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Chapter 21 Chess Game (5)(1/2)

News of the undead appearing in many places in Krenberg soon spread in Xindu. The news came from the spider web, which was extremely credible. The nobles were all anxious, fearing that one day Xindu would be as breached by the undead like Keling.

Since the invasion of the undead, apart from the reduction of territory and the reduction of taxes, the nobles have not been affected much in essence, and they still live a life of debauchery and luxury. Krenberg's invasion this time is different from the past. It is not in sparsely populated mountain villages and towns, but in large cities with a population of over 10,000. The entire city has become a dead city. Some timid nobles even began to prepare to escape from the ground and go to the floating island in mid-air to take refuge.

For a time, from east to west, all human towns were filled with rumors that the undead were about to attack.

In the deep palace—

On the one hand, Farlani felt that this was a great opportunity to win people's hearts and incorporate land, but on the other hand, she was disgusted by the nobles' fear of death. If humans worked together, how could the undead grow to its current level?

Claudia advised her to make plans early, that Chenxi can no longer protect humanity, and should change to a stronger belief in the gods.

This was not the first time Claudia advised him, and Farlanie was always unable to make up her mind.

After all, human beings belong to the camp of order. As the representative of the royal family, if she openly announces her joining the chaotic camp, she will not only be boycotted by the great nobles headed by the princes, but even the people are afraid that they will not be able to accept it. Chenxi is the national religion set at the beginning of the founding of the empire. Even if the glory of that year is no longer there and the territory is divided, this sect is still the religion with the largest number of believers in human territory, and the temple built far exceeds that of other gods.

"Didn't you choose to join the human side because you hated the night elves? Why did you change your faith a hundred years later?" Farlanie is one of the few people who know that Claudia believes in Liz, the goddess of night.

"It's right that I hate night elves, but I advocate the law of the strong. The night is the only god that can match the morning light, and she is not as powerless as the morning light and cannot shelter her believers." When no one was gone, Claudia never concealed her aggressive side and evil nature.

Faranie's eyes slid from the letter paper in her hand to the ground, and the carpet embroidered patterns were the holy emblems of the sun god Elias and various complex patterns.

It was not that she had shaken her heart. Chenxi is the first god of order. As a first-generation ancient god different from the second generation, it does not focus on faith, but only cares about the laws. If humans collectively defect to the opposing camp, Chenxi will definitely bring down divine punishment. At that time, not only new will turn into ashes, and I am afraid that the entire species will be implicated. There may be hope for survival, and the camp will change... She will never choose this path unless she has to.

"Your Highness Princess, do you really think that the Son of Nature is on the side of human beings? The pillars are the first generation, just like the morning light, and they do not need human beliefs. The destruction of nature by humans has long exceeded their tolerance limit, so this time..." Claudia stopped at a critical point.

"Is the elemental tide?" Farlanie subconsciously believed that Claudia's 'this time' refers to the elemental attenuation that causes the spell to decline.

Originally, it was difficult for human physique to sense elemental activities. After the elemental decay, the number of mages reached the lowest level in history. Hornheim was unable to compete with the Immortal Empire and was forced to choose neutrality to preserve himself.

Claudia shook her head, and a strange light shone against the candlelight in her pupils.

"You don't know yet, the life flow that concerns the survival of the entire world has stopped."

Farlani's lips opened slightly and she was stunned for a few seconds before she realized, "You mean... to maintain the cycle of reincarnation and to transport faith?!"

She learns from a sage and is a master-level mage. She knows magic and divine power better than ordinary people, and also knows the importance of faith to the gods.

Claudia's answer is in two simple words: "Yes."

"How could it be... why there was no sign?" Fallanie held her hands together. She was a wizard, and she was not as obvious as the decay of divine power.

"This situation only begins with the emergence of the Son of Nature, to be precise, after the Battle of Grantham."

Franny stared at the half-elf with a slightly drooping face, trying to see any trace of concealment from her face. Claudia's eyes were open and there was no sign of lying.

"Your Highness only needs to inquire with other temples. You can know that I have not deceived you. This is an open secret in each temple."

"What do you mean... the Son of Nature is the culprit of all this?" Farlani didn't believe it at all. No matter how strong the Son of Nature is, it would not be able to stop the movement of life flow. Even if the second generation joins hands, it is difficult to do it. Unless... it is a pillar. Only a pillar that integrates with the world can do it!

"The only thing that can stop the flow of life is the four pillars of gods that assimilate with the world, and the pillars can only release their powerful energy that can destroy the world through the Son of Nature." Claudia continued the rest.

Farlanie stroked her cold lips with her trembling fingers, knowing the obvious hint in Claudia's words.

Claudia believes in the night, and to some extent, she is also the spokesperson of the night, and the God of Chaos wants to get rid of the Son of Nature.

"As the first generation, the goddess of night does not need the faith of mortals. Why did she intervene in the disputes in the material world?" Although Farlani put Claudia by her side and used it with her confidant, she was always on guard against this believer in the night.

Just yesterday, Claudia advised herself not to touch the son of nature, but now she implicitly conveys the meaning of the goddess of the night to kill the apostle of the pillar.

It is reasonable to say that the second generation of gods resist the behavior of the sons of nature. The power of the night is underground, just like the dawn in the sky. They rarely interfere with the material world. Under the constraints of the law, the gods cannot directly enter the material world. They can only rely on believers to change the direction of history and destiny.

Could it be... the night wants to protect the god of death, so it wants to get rid of the son of nature, who poses the greatest threat to Hicks?

Claudia, who had been observing her expressions, noticed a flash of surprise in Flannie's eyes, and then her whole face became as cold as ice.

"Although I don't like the sons of nature interfering in human internal affairs, I hate the undead even more. They ruined my hometown and displaced the people. This hatred far exceeds my ambitions. It will not disappear no matter how many years."

It seems that I have been thinking a little bit wrong. According to her personality, the explanation will only become darker and darker the more I describe it.

Claudia was a little regretful, and this attempt still ended in failure. She bowed slightly and left under the silent gaze of the princess.

After the female elf retreated, Frannie was the only one sitting alone in the huge audience hall.

The invasion of the undead makes people's economy and culture look backward. In the past, royal palaces and nobles used expensive magic crystals as lighting to show off their wealth. Now, financial resources and greatly reduced territory can no longer be maintained, and traditional candles can only be used as lighting.

Fleshing the ring with the Korke family emblem on his finger, Farlanie's thoughts fell into childhood memories.

Unlike other great nobles who mostly use flowers and plants as accessories, Kolk's family emblem is a pattern of waves and ice crystals, symbolizing the fiefdom located in the cold north near the storm sea. The hatred of the undead penetrates the bones of everyone in the Kolk family. If you join the darkness for self-preservation, it is a real betrayal. Even if you only have the last person left, you have to fight the undead to the end. It is the fate of the Kolk family head who died in the battlefield.

Farlani chose to become a mage in order to compete with the undead. Even though she grew up ambition and ambition, the belief that she was incompatible with the undead has never changed. It was because Croatia, who had grown up, knew this well and did not waste any more persuasion.

Claudia, who left lightly and silently, had a charming smile on her lips.

Farlani's path cannot be understood, and she can also lobby other nobles. As long as most of the great nobles in power agree, the nominal royal princess cannot stop it. It is really important to thank the son of nature from another world. Without his intervention, Hornheim, who has always been closely related to the royal family, had such great turmoil. Even the goddess of magic fell. The new god came to power and would definitely cleanse the remaining power of his ex, and the sage Bard had no time to take care of his nominal disciples.

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Wolan is a mountain city, which is said to be the prototype of Longyan Fort. The entire city was dug out inside the rocks and has been repaired for hundreds of years. It is the magnificence of the mountain city today. Because the rock is white, it is also called Baicheng. The permanent population is only about 20,000. In addition, mobile business travelers, mercenaries, refugees from other places, as well as soldiers stationed in nearby mountain fortifications, have become a big city second only to Xindu.

At dusk, white rocks appeared on the horizon, and Orlando stared at it with his breath.

"What did you see?" Doyle couldn't see that far away, but she read the solemnity from the half-elf's eyes and suddenly had a bad premonition.

"Those whites don't seem to be rocks." Alicina's perception was stronger than Link, and she keenly sensed the dead air floating in the air.

She prayed that Woran had not yet lost, and that if the entire city's residents were connected to the garrison, their trip would become a trap.

"Can you still fight?" Doyle shouted at Link.

Night will enhance the ability of the chaotic camp, and on the contrary, it will suppress the clergy in the four of them.

"I think we should rest at the nearby hills until tomorrow we enter the city." Orlando saw countless undead surrounded the city of Voran, from the foot of the mountain to the top of the mountain, with more numbers than those at the ferry. He cautiously thought that it would be safer to wait until dawn to get closer. Although this number is not bad.

The answer to Doyle and Orlando was Feng Falcon and suddenly turned sideways, a dense ghost flew past with his claws.

"Wooah--" The pain-filled wail made the eardrums buzz.

"Did the undead find us?" Orlando is estimated to be a lich at such a long distance.

"We have no time to rectify." Alicina activated the defensive magic circle and protected the others together with Link who had transformed into a wind falcon.

Fortunately, they all had a good rest on the way, but this son of nature, who is mainly fighting, has been flying all the time. No problem...

While lowering the altitude, Link also slowed down his flight speed so that if something unexpected happened, he would not kill the other three people.

After getting closer, you can see white skeletons siege, and there are still people in the fortress-shaped city built with stones fighting hard.

The ten-meter-long Feng Falcon, neither the undead nor the humans, could ignore it. Since Link appeared in the sky, the soldiers guarding the city discovered him. At first, they only thought that it was a magic pet released by a mage in the city who searched for the news, but as the black spots grew bigger little by little, the soldiers became excited.

The shape and volume are exactly the same as the famous local wind falcon in Krenberg. But why is there only one? Isn’t the wind falcon a group creature?

The soldiers soon knew the answer. The wind falcon, which was acting alone, was huge in size and had a wide wingspan covering the sky.

It was seen that it skipped over the head of the undead army at a low altitude. Wherever it passed, the wind blade tore the air and cut the formation of the Death Knight responsible for the main attack into pieces.

This was the biggest surprise in the two days of siege. The soldiers cheered from the bottom of their hearts.

Link and Alicina both felt an extremely evil and powerful aura at the highest point of the mountain city, which was beyond the reach of ordinary lichs.

To resolve the difficulties of the siege of the city, you must use a large-scale spell. If you consume too much magic and divine power, you cannot deal with the subsequent waves in a complete manner. It is indeed Shuang Han's usual style. You can either give up on the people in the city or give up on Doyle. But I don't want to choose either!

"Hurry up, I'm going to use a large-scale spell." Link closed his claws and used magic to drive the elements. With the flaming of his wings, small whirlwinds were generated on the ground, one, two, three whirlwinds... and then gathered together, and the whirlwinds turned into tornadoes, storm storms storms towards the dead.

Low-level corpses and undead without the wisdom to avoid danger, were dragged into pieces by being caught in a storm.

The sudden changes not only shocked the human defenders, but even a few high-level undead were shocked.

[Wind Falcon! Druids sent by the Pillar of Wind?]

[Super large size. Is it the Elemental Lord Hull?]

The two corpse witches in charge of command exchanged opinions from each other.

"The agent guardian of the Pillars of Earth and the Glow Elves were trapped in the barrier by the Pillars of Earth. This leader-level Fengxiao is another son of nature." The leader of the Death Knight raised his weapon. The other Death Knights who were already siegeing the city immediately turned their mounts and gathered behind it, so that the nightmare that could fly up to the sky stood up.

"It's a death charge! Dodge quickly!" This posture is not only Doyle, who often fights with the undead. Alicina recognizes it, and even Orlando exclaims, asking Link to avoid it quickly.

The roar of lightning exploded, and the fork-shaped lightning scattered in a radial shape. Before the charge was launched, the Death Knight connected to the mount nightmare and turned into charred ashes.

Hearing the exhausted defenders cheering, the commander left the bunker with the only mages in the city, and witnessed the terrifying death knight being bombarded by lightning.

The tornado was still rushing, leaving only a bunch of skeletons wherever they passed. The corpse witch was busy commanding the low-level undead to avoid the trajectory of the tornado.

The cheers gradually lowered. The soldiers looked at each other, unable to believe the sudden change of battle situation.

Doyle's eyes widened, and he was also shocked by the power displayed by Link.

This is the real strength of the Son of Nature? It is so strong that it can easily rewrite the victory or defeat of the battlefield. Why didn’t the Son of Nature join the war earlier? After forty years of invasion, how many people died of the hands of the dead? If humans had not lost the Battle of the North, perhaps my mother would not have summoned demons to gain stronger power and then gave birth to a monster like me, a half-human and half-demon...

Feng Falcon suddenly descended onto a broken city wall, and Link returned to his human form and was panting very hard.

The tornado consumed his magic at a rapid speed, and at most it could last for a few more seconds.

After taking a look at the direction of the tornado, there were still many low-level undead that had not been cleared. After they entered the city, they could only let the soldiers guarding the city continue to defend, and they did not know when the reinforcements of the Wood Elf King would arrive.

Alicina was about to cast the healing technique on Link, but he stood up, shook his head and refused: "It was just consumed very hard and was not injured."

Alicina wanted to speak but stopped. Link grabbed the Lord's arm with her backhand: "Fate has countless forks, and every choice determines what kind of future will be. Hesitating will only make the tragedy that does not want to happen again and again."

This encouraging statement contains hints. If a wrong decision is made again, the loosening of Doyle's seal will reappear. No one can stop it from being voluntarily possessed.

"Is this the only thing you have to realize?"

As Link asked, the last trace of hesitation in Alicina's eyes faded.
To be continued...
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