It doesn't matter what the lord is.

After the sword energy of Garberd dissipated, the illusion just now also disappeared. Alaiya raised her head and saw that the bones of Garberd in reality had disappeared in the heavy rain. The hanging skull lost its support and fell down, breaking into countless powders in the muddy water.

92. I hope you will think so in the future

The Golden Star Giant was dead, his heart exploded, and the crystal that had drained all his strength had already flown to the north.

The Steel Heart Giant was burned into a ball of fire by the Spiritual Warrior Lord. Although the golden flames on his body were finally extinguished, his originally strong body was reduced to charcoal. After being unable to control the power in his body, the crystal in the heart of the Steel Heart Giant also drained its blood and soul, and then flew north on its own.

On the battlefield, the Yinhua giant looked left and right, and suddenly found that he had become the dominant one on the battlefield.

When facing Garberd just now, neither it nor the Steelheart Giant dared to attack. At first, they thought it was unnecessary, but by the time they reacted, it was too late. Are you kidding? The Golden Giant, whose strength is one level higher than the Silver Giant, was cut into pieces. What's the point of it rushing forward? It's nothing more than adding another corpse.

After wasting the last moments of the old man's life and waiting until the Lingwu Lord left first, it became the master of the battlefield.

Although, the Yinhua Giant did not feel happy about this at all.

Unlike lower-level giants, it has a brain and knows clearly what the crystal rooted in its heart means. With this time bomb buried in its heart, the Silver Giant has no interest in things like the death of its superior or its upcoming promotion. It has only one idea: since it is alive, it must kill as many humans as possible to reduce their military strength so that it will have a greater chance of going south in the future.

After all, fighting on the border is completely different from the situation here. Even though these medium-sized giants are showing off their might here, they will all be stuck at the tenth level at the border, where Garberd might be able to kill them without even losing his life. And the invincible giant army now will basically be no match for Lingwu's cavalry when they get there. Killing more human troops now will reduce a lot of casualties for the giants in the future.

The Silver Giant roared, and its 100-meter-tall body ran wildly on the ruins. The surviving humans could not withstand this pressure at all. This naturally included Alaya and Shiloh, and the two had to choose to retreat temporarily.

Only the wounded Zhan Mei bent his body, tightly gripping his battle axe, staring at the silver giant rushing towards him, without retreating a single step.

Just when the giant body was about to crush Zhan Mei, the Silver Giant suddenly stopped and looked into the distance. On the horizon, another human army galloped over, led by a red-haired boy holding a spear.

Although it was a little late, General Plante of Tian Ce Mansion finally led his troops through the siege and came to support the front battlefield.

The battlefield was in a mess, but the target was very clear. The Silver Giant still standing there was their only enemy.

Without the cover of the lower-level giants, the entire army formed a group to fight the boss.

The Silver Giant frowned, and his eyes wandered around, landing on the backs of Alaya and Shiloh. Not long ago, he witnessed with his own eyes that Garberd gave half of his sword energy to Alaya, and he could imagine how high she would reach in the future. Before fighting the human army, he planned to solve the crime of this human girl holding the jade.

The silver giant rushed towards Alaya, and the distance between the two sides was reduced to less than a hundred meters in less than a breath. Alaya and Shiloh had no way to deal with it. As they were locked by the giants of the eleventh realm, they seemed to have been sentenced to death in advance.

But halfway through the run, the Silver Giant suddenly stopped again. This time, there was no Cheng Yaojin who showed up halfway, but it just found that Alayya and Shiloh suddenly disappeared from its sight!

The Silver Giant frowned and looked around, but could not find Alaya and Shiloh anywhere. Their auras were still there, but not in a fixed place. Instead, they came from many places at the same time, making the Silver Giant not know where to attack. Just as it hesitated, Honglian's spear and Bai Ye's iron fist had already hit it directly. The army and human masters, led by Tiance Mansion, launched a fierce attack on it.

Ten minutes later, dozens of kilometers away.

Alayya stopped and looked at the smiling young man with white hair in front of her and asked:

"Why is Mr. Merlin here?"

Merlin, the magician who had reached the tenth level but remained unknown, scratched his head and said:

"I don't dare to come here. It's such a dangerous place. If I'm not careful, I will die. It's the clone. I demonstrated it to you before when I was in the demon tribe, right? This little magic is nothing to me."

Merlin looked at Alaiya, his mouth still raised, but his eyes were not smiling, and he said seriously:

"Before coming to see you, I ran into your Yuxi City Lord. He is such an interesting young man. He made a deal with me. Next, he will help me do something, and I will bring you back to Lingwu Territory unharmed. Well~ Anyway, it's not the first time I've done this kind of escort work, so why not say I'm familiar with it?"

Merlin said it easily, but Alaia tightened her grip on the sword at her waist and asked nervously:

"Where did the young master go?"

Merlin did not answer directly. After a moment of exaggerated hesitation, he smiled and said:

"Hmm~ Where did you go? How about this, you come back to Lingwu with me and I'll tell you about him, how about that?"

Perhaps Merlin's indifferent attitude irritated Alaya. Worried about her young master, Alaya drew her sword and said softly with a frown:

"The young master once said that we should be grateful to those who saved us and remember the good things about others. I am very grateful to Mr. Merlin for saving my life, and I will repay him one day. But one thing is for another, I cannot watch my young master in danger and do nothing."

She said it decisively.

Merlin raised his hands above his head. Although he was stronger than Alayya, he took the initiative to make a surrender gesture and muttered:

"forgive me……"

Then, Merlin looked at Alayya with his deep eyes and asked with a smile:

"I say, this time the situation is completely different from the previous ones. He went to fight against the sky above your head, and you are standing on his side?"

Alaiya didn't understand and frowned:

"Master's enemies are my enemies. What's the problem?"

Merlin tapped the ground with his staff, shook his head, and sighed after a long moment:

“…I hope you’ll think so in the future.”

He stopped playing tricks on Alayya and said directly:

"Well, let's not talk about that for now. The young master of your family had anticipated this situation and told me in advance. If you go to him... or rather, any one of us, including me, goes to him, we will only hinder him. He told me to tell you to go to the Jubei Inn and wait for him."

Jubei Inn is the inn where Lid and Alayya stayed when they first came to Lingwu.

Alayya was silent for a long time, and finally nodded.

93. The Man Who Deceived Heaven

not long ago.

Two people were standing on the desolate snowfield.

"I see, you are the magician who rescued Alayya and Shiloh. Fileta also got a part of your inheritance, so I should thank you."

Lid shook hands with Merlin, first expressed his gratitude, and then started poaching people:

"So are you coming to Yuxi City?"

Merlin shook his head and said with a smile:

"No, no. Our eldest daughter is still at an age where she is full of enthusiasm for adventure. For at least a few years, I have to travel around the world with her."

"That's it."

Lid did not have too much regret and asked directly:

"Let's get to the point. What are you doing here? Or...what is your clone doing here?"

Merlin raised his head, thought for a moment, and then answered:

"Well, I'm not too sure about that. I originally sent out my clone with the mentality of 'it's such a big event, why don't I join in the fun', but after I got here, I found that things were a little beyond my expectations. I encountered the chaos of the Abyss Church in Lingwu, and I investigated a little; after I came to the Giant Tribe, I saw some low-level Giants exploded and died. Now I'm traveling around, trying to see what happened."

Lid nodded, found a piece of bluestone and swept away the snow on it, sat down cross-legged, and said:

"In that case, let's exchange information first."

Merlin placed the staff horizontally in the air, and it floated naturally. He sat on the staff and felt like a witch riding a broom.

Lid told Merlin about Kungu's resurrection plan and the importance of Huang Yan as the son of Tianyan in this situation. Merlin provided the latest situation of Lingwu Territory after Lid left, including the collective activities of members of the Abyss Church, a large number of sacrifices, and the fact that although the Sun Guard and the Hidden Guard seemed to be desperately searching, they always felt that they were slacking off.

Both of them fell silent for a moment.

Merlin spoke first:

"It seems that the Spiritual Warrior Lord wants more than just the extermination of the giants. She wants something more, and that thing is most likely related to the resurrection of the Pillar of Eternal Life, Clenus."

He paused and continued:

"But... that's a matter for the future. There are two main battlefields right now. One is the ambush of the giants, and the other is Huang Yan's natural disaster. If the giants win this war, they will move all the way south, and the Lingwu territory without the lord will not be able to withstand their attack. And if Huang Yan can't withstand the natural disaster, Klenus will be resurrected. Considering its relationship with the old gods, I don't think Klenus will stand on the side of humans."

Reed raised his head and saw the faint flickering of a hundred miles of lightning on his left, and the red beam of light of Lingwu's warning on his right.

The little slime was shivering on his shoulder, and finally had to crawl into his arms. But now the little slime looked very small, and even if it crawled into Lid's arms, it would not have the bulging bulge it had before.

Lid was silent for a while, then said to Merlin:

"Don't worry too much about the giants' ambush. I don't think anything serious will happen. Since that woman still has the energy to assassinate me, it means she is very confident in the combat power in her hands."

Merlin frowned slightly and said hesitantly:

"But with that small army..."

Lid said to him directly:

"Galberd is probably going to die. He is just a sword brought by Lord Lingwu. He will die regardless of whether the plan goes well or not. Even if there is no ambush and the original plan goes smoothly, when the Lingwu army concentrates its strength on Gaerbod, I still don't think his body can withstand it."

Merlin raised his eyebrows and asked:

"Then do you think he can kill the fully prepared Golden Giant?"

Lid nodded:

"We can kill him. At worst, he will end up like Qingyun."

Merlin immediately stopped talking.

After a moment he shook his head and sighed:

"I really don't know who set this upper limit of ten. It's like a red line has been drawn, and anyone who crosses it will surely die... Although for me, the tenth level is enough to protect the young lady's safety, every time I see someone risking their life to go to a higher place, I feel sad."

Lid put his hands in his sleeves, thought for a while, and said to Merlin:

"Humans cannot surpass the tenth level. In my opinion, there are three most likely factors. One is physical strength, one is the national defense formation, and the other is the rumored tenth level of thunder tribulation that cleanses the marrow and removes hair. From the results, humans can only surpass the tenth level when the national defense formation is not effective, whether it is Qingyun or Jiaerbode. It would be great if I had the chance to go to the capital to study the national defense formation, but unfortunately I don't think I will have this opportunity in the short term."

Reed didn't seem to intend to dwell on this issue any longer. After all, in his eyes, this was not something that could be solved overnight.

Right now, there is a more urgent situation.

Lid's sight shifted slightly, looking at the thunderstorm on Huang Yan's side. The calamity that had been prepared for eighteen years was indeed extraordinary. Just from the momentum alone, it was enough to make people despair. In the face of a disaster of this magnitude, it seemed that the wisest thing to do was to escape as far as possible.

Merlin raised his hand, the rings on his staff jingled, a smile appeared on his face again, and he said to Lid:

"Well~ If you want to save Huang Yan, I have a way."

Reed turned his head and looked into his eyes.

Merlin smiled and gestured, saying:

"Think about it, isn't illusion magic what I'm best at? My current clone was created using illusion magic. Once the heavenly calamity is activated, it is impossible to cancel it, but I can disguise your aura as Huang Yan's. If you go and block the thunder for her, she will naturally have a chance of survival."

After he finished speaking, Merlin put away the smile on his face.

After a moment, Lid opened his mouth and asked:

"Do you have the means to deceive the heaven?"

Merlin was a little surprised. He thought Lid would first ask about the consequences of blocking the calamity, but he didn't expect him to ask if he was confident enough. Merlin jumped off the staff, stood on the snow, and laughed heartily:

"It's just a few decades of my lifespan, I don't mind it that much. I'm a hybrid of a fairy and a human, so my lifespan is about 200 years, but my eldest daughter is a human, and her lifespan is only a few decades. So my extra lifespan is useless, so it's okay to give it to you as a favor. As for the success rate, I can only guarantee that a portion of the calamity will be transferred to you, and I can't predict the consequences."

Merlin held the staff and said to Lid:

"I hope you go, because my eldest daughter is obsessed with driving away the aliens, and she and I have been active on the border. If the giants in the north are replaced by Kungu, I am not sure I can fight against them. But I must also tell you responsibly that I will lose a few decades of life at most, and it is very likely that neither you nor Huang Yan will survive. This is actually a gamble with your life on a low-probability event. If it succeeds, the benefits will be huge, but if it fails, it will be a loss. And..."

Merlin frowned and didn't finish his words.

And even if it succeeded, it would actually be making wedding clothes for the Lingwu Lord invisibly.

Although I don't know what the woman wants, one thing is certain.

She hopes that Clenus will be resurrected, but she doesn't want him to be completely resurrected. If Lid can save Huang Yan, Clenus' soul will continue to sleep, which is equivalent to helping the Lingwu Lord in disguise. I just don't know if this is part of the Lingwu Lord's plan.

Lid knew what he wanted to say and said calmly:

"Whatever. Whatever that crazy woman plans to do, I'll kick her ass before that happens. The assassination has not been avenged yet, so we can't just let this go."

Lid also stood up and said to Merlin:

"I'll leave the matter of Qi Tian to you. Besides that, please help Alayya and Xi Luo, and give a message to the Lingwu Lord. If she has left, please talk to the general Zhan Gui or the deputy general Zhan Mei of the Moon Guards--"

Lid paused and said slowly:

"'If you still want someone to help you contain Western Qin and Southern Chu when you go south in the future, don't bother the rebels now.'"

Merlin nodded and said:

"I've made a note of it. If anything happens to you, I can help you guard Yuxi City for three years."

Reed smiled and said nothing.

Merlin put on a serious expression, raised his staff, and the wind and snow suddenly stopped. The rings on his staff began to tremble violently, and the two top rings broke apart with a crisp sound. At that moment, Lid felt as if he was covered with a layer of gauze, and the next moment, the lightning above the dark clouds began to spread and gathered above Lid's head.

Merlin spat out a mouthful of blood on the ground, covered his chest and coughed without grace, blood kept pouring out of his mouth and nose, and his already pale skin looked even more bloodless. Lid couldn't understand his magic, but the illusion was obviously related to the main body. Such magic that shortened lifespan would definitely shorten the lifespan of the main body. Illusion was just a medium after all.

Lid originally wanted to hand the little slime over to Merlin, but this time the little slime tightly grasped Lid's clothes on his chest and refused to leave. Lid had no choice but to take it with him to the most violent place of the catastrophe.

After taking two steps, Merlin's voice suddenly sounded behind him:

"Well. I have another piece of information as a gift for you."