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Chapter 92 Soul-Stealing Curse

Duy and Gandalf sailed down the River Forest, drifting all the way to its mouth and into the Long Lake.

Long Lake is formed by the confluence of the Dense Forest River and the rushing river originating from Lonely Mountain, and then flows eastward to eventually merge into the Rune Sea.

Long Lake Town is located on the central island of Long Lake, surrounded by rocky headlands for protection, and is a thriving commercial town.

Duy and Gandalf traveled down the river without encountering Thorin or his companions.

"Guide me"

The beam of light from the wand pointed towards the center of the mist-shrouded lake.

"Gandalf, Bilbo and the others should have found a way to cross the lake."

"That's good news," Gandalf nodded. "It seems we can reunite in Lake-town."

Just then, a group of Ok also came chasing after them from the upper reaches of the Milin River.

After entering the river mouth, the river slowed down, and the two people sitting in the boat instantly became like slowly moving rakes.

"Shoot them! (Slang)"

At the command of the leader, Oak, a dense volley of arrows rained down on the two men.

Despite being hit by hundreds of arrows, Dui remained unfazed, and with a wave of his wand, a protective barrier appeared around the two of them.

However, although most of the arrows were blocked, a few arrows ignored the defense, pierced through the barrier, and shot towards Dui's head.

"Watch out! There's a Morgul's arrow hidden in it!" Gandalf reacted quickly, cleaving the arrow in two with his sword and shouting a warning.

Dui reacted quickly, immediately using his large oar as a shield in front of him.

In an instant, two Mogul arrows pierced the planks of the oars, the immense force causing the arrowheads to penetrate the planks and reveal their sharp, dangerous black tips.

Unexpectedly, this time Orc was so cunning, hiding the Mogul Arrows, which were infused with deadly poison and dark magic, in a dense forest of arrows, making them impossible to guard against.

Dui's expression darkened. He threw away the oarboard with the Mogul's arrow stuck in it and immediately retaliated.

"Thunderous explosion!"

As if prepared, Orc on the riverbank quickly drew shields from his back and held them in front of him.

The massive blast sent Oak flying, but few of them actually died.

The shields, made of some unknown material, were extremely sturdy and successfully withstood the force of the explosion.

Dui and Gandalf's expressions turned serious.

"Duir, these Orks clearly know your methods; they were prepared!" Gandalf warned.

Dui nodded silently, having also noticed the problem.

"Gandalf, let's get ashore first. I need to get some things out of these orks!"

Gandalf agreed and quickly steered the small boat toward the shore.

"Fire arrows! Fire arrows and kill them!" (Slang)

The Orks attempted to prevent the two from landing with a barrage of attacks.

But the next second, the arrows in their hands turned into venomous snakes, baring their fangs and quickly biting at their necks or arms.

The Orks were terrified by this sudden turn of events and instinctively dropped their bows and arrows, falling into a state of panic.

The venomous snake landed and transformed back into its original weapon, as if it had just been an illusion.

But before they could retrieve their weapons, Dui's attack followed immediately.

"Torn to pieces, shattered to pieces, exploded with thunder—"

Dui jumped from the small wooden boat onto the riverbank and unleashed several spells.

With a huge explosion and shattering sound, the Orks were instantly killed or wounded.

Seeing that things were not going well, the leader of the Oak team immediately turned around and was about to run away, but he was hit by Dui's petrification spell and stood frozen in place.

After eliminating all the other Orks, Dui approached the petrified Ork leader.

He waved his hand and removed the petrification curse from his body.

Team leader Oak immediately drew a dagger and attacked Dui.

With a bang, the leader of the Oak team was sent flying backward and crashed heavily into a boulder behind him.

"Trying to kill me?" Dui sneered, stepping closer to Oak.

Seeing the dagger in his hand that exuded an aura of dark magic, he raised an eyebrow.

"Looks like they're well-prepared. Besides the Mogul's Arrow, they also have a dark magic dagger. Are they all meant to deal with me?"

With that, he swung his cane, and the arm holding the dagger was instantly severed.

Team leader Oak let out a scream, still glaring fiercely at Dui.

Dui's eyes stung from Oak's hideous face. With a flick of his finger, the black magic dagger floated from Oak's severed-armed hand.

He quickly pressed the object against the neck of the team leader, Oak.

"Tell me, after Azog's death, who is your leader? And why are you still hunting down the dwarves?"

Dui threatened.

"Tell me and I'll let you go."

Team leader Oak was not intimidated; instead, he revealed a sinister and malicious smile, and said smugly:

"Wizard, you won't find out! Just wait, my master has already made preparations. You and those dwarves will all be burned to death by the flames!"

Gandalf walked over and heard what Orc, the leader of the group, said. He was immediately enraged and used his staff to slam Orc heavily against the rock wall.

"Tell me the secrets you know, Orc, or I'll purify you with the flames of light right now!"

The massive blow caused the team leader, Oak, pain, but his face only showed more arrogance.

"Haha, you won't get any information from me! Our time has returned, and the flames of war will engulf the land!"

We will eventually win!

Gandalf grew even angrier and struck again with his staff.

Duy stopped Gandalf from pressing him further, saying, "Gandalf, since he's unwilling to talk, let's try another way."

Shen Youyong Fan Yi Heng Kou Ke Ao Wan Xian Ren, Guo Ping Tu Yuan Ting, Ju Chu Xia Ba De Yuan.

"The soul leaves the body!"

Sensing the intense dark magic emanating from the Dui spell, Gandalf frowned slightly and looked at him with some worry.

However, he didn't say much, believing that Dui knew what was going on.

Therefore, they focused their main attention on Oak.

Dui cast the Imperishable Curse, one of the three unforgivable curses.

The Imperish Curse does not have direct lethality; it cannot kill directly like the Killing Curse, nor can it torment people like the Cruciatus Curse.

But its most dangerous aspect is that it can control the thoughts and actions of others, turning them into puppets of the spellcaster. Even the most beloved family members or friends can be killed without hesitation.

It can be said that the Soul-Stealing Curse influences and controls a person's soul, causing them to cease to be themselves.

More importantly, the Soul-Stealing Curse has no way to be broken.

To break free from the Imperius Curse, one must possess an extremely strong will to overcome its influence.

Alternatively, one could simply kill the caster, causing the Imperius Curse to become ineffective.

Apart from that, it is almost impossible to break the Imperius Curse's control with other magic.

Seeing that the leader of the Oak team's eyes had become vacant, Dui immediately asked:

"Who is your new leader?"

Ok led Team B with a somewhat sullen expression, but quickly regained his composure. "It's Azog's son—Borg, he is our new king."