Griffith was silent. This was not a choice he could make. He didn't even know what to do.
"You should ask Elodie directly about this question."
Connix nodded slightly and chanted an unidentifiable spell. Under the influence of the spell, the barrier blocking Griffith suddenly disappeared.
"We can take two steps closer."
Connix and Griffith slowly approached and asked the girl who was in pain from time to time:
"Did you hear that? As long as you move forward a little further, you can replenish your energy. Mr. Death Knight and I will serve you at your side."
Elodie was convulsing, and her flesh and skin were being torn apart and then healed quickly.
Every second is horrific torture.
"As long as, as long as I do what you say," Elodie struggled to say, blood and tears merged into a non-stop stream, "will this pain disappear?"
"Without a doubt, my lady."
"As long as I do what you say, I can survive?"
"There is no doubt, my lady. Not only will you survive, but you will also have eternal life and youth. You will become the brightest star."
Elodie was tortured by severe pain and kept twitching. Her hair was constantly falling off, breaking into pieces when it fell to the ground. Then, new long hair grew on her head, and the cycle started again.
"Without further delay, let's act quickly," Connix breathed a sigh of relief, "The Beyonders and the garrison have been severely damaged in the previous offensive. With the protection of me and the Death Knight, your evolution will be completed soon.
"My lady, please begin."
Elodie looked at Griffith with painful eyes. The latter was so guilty and sad that he could not raise his head, but his eyes finally met the girl's.
At this moment, Griffith felt like he was struck by lightning, and he already knew her answer.
"My lady, please hurry up," Connix urged excitedly, "let us start your promotion ceremony! All pain will end, and perfect eternity belongs to you!"
Elodie looked at the Necromancer and wiped away the blood and tears on her face:
"No, I refuse."
"!!!"
Connix was stunned.
"If my life is going to be based on the suffering of innocent people, I will be more than happy to face destruction."
Elodie raised her head stubbornly, pulled out a sharp dagger from under her skirt and stabbed herself in the heart.
"No!" Connix exclaimed and rushed forward immediately. However, he suddenly fell to his knees stiffly and could not move an inch.
"This, this terrifying aura, I was suppressed again," Connix exclaimed, "That power is breaking free from the shackles of the body."
The girl wearing a blood-stained gauze dress decisively twisted the dagger, gritted her teeth and pulled it out. The dagger had pierced her heart, and blood spurted out.
Griffith was wrapped in despair, and his heart ached as if it was being torn apart.
Elodie's extraordinary characteristics gave her a strong vitality. Even though she still maintained the fragile appearance of a girl, the fatal wound on her chest was still healing rapidly, causing her to endure inhuman pain.
"Elodie, stop!" Griffith was completely tortured by this scene and collapsed. He took out the healing potion and ran to the girl frantically to hold her arm, "Quick, drink it."
Connix lay on the ground, not quite understanding how Griffith moved.
The girl raised her weak hand to cover the potion on her lips. She struggled and let out a low and rapid gasp:
"No."
"An extremely dangerous psychic signal has been detected," Minos, who had been silent during the battle, suddenly sent out a message. His cold voice was devoid of any emotion of fear or surprise, as if he was executing an order that had already been formulated.
Griffith suddenly saw the phantom of a plant with bright red flowers in full bloom and red fruits looming in Elodie's body. In the blink of an eye, the plant stretched out its stems and leaves towards Griffith.
Like snakes and tentacles, they attack and roll in.
Elodie's wound was quickly stopping bleeding, and her weak heartbeat was beating rapidly. There were streaks of blood oozing out from under her skin, which was spreading rapidly.
The weird plant waved ferociously like a beast and made an invisible roar. The unimaginable horror captured Griffith's mind, and he watched blankly as this monster between an animal and a plant rolled toward him.
.
His skin and flesh began to crack, as if being burned. Powerful spiritual energy was tearing his body apart.
"The absorption of life essence has exceeded the upper limit," Minos's voice became urgent. "An inestimable leakage of mutated essence has been detected. Evacuate quickly. No, pray to the supreme existence."
Griffith was already trembling under the tide of fear. The existence of that plant surpassed all life he knew, and it only took a thought and an action to capture the tiny human being.
Suddenly, Griffith understood the astonishing things before him.
The extraordinary characteristic residing in Elodie's body has noticed Elodie's firm will and resistance, as well as the danger that is likely to come. It has been carefully hiding and has completely torn off its disguise, eroding the new host with the most ferocious power! Very soon
Quickly, it will invade Griffith's already confused mind and occupy his body as a puppet.
The vigorous blood energy of the trainee knight was activated by danger, like a raging fire, blocking the erosion of strange plants. Once the stems and leaves with veins and tentacles were contaminated with blood energy, they immediately turned into blackened fragments. However, the blood energy itself was also in contact with the Grind.
Faith's physical strength is also declining at an alarming rate, and it won't be long before this weird plant invades his body.
Griffith clearly sensed that this plant was incompatible with him, but at the critical moment when there was no suitable host, it had begun to expand crazily and assimilate regardless of its own losses!
In boundless despair, Griffith suddenly discovered that Elodie had broken away from him and rushed towards the billowing fire waves and flames on the altar.
This is... Griffith's pupils suddenly contracted.
Wait, wait, don't do this!
Griffith, Connix, and the parasitic monster who was struggling to escape all screamed.
Five meters, four meters, three meters... The scorching heat waves of the ground fire are already burning Elodie's skin.
Connix almost broke his teeth when he saw this scene. He also saw the crazy plant, which was the origin he was searching for! However, the undead body was completely disobedient.
It trembled and stood frozen like a frog encountering a poisonous snake, without any room for resistance.
Griffith wanted to catch up, but his exhausted strength prevented him from even moving his arms.
That weird plant is trying to escape! The plant has noticed Elodie's intention and begins to tear Elodie's body apart, trying desperately to get free.
Elodie's body was wrapped in the evil red light. Her movements were extremely stiff and jerky, but she was resolutely moving towards the flames.
"Why reject my power, why reject eternal life!?" The plant's thoughts were filled with despair and rage, and had converged into a clear voice. It was horrified to find that it was getting closer and closer to the flames, and it begged desperately, "Accept me.
, have eternal youth and beauty, accept your eternal life hymn!"
"No." Elodie's clear and weak voice appeared in Griffith's ears again. She could no longer take a step forward, the will of the plant and hers were fighting against each other.
"My hymn is a hymn of courage."
Elodie untied the flowing ribbon from her waist and threw it toward the flames.
"No!" Griffith and the plant screamed together.
The ribbon was ignited by the flames, and the flames flew along the ribbon towards Elodie's blood-stained dress.
At this last moment, the girl with a sad face actually looked at Griffith with a smile:
"Don't be sad, Griffith, don't forget, I left as a human being."
Elodie's slim body was wrapped in fire. The plant's consciousness began to shatter rapidly, and it let out a terrifying scream.
Griffith watched as Elodie, who had been burned into a human being, walked firmly to the edge of the fire and fell towards the raging waves of fire.
His eyes were blurred, and in his desperate sobs, Elodie seemed to appear in front of him again, raising her blood-stained hands and reaching for his cheek.
He heard sounds that could not exist in this world.
"If this is irresistible fate,
"Then I want you to live,
"because I know,
"The world will be brighter because of you,
"Let me stay by your side."
The cold little hands soaked in blood gently wiped the teardrops on the line and floated away.
…
A dead silence fell on the altar.
Connix, freed from the irresistible bondage, looked desperately at the terrifying flames of the underground fire, slightly opening his rotten lips, not knowing what to say.
Minos' consciousness was suddenly touched, bringing some knowledge into the trainee knight's mind, but he immediately fell into silence. Some unknown energy was dispersed from the flames, and part of it was consumed by the bone ring and the
The energy of the Philosopher's Stone was absorbed, and some of it repaired and replenished the bodies of Griffith and Connix.
Griffith stood up slowly, covering his eyes with his hands, trembling and crying.
After a while, Connix, who looked desperate, broke the silence: "Unfortunately, Mr. Apprentice Knight, this is not my wish. But the worst ending has happened, and we still have to think about the next thing.
"Shall we cooperate? There is no reason for hostility between you and me. We can explore the endless future together."
Griffith sobbed and slowly lowered his arms. When his hands left his eyes, the tears had stopped, leaving traces of blood and tears on the corners of his eyes and cheeks. He stared at the necromancer who had not yet become a lich, and opened his mouth.
He opened his mouth and said with a choked voice: "Let's talk about the future."
Following his sad words, a layer of chill enveloped the altar on the top of the mountain.
Connix looked at the trainee knight in surprise. Although he was able to get rid of the control of emotions skillfully, he was still surprised that a human being could recover from pain so quickly.
The Necromancer was even a little pleased: "Then, let me tell you my plan..."
"No, it's not your plan," Griffith interrupted Connix, his eyes blurred by tears as sharp as a razor blade.
"be mine."
Changes occur suddenly.
Connix was not unprepared for Griffith. However, he did not expect that three living corpses suddenly jumped out of the corpses on the ground nearby, hugged his legs and lower back, and began to gnaw madly.
"What's going on! Who? Who is still controlling the undead!" Connix screamed wildly. In the blink of an eye, an answer appeared in his mind like lightning.
How can it be!?
Griffith had already rushed forward. After receiving the energy supplement from San Yi, he condensed ice shields and ice spears with his hands, and threw them at the Necromancer.
"Boom!"
Connix, who was unable to dodge, was hit by a blow, and the ice gun shattered on his shield.
Like a strong wind, Griffith caught up with the necromancer who hurriedly broke away from the living corpse, and hit him with his ice shield with his right hand.
"Boom!"
The shield on Connix's body was mixed with rotten flesh, broken bones and ice cubes flying away. At the same time, ice fragments and cold air swept across the sky, and Griffith dodged and hid in the ice mist.
Conix also acted quickly, throwing a green light at the trainee knight who emerged from the mist.
"Go crazy under the breath of terror!"
A ball of dark green energy surged out of the Necromancer's hand, hitting Griffith and driving him into madness, running around like a rabbit that had been stepped on.
Connix, who had taken a brief breather, quickly chanted a magic spell:
"Spell Configuration 1, Life Refining; Overlay, Pointing,
"Life sucked!"
The green evil energy reappeared, infiltrated into the running Griffith's body and began to frantically squeeze his life essence. In just a moment, he would be too weak to stand, and Conix himself would become even more powerful.
However, there was no trace of the expected life energy, and the life-sucking green light disappeared in an instant. Conix watched as the trainee knight in front of him turned into a pile of earth-like fragments.
"Puppet!" Connix was shocked, "When was it replaced!?"
Griffith once again emerged from behind the dissipating ice mist, swung his ice sword and cut off Connix's right hand, then punched it with all his strength.
A hole was punched out of the Necromancer's head, which was not strong enough, and he fell to the ground and rolled over. When it tried to stand up and fight back, two living corpses rushed up and hugged it tightly to prevent it from getting up.
"Go away! You cheap bastards!" Connix's angry mood appeared. Although green light flashed on his body to suppress the fluctuations of anger, surging anger and anxiety surged up one after another.
With one more step, I can be promoted to a noble lich! I obviously have the attention of high-ranking beings, why? Why is this happening!
Conix was just like the fledgling mage many years ago, roaring at his failed experiments and failed resume.
As a necromancer who specializes in spirituality and knowledge, Conix's strength attribute is not strong. After a struggle, it was grabbed by two strong living corpses and dragged up from the ground.
Griffith had already drawn the corrupted feather fencing sword and walked towards it.
This dagger, wrapped in shadow energy, was rolling with a terrifying substance that seemed to be substantial, as if some kind of monster was waiting to be devoured.
Holding a short sword, Griffith came to Connix and pointed it between his eyebrows.
"Wait, wait!" Connix said in panic, "You have mastered the mysterious undead curse. Resurrecting these dead corpses is only the first step. You need a consultant to help you master this power!"
"That's right," Griffith nodded, inserted the fallen feather fencing sword into Connix's eye socket, and stabbed it inside.
"You need my memory, you need my knowledge, stop!" Connix shouted desperately, "Don't you!?"
"Yes, I will cherish your extraordinary characteristics."
Griffith spun the dagger, and the explosive shadow energy rushed through Conix's head. His fragile body continued to swell, collapse, and deform, making bursts of miserable and shrill wails.
Necromancer Conix may be cursing, maybe begging for mercy, maybe... none of this matters, and no one will know. Its form is disintegrating, and its last consciousness is destroyed in chaos.
…
Part of the lost life and spiritual energy of the Necromancer was absorbed by Minos. The soul of the bone ring became more active.
Not long ago, with Elodie's suicide, that terrible plant was also annihilated. However, some of that terrible and unknown source of life was absorbed by Minos during the erosion process, allowing Griffith to obtain
A new ability called the Necromantic Rune has been developed, which can activate some taboo black spells related to undead creatures.
The magic knowledge "Resurrection of the Dead" and "Domination of the Undead" that Griffith obtained from "The Collection of Linyuan" can now be used.
Once the spell is activated, corpses within a 30-yard radius will be resurrected. No more than three living corpses will be resurrected at a time. As they exhaust their stored energy, they will completely disintegrate after an hour.
For these weak undead, Griffith can easily enslave their weak wills, turn them into puppets that he can control at will, and share certain memories and powers with them. However, the undead creatures he can control at the same time cannot
More than five.
What a powerful force it is to resurrect the enslavement of life and will! The high-level mages of Homonworth probably have not mastered such an evil and powerful power, which can actually distort the fate of life and death and allow the dead to walk on the earth again.
.
The sealed artifact "Lin Yuan Ji" is very valuable. I need to study it more deeply. Griffith looked at the flames that swallowed Elodie. He held a strand of the girl in his hand and it was torn off when he broke free.
The dissipated hair was still stained with a lot of blood, and a lot of information has been retained in the field of occultism.
The sadness has driven him almost crazy, and he can only console himself with one thought
Maybe, maybe when my power is strong enough, I can resurrect her. No, not maybe, the possibilities of magic are endless, as long as I have enough power, I can definitely do it.
At the moment just now, Griffith had a feeling that the extraordinary characteristics residing in Elodie's body had been decomposed together. The aura of the strange plant had disappeared, and the aura that seemed to devour and assimilate everything was gone.
"Minos has absorbed a large amount of life essence," Minos gave advice again. "Minos has detected that your strength, agility and spiritual power have further grown in the battle, and the number of runes you can use has reached
9 pieces, the number of runes has reached the upper limit."
"What on earth is that plant?" Griffith asked.
"Minos did not have enough information, but the gold coin you are holding contains a similar amount of Essence. It is recommended to keep it properly," the bone ring replied, "Given that just a small amount of Essence can already give birth to such a twisted form of the host.
Mutation, Minos suggests that you avoid exploring its secrets for the time being and wait for the opportunity when you become stronger."
…
A strange feeling enveloped Hepu Town. The sad and gloomy atmosphere accompanying the living corpses began to dissipate quickly, and the tide of undead creatures everywhere was withering and withering.
The Extraordinary One has arrived.
Their terrifying attacks set off storms and rains of blood. The monsters that were baring their teeth and claws a second ago were wiped out one after another.
Griffith stood on the top of the mountain and glanced at the battle situation below. Apart from despair and pain, he only had one thought: Those despicable, cunning and disgusting ancient gods hiding behind the scenes are lower than mouse urine, I want to find you out.
Connix's body has turned into ashes and gone with the wind, leaving behind a turbid gem. This should be the extraordinary characteristics of the corrupted caster path sequence 7. After being contaminated by the influence of the corpse witch, Connix
Si's extraordinary characteristics should make it something like a sealed object.
Counting Karius and the monster with the eyeball on his back, Griffith has collected three Sequence 7 extraordinary properties from different ways. How to keep and use them is a headache. You can't hide them all in your pocket.
Bar.
He checked the remains of the necromancer he had just killed and found some healing potions and vitality potions, as well as a wristband that exuded a light green light. He immediately picked it up and looked through it in his hands.
The moment he touched the smooth surface of the wristband, some knowledge entered Griffith's brain.
"Sealed Artifact: Fear Bracers.
"Description: This is a silver magical wristband, which not only provides certain protection but also enhances the spirit of the holder. A powerful spell is solidified on the wristband that can be used at any time.
"Negative effect: The holder will be troubled by evil spirits and may be attacked.
"Solidization spell: advanced fear. The evil spiritual energy gathers into a cyclone and penetrates the target's body, causing it to fall into complete chaos in madness and fear. Each time the advanced fear is activated, it must be cooled down for half an hour before it can be used again.
use."
…
As the tide of corpses subsided, order in Heura Town and Neopolis Island began to be quickly restored. A large number of troops and Beyonders came from nearby areas to clean up the wreckage and ruins on the ground.
For Griffith, there is no point in continuing to stay here. The task of investigating the cultists has been completed, and the people who need to be protected have passed away. Dr. Zion has also disappeared.
Officials have never seen such a horrific scene. They set up several camps overnight to conduct testing, isolation and resettlement for terrified residents and tourists.
As one of the Extraordinaries, Griffith was quickly confirmed to be healthy and began to move around without restrictions.
Several prominent families in Hepu Town also acted quietly and efficiently, preparing separate treatment and residences for important people. Extraordinaries who were injured in previous battles were also invited to enjoy more comfortable treatment together.
At the family residence in Alandale, Griffith met Amber. Although this lively and sunny girl was injured, she seemed to be in a better mood than Griffith, who had nowhere to vent and didn't know who to fight with.
It was better. However, when she learned about Elodie's tragedy, she cried harder than Griffith.
Here, Griffith saw some official briefings. This hateful bureaucrat really took action only after the situation was safe, and even prepared a report in a serious manner.
"Investigation report from Archmage Winston, Captain of the Neopolis Extraordinary Team"
"After investigation, the cultists in Hepu Town were divided into two groups.
"One of them occupied the residence of a local maritime merchant and arranged a ceremony there to activate the extremely dangerous sealed item 'Call of the Ancestor'.
"Their religious uniforms are painted with ascending stairs, spheres shaped like the sun and twisted lines. There are various signs that they belong to a hidden sect called the Deathrattle, whose purpose is to pursue eternal life and evolution.
"The Deathrattle Order is related to many attacks on the Church of the Holy Light. The rejection of the Faith of the Holy Light seems to be their main activity in recent years. Other than that, we know very little about them.
“The rituals of the Deathrattle Order were sabotaged by another cult group, which believed in a being called the Creator and owned many low-sequence Extraordinaries.
"The followers of the Creator tried to seize the sealed artifact 'Call of the Ancestor' and eliminated most of the Deathrattle personnel. However, from the subsequent investigation, it was found that the believers of the Deathrattle still took away the sealed artifact, and the followers of the Creator quickly
Evacuate.
"The strange, near-puppet man remaining at the scene killed the mage stationed on the island, and was annihilated by the Griffith trainee knight in the pursuit. According to the trainee knight's report, the man exploded violently after his limbs were broken. We
The site was inspected and horrific shock wave traces were found, but no other information was found.
"On the morning of January 16, the sealed artifact 'Call of the Ancestor' was fully activated, and a large number of Hepo residents and tourists were infected and turned into living corpses. The infection mechanism remains to be investigated.
"The tide of corpses launched a fierce attack on Cangyue Mountain where Hanami's memorial is located. The fierce battle continued until evening. Under the leadership of the extraordinary commando team, we finally annihilated these terrible monsters."
Winston's report to the official did not mention what happened to Elodie and Griffith in the end. He did not know about it. Miss Alaindale's family also remained silent.
Okay, I'll write it down for you first.
Griffith recorded the information about Master Winston in his notebook. Regardless of whether he was involved in the cultists' conspiracy, if he cooperated with the Beyonder team on the island to investigate as soon as possible, it was very likely to prevent the activation of the sealed artifact.
His war-avoidance behavior and bureaucracy, as well as the final uncontrollable situation, are directly related to the tragedy of Elodie.
Griffith will look for opportunities to "properly" question the wizard. If the wizard's answer does not satisfy him, he will find a way to "properly" question the wizard about his extraordinary characteristics.
Mayor Neopolis was also recorded.
Waves of grief and anger accumulated in Griffith's heart. Although he was used to diverting attention from the pain, this time he was extremely angry and desperately wanted to find a bastard to take responsibility. Even
Even his mind was in a trance.
"Griffith, how is your health?" Miss Alandel opened the door and came in. In the past few days, she had become more and more affectionate in addressing the trainee knights.
Amber, who was sitting nearby and chatting without a word, shook her head unhappily.
Griffith asked: "Miss Alandale, I have some extraordinary characteristics of Sequence Seven here. Is there any way for you to extract the memories from them?"
The beautiful and elegant young lady thought for a moment and replied:
"It's very difficult. The remaining memories of the Beyonder's characteristics are fragmented, and there is no guarantee of obtaining valuable information. The current common method is to make a potion and take it, which can maximize the memory and inheritance.
"If the potion is not the type you can take, I suggest you go back to Homemonwarts and give it a try. Their research on this should be at the forefront."
"What plans do you have next? The route to the capital is blocked. If you need it, I can arrange a cabin for you in the near future."
"Being respectful is worse than obeying orders," Griffith said, "I'm going to leave as soon as possible."
At this moment, Finland broke in and handed a document to Griffith.
"The urgent order from Earl Larmore's Palace through the echo hub is given to you."
What happened? Griffith opened the order and found that there was only one sentence on it:
"Return immediately and use this certificate to board the warship."