Chapter 1 Nightfall (I)
Rhode sighed, threw the letter in his hand onto the table, then he raised his head and looked at the people in front of him.
Two days have passed since the end of the war. After completely annihilated the "Black Sorrow" army, the Immortal Army retreated completely. At least on the surface, they did not seem to have another attack. However, Rhodes was not careless. After the battle, he quickly interrogated Saimen and obtained first-hand information about the Immortal Army.
I have to say that Saimen is so pitiful. As a necromancer, although he is not as capable of creating a life box like a lich, he has some spare means of rebirth. In the country of Night, this is the deceitful place where I am, no one knows when it will die. Therefore, as the leader of a family, it would be too sad if he didn't even have the means of "turning back" to him.
But even if he killed Saimen, he would never have thought that Rhodes would have an ancient legendary artifact. That was the equipment Rhodes had obtained from the Demon Grand Duke and relied on Marine's red hand halo. As an ancient legendary artifact, [Soul Prison] can specify a life to obtain the other party's soul. Although strictly speaking, the necromancer can no longer be considered alive, but more like a magic creature driven by the power of the soul, it has souls after all. In addition, Saimen himself was seriously injured at that time and could not resist the constraints of [Soul Prison]. As a result, his soul was directly captured by Rhodes and stuffed into the necklace.
The soul core is to the necromancer, just like the life box to the lich, which is their root. Necromancers are different from the lich. Lichs use magic power to transform life and death and turn themselves into the existence of the necromancer. However, most necromancers are undead creatures with spell casting talents. From this point of view, their soul core is more important than the life box. It can even be said that this is the CPU of the necromancer. Whoever masters this is equivalent to mastering himself. So as long as the soul core is in the hands of Rhodes, Saimen can only tell everything about him, and he can't even cheat him with lies.........
Although as the patriarch of a middle-class family, Saimen knew very little, Rhodes still dug a lot from him.
First of all, the Immortal Legion is coming in full force this time, led by [Fallen Angel] Shalier and [Soul Chaser] Baronde. [Soul Chaser] Baronde is responsible for the display of the Duchy of Moon, while [Fallen Angel] Shalier is responsible for the front line of the Kingdom of Light. To be honest, when he heard this news, Rhode did not feel strange at all. In fact, even if he didn't ask, Rhode knew that Shalierde must be responsible in the Kingdom of Light. This was not only from the players' foresight, but also because of Shalier's own life experience.
Many people don’t know, but Rhode knew that Shalier’s identity was not just one of the four demon generals under the soul of the Dark Night Dragon. He also had another identity - the Seraphic angel, one of the first three archangels. Even to be honest, Shalier served as the Seraphic angel longer than the four demon generals. Moreover, he was loyal to the Dragon of Light and made great contributions in the War of Creation. It can be said that the ability of the Continent of Light to possess such a vast land now is largely due to the blessing of Shalier.
But after the battle was over, everything changed.
Shalier was worried and dissatisfied with the Dragon of Light to deliver power to humans. His thoughts were very similar to those of the Dragon of Dark Night. Humans were lost lambs and a shepherd had to guide them and guide them forward, rather than letting them find their own way. Otherwise, they would fall into the mouth of the wolf pack and eventually become fat fresh meat.
Of course, Shalier was unable to compete for the Dragon of Light in the end. His loyalty to the Dragon of Light also made him give up his ideas and follow the Dragon of Light with loyalty. However, as the Council of Light became stronger day by day, Shalier also became more and more angry. He noticed the ambitions of human beings and their unrestrained and offensive thoughts, but he could not do anything. He could only watch silently from the side-no one noticed the burning anger under his calm appearance.
In the end, with the fall of the Dragon Soul of Light, the Council of Light truly held power. On the day they built the Lighthouse of Freedom, Shalier gave up his identity. He threw away the [Wrath of Fire], which was proof of Seraph, left the Kingdom of Light, and joined the Kingdom of Night. Perhaps because of the deeper the love and the deeper the hatred, Shalier vowed to make these humans who dared to defile and snatch the Dragon of Light and pay their own price. They will always exist as slaves of the Immortal Kingdom, surrender to a stronger rule, in order to fulfill their wishes and revenge.
Players at that time also gossiped about the reason why Shaliye made such an irrational act was probably because he loved the Dragon Soul of Light. However, as mentioned before, the dragon soul heir was just a container after all, not to mention that in the fierce battles of the Creation War, it was difficult for each dragon soul heir to live for too long, and it was even more impossible for him to live forever. So in the end, the person he loved deeply left him...... It was not impossible to turn to the enemy because of love and hate, so it was not impossible to realize his ideal of saving the country on the curve.
Sometimes Rhodes felt that he could understand Shalier because he put himself in his shoes. After Moon was destroyed, he once wanted to join the Kingdom of Night to kill the Kingdom of Light. However, since he discovered that the player could rely on his own power to change all this, he had cut off this idea. After all, from another perspective, the Kingdom of Night is also his enemy.
Although Shalier is the strongest among the four demon generals in terms of combat effectiveness alone, Rhodes is not worried that he will attack Moon. Because from a certain perspective, Moon, who still insists on the orthodox Dragon of Light, is an ally of Shalier on a certain level, and he has always had a good relationship with the Angel. In addition, for Shalier, attacking the Kingdom of Light is more attractive, so Rhodes does not think that Shalier will be the first candidate to attack Moon.
On the contrary, what he was more afraid of was the remaining three demon generals. Whether it was the "soul-chasing" Baronde, the "blooded Count" Esviel or the "master" Garcia was not a good guy, especially Garcia. He advanced to "on the side of the gods" as a human being, and his experience was 100 times more than the most yy novel. You should know that before this, he was not a special race, but just an ordinary person born in a human slave family in the Dark Night Dragon.
In fact, looking at the entire Dragon Soul Continent, he is the only one who can advance to the side of the gods as a human being. Apart from this, no one can do it either by players or NPC, which shows his power and terror. If you can choose, Rod would rather fight with "Soul Chaser" Baronde for 300 rounds or be flirted with "Blood Earl" Esviel, and would never be willing to provoke this guy who looks very legendary but is actually more legendary.
Apart from the two main legions, most of the remaining ones are armies of aristocratic factions of all sizes in Yezhi. In human terms, they are noble private soldiers, but for the undead, this is also a kind of regular troops. In fact, in this attack, they are the main lineup.
After receiving this information, Rhodes naturally sent it to Lydia immediately. This information is very important and has an immeasurable effect in evaluating the situation of the battle. As for Saimen, after digging out his pitiful information, Rhodes did not immediately kill the unlucky necromancer. Instead, he ordered it to write down everything he knew in the dungeon and then deal with it. Poor this unlucky guy might be copying it in the dungeon with tears in his nose.
But what Rhodes needs to consider now is not such a trivial matter.
"What's the current situation in the fortress?"
He asked.
Hearing Rhode's inquiry, everyone looked at each other, and then Bilan Heart raised his head and yawned.
"Everything went well, Rhodes. We lost less than a hundred people in the previous battles, and there were no deserters so far... It's pretty good."
"The merchants are temporarily planning to leave, but the residents here give up the plan for temporary transfer. I have negotiated with them and they agree to help us guard the fortress together, rather than leaving here and moving elsewhere. Only some people who live in the surrounding areas and in the Deep Rock City plan to leave."
Marin continued, and when she heard her answer, Rhode raised his brow. This was not beyond his expectations. Originally, these residents had nowhere to go. They wanted to leave before because they were worried that the fortress would be broken. Now the fortress not only blocked it, but also completely annihilated the Immortal Legion. Compared with the stalemate situation in other places, the land of atonement is safer, not to mention that many people who come to the land of atonement have nowhere to go, and they don’t know where to go if they want to leave.
"What about our remaining supplies?"
Rod looked at Labis on the other side, and when he saw Rod looking at him, Labis couldn't help but shrink and stood up nervously.
"Then, that... sir, this... build the alchemy golem... and it will take some time to recover. As for magic arrows and other magic equipment, I calculated that if it was an army of the previous level, it would be no problem to support it for a week. If there are raw materials, my subordinates and I can make some..."
"There will be materials, you can rest assured."
Rhode nodded to Labis, then he turned around and looked at the others.
"This is just the beginning. I think you have experienced this war in person. The attack of the Kingdom of Night will become more and more fierce. Don't take it lightly because we won before. It's just because we made preparations in advance and disrupted their plans. And when the Immortal Legion is prepared, our battle will become more difficult. The next half year is the most dangerous period. As long as we can survive this half year, the final victory belongs to us."
Hearing Rhode's words, everyone looked at each other, and then Lijie raised her hand in confusion.
"Why does it take for Mr. Rhode............??"
“It’s very simple.”
Hearing Lijie's inquiry, Rod looked at her.
"Because this war is just a warm-up for the Dark Night Dragon Kingdom."
Then, he answered. (To be continued)
Chapter completed!