novellk Chapter 1373 The True Identity of the Mysterious Opponent
Chapter 1373 The True Identity of the Mysterious Opponent
Chapter 1373 The True Identity of the Mysterious Opponent
"Right, where on earth did the other party come from?"
Beside Lei Xiao, when Ruth, Myron, his subordinates and the accompanying human generals saw this dense scene, their throats rolled and they swallowed involuntarily.
Just as described in the report, the number of this unidentified mysterious enemy reinforcement was indeed extremely large, and so vast that even standing on the towering walls of the Ice and Stone City, one still could not see the end.
At present, the enemy is not far away from our city. The huge and twisted giant square formations are moving through the complex mountainous areas as if they were walking on flat ground. They not only appear at the relatively flat entrance of Wangying Canyon, but are also advancing synchronously on the mountains on both sides.
Moreover, the entire army did not emit a single light, appearing strange and elusive.
What is even more surprising is that around these unidentified enemy reinforcements, there is a thick black fog, which has indeed affected our vision to a great extent, making everything shrouded in endless darkness and making it difficult to judge the enemy's identity.
But what is certain is that judging from the strong manic and violent aura and the vast energy fluctuations constantly emanating from the other side, this is indeed an extremely dangerous force.
According to the latest reports, this huge unidentified reinforcement force not only caused many friendly scouts to never return, but also devoured some of our small forces that were scattered on the periphery for alert. The hostility could not be more obvious.
"The strange black mist exudes an aura of fear and despair. This is clearly some kind of forbidden magic."
A trace of hatred surged across Ruth's fair face, and she frowned as she spoke.
Taboo magic is also not acceptable in the outside world. Since the blank era, many forces that use taboo magic have been jointly wiped out by other surrounding forces and disappeared in the dust of history.
Among them, two of the forces that are most opposed to forbidden magic are the light elves and light half-elves who are good at using sacred magic and light magic.
It is no surprise, then, that Ruth takes on this expression.
It is worth mentioning that although the dark elves sound obviously related to forbidden magic, in fact, this is not the case.
The shadow magic that the dark elves are good at is practiced in the same way as ordinary magic. It does not require blood and fear as the cornerstone of practice like most forbidden magic.
"No wonder none of the scouts we sent out have returned. This black fog is truly a poisonous miasma that corrodes everything."
Myron also frowned with his graying eyebrows as he echoed the words.
"Everyone, is there any way to break the black fog?"
Lei Xiao immediately looked at Ruth and other light half-elves and asked with a frown.
Lei Xiao clearly understood that, as the saying goes, knowing yourself and your enemy will ensure victory in a hundred battles. The most urgent thing now is naturally to find out the true face of the opponent first, and then launch a targeted attack.
As one of the main forces fighting against forbidden magic all the year round, Ruth and other light half-elves are undoubtedly the most authoritative force at present.
"Your Majesty, I was already prepared."
Ruth and several other powerful light half-elf magicians have formed a team for spellcasting, with their staffs shining with golden light.
"Then I'll leave it to you all. Let's get started right away."
Lei Xiao nodded at Ruth and took a step back.
Lei Xiao clearly understood that before obtaining the black crystal ball, Ruth and others would definitely stand completely on our side, so he was not worried about other situations.
After all, once the opponent obtains the ancient mine, the light half-elves will undoubtedly lose all hope of obtaining the crystal ball.
"The stream of revelation!"
After a brief chant, Ruth pointed her staff directly at the black fog formation in the front, and a dazzling beam of light shot out from the top of the staff.
The next second, the dazzling beam of light intertwined with the diffuse black fog. Wherever the beam of light passed, thick black smoke immediately shot up into the sky and soon dissipated, just like revealing the blue sky after the clouds were cleared away. It was obviously purified.
As the black mist dissipated, the enemy army finally revealed its true face. Lei Xiao and everyone on the city wall couldn't help but open their eyes wide.
What appeared before me was actually a neat army of undead.
The white skeleton emitted an eerie cold light under the moonlight, the empty eye sockets seemed bottomless, and the armor that was either broken or intact was draped on the body. The various weapons grasped by the bone claws still emitted a strange glow.
Lei Xiao could even clearly see that in addition to the physical undead, there were also a large number of magical undead in the huge army formation. The empty eye sockets were flashing with cold light, and the rotten staffs in their hands were flashing with fierce magical light.
You know, among the undead legions that Lei Xiao had encountered before, there had never been a skeleton wizard who used spells.
After all, a necromancer's magic power and energy are limited. Often, controlling physical undead of equal strength to his own has reached his limit. As for magical undead, more magic power needs to be diverted to control them, and more energy is required for daily maintenance. It is better to control a few more skeleton archers of the same strength.
The opponent is a legion of undead who are all at least level three, and there are also a huge number of skeleton mages. It is simply hard to imagine how powerful a necromancer must be to be able to do this.
As everyone was astonished, the dazzling beams of light cast by Ruth and other light half-elves were still breaking through the black fog, and soon several undead legions emerged.
But in the blink of an eye, a ball of black mist suddenly emerged like a bloody mouth, directly swallowing up the dazzling beam of light, causing Ruth and others on the city wall to take a step back with pale faces, obviously they were tricked by their opponents.
This is not surprising. Although the light spells and holy spells of Ruth and other light half-elves can restrain forbidden spells, Ruth and her group had already consumed a large amount of magic power in the ancient mine before this. In addition, the opponent's formation is huge, so it is not surprising that this situation occurred.
Seeing this scene, Lei Xiao casually handed Ruth and others a few sixth-level recovery potions, while commanding the soldiers to push out all our light magic cannons and holy magic cannons.
These two types of magic cannons are extremely rare in the human world because their normal power is far inferior to other attributes, but the wood fairies and flower fairies both have a small number of them. After Lei Xiao's upgrade, they are enough to equip the entire Ice Stone City.
Under the premise that the opponent is the Undead Legion, these two types of magic cannons will naturally be able to exert their advantageous firepower that is difficult to replace by other magic cannons.
During this process, although our soldiers acted extremely quickly, Lei Xiao could still clearly feel that an extremely uneasy atmosphere was quietly spreading on the city wall.
After all, the opponent we are facing is the fearless Undead Legion. They are the power of the dead, representing death and evil, which is frightening in itself. How can we kill an opponent who has already died once again?
In addition, there are a large number of skeleton mages that have never been seen before, which makes people even more terrified, not to mention the majestic aura exuded by the opponent, which is obviously overwhelming ours.
"No wonder they appeared so suddenly. Necromancers often have large storage spaces, so it is not impossible for them to store an entire army of undead. If they are suddenly released, it will naturally be an army of undead descending from the sky."
"Besides, the undead soldiers do not need lighting. Instead, they can exert greater strength in the dark, and it is easy for them to move through the mountains as if they were walking on flat ground."
"But the problem is that the overall strength of these legions is too strong. This is undoubtedly far beyond the scope of ordinary necromancers. After all, the overall combat power of a third-level legion is enough to rival 10 sixth-level one-star masters, or a sixth-level peak master."
"According to this calculation, even if all 50 undead legions are at level three, they would need at least 50 peak level six warriors. Could it be that there is such a powerful forbidden force in the outer realm?"
Thinking of this in his mind, Lei Xiao almost broke out in a sweat.
This undoubtedly means that if the operator himself is included, what we are facing is not four times the enemy's combat power, but a full eight times the enemy's combat power.
Just as our magic cannon was busy loading magic crystals and charging, Ruth walked up to Lei Xiao and said with a frown, "Your Majesty, I can be absolutely sure that the mastermind behind these undead legions is not an ordinary necromancer, but a lich clan that is even better at controlling the undead!"
Before Ruth's words were completely finished, the administrator's urgent voice sounded: "Your Majesty, I saw the other legion commander, it's a lich!"
"Lich?"
After hearing what Ruth and the manager said, Lei Xiao and the main subordinates surrounding them frowned again and took a deep breath of the cold night wind.
Lei Xiao had heard of the term lich a long time ago.
This is not a normal group, but a collection of people who have fallen into the abyss of the dead, full of chaos, disorder and darkness.
Before this, the Nightmare Knight that he had encountered had partially transformed himself into a necromancer in order to gain a stronger body, but he still retained some normal structure.
The lich has taken this to the extreme, completely transforming itself into a necromancer in order to gain even more powerful forbidden powers and no longer be bound by death.
Of course, this comes at a huge price, one of which is that you will never be able to escape the fate of decay.
"It is said that after becoming a lich, the ability to control the undead will be greatly increased. Generally, necromancers can only control undead with the same strength as themselves, while liches can often control undead that are several times stronger than themselves. In addition, they are superior in both command and response capabilities because they have already merged with the undead."
“Then it all really makes sense.”
Thinking of this in his mind, there was no sign of relaxation on Lei Xiao's face.
Although we will not face an opponent with eight times the strength at the same time, the Lich's command ability is undoubtedly stronger and can maximize the power of the Undead Legion. As a result of this increase and decrease, the pressure we face is not much less, and may even be more difficult.
This undoubtedly means that facing a large number of opponents, we are still on the brink of life and death, and are surrounded by enemies on all sides.
"It's indeed a lich!"
Our two beast necromancers, Nolan and Lina, also reacted quickly and spoke out.
As Nolan and Lina finished their words, the enemy's undead camp was already filled with vast energy fluctuations filled with murderous intent, and it was obvious that they were ready to attack the city.
"My Lord, how should we respond?"
All our subordinate generals stepped forward and said solemnly.
Although everyone was nervous, as generals who had fought with Lei Xiao all the way, they had already decided in their hearts to fight to the death for Lei Xiao.
“Although I don’t know why the lich is involved with the tauren and trolls, but since they are standing on the opposite side of us, they must pay the price.”
Lei Xiao's voice was sonorous and powerful as he commanded: "All magic cannons should be ready and fire immediately. Archers should also switch to arrows blessed by sacred spells. Once the enemy enters the range, do not hold back at all."
Lei Xiao clearly understood that Ice Stone City was the last hope to resist the enemy. As long as Ice Stone City stood, it would be difficult for the enemy to join forces with the Tauren and Troll army.
In other words, as long as we buy enough time and stabilize our formation, our siege friendly forces will have a chance to annihilate the Tauren and Trolls.
On the other hand, if we fail to stop the enemy, once this army of undead stabs our siege force from behind, our line will undoubtedly fall apart in an instant, and the result is self-evident.
"Currently, Bingshi City is located on a flat plateau. Behind it is the only way to enter Wangying Canyon. This is undoubtedly the best place for defense."
Lei Xiao took a deep breath and stared at the undead army that was already close to the city.
"Your Majesty, can you gather all the powerful light and holy magicians in the city nearby? I will guide everyone to cast the collective spells of the light half-elves to the maximum extent!"
Ruth's fair face was also full of determination as she took a step forward and said.
"No problem. I will let Holy Light General Ju Bai fully cooperate with you."
Lei Xiao nodded slightly, then nodded to Ju Bai who was on standby, signaling him to take action immediately.
Currently, there are about five legions of Holy Light Priests and Light Magicians in Ice Stone City. Although most of them are at the second level, they can at least play a certain role.
At the same time when Ju Bai turned around, our magic cannons had already fired at the same time, causing countless golden meteor-like compression spells to streak across the sky and whizz towards the undead army that was close at the foot of the city.
All of a sudden, under the entire city wall, clusters of dazzling golden light exploded into the sky, and the momentum was extremely astonishing.
However, it was not until the golden light gradually faded that Lei Xiao and others noticed it.
More than ten vanguard legions of the enemy have gathered together, and we have not even been able to break through the enemy's absolute defense barrier.
In the next second, a vast energy wave filled with the breath of death surged wildly under the city, and countless black magic artillery fire resounded through the sky, bombarding directly towards our city.