It was another bitter battle. The group defended until noon. After the battle, everyone was tired and hungry, so they decided to rest on the spot. Everyone took out the dry rations they carried with them to eat. After the meal, everyone calculated the losses and realized that the knights had suffered a huge loss this time. Six knights and eleven warhorses had died. It was a problem whether the spoils of war on the lord's side were enough to pay the compensation for the victims. As for the warhorses, it was because the pasture where they bred belonged to the lord. So the cost was only a fraction of the market price. In addition, the Church had also allocated a carriage to transport the body. When Hilo saw it, she kindly used the Ring of Freezing to help cool it down.
After everyone cleaned up the battlefield, they counted and distributed the spoils of war. The official name of the Skeleton Cavalry was Skeleton Knights, a type of mid-level unclean creature. Their combat strength was equivalent to that of mid-level adventurers. Their bones were embedded with about ten grams of magic crystals, and their power was close to the sum of two elephants. The magic crystals and metal armor of the ten or so Skeleton Cavalry all belonged to the knight group. They also replenished some magic crystals from the other Skeleton Cavalry who sacrificed the most in this battle and contributed the most. In the end, the three of them only got about 26 grams of magic crystals (234,000 RMB).
In the afternoon, everyone had a small meeting. During the meeting, the deputy leader's suggestion to explore the old capital separately was opposed by the chief priest. However, the chief priest finally agreed to allow them to search for the loot freely after conquering the palace. The conclusion of the meeting was that 'after killing the boss, you can play however you want' and 'but before killing the boss, no one is allowed to run around.'
So, after resting for another half an hour, the team continued to set off at two o'clock in the afternoon. This time, their goal was to go from the central square to the palace along the north road. Perhaps it was because the previous two battles had exhausted the skeleton soldiers in the old capital, but they could not find a single unclean one along the way. It was not until the small square in front of the palace that they saw an unclean one waiting for them in front of the palace gate. It was three meters tall, wearing heavy armor and a wide red cloak. Even its face was covered by a metal mask. In his hand was a two-meter-long broadsword.
" That's…Skeleton General?"
"That should be it. I didn't expect there to be such a monster in the old capital.”
"The illustrated book in the library said that the Skeleton General's strength is comparable to a high-level adventurer. I wonder if it's true?”
"Even high-level adventurers have three grades of gold, silver, and bronze. The Skeleton General is definitely an upper-middle-grade monster.”
" Isn't that terrible? We've already met with objections this time, and only one Ascetic Monk is accompanying us.”
"What are you afraid of? The Bishop and Archbishop are both here. It's just a high-level unclean one.”
When he heard a few priests beside him discussing the Skeleton General across the small square, he became a little interested in it, so he used Omniscient to inquire about the Skeleton General's information. The results were very detailed. First of all, the Skeleton General was embedded with a hundred grams of magic crystal. Its power was equivalent to the engine of a super sports car, with about 540 horsepower.(4e5J/s). Moreover, its combat power was about 1.4 times that of the Thunder Wolf Dragon, 3.3 times that of the Two-headed Ogre, and four to six times that of the Tyrannosaurus Rex. Even he felt that this data was a little difficult to deal with. If he did not go all out, he might be careless and fail.
At this moment, the Divine Priest opened the carriage door and got out of the carriage. Behind him was an ascetic monk dressed in sackcloth. After observing the Skeleton General for a while, the Divine Priest instructed the ascetic monk behind him," Go and try. If you can't do it, come back. Don't force yourself."”
The Ascetic Monk put his hands together and saluted. Then, he walked to the opposite side without saying a word. This made Gongyou even more curious. When he checked the combat strength of the team yesterday afternoon, he confirmed that the combat strength of the Ascetic Monk was between him and the deputy leader. Although the combat strength of the three of them was evaluated as a high-level adventurer, the difference in combat strength was still very big. Just as the priests had said, the high-level was also divided into three grades: gold, silver, and bronze. He was a gold medal. The ascetic monk was a silver medal, and the vice leader was a bronze medal.
Just as Gongyou was letting his imagination run wild, the ascetic monk had already walked to the center of the small square. He reached out his hand and prayed," Oh merciful Mother Earth, please respond to my wish and bloom into the sword of evil slaying.”
A pure white light suddenly appeared in the ascetic monk's empty hand. Then, the white light gradually transformed into the shape of a double-edged sword, and finally solidified into a weapon that seemed to have a physical body. Then, he prayed for another miracle," O merciful Mother Earth, please let all evil escape from my body and become a protective armor.”
This time, the ascetic was glowing from head to toe. After a moment, the light dissipated, but he was wearing a translucent white armor that covered his entire body. It looked as dazzling as a solid crystal. This was the first time he had seen such a sword and armor of light. He immediately asked the priests beside him and found out that the two kinds of miracles that the ascetic had prayed for were the holy blade and the holy garment, which were exclusive to the faithful apologists. It could transform into a magic weapon similar to the Evocation Endowment Spell.
At this moment, perhaps the Ascetic Monk had entered the Skeleton General's defense range. It picked up the broadsword and walked towards the Ascetic Monk. When they were five meters away, they stepped on the stone slabs on the ground and collided with each other as if they were jumping. Then, the two swords collided with each other. The result of the power confrontation was obvious from the instant collision. The Ascetic Monk was pushed back by the Skeleton General's huge impact and only stopped after stepping on several stone slabs in the small square.
The spectators were not surprised by the outcome of the first confrontation between the two. After all, the Skeleton General's height of three meters was too impactful. It could not be seen before, but when it stood in front of the 1.8-meter-tall Ascetic Monk, the shock of its behemoth was very strong. Not to mention that the information obtained from Omniscient clearly stated that its total thrust was as much as 42 tons, and the thrust of one arm was about 9 tons.(9e4J/s), it could really flip over a small car weighing two or three tons.
Although the Ascetic Monk was repelled by the greatsword, he was not injured because the huge impact was offset by the sword of light in his hand and the armor of light on his body. However, the two pieces of Miracle equipment became unstable after receiving an attack that exceeded the limit of their resistance, as if they would shatter at any time.
The Skeleton General was not affected by the impact. It immediately gave chase after repelling the Ascetic Monk with its greatsword. The two-meter-long metal greatsword was as light as a piece of paper in its hand. It drew beautiful arcs in the air and attacked the Ascetic Monk continuously. This time, the Ascetic Monk did not dare to fight head-on. He agilely dodged the enemy's attacks under the greatsword and occasionally cut into the Skeleton General's side to make up for it. Although the sword of light could only leave a shallow scratch on the heavy armor, the Skeleton General was not afraid of it. However, both sides were evenly matched.
Gong You could not help but nod his head in admiration when he saw the Ascetic Monk's tactic of avoiding the strong and attacking the weak. Although he was at a disadvantage in terms of strength, as long as he was not hit by the opponent's attack, the outcome of the battle was still unknown. At this moment, the sword of light in the Ascetic Monk's hand was shattered by the reaction force of the Skeleton General's armor. Therefore, he continued to dodge the attack while praying," Merciful Mother Earth..."
However, the Skeleton General seemed to have seen its chance. A silent roar came from the skull behind its mask, and the invisible waves exploded. The Ascetic Monk closest to it immediately covered his head and screamed. Not only was his prayer for a miracle interrupted, but he also stopped because of the pain in his head.
At this moment, the invisible wave also invaded the people who were watching from dozens of meters away. All the warhorses let out a sorrowful cry and fell to the ground. Fortunately, Gongyou had already dismounted and watched from the side, so he was not injured from falling off his horse. However, even so, everyone was not feeling good. The priests only cried out in pain, but they did not suffer much damage. The mercenaries were rolling on the ground with a headache like warhorses, and the knights were the most miserable. Not only were they injured from falling off their horses, but they were also injured from the collision when they rolled. Basically, except for the deputy commander, all of them lost their combat ability.
Because the defensive power of the dragon scales was not affected, Hilo could also frown and ignore the invisible waves under the weakening of the Great Priest's bracelet. However, Luana, who was beside him, did not have the help of the Rune Words. She was so troubled that she leaned on him and could not move. It was only because he quickly grabbed her waist that she did not fall to the ground with the mercenary.
"Dammit, that was an indiscriminate mental attack.”A knowledgeable Great Divine Priest cursed, which made Gongyou understand what had just happened.
However, compared to the spectators, the Ascetic Monk was the most miserable. The closer the distance was, the greater the damage. Even the people dozens of meters away were affected. He, who was only a few meters away from the Skeleton General, suffered even more damage. Even if his mental resistance was outstanding, he could not move at this time.
Of course, the Skeleton General wouldn't let go of this opportunity. It directly used the largest horizontal slash on the front of its attack, slashing at the Ascetic Monk who was hunched over and holding his head. The attack sent him flying more than ten meters away. After landing on the ground, he rolled and slid for a few meters. This attack also shattered the armor of light into white light spots that danced in the air.
The ascetic monk was in a semi-conscious state under the double attack of spiritual and physical impact. He struggled desperately to open his eyes, but he could not see anything clearly. His limbs were weak and unable to support his body. In the end, his body was only stronger than ordinary people, but it was still within the standard of a normal human. Although he was still alive due to the fracture and internal bleeding, he had lost his ability to fight and was unable to resist.
When the Divine Chief saw the ascetic fall, he raised his hand and was about to launch a long-range rescue before sending someone to restrain and rescue him. However, he saw that Gongyou had already cast a spell. A two-meter-long, thigh-thick rock spear weighing more than 130 kilograms was ready in three seconds. Therefore, the Divine Chief lowered his hand and waited quietly at the side.
After locking on to the Skeleton General, it immediately fired its rock spear. The attack reached the Skeleton General in just 0.2 seconds with a speed of more than 200 meters per second. However, its strength could not be underestimated. It was prepared for this and used its wide sword to block its sudden sneak attack. However, the rock spear could not penetrate the sword, and the kinetic energy on it only pushed it back half a step. Following that, Hilo's follow-up attack arrived. She used a small lightning scroll under his prompt and released a small lightning bolt (1e7J) that spanned half the small square. It hit the Skeleton General and hit it to the ground. The monks also took the opportunity to run over and save the Ascetic Monks.
However, in just a few seconds, the Skeleton General stood up from the ground again. The small lightning, which only had 1% of the power of the real lightning, was rapidly reduced in energy after being shot in the air. Only three million joules were left when it hit it. The skeleton general's strength was higher than he had expected, so he thought it would be better to leave it to the big boss to deal with it. However, at this moment, he heard the priest's cold order," Hilo, you go deal with the skeleton general."”
Gong You turned around and glared at the Grand Priestess angrily. However, the Grand Priestess only gave him a cold look before looking at Hilo. She could not disobey the orders of the Grand Priestess, so she could only turn to Gong You for help. He snorted at the Grand Priestess and comforted her," Hilo, stay here and take care of Luana. I'll go and dismantle the unclean one."”
The Divine Priest did not object to Gongyou's words, or rather, the Divine Priest's purpose was to force him to make a move. At this moment, the mercenaries and knights were still lying on the ground under the spiritual attack. Although the deputy leader was not injured, he was obviously not a match for the Skeleton General. The senior Ascetic Monks of the Monks had lost, so they were even more unable to fight against the Skeleton General. Therefore, they became the only fighting force on the surface. After handing Luana, who had yet to recover from the mental attack, to Hilo, he took out the Strength Potion, Vitality Potion, and Healing Potion and drank them all at once. He also asked Hilo to use a scroll to attach Wind Armor to him. Then, he ran to the Skeleton General in the middle of the small square. As he ran, he drew the Flame Sword and took the Wind Wall Shield from his back with his other hand. Finally, he activated the remaining Lightning Strike Ring and the Strength and Agility Bracelet. It could be said that he had already entered his best combat condition.
The Skeleton General had turned its attention to him after being ambushed by Gong You. At this moment, it was also striding towards him. When the two sides were about five meters apart, the Skeleton General was the first to attack. It raised its huge sword and slashed at Gong You, who was charging towards it. Meanwhile, he tilted his Wind Wall Shield to block and dodged to the right. The huge sword slashed at the wind wall in front of the shield and slid open like cutting tofu. The stone slab was cut into the ground. Of course, he would not let this good opportunity go. He immediately relied on the Agility Bracelet to invade the Skeleton General's side, then raised the Flame Sword and stabbed it into the gap between its armor. This was because the Skeleton General's body was tall, so it was the most convenient place to attack.
However, the Skeleton General was indeed a high-level unclean being that was difficult to deal with. The lightning attribute of the attack could only paralyze it for one or two seconds, and the high temperature damage of the flames was not very effective on it. Instead, it was kicked away by the Skeleton General because it could not dodge in time. However, after the kick was weakened by the wind armor and cloak, it hit the dragon scale armor again. This Rune Word was indeed the treasure of the largest Chamber of Commerce in the City of Agriculture. It directly offset more than 90% of the damage.(2e5J). With the strengthening of the Strength Potion and Strength Bracelet, he was only slightly uncomfortable when he was hit by the kick that was equivalent to 20 tons of strength.
After pulling away from the Skeleton General again, they engaged in several rounds of attack and defense. The Skeleton General even waved its greatsword like a storm that could easily shatter rocks. The stone pavement where the two fought shattered like foam boards. However, he found that every time he tried to cut into its side, he would be slashed back by the greatsword. Although he did not suffer any substantial damage under the Wind Wall Shield, he did not find the opportunity to attack the Skeleton General's main body. However, it could rely on its longer arms and weapons to attack him, which made him frustrated.'
Seizing an opportunity, he cast the Petrification Spell. His eyes turned from black to dark gold. A petrification ray with a range of a few meters shone on the Skeleton General's greatsword. The metal greatsword was immediately modified by magic and turned into a stone greatsword in a moment. Then, it was shattered into pieces when it collided with the flaming sword. When the Skeleton General realized that its weapon had been destroyed, it immediately let out a silent roar of anger. The invisible mental attack exploded once again. If an ordinary person were to receive the mental attack next to the Skeleton General, they would lose consciousness at the very least, and would immediately faint at the very most. If there were low or intermediate skeleton soldiers around, the indiscriminate mental attack would be able to destroy them all. However, he had the mental strengthening and mental resistance runes attached to his dragon scales to offset the damage of the mental attack.
Taking advantage of this opportunity, Gong You rushed to the Skeleton General's side and directly pressed the Flame Sword against its body to burn it crazily. The high temperature passed through the armor and burned the surface of the bones inside into ashes. However, the Skeleton General would not sit still and wait for death. It kicked and kicked Gong You back several times, making him feel resentful. Therefore, he activated the spell slot and cast two petrification spells in a row to turn its entire lower body into stone. After knocking down the Skeleton General, he stabbed the Flame Sword into the metal armor from the bottom up. It burned its bones to ashes in one breath, and the 100 grams of magic crystal that could only be destroyed at 6,000 degrees Celsius rolled out.
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It was only three o'clock in the afternoon when the duel ended, and there was still enough time before the sun set, so everyone rested in the small square. The priests used miracles to heal the injuries of the mercenaries and knights, but because the priests said that a certain amount of miracles needed to be preserved to purify the possible unclean people in the palace, the horses did not immediately receive treatment. They took out three bottles of healing potions for their horses. As for the other warhorses, there was nothing they could do about it. However, everyone still felt that this was a waste.
After that, the chief priest brought the ascetic monks to look for Gong You. First, the ascetic monks expressed their gratitude for his help. Then, the chief priest wanted to buy the magic crystal of the skeleton general in Gong You's hands. Gong You felt that the magic crystal needed to be sold anyway, so he agreed to sell it at market price. However, the chief priest said that he wanted to pay with the church's atonement.
The so-called "Church Atonement" was a type of check issued by the Church. The face value was fixed at 330 gold coins (990,000 RMB). The holder could go to the corresponding Church across the seven continents to withdraw money at any time. However, the Atonement could not be withdrawn across churches. For example, the Atonement issued by the Church of Earth Mother could only be redeemed in the subordinate temples of the cities that owned the Church of Earth Mother. This was a foreign exchange system that crossed countries.
He had heard about the atonement from Hilo before, so he agreed to exchange 100 grams of whole magic crystals and 10 grams of scattered magic crystals for an atonement. The atonement had the mark of the corresponding god on it, which was a certificate that could not be forged by ordinary things. The priests did not carry the atonement with them during this gathering, so the priest made one on the spot in front of him. He only needed the priest to engrave the corresponding miracle on the white scroll.
He told Hilo to keep the atonement certificate, and then he took the two girls to a corner to sit down and rest. Only then did he have time to search the palace with omniscience. As a result, he found out that there was indeed an impure being stronger than him in the palace, so he silently recorded the details and location of the impure being.
It was a skeleton mage that guarded the plantation in the palace. Its bones were embedded with a thousand grams of magic crystals, and its total output power reached four megavolts. It was equivalent to the combined power of two new fighter jets or the power of eight whales. It was a monster that was about the size of a human but thousands of times stronger. It would take at least ten skeleton generals to fight it.
Speaking of which, the strength of the unclean ones they encountered today was very evenly distributed. The lowest level skeleton soldiers were equivalent to ordinary villagers.(Power output 400 Watt, equivalent to an electric bicycle), low-level Skeleton Warrior equivalent to adventurer level between Obsidian and Steel (4,000 Watt, equivalent to a 5.5-horse central air conditioner), Intermediate Skeleton Knight, equivalent to between Emerald and Ruby.(Power output 40,000 Watt, equivalent to five motorcycle engines combined), high-level Skeleton Generals were equivalent to Silver or Gold Medal (Power output 400,000 Watt, equivalent to five cars or half a tank engine), and the highest-level Skeleton Mages were equivalent to quasi-Epic (Power output 4,000,000 Watt, equivalent to an electric locomotive). They were worthy of being created as legion-type creations, fully carrying out the characteristics of easy classification, maintenance, and command.
After confirming the skeleton mage's movement trajectory, they decided on a route that could avoid it. Then, they quietly waited for the rest time to end. The skeleton general's remains were collected by the mercenaries. After calculating the total number of spoils of war, they would distribute the money to the skeleton general. However, the mercenaries would definitely keep a portion of the processing fee and labor fee.
At 3:30 pm, the team that had rested for half an hour was gathered by the deputy leader again. He let the mercenaries climb over the wall and open the door. Everyone walked into the abandoned palace in batches. At this time, there was nothing valuable in the palace. It was unknown who had looted it long ago.
Did the demon king's army move all the valuable things away?』
[Omniscient: Negative. The one who transported the supplies was the king from two generations ago.]
" It was the king's own men who cleaned up the inheritance. Then how did they avoid that skeleton mage? Could it be that it wasn't born yet? Gong You looked at the empty ruins of the palace and felt bored. Since he already knew that there was no treasure in the palace, he naturally had no interest in continuing to search.
However, the mercenaries did not know the truth. They were excitedly discussing how they should search for the treasure later. Even Luana, who was following closely beside Gong You, was looking around in high spirits. He was too embarrassed to tell her the truth in case she was disappointed. Among the crowd, the knights were more vigilant. They spread out into small teams to guard against any signs of trouble.
The team walked into the hall of the palace and came to the empty throne, but they did not find any unclean ones. This made the priests a little suspicious. The chief priest's face darkened. He looked around and sneered," Split up and search. No one is allowed to leave the palace without permission.”
The mercenaries seemed to have been waiting for the chief priest's words. After receiving the order, they immediately scattered and ran into the corridor in groups of three or two. They were like beasts fighting for meat, afraid that others would take the treasure first. In order to avoid becoming cannon fodder, they also quietly pulled the two women into the corridor opposite from the plantation.
Under the orders of the deputy commander, the knights split into groups of three and began to search the palace. Only the priests were left in the central palace, not knowing what to do. The chief priest returned to the box carriage parked in front of the palace under the protection of the ascetic monks and talked to the bishop who had never gotten off the carriage.
Gong You led the two girls to a high ground in the palace, then pulled them up to the roof of the palace. The three of them sat in the best spectator seats and quietly waited for the battle to happen. Although the two girls were puzzled, they were used to listening to his instructions, so they obediently did not make a fuss... No way. Because he did not allow them to explore the palace by themselves, Luana was arguing with him. Hilo's Wealth Valley was relatively less popular, so he advised Luana from the side. However, as time went by, they became coquettish. It was not until they were forced to agree to a lot of conditions that the two women leaned in his arms and watched the busy people running down the stairs make a fool of themselves.
"That pastry shop in the Dongcheng Area is the one we went to last time. You have to accompany us to go again. No, at least three times.”Luana counted her fingers and thought about each of them. Every time she thought of a new condition, she would nag endlessly into Common Cause's ears.
"Miss Luana, that's enough. You'll make things difficult for Mr. Gongyou.”Hilo tried to persuade him. Although she didn't know why he didn't want her and Luana to explore the palace, she was willing to believe that he had his reasons.
"Doesn't Hero want to go? If you don't go, you'll have to stay at home alone.”Luana tried to tempt Hilo, but Hilo eventually betrayed her and no longer opposed her taking the opportunity to make demands.
After the farce between the three of them ended, some mercenaries finally noticed the abnormality of the plantation from the farthest point of view from the top of the temple. After the mercenaries realized that the garden was covered by a transparent barrier, they determined that there was an important treasure hidden inside. They picked up their weapons and began to knock on the barrier, trying to exhaust the energy stored in the barrier to enter. As time passed, more and more mercenaries discovered the abnormality of the plantation. They did not inform others. Instead, he found an empty spot and joined the team that knocked on the barrier.
It was not until a group of knights walked near the plantation and discovered the same abnormality that they sent someone to inform the priests. Ten minutes later, the chief priest walked to the barrier under the protection of the ascetic monks. Behind him was a team of more than 30 priests and a team of more than 10 monks. Half of the 30 mercenaries were also here, and the other half were still searching for non-existent treasures in the palace. The knights were summoned by the deputy leader to meet up.
However, perhaps the Skeletal Mage in the enchantment had already completed its preparations. It took the initiative to close the enchantment that enveloped the plantation and appeared in front of everyone. It was a skeleton that was about 1.7 meters tall, which was very short compared to the Warrior Skeletal General. Its entire body was covered in a hood, and only the staff in its hand proved its identity as a spellcaster.
Speaking of magic staves, he had seen this type of equipment on the display platform of the Chamber of Commerce before. It could stabilize the connection between a mage and the magic net, which was equivalent to the antenna of a gateway. Apprentice mages basically could not connect to the magic net without the assistance of a magic staff. After years of practice, they would develop the bad habit of holding a magic staff. Although some expensive magic staffs had other additional functions, the quality of the magic staff sold in the Chamber of Commerce was average, so he had not bought a magic staff until now. After all, his connection to the magic net was very stable after stacking several magic books. He no longer needed to hold an external antenna that was troublesome and easily damaged.
The skeleton mage was obviously intelligent. It was in a discussion with the priest. Although it could not hear the conversation between the two sides, it could imagine the content. The skeleton mage asked everyone to retreat, and the priest asked it to give up resistance and surrender. As expected, the negotiation fell apart. Therefore, it directly knocked the bottom of the staff on the ground, and a layer of green light spread out. When the mercenaries encountered the light, they fell to the ground and screamed. The knights on the other side also fell to the ground in an instant. Their armor was useless. The priests and monks were clearly prepared. They worked together to set up a layer of pure white halo to offset the green halo emitted by the skeleton mage.
When the chief priest saw the wounded on the ground, he immediately ordered the monks to retreat with the wounded while the priests began to heal the wounded. On a battlefield of the quasi-epic level, mercenaries and knights were just cannon fodder. Fortunately, they had noticed this and hid. Otherwise, they would have been used by the chief priest, who seemed kind but ruthless.
Of course, the skeleton mage wouldn't just watch as the nobodies retreated. It cast all kinds of spells one after another, and the Divine Priest also used the corresponding miracle to offset its attacks. The shockwaves from the battle alone caused the surrounding ground to cave in, and all the soil was blown away by the explosive energy flow for more than ten meters. For a moment, dust clouds surged around the plantation, but this scene made everyone frown. Why were they able to use spells to smash each other? Did the quasi-epic really have so many spell slots?
The answer he got from asking Omniscient was shocking. Those seemingly magical moves were actually just cantrips. Although cantrips also needed to be connected to the magic net to extract energy, they were small tricks that could be cast without relying on spell slots. Just like how illumination and identification were cantrips, the power of offensive cantrips was pitifully small. It was enough to light a cigarette, but it was not enough to attack. However, excellent mages had a way to solve this problem. They relied on the magic circles that they had drawn in advance to amplify the power of their cantrips, making them comparable to Primary Spells. On the other hand, the Grand Priests relied on the miraculous tools to cast the energy of purification. It was also not a regular miracle, so the two sides fought fiercely. Only the first circle of light was the real spell slot magic.
However, after all the nobodies had left, the garbage time ended. The Divine Priest began to get serious. He reached out and wiped the ring on his finger, then pulled out a long sword that shone with holy light. Because it was too far away, he initially thought that the Divine Priest had pulled out a weapon from his storage ring. However, after asking the Omniscient One, he found out that the ring was a special miraculous item that could condense a weapon of light, and the Divine Priest was not holding a physical weapon. Instead, it was an enhanced version of the sword of light that was similar to the Holy Blade Miracle used by the ascetic monks.
After the Divine Priest received the Sword of Light, his body became stronger as if he had returned to his youth. Then, he rushed towards the skeleton mage like a berserker. He took the opportunity to cast an Advanced Spell that relied on the spell slots. A black light shone towards the chief priest, but the Divine Priest's holy robe automatically activated a layer of white light armor that covered his entire body. The black light shone on the light armor, but it could not penetrate it. It seemed that the priest's armor of light was also an enhanced version of the Holy Garment miracle.
After the chief priest rushed into the plantation, a layer of colorful light suddenly appeared and covered the entire garden. At this point, the field of vision of Common You was blocked and could not directly observe the battle process. However, he still relied on omniscience to indirectly broadcast the battle situation. The chief priest carried more than ten miraculous items with him. He was more like a kryptonite warrior than Common You. The chief priest was using the miraculous items to force the skeleton mage to constantly use spell slots to fight the enemy. No matter how powerful the cantrip was, it wouldn't affect the outcome of a battle at this level. Therefore, it was now up to the priest to run out of Miracle items or the skeleton mage to run out of spell slots first.
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This time, the battle lasted for nearly half an hour before it ended with the destruction of the enchantment of the plantation. The chief priest, who had more financial resources, finally won the battle. He was indeed worthy of being called a quasi-epic by the omniscient. After seeing that the battle had ended, he patted the shoulders of the two women and reminded them to stand up and meet up.
When the three of them arrived near the plantation, it was already 4:30 pm. The mercenaries and knights who had been healed by the priests were searching the garden. When the priest saw the three of them walking slowly over, he turned his head and pretended not to see them. Even the 9,000,000 RMB worth of magic crystals from the skeleton mage did not make the priest happy. It was only when Hilo obediently bowed his head and greeted him that the old man turned around and asked angrily," Where did you go just now? Didn't I say that you're not allowed to leave the palace?”
"We didn't leave the palace. We searched the other side of the observatory, but unfortunately, we didn't find anything.”Gong You replied with a smile. The Divine Priest was genuinely concerned about this junior, Hilo. After all, she was so obedient and was a direct member of the Church. However, she did not have a good temper towards him. Moreover, after refusing to be a knight of the Church last time, the Divine Priest's opinion of him had become even stronger.
The Divine Priest glanced at Gongyou, then turned to look at Hilo. After seeing her nod, he skipped the matter. Then, the three of them joined in the search of the plantation. However, other than some growing herbs and damaged magic circle materials, they did not find anything special. This made the Divine Priest's expression not look good.
Seeing that there were only two hours left until sunset, the priests gathered together and discussed whether there was a need to continue the search, or if they should return to the camp to rest for the day and continue the unfinished exploration in the old capital tomorrow morning. In the end, the priest directly rejected the idea of returning, but there was not enough manpower to conduct a carpet search everywhere, so he agreed to the city-wide exploration plan proposed by the high-ranking mercenaries. Once someone discovered an unclean person, they would immediately send out a reminder for others to go over and support them. All the spoils of war in the process would belong to the person who obtained them.
After the temporary meeting was dismissed, Gongyou went to the chief priestess and asked for a special miracle tool that could make weapons of light for Hilo. However, the chief priestess refused fiercely and scolded Gongyou for trying to make her stand in the front. It was only after the two women and the ascetic monk persuaded that the dispute was stopped.
After the three of them left the palace, they rode their horses again and wandered along the streets. Although he knew that there were some unowned coins left in the ruins of the old capital, he was not too interested in those scattered profits. Therefore, he changed the scope of the Omniscient Search and removed the filter label of " ownerless items." The result he got shocked him. There were magic books in the old capital. Although they belonged to the intelligent unclean, there were indeed magic books.
After obtaining new information, he followed the clues and searched with omniscience. From the information, he learned that the old capital was actually divided into two parts, the surface and the underground. The unclean ones on the surface were only created to confuse the invaders. There was a huge barrier under the old capital, and an Epic Lich lived in seclusion. It was the leader of these unclean ones. The real valuable treasures in the city were all hidden in the underground secret treasure vault.
Should he call the Church for help? The valiant bishop should be able to deal with the lich underground, but after calling for the church's support, how should the magic books in the secret treasury be distributed? Gongyou was indeed the first to discover the magic books, but what was the point of just discovering them? He did not actually get them. After the Church defeated the Lich, it was impossible for them not to take the spoils of war from the treasure vault. Therefore, once he told the Church about it, he would not be able to get the magic books unless he took the magic books first and then informed the Church to come and fight the Lich. Only then would the magic books be considered his spoils of war.
After considering the sequence of action, he began to analyze the possibilities of carrying out the plan. Then, he realized that he seemed to be able to do it with his omniscience. As long as he knew all the underground structures, it was not impossible to move under the lich's nose. The one-way information was transparent, allowing him to calculate the champions of higher life levels.
At five o'clock in the afternoon, the three of them arrived near the entrance of a sewer. After finding a hiding place for the warhorses in the surrounding ruins, the three of them began to eat. Although it was still a little early, the subsequent actions would be very time-consuming, so they had to recuperate first before they could go all out.
"Gongyou, are we really going to go into the sewers later?”Luana asked with a bad expression. When she thought about the operation later, she felt that the jerky in her hand was no longer fragrant.
"What's wrong? Have you been down there?" He knew that Luana had registered as an adventurer eight days earlier than him, but he did not know what had happened in the first six days.
" When I first registered as an adventurer... my first task was to clean up the giant rats in the sewers..." Luana said as she tried not to feel disgusted." I was alone for the first few days, and it was really... terrible.”
"I remember you teamed up with Youshu, right?”He asked in confusion. Luana had never mentioned what happened during that time, so he didn't know the details.
"I met Youshu by chance in the guild. After knowing that we were from the same village, I chose to team up with him. At that time, Youshu said that he wanted to find more people before accepting the commission. Then, the next day, he found Shiloh and Kulloei, who had just registered. It was on the morning when you issued the escort commission. That was the first commission we accepted after we formed a team.”Luana's impression of Youshu was probably that he was a fellow villager who had formed a team on the day of the incident and died the next night. If she had not met him a few times during the village gathering, she would not have known that he existed in the village.
Gong You and Hilo looked at each other speechlessly. They both remembered the night they were chased by goblins more than 20 days ago. A group of novice adventurers who didn't even have enough equipment dared to camp in the wild. They were so careless that they didn't leave anyone to keep watch. They were lucky that they didn't die.
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When it was 5:30 pm, the three of them made sure that their backpacks and conditions were adjusted. Then, they sneaked into the sewer closest to their target. Old Capital had a large number of sewer entrances, which were connected to a maze-like underground sewer network. The roof of the main sewer was at least four meters high from the road and more than three meters wide. After decades of neglect, the sewer had become cleaner. They guessed that this was because the Lich had sent the unclean to clean up regularly. After all, this was now its home.
However, although there were no more rats in the sewers, there was another creature that was more tenacious. After turning a corner, the light of the Illuminating Magic Stone dispelled the shadows. There were a few pale green rubber balls rolling in the dry waterway. When Luana saw them, she said with an ugly expression," That's Slime. Its body fluid contains poison that can dissolve dead rats.”
Gong You immediately perked up when he heard the word 'slime'. He had killed countless slimes in RPG games, but when he saw the slimes, he immediately had the urge to turn around and leave. The slimes were very strange and ugly, and they left wet slime on the path they rolled. It was disgusting.
After inquiring about the route, he had Omniscient Change the navigation and took a detour to avoid these scavenger slimes. After walking underground for more than ten minutes, he finally came to a node near the underground enchantment. It was a stone pillar that was completely different from the surrounding materials. This was one of the hidden enchantment bases. He gently placed his hand on the base and closed his eyes to connect the rune circuit inside with his mind. This was the invasion method he found from Omniscient. Each base had hundreds of huge and complicated magic arrays. These nodes were combined to form a large barrier.
However, he did not need to understand the meaning of the incantations and runes in the magic array and their complicated combinations. He only needed to modify the magic array according to the data given by Omniscient. It was like a person who did not know how to edit a computer program. When he used a cheat to modify the data, he did not need to know how the data in the memory worked. He only needed to follow the instructions of the cheat. Some games even had a built-in console. He only needed to know the code instruction set to be able to play with everything.
Of course, what he needed to do now was not as simple as modifying the memory. He had also modified the script of the source file. Although he did not know why he had to modify it, he did as he was told. It took him a full fifteen minutes to add his own console backdoor program into the base.
After expending a lot of energy to complete the operation, his forehead was covered with sweat. When he opened his eyes, he found that Shiloh had already taken out a dry towel from his backpack and was waiting at the side. He reached out to take the towel, but she did not let him do it himself. Instead, she wiped his sweat with her own hands. This scene made Luana, who was in charge of guarding the surroundings, unable to help but complain," Are you guys done? How long are you going to stay here?"”
"Cough cough, I've already set up the barrier into the back door. Let's go in now.”He reached out and tapped the wall beside the base. As expected, the stone on the wall immediately moved to reveal a new passage.
After the three of them entered the enchantment, they realized that it was like an upside-down dream world. The gravity here was not fixed in one direction, but could be freely set. The roads, walls, and roofs could be used as walkways, and even the walls could be opened and moved to form a new passageway at any time. This dream-like Mirror World could only be set up by Legendary powerhouses and above. He wondered how the Epic Lich living here had done such a thing.
They couldn't walk freely inside the barrier because they had discovered several surveillance sensors along the way. Therefore, every time they encountered one, they had to stop for a minute to hack and modify the data. In the end, the three of them walked for half an hour before they reached the real underground core area. It was a place that looked like a magical research institute. The rusty door even had the words 'Leoric's Workshop' written on it.
After entering the workshop, he realized that perhaps it had been underground for a long time without light, the air in this area was filled with a moldy smell. The floor and walls were not made of stone, but made of metal. The interior occupied a very large area, and the design and construction were very thoughtful. It had a complete kitchen, dining room, bedroom, study, bathroom, toilet, studio, storage room, and other facilities. This was probably built by the Lich when he was alive. Now, most of these facilities could not be used normally due to years of disrepair.
After seeing the layout of the underground workshop, Common Reason, who was originally not interested in the Lich, suddenly became curious about it. Why did it build a workshop under the old capital and live in seclusion here?
The creator of the workshop should be that lich, right?』
[Omniscient: Confirm]
" Is its name Leoric?』
[Omniscient: Confirm]
'What kind of person is he?』
" Omniscient: Leoric is the seventh generation of the Kingdom of Weigarde. Because he could not advance from Epic to Legendary even after exhausting his lifespan, he was reborn as a Lich."
After that, he searched for detailed information about the Lich Leoric, and he found a shocking historical truth:
"King Leoric of the kingdom eleven generations ago was gifted. He was only in his thirties when he stepped into the Epic stage. He was the only one in the royal family. During his forty years in office, he abandoned the government and indulged in magic research. He once moved the budget of the people to invest a large amount of money into the kingdom's research institute for his own research project. Later, he recruited many outstanding talents and spent decades working together to complete a new spell. Even so, he remained in the Epic realm until the end of his 300-year-old life. However, he also knew that he needed to get rid of the reliance on the Weave to become a Legend. Therefore, he set up a city-level alchemy circle under the old capital of the king's city and sacrificed more than 700,000 people living in the king's city. He then built the underground enchantment of the old capital to separate the inside and outside. After blaming the disaster of the old capital on the demon king's army, he hid in the underground workshop to avoid the tracking and investigation of the church. Then, he relied on the Forbidden Jade to block the magic net and conduct a large number of forbidden experiments in the workshop. Finally, he was reincarnated as the Lich King of the Unholy to prolong his life. He was still the biggest trump card of the royal family. All of this was to one day accumulate enough to enter the Legendary Realm.」
After checking the information, he could not calm down for a long time. He also understood the reason behind the strangeness in the old capital. It was not until the two women woke him up that the three of them decided to explore the study room first. After entering the room, they found that the walls were filled with bookshelves, but there were only some scattered books inside. Moreover, after many years, even if these books were carefully preserved, they were still seriously deteriorated. He checked the bookshelves one by one and found the Chronicles of the Kingdom of Weigarde. Gaia Continent Travels, Holy Maiden Adventures, Magical Beast Illustrated Guide, Magical Materials Encyclopedia, and other well-preserved books.
Luana curiously picked up the book " The Adventures of the Holy Maiden " on the bookcase. After casually flipping through the illustrations, she let out a cry of surprise. However, when she turned around, she stuffed the book into her backpack and shook her head." No…I didn't see anything."”
Gongyou looked at Luana suspiciously, but was attracted by the " Leoric's notebook " on the other desk, so he did not pay attention to her small matter. He picked up the notebook and flipped through it. It mainly recorded some messy and messy experimental logs, which felt like they were bound together with draft paper. However, the last few pages of research on the magic net refreshed him.
"The magic net also has the function of a communication network, but it is only available to the champions of Epic and above. The network width can even allow point-to-point transmission of materials, the speed of the network can exceed the speed of light in dozens of astronomical units, and the network fee can be charged with spiritual force.」
In short, the function of the magic net was compatible with most of the needs such as communication and logistics, allowing the champions to know about the world even if they lived in seclusion at home.
After stuffing all the books into their backpacks, the three of them left the study and entered the workshop next door. In the dim room, there was a wide workbench facing the door. On it were neatly placed some measuring tools, hand tools, utensils, and other small items related to the creation of magical props. This was a small alchemist workshop hidden under the old capital.
The three of them walked around the workshop and left. They then entered the innermost storage room of the workshop. There were a lot of messy items here, but after using Omniscient Search, they found the two most valuable items in a short time. They were three magic books and a small box with tickets.
As for why there were only three magic books, it was because the Lich would regularly contact the current royal family and send the newly made high-end props to exchange for the materials needed for research. After obtaining the consent of the two women, he directly put the magic book into his backpack. The ticket in the small box was a royal bond, a kind of uncertain value ticket issued by the royal family and circulated only between noble lords. It was often used as a voucher for tax transfer between direct subordinates. Under normal circumstances, non-nobles were not allowed to hold or trade these kinds of notes. There were more than a hundred notes of different sizes here, with a total face value of nearly 500 magic crystal coins (more than 40 million RMB).
" This, this much money…" Hilo didn't know what these tickets were at first. It wasn't until Gongyou explained that she looked at the tickets and couldn't say a complete sentence.
" Gongyou, you should take it. I don't dare to take it…" Luana's hands were trembling, but she didn't dare to reach into the small box. In the end, she even grabbed Gongyou's arms with both hands to stabilize herself.
"I've already gotten the spellbook. You two can split the bonds equally.”He answered calmly. To him, who was omniscient, money was the least valuable thing.
Hilo and Luana looked at each other and nodded. Hilo then spoke on behalf of Luana," Mr. Gongyou, please take these tickets. At most... at most, we will ask you for money in the future."”
Seeing that the two girls had already made up their minds, Gong You stopped trying to persuade them. After all, he was the one who paid for every date, so it was the same for him. The relationship between the three of them had long been chaotic. If one had to define it, it would be 'more than friends, but not lovers.' Their assets were even shared. There was no point in Luana's team's small treasury existing. It was also natural for Shiloh to put away the atonement in the afternoon. He never cared about the money.
After leaving the storage room, the three of them took a look at the other rooms in the workshop, then sat down in the dining room to rest. They continued to investigate the details of the barrier through Omniscient Knowledge and formulated an action plan. The previous plan could be overturned. The power of the lich inside the barrier was infinitely close to Legendary. It was not something that the few people from the church could defeat. To purify the lich, they had to at least destroy the barrier.
Therefore, the next step was to destroy the barrier. Even if he used a magic book to cheat and wore a full set of pay-to-win magical items, he was just a slightly larger ant in the eyes of the Epic Lich. However, in terms of knowledge, his knowledge surpassed the natives of this world by at least one dimension. It was an unprecedented, unheard of, and unimaginable vision that brought infinite confidence. And confidence was about to turn into action. At this moment, His infinite confidence and boundless wisdom were an incomparably powerful force. He was good at using this force to cut through thorns and open up a path called the unknown. This was a true transmigrator.
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