Chapter 23 Arnold's Wish
Fernando felt that he could not spit it out in one breath. The old fox actually deceived everyone! What's even more hateful is that he also hinted in advance, watching himself and others being misled like watching a drama!
No wonder he was not worried that Sharp would regret and expose the "Deep Blue Gift"!
Fernando suppressed his anger and flew quickly out of the forest with Annold. The aftermath of the legendary strongman's battle can destroy this place!
"Have your Excellency 'Death Lord' returned to level 3?" Douglas repeated one of the Fernando's questions. At this time, he was more concerned about the strength comparison between the two sides. The others were all in detail, so he could wait until the matter was over before discussing.
Deep in the forest, light and shadows changed, and snowflakes flew, as if countless ghosts were wandering inside, making people shudder. Annold narrowed his eyes and looked back, smiling like a real fox: "The Lord of Death was severely injured by the Pope, and his body, soul, and life case were all broken, and he almost fell completely. Fortunately, the Pope did not use the 'God Subduing Art' at that time."
"Later, the soul core preserved by the 'Death Lord' relied on the legendary secret technique to merge many other people's soul fragments, resurrected in the form of alchemy life, and reshaped the body."
In the spiritual connection, he talked about the Death Lord without haste, as if he had no doubt about the outcome of this battle. After all, the Death Lord was the peak of the legend and a terrifying powerful man with the Undead Legion under his command. Even if his strength has dropped seriously now, there is no problem with a "Heart of Time" who has not yet been promoted to the third level:
"But this has a huge hidden danger. The fragments conflict with each other, the main consciousness is often disturbed, and most of the spell models become incomplete. Therefore, they have not been able to recover their strength for a long time."
"It was not until more than ten years ago that Lord Tananos slowly absorbed other fragments through in-depth research and mastery of the soul, and then slowly recovered the strength of the legendary third level. Perhaps in a few decades, he would be able to return to his peak."
"It seems that there is no big problem..." Fernando said subconsciously.
This is based on reality. After a long Dawn War, everyone knew that at the same level, magicians were stronger than knights and clergy, but the time interval between magicians grew was too long. It was far higher than these two, especially the latter, so they slowly fell to a disadvantage.
In addition, the necromancer, who symbolizes death, resurrection and life, is one of the three most powerful magicians with the strongest combat power, and is more deadly and strange!
Therefore, even if Ktoneya is a variant of the bloodline of the "Time Dragon" and is a powerful knight who is enough to compete with the same level of mages, he will not have any hope of winning when facing the necromancer who is one level higher than him. It only depends on whether he can seize the fleeting opportunity to escape.
Annold smiled and did not respond to Fernando's words. Instead, he took the initiative to explain the action to the two: "In fact, while contacting organizations such as 'Red Eye' and 'Soul Supreme', I also tried to 'say hello' to the three legends, and received a satisfactory answer."
They were very fast and had reached the edge of the Black Forest, so they turned back together and looked at the battlefield of the legendary powerful men.
At this moment, a hazy flashing light suddenly flew out in the mist of the dead souls with countless souls floating and struggling, along the way. All obstacles were like phantoms, and they did not slow it down for a moment, as if they were in different time and space.
"The power of time is indeed powerful..." Douglas sighed in emotion during the spiritual connection.
Before he finished speaking, the sky, which seemed slightly bright as the ice and snow fluttered, suddenly became dim, and a huge dragon spiraled down, its muscles rotted, and bones were visible to the depths, pus flowed across its mouth, and pale flames were spitting out of its mouth.
This turned out to be a "dragon lich", a legendary undead creature!
The death dragon spread its wings, covering the sky and the sun, leaving half of the forest in absolute darkness, wrapping the passing "time", and only vaguely seeing the hazy light struggling and tearing apart.
Two huge figures appeared in the nearby air again. One was a mummy wrapped in a brown cloth strip. The powerful aura made Douglas and Fernando in the distance feel it. The other was a monster with only skeletons left on his body. It was larger than a dragon lich, as if it was the skeleton left by the legendary sea monster in the endless ocean after his death.
These two undead spirits, who are absolutely legendary, have been entangled in the deep darkness created by the "Dragon Lich" under the entanglement of their respective auras, and thus, the final haze of the "time" was also obscured.
In the forest, ghosts, zombies, skinless dogs, mummies, dead souls, ghosts and other undead creatures were like surging tides, climbing and covering the "darkness".
"A legendary necromancer is really terrifying to the point of being terrifying, especially he is still a profession of the "Death Lord" known for mastering the powerful undead legion. Ktonena is over..." Fernando has a deep knowledge of the necromancer system, and he can't help but be a little stunned when he saw the scene at this time.
Among the other legendary professions of the undead, whether it is the "Pale Lord" or the "demigod Lich", although there are many "helpers", they are not as good as the "death lord" who regards this as the "main position". These two professions tend to be instant death spells, soul attacks, mysterious states, etc.
If the Pope hadn't destroyed the main "legion" of the "Death Lord", he would have been able to withstand most legends in the Great Holm area alone. You should know that when he was at his peak, there were two undead servants in the third level of legend!
The forest was dark, with no sound leaking, and it was extremely quiet, both weird and terrifying, making people unable to understand the progress of the battle. Therefore, Fernando had to withdraw his gaze and continue the "topic" just now: "Satisfied answer?"
Didn’t the old fox say that only by obtaining cooperation from the nobles can the organization where the three legendary wizards belong to join? Is he lying to others again?
Annold glanced at him and Douglas, and the old god said: "Although Lord Tananos was dissatisfied with the empire's actions and was unwilling to go to Alto to help, as one of the strong men who once stood at the peak of the world, he did not lack a judgment on the situation and understood that this was the last chance to save himself!"
"Take the chance that most of the main forces of the church will be dragged to the west by strong men of various races, such as Abel, Dracula, Danisos, and the legendary masters of the empire, you must save yourself! Once the dust settles, you may not even be as good as the rats in the sewer!"
"This is the last chance, either die or live better, we understand. The elites of these magicians also understand that even if I don't contact 'hello', they should have done something recently."
Speaking of this, Annold laughed: "They didn't value us very much, but Sharp's entrustment gave me inspiration, so this action came into being. From the beginning, the real goal was Ktoneya, the epic knight who had the most hope of going further among the nobles, and was relatively closer to the church's strongest man."
"No wonder Sharp just made such a positive push without making any more confirmation!" Fernando felt increasingly frustrated. He didn't see this. It was not until now that he thought about it that the old fox was too eager at that time!
Annold smiled without saying a word, but Douglas nodded and said, "Even we believe this time is for the assassination of Alfonso, how could Ktoneya doubt it?"
"But what if Rigg is not a traitor? The Heart of Time has not arrived?" Fernando already understood that completing Sharp's commission is just a superficial disguise to cover up the real goal, but he still has some questions in his heart.
Annold smiled like a fox who had stole a chicken: "The real target is Alfonso. By assassinating him, he provoked conflicts between the nobles and the church, and won over some of the great nobles represented by Sharp, and gained space for survival from it."
Ah? Fernando looked at Annold in shock, feeling that he could not keep up with his ideas.
Annold laughed and said, "First of all, you have to always remember our path: to win over the nobles and provoke their relationship with the church. Therefore, whether it is to siege the 'heart of time' of the pro-church or assassinate Alfonso, they are all fighting for this path. However, the former is more effective, and the latter is second."
“When the former cannot be completed, the latter is our minimum guarantee, and it is definitely more than just a disguise.”
Fernando listened very attentively and vaguely grasped some essential things. For the first time, he wanted to listen to the old fox talked about it.
Annold's eyes turned to Douglas and said with a smile: "If you want to achieve your goal smoothly, you must not make a plan that is closely linked and so exquisite that any accident will fail at any link, because there are so many accidents in actual actions that are terrible, and people's hearts are so complex that it is difficult to grasp completely."
"The key to action is to conceal, disguise, deceive, conceal your true purpose and disguise it as other ideas. This idea will help the real purpose to some extent, so as to avoid failure to the greatest extent, because the enemy destroys it not what you really want, and even his destruction will help you. Whether it is disguised or deceitful, it cannot be separated from the support of detailed information and the concealment of your own key information..."
He flew outside the forest, carrying his hands on his back, his white hair fluttering, talking freely, and he was speechless and calm. He was stunned by the sound of Fernando and cursed from the bottom of his heart: The old fox is indeed the old fox!
But why doesn’t he explain it in such detail?
Douglas listened quietly, and he also had feelings similar to Fernando. Before the Battle of Antiffler, he had been focusing on research and was rejected by other magicians. He had basically no experience in taking charge of the overall situation, making plans, and arranging actions. Later, he suffered a lot of losses during his exile and learned a little slowly. But these experiences were so obscure that he still seemed awkward. But after hearing Annold's explanation, he suddenly felt enlightened and integrated.
His heart moved: "Sir, are you teaching me?"
He used a respectful title.
Annold turned his head and smiled at the forest still shrouded in absolute darkness. He said with an old and touching voice: "No matter how strange your problem is, you are the most capable magician in the union with leadership potential. Hey, although Fernando is smart, he is too impatient and too impatient. So, I have to tell you some of my experience before I die."
"Old fox!"
"Mr. President..."
Annold raised his hand to stop their words and continued, "In this war that made magicians desperate, so many legendary priests fell, let alone me? Maybe when I was killed by the Cardinal, the Epic Knight or the Night Watchmen, I would not be lucky than others, or maybe I would have aged and died within a hundred years. This is the law of nature, and it is difficult to break through unless I become a legendary wizard."
"My biggest wish now is to hope that the magician will return to the supreme position of this world and build another brilliant and brilliant magic empire."
His eyes did not leave the legendary battlefield, and his voice became slightly low: "I don't know if I can see this scene alive..."
I only hope that in my lifetime, I will see "you" return to the highest level!
His back was a little hunched, and his white hair was so obvious.
At this time, a unimaginable light burst out in the darkness, illuminating the world.
Chapter completed!