Arcane Journey

Chapter 407 Showdown
The high priest of the snake man who was forced to retreat to the corner was not as embarrassed as Brian imagined, even though his scales, which were as hard as steel, were covered with deep visible bone scratches and burn marks of magic flames. , but did not reveal the slightest sluggish look, and still seemed to be full of energy.

What surprised Brian the most was that the phantom of the giant snake behind the high priest of the snake man became clearer and clearer as the battle intensified, and even faintly exuded a faint divine brilliance.

This made him realize that in this world where the gods control great power, any electorate in the material world should not be underestimated.

It would be very scary if he was pushed into a hurry and directly called out the incarnation of the gods. After all, the chosen people are the best carrier of the incarnation of the gods.

Although the price paid for coming down is too heavy for the gods, it doesn't mean they can't do it.

So, in order not to make him jump over the wall in a hurry, Brian immediately suppressed his eagerness to attack, and instead calmed down, observing the high priest of the snake man silently.

Then, he began to accumulate magic secretly, and as soon as the other party showed a flaw, he would immediately give him a thunderous blow.

The High Priest of the Snakeman, who was beaten back and forth by the storm, saw that the Abyssal Snakeman he had summoned had also been beaten helplessly by the ancient brass dragon that suddenly appeared, his expression sank suddenly.

He originally thought that he could use the divine power of the snake god Marshak to pull the human mage into the abyss of the snake cave in the field of law in an instant, and then deal with him first as quickly as possible.

In this way, when facing the chosen of the goddess of magic alone, even if he is not the opponent's opponent, he can advance and retreat with ease.

After all, the opponent is not a real spellcaster, so it is impossible to easily restrict his actions.

However, what made him unbelievable was that this human mage was able to immunize himself from the abyss of the snake cave, avoiding the fatal blow he had planned for a long time.

Then an ancient brass dragon appeared and completely disrupted his plan.

The high priest of the snake man, who knew his situation well, glanced coldly at his surroundings, and found that the human mage who had already freed his hand, not only did not rush to make a move, but stood where he was, staring at him.

Seeing this, he, who has lived for thousands of years, instantly understood what the other party was thinking at the moment.

Then, a flash of determination suddenly flashed in his cold snake pupils.

Knowing that he was invincible, not only did Abuen, the high priest of the snake man, not retreat, but a touch of madness appeared in the cold and ruthless snake pupils.

"If you dare to violate the holy land of our lord, then accept the punishment of the snake god Marshak!"

In an instant, with the angry roar of the high priest of the snake man, the long-handled trident raised by him suddenly seemed to be injected with endless evil energy, and became completely invincible.

Immediately afterwards, the phantom of the giant snake floating behind him suddenly burst into dazzling golden light, causing everyone around him to close their eyes subconsciously in a short moment, not daring to meet its sharpness.

The moment the golden radiance dissipated, the phantom of the giant snake had disappeared, completely merging with the high priest of the snake man covered in scars all over his body.

I saw that although his huge snake body was getting bigger at a speed visible to the naked eye, his swift and sensitive movements did not decrease at all.

The trident exuding divine brilliance, wrapped in terrifying evil energy, rushed to Brian and Storm in the blink of an eye.

Facing the surprise attack of the high priest of the snakeman, the defensive force field that Brian was proud of, lasted less than half a second before it shattered, and then directly shattered his clone left in place through the true mirror image technique.

Although Brian escaped the fatal attack by using the mirror image technique in advance through prediction, he still broke out in cold sweat afterwards. He never thought that the snake-man elect could erupt with such terrifying power.

On the other side, although the storm successfully resisted the snake man's high priest's surprise attack with its long sword, the crisp and exciting sound of metal clashing was followed by a deafening explosion. fly out.

The terrible impact directly collapsed most of the underground passage, and the Harper leader who was caught off guard was also buried in the dust of the collapse because he couldn't dodge in time.

However, the high priest of the snake man was safe and sound under the blessing of divine power. After he was forced back more than ten meters in a row, the huge snake body suddenly stood up, and he once again took control of his body.

As if understanding that Brian, who is a spellcaster, is the weakest and most feared enemy among Brian's group, the snake-man high priest roared, and the agile snake body slid towards Brian as quickly as a shadow, and then raised his trident The halberd thrusts violently in a twisted spiral, like an arrow flying from the string.

Although this attack was not as powerful as the previous explosion, Brian still didn't dare to be careless, and kept using the defensive force field to defuse the attack while using the flash technique to dodge.

I saw the crazy snake-man High Priest waving a trident emitting an evil aura, turning into waves of swords, lights and swords, colliding with the magic barrier around Brian like raindrops.

This kind of violent attack with such lightning speed, if it is an ordinary legendary spellcaster,
Not to mention releasing spells to resist, even before the thought of escaping is born, his life is in danger.

Bryan was naturally an exception. Even though he couldn't cast counter magic, the phantom of the golden dragon hidden in the Austrian fire was not a decoration.

When Bryan avoided the fatal blow of the trident through the flash technique and briefly distanced himself from the high priest of the snake man, the golden dragon Paralandax finally seized the opportunity, and suddenly turned into a huge phantom of the golden dragon. A legendary spell "Nonar Fireball".

The berserk fireball gushed out like a substance, wrapped in berserk energy, like a roaring dragon, and slammed into the high priest of the snake man who was chasing fast.

The high priest of the snakeman, who couldn't dodge in time, obviously also sensed the destructive power contained in this berserk fireball. His ferocious expression suddenly changed, and then he stopped in place, raised the trident in his hand, and roared devoutly and crazily: "My lord Masha! gram!!!"

As soon as the words fell, a blinding bright light suddenly appeared, invisible and qualitative, chaotic and violent enough to rival the will of the bottomless abyss, a scorching flame emerged out of thin air, and blocked the fireball that was essentially like a meteorite.

The moment these two energies collided, to everyone's surprise, there was no terrifying explosion as imagined, and Brian's fireball seemed to fall into the deep and boundless ocean waves, and was instantly engulfed inside. There was not even a slight wave of waves turning up.

Just when the fleeting first wave of confrontation came to an end, the high priest of the snake man, whose whole body was shining with a faint divine brilliance, launched an attack again without mercy.

Accompanied by the sound of metal and iron clattering, the snake-man high priest who was about to charge towards Brian was suddenly stopped in time by the ancient brass dragon that fell from the sky.

The trident of the high priest of the snakeman pierced the brass dragon's chest, but instead of being able to penetrate the flesh, it was blocked by an invisible protective barrier that could be propped up, protecting the dragon like gold.

At the same time, the storm surrounded by silver-white flames had already stood on the back of the brass dragon at some point.

And the silver fire surrounding the body is maintaining the impregnable barrier of the brass dragon.

The high-pitched and resonant dragon roar sounded, the brass dragon seized the opportunity, and swept the high priest of the snakeman with a sweep of its dragon tail, then opened its bloody mouth to the limit, and the bright dragon's breath suddenly condensed and formed in its throat, tumbling endlessly .

Immediately afterwards, a dragon's breath hot enough to evaporate everything around it spewed out from the mouth of the brass dragon like a flamethrower, directly engulfing the high priest of the snake man in the flames of the dragon's breath.

Seeing that the storm and the brass dragon had resisted the attack of the high priest of the snake man, Brian was secretly relieved.

Obviously, the feeling of being madly attacked by the snake people's voters just now is not good.

"You can't kill him." Just as Brian was about to prepare a spell, the old voice of Seth's avatar suddenly passed through the holy emblem and passed into Brian's mind:

"This snake-man priest has already contacted the poisonous snake Marshak through the identity of the elect. In a short while, the incarnation of the poisonous snake Marshak will come, and then you will be in danger."

After listening to the words of Seth's clone, Brian subconsciously glanced at the battlefield.

He found that although the high priest of the snake man was beaten into a panic under the joint attack of the brass dragon and the storm, and retreated repeatedly, the pale golden light shining around him gradually became more intense as the attack became more intense.

There is no doubt that this pale golden light symbolizes divine power, a power that mortals cannot match at all.

Even though Marshak, the God of Vipers, is just an evil god with weak divine power, once his incarnation comes, it is not an existence that Brian and others can touch casually.

If he is a little careless, as the weakest of the three, he is very likely to overturn here.

"Then what do you mean?" Glancing at the snake-man high priest whose golden light was gradually getting stronger, Brian didn't dare to waste time, and quickly communicated with Seth's clone.

"I have a method for the other party's poisonous snake." Seth's clone said bluntly, "As long as you release the snake girl Bertha, I can help you destroy Marshak's clone."

Just as Brian expected, Seth's avatar was still thinking about the snake girl who was sealed by him.

"I believe your words." Unmoved, Brian said to Seth's avatar calmly, "But you seem to have made a mistake."

"Even if we don't fight to the death with the high priest of the snake people, we can still get back unscathed," he said. "Why should I do it so many times?"

Although the two seemed to be communicating normally, Brian had already realized that he and Seth's avatar, the evil god, were so far away from falling out that he was only short of swearing.

And the main reason why he wanted to take a lot of trouble to kill the elect of the evil god Marshak was to prevent Seth's avatar from recovering more power through Marshak's temple.

After all, it was to weaken his power as much as possible.

But he still miscalculated. Recalling the meaningful words before Seth's avatar, Brian realized that with the abilities of the three of them alone, even Storm, who is the elector of the goddess of magic, still cannot completely eliminate the electorate of Marshak .

Because he has long seen that this underground snake-man city is the most prosperous settlement of the snake-man kingdom in the entire material world. compared with.

Naturally, Marshak, the snake of poisonous snakes, would not give up here willingly.

As long as the other party drives the three of them away through the incarnation of the gods, it will only be a matter of time before the city recovers.

Otherwise, Marshak would not rather sacrifice his voters and let the avatar come to the material world than give up the people in this city

"Don't think I don't know what you're paying attention to." Brian said coldly:
"As the avatar of the snake of the universe, if my prediction is correct, Your Excellency has the power to suppress the snake god Marshak similar to blood. Even if you only have one avatar left, it is not Marshak who can do it in the material world." The existence of counterbalance."

"However, it is a pity that your avatar stays in the Wuzhu Spire in the Chuert Forest. Although there is a trace of your thoughts in this holy emblem, it cannot mobilize powerful divine power at all." He said meaningfully:

"In this case, the best way is to instill your own divine power through your own voters. This is also the basis of your deliberate efforts to awaken the Snake girl Bertha's memory of the Sarukh witch hidden deep in her soul in this city The reason, am I right?"

After a brief silence, Seth clone said truthfully:

"You're right, mortal mage, let my chosen people draw his divine power from Marshak's temple. It was indeed deployed since I noticed that there was a sleeping Sarukh witch who hadn't completely died. plan, and you and Bertha are the most important links in the plan, without you bringing this holy emblem here, I would not be able to find Bertha, and if Bertha could not become my chosen one, I would not be able to find Bertha in the Witch. The minaret draws the power of the poisonous snake Marshak."

"But!" His old voice suddenly turned cold, "There is one thing that you have overlooked."

"I already knew the purpose of your search for 'Earth Prophet' Acindor." Seth's avatar said:

"Then let me tell you the truth, without my guidance, even if you find the exact location of the ancient city of Olem where the Prophet of the Earth lives in seclusion with the help of the Ethiopian lizards, you will not be able to unlock the secrets leading to this lost road." The seal of the city. As the two snakes of order in ancient times, and the god of the Sarukh shaman, the mighty power I have mastered is not comparable to the group of new gods in the Pantheon."

"Without the help of the Prophet of the Earth, it is impossible for you to obtain the Holy Grail of the former sun god Amaunata. At that time, the dark ritual performed by another complete golden scroll will not completely replace the magic net even if it cannot completely replace the magic net. , for Mystra, it is also a heavy blow."

"Don't forget, the golden scroll is made from the skin of the Cosmos Snake. I'm afraid no one knows the secret of this set of scrolls better than me."

"How to choose, you can think about it yourself." Sensing that Brian had remained silent from the beginning to the end, Seth's clone made a final supplement with a smile.

(End of this chapter)