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Chapter 110 Pale Night

The night was as black as ink, and the white moon hung high in the sky, illuminating the quiet outskirts of Asda City. The dense woods cast mottled and distorted shadows.

The cold north wind swept through the treetops, bringing with it a faint whistling sound.

"Surprisingly, they responded so quickly. It seems this apostle of unknown origin is very anxious."

A skull with pale flames floating in the air, its mouth opening and closing.

"Yes, Lord Bro, I didn't expect it to be so fast."

Yin Ya stopped what he was doing and answered respectfully,

"I just sent a request to the Mammon Society's headquarters in Asda City at dusk, and then came out to arrange the corpses. However, not long after, they said someone came to visit."

He had originally planned to go to some more secretive gatherings to gather information - the Mammon Society's base was indeed fully functional and bustling, but most of those in charge had unclear connections with various forces in the city of Asda. Therefore, for those evil cult dark wizards who were a thorn in the eyes of the Northern authorities, the base could usually only serve as a transit station, and those more shady transactions and information exchanges had to be carried out cautiously in a smaller circle.

But it’s no longer used, which is a good thing.

Because the cost of continuing to gather information was not small, and he had no way to casually display his strength to intimidate those mages, which would only increase the risk of alerting the top leaders of Asda City.

Although making a noise to attract attention was the plan, the premise of everything was to draw firepower to the Disaster Cult. Now that he wanted to find out the information about his own apostles, he had to keep a low profile.

And if he wanted to spend more money, to be honest, since he had just taken out 7,200 gold coins in one go, even Yin Ya felt short of money.

After all, the cash on hand of a normal second-level wizard usually ranges from several thousand to tens of thousands. Some who are used to bartering usually only have a few hundred. It is not uncommon to even go into debt for spell practice and precious props.

Especially these dark wizards.

Perhaps the dark wizards are different from the impressions of ordinary people. In the public's perception, they have been burning, killing, and looting for years, and even control a certain force. It is impossible for them to be short of money. Money should be just a number to them.

This obviously means that they have forgotten that although burning, killing and looting are fast, they are not very good in terms of stability and upper limit. As for stable plundering, well, it is called collecting protection fees, or you can also say it is a tax.

Furthermore, villains are divided into different levels.

Those dark wizards who are powerful enough to rule a certain area naturally control a large amount of resources, but the lackeys under them do not have such freedom. Moreover, the exploitation within the dark forces is even more unscrupulous, and tributes are paid at all levels. Lone wolf wizards do not have to worry about this. Their problem is that they have no guidance and inheritance, which leads to slow progress in their practice. Without strength and backing, they are prone to death.

Of course, Yin Fang is not a lone wolf. He even has a dual identity. He is an undercover agent of the Well of Silence in the Cult of Disaster. Among these two forces, he is not the most miserable one.

No matter what.

Most of the funds obtained from the peripheral members of the Disaster Cult and the resources distributed from above were used by Wither to create the Wailing Angel.

As for the Well of Silence, although they are also preparing for action, since the preparation time is longer and more thorough, if Silver Fang asks, Lord Bro probably will not be stingy with money.

But now it was the most critical moment, and he did not want to lower his status in Lord Bro's heart.

After all, he had worked so hard for so many years just to be promoted to the third level, and at the same time, he applied for an apostle position based on his merits. As a veteran apostle, Lord Bro could play a very important role in this.

Once I become an apostle, I'll continue to work hard and get a recommendation from the "Ruined Shepherd" priest. Then, sooner or later, I'll be able to travel to the Abyss and meet with the great men of the royal court. If I can perform brilliantly in the duel ceremony, becoming a priest isn't impossible...

of course.

Eat your food one bite at a time and walk slowly.

Seeing that the skull didn't speak anymore, Yin Ya bowed, lowered his head again, and began to fiddle with the corpse on the ground.

Some of them were adventurers, some were farmers and hunters, there were men, women, young and old, dozens of them, all of them had died recently.

He got these materials on the way to Asda City. His purpose was naturally to summon some low-level undead and zombies, and then instruct them to make some trouble in Asda City, of course, as members of the Disaster Cult.

Although Yin Fang has carefully cultivated undead creatures, four first-level spore zombies, a first-level nightmare ghost and corpse wolf, and a second-level black warrior who is the strongest fighter.

But these are his treasures, how could he use them as cannon fodder?

Just try to fool it for a while. At most, you can get rid of one spore zombie. If you can trick Wither, it will be considered a success.

However, now that a strange apostle has appeared, the materials I have obtained will have to be used in a different way.

According to the rules of Silence, a super small Pale Night magic circle was set up to serve as both a welcome and a test.

"Get to work, move things, don't just stand there!"

Yin Ya was busy drawing a magic circle and glared at the undead creatures beside him.

At present, only the Dark Knight was dragging the corpses obediently, while the spore zombies were either standing there stupidly or wandering around aimlessly.

Their IQ is too low. Apart from the instinct to attack living creatures, other simple commands must be emphasized repeatedly before they can be executed. Moreover, they will start to hang up if you are not careful, and they attack without restraint. They even broke the arms and thighs of several corpses. Tsk, the quality of the summoning is reduced in vain.

Ghosts are smarter than zombies. They are currently on guard duty. The white shadow moving through the woods is one of them.

As for the Undead Wolf, due to the long and rapid run, in order to avoid irreversible losses, it has been allowed to rest in the negative energy spring in the temporary base.

The pale skull on the side fell into deep thought.

Compared to Yin Ya, it obviously has more things to worry about.

Suddenly, a strange apostle whom he did not know appeared in Asda City, and he had not heard that the "Ruined Shepherd" had recently recruited new apostles, so the other party was most likely an outsider.

Could it be that the Phoenix Kingdom's priests had come specially to pick the peaches? Unafraid to send anyone to interfere with the important affairs of Winter Bone City, they had set their sights on the plans of Asda City?

After all, the "ghost in the mirror" has always been at odds with his master, the "ruined shepherd", and he had somehow managed to please the priests of the Abyss Royal Court. As a result, although his strength was not necessarily stronger than his master, his say was much greater.

Even if they are all lucky people who have been blessed by the great Death Star, and even if their nominal identities are the same, their actual status may be very different.

Especially those of them who are members of the Well of Silence in the present world, when placed in front of the creatures born in the Abyss Royal Court, they are at best second-class people.

There is no way. How can a peasant compare with princes and nobles?

Although the great Death Star has never been stingy with His mercy, and the great master does not care about origin, the Supreme King as the agent... Alas, I can only beg for the King's mercy, hoping that He can grant me a little more depth of the abyss.

But then again.

If it really was someone from the Fenghua Kingdom who was trying to steal the credit, it wouldn't make sense.

The conflict between the Fenghua Kingdom and the Papal States is becoming increasingly fierce. This is a good opportunity to fish in troubled waters. How could they have the leisure to send apostles to the North to disgust them?

And if you really want to pick peaches, you should hide secretly until the last moment of the plan. There is no need to jump out so early.

What exactly is going on? Could it be that priests from other regions sent their apostles all the way here?

The skull kept thinking.

Yin Ya was busy setting up a magic circle on the open space, and after it was done, he waited quietly.

Wait until the ghost on guard gives a prompt.

Appeared!

With the help of the bright moonlight, looking across the bushes in front, you can vaguely see two figures, one tall and one short.

Just a little weird.

Uh, that tall figure was only wearing a thin shirt, shivering with cold, and his walking posture was very strange, as if his body was so tense that his movements were extremely stiff.

Fortunately, based on the other party's figure and breath, Yin Ya was able to judge that the other party was Black Panther, one of the managers of Mammon Society.

As for the other one.

A black cloak, a white mask, and the exposed eye holes have also been processed, making it pitch black and nothing can be seen. The magic power and aura are also very weak, and it seems that he is only at the apprentice level.

But anyone with a discerning eye knew that it was a disguise. It was impossible for someone so weak to become an apostle.

Yin Ya did not relax at all, but bent down very respectfully.

"Greetings, Apostle! Due to the hasty preparations, we can only hold a very small Pale Night. I beg you to forgive my poor hospitality."

The words just fell.

The apostle didn't react at all, but the black panther was struck by lightning and started yelling like a madman.

"Pale Night, Pale Night! You are the mages of the Well of Silence. It turns out you are in the same group!"

A trace of despair flashed in his eyes. He shouldn't have coveted the 7,200 gold coins. He had even planned to rob his thieves, but before he even met the client again, the cloaked woman destroyed his delusion at the speed of light.

Now that he knew the truth, his heart was colder than the cold wind in the north.

Having fallen into the hands of this group of terrifying necromancers, especially having witnessed their secret meeting, there is absolutely no hope of survival for him.

In that case, let’s just give it a try!

He mobilized all his magic power and cast the low-level spell "Corrosion Arrow", and his target was naturally the cloaked woman who was closest to him.

Unfortunately, the spell had not yet been fully formed. It only condensed into a dark green poisonous arrow, and his body suddenly tensed up, and then red blood flowers bloomed in the air.

A thin blood mist drifted away with the wind.

Yin Ya was shocked when he saw this.

He was not shocked by the Apostle's fierce attack. He was quite merciful to tolerate the other party until he started to cast a spell.

The main thing was that I discovered that the other party did it himself, without sending any summons, and there was not even any undead creature following him.

Is this awkward?

Although there are indeed a very small number of eccentric necromancers who do not play with the undead and instead love to practice negative energy spells, I didn’t notice any negative energy fluctuations just now?

Yin Ya didn't even sense the elemental fluctuations, he just thought it looked like telekinesis.

impossible?

The Apostles of the Well of Silence did not delve into the ways of necromancy, but instead studied the School of Chaos... Well, we can't be too absolute about it. It might be a unique hobby. Killing a first-level mage is not worthy of serious effort.

But no matter what, he did not find the undead that the other party was carrying. He even secretly glanced at the floating skull controlled by Lord Bro next to him, and shook his head, indicating that he did not notice it.

This either means that the other party has very advanced hiding techniques, or that he is truly the most bizarre type of necromancer.

The former is fine, but the latter is doomed.

Because Pale Night can only compete with summons, if you want to fight without restrictions, you usually have to do a duel ceremony.

The duel ritual was first invented by the Abyss, because the creatures of the Abyss felt that after fighting each other, they had to spend time looking for and plundering each other's wealth, which was too inefficient. Therefore, Mammon and other demons developed a battle ritual that could use everything as a bargaining chip, simply implementing the concept of winner-takes-all.

Until now, the Abyss Royal Court and the Dark Purgatory have held a large-scale duel ceremony "Solomon's Arena" every long time. It was named after Solomon, the founding emperor of the old empire, because he was the most legendary champion in the history of Abyss Duels. He defeated a large number of demons and devils along the way and gained their loyalty. He even had an unknown gambling battle with many demon gods in the end. It is said that he won an incredible victory and created an unparalleled feat.

of course.

Pale Night is a modified product of Abyss Duel, created and led by the demon "Pale Duke" Hanpas, who is keen on deducing battle flags and driving creatures to fight each other.

Although the Pale Night is not very popular in the Abyss, the Necromancers of the Well of Silence like it very much.

In addition to the fact that the "Pale Duke" is one of the demons who strongly supports the Well of Silence, the necromancy school is mostly used to cultivate undead creatures, which are naturally suitable for pet battles. Moreover, this battle basically does not endanger the life of the caster, and can be used to resolve internal disputes.

The most crucial point is that the members of the Well of Silence can use this ritual to summon a projection of the "Pale Duke". With the witness of a powerful legendary demon, everyone is not afraid of the other party playing tricks.

This is even a means of mutual identity confirmation, because at the end of the battle, the projection of "The Pale Duke" will read out the other party's affiliation and name in the Abyss Royal Court - ordinary believers like Silver Fang do not have a clear affiliation, but apostles definitely have an affiliation, and at least they will know who the priest above the other party is.

Therefore, most of the spies planted by other forces in the Well of Silence cannot cause any trouble. After all, it is difficult to conceal them when they reach the apostle level.

Compared with the patrol mechanism of the Disaster Cult, the difference is obvious.

This is one of the countless benefits of having your back to the abyss, this is what is called foundation.

"Master Apostle, I wonder if you... are willing to participate in the Pale Night?"

Silver Fang asked cautiously, pulling out a bottle of black, sticky grease. "I understand the rules. You are a distinguished apostle. Regardless of the outcome of the summoning competition, everything will be presented to you in the presence of the Pale Duke."

The two parties have different status in the organization, so the one with lower status has to offer extra gifts as the price for the offense.

"This is Hundred Sacrifice Corpse Oil. It's the best item I have. Even if you're studying the Revenant School, you can still trade it with others."

This is a precious item used to summon, maintain, and cultivate second-level physical undead creatures. It can also be used for third-level creatures. At most, the cultivation effect will become very weak.

The full bottle he took out could easily fetch tens of thousands of gold coins if sold on the black market, even without considering the premium. The key point is that this thing has a high price but no market, because the production process is complicated and cruel, and it is usually only circulated within a small circle.

Silver Fang and Skull Head stared at each other, waiting for each other's response.

If you do not agree to participate in the Pale Night, unless the other party can provide other strong identification proof, it will definitely indicate that there is a problem, after all, it does not follow the established rules within the organization.

Of course, the Abyss Duel Ritual can also prove identity... However, this also shows that the other party has ill intentions and is most likely sent by the "Ghost in the Mirror" of the Fenghua Kingdom, specifically targeting their faction.

Yin Ya will not sit still and wait for death. He will definitely find a way to meet up with Lord Bro and then deal with the other party together.

There was silence for a while.

The strange apostle spoke, and a sharp female voice echoed in the forest:

"Yes, but it must be in free summon mode."

Pale Night generally has two play styles. One is the dispatch mode, which involves sending both teams' normally raised undead creatures directly into battle. The match has different rules and is conducted according to ritual specifications.