While confused, Lei Xiao looked at the old bard who was still trembling, and said with a solemn expression: "Sir Nick, I know that for you, this is a terrifying memory that you don't want to recall, but for me,
It is extremely important to the entire human race, so please be sure not to miss anything."
After that, Lei Xiao expressed the questions in his heart and waited quietly for the other party's answer.
"Please rest assured, Your Majesty, although the villain is not a big shot, he is not a coward either. Besides, Your Majesty treats the villain so kindly and allows the villain living on the street to have a home. No matter how horrific the memories are, the villain is not afraid!
"
Old Nick nodded heavily, and then while concentrating, he held the armrests of the chair tightly, trying to stop his body from shaking, and his eyes fell into confusion again.
"After the sudden bone-chilling fear engulfed the villain in an instant, the villain's consciousness gradually blurred, his body became unable to move, and everything around him became incomprehensible. The whole world seemed to be only the gaze of those weird eyeballs.
, cold and full of contempt."
"Just when the villain was about to collapse, his mind suddenly became extremely noisy. It was as if he was suddenly in a bustling strange street, with countless strangers conversing in the villain's ears."
"Those voices are either sharp or hoarse, each of them speaks extremely fast and obscurely, but at the same time they are all cold and full of hostility, like a frantic and disorderly melody, and like
It’s the devil’s babble and whisper that gives the villain a splitting headache.”
Old Nick's breathing began to become rapid, and that terrible feeling was obviously still fresh in his memory.
"I don't know how long it took, but when the villain was in a daze, he vaguely heard the three words "cataclysm", "messenger of warning" and "spreading fear" from these voices, but the most
What’s coming is the “cataclysm”.”
Old Nick's blurred eyes began to focus again, and he concluded: "As for what happened next, there are only some scattered memory fragments in the villain's mind."
"For example, those weird eyeballs let go of the villain for some reason, and then reintegrated into the underground river. The villain screamed and ran out of the portal, escaped from the cave, and finally fell into the snow at the entrance of Fanyin City...More
After that, the villain didn’t know anything until he regained consciousness at this moment.”
After listening to Old Nick's description, the whole room was silent, and everyone was carefully recalling the former's last words.
I have to say that the amount of information in Old Nick's words was too large, and coupled with the existence of "eclipse", it was indeed difficult to digest for a while.
"No wonder the investigation at the time didn't find any results. It turned out to be because of the portal."
After a while, Gale first broke the silence and said solemnly to Lei Xiao: "Lord, after discovering Old Nick, my subordinates were also invited by the Fanyin City Mercenary Guild to join a team of elite mercenaries.
Together with the soldiers, we went to the Warcraft Cave where the incident occurred to investigate."
"My subordinate still clearly remembers that although my subordinates and others also discovered the ancient magic circle engraved on the ground deep in the lair, the accompanying magician tried to input magic but it had no effect."
"Therefore, my subordinates just printed the entire ancient magic circle and did not continue to trace it. I didn't expect that it would be an ancient teleportation circle."
"However, this also explains why my subordinates and others did not track down any useful information, because the place of the incident was not in the Warcraft Cave at all, but in front of an ancient ruins deep underground."
After Gale said this, Old Gray nodded thoughtfully and added: "When reading the investigation report, the old minister also saw the ancient magic circle that was rubbed, but after many researches, he did not get any useful information.
information."
"It seems that after Old Nick escaped from the ancient ruins through the portal, the portal fell into dormancy again and was more seriously damaged than before. It is not surprising that it cannot be activated again."
After listening carefully to what the two said, Kelly's starry eyes widened, and she couldn't help but blurt out: "So, there are actually a large number of "Eclipses" underground in a cave of monsters near Fanyin City. If they are all over the nest,
If you go out, wouldn't it be extremely dangerous?"
As soon as Kelly said this, the atmosphere in the whole room began to become more solemn.
Especially Lei Xiao and Hui Lao, who had personally experienced the battle in the dragon's lair, understood clearly.
Ordinary attacks have almost no effect on "Eclipse", and the same goes for sixth-level experts. Our only effective countermeasure at present is to rely on the power of the [God's Stone].
Moreover, only those who have been recognized by the [God's Stone] can use this power. Including Lei Xiao, our current [God's Stone] and its holders are only a few dozen people.
This undoubtedly means that once "Eclipses" emerge in groups from the depths of the abyss-like earth veins and are distributed among the human race and even all over the outside world, these terrifying beings are both invincible and parasitic, and can even drive people into madness.
, will undoubtedly cause an unprecedented catastrophe.
No, to be more precise, if the number of "eclipses" is large enough, then we will have no chance of winning and everything will be destroyed.
After all, the power of the [God Stone] against "eclipse" is not infinite, but it takes a certain amount of time to recover after it is exhausted.
"Catastrophe and "Eclipse"..."
Ariel frowned and kept repeating these two chilling words, with a worried look on her face: "Lord, does the specific content of the catastrophe refer to the full appearance of "eclipse" and sweeping the entire earth?
!”
"Yes, it seems that this is the source of the catastrophe we have been pursuing, or the truth."
Lei Xiao nodded slightly, confirming Ariel's idea.
While speaking, Lei Xiao, who knew that the situation was serious, had a trace of cold sweat on his forehead.
Previously in the Lords Arena, when Ye Feng said that the Cataclysm and the Plate War might be the same thing, he secretly breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that if this was the case, it would be much easier to handle. After all, the conflict between the Lords
The decisive battle cannot begin immediately.
But now it seems that things are obviously much more complicated and more deadly than imagined.
"Your Majesty, what exactly do you and Her Majesty the Queen mean by "eclipse"?"
Old Nick looked at Lei Xiao's extremely solemn expression and asked cautiously.
"Sir Nick, "Eclipse" is those weird eyeballs you see. We have fought against them before and finally won."
Lei Xiao did not show his worries and responded with a smile.
"As expected of Your Majesty, you were able to defeat even those terrifying monsters!"
Old Nick's face was full of excitement, and he nodded repeatedly: "With your Majesty's guidance, the human race will surely recreate the glory of the Silver Moon Era!"
"Okay, Mr. Nick, go to bed early."
Lei Xiao still maintained a smile and said: "You have made great contributions to the human race. I will confer you the title of Earl Lengyan. From now on, you will no longer have to worry about your livelihood. All expenses will be borne by the Lengyan royal family. All your requests
Everyone will be satisfied and enjoy your retirement here."
"I am extremely grateful to Your Majesty for your gift!"
Hearing the sound, Old Nick knelt down on the ground again, his weathered face full of excitement and reverence, almost bursting into tears.
After a while, Old Nick wiped his cheeks, and a look of seriousness appeared on his face again, and continued: "Your Majesty, the human race is currently in a period of employing people. Although the villain has limited talents, he is still a member of the human race after all.
I don’t want to spend the rest of my life like this, so I ask Your Majesty to do whatever you want!”
"I understand, then you should cultivate and adjust here for a period of time. Other gifts remain unchanged. During this process, I will further increase your strength and give you the corresponding position."
Lei Xiao pondered for a moment, and then agreed to the other party's request.
Speaking of which, Old Nick is a survivor of an "eclipse", and he might be able to play a key role in the future.
With Old Nick's voice thanking him profusely, Lei Xiao bid farewell to the former and led everyone out of the room.
Then, the group of people quickly arrived at the secret meeting room of the trade fair, and the atmosphere was still extremely heavy.
"Lord, Lord Lord, I have a question, why did those "Eclipses" let Mr. Nick go?"
Feeling the extremely solemn and silent atmosphere, Xiaoyue, who had been accompanying him all the time, couldn't help but stumbled and asked first.
"Remember those three words that old Nick said?"
Lei Xiao slowly took a deep breath and responded: "In addition to "catastrophe", there are also "messengers of warning" and "spreading fear". If we look at it from the perspective of "eclipse", then
Combining these two words, there is only one possibility for them to let Old Nick go, and that is to do so on purpose."
"Lord, are you saying that they regard Mr. Nick as a "messenger of warning" and use him to come to us to "spread fear"?"
Xiaoyue reacted quickly, and a trace of anger could not help but appear on her fair face. She frowned and said, "You are really heartbroken. I have never seen Mr. Nick torture someone like this before."
"To be more precise, this is their provocation and their contempt for us."
Lei Xiao frowned and clenched his fists loudly.
"But it is precisely because of this that Mr. Nick was able to escape the disaster, and we were able to get a glimpse of the truth of the catastrophe."
Ariel took the words, nodded heavily and said: "But I believe that they will eventually pay the price for their arrogance. Although the human race is still on the road ahead, it is no longer the weak and fragile existence it used to be.
.”
After hearing Ariel's words, everyone nodded, making the atmosphere in the room not only solemn but also a bit more high-spirited.
"Lord, I still have one thing that I don't understand. It has been nearly a year since the incident involving Old Nick and others last winter. Why hasn't Eclipse launched an attack yet?"
Gale thought about it again and again, and finally asked about the doubts in his heart, with a puzzled look on his face.
After hearing Gale's words, everyone else also cast their gazes over and looked at Lei Xiao.
It is not difficult to see from the confused expressions on everyone's face that this problem has obviously been bothering everyone for a long time.
It is conceivable that even with our current means, there is no way to resist a large-scale "eclipse", let alone before.
"I think it's not that I don't want to do it, but that I can't do it."
Lei Xiao gently rubbed his chin and responded: "If I predict correctly, the other party should not have the ability to appear above the surface in batches."
"But Your Majesty, during the battle of Dragon's Lair, we have already encountered so many "eclipses"."
There was a trace of confusion on the gray old face at first, but then he quickly reacted and blurted out: "No, there was an extremely important additional condition at that time, which was the eruption of the magic leyline. Could it be that "Eclipse" is currently only
Can you use the power of magical ley lines to appear?"
"Yes, this is exactly the basis of my idea."
Lei Xiao nodded slightly and confirmed what Hui Lao said.
Lei Xiao clearly understood that it was not just this time, there was another time that could prove his conjecture, and that was the last battle of the Kingdom of Loren thousands of years ago.
At that time, the Kingdom of Loren used the power of magical leylines to provide a steady stream of energy for the absolute defense barrier, blocking the opposing alliance forces for a long time.
But in the end, it suffered a backlash, and the Alliance army used magic ley lines to detonate the absolute defensive barrier, destroying half of the capital, and was eventually annihilated in the long river of history.
It is precisely because of this that when the White Knight was dying, he was accidentally parasitized by something that was suspected of being "eclipse", and he has survived to this day.
From this, it is not difficult to see that the suspected "eclipse" parasitic on the white knight probably also came to the surface by using the abnormal movements of the magical ley lines.
After understanding Lei Xiao's speculation, everyone felt relieved and could not help but feel relieved.
Since the opponent is still unable to launch a fatal attack, we undoubtedly have more time to prepare.
"Don't take it lightly. Don't forget that according to the prophecy, a catastrophe may come at any time after the arrival of a billion lords."
Lei Xiao saw what everyone was thinking and reminded: "In other words, 'eclipse' may still sweep across the entire earth at any time."
"Lord, what is it that has been restricting "Eclipse"?"
Kelly tilted her head and expressed her confusion.
"It's still unknown. The information we have is too limited, and a lot of it is just based on speculation, which will greatly affect our judgment."
Lei Xiao's eyebrows furrowed even more, and he shook his head helplessly.
Hearing the sound, everyone's faces became solemn again.
The Lord is right. Under such limited intelligence conditions, we are undoubtedly in an extremely passive and dangerous situation.
"You don't have to worry. In fact, we still have a way to learn more about our opponents."
Lei Xiao's eyes were piercing and he said: "That is to talk directly to "Eclipse"." ()