Technique" and found that the interior of the building complex is a labyrinth tightly surrounded by plants. The branches that have long since dried up and the bushes full of branches and leaves are intricately intertwined, forming a road leading to A dark corridor deep in the village.

The two people who are used to the buildings of the civilized world feel very disobedient about this...

"I'm still wondering why I didn't meet the Lizardmen from the Darkscale Tribe in Guangze." Kaladna looked away and nodded as if suddenly, "It turns out that this group of Lizardmen have moved to the Shadow Plane."

"Hey, Brian, you said, how do they survive in such a depressing environment like the Shadow Plane?" She played with a lock of hair hanging on her chest boredly, leaned over to Brian, and asked curiously Doubt in mind.

"If you have time, you can ask the people in the City of Shadows." Brian replied casually, and his attention fell on the lizardman settlement from beginning to end.

He saw that most of the gates of this village were net-like structures woven with small saplings, which were full of holes and looked crumbling and unreliable.

Looking inside, he could clearly notice that the entire village was shrouded in thick shadows. It could be seen that the lizardmen living here did not have high requirements for lighting, and only the light from the shadows came out from inside. .

"Let's go." Brian greeted the angry sorceress with a smile, motioned her to follow, and walked along a path leading to the village.

As the two approached the village quietly, Brian found that the village seemed to be formed naturally because of a large-scale tree collapse.

The trunks of several living trees still grow tenaciously from the dead stumps and branches, and the cracks between the branches are filled with fences made of branches and unprocessed soil.

And directly in front of the two of them was a village gate made of wicker, and two torches made of human heads hung on both sides of the entrance.

"Why do you have to go through this village?" Kara Dena frowned, and asked through telepathy.

"Because the end of this village is a large fortress next to a lake shrouded in darkness." Brian briefly explained to her, then pushed open the wicker gate that seemed meaningless, and walked in.

Although the female sorceress behind her instinctively rejected the dirty lizardman village, she complained, and finally followed without hesitation.

The interior of the lizardman village is cold and damp. The ground is like a dirt road washed by a heavy rain. If you step on it, you will get mud, as well as some red, white, black and many other disgusting things.

From time to time, a tree stump protruded from the wet soil, affecting the speed of the two of them.

If Brian hadn't supported Kaladna in time when he encountered the wooden stake hidden in the mud for the first time, this delicate-looking lady sorcerer might have stumbled and fell on the dirty ground.

However, this was just a small episode under Kala Dena's carelessness. After all, even if the environment was worse than this, it was not as bad as imagined for the two legendary spellcasters.

After walking for a while in the quiet village, Brian motioned for Kara Dena to stand where she was, and pushed open the door of a nearby room, and walked in.

As the stench filled the air, he saw that the roots and branches around the room protruded irregularly from the floor, ceiling and ground, and only underwent simple corrections so that they would not hinder the smooth flow of the passage.

The ceiling of the wooden house is only about 1.5 meters high, and the shape is very irregular, and it is very difficult for taller people to walk.

Thick moss grows on everything in this room, rough pottery, wooden tools, a stone fire pit, and other pieces of furniture that, from this point of view, have not been used in quite some time here.

After getting the answer in his heart, Brian shook his head slightly and walked out again.

At this moment, the two of them saw at the same time, a dim yellow light coming from the front, coloring this gloomy world.

They looked along the light, and found that there seemed to be a large room in the southeast, where several passages converged.

Immediately afterwards, Brian heard a faint hissing sound coming from the darkness, and immediately, more than 20 lizardmen with black scales rushed out from the dark and low room.

One of the lizardmen also threw a khaki clay pot at Kala Dena.

As the jar shattered under the feet of the sorceress, bursts of lingering black smoke spewed out, and a ghostly giant snake more than ten meters long condensed from the smoke at an extremely fast speed, angrily biting Kara Dena. go.

——"Missile Storm!"

Brian raised his staff and pointed at the group of lizardmen. Hundreds of arcane missiles condensed by magic energy shot out, smashing all the hostile enemies into a sieve.

And the roaring ghostly giant snake was also killed by the dark purple chaotic ball thrown out by Kala Dena.

After efficiently eliminating the group of lizardmen, the two of Brian came to a position emitting dim light.

This is a huge and irregular room, with ancient tree trunks supporting the ceiling entwined with roots above the head. The height of the ceiling is about 3 meters high, which is much higher than the previous small room. The ground slopes down from south to north. On the north side is a large pool filled with black pool water.

The moment the two stepped into this huge room, Brian instantly noticed that the water in the pool was slowly rippling.

Accompanied by the sound of splashing water, a giant snake covered with thick blue-black scales emerged from the pool.

It has a humanoid head with wagging tentacles protruding from its chin, and a creamy white needle at the tip of its tail.

"What kind of monster is this?" Kara Dena looked at the giant snake in the pool in surprise, and instinctively leaned towards Brian.

"I can't see it." Brian frowned slightly, guessing: "It should be a variant of Ghost Naga."

Although he could feel that this was the giant snake's strength that was infinitely close to the legendary level, but after seeing the dark black liquid in the pool water, he realized that this was definitely the result of some kind of secret method that overwhelmed the seedlings.

"Human~~" The giant snake was curled up in the pool, looking down at the two of Brian coldly with its dark blue eyes, and its voice had a long tone unique to snake creatures.

"Who are you? What are you doing here?" A hint of amusement floated in its icy snake eyes, "Interesting... You must be the enemy of my lord~~."

As soon as the words were finished, a dark gray cone-shaped spit was ejected from the giant snake's mouth, enveloping the two of them with suffocating negative energy and disgusting stench.

Kala Dena dodged the snake's negative energy spray, and Brian propped up an energy barrier like a wall, blocking all attacks within two meters of him.

Seeing that the energy wall was being corroded by the spit attack at a speed visible to the naked eye, Brian quickly chanted a spell and pointed his wand towards the pool.

——"Ice Cone!"

A gust of cold air gushed out from the top of the staff, quickly covering the entire black pool, and an extremely cold field emerged in an instant.

In an instant, with bursts of crisp freezing sounds, the entire pool and the giant snake entrenched here were all frozen in place.

Kaladna on the side also condensed a washbasin-sized chaotic ball from her palm in time, and at the moment when the giant snake broke free from the shackles of freezing, it erupted with dark purple energy that even slightly distorted the air.

Accompanied by the stern roar of the giant snake, the blue-black scales all over its body, soaked in chaotic energy, peeled off layer by layer and turned into nothingness, revealing a bloody flesh.

Bryan drew out the Sword of Stars, which was dancing with blue and white curse fire, and slashed a sword light like stars twinkling. The twisted human head of the giant snake soared into the sky and rolled down to the ground. Float on the water.

Seeing that the enemy was completely dead, Brian and Kaladna didn't waste any time and continued to move forward.

After they dealt with five more waves in a row, and the total number exceeded a hundred lizardmen, they found a muddy and damp room.

This filthy room was one person's height lower than the other rooms, like a big pit, and two unfortunate lizardmen were lying on the ground with their hands behind their backs in a mixture of wet mud and excrement.

"Hiss, save us. Ss, we are not shadow scales, we are sharp teeth." Seeing Brian appear, one of the lizardmen seemed to see a savior, and hurriedly said in dragon language: "Please, save us .”

With a wave of his hand, Brian released the two lizardmen from the restraints, ignored them, and led Kaladna to a road leading to the fort deep in the village.

According to the information he once had in the game world, let him know that their destination is a lost monastery.

Long, long ago, a group of Shar's Darkmoon monks built a lonely monastery here in order to explore the secrets of the Dark Rift.

Although this group of monks has long been obliterated in the corner of history, Shar has protected the secrets and safety of this monastery.

He was brought here when the ancient black dragon Despiel decided to perform the ritual of tearing the magic net and began to recruit followers and guards.

The monastery is on the top of a low hill, just a few hundred meters from the pier at the eastern end.

Here it overlooks the shadowy depths of the eastern canyon, and from the pier leads to the caved-in walls of the monastery.

Since Despierre and their men performed rituals deep in the canyon, they rarely used the deserted monastery.

So the people of the Church of Shar did not live here, but a group of followers of Cyric, the god of murder, who used the monastery.

The people of the Church of Shar don't trust this group of followers, so they naturally don't allow them to enter the ceremony of the Dark Canyon without permission.

Followers of Cyric, the god of murder, however, are content to stay close to the ritual and provide arcane support to the black dragon Despiel in order to master the ritual's status quo.

Their leader is Ethel, the skeleton attendant, and her deputy is Zerthamas, a demon tribe. The two guard the lost monastery together.

After a long journey, Brian finally saw a small pier on the east side of the river bend in the dim light emitted by the road sign lantern.

The pier looks deserted and neglected for a long time, making one wonder whether it can be used normally.

However, looking forward, we can find that there are no other road signs shining brightly ahead, it seems that this should be the end of this journey.

Careful observation can also be seen that behind the pier there is a path leading to a steep cliff in the dark depths, and ferns and plants that seem to be algae extend up the slope from the bend in the river.

"Bryan, do you have an illusion." As we walked, Kara Dena's voice echoed in Brian's mind, "I always feel that someone is secretly watching us."

"That's true." Hearing this, Brian looked around thoughtfully, and said to her, "Before we reach the Dark Canyon, let's ignore it for now."

With doubts in their hearts, the two walked up the cliff along the path. The mountain was very steep, and there were thick bushes growing on both sides of the road. The dim and hazy vision made the night road in this section of the mountain even deeper.

Along the way, from the pier to the mountain road, they didn't see any guards.

To be precise, any biological activity.

This even made Brian wonder whether he had gone the wrong way or was about to face some huge challenge.

Even so, apart from raising his vigilance, he could only bite the bullet and go on.

Going up this mountain road, the blurred shadow of a huge building gradually appeared in front of their eyes.

If you look carefully, you can see that there is a guard room in front of the two, a weak torch is burning in front of the door, and an iron bell is hung with a rope, hanging in front of the door.

Under the light of the fire, the windows of the half-hidden guard room stared at them like malicious eyes.

Through careful detection, Brian found that the floor of the guard room seemed to have disappeared, and the room was covered with swamp plants.

It can be seen that the building has been abandoned for a long time.

And the bell hanging with a rope seems to be just a tool for priest Shar to symbolically notify himself of his arrival when he visits here.

The two concealed their breath as much as possible, carefully walked through the guard room, and successfully arrived at the inner courtyard of the fortress.

Surrounded by ancient stone walls, this vibrant courtyard looks like a traditional monastery when viewed from the inside.

The entire building complex is built against the mountain, and the height of the buildings on the east side is obviously higher than the guardhouse and stables.

Dim yellow firelight leaked from the windows on the wall, illuminating the roads connecting the buildings.

Suddenly, the sound of something rushing through the air alerted Brian and Kaladna.

Looking in the direction of the sound, they saw at the same time a winged, gargoyle-like creature rushing out of the shadows holding a jagged long sword.

This strange creature is similar in size to a human, but is very muscular and covered with fine black scales.

Dark hunter, winged dark elf, godless.

In an instant, Brian's expression changed slightly, and at least three nicknames appeared in his mind to address this sudden creature.

In fact, the real name of this black gargoyle is: the Kir-lanans, which roughly translates to: resist the gods.

In the year of turmoil, when the three gods of death, Bane, Baal, and Melkor, were killed in the battle of gods, they aroused powerful divine power, leading to the birth of the God Rejector.

The disappearance of these three evil gods released countless divine powers, directly causing all kinds of destruction, and part of the generated evil energy remained in the material world after the death of these gods, and gathered and merged to form a combination of divine power and negative energy. The Maelstrom, and the God Rejector was born.

Unlike other races, the god-rejects were not born in the glory of the gods, but were created from the stupidity of the gods, and they are bound to never be loved by the gods, and any devout prayers and sincere beliefs have nothing to do with them.

Because of the conditions of their birth, they are doomed to be forever abandoned by God's gift.

In pale existence, they have only one purpose: to vent their wrath upon the gods.

From their birth they wage guerrilla warfare against all who can bathe in the favor of any god, however vile and lowly that god may be.

The God Rejector who suddenly appeared in front of him really surprised Brian.

However, he couldn't allow him to think too much now. There was a piercing sound, and this gargoyle-like god repellent brandished a jagged long sword and killed him first.

——"Flash!"

Brian didn't dare to be careless, and dodged in an instant. As evil creatures born from the remaining divine power of the three death gods, they are born with divinity, and they have strong resistance to spells and magic spells, and they are also immune to many minds. Spell-like spells are simply monsters born to restrain spellcasters.

If you want to kill it at the fastest speed, you can only use physical means.

Just when Brian was dodging the God Rejector's attack, Kaladna on the other side had already taken the opportunity to prepare her own spells, a dark purple Chaos Orb whizzed and smashed into it.

Accompanied by a dull sound, the God Rejector flapped his bat's wings violently, and gray-white death power emerged from his body, completely dispelling the bursting chaotic energy.

"How is it possible?" Kaladna felt a little unbelievable when she saw that the spell she was proud of had no effect.

However, at the moment when she was so dazed, the icy eyes of the God Rejector had already locked onto her, and in the blink of an eye they turned into an afterimage and appeared in front of her.

——"Force Field Prison!"

Naturally, Brian was aware of the situation here at the first time. With a wave of his staff, a square force field cage fell from the sky, trapping the God Rejector inside.

"Get out of the way!" He immediately reminded Kala Dena:

"This is a god defiant, with strong magic resistance. Our attacks can't shake its defense at all. You are responsible for restricting its actions with spells, and I will attack."

"I understand." Kaladna nodded slightly, her expression becoming serious.

"boom!"

As soon as the words fell, the god-rejecting man swung his long sword and swept around, and the solid force field prison shattered in response.

I saw it spreading its wings, its cold blood-red eyes fiercely locked on Brian's body, its hands clenched on the hilt of the sword, and dark energy like divine light gradually emerged from its body.

Seeing this, Brian stared at it with a dignified expression. Through the movements of the god rejecter, he instantly judged that the god rejecter was going to use his ultimate move.

At this moment, Kara Dena shot again.

As she softly chanted the mantra, in the dark void around the God Rejector, suddenly smoky rose-purple energy condensed, and then instantly turned into countless slender energy ropes, twirling crazily to bind them like rice dumplings Just like that, it fell rapidly towards the ground.

Brian took this opportunity to hold the Sword of the Stars, which was already surrounded by blue and white curse fire, and turned into an afterimage, appearing in front of the God Rejector who had not yet fallen to the ground.

A flash of sword light flashed across, and the moment the long sword hit the body of the god rejecter, the bright blue and white curse fire spread towards the whole body of the god rejecter at an extremely fast speed.

The God Rejecter wailed in pain, but the rope transformed from chaotic energy was so soft that it couldn't escape for a while.

Seeing that the attack worked, Brian was slightly relieved.

Although the god defiant has strong magic resistance and immunity, his IQ is equal to that of a beast, and he does not have spells.

As long as it can cause harm to it, even if it is ground, it can be ground to death.

"Bryan, hammer it with this weapon." He was about to continue attacking, when Kara Dena took out the wand she was carrying behind her back, injected it with chaos energy, and threw it over.

Brian took the wand into his hand without any hesitation, nor did he try to untie the wrapped linen cloth out of curiosity, but he clenched his hands tightly without any hesitation, and moved towards the god-defying man who was about to break free from the shackles. The victim's forehead was smashed up.

"boom!"

Accompanied by a dull sound, the body of the God Rejector who was hit on the forehead froze suddenly, and was suddenly swallowed up by the dark purple chaotic energy that surged out from the wand through the wrapped linen.

The shrill wailing sounded continuously, and this God Rejector, which made Brian feel troublesome, was forcibly refined into a deep purple soul spar, which fell to the ground.

Kara Dena's slender fingers hooked lightly, and the soul spar fell into her palm, and she immediately smiled happily, "A soul spar refined by the remaining divine energy of the three gods of death can be used in Bator Hell. Most sought-after currency."

Brian didn't ask too much about the specific reason. After handing her the wand, he continued to explore the depths of the monastery.

They came to the nearest house. On the smashed wooden table inside, many damaged scroll cases were scattered, and the water-soaked parchment was thrown on the ground.

The ceiling is a hemispherical dome. It seems that this place was once used for clerical work. On the west side of the room is a door decorated with black coat of arms. On the north side is a small room. There were several large holes, and a whole piece of the ceiling was missing.

"The God Rejector just now should have come out from here." Kara Dena pointed to a clean area on the ground and said, "Obviously, it is more like monitoring something."

"Bryan, didn't you say that there are believers of the God of Murder hidden here." She then asked curiously, "Why didn't this group of people show up when we dealt with the God Rejectors just now?"

"Because the role of the God Rejector is to monitor the believers of the Murder God." Brian said his speculation, "If it were me, I wouldn't help the people who monitor me."

"That's true. In other words, the strange feeling when we have not yet appeared in the monastery is the reason why the god-defying people have already detected us in advance?" The sorceress' eyes lit up, and she conjectured.

"It's possible." Brian thought for a while, and said, "If that's the case, the black dragon hiding in the dark canyon may have already noticed our arrival."

A strange noise from the depths of the monastery interrupted their conversation.

This intermittent voice sometimes screamed sharply, sometimes turned into moaning, sometimes howling, or low-pitched murmuring.

Following the direction of the sound, they cautiously came to the most conspicuous building of the monastery, a majestic temple covered by a black hemispherical dome.

On the wall of the temple hall is a huge mural, and the entire mural is inlaid with colored copper sheets.

In the picture, a skull with a missing jaw is bathed in the purple sunlight shot down from the clouds in the sky, looking up at the sky.

Below the fresco, in the very center of the entire wall, is an altar made of black marble.

In the corners on both sides opposite the altar, there were two statue-like things covered by thick black curtains, and a huge and bulky deformed creature stood quietly beside it.

It looked like a giant made of gray, rotting human flesh, but its face was a slowly swirling black vortex.

From the creature came a dissonant chorus of weeping, crying, and moaning.

Brian was also surprised to notice that on the skin of this monster, there were dozens of faces with painful expressions...

They seem to be struggling outward, trying to escape from the body that restrains them.

"What is this?" Kara Dena leaned in front of Brian, there was no trace of fear in her bright wine-red eyes, she just frowned in disgust.

"Judging from the time of the statue and the murals on the wall, it was probably originally the shrine of the Lost Lady, but for some reason it was given over to Cyric, the god of murder." Brian explained to her as he walked, "Dark The believers of Japan did not want to see other gods here, so they covered the former statues with curtains."

He lifted the curtain on the statue on the left, and sure enough, he saw a statue of an elegant lady, tall, wearing a loose robe, with a mask made of feathers on her face, and on the other side was an elegant and slender young man. Female dancers, dancing lightly.

Apparently these are the two statues of the Lost Lady Shar representing the 'Night Singer' and 'Night Dancer' respectively.

"A verdict from the dark sun, heretics!"

At this moment, a gloomy-looking man with dark red skin emerged from behind the door on the northeast side.

There are a pair of short horns protruding from his forehead, he is wearing a light armor with black luster, and he is holding a hammer like a devil's claw.

"Wow, you guys came too timely. Despiel just needs a few 'volunteers', and it's you."

As soon as the words fell, accompanied by a roar like a demon screaming, the enemy who appeared suddenly was suddenly enveloped in blood-red light, and the short horn on his forehead grew into a huge and curved goat horn at a speed visible to the naked eye , and a pair of wide blood-red bat wings grew on its back.

"Die, judgment from the dark sun, you two heretics, dare to trespass into the temple of our lord!"

A follower of Cyric, Zerthamas, a demon tribe, is a half-demon warrior whose strength has reached a medium legend.

Brian instantly recognized the person's identity, exchanged glances with Kara Dena secretly, and immediately prepared to meet the attack of the demon race.

A semi-demon warrior whose strength has reached the middle legendary level is not a threat at all to him.

——"Overfrequency Blast!"

Just when Zerthamas was flapping his wings and wielding a war hammer like a devil's claw, and was about to approach Brian, Brian's instant psychic power caused a sharp pain in his brain, and his attack stopped suddenly. one time.

On the other side, Kala Dena's magic attack has been prepared, and the rose-purple chaotic energy tightly entangles the demon warrior just like it did with the God Rejector just now.

Just as Brian was about to make up the knife, raging black flames suddenly erupted from the demon warrior's body, burning all the soft ropes, and he was also affected, so he had to avoid the sharp edge temporarily.

"It turned out to be two legendary spellcasters... what are they doing here?"

The escaped demon warrior muttered to himself. He looked down at the two of Brian from a high position, and fear and shock floated on his dark red face.

Obviously, he also knew that he couldn't face two legendary spellcasters at the same time.

Immediately afterwards, the demon warrior suddenly opened his exaggerated mouth, and let out a death scream that could pierce eardrums.

The expressions of Brian and Karadena changed slightly, and they immediately activated the protective barrier to block the explosion of death sound waves.

While the demon warrior quickly took advantage of Brian's inattention, he turned around and spread his wide blood-red bat wings, like a flying arrow, breaking through the dome of the temple and disappearing into the dark void.

After recovering from the screaming sound waves, Kara Dena immediately walked to Brian, "Do you want to track his location?"

"No need." Brian shook his head slightly. "At this moment, he must be joining his leader, and he will come over at that time. We might as well wait here and wait for work."

Kaladna nodded slightly, agreeing with his statement.

So, the two came to the demon warrior's room, trying to search for some useful information.

In the room, a candle made of animal fat was inserted on a bleached skull to provide light, and thick books with black covers were randomly thrown on the table and shelves.

Brian didn't dare to waste time, walked to the bookshelf, and quickly flipped through the materials here.

There are a total of 16 books in the room. After identification, he confirmed that these books are all about magic, planes and demons.

Brian also accidentally discovered that in the blank space of one of the pages of the book, there were still very new handwriting recorded in black ink, which was obviously written not long ago.

There is no title written on the cover of this book, and it is relatively the thinnest of the sixteen books.

The content of the book is about the origin of magic and the records of the magic net, and briefly describes the history of the goddess Mystra since the turbulent age.

A human female named Midnight embarked on the road to becoming a god amidst the disasters of the turbulent age.

She inherited the priesthood and power of Mystra, the goddess of magic, and became the third administrator of the magic web known as the goddess of magic.

Later in the book, it is mentioned that a city flying in the sky suddenly appeared in the vast Ennook Desert in the north.

The city's inhabitants call themselves the Shades, powerful spellcasters who claim to be descendants of an ancient human empire.

It is also mentioned in the book that these ghosts do not use the magic net, but a mysterious structure called the shadow magic net.

It is believed that this Shadow Web was created by Night Lady Shar to fight against Mystra,

A kind of fact has been widely spread, but it keeps a little-known secret on the bright side.

The book also makes complaints with personal tendencies, claiming that the third goddess of magic, Mystra, is far inferior to her predecessor.

The proof is that the areas of dead magic and wild magic on the mainland caused by her predecessor's death still exist.

Next Brian read Zerthamas' notes.

It uses a tone full of sarcasm to condemn the intelligence and knowledge of the author of the book.

In his view, these contents are all meaningless venting.

However, there is one message exception.

First a theory:
"A dead magic zone doesn't just negate all magic in the zone,"

"According to the principle of its existence, it can be assumed that magic based on the Shadow Demon Net will also fail."

Then, based on this, Zerthamas developed the following discussion:

"Can I trust this hypothesis?"

"The conclusions it led to were really surprising."

"Zerthamas, remember: find out how the area of ​​dead magic affects your powers."

"In this way, there is no doubt that Ethel is useless."

"Well, how about asking Despierre?"

"The promise made by this black dragon is undoubtedly attractive."

"But what would my lord Cyric think of this?"

"Perhaps it would be more beneficial to make a deal with the demon lords of the Underdark..."

"Let's go!" After reading these contents, Brian already vaguely understood why the believers of the Murder God wanted to assist the Church of Shar to tear the magic net.

As soon as the two reached Cyric's temple hall, they were stopped by fleeing demon warriors again.

"Get out, heretics!" The demon warrior named Zerthamas yelled at the two of them, "This is the temple of our Lord, no one can enter, accept the judgment of the dark sun!"

As soon as the words fell, the demon warrior's aura suddenly became stronger again, and then the demon hammer in his hand lingered like real dark energy, charging towards Kala Dena.

The female sorceress' eyes were slightly focused, and her slender fingers outlined dazzling spell-casting gestures. Nearly invisible lavender defensive force fields constantly appeared in front of her, resisting the violent attacks of demon warriors.

At the same time, the early warning ability of Brian's purple dragon seal ring suddenly appeared in his mind, his expression changed, and he activated the "Illusion Technique" in the trigger technique without hesitation.

Sure enough, the moment he got away, a black shadow approached as quickly as a stream of light, instantly piercing through his body, the speed was so fast that Brian was secretly startled.

"boom!"

With a loud bang, Brian's Illusion Technique's nine-ring spell "Frost Rage" was triggered, and there was a trembling sound of frost cracking. The powerful impact made the hall of the temple shake slightly.

In an instant, the entire hall of the temple was filled with a bone-chilling chill and a thin mist of frost.

At this time, Brian also saw clearly the enemy attacking him. It was a human woman wearing tight black leather armor, with unmodified short black hair and a cold expression on her pale cheeks.

The emblem of Cyric, the god of murder, prominently adorns her leather armor.

The skeleton waiter Ethel, a shadow dancer whose strength has reached a medium legend, Brian instantly recognized the true identity of this person.

"Kill them, Zerthamas." The skeleton attendant waved the two daggers surrounded by dark energy, and disappeared into the shadows suddenly.

——"The Mantra of Chaos!"

Brian's eyes narrowed slightly, and he whispered mysterious words, and a terrifying lavender energy field exploded quickly, covering the entire hall.

On the other side, the demon warrior who had beaten Kaladna back steadily, was affected by the mantra of chaos, and his body hovering in mid-air suddenly stopped, almost falling headlong.

Kala Dena instantly found a chance to counterattack, and the overwhelming chaotic energy missiles enveloped the body of the demon warrior.

"It seems that both of these are chaotic camps." Seeing that his attack did not produce the expected effect, Brian couldn't help but feel a little sorry.

Then, he looked on high alert, standing on the spot to watch out for the shadow dancer who might launch a fatal attack on him from a dark corner at any time.

With the twist of the dark shadow, Brian's purple dragon seal ring instantly sensed the danger and reminded him in time.

"clang!"

Faced with the shadow dancer's fatal attack, Brian did not choose to evade. He drew out the sword of the stars surrounded by blue and white curse fire, and fought with the shadow dancer who appeared.

——"Demon Fire!"

A dark purple will-o'-the-wisp was precisely thrown by Brian onto the shadow dancer's body, making it impossible for him to disappear by hiding his gaze.

Then, he locked on to her figure immediately, and under the blessing of the acceleration technique, he launched continuous attacks on the shadow dancer with his exquisite sword skills.

Sensing that a spellcaster could unleash such a powerful melee ability, the shadow dancer Ethel's expression gradually changed from disdain to shock.

In order to end this battle as soon as possible, she leaped into the air, and suddenly a substantial shadow energy surged around her.

"boom!"

Accompanied by a light sound, the shadow dancer's body exploded suddenly, turning into countless shadow creatures, and overwhelmingly attacked Brian.

—— "Soulblade: Bladestorm!"

Amidst the countless shrill screams, the ghost turned into a dawdly cold wind and rushed towards him. Brian had already prepared himself, and the psicrystal who had been waiting for a long time instantly summoned a rain of swords all over the sky to block the dense group of shadow creatures.

At the same time, he flashed and appeared behind the demon warrior.

——"The Mantra of Chaos!"

Accompanied by Brian's whisper, the terrifying lavender energy field enveloped the demon warrior without warning.

The demon warrior who was caught off guard was stopped in an instant, clutching his head and howling in pain.

——"Madunkin's disintegration technique!"

Brian pushed his palm, and energy full of destructive aura emerged from his palm, ruthlessly washing the body of the demon warrior.

In an instant, his battle armor, weapons, and magic accessories were all shattered in this nearly annihilated energy.

Without the protection of any defensive measures, Brian swung his blade accurately and quickly, and slashed out.

A sword light bursting out with blue and white flames flashed past.

The terrified demon warrior subconsciously blocked it with his weapon, never thinking that his demon hammer had already been shattered by the attack of the disintegration technique.

"Pfft!"

A stream of blood full of corrosive energy spewed out, and the demon warrior's right arm was cut off by Brian's sharp sword first, and the blue and white flames of the cursed fire quickly spread towards his whole body at the fastest speed.

The demon warrior with blue flames burning all over his body clutched his severed arm, howled in pain, and flapped his wings desperately, trying to escape.

Brian looked at him indifferently, his body suddenly disappeared in place, and appeared in front of the demon warrior without warning, suspended in mid-air quietly.

The demon warrior Zerthamas was about to speak, but Brian's sword light slashed across his throat, and blood gushed out from the deep wound, and he fell to the ground.

At the same time, the shadow dancer Ethel, who disappeared into a shadow all over the sky, has quietly touched the back of Kala Dena at some point, and turned into a black streamer, as fast as a person Like an illusion, he launched a fatal attack on the female sorceress.

And Kala Dena, who has been watching Brian kill the demon warrior indifferently from the beginning to the end, is obviously not doing nothing.

She had already been prepared in advance under Brian's reminder.

Facing the fatal blow of the Shadow Dancer, Kaladna remained unmoved and stood there quietly, as if she hadn't noticed it at all.

At the moment when the shadow dancer's attack was about to hit Kala Dena, a semicircular protective cover suddenly appeared, resisting the attack in time.

With the lavender light flashing from the magic shield, a dark purple current surged from the shadow dancer who touched the shield, causing her to pull away from it tremblingly, and disappeared into the shadows again.

Only now did shadow dancer Ethel realize that her teammate had been killed just after she disappeared for a short while, which made her immediately give up her plan to continue the attack and prepare to flee from this place.

——"Space lock!"

——"Spiritual space blockade!"

——"Spiritual energy distorts space!"

Naturally, Brian would not let a flexible and changeable shadow dancer slip away from him. He did not hesitate to release the three spells and psychic powers that sealed the space that he had mastered, completely eliminating the opponent who tried to pass through. Escape by moving across planes.

"Find her out for me." Then, he came to Kaladna, looked around the silent hall of the temple vigilantly, and confessed to her.

The female sorceress nodded solemnly, closed her beautiful eyes, and immersed herself in the process of casting her spell.

Accompanied by the incomprehensible incantations chanted from Kaladna's mouth, with the sorceress at the center, the entire hall of the temple was gradually covered by a large lavender net.

At this moment, Brian on the side suddenly noticed that the shadow dancer hiding in the dark was impatient and tried to forcibly interrupt Kara Dena's spellcasting.

Naturally, he would not allow her to act recklessly, so he quickly raised the Sword of Stars, and blocked in front of the shadow dancer who appeared in time.

A series of howling spells and psychic powers flooded towards the shadow dancer, which was also mixed with Brian's melee attacks. For a while, the shadow dancer was simply unable to parry and could only be forced to retreat again and again.

Seeing that her attack was blocked, the sorceress's net was forming at a speed visible to the naked eye. As a shadow dancer, Ethel finally smelled the fear of death.

It was the first time she saw a spellcaster of this style of fighting. Not only did he have superb swordsmanship, he could even instantly cast deadly spells and spiritual powers while fighting against her, making it difficult for her to parry for a long time.

As a strong man whose strength has reached the middle legendary level, he is about to be cornered at this moment.

It made her feel like a fish jumping into a gradually tightening net, and death was only a matter of time.

Her eyes narrowed slightly, and suddenly through the supernatural ability she had mastered, she turned into a dozen identical figures, scattered in all directions, trying to forcefully break through.

——"Spiritual life detection!"

——"True Seeing!"

Bryan saw through the enemy's intentions at a glance, activated spells and abilities continuously, locked her real body, and continued to launch continuous attacks and spell bombardment.

Just when the shadow dancer who was hunted down was about to escape from the space lock, Kara Dena suddenly opened her eyes, and the lavender network projected in the hall of the temple became real in an instant, and Tighten and shrink at the fastest speed, making the fleeing shadow dancer like a fish caught in a net, fished out from deep water, no matter how hard she struggles, it is difficult to escape.

A sword light flashed.

Ethel, the skeleton servant of Cyric, the god of murder, "Shadow Dancer" was stabbed through the chest by a sword and died on the spot.

"Good job." Seeing the death of the shadow dancer, Brian let out a long breath and smiled at the sorceress beside him.

Although the strength of these two opponents remained at the medium legend, they were not spellcasters, but shadow dancers and warriors without any spellcasting ability.

As long as you watch out for the shadow dancer's terrible sneak attack and shadow hiding ability, they are easy to kill.

Of course, if it wasn't for Kala Dena's help, he could only watch the shadow dancer leave, and there was nothing he could do.

After cleaning the battlefield, Brian and Kaladna walked through the hall of the temple and came to a comfortable suite with a magnificent red carpet under their feet and exquisite decorations on the walls.

A large, soft, four-legged bed was placed in one corner, complete furniture, wardrobes and chests in their respective places, and on the opposite wall hung a painting of a man bathed in purple sunlight. jawless skull banner.

Apparently, this is the room of Ethel, the skeleton waiter.

At this moment, Brian found an unfinished letter on the table, the ink on the letter was still wet.

This made him realize that the skeleton waiter should be writing a letter, and then interrupted because of the sudden intrusion of the two and the report from the demon warrior.

So Brian picked up the letter and looked it over.

To Honorable Chief of Vigilance, Akamelel 'Dark Will':

Enter your bloody right hand, loyal follower, Ethel the skeleton attendant

As expected, Lady of the Night followers keep their secrets well guarded.

But I still found some clues that might help understand their eventual plans.

We assisted them in a ritual in the Great Swamp to create an area of ​​dead magic that would cover the entire swamp.

Obviously, once completed, only the Shadow Demon Web will be able to function properly in this area.

But I think it seems foolish to claim sovereignty over their swamps in this way.

This paradox haunts me, so I pray to the dark sun for knowledge of these matters.

Unfortunately, I did not receive any response.

But, praise Cyric!

During my time in their ancient monastery, I found a fragment of ancient parchment, which I attach to this letter.

I believe it was written by one of the Darkmoon monks who used to live in Abbey Abbey.

Judging from this parchment, Lady Ye's followers secretly have a secret calendar.

I am unable to comment on its origin and accuracy, but the history we have experienced seems to have proved that the records at the forefront have an astonishing accuracy rate, even surpassing the missing sage we know, The prophecy given by the 'mad mage' Ogasilla.

As you can see, this dark chronicle spans hundreds of years of history.

But perhaps the entirety of the original parchment reveals more and more of the future.

If you can consult the "Dark Chronicle", it may explain what the followers of Lady Ye are planning.

In a whole week of investigation, I couldn't find any more threads like this.

I cautiously and skillfully asked the disciples of Lady Ye and Despierre.

Despiel seemed ignorant of this,
But you know, creatures like black dragons... it's hard to say.

Other Night Lady followers say they can't understand what I'm saying,
Then told me how the monks living in this monastery went crazy one by one.

Although it is not obvious from the surface, I feel that they are dealing with me very carefully.

I figured we'd have to find this Dark Chronicle and...

The letter ends here alone, and it seems that no one will ever know what the following text will be.

Brian burned the letter, and secretly thanked himself for arriving in time. If Ethel could finish writing the letter and send it out successfully, then this duel between the Lost Lady and the Mysterious Lady would be defeated by Cyric's disciples. Get mixed up.

This is obviously not what he wants to see. After all, the "Dark Will" Halken Akamerel is not only the chosen one of Cyric, the god of murder, but also one of the important towns of Cyric belief on the mainland. Leader of the 'Twin Towers of Eternal Eclipse' on the southern border.

The most dazzling record of this voter is that he dared to yell at many powerful gods on the spot when trying Cyric's crimes in a high-level council of gods composed of powerful gods: "You are all fucking stupid donkey!"

It would be a lot more fun if you included this fun voter who Cyric rated as 'the funniest and bravest'.

After settling the matter here, he showed up at the back door of the monastery with Kara Dena.

This is a well maintained path with bushes on either side leading to the cliffs to the east.

Gray paths interweave with the shadowy lands of this world leading into the distance, until they are completely engulfed in darkness.

Looking along the direction of the path, the world of shadows suddenly opened up, and the depression that had been felt since entering the plane of shadows seemed to be gone.

Bryan knew very well that the Grand Canyon of Darkness was ahead, which was the end where the magic net and the shadow magic net met. His next task was to destroy the dark ritual of the ancient black dragon Despierre tearing the magic net.

Otherwise, the entire Guangze magic net will be destroyed first, and eventually become a place permanently shrouded by the shadow magic net.

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(End of this chapter)