The wizard starts by trimming the donkey's hooves

Chapter 571 Pre-war Declaration
After a while, Ryan arrived high in the sky above the Hammerfall Mountains and looked down.

Although the great astrologer Darien has found Graham's trail and he is roughly within the range of Hammerfall Mountains, the problem is that Hammerfall Mountains itself is a giant mountain range stretching for thousands of miles. It goes without saying that it is difficult to find a hidden late Dawn wizard in it.

Of course, this is better than no range at all.

Moreover, for others, such a wide area would take at least nearly a month to search, even for a veteran Dawn Wizard like Elder Ivan. But for Ryan, who has already reached the peak of the full moon, it naturally doesn't take that long.

Ryan was confident that he would be able to find the other party in half a day at the fastest and three to five days at the slowest.

Even though the other party is hiding in such a vast and long mountain range.

Just as Ryan was about to take action, he suddenly thought of something.

"According to Graham's character, the other party is hiding in the mountains, and he must be waiting for an opportunity to strike!"

"That is to say, they will either look for areas with large flow of people and wait for an opportunity to perform blood sacrifice summons. Or they will rely on places with more spiders and use the spider spirits to summon."

"if it is like this"

Ryan's eyes lit up slightly, and he disappeared from the spot in an instant.

About an hour later.

Ryan returned here again, looking thoughtful.

"I have visited all eleven county towns on the edge of the Hammerfall Mountains, but have not found any trace of the enemy."

"As for some other villages and towns, the population is too small, and there are not enough experts to perform high-quality blood sacrifices."

"It seems that the other party is most likely in a place where some ferocious spider species are entrenched."

The next second, his figure disappeared into the air again.

Soon, Ryan came to a rocky valley, which was the favorite environment of the Black Mist Spiders in the Hammerfall Mountains.

"Unfortunately, there is no sign of human intervention."

Ryan's eyes first focused on the nest where the black mist spiders were going in and out. Soon, he moved his eyes to a fist-sized black mist spider, looked at it carefully for a while, and quickly shook his head.

"Yes, although there are many black mist spiders, their strength is too weak. They are almost the weakest and most violent species."

"If I were Graham, I probably wouldn't choose the Black Mist Spider either."

A few minutes later, Ryan arrived above a dense forest again.

Below this dense forest is a large swamp area, where many colonies of poisonous swamp spiders live.

“There is no sign of artificial modification either.”

Ryan picked up a shivering swamp poisonous spider the size of a washbasin, sighed, and said.

Immediately afterwards, Ryan went to more than ten areas where various types of spiders were lurking, but found no trace of Graham.

"Giant web-spinning spider nests don't have that."

"Not in the Black Widow Spider's lair."

"There's no Wildthorn Spider nest either!"

This made Ryan frown slightly, and he couldn't help but doubt his own judgment.

"Could it be that Graham really found a place and buried himself in it?"

"If that's the case, there's really nothing I can do to the other party."

"wrong!"

"Judging from what he did in the Cyrodiil Plateau before, he is not the type who would just hide away without any follow-up plans. There must be something I overlooked!"

After thinking it over again and again, Ryan felt that his idea should be correct. The other party must have some plan, but the hiding place has not been discovered by him yet.

"It can't be in the Hammerfall Tunnel, right?" Ryan muttered as he thought about it in his mind.

"Although there are enough caravans there, the problem is that once multiple caravans disappear, it is impossible for the imperial garrison to fail to report it."

"but."

After thinking about it, Ryan decided to go and take a look first.

With a swish, Ryan arrived at the Hammerfall Tunnel that he had passed through before. A faint burning smell from the ground filled the air. Several caravans were heading to the other end of the tunnel in an orderly manner, with no signs of panic or anxiety at all.

This shows that no major incidents have occurred in the Hammerfall Tunnel recently.

"There's magma below, and spiders like to be in the shade. No!"

"There is another type of spider that likes heat, and that is the lava spider, a rare, powerful and violent species."

Ryan suddenly thought of something!
A rare, dark red spider that resembles a calf comes to mind.

His figure flashed several times and he came to the lava area under the Hammerfall Tunnel.

"Found it! It's here!"

A smile finally appeared on Ryan's face.

What caught Ryan's eyes in front was a lava spider nest. Hundreds of lava spiders were carrying the corpses of many wild animals into the nest.

If you look closely at these lava spiders, you can see that there are several black lines on their body surface, which is obviously different from their original appearance.

This is naturally because someone did something to the lava spider.

In fact, through the hot steam rising from the magma, Ryan had seen the familiar figure that had escaped from the Cyrodiil Plateau deep in the nest.

Graham is at a large altar that is almost complete.

Located in the center of the altar is a huge dark red rock body, on top of which lies a giant lava spider the size of a carriage, and all around it are various ferocious species captured by the lava spiders.

After a little thought, Ryan did not go forward to kill the other party directly, but carefully observed and listened to Graham's mumbling.

".Even if we kill a rare epic lava giant, there is still a big gap to summon His Majesty Neyobrekhan. We need at least two more to complete the summoning."

Graham stared at the huge corpse of the lava giant in the center of the altar, his face still without any joy.

"Damn it! If it weren't for that Ryan last time, I would have succeeded!"

"Where can we find an epic sacrifice in this damn place?"

"But if we wait for the Spider Spirit to meet the requirements, it will take at least a few years."

Seeing this scene, Ryan fell into deep thought.

Since the last battle with Neyobrekan, Ryan has learned about the relevant information.

Compared to the requirements of 'Blood Sacrifice Summoning', 'Spider Spirit Summoning' is much easier. It reduces the intelligence requirements of the sacrifice and instead requires a qualified high-quality spider as a container.

The reason he came this time was to complete the last step of promotion by killing the incarnation of the evil god Neyobrekan, not simply to kill Graham.

Because simply killing Graham would be of little significance to Ryan.

But what is more interesting now is that Graham is also trying to do this - summon the evil god Neyobrekan to come!

In other words, if he wants to complete the promotion as soon as possible, he'd better help.

"Does this mean that I have to help Graham complete the summoning?"

Ryan's expression couldn't help but become a little strange.

Although he had heard of the term "aiding the enemy", it seemed that this was his first time to officially aid the enemy.

"The best way to make the other party happy to accept the 'pie in the sky' without being suspicious is to make it a coincidence."

"There's lava all around here. Maybe we can find two epic-level hostile lava creatures and then..."

Ryan's eyes flashed and he immediately laughed.

“It’s not easy, but we still have to do it!”

The next moment, Ryan disappeared from the spot.

Finding two lava creatures that meet the requirements is extremely difficult, even for Ryan, who has the ability to travel through the subspace and whose strength has reached the peak of the full moon.

Ryan's figure was seen flickering in the dense underground magma river.

"Hey, there's an epic lava dog sleeping here."

Suddenly, Ryan found a dark red giant beast with three ferocious dog heads in an underground lava lake hundreds of kilometers away from the lava spider altar. It was the legendary lava dog with the mutant bloodline of the three-headed dog of hell.

"But that's not enough. We need a hostile creature."

After Ryan happily memorized the location, he continued to search quickly along the underground lava river.

Half an hour later.

Ryan finally found another epic creature.

"Huh? Another epic lava dog?"

Ryan was a little speechless. It would be great if it was a lava giant or an ancient fire demon. They were hostile creatures to the lava dogs. It would be more believable that two epic behemoths died after a fierce battle.

"This"

This pair of lava dogs made Ryan a little hesitant.

Suddenly, at this moment, the communication mark on Ryan's chest began to flash!
"My Lord Iron Throne, there are unusual movements of the evil spirits in Cologne Cathedral, spreading outward again, as if preparing to launch further attacks." Ryan pointed immediately, and heard Olena's anxious voice coming from the mark.

Ok?
Ryan narrowed his eyes and immediately said, "Okay, I'll be right back."

After a little thought, Ryan decided that the two lava dogs would be lava dogs!

"After all, there is infighting among dogs."

Ryan's figure flashed and he appeared above the lava lake. A dark silver metal hand quickly formed out of thin air, reached into the magma, grabbed the sleepy lava dog by the neck and picked it up.

"Woo~"

The lava dog, which wanted to roar, immediately trembled after sensing Ryan's level of strength.

In the perception of the Lava Hound, the level of the Full Moon Peak is almost completely unmatched.

After two more points, Ryan brought the lava dog back to the previous location and used his other dark silver metal hand to catch the previous lava dog.

Immediately afterwards, Ryan observed the claw and mouth shapes of the two lava dogs, and quickly killed the two epic-level lava dogs.

Afterwards, he quickly transformed into multiple pairs of metal claws and pretended to inflict wounds on the two lava dogs.

After doing all this, Ryan threw the corpses of the two lava dogs into the lava lake closest to the lava spider's nest, and released a fire spell, causing energy fluctuations.

After seeing the wandering lava spiders coming and discovering the corpse of the lava dog, Ryan nodded, flashed away, and left the Hammerfall Mountains.

As Ryan returned to the air above the imperial capital Tamriel, he discovered that a ferocious demon hundreds of meters tall had appeared in the sky above the Cologne Cathedral.

There were birds infected by it, griffin riders, and even seven or eight giant dragons filled with evil spirits, circling around the evil demon, as if ready to attack at any time.

And in the sky on the other side.

The combined forces of the Empire and the Federation are also on high alert.

The Imperial Guardians, led by Red Queen Menia, top flying knights and a large number of Griffin Knights, plus dozens of large armed airships of the Federation, also gathered in the air, stretching for dozens of miles.

Ryan even saw several slender elven elders around the top leaders of the empire, led by the great druid elder of the elven race, Orben Moonblade.

Obviously, the elves are here for support.

As for the goddess Matilda, she hid far away as a backup.

"It seems that the energy absorbed from devouring living beings last time has been absorbed completely. This time, it will have to expand further." Ryan said with a frown.

Ryan had previously learned about the demon's fighting style in detail through the goddess Matilda.

The evil spirit's level is very high. Even Matilda, as a true god, with the power of the Sun Throne, cannot completely eliminate the core of the evil spirit.

As long as the core of the evil spirit is not destroyed, the evil spirit will slowly revive and grow stronger.

The only way is to consume the evil core by activating the artifact's key of time and its sub-key.

This was also the tactic used by the goddess Matilda at the time. She used her own lifespan to activate the secondary key to consume the evil spirit, and then sealed the remaining evil spirits.

So, although the battle was won in the end, most of the goddess Matilda's long life was consumed.

Apart from the core of the evil spirit, the difficulty of dealing with those creatures infected by the evil spirit varies depending on the concentration of the evil spirit.

Basically, legendary-level infected creatures will be severely damaged when facing fire energy of the same level, while epic-level fire energy can completely eliminate this part of the evil spirit.

But if the opponent has an epic high concentration of evil energy, it would be quite tricky.

I'm afraid that except for him, it would be extremely difficult even for a wizard in the late Dawn stage to completely eliminate this evil spirit.

This is why the battle with the evil spirits is so difficult, because if you are not careful, you will be easily infected after being injured, and it is very difficult to completely eliminate them.
Ryan flashed again and came to the side of the Red Queen Menia and said, "I'm here."

When they saw Ryan's appearance, everyone from the imperial guardians to the elite soldiers in the armed airships breathed a sigh of relief.

Our own demigod has finally arrived!
The enemy was too powerful and terrifying. Just his terrifying height of several hundred meters was enough to make people despair.

Even the Red Dragon King Strahza, when compared with the other party, is like the difference between an adult and a three-year-old child. The gap is really too big.

"Ryan, the evil spirit's aura seems to have become stronger." Menia said with a frown.

"Well, every time it can draw energy from the infected creatures."

"By the way, the floating city hasn't been repaired yet?"

"Not yet. However, facing the evil demon, even if the floating city is repaired, it may not be suitable to participate in the battle."

"Ok?"

"Because there is another evil demon sealed at the bottom of the floating city, I'm worried." Ryan said in a deep voice.

In fact, neither the goddess Matilda nor he could figure out what the relationship was between the floating demon and the demon in Cologne Cathedral.

Are the two multiple sub-bodies of the same entity?
Or is each one an independent demon entity?

According to the fragmentary records in ancient books, this evil creature that is said to have been created by the Lord of the Void should have arrived in this world at different times.

The most obvious evidence is that there is a gap of nearly 20,000 years between the period of the ancient goblins and the period of the goddess Matilda.

Therefore, Ryan is more inclined to believe that the other party belongs to a different evil demon entity.

But the key to the problem is that it seems that the evil spirits can split, merge and recombine at will.

This means that once the floating city is allowed to join the battle, if something unexpected happens and causes the two evil demons to merge, even Ryan may not be able to deal with the situation.

Therefore, the floating city is still floating above the Cyrodiil Plateau, relying on the rich mineral resources and abundant manpower of the Construct Association, and is being repaired with all its strength.

"I understand. This is indeed safer." Menia nodded and said.

Suddenly, a loud roar interrupted their conversation.

"Roar!!!"

As the evil demon above the Cologne Cathedral roared, the terrifying devil sound like from hell swept around.

And the infected creatures under its command were roaring and snarling at the human coalition forces, as if preparing to launch an attack!
Facing the evil spirit's eagerness to move, Menia nodded to Ryan first, and then mobilized through voice transmission witchcraft:
"I am Menia Dragun. Here, I see a large army composed of the Empire, the Federation and even the elves, coming to fight against the invasion of the evil spirits!"

“This scene is so familiar!”

"It's just like ten thousand years ago when the goddess Matilda led humans and other races to fight against the evil demons and the evil gods. It's so similar."

"Everyone, we are all human. When faced with a cruel and ruthless monster like the demon, we will all feel fear in our hearts."

"But everyone, if you choose to turn around and run away now, you may be lucky enough to survive. But one day in the future, you can ask yourself, will you regret your cowardice today?"

"If you stay, you may die in battle, but you can proudly tell everyone that you have fought bravely to defend your homeland and protect your family! You can proudly tell the demons that we humans will never surrender!"

"Everyone, the glory is with us! I am with you!!"

Menia's powerful pre-war mobilization seemed to have a deafening spiritual witchcraft effect.

Thousands of people, regardless of whether they were in the sky or on the ground, regardless of their status, regardless of their strength, overcame their fears, raised their weapons high and waved them, and shouted:
“The glory is with us!”

“The glory is with us!”

However, the roar from the coalition forces obviously completely enraged the demon!

In the air, the evil demon's flying followers, with the infected dragon as the core, rushed towards the aerial coalition forces like a pouring black waterfall!

And the thousands of infected people on the ground rushed towards the coalition's ground positions like zombies besieging a city.

The fierce battle started immediately!
(End of this chapter)