novellk Chapter 1441: Changes and Surprises
Chapter 1441: Changes and Surprises
After hearing what Xina said, while the powerful warriors of the Desert Alliance who were accompanying them were keeping a close eye on the actions of Lucas and the liches and using their full senses to detect the movements around them, undercurrents were quietly brewing under their feet.
"W-what's going on?!"
Without any warning, the powerful fox man who had appeared before suddenly felt his body stiffen inexplicably, and a look of fear and surprise appeared on his face, and then he could no longer make any sound.
The bright white moonlight reflected the momentary shock on his face, and also reflected that his skin, along with his armor and weapons, had all turned into black and gray stone.
Needless to say, it was obvious that he had been hit by the petrification magic.
Not only this powerful fox man, but other powerful men from the Desert Alliance who followed Xina also suffered the same fate. Many of them didn't even make a sound before they turned into lifeless stone sculptures.
Because all this happened too suddenly, by the time Xina finished speaking, except for Belinda and the Gorgon guards, all the other strong men of the Desert Alliance were petrified on the spot without exception.
"What the hell does this happen?!"
Xina reacted extremely quickly and soon noticed something unusual around her.
She was very familiar with this petrification magic; it was the signature skill of every powerful Gorgon!
And now this sudden scene is already obvious.
It was Belinda and those Gorgon guards who quietly petrified the other powerful men of the Wild Sand Alliance while they were focusing their attention on Lucas and others!
"Sister Wang, it turns out that you have also become an accomplice of the lich!"
Xina quickly figured out the only answer. She twisted her snake body to quickly distance herself from Belinda and the others who were close by, and shouted coldly, "Do you know what you are doing?"
While speaking, Xina's towering chest kept rising and falling. It turned out that Belinda and others were not trying to protect her, but to attack her when she was not prepared!
No wonder they came at such a coincidence, it turned out that all this was a trap that had been deployed long ago. He never thought that this princess whom he trusted so much would swing a sharp blade at him from behind!
"Sister Wang, of course I know what I'm doing. You can't escape anymore."
Belinda stuck out her snake-like tongue, and her originally beautiful face was distorted and distorted, looking hideous and terrifying. She laughed wildly and said, "The queen's crown on your head will finally belong to me!"
"Snake disaster!"
After saying that, Belinda's snake hair immediately turned into countless giant snakes with bared fangs and claws, and attacked Sina at a high speed.
At the same time, the other powerful Gorgon warriors who had already rebelled also made the same attack moves, causing countless giant snakes to cover the sky like a raging storm, and the momentum was extremely shocking.
"The Python King is coming!"
And Xina was well prepared this time. The sixth-level staff she had just obtained instantly drew an extremely complex magic circle. A golden-patterned magic python that was larger than a dragon immediately jumped out of the magic circle and rushed straight towards the group of snakes.
boom!
With a thunderous sound of energy collision, the giant python defeated the snake group with unstoppable force, causing Belinda and other rebellious gorgons to take a few steps back. Their thick snake hair was scattered all over the place, and some were even cut off in half, and thick black smoke was emitted from them.
But after only a moment, the broken and smoking snake hairs were restored to their original state, and the giant python that had the upper hand was also at the end of its strength. Before it reached Belinda and the others, it whimpered and disappeared.
"Sister Wang, it seems that your strength has improved. You should have reached the sixth level and seven stars, right? And your spell casting speed and spell power are like a completely different person."
Belinda's somewhat rapid breathing soon returned to normal. She set her greedy eyes on Xina's robe and staff again, sneering, "I noticed just now that Sister Wang gained a lot at the Misty Shadow Market. She even got such a rare weapon. She must have sold out the interests of our Desert Alliance, right?"
“Stop spreading rumors. Even if I become more corrupt, I will never cooperate with a lich that uses forbidden magic. You are pushing the Desert Alliance into the abyss!”
Xina snorted coldly and was about to turn around and leave, but Lucas and the liches had already blocked their way back.
"Sister Wang, you can't escape. Stop struggling."
Belinda and the other Gorgons also came forward again, saying jokingly, "You don't have to worry about the Desert Alliance. The army will be leaving soon."
"The army is about to set out? What are you going to do?"
Hearing this, Xi Na couldn't help but open her eyes wide and questioned.
"Needless to say? Of course, we will destroy the sphere of influence of the human emperor."
Belinda's face was filled with a grim expression, and she said with a sinister smile, "If I'm not mistaken, Sister Wang has reached some kind of agreement with the human emperor at the Shadow Market, and is about to prepare to attack the Lich Realm, right?"
"I do not know what you're talking about."
Xina's heart began to pound, but she pretended to be calm.
What the other party knew was obviously more detailed than she had imagined.
"Didn't expect that? Not only did we anticipate that the owner of the equipment that opened the high-end market must be the emperor of the human race, but we also anticipated your intentions."
Looking at Xi Na who was trying to remain calm, Belinda's sinister smile became more intense and she said, "Looking at the entire territory of third-rate forces, only the emperor of the human race can come up with these things."
"How do you know that the human emperor can definitely produce sixth-level equipment?"
Xina was stunned at first, but then she quickly reacted and blurted out, "So you found the sixth-level equipment from the Dragonborn Queen and others!"
"As expected of you, Sister Wang. You are indeed very smart. Since you and Loris both took back the equipment of the Human Emperor, it means that the Human Emperor has ruled you out as a suspect. The answer is obvious. You must have thought of the real mastermind, the Lich."
Belinda raised her eyebrows and said with disdain, "But unfortunately, you are still one step behind."
After that, Belinda was surrounded by a violent aura, and said grimly: "Okay, sister Wang, it's time to change the owner of the crown on your head!"
As Belinda finished her words, a group of powerful Gorgon warriors, Lucas, and the powerful Lich warriors rushed over from all directions, and the earth-shaking sound of energy collision rang out.
During the fierce battle, although Xina was stronger with many trump cards and sixth-level equipment, she was still no match for the wolves. Soon, under the crazy siege of Belinda, Lucas and others, her breath gradually weakened until she was completely silent.
At this moment, when Belinda and others focused all their attention on Xina, among the petrified strong men of the Desert Alliance, a short and skinny figure with a golden glow all over his body broke free from his restraints. It was the masked man.
After breaking free from his restraints, the masked man saw that Xina had stopped making any sound. He hesitated for a long time, thinking that he was no match for so many powerful people. Finally, he bit his lip and chose to leave.
However, since the petrification effect on his body had not yet completely dissipated, his movements were greatly restricted. He had just taken two steps when he stepped into the magic trap that had been set by the opponent, causing another violent magic explosion.
"There are still some fish that slip through the net?"
Hearing the noise, Belinda, who had just finished the battle, looked gloomy and ordered the surrounding Gorgon warriors: "Clean up quickly, and don't leave anyone alive!"
After receiving Belinda's order, the powerful Gorgon warriors, who were filled with murderous intent, immediately turned into phantoms and shot towards the location of the explosion.
……
At the same time when Xina encountered a sudden change, Loris and his group who returned to the Rainforest Fortress Alliance had a smooth journey and soon they were close to the nearest fortress with a teleportation station, which was also where the army was stored.
"Hahaha, this time the leader came back with a full load!"
Loris flew quickly through a dense forest, his lion face full of joy.
Then, his lion face darkened again, and he snorted coldly, "Those cunning liches actually tried to throw dirty water on me. I will never let them go!"
However, even though Loris said a lot of things, the strong men who followed him did not respond at all. Even old Susan, who had been chattering all the time, remained silent.
"What's wrong with you? Are you envious that only this leader got the sixth-level equipment?"
Loris obviously hadn't recovered from his joy yet. Plus, he was very close to the fortress, so he still looked extremely relaxed and joked.
But as Loris finished his words, the others remained silent.
This time, Loris's expression finally became nervous, because he not only discovered the abnormality of other people, but also found that this dense forest had obviously become extremely strange. According to past experience, he should have arrived at the fortress by now.
Without any warning, Loris suddenly stopped, quickly distanced himself with the sixth-order giant axe he had just obtained, and looked at the other strong men of the Rainforest Fortress Alliance.
The moonlight filtered through the gaps in the leaves, revealing expressionless faces and pairs of empty eyes that were clearly completely different from usual.
"Thomas, old Susan, what's the matter with you?"
Loris looked at the strong men under his command and asked in a deep voice.
The response was still dead silence. Those strong men seemed to have not heard anything at all and just stopped in their tracks.
"Then don't blame me for being rude!"
Loris obviously had a very hot temper. Without saying anything else, he swung his giant axe suddenly to cut through the air. Sharp energy waves immediately flew past the scalps of the strong men.
It can be clearly seen that although Loris did not use any ruthless force, the energy gale he stirred up was enough to blow away many strong men.
However, those strong men still had no reaction, but their bodies became obviously more illusory and vague.
"It's actually an illusion?"
Loris quickly understood the situation and said in amazement, "When they walked out of the Shadow Market, these guys were really normal. When were they replaced by illusions? So, this dense forest was also set up as an illusion, so this leader can't get out? No, could it be that this leader didn't enter the real dense forest at all, and everything around him was an illusion?"
Just when Loris hadn't figured out the current situation, a deep and sharp voice sounded: "Rainforest Leader, you didn't expect it, did you? You would also fall into my trap."
As the words fell, a burly figure in a dark grey hood suddenly appeared on the other side of the dense forest.
The man took off his hood, revealing a withered face covered with black magic lines, exactly like a mummy.
On the forehead of that withered face, there was a white crown inlaid with dark magic gems, flashing with strange light.
Loris was no stranger to this kind of attire, having fought against it many times in the past.
"Lich leader, it turns out that you are the one who did this."
Loris's lion face was filled with murderous intent, and he said sternly: "Do you know the consequences of doing this? You are making an enemy of the entire Rainforest Fortress Alliance!"
"Haha, Rainforest Chief, I haven't seen you for so many years, but your hot temper hasn't changed at all."
The lich leader's haggard face was full of calmness. He sneered and responded, "You and the human emperor are ready to attack me, right? Will I still be afraid of your useless threats?"
"How ridiculous! Don't think this can prevent your demise."
Hearing this, Loris remained calm and snorted, "Fool, what's the point of stopping me here? Even if I die, my other subordinates will still act with His Majesty the Human Race!"
"The loyalty of you lions, tigers, and centaurs is indeed very difficult to shake, just like other stubborn monsters. But look at who these people are?"
There was a hint of cunning in the sinister smile on the lich leader's face, and a team of liches appeared.
Then, accompanied by a flash of deep gray light, the group of liches shook and transformed into Loris himself, Thomas, Old Susan and other high-level members of the Rainforest Fortress Alliance.
Seeing this scene, Loris reacted immediately. The other party obviously wanted to use these people to replace him and his group in order to achieve the goal of controlling the entire Rainforest Fortress Alliance.
For a moment, even Loris himself couldn't tell these counterfeits from their aura.
"This is impossible. A lich definitely doesn't have such a profound illusion ability. Is there another force behind you helping you?"
Loris opened his lion eyes wide and asked, "Who are they?"
"You useless bastard, don't worry about that."
The lich leader's sinister smile became more intense, and he said jokingly: "A good show is about to begin."
(End of this chapter)