[Autophagy] is a non-directional mutation method rarely used by slaughterers. It uses self-devouring a certain part to [purify blood and flesh]. This method of discarding useless organs and flesh has great risks and bad luck.
The slaughterer will be instantly burst by the self-mutated flesh and blood, while the lucky ones will obtain a more refined body and gain more power.
Seeing that the big man began to behave in an unprecedented way, Lester naturally did not give the enemy time to act, and directly stepped forward with his sword to attack the Slaughterer's sagging belly and short and thick legs.
Just like using a chop knife to chop bones covered with rotten meat, Lester forcibly scraped the Slaughterer's legs into skeletons, which could no longer support the huge body. The Slaughterer fell heavily to the ground, with only his belly
The big mouth is still opening and closing, trying hard to swallow other parts of the body.
Tours and Edgar, who had burned down the warehouse, also rushed over and used holy stone weapons to attack the filth that could no longer be described in words.
"It would be a bit boring to be killed by you like this. (Lachen language)"
Bennett, who was watching the battle, threw the city of the underworld [Mitna Rachen] in the direction of the slaughterer, a glass ball made of soul sand and human souls. The moment the glass ball hit the ground, the inside of the glass ball
The imprisoned soul power spread violently, forming an indestructible soul barrier.
The soul barrier isolated Lester and Turs from their attacks, and an invisible gray mist isolated the two, giving the Slaughter enough time to mutate.
Turs used his gun to shoot out several beams of holy light. The holy light hit the gray mist and had no reaction, like mud flowing into the sea.
"It's the assassin."
Lester looked warily at the direction in which the glass ball was flying. The roof of the warehouse was now devoured by a sea of fire, and there was nothing on it. As long as the other party did not expose himself, it would be difficult to detect the whereabouts of the assassin with the naked eye.
Lester gestured with his eyes that the partition had ears, and Tours opened a soundproof circle with understanding. Regardless of whether it worked or not, it was at least better than doing nothing.
"This is a bit like the [soul barrier] mentioned in ancient classics. Unless the barrier is broken with enough power at once, the barrier itself can only be broken by slowly exhausting its power."
Frowning and trying to attack twice with Aatrox, Lester realized that what Turs said was reasonable, so he sat down on the spot and began to recover his strength.
"Why didn't that guy who was hiding attack us?"
"Maybe I didn't find the right opportunity."
Facing Edgar's question, Tours gave his own guess.
"This kind of intelligent guy is very rare in Shadow Island. Maybe he noticed our threat and refused to take action. After all, intelligent beings are generally more afraid of death..."
"Lord Tours, how much do you know about the underworld?"
Lester interrupted Tours.
"Underworld? To be honest, I don't know much about it."
Frowning, Tours thought for a moment and said slowly.
"With regard to the understanding of the underworld, when Fuguang Island was still prosperous, there were elders who communicated with the messenger of death through some spiritual revelations. Unfortunately, the classics recording the knowledge of the underworld were sealed under a giant library. Since its collapse,
After the curse changed Fuguang Island, the Illuminati Sect lost control of Fuguang Island and had to huddle up and look for opportunities for revival."
"Then do you know about the skull of the Tyrant of Uzul that is sealed in Blessed Island?"
His face changed, and he thought of a certain possibility. Tours raised his gun warily, pointed it at Lester, and said.
"How do you know that the tyrant's skull is on Blessed Island? Are you from Black Rose?"
Spreading his hands to show that he meant no harm, Lester whispered.
"I still know a lot of things. As for how I know it, I naturally have my own methods. Everyone has secrets, right?
Lord Tours, you just need to know that your Illuminati sect and I are not enemies, on the contrary, we have a common enemy."
After giving Lester a deep look, Tours put away his weapon again.
"I believe you. If you were from over there, you wouldn't show up here to fight these monsters."
"Thank you for understanding."
Only after the tense situation calmed down a bit did Tours speak.
"Actually, I also heard from my ancestors that after the Roxy tribe and the Black Rose betrayed the reborn tyrant, the Pale Witch, the person behind the Black Rose, cut off the connection between the soul well and the tyrant's plate armor, causing the tyrant to lose his immortality.
The power of destruction banished the tyrant back to the underworld.
After that, Black Rose, who controlled the Immortal Fortress, dug up the tyrant's head from the tyrant's tomb in the Immortal Fortress. After magic detection, Black Rose's mage confirmed that the head would be the key to the tyrant's resurrection. At that time, Blessed Island was still
The world's safest holy place, the Pale Witch signed a guarding agreement with the Hylia masters of Blessed Light Island, and sent the tyrant's head to Blessed Light Island.
Later, the master of Blessing Island deliberately built a secret magical prison underground for the tyrant's head, and imposed multiple seals, preparing to seal the tyrant's skull forever to prevent the tyrant from resurrecting and harming the world.
Everything was perfect until Kamavia's female general crossed the ocean and came to the island, taking away the key that could open the sacred mist tent of Fuguang Island and bringing Kamavia's brutal army. Everything changed.
Now, the king of Kamavia has polluted the fountain of life, triggered the Curse of Destruction, and created an unprecedented disaster.
After that, our Illuminati sect can only huddle underground, guarding a certain underground mine that can produce holy stones, and doing our best to continue the inheritance, so as not to completely lose the method of fighting the black mist and cursing evil.
As for whether the tyrant's skull is still in the Sealed Land, we don't know, because the Sealed Land is located not far from the ancient tomb where the Fountain of Life is. It is the most evil place and no living person can
Head there."
"So that's it. In other words, the black mist from the Shadow Island may also be affected by the tyrant. This makes sense."
Fumbling his chin, Lester's words made Tours a little confused. As for Edgar, he was already at a loss. As an ordinary person, he was at a loss as to these ancient secrets hidden in the long river of history.
The hunter has no chance to contact it at all. At this moment, he can only try his best to remember all the information in his mind, waiting for the opportunity to understand it one by one in the future.
"Lord Leicester, what do you mean?"
"That assassin may be a subordinate of the tyrant. Only a warlord like the tyrant can train such a terrifying assassin, and only he can easily establish a slaughterhouse like the Flesh Refining Workshop."
In Lester's indifferent voice, Tours's expression changed drastically as he understood everything.
"Are you saying that the ghosts in Shadow Island are probably influenced by the tyrant to invade the material realm?"
"This possibility cannot be ruled out. If this is the case, the tyrant's head may have been released from the seal..."
Edgar, who was behind the two men, kept his mouth tightly shut. Although he didn't understand who the 'tyrant' was, he could see how terrifying the tyrant was from the solemn attitudes of Lester and Tours.
Glancing at the gray mist of soul that was beginning to shrink, Lester spoke to Turs.
"The gray fog has begun to dissipate. Anyway, let's drive out these evil spirits first, and then discuss how to deal with the threats on Shadow Island."
Under the gaze of the three people, the gray fog completely dissipated, and the original big man had disappeared. After losing the excess flesh and blood, the Slaughterer turned into a triangular flat-headed crawling creature only two meters high.
The gray-green monster lay on the ground and made a sharp sound. The limbs were full of muscles, with sucker-like palms. The knuckles with bone spurs were full of explosive power. There was a mouth-like crack on the back that was lying on its back. The thick bones
Its long tail swings flexibly under the pull of flesh and blood like a blade, and its tail tip can easily penetrate steel armor.
Judging from the appearance, the monster in front of me does not seem to be easy to deal with.
"Its target is me. You stand back and be on guard against that assassin."
Hearing Lester's voice, the two slits on the triangular flat head that were originally closed suddenly opened, revealing burning dark green eyes. In an instant, the mutated Slaughterer locked onto Lester's position.
“Hiss!
"
In the low roar, the Slaughterer's limbs grasped the ground and swung its body. The long bony tail suddenly lengthened, and the tip of the tail like a three-edged spear turned into an afterimage as it swung, stabbing Lester's head violently.
chest.
The monster's attack speed was faster than Lester had imagined. Lester could only hold Aatrox upright in front of him, exploded with a sonic boom, and hit Aatrox with the tip of his tail.
The sword brought huge force, and Lester flew upside down and fell to the ground.
The Slaughterer, who was pursuing victory, was about to jump towards Lester and tear the enemy apart with his claws. However, several holy light attacks flew from behind and hit the back perfectly. The holy energy eroded the flesh and blood composed of ghost energy. The Slaughterer
There was a "sizzling" corrosion sound coming from the back.
His eyes swept over the two humans who were attacking him. The tense Slaughterer turned around and pounced directly on Turs, who was closest to him. Turs's face changed, and he raised his gun while retreating and launched a series of attacks on the Slaughterer.
Continuous holy light attacks, but unfortunately most of the holy light was blocked by the long bone tail that was immune to the properties of the holy stone, and did not act as a hindrance.
The distance between the two was instantly shortened by the Slaughterer. The bone spurs on his knuckles stretched violently. The Slaughterer jumped directly above Turs and pressed down. The bone spurs on his palms were aimed at Turs's head and heart.
.
Seeing that Turs was about to die under the bone claws, Kitty in Edgar's hand burst out with a dazzling light, and a beam of light that was much thicker than ordinary holy light spurted out from Kitty's gun.
Perfectly predicting where the Slaughterer would land, the Slaughterer, feeling the fatal threat, could only sweep the ground with his tail, forcefully deflect his body to avoid the attack of the Holy Light, and landed not far in front of Turs.
"well done!"
Turs, who was praising Edgar, felt a little anxious. The Slaughterer seemed to have figured out how to predict his attacks. His agile body could always pass by the holy light, which also meant that the enemy had more space to use.
Blocks attacks to the boney long tail.
The fact was just as Turs imagined, the mouth on the Slaughterer's back opened and closed, and its tail began to vibrate violently,
The agile body quickly approached Turs with irregular movements, making Turs unable to parry the coming long-tail attack. Edgar was anxious to use Kitty to attack the Slaughterer again, but his weak body allowed him to
He understands that he simply cannot do this now.
"Your opponent is me!"
The blade-like tail slashed across Turth's neck, but the next moment he was stopped by Lester holding Aatrox. With a harsh friction sound, the tail was cut off directly by Aatrox, and the broken tail spun around.
It cut off the trees along the way and smashed into a house. Lester, who suffered internal injuries under the violent impact, also fell to the ground and vomited a large mouthful of blood.
The tail-broken Slaughterer was furious in an instant, and rushed towards Lester without hesitation, brandishing his bone spurs. However, he saw that Lester was like an invincible little strongman who took all the attacks with Aatrox, and slaughtered Lester when he counterattacked.
The killer took the initiative to retreat, and the situation became deadlocked for a while. Neither Lester nor the Slaughterer could completely gain a combat advantage.
"We need to trap this monster to completely eliminate it. Lord Lester, please buy some more time! Edgar! After I trap the monster, can you launch the same attack again?"
After confirming his status, Edgar nodded vigorously and held Kitty tightly.
After everything was prepared, Turs took out a palm-sized white stone disc. On the disc was engraved the secret activation method written in Hylian language. This was how he dared to take newcomer Edgar deep into the black mist.
Confidence.
“/The light of revival of life rises from the east/
/Darkness recedes, courage cleanses away evil/
/Treasure house shining soul under the starry sky/
/Hylia’s legacy is eternal/
…”
The ancient hymn of light returned to the world in the form of Hylian language. The song echoed in the sky above Nascote Village. The white disk gradually brightened, bursting into a dazzling colorful halo. The thick black fog was dispersed by the white light.
The land was briefly restored to its original appearance.
The Slaughterer's body illuminated by the white light was fixed in place and motionless. Even Lester found that his body illuminated by the white light had lost control. Fortunately, the white light did not cause any harm to him besides confining him.
"Edgar! Now!"
“Ahhhh!
"
Roaring to vent the fear and cowardice in his heart, Edgar, who was already ready to go, poured all his power into the Holy Spear Kitty. A beam of light that was even thicker and more dazzling than before erupted from the muzzle, and the beam penetrated
Slaughterer, the monster screamed unwillingly in the dazzling light.
By the time the holy light disappeared into the distance, the Slaughterer had turned into ashes and was completely dead.
The holy power of the disc gradually returned to silence. Tours put the disc away tiredly and sat on the ground, wiping the sweat from his forehead.
"Is this the end?"
Edgar also collapsed on the ground. Although he only made up the last blow by paddling the whole time, being able to kill such a powerful monster with his own hands also gave the young hunter a little more confidence.
"No, there are other things here, they just didn't come out."
After Turs put away the disc, Lester regained control of his body. To be honest, he hated this feeling of losing control because it would remind him of some not-so-good memories.
"Anyway, let's disperse the black fog first. I have just used the Light Disk to determine the source of the black fog, which is over there."
Looking in the direction of Turs's finger, Edgar frowned.
"That seems to be the location of the temple. Do you think the hidden assassin is in the temple?"
…
Just as the three Lesters, who had taken a short rest, began to approach the temple, Bennett had already returned to the temple's library, and Austin was still immersed in reading.
Bennet sat down on the desk and said calmly.
"This operation failed, are you not afraid at all?"
"afraid of what?"
Closing the book calmly, Austin put the books he was about to take away into the magic package.
"If it were an enemy that even you couldn't deal with, you would definitely come to me, but you don't look like you are fighting now, so you didn't take action at all and allowed the Slaughterer to be killed by the invading people.
There is only one possibility for this situation."
Austin stood up, put the heavy package on his back, and stared at Bennett intently.
"Among the invaders, are there people from the Illuminati Sect?"
After taking a deep look at Austin, Bennett nodded and asked straight to the point.
"Austin, I remember that you were the wizard of the Black Rose during your lifetime. At that time, the Black Rose was still connected with the Illuminati Sect. How much do you know about the Illuminati Sect?"
"The Illuminati Sect..."
Austin sighed with emotion and nodded his skull.
"After being reborn in the underworld, most of my memories were lost, but there is one thing I still remember clearly."
"What do you remember?"
Bennett stared at the dark wizard, and the dark wizard whispered.
"The Illuminati Sect is actually...not very bright..."
"Do you people who like reading always like to say these pretentious words that you don't understand?"
"Just take it as such."
Seeing that Austin was unwilling to say more, Bennett was too lazy to ask. He watched Austin put away a dark jade skull-shaped underworld magic weapon placed on the eucalyptus table. The [Underworld Beacon] was already loaded in the beacon.
Thousands of souls are enough for them to cross paths with Mordekaiser.
In silence, the two people came to the open window and turned into two black and green streams of light and disappeared into the black mist.
At the same time, the heavy door of the temple was pushed open, and Tours, holding a disk of light, walked in with Lester and Edgar.
"This place has not been damaged by those monsters...over there is the source of the black mist, Edgar, where is that place over there?"
"It is Qian Jue's temple library. Almost every village in Ixtal will build a temple library. Although we Ixtal people do not believe in the God of Death, the death god Qian Jue is part of the long culture of Ixtal.
On that day, people will also come to the temple to pay homage to the God of Death and remember the spirits of the deceased in heaven.”
"Be careful, there may be a battle in a while. Mr. Lester, I would like you to take the lead."
