Heart of the Castle

Chapter 693 Deke sieges, dies and withdraws
This sudden sound caused the liches around the crystal ball to stand up one after another. The panic expression that rarely appeared on the undead appeared on the face of the skeleton. The Lord of Misfortune reacted the fastest, and suddenly raised the simple white bone wand in his hand. , pointing to the direction of the sound, the mouth of the grinning mummy head on the head of the staff suddenly opened, and then let out a shrill scream that seemed to be able to strip the human soul from the body.

This bone wand is the undead secret treasure held by the Lord of Misfortune—the withered bone staff. Among the seven undead secret treasures, the withered bone staff is not well-known, and the increase in undead magic is no more powerful than other high-level wands. Strong, it seems a bit sorry for the reputation of legendary magic equipment.However, the truly frightening thing about this wand is that it can cast the eighth-level undead magic Lich's Howl instantaneously once a day, causing serious soul trauma to non-undead creatures, and even directly killing those whose soul power is not strong enough or the will is not firm enough Creatures, and as long as they have not reached the legendary level, even if they rely on a firm will and are not traumatized, they will be in a trance for a while.

At the same time when the Lord of Misfortune was casting Lich's Howl, the other three Liches immediately cooperated with each other. The white bone claws they stretched out towards the window respectively released two sets of purple-black magic light bullets and a slender Needle-like emerald green light.

The three liches used the fifth-level desecrated missile storm and the sixth-level Abrach disintegration spell. The former is a high-damage spell that is rarely seen in undead magic, and the latter has a higher probability of being able to Annihilate objects that are not protected by protective spells.Cooperating with the lich's howl issued by the withered bone staff, as long as there is no legendary powerhouse spying outside the window, it will definitely suffer a big loss.

Even Kemia Krondo, Lord of Ashes, didn't believe that the person outside the window could escape this series of magical blows, and even put down the bone scepter he had just raised.However, the next moment, the Lord of Ashes suddenly woke up. There was no roar of magic hitting the target outside the window, as if there was only a void there.

Just as the Lord of Ashes was rushing towards the window, a particularly huge bat flew in from the window, and at the same time, accompanied by that shrill voice, the voice was exasperated, "The Eternal Sleeper is here, dear Liches My lord, are you planning to murder the brothers of the Council?"

The bat covered with fine golden lines made the Lord of Ashes quite familiar. "Prince Perik?" Kemia Krondo then shouted in surprise, and the bone scepter, which was shining with magic light, was almost on the head of the big bat. He said, "It was you who were spying on us just now! Give me a reasonable explanation, otherwise I will, as the head of the council, clear out the traitors among us."

"Oh, honorable Kemiya Krondo, you really misunderstood me." Prince Perik slowly pushed away the bone scepter with his wings, and then turned into a nobleman in a cloud of gray fog again. The image of the blood-sucking prince in the dress bowed deeply to the Lord of Ashes, "For the benefit of the council, I risked my life to travel between the Scourge Knights and the Griffin Lord, and you were misunderstood. It breaks my heart."

The Lord of Ashes inspected Prince Perik's pale and thin face, his upper and lower jaws creaked and creaked. It was obvious that he didn't believe the Vampire Prince's words in his heart. "Prince Berrick, you just said that you were taking risks for the benefit of the Council, but where were you when the Scourge Knights and the Griffon Lord clashed just now?"

"Of course it's on the way here." Prince Perik's expression was very calm, and there seemed to be some kind of light that should be called "sincerity" shining in his blood-red eyes, making the Lord of Ashes feel that he should have There was a churning in the non-existent stomach. "Master Speaker, I'm afraid you don't know yet? There is not only one legendary powerhouse."

Lord of Ashes, Kemia Krondo's eyes sank, but before he could answer, the Lord of Doom, who felt a little sad for wasting the Lich's Howl magic, interjected, "The Council has already known that this The second time, in order to deal with the Griffin Lord, not only His Majesty the corrupt lord Anriott personally came, but also a more powerful legendary demon lord. Prince Berik, the possibility of dealing with the corrupt lord has disappeared, so the Council The original position must be changed..."

"My lord, this is exactly what I'm worried about." Prince Perik pressed his hands on his chest, with an exaggerated panic expression on his face, "My lords, I would like to ask, just now Did the corrupt lord send an order for the undead army to attack Dirk City?"

The Lord of Ashes nodded slightly, "That's right, Prince Berwick, the Council has no choice but to execute His Majesty Anriot's order, let the vampire troops under your command be ready. "

"What are you getting ready for?" Prince Berik's tone turned sharp like a whip, and the voice on his lips was tearing through the air, "Are you ready to die?"

"Prince Berik, please allow me to remind you that you are openly questioning the decision made by the council!" The Lord of Misfortune warned in a cold tone.

"Thank you for your reminder, Lord of Misfortune." Prince Berik suddenly turned around and confronted him with a mocking tone, "But I also want to remind you of one thing, there is no legendary powerhouse sitting in the council."
Although the open and secret fights in the Council of the Dead had never disappeared, it was the first time to be rebutted so abruptly in person. The Lord of Misfortune was stunned for a moment, and then a terrifying undead flame ignited in his eye sockets. "Damn the gods, Berrick, how dare you say such a thing..."

The Lord of Ashes, Kemia Krondo, paused on the ground with his bone scepter, signaling to the Lord of Misfortune not to speak evil words, and then spoke, although his tone was more gentle, but also full of strong dissatisfaction.

"Prince Berrick, it is true that there are no legendary powerhouses in the Council, but this is a well-known fact. What do you want to use this matter to express?"

"Dear Speaker, this is obvious." Prince Perik smiled lightly, and the Lord of Ashes suddenly realized that he hated seeing this kind of reserved smile with everything under control, and secretly decided that if the Vampire Prince couldn't tell For anything useful, he had to beat his smiling face to pieces with the bone scepter in his hand.

"There is a legendary strong man sitting in Dirk City, and he is a blazing angel with the original power of light. No matter how many low-level undead there are, there will be nothing but ashes in front of him. The leader of the Scourge Knights, Upondra, is now Not here, the only ones who can resist the Dawn Divine Sword are the council brothers present, I want to know if you are ready to face the Blazing Angel?"

"absurd!"

"What nonsense!"

Before the blood-sucking prince finished speaking, the Lord of Misfortune and another lich blurted out angrily, especially the former, who was even more furious, grabbing the collar of Prince Berik's gorgeous burqa decorated with gold thread , "The siege of the undead army has lasted for two days and one night, and several times it was about to break through the defense line of the city. Is there any legendary powerhouse in Dirk City? Let alone the blazing angel..."

"Toot toot toot toot toot—" the voice of the Lord of Misfortune was suppressed by the loud and high-pitched horn sound from the top of Deke City. The members of the council were all surprised by this sudden change, only Bo Prince Rick showed a knowing look, and there was even a nasty smile on the corner of his mouth.

"Go and see, what's going on in Dirk City?" Kemia Krondo, Lord of Ashes, ordered, a lich nodded, and then ran to the window in three steps at a time. The empty eye sockets of the green undead flames looked in the direction of Dirk City.

"Master Speaker, those humans are blowing their horns... Oh, it seems that some kind of teleportation magic effect has appeared..." The lich cast an "Eye of the Dead" magic, and countless small green runes were on his body. Gathering and swimming around the eye sockets, "Behind the portal... there is a strong sacred energy reaction! No, no, that... that is..."

The voice of the lich suddenly rose, but before he could say what he saw, with the holy hymn reverberating in the sky, the direction of Dirk city suddenly burst into light, driving away the darkness, and shining pure white light In the dark night sky, it seems like the sun is rising in the east, and the morning light is coming!

This white ray of light is like a giant pillar of the sky, and the end reaches the clouds. There is a sacred power that is difficult to describe in words.There was at least one kilometer between the undead camp and Dirk City. However, when the holy white light fell from the sky, the outermost dark magic defense of the camp was easily broken like parchment, and then filled with majestic milky white holy ripples However, like a terrible hurricane, it ruled over the undead camp.

Pieces of skeletons and zombies fell down like dominoes without resistance, and the weak undead flames burning in the eye sockets were completely extinguished almost instantly; the wraiths and ghosts screamed piercingly and went crazy They also wanted to escape the blow of the Holy Light, but there was nowhere to escape. The incorporeal translucent figure quickly shattered and disappeared under the constant washing of the Holy Light; Although the magic defense of the camp where it was located was also easily shattered, the coffin blessed by dark magic was strong enough to barely withstand the aftermath of the holy light, but there were puffs of black smoke and piercing howls at the same time.

The protective magic of the Bone Altar is of course much stronger than other parts of the camp, and although the impact of the holy light is magnificent, it is actually just the aftermath of the arrival of the blazing angel, and the dark green mask trembles under the washing of the holy light , but it was never completely broken.

Even so, for the members of the Council of the Dead gathered in the bone altar, the sight of the seraphim angel descending on Dirk City also brought a very strong spiritual impact.The Lord of Ashes showed a look of horror in his eyes, and he even had to rely on the bone scepter to support the ground, so as not to fall to the ground; the performance of other council members was even worse, the lich who witnessed the angel's arrival by the window was almost paralyzed. On the ground, the Lord of Misfortune let go of his right hand grasping Prince Perik's collar, and staggered back. When he sat down, his upper and lower jaws rattled, as if he was in a nightmare.

Prince Perik secretly breathed a sigh of relief, straightened the loose collar that was caught with his hands, and stuffed the magic whistle hidden in his palm into the hidden pocket of the burqa. "Brothers of the Council, what I want to tell you is this matter. There are not one but three legendary powerhouses beside the Griffin Lord Liviston! Except for Master Frederick the Exalted Lich and Blazing In addition to Celestial Envoy Rist Robinson, there is also a Scourge Knight, Cursed World Black Sun, that is, the death knight created by the former head of the council, Lord Andusias, using the scroll of human skin."

"The Griffon Lord has... three legendary powerhouses..." The voice escaping from the Ash Lord's throat was as weak as a moan, "Even the Kingdom of Arthur... no, even the Celestia Empire in its heyday During the period, there were only two legends... sue the Council of the Dead... No, the former speaker Andusias actually tried to compete with the power with three legendary powerhouses, his demise is not surprising at all!"

"Lord Speaker, things are not that simple." The Lord of Misfortune has woken up from the shock of seeing the angel descending, and reminded in a hurried tone, "There is a big gap between legendary powerhouses, even if the Griffon Lord There are really three legends on one side, and it may not be able to defeat the corrupt lord His Majesty Anliott and the unknown demon lord. If we refuse to carry out the order of His Majesty Anliott, it is undoubtedly a betrayal in his eyes. If the two agree What should we do if we fail to fight the Griffin?"

"Master of Misfortune, do you know it's 'not necessarily' possible?" The corner of Prince Perik's mouth picked out an aggressive arc like a blade, "In any case, with a three to two ratio, the advantage lies with the Griffin Lord Li Weishi Ton side."

"It's just a numerical advantage. Whether the advantage can be transformed into a victory, at least no one can see it before they fight." The tone of the Lord of Misfortune's response was not strong, obviously he did not dare to make an assertion in his heart .

"My lord, and the brothers of the council, with all due respect, due to the appearance of the legendary powerhouse, the Council of the Dead is already at an absolute disadvantage in the power comparison of the three parties, even if we join one of the parties to help, regardless of whether If it can change the original battle situation, the loss of strength will be very serious." Prince Perik showed a bitter smile on his face, "So I urge all the brothers in the council to act cautiously, why don't we wait and see what happens, wait The Griffin Lord and the Demon Lord decide the outcome, and then make a decision?"

The Lord of Ashes pondered for more than a minute, then shook his head with difficulty, "Stand still? No... This idea is not good, it's terrible." His tone was not very sure, and the dark green flames in his eyes It is also flickering and shaking, indicating that the ideological struggle in the heart is very fierce. "Prince Berrick, have you forgotten? For humans or demons, the dead are never trustworthy allies. Our ultimate goal is irreconcilable with them... Life is too noisy and greedy, only the Sleeper The Kingdom of Eternal Night is the real paradise... It is the sacred mission of every deceased person to return the whole world to peace, tranquility and absolute silence."

"Yes, this is the sacred mission of every deceased person, and it is also the reason for the establishment of the organization of the deceased." The Lord of Misfortune said seriously, "If we say that we compromise with the living, then we will violate the original vision and deny The value of self-existence."

Prince Berik's expression changed slightly, but he quickly regained his composure. He lowered his eyes and pondered for a while, as if he was organizing and preparing his words, and he seemed to be silently praying to the gods he believed in. "My lord, and the brothers of the council, I think everyone should have heard such a passage before." When Prince Berrick spoke again, his voice was low and solemn, "Although life blooms in spring and prospers in summer, But winter will always come and bring death. The earth will be frozen so that not even the strongest sprout can grow. The cold wind will cover everything and suck the life force from all living things, blowing out fire and hope, leaving nothing but endless the pale silence of the

"This is one of the oracles sent down by our lord Kuximu thousands of years ago." Lord of Ashes, Kemia Krondo replied in the same deep and solemn voice, while touching himself with the bone scepter in his hand In order to pay tribute to the leader of the long sleep, "Prince Berik, your memory is quite good, but what does this have to do with the difficult situation we are currently facing?"

"Haven't you noticed? My lord, Ku Ximu, the leader of the Eternal Sleep, has pointed out the only correct path for us in the oracle." Prince Berik's tone was appropriately questioned, "Life Prosper in summer, and winter will always come. This is an undoubted law of nature and an irreversible divine law. The deceased is a faithful believer of Ku Ximu, the long-sleeping guide. When winter comes when everything really withers, the great The Eternal Sleeper will give us the supreme power to end our lives. Before that, we should also obey the natural laws and divine laws, and hand over the stage of the world to those living who have not comprehended the true meaning of death."

After Prince Perik's eloquent speech was over, silence enveloped the room above the Bone Altar. Members of the Council exchanged thoughtful glances, at least half of them agreed. Vampire Prince Perik said these words It does make sense, and the predicament faced by the Council of the Dead has greatly strengthened its persuasion.

The Lord of Ashes thought more about it than the other liches, then he raised his head, his eyes slowly swept across the faces of each lich, and finally landed on the blood-sucking prince. "Prince Berrick, I have a question, please answer it honestly."

The blood-sucking prince's hands were clenched into fists under the burqa, but on the surface he looked calm, at least there was no trace of panic on his face. "Dear Speaker, I will answer truthfully, please feel free to ask questions."

The Lord of Ashes nodded, "Very good, very good." His voice was full of satisfaction, and then he took a few steps forward with his scepter in his hand, turned around suddenly, and his tone became stern and cold, "Answer me, Are you entrusted by the griffin lord Levi Stern, trying to persuade us to turn our backs on the corrupt lord Anliott and submit to the banner of the griffin?"

(End of this chapter)