Blood tax

Chapter 562 The main line of conspiracy
The surging spiritual energy ripples show their rank, and the ten people here have all surpassed the extraordinary.

Brunov raised a ferocious and twisted skull with a grin. Mosquito-like black air surged in the eye sockets of the skull, lingering and spreading towards Brunov's wrist. A complex and strange black summoning array immediately emerged in mid-air, spinning crazily.

There was a heavy echo in the sky, like countless inhuman things praying in unison. This force stirs the gas clouds, forming a whirlpool-like fire cyclone. Then a bright light appeared in the surging cyclone.

The moment they saw this light, everyone felt a premonition of extreme danger.

"Disperse!" Ophelia sensed that an extremely evil and dark existence was coming out of there. The five extraordinary beings from Homemon Watts dispersed in response.

A meteorite wrapped in dark green flames rushed out with an astonishing momentum and hit the ground!

After being attacked by a meteorite, the entire area was scorched by the fire, and a bottomless pit appeared on the spot. The nearby black mud was instantly evaporated, and the flame-stained debris and sand flew everywhere, as if there was a rain of fire!
Seconds before the explosion, the Shutorals had dispersed. As this happened, they were also affected by the flames and let out a burst of painful screams. Russell was the most seriously injured, with a tragic wound on his shoulder, and the pale white bones of his shoulder blade could even be seen.

The most vicious thing is that there is still a dark green afterglow burning on the wound. The gushing blood cannot extinguish it at all, and the flesh and blood are making a squeaking sound.

What's even more astonishing is that a rock giant wrapped in the flames of hell crawled out of the crater. It beat its burly body with its huge arms, standing on the earth with unstoppable momentum and terror.

Now there is nothing to hesitate or worry about anymore. Murat directly deployed the psychic shield and prayed loudly to the Holy Light for healing. A gentle, bright energy immediately began to heal Russell's injuries.

Midianmaiya held Ophelia aside and let her take a sip of the powerful psychic mixture. Russell was aroused by the injury, his eyes flashed with the light of the extreme north, and he drew three ice halberds with his backhand and threw them.

The first throw hit Brunave, who was still chanting, tearing his shield on the spot and knocking him to the ground.

The second blow was aimed at the orc's face. Aslanta on the side quickly transformed into a dark shadow form and resisted the lightning strike.

A third ice halberd was fired at Sidious. Cruella had just given Nona a cold frost shield, and then she opened her bow and shot an arrow, intercepting the ice halberd that was shooting at Sidious.

At the same time, Murat stepped forward with a shining shield and clashed with Nona, who was also in the vanguard.

The swords of the Templar and the Death Knight collided.

The breath of holy light burned Nona crazily, and the ice ring also formed a layer of frost on Murat's body. However, Nona’s target is not Murat! She completely ignored her own injuries and withstood Murat's blow with her ice shield, then dodged and rushed into the middle of Shutoral's team.

"Stop her!" Midianmaia yelled and rushed forward.

As soon as she finished speaking, Nona's ice shield exploded, and the ice splashed everywhere. Once it stuck to her body, it spread quickly, freezing Midian Maier, Ophelia, and Russell in place.

"They can't hide now!"

Brunave immediately drank a bottle of magic potion. The spiritual energy that had just been consumed surged again, and the second hellfire formation began to take form.

"Take the move, twenty meters radius, hellfire!"

Disrupting the formation with the first meteorite, the highly resistant knight broke through in the center and then dropped the shattered frost to slow down the group in the area! Under the protection of the Hidden Priest who has strengthened the fixed-point defense, the Demon Warlock used the second bottle of magic potion to restore his spiritual energy and hit the enemy who had no time to dodge with another meteorite to deal the final blow!
However, at this moment, out of the corner of his eye, Brunave suddenly noticed an additional figure beside him.

A heart-stopping wave of holding swept over. Everyone heard the bloodthirsty and crazy roar.

Lanala pulled down her lower armor, and the black armor covering her body formed a pitch-black whole like scales, like the magic wolf in ancient mythology. The majestic fury held in his hand emitted a dazzling brilliance, and transformed from a long sword into a giant sword that was thicker and more dangerous than a horse-cutting sword.

"Be careful!" Aslante raised her hand, sweeping the invisible vortex of fear across the entire place.

The powerful fear spell repelled both Russell and Murat who rushed forward from a distance, but they hit something nearby, making a helpless and terrifying shattering sound.

Aslante watched as a dark shadow resisted fear! The terrifying power that cannot be concealed is spurting out from the black shadow's limbs and bones, turning into a wolf-like illusion. Even the concept of fear itself was torn apart by the wolf-like dark aura in an instant and turned into nutrients for promotion.

A piercing sonic boom sounded in the air.

Lana jumped out brandishing a life-size giant sword. His strength and speed were so astonishing that just one step caused a storm to strike towards Brunaph and Aslante like a spinning windmill.

Brunave was stunned by the blow. He gave up the idea of ​​summoning meteorites and directly changed the summoning array to let the hellfire giants come to protect him! The giant sword roared in, tearing the air with one blow, breaking through the fire waves, and chopped off Hellfire's left foot from top to bottom!
Lana's whole body was wrapped in black armor and bloody light, and he slashed at the head of the giant fire blade with a sword.

"Ow—!"

The mythical creature from the void let out an earth-shattering howl, as if what was in front of it was a real monster.

Lana turned around, stabbed the sword in Hellfire's chin with his right hand, tore off a piece of burning rock with his left hand, stuffed it directly into the wolf-head-like visor, and chewed it.

The rare and abnormal aura surrendered in Lana's palm, began to merge and shape a new form behind his back. Just seeing his figure makes people uncontrollably hallucinate, watching the changes in reality with fear——

An illusory living creature came from the void riding a huge black horse. He held a scale in his hand, which contained wheat, wine pots, and flesh. It made a hoarse and unrecognizable sound that echoed in everyone's mind.

The living thing merged into Rana's body. He took a step forward, and the rocks and gravel around him presented an illusion of desolation and decay, as if everything in the world was his delicious food.

“Hunting—hiss!

"Let us hunt, gods!"

The majestic sword of wrath he wielded was released from the seal and entered a form called the "Great Sword of the Hunting God".

Lana's eyes were like blades, and he raised his sword and struck it down at Aslante at the front.

"Crack!" The shadow priest's shield was cut in half on the spot, and even her mythical form was torn into pieces. Aslanta fell directly back to her human form, blood spurted out and splashed on Brunaph's face.

Before the orc could scream, Lana kicked away the seriously injured priestess and rushed straight towards Brunave.

"Crack!" A black light exploded, illuminating Lana's ferocious red eyes and the terrifying laughter of the wolf mouth. His attack power and attack speed have all increased to unimaginable levels!

Kurala drew her long bow from behind and shot ice arrows at Lana with rapid fire. However, the knight with the power of desolation ignored the rain of attacks and slashed left and right with his great sword.

Brunave raised his ax to resist, but the ax blade was chopped into pieces with one blow! The attack speed of Lana's sword was even more terrifying than that of other people's swift swords, and the attack speed came overwhelmingly.

The previous sword just chopped off the shoulder armor, and the next sword cut off the orc's wrist.

The great sword of the hunting god gathers unstoppable sword energy, and the invisible wind pressure between swings cuts through the shield, shatters armor, cuts off flesh and blood, and splashes blood foam and severed limbs into the sky. In a few seconds, Lana cut the hellfire into pieces, then chopped down Aslante, chopped down Brunaph, and turned around again and almost split Kulala in half!
His slash also carried a black hole-like storm. Nona, who was not split by the sword edge, was swept by the wind pressure and was knocked down like a branch under the strong wind. Even the eyes of other Shutoral flashed with shock and panic. If they hadn't known that their companion's madness was so terrifying, they would have fled away at this time.

Lana turned the flying sword into a ray of cold light and slashed towards the original hellfire, chopping its head, arms and body into pieces, leaving burning fragments all over the ground.

Lana's body was surrounded by smoky black air. He was holding a giant sword and using his other hand and legs together, he was running fast like a wild beast, unstoppable!

The shattered mythical creature let out a shrill scream. The wave of fire spurted out when it was shattered was like a wall on the ground, but it was unable to burn Lana to death.

Blood spurted out from Lana's armor, and the shocking scene was horrifying to watch. But Lana himself didn't take it seriously. He drank the rain of blood and raised his head like a giant wolf and let out a terrifying and sharp howl. This scream was so penetrating that it seemed to reach straight into the sky and echo in the underground world.

Nona, Kurala, Brunave and Aslante were all defeated in an instant, and the next target was Sidious!
Suddenly, Lana found himself a little stagnant and stiff, as if he was trudging through the mud, and his movements slowed down.

The gelatinous storm held him back. An invisible vortex appeared, binding everyone tightly and making it impossible to break free.

Sidious, who was watching the battle from behind, took action! His eyes and palms were flashing with astonishing electric arcs, and indescribable solemnity and depression came over his face.

Immediately afterwards, a lightless crack appeared in the center of the invisible vortex. It seems that nothing in the world, not even light or sound, can escape its shackles. Even the unstoppable Rana was caught by this invisible force and dragged into the darkness, unable to escape. Midianmaia, who tried to take a detour from behind, was also slowed down to an almost comical level.

Violent lightning struck from the sky, mixed with terrifying thunderous roars. The electric arc was pure silver, but it was more shocking than the blood and brains smeared on the battlefield. In the crackling sound of explosions, Lana, Midianmaia, Murat, and Russell were all caught in the whirlpool and whipped repeatedly by lightning.

At this moment, Ophelia also completed her chant, and also summoned scarlet lightning to hit Sidious.

Two terrifying waves of spiritual energy collided in the air.

The sky shrouded in black shadow began to turbulence like water waves. Lightning and storm swept away the cemeteries and city walls, tearing them apart piece by piece.

The two rifts are pulling at each other, swallowing each other.

Thunderstorms howl in the sky and the world collapses. Even the Whispering Forest not far away was frightened by the thunderstorms, and the creatures that dared to watch the battle fled in all directions.

The continuous crackling sounds were as dense as spring rain.

Ophelia's forehead was dripping with big beads of sweat, and her spiritual energy was almost exhausted. Sidious didn't look tired at all, as if he could maintain this terrifying power forever.

"Not bad," finally, a smile appeared on the corner of Sidious's mouth, "it's worth looking forward to."

He suddenly clenched his hands and waved downwards. Ophelia's psychic energy fell apart on the spot, and she was dragged into the crack and spun around.

"boom!"

With a loud noise, Shutoral was all knocked to the ground.

……

Under the window are the resurrected spirits. Sonia put on all her equipment and leaned against the wall with her wand in hand. Fiona also put on armor and held the magic sword.

The two looked at each other in the darkness. There was frightening thunder from the south, getting denser and denser. The suffocating fear and uncertainty oppressed the heart, and it would break in the next second!
Finally, the terrible thunder stopped. Instead, there were screams and crazy wails one after another. Towers, halls, and storehouses were on fire. Hordes of undead creatures emerge from basements and sewers and wreak havoc everywhere.

The professors and knights of Homemon Watts are fighting with all their strength. They guard different positions and constantly eliminate invading monsters.

"I think the situation is gradually stabilizing," Fiona whispered, encouraging herself and Sonia. "These undead creatures look scary, but in fact they can't defeat us at all!"

It's like this... The formal professors at Homemon Watts are all Sequence 6 wizards, and there are more than ten or twenty Shutorals in each grade, many of whom are experienced knights and even extraordinary beings.

Sonia quietly glanced out the window. The ground was full of annihilated ghouls, and the guards who had cleared part of the area were constricting the monsters' space. She was no longer as scared as she had been at the beginning, and doubts and uneasiness had replaced the fear.

"I feel something is wrong," Sonia thought more and more. "First of all, as you said, no matter how scary these undead creatures are, they can't defeat the Beyonders here. They can't even go up the stairs to the dormitory. Come."

"Yes, it's just scary," Fiona nodded repeatedly, "We don't actually need to hide like this!"

Sonia hurriedly held down her eager best friend: "So, what is the purpose of their attack? What is the real goal of the mastermind behind the scenes at a loss of no gain?"

"How did I know~"

Sonia shook her head slightly: "There is one more thing that makes me uneasy."

"What is it?"

"Griffith told me that even for a death knight, summoning the undead army would cost a lot. Not only does it require an amazing amount of psychic energy, but it also requires enough time and materials.

"This is Homemworth. How is it possible that there are corpses needed to summon the Army of the Dead? Even if there are, when and how were such large-scale summoning circles and media deployed?"

Fiona's breath stopped for two seconds.

The answers to these questions are readily apparent.

The real enemy still lurks in the shadows. He must have a deep connection with Homemon Watts to be able to arrange such a large-scale attack, and his target must be the most valuable treasures or important figures in this High School of Magic.

If you want to be more specific, you must include the daughter of the current consul!
"I have a bad premonition..." Fiona trembled slightly, "I can't contact Lana~"

"Ophelia and Midianmaia can't be found either," Sonia also became frightened. No matter how hard she tried, there was no signal from the echo crystal. "The same goes for the professors."

Two girls, you lean on me and I lean on you. Suddenly, there seemed to be a loud shout outside the door, followed by several screams and loud noises.

Something was coming up the stairs. The footsteps are getting closer.

"Let's jump out of the window!" Sonia bit her lip, "Go find the nearest professor!"

Fiona immediately reached out to push the window. Just then, the bedroom door opened!
The magical and very strong door slowly opened in front of the two of them, as if it was unlocked. A faint shadow walked in.