At this time, Budina seemed not to waste any more time, and with a wave of his hand, he ordered the monsters in the black mist to attack.
Those monsters were originally humans, but now they were lying on all fours like wild beasts.
Caroline's eyes were solemn and her face was slightly pale. Under the interference of the altar's energy, her magic power was extremely disordered. It was extremely difficult to even release witchcraft at this moment.
Budina has been planning for half a year and set up an altar trap in the underground palace.
He intends to attract the wizard of Crow Phantom, and then use the power of the abyss obtained from the deal with the devil to seize a brand new body so that his life can be extended.
As for the rebellion in the Steel Castle Kingdom, it was all planned by him.
However, Budina didn't know that.
Although the plan succeeded in attracting the target, one of the two wizards who seemed to be preyed upon turned out to be a ferocious beast.
In the same place, Enzo looked calm.
He paid no attention to the hell hounds rushing around him. Even the abyss energy interference that was troublesome for Caroline had no effect on him.
"This farce should end." Enzo said quietly.
The next moment, he no longer suppressed his power, the aura belonging to the second-level wizard burst out in an instant, and the shadows under his feet turned into waves, overturning the hell hounds rushing around him.
Under Caroline's astonished eyes, Enzo waved his hand casually.
The shadows turned into thin threads, pinning all the surrounding hellhounds to the underground palace walls. At the same time, a huge shadow palm also grabbed Budina.
"Second...Second-level wizard!?"
Budina's face was full of horror. Before he could react, he was grabbed by the giant shadow hand and let out a shrill scream.
"Oh my god! How is this possible??"
Next to her, even Caroline was stunned, looking at Enzo in disbelief, her mind in chaos.
"He has actually been promoted to the second level wizard?"
On the same spot, Enzo looked calm, raised his hand and snapped his fingers. Under the control of his mind, the giant shadow hand squeezed hard.
"No!!"
Budina wailed in despair, and the rotting body was squeezed by the giant hands, making the sound of broken bones, and was crushed into a bloody mess.
An official wizard died so easily!
He couldn't even release a single witchcraft before he was neatly solved by Enzo. The level gap was like an insurmountable gap that few people could cross.
"Is this... the end?" On the side, Dylan Knight was also in disbelief.
As the knight commander of the Steel Castle Kingdom, Knight Dylan has been loyal to the royal family since he came of age. He has a certain understanding of Budina's power and knows that even at his old age, he is still an extremely terrifying existence.
But now, he was killed so easily that there was no room for resistance!
After casually killing Budina, Enzo's mood remained unchanged and he didn't even look at it. Instead, he looked at the mirror on the altar not far away.
That is the medium through which Budina communicates with the devil!
No matter how he looked at it, Enzo felt that the mirror was extremely familiar. He walked over with his feet and saw that the figure of the young man in the dress still appeared inside.
"Sure enough, it's this guy." Enzo sneered in his heart.
The devil in the mirror is a familiar face. When he was an apprentice, Enzo was on a mission in Snowhoe City and witnessed with his own eyes the whole process of a third-level apprentice falling into the abyss under the temptation of this devil.
"Dear Lord Wizard, your strength is truly amazing!"
In the mirror, after witnessing Budina being killed, the devil's face showed a brief moment of surprise, and then returned to normal, saying with a calm and elegant expression: "Stupid Budina actually wants to compete with a being like you, it's really too much."
Don’t overestimate your capabilities.”
"What? You don't recognize me anymore?" Enzo interrupted the devil's nonsense and sneered.
The dress devil looked thoughtful, as if he was lost in memories.
"It doesn't matter, I have a way to make you remember." The corners of Enzo's lips raised, a silvery luster appeared in his eyes, and the soul thorn turned into a sharp cone and stabbed straight towards the devil in the mirror.
"ah!!!"
The dress devil's expression changed drastically, and he could not avoid the mental attack of the second-level wizard even if he hid in the mirror.
"It's you!?"
At this moment, he remembered something, and an incredible expression appeared on his face, which was twisted in pain, and he said in surprise: "That little apprentice from Snow Hoof City?"
"The memory is not bad!" Enzo raised his eyebrows.
The dress devil was greatly shocked. He never expected that the young apprentice who was almost seduced by him had been promoted to a second-level wizard and had more power than himself.
He didn't have time to think too much and decisively disappeared from the mirror.
Enzo shrugged. The Devil in Clothes made a deal with Budina, only to project his power into the wizarding world through the mirror. The real body may still be in the abyss, so even a second-level wizard would find it difficult to truly kill him.
"This mirror should be used as the coordinates of the abyss, right?"
Enzo took a step forward and touched the mirror in front of him with his fingers. The devil's breath still remained on it, which could be used as a coordinate to the abyss.
Unfortunately, the abyss coordinates don't have much value.
Only in undeveloped planes like the Forest World, the coordinates are extremely precious. As for large planes such as [Wizard World] and [Abyss World], the coordinates have long been widely circulated in the multiverse.
Just like the devil can project his power into the wizarding world, wizards can also explore the abyss world through teleportation devices.
"Forget it, it's better than nothing." Enzo shook his head and put the mirror into the space ring. Although the coordinates of the abyss world are not precious, they are still indispensable items if you want to go to the abyss.
Enzo had a premonition that he would go to the abyss sooner or later.
After solving the devil and Budina, the black fog in the underground palace also disappeared. Those hellhounds nailed to the wall by the shadows turned into mortal corpses one after another. They may have died long ago, but they were infected by the power of the abyss.
, in order to move in monster form.
"Unexpectedly...you have been promoted to a second-level wizard!"
Caroline looked at Enzo, her eyes sparkling with luster. There was already a huge wave in her heart, but she pretended to be calm.
"The expedition to another world is an opportunity, I just grasp it."
Enzo smiled lightly and said without further explanation. The cause of the rebellion in the Kingdom of Steel Castle has been found out, and Budina, the mastermind behind it, has also died. There is no point in continuing to stay in the mine.
"If you have anything to say, let's talk about it when we get back." Enzo said softly.
Afterwards, the three of them prepared to return to the surface. Since the entrance to the mine had been blown up, it took some effort for the three of them to return to the surface.
...
Steel Castle Kingdom, inside the castle.
The Steel City was silent at night. After the Budina incident, the three Enzos returned to the castle. The new king Bucai was almost shocked beyond measure after learning that everything was his father's plan.
And Enzo used the chip's ability to discover that Buquet really didn't know anything about it.
Budina, who was the manipulator behind the rebel army, died, the rebellion in the mining area would be suppressed soon, and the Steel Castle Kingdom would return to peace within a month at most, but these were no longer important to Enzo.
In the evening, in a gorgeous room.
"If you want the shadow soldiers to have wisdom, the core condition lies in the soul!" Enzo sat cross-legged on the bed, his eyes shining with luster.
Going to the Steel Castle Kingdom to perform a mission, Enzo's only purpose is to collect souls.
In the previous mission, he also completed his plan. After killing the rebels in the mining area, he used magic to absorb all their souls.
"The soul has been obtained, the next step is to create it."
Enzo took a deep breath, and a flood of shadows appeared around him. With the control of his mental power, crows flew up from the shadows and circled in the spacious room.
The next moment, a flash of light burst out from Enzo's eyes.
Under the control of mind power, souls flew out one after another, merging with the crows hovering in the air, and then seemed to sublimate the illusory crows.
Immediately afterwards, the illusory crows fell one after another and turned into shadow soldiers.
"Owner!"
There were ten shadow soldiers in total. After they appeared, they all knelt on the ground, waiting for Enzo's order.
"Is this the Shadow Soldier?"
Enzo stroked his chin and murmured, "They look similar to shadow assassins, but shadow soldiers with souls can act on their own will and form a team!"
Zero-ring witchcraft, shadow assassin!
This spell is considered a relatively powerful spell in the shadow witchcraft. The shadow assassin summoned looks like a ghost and is good at sneak attacks and assassinations, but any action requires the control of the caster.
The shadow soldiers created by the Shadow Corps are different.
These ten shadow soldiers all possess a certain degree of wisdom after merging their souls. Although they are still affected by Enzo, they do not require Enzo to expend energy to control them one by one when they enter combat.
"Go, my soldiers."
Then, Enzo raised his head, waved his hand and ordered.
After receiving the first order, the shadow soldiers in the room turned into crows and flew up. Like illusory bodies like black mist, they quickly disappeared into the depths of the night after passing through the glass window.
"Next, let's do a little test."
Enzo slowly closed his eyes, and the mental energy in his mind escaped, resonated with the shadow soldiers flying out of the window, and gained their vision.
Under the night, ten shadow soldiers turned into crows and flew to various areas in the castle.
...
In the small garden, a shadow crow landed on a branch, its illusory body perfectly integrated with the night, its eyes shining with dark luster, quietly watching everything not far away.
"Did you hear that?"
Below, two maids were walking side by side. One of them whispered: "This rebellion in the kingdom is actually the conspiracy of the old king. He was seduced by the devil and became a madman."
"What? Is this true?"
Next to him, another maid covered her mouth in surprise and whispered, "Isn't King Budina a wizard? How could he be tempted by the devil?"
"Then who knows?" Maid No. 1 shook her head slightly and said, "Anyway, I heard from Knight Bard that the old king who was seduced by the devil had been killed by the wizard invited by His Highness Bouquet, and the rebellion in the kingdom soon began.
It will end."
"Ah! That's great." Maid No. 2 said.
As the two of them walked further and further away, the whispering voices gradually disappeared, and the crows squatting on the branches turned into shadows and disappeared, dispersing with the wind like mist.
...
In a room in the castle.
Another shadow crow followed the crack in the door and quietly came into the room. This was a gorgeous palace, surrounded by candlelight and illuminated by a huge chandelier above.
The shadow crow landed on the chandelier without making any sound.
Below is a spacious mahogany bed, with four leg columns supporting the bed. The surface is carved with exquisite patterns, full of luxury.
On the big mahogany bed, Bukai sat on it wearing a bathrobe.
With the death of the leader of the rebel army, the rebellion in the kingdom is about to end. However, as the king, Bukai has no joy at all on his face, and there is only a suppressed expression on his eyebrows.
"Try it harder, haven't you eaten yet?"
Suddenly, Bukai frowned and scolded in a low voice. His legs suddenly trembled slightly and a strange sound came out.
"Your Highness..."
Half-kneeling on the ground, a charming-looking woman with a rosy face looked at Bukai with enchanting eyes.
"Damn, who told you to stop?"
Bukai, who was already depressed, suddenly had a ferocious expression on his face. He raised his arm and slapped his lover hard, causing him to fall to the ground.
"Your Highness...Your Highness..."
The charming woman looked horrified, but she saw that Bukai had already stood up and walked towards her with a gloomy face. He grabbed her hair without any explanation and threw her onto the bed.
"Damn it! Damn it!"
Bukai pulled off his bathrobe and threw himself on the bed like a wild animal, venting all the suppressed emotions in his heart on the woman.
The rebellion in the kingdom is about to end, but for Bukai, this time things are far more than that. The old king colluded with the devil to cause everything to happen, and as his son, Bukai did not know whether he would be implicated.
When he thought of the guilt of colluding with the devil, fear surged in Bukai's heart, and he could only vent his depression.
...
In the room, Enzo slowly opened his eyes.
Ten shadow crows have been dispersed to different areas of the castle. Using the information returned by the shadow crows' vision, Enzo can easily grasp the dynamics of the castle.
"Shadow Corps changes into three forms!"
"I have fully mastered the first shadow armor form, and the second regiment form, it is not a problem to create enough shadow soldiers."
"The most difficult thing to master is the third form transformation!"
On the bed, Enzo stroked his chin, his eyes flashing with thought, and said, "Use enough shadow soldiers to fuse to create a more powerful life, which is the giant shadow demon!"
The Shadow Corps has three transformations in total. Among them, the Corps form is the most famous, but it is not the most powerful. The use of fusion of shadow soldiers to create giant shadow demons is not well known. The main reason is that few people actually master it.
