Blood tax

Chapter 171 Redstone and Bone Ring

Amber walked ahead alone.Her feet are quick and light, and she has obviously put a lot of effort into training her combat steps.She is the kind of Extraordinary growth path that focuses on agility and explosive power. Like Valkyrie, she can possess amazing lethality once she grows up.Coupled with the professional knowledge, quick action and dexterity of a demon hunter, Amber can easily get away even if he is ambushed.

Amber's blonde hair is so beautiful, ah, what am I thinking, the curve of the waist and hips is so wonderful...

Griffith raised his armored hand and slapped himself hard on the face twice.

He walked behind Amber with two squads of militiamen.Even though they didn't have to stop now and then to check the traps, they couldn't keep up with Umber.

Not long after the bed crossbow was used to light the large tomb, the attack of the living corpses collapsed.Although there are still some monsters wandering among the tombstones and dead trees in the distance, as long as you don't get close to them, you won't be noticed or attacked.

The two teams that followed Griffith were selected volunteers, and they followed him all the way deep into the tombs stained with black mud.The sky was shrouded in dark clouds, all joy and joyful emotions were swallowed by shadows, and the whole team fell into an abnormal silence.

Griffith was holding a javelin and a vanguard shield in his left hand. Seeing that Amber was about to disappear into the darkness and shadows ahead, he hurriedly followed and told her to slow down.

When Amber heard the shout, he realized that he had already distanced himself from everyone, and hurriedly stopped.At this time, the originally dense militia squad was already sparse because of the different marching speeds.

There was an abnormal sound under the black mud that had not yet faded.

Griffith instructed the militiamen to put up their shields and raise their spears outward: "Get ready, there are enemies."

Amber's perception is not sharp, and it is on the same level as Griffith, but at the same time, he is aware of changes in the surrounding environment.She twirled her golden gauntlets to form a metal gauntlet that combined attack and defense.

Immediately afterwards, her whole body erupted with an aura like lightning and thunder, launching a charge like a gust of wind and fire.

Her swift steps completely ignored the barrier of the black mud, swept across the battlefield as if walking on the ground, and jumped up to the sky on the nearby stone tablet.

The darkness covering the battlefield was suddenly dispelled by a strong light for two seconds.Immediately afterwards, a bolt of lightning fell to the ground, and a violent shock wave swept away, followed by a terrifying roar.

"boom!"

Griffith was almost overturned to the ground by this thunderstorm-like force.A large piece of black mud was lifted up, and a large group of living corpses hidden under the black mud and almost integrated with the environment burst together with mud, gravel, and dead wood.

The shock wave carried bright and warm golden energy. Human beings hit by this force suddenly felt wrapped in warmth and joy, but the living corpses couldn't bear this force, and they shattered after being hit.

At the core of the light, Amber was kneeling on one knee.When she slowly raised her head, Griffith found that her eyes had changed into golden vertical pupils.

Is this magic eye or Extraordinary characteristic?Griffith was shocked.

He had seen Amber's strength during the incident in Neopolis.This lady is the God of Storm and Thunder, she can fight against monsters that blow up Sequence 7 spellcasters with bare hands, demolishing a whole building.

Now it seems that her strength has become stronger.

The golden light and silver arc rolled and lingered around Amber, and then turned into a bolt of lightning, rushing towards the densest living corpses.

"Oh!"

Amber stopped under the impact, but the more than 20 living corpses hit by her flew upside down like billiard balls hit, shattered during the flight, and fell to the ground in pieces.

As the elite among the demon hunters, Amber's characteristics have a strong restraint on dark creatures.

Griffith raised his sword and shouted to the militiamen: "Come on, let's support the investigators!"

"We, go support her?!"

"She still needs support?"

All the militiamen looked at the quasi-knight in amazement, and then at the blond girl screaming among the corpses like a god descending from the earth.

Griffith didn't answer either. He grabbed the dazed soldiers, kicked their butts, and led them to fight.

Amber's aura is indeed astonishing, but she is still a Sequence Eight.

Such a powerful impact and lethality came at the cost of overdrawing his physical and mental strength, and it was impossible for Amber to last long.This has nothing to do with talent, it is simply a matter of energy supply and output.Moreover, Amber also has a weakness, that is, her defense is too weak, without a continuous shield or heavy armor, ordinary living corpses may also hurt her.

Sure enough, after just a few seconds of rampage, the arc on Amber's body suddenly began to dim, flickering like a flame that was about to burn out.

Griffith rushed into the wave of skeletons and corpses.He swung his sword and shield and swept past like a gale.The blade of the sword struck the bone, and there was a burst of mourning.

However, the Vanguard Shield worked very well.The solid shield smashed through the skulls and torsos of the zombies and skeletons, and the mere impact shattered them.

Under his battle cry, part of the militia gradually got rid of hesitation and fear, but it was still not enough to fight back effectively.

Griffith put a solid ice shield on himself, then grabbed Amber who was about to charge and threw him into the ranks of the militiamen, and turned back to fight among the living corpses.Those unarmed corpses pounced at them with sharp claws and teeth, even if they smashed the outer layer of ice, it was difficult to pose a real threat.

Griffith was fighting left and right in the tide of corpses alone.He retracted the long sword, condensed a icy hammer in his hand and swung it.

The defense of the ice shield was disintegrated little by little, and then it burst open, knocking down pieces of enemies.The militiamen followed immediately and killed the living corpses.

However, more and more living corpses emerged from the nearby black mud.They wandered blindly on the ground for a while before attacking the living.

It was okay at first, but after a little fighting, the militia team began to waver obviously.They were pushed back little by little, the team began to disintegrate, and even the weakest skeleton couldn't kill them.

Griffith fought as he moved, trying not to let himself be surrounded.However, there are too many undead creatures coming up.After all, the militia is too weak, and it is difficult to carry out high-intensity operations with them.However, it's a pity not to investigate the situation in the tomb after we're all here.

"Retreat!" Griffith glanced at the large tomb not far away, and shouted to the trainee investigator, "Amber, lead everyone back to the car formation!"

"how about you?"

"I'll go in and do some reconnaissance, I have a way to get out!" Griffith raised his fist to everyone, then turned and rushed over.

……

Griffith rushed past the living corpses alone.Under the protection of the shield and heavy armor, he has strong restraint against low-level undead creatures that cannot break through the defense.

He was only tens of meters away from the large tomb.Looking back, Amber has led everyone to withdraw safely.

However, there are still many enemies ahead.

Griffith began to activate the power of the blood rune.The black mud under the feet unexpectedly kept a similar frequency to the rune and condensed, converging into a human-shaped puppet crawling out of the ground.At this moment, Griffith suddenly felt that there seemed to be an unprecedented connection between himself and the puppet, and the power of the puppet seemed to be stronger and more durable.

what happened?Is it this weird environment or is the black mud strengthening the flesh and blood puppets?
Griffith looked at the newborn flesh puppet with great curiosity.The knowledge of this spell comes from the baron of the blood clan, which is closely related to blood, but also resonates with the black mud on the ground.

Griffith suddenly remembered that when he was in the port of Revan, his blood bat storm was also disturbed, and there was a state of mental power consumption and confusion far beyond the past.

In other words, the blood curse and this piece of black mud are related to the sealed item behind this vision?

However, Griffith did not feel this way during the events of Neopolis.

On the other hand, the appearance of the sealed item of Neopolis is also very different from that of Raven this time. This is the first time I have seen something like a swamp like black mud.

A thought flashed through Griffith's mind.In addition to the call of the ancestor, there must be other factors affecting this time.

During the brief pause of his thinking, the flesh and blood puppet had condensed into the outline of Griffith himself, fighting against the living corpse.

Griffith pinched the dark blood cloak on his back. If the situation was critical, he could gain a short-term invisibility effect.Then he turned his head and glanced at the tall and deep tomb behind him. There were no enemies in this building shrouded in green light and low screams.

After thinking about it this way, Griffith immediately acted.He bent down, and with the effect of invisibility and the tombstones, dead trees, and gravels one after another, he groped towards the direction of the large tomb.

As he got closer to the building, the weirder feeling came up.When he entered the nearly ruined tomb, he heard bursts of indescribable ravings.

"Minos," Griffith called out in his heart, "what's in there?"

The bone ring Minos was silent, and it took a long time before he answered: "There is a powerful will extending here. This tomb is a clone of its existence and will.

"Minos has noticed that the unpowered redstone you are holding has similar spiritual characteristics to this building. It is recommended that you place it on Minos' ring and try to resonate."

Such a dangerous thing...

Griffith managed to find the red gemstone he found from the ruins of the Whispering Forest, and looked at it hesitantly.

The red stone is smooth and clear, like blood coagulation.

"The psionic network here is slowly charging the redstone," Minos said, "if you have any concerns, it is recommended to destroy or discard it, otherwise Minos will not be able to shield the psionic energy after the redstone is charged ripple."

"What's going on here?"

"Minos can't answer, lacking enough information. According to the known psychic energy flow signals, special life substances are absorbing life energy from living organisms, a small part is supplied to the army, and most of them are gathered and fused to form energy."

"Where did the gathered energy go?"

"The energy is being transmitted through the leylines, and the destination cannot be ascertained," Minos replied, "Minos once again suggested that the redstone and Minos be fused, and Minos, who has the energy supplied by the redstone, will be able to actively unfold the rune." , no need to consume your psionic energy."

Griffith thought for a while, then put the small red stone on the bone ring.

At the moment when the two mysterious items merged.He has a strange feeling, as if his will is being extended, and the spiritual realm has entered a new height, looking down on the earth like a god.

However, this feeling quickly disappeared, making him feel lost.

(End of this chapter)