Star Forge Titan

The bear's paws swung left and right, and with a few crackling blows, the two lower-level demons were beaten so hard that they cried for their parents.

In addition, the large group of small thugs usually didn't care about showing their loyalty at this time. They dropped their weapons and turned around and ran away. Some of them with long legs and legs even ran ahead of Jabba.

Then, the elite water element wearing ice armor quickly transformed into a wave form, rushing through the corridor in the form of a torrent, knocking them to the ground, and reunited at the front of the road. A few unlucky people were even wrapped in it and showed painful expressions as if they could not breathe.

Even the goblins that were summoned to make up the numbers gathered together, using their magic power to levitate tables and chairs and smash them down on everyone.

It’s not that no one wanted to fight back. They tried to eliminate these summoned creatures by attacking the summoner, but the crossbow arrows they secretly shot were blocked by a shield more than ten meters away from Afrediya.

High Mage Armor, Arrow Deflection Field, Thorn Shield, Activated Chains, Daedalus's Force Field Wall, the five defensive magics revealed by the attack were simply despairing.

The Barrier Mage's main skill, Daedalus's Force Field Wall, alone is three meters thick.

This scene made everyone give up the fantasy of directly attacking the summoner.

In the chaos, Jabba widened his eyes and realized that although his men were badly beaten, none of the summoned creatures had the intention of directly harming anyone's life, except for the bear, so he simply lay down on the ground, wailing and rolling around like he was beaten to a pulp.

Just when the fat businessman thought his plan had succeeded, there was a sudden crisp "bang" sound beside him, and then he felt something standing next to him.

Jabba quietly opened his eyes and saw a hound with golden fur standing silently beside his legs.

This is a young golden retriever, but it is now the size of an adult ordinary hound.

"Good dog, no, don't bite me, I have something delicious here..." Jabba said with a fake smile as he reached out to take out the dagger.

As a result, he saw that the quiet golden retriever seemed to smile at him, and then, without hesitation, bit the vital part between his two thick legs.

The sudden burst of intense pain made Jabba scream heart-wrenchingly. The scream was so shrill that the summoned creatures who were beating other thugs couldn't help but look sideways. The thugs who were holding their heads and getting beaten were also frightened by this inhumane scene and shuddered all over. Even the celestial bear who beat the two lower-level demons to the ground was stunned.

Where did this dog come from? Why is it so ferocious...

"Have Ivanhei and the others got materials or equipment? Why are all the people here local gangsters?" Afrediya frowned, feeling a little puzzled.

At the same time, she also discovered that her gold medal summoning fighter and half-best friend, Gabrielle, did not take action.

"Gabrielle..." As soon as she turned around, Afrediya saw Gabrielle kneeling on the ground in the standard frustrated forward bend posture.

"...What's wrong with you now?" asked the eldest princess with a dark face.

"I lost." Gabrielle sobbed.

"Huh?" Afrediya felt as if several question marks appeared above her head.

At this time, she didn't have any questions to ask, but she felt that the other party seemed to have some problems.

"I finally understand why you didn't summon me some time ago even though you were alone." Gabrielle produced a handkerchief from somewhere and hummed hard, making a loud nasal sound.

"My little Frey was deceived by Bangbang!" The female angel pointed at Ivan who was soaking in the glass container and burst into tears.

"What nonsense are you talking about?!" Afrediya was angry and embarrassed. With a red face, she raised the stool and hit Gabriel on the head. Anyway, this guy was strong and not afraid of a beating.

"Hehehe, I was right!" Gabrielle held her head and laughed weirdly like a dirty uncle.

Suddenly, a series of shrill screams came from the corridor outside, which even drowned out Jabba's howls.

As Afrediya made a mantra gesture, Gabrielle instantly stood up and stood in front of her. A large amount of activated liquid metal oozed out from the inside of the silver hollow armor. They used the original hollow metal armor as the internal support and quickly solidified and reconstructed into a set of super heavy armor covering the female angel's entire body.

When the two of them arrived at the door, they saw all the summoned creatures gathered together vigilantly.

The thugs who were attacked strangled themselves, and black smoke came out of their eyes, noses, mouths and even ears, forming a skull shape in the air.

Soon, all the thugs fell to the ground dead.

"It's a curse, a deadly curse spell set up in advance." Gabrielle quickly judged.

"Is it to frame us as murderers?" Afrediya asked in a low voice.

She frowned and began to use the method that Alvin had reminded her before.

Who would benefit most from the death of these people? What kind of benefits would there be?

To put it bluntly, if a few low-level gangsters died in the streets, no one would care. Even if the undead faction hiding in the dark wanted to frame them, wouldn't it be more effective to use law-abiding civilians or nobles?

What is the meaning of this curse other than leaving behind a pile of corpses?

Wait! A corpse?

Afrediya felt an ominous premonition.

Clap, clap, clap. There was a burst of crisp applause from across the corridor.

Looking up, I saw a tall, thin figure in a black robe standing alone beside the corpses. Then, he said in a sweet voice with unusual joy:

"Long time no see, my dear old classmate."

Chapter 17: Iron Guards of Hades

"Kayon Paulus."

Afrediya looked at the black-robed wizard at the end of the corridor with a serious look.

Like the eldest princess, she was also a member of the group of young scholars sent by the Kingdom of Elrond to study in the City of a Thousand Towers. However, this person's recommendation came from the top of the School of the Undead.

It was said that the Necromancer apprentices of that time launched a series of brutal competitions among each other, and Khayon was the final winner. It was because of this that he stood out from the crowd of apprentices and received a letter of recommendation from the top of the Necromancer School.

Rumor has it that his robe turned such a dirty black because it was stained with too much blood from his classmates.

"Since you appear here, it means that the School of Undead has completely betrayed the royal family of Elrond?" Although she was questioning the other party, the eldest princess' tone was not angry and even somewhat calm.

Alvin had analyzed the current situation with her back in the hunter's cabin, and the scene before him only proved his words from another angle.

"No, no, no, old classmate, have you forgotten how Mr. Hegel from the City of Thousand Towers taught us?" The black-robed wizard shook his finger as if he didn't agree.

"This matter needs to be viewed dialectically."

"I am me, the School of the Undead is the School of the Undead. You are you, the Royal Family of Elrond is the Royal Family of Elrond." The black-robed wizard argued in his sweet voice, which was like the tongue of a poisonous snake.

"This is just a reunion among old classmates. How can it be related to treason?" As he said this, the black-robed wizard slowly took off his hood to reveal a young face that was somewhat feminine and pale.

At this moment, his face was full of grievance and sadness, just like an honest man who was bullied.

"Then please step aside. I don't have time to chat with my former classmates right now." Afrediya didn't relax at all.

She hadn't had much interaction with Khayon in the past, but she had heard stories of his despicable deeds from others.

Although there was no substantial evidence, everyone who competed with Khayon always encountered various inexplicable accidents. Then, perhaps a scholarship, some honorary qualifications, or even the same precious magical materials, those things would eventually fall into Khayon's hands.

"How heartless! You are worthy of being the Princess of the Unconquerable Ice Fortress respected by the gentlemen. This is so sad." Khayang raised his right hand and placed his index finger on his forehead, pretending to be heartbroken.

"I just can't relate to people who can memorize a sonnet to please a woman but can't memorize a spell formula in class," Afrediya said coldly.

Seeing this, Khayon changed the subject again. His eyes, which had been narrowed into a slit like a fox, opened slightly and glanced at the alchemy laboratory behind Afrediya with interest.

"Is that so? But I hear you seem to have taken a fancy to some lucky fellow lately, and I imagine it must be a gentleman of great learning and good manners. Why not let the envied gentleman come out and introduce himself?"

"This has nothing to do with you," Afrediya said stiffly.

"Oh, is it that the gentleman is not convenient to meet guests now?" Ka Yang raised the corners of his mouth and revealed a cunning smile.

"You!" Afrediya's eyes changed slightly, but Ivan's voice seemed to ring in her ears again.

Don't follow the fox's tracks.

"...What are you waiting for? No, who are you delaying for?" Afrediya suddenly asked.

The eldest princess's sudden question made Ka Yang stunned. Obviously, this was inconsistent with his impression of the noble lady who was not good at speaking.

"Be alert, little Frey, I sense an evil aura." Gabrielle, who had been silent and wary of the other party, suddenly spoke.

"Hey, Your Highness the Princess and this strange angel lady, why do you want to expose this fact? I'm really not used to confronting people head-on." Ka Yang sighed and raised his right hand.

Then, the black smoke skeletons floating in the corridor quickly gathered towards his open fingers.

The concentration of negative energy in the air increased sharply, causing the Celestial Bear and the Golden Hound, who possessed animal instincts, to growl continuously, and the other summoned creatures also showed signs of vigilance.

Before Afrediya could do anything, she saw the souls of those cursed people merge into an astonishingly large black skeleton, from which a kind of crazy and turbid aura continued to emanate.

"Spirit body gymnastics, soul harmonization, have you been promoted to a second-level spirit master of the Undead School?" Afrediya, who was unable to stop him in time, couldn't help but frowned slightly.

"Yes, although I am not like Her Highness, whose talent is as dazzling as the stars, who can easily gain the appreciation of many masters in the City of Thousand Towers and obtain the core promotion ceremony of the School of Spells directly from the Holy Land of Magicians."

As he spoke, the smile on Khayon's lips turned as ferocious as a lone wolf, and his tone revealed undisguised jealousy.

"But after returning home, a respectable gentleman still granted me the promotion ceremony to a second-level Samurai Spirit Master. The price was nothing more than being his dog for the rest of my life! What an honor!"

"You've lost yourself." A magical light shone in Afrediya's palms, and she had a bad premonition.

The blood from her mother allowed her to make sounds at a frequency that ordinary people could not hear, so all the summoned creatures present quietly took attacking postures.

"Ha, lost?" Khayon sneered, and the frenzied spirit held in his left hand further compressed and shrank.

"Your Highness, a noble princess like you who is so high and mighty cannot possibly understand how much someone of humble origin like me can pay to gain power!" The highly concentrated negative energy caused dark lines to appear on the face of the black-robed wizard. Those were the marks left by the negative magic power eroding his flesh.

"Let me tell you the answer with my actions." Khayang's voice became more and more crazy.

"Everything!" After saying this, the black-robed wizard suddenly moved his left hand from behind his back to the front without any warning.

He held a round metal plate between his five fingers, from which came a powerful suction force, completely devouring the ghost skeleton emitting a frenzied aura.

Seeing the situation was bad, the Celestial Bear roared and charged at the black-robed wizard head-on, its body ablaze with lightning. The Golden Hound suddenly vanished and reappeared behind Khayon, its sharp teeth biting directly into his arm that was casting the spell.

Water elementals, goblins, even though Afrediya didn't give any orders, all the summoned creatures launched an attack at the same time.

The only exception was Gabrielle, who also sensed some danger and increased the defensive power of her magic armor to the extreme. She was extremely vigilant and carefully stationed beside Afrediya.

boom!

At the same time as the summoned creature launched its attack, a strong impact suddenly exploded at the end of the corridor, and highly concentrated negative energy directly released a circle of indiscriminate attacks in all directions.

Gabrielle thrust the sword into the ground, half-knelt in front of Afrediya, and bent her wings forward to form a natural shield.

At this critical moment, Afrediya also activated the dispel magic prepared in her hand, and all other summoned creatures were instantly sent back to the plane they came from.

Unlike the projections of Gabriel summoned by the Secondary Otherworldly Oath, the other low-level summoned creatures that came to the material world by monster summoning magic came in their original form. If they were seriously injured enough to be fatal, they would die completely.

The violent wind caused by the explosion of magic power gradually subsided.

At this moment, the end of the corridor had been completely blown open, and a three-meter-tall undead puppet stood in front of Khayang.

This puppet had a rough shape similar to a human skeleton, but it possessed six weapon-equipped arms. Furthermore, every bone in its body was made of some kind of black metal. Its heavy footsteps landed with earth-shaking noises, causing even the entire building to sway slightly.

"Iron Guards of Hades, you actually burned all those people's souls!" Afrediya bit her lip, realizing that she had miscalculated.

"They are just a bunch of gangsters. Could it be that Her Royal Highness the Princess would feel sad for these criminals?" Ka Yang asked sarcastically.

His words left Afrediya speechless for a moment.

"Evil acts committed for evil purposes will not change their evil nature just because they are inflicted on evil people." Gabrielle, who was half-kneeling, flapped her wings and stood up. Her wings raised a breeze that blew away the surrounding smoke.

However, the silver armor on her body seemed to have become a little dim.

"The fight between evil people often creates a more chaotic vortex." Angels who have seen more cunning villains will not be easily fooled by this kind of rhetoric that switches concepts.

Burning souls is an extremely evil practice even in necromancy, but it can generate a large amount of chaotic magic in a short period of time.

This magical power is extremely difficult to control and cannot generally be used for casting spells or performing rituals. It is usually used as fuel to inject into some powerful undead puppets, and the Hades Iron Guard in front of you is one of them.

The Iron Guards of the Underworld are actually a specially modified version of the third-level skeleton warrior. The maker uses dark silver and corroded iron, which have extremely poor magic conductivity, to replace the skeleton warrior's bones. Once completed, a special undead puppet with extremely strong magic resistance can be obtained.

At the same time, this also means that if you want to drive this type of undead, you must consume a lot of magic power to activate it after the infusion is completed, so that it can move freely and fight.

"Ha, you are worthy of being an angel. What you say is so bright and just." Kayang curled his lips.

"But then again, Your Highness, your value is even greater than you might imagine."

"During the last ambush, we learned that you were able to summon a projection of a Hymn Angel. Even though it's slightly weaker than the original, her strength is close to that of the third level." Looking at the silent Afrediya, the black-robed wizard raised his hand and patted the cold bones of the Hades Iron Guard.

"Otherwise, the mentor wouldn't have entrusted us with such precious undead souls to smuggle into the surrounding cities. This is truly a big deal."

"So..." Kayang's eyes turned cold.

"attack!"

Without any symptoms, the iron plate in his hand suddenly emitted a purple light that shone on the undead puppet.

The Hades Iron Guard immediately took a step forward and launched a charge. The heavy footsteps caused the ground to crack continuously. Together with the two extra arms under its armpits, a total of four scimitars danced in front of it like a whirlwind of death. The other two arms connected to the back of the shoulders also grasped sharp short spears, ready to launch a stab from top to bottom at any time.

"Cover me!" Gabrielle shouted, her wings emitting dazzling light.

The angel took a deep breath, and a beautiful song came out of her mouth. The light on her wings then flowed throughout her body, greatly enhancing her strength and agility.

The originally slightly dull silver armor also suddenly changed shape, turning into a lighter armor that fits the body better and only has defensive plates at the vital parts.

At the same time, the long sword in Gabrielle's hand ignited a layer of dazzling flames, and before the sword touched the Iron Guard of the Underworld, a faint black mist rose from it. It was the negative energy that entered an unstable state due to the stimulation of strong positive energy and was leaking out.

Huh! Gabrielle swung her sword to block four neat scimitar blows. The immense force nearly knocked her to her knees, the ground beneath her feet denting.