Chapter 377 The mantis catches the cicada, and the oriole is behind?
Hoswald is the entrance connecting the material world and the Hades Abyss, the closest place between the two worlds.
Attracted by the power of death from the Hell Abyss, a large number of vrykul undead gathered here, and most of them obeyed Hela's orders.
However, compared with Helagar, whom Hela valued most, the strength of these unselected souls was very average. Sharlayan, Valeera, and Stellagosa broke into the enemy camp and it was like chopping melons and vegetables.
Against these disembodied souls, purely physical attacks are difficult to achieve.
Stellagosa can use powerful arcane magic to cause damage to souls, and she also enchanted Valeera's Dragon Fang Dagger.
It was the first time for Sarlayan to use the newly acquired talent "All Things" in actual combat, and a dark gray flame appeared on Valajar's battle sword.
The souls of all souls struck by Sarlayan will be sucked into the sword with a howl, and their consciousness will be wiped out before being transformed into pure death energy.
Due to the inevitable loss during the transformation process, the death energy flowing into Sarlayan's body can only be regarded as mosquito legs.
But no matter how small they are, they are still meat. As long as you continue to collect them persistently, you will eventually be able to gather a small amount into a large amount.
Sharlayan, who could gain profits, was eager to kill. These vrykul souls seemed to have noticed something was wrong, and consciously stayed away from him, preferring to go next door to accept Stellagosa's arcane bombing and Valeera's soul cutting surgery.
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These miscellaneous soldiers could not pose any threat to the three of Sarlayan, but only delayed the advance a little.
After clearing the way to the altar, Sarlayan motioned for the rune mages to enter.
Just as these prepared rune mages began to cast spells on the altar, Sarlayan, who was still on guard, suddenly realized that something was wrong with the surrounding atmosphere.
Suddenly looking up, Sarlayan found a large number of vrykul armed with weapons around the cliff with a huge drop above the altar.
Valeera also noticed these Vrykul of unknown origin, frowned and asked Britta beside her: "Queen Britta, who are these people?"
Britta's face was a little gloomy: "My unfilial subordinates, why are they here?"
Stellagosa's hands flashed with arcane light, ready to cast prepared spells at any time.
"Could it...be Hela?"
"Damn it!"
Britta punched the stone pillar next to her, her face full of anger that hated iron.
"That short-sighted idiot actually violated the ancestral precepts of the Miechao clan and took refuge in Hela, the God of Death!"
The social style of the Vrykul people is relatively primitive, and they are still far away from civilization.
In this social background, the Vrykul have always respected the strong.
As long as you can defeat all opponents to the end, even if it is just a beast who kills his brother and his father, most Vrykul will pinch their noses and admit it in the end.
After all, history is written by the victors.
[Li Shimin: The person is dead, don’t cue.]
[There is a theory that the Heavenly Khan only killed his brothers, not his father. At most, he just forced his father to abdicate.]
Bretta's four sons were ambitious since they were young. When they reached adulthood, they joined forces to kill their fathers in an attempt to ascend to the throne of the clan king.
But there is only one throne, and there is no room for four people to crowd it.
So naturally, the four wolf-hearted brothers started fighting each other.
To this day, the four brothers each have their own victories and defeats, and no one has the absolute upper hand.
Continuing in this stalemate is just a waste of time. Someone who was impatient finally couldn't hold it back and wanted to use external forces to break the balance.
In the eyes of Sarlayan and other foreigners, the tall Vrykul all look the same, and they all have slovenly and ugly faces.
However, Queen Brita recognized at a glance that the leader standing at the front of the crowd and boosting morale was none other than Wardgar, the eldest of the four brothers.
Under Wodegar's shout, the vrykul on the cliff raised their harpoons one after another, opened their bodies and assumed a downward throwing posture.
"Tsk! This distance... is a bit troublesome."
Sharlayan's long-range attack ability is very weak, and Valeela is not much better.
Stellagosa can fight from a distance, but the farther the distance, the less accurate the spells are. She cannot guarantee that she will be able to defeat these vrykul from the bottom up.
"It would be nice if... Vereesa was here."
Valeela: "...You just wanted to say tool man, right?"
It was too late to close the distance now, so Stellagosa could only give up her plan to take the initiative and instead set up a small-scale defensive barrier.
"Ding! Ding!"
The harpoons thrown by these Vrykul hit the outside of the barrier and made a crisp impact sound.
A single harpoon cannot cause much damage to the barrier, but it cannot withstand their large numbers and continuous harassment.
A rune mage who cannot concentrate will significantly slow down his spellcasting progress. The longer the delay, the greater the variables.
"Gan! Never mind!"
Sarlayan originally planned to hide his identity under Hela's attention, but now he can't care so much anymore.
"Stella, don't hold back, start killing!"
"okay!"
The two of them jumped into the air, one on the left and the other on the right, and transformed into young dragons and climbed up the cliff in this abandoned ancient city filled with a gloomy atmosphere.
"hold head high!"
As the two of them took off and accelerated around, the blue and red dragon's breath sprayed into the enemy group.
The unexpected situation caused Wardgar and his vrykul to panic. The harpoon throwers hurriedly adjusted their postures and turned their targets into the air.
With the defense power of the baby dragon's scales, if it is hit by a harpoon thrown by those Vrykul who are born with strange strength, there is a high probability that it will be impossible to defend against it.
Sarlayan and Stellagosa did not foolishly maintain the dragon form that was too big for their target. After crossing the height difference of the cliff, Sarlayan took the lead in transforming back into human form, stepping on the air and slamming into the Vrykul formation.
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"Roar!!"
The dragon roared, and the violent sonic attack quickly spread outward with Sarlayan as the center.
The Vrykul who were closer were so shocked by the sound waves that their eardrums were torn, and blood flowed down their ear canals. They covered their ears with pain and fell to the ground.
Stellagosa launched a large-scale arcane explosion when she landed, knocking away hundreds of Vrykul around her at once.
There were thousands of Vrykul brought by Wardgar, but because the raid failed, they failed to cause substantial damage to the rune mages.
With so many people, even if they stand still and let Sharlayan and others kill them, it will take a lot of time.
Just when Wardgar was hesitating whether to continue fighting with a gloomy expression on his face, there was a sudden commotion from their rear formation.
While Sharlayan and Stellagosa were attracting attention, another vrykul force with slightly different banners attacked Woldgar's army from behind.
Seeing this scene, Brita's face was a little complicated: "Skovard... this kid is still so sinister."
No matter what the purpose of the visitor was, he did contain Wodegar's people.
Sarlayan had no time to pay attention to the internal strife of the Tidestealer Vrykul. His mission was to protect the rune mages who were casting spells.
The Vrykul's rune spells are quite unique. They use carved runes to replace the chanting of spells. As long as they are drawn quickly and skillfully enough, they can theoretically reach or even exceed the speed of a mage's spell-free casting.
Sharlayan asked Stellagosa for advice. Spells and spell-casting gestures were all designed to help mages quickly build spell models.
The clearer the understanding of the nature of the spell, the shorter the gestures and incantations required, and in the end it can even be possible to cast spells without spells.
But in fact, spell-free casting is not about casting spells with just one thought. Mages just mentally recite the spell quickly and silently, and only use gestures to guide the spell. There is still a spell construction process, but it is shorter.
The rune spells of the Vrykul were passed down from the Titan Guardians, and the spells are not weak in power. A skilled rune mage can cast spells faster than mages who cast spells.
A dozen rune mages simultaneously drew a dark purple mysterious rune in front of them, pouring their own magic power into it.
The central place where these runes point to converge is a bluestone staircase extending downward, and a gray portal is gradually torn open in the center of the staircase.
Witnessing the portal's transformation from form to stability, Sarlayan withdrew his attention from the internal strife among the vrykul.
"Stella, door!"
"good!"
Stellagosa, who had been prepared for a long time, waved her hand to open the directional portal that was as tall as a person, and the lively little dwarf Chromie was the first to jump out from behind the door.
"Oh! Is this the door to the abyss of hell?"
Chromie looked at the gray portal with great interest, then turned back to observe the other companions who were walking out, with a cunning look on his face that could not wait.