Xue Hua held up the magic circle that emitted a faint white light in his right hand, carefully stepping on the ashes and dust on the ground as he walked step by step through the streets and alleys of Tristram.
He tried not to make a loud noise, lest he would again attract the encirclement and suppression of the endless army of undead that came from nowhere in the fog.
This strategy was obviously relatively successful, because his actions along the way were relatively smooth, and it seemed that Leoric did not leave any defensive force in the city of Tristram.
Along the way, the most common things Xue Hua saw using the spiritual light source were completely charred houses and piles of dead bones piled on the street corners. The ground under his feet was also dry and cracked land that had been completely transformed by demonic soil, and there was a breath of silent death.
It echoes constantly among the ruins of this huge city.
One thing that Xue Hua expected was that this city really didn't look like the miniature map in the game with only four or five small houses. It was supposed to be a huge and prosperous typical Western Kingdom of Knights.
It originally belonged to the holy knight-lord Leoric, not the "Black Mad Lord" Leoric.
Unfortunately, the Paladin King who led the people to choose a site to build the city did not expect that the blessed place they selected would become the first stronghold chosen by the demons who invaded the first world.
Diavolo.
This powerful god of fear took action himself and began to use his terrifying power to torture Leoric.
It made this wise monarch feel the fear of being betrayed by his subjects, and allowed him to "see" the horrific scene of his family being insulted and massacred.
The constant mental erosion of the Fear Demon finally drove Leoric's noble soul crazy, turning this paladin monarch who was always known for his kindness into a murderous and suspicious madman.
He began to trust his flatterers and alienated Zhongliang, and finally even launched a challenge to his overlord, Westermar.
Leoric sent a cavalry legion led by his captain of the guard to attack Westmarch, and after they returned with a deserved defeat, he frantically accused them of being traitors and useless people.
Unable to bear all this, the captain of the guard finally killed him with his own hands, then raised his sword and committed suicide in front of his body.
Unfortunately, the captain of the Praetorian Guard's noble deeds worthy of being passed down as epic still failed to save Tristram and his monarch.
After Leoric's death, the hell army officially began to invade the first world. The terrible Diavolo came directly to Tristram in his true form. It destroyed everything here and destroyed Leoric's soul.
Pulled back from the realm of the dead.
It cursed Leoric, causing him to live forever as an empty shell of nothingness.
The tragedies and killings caused by the Skeleton King and the fear spread became Diavolo's most delicious food. Whenever Leoric personally killed a subject he had sworn to protect before, a piece of his strength would come through.
Through it, it is transmitted to the King of Fear, which is the struggle and despair of the Skeleton King's soul, as well as the pain and fear of the slain.
At that time, the appearance of the Skeleton King had brought serious disasters to the survivors of Tristram. Leoric struggled under the shackles of the curse. The more he struggled, the crazier he became, and the crazier he became, the more he wanted.
struggle.
The final result of this vicious cycle was that almost all the survivors of Tristram were slaughtered by Leoric, and it also resurrected the bones of these survivors into its own legion to help it continue
Hunt down other survivors.
Until the end, Prime Minister Aemon and Leoric's prince risked their lives to take away the Skeleton King's crown. Aemon used the gem embedded in the crown that contained the fragments of the world's will to tear apart part of Leoric's soul.
, coupled with the world's increasingly strong repelling power against demons, the Skeleton King was finally sealed into the underground royal tomb.
Eamon hid the crown in his tomb and guarded it with his life and soul.
Without this part of the soul, the Skeleton King is no longer complete. It cannot go to hell, but it cannot appear in the human world. If it were not for the reckless behavior of No. 1 and No. 7 later, this terrifying death monarch would be locked up forever.
In the Wang family mausoleum that never sees the light of day.
But now, the Skeleton King sees a chance to regain his freedom, and he vows to seize this opportunity to bring Diavolo's terror back to the already devastated First World.
...
Xue Hua recalled the history of Tristram that he had read in ancient books, and walked slowly among the desolate and silent ruins of the city.
This place was different from the ruins of Kurast city he had seen before.
He could deeply feel that this city was dead and there was no longer any hope of hope.
Tristram is now an empty shell, just like its former ruler Leoric.
He walked to the corner of a main street and was about to continue moving towards the location of the Wang Family Mausoleum. Suddenly, a heavy sound of footsteps came from the other side of the street. The sound was uniform to the extreme, like a team of soulless robots.
march.
Xue Hua quickly retracted his body and hid in a nearby house that had half collapsed. He extinguished the spiritual light ball on his right staff and looked out through the dark smoked window.
I saw a group of skeleton guards exuding the aura of death, forming two columns and slowly patrolling through the streets. These skeleton guards were completely different from the miscellaneous fish skeletons Xue Hua had seen before.
Their bodies were covered with dark full-face armor, and they held thick shields and long swords with cold light in their hands.
Not only that, the spiritual aura exuded by these costumed skeletons is also extraordinary, almost all of them are above 6.0.
This means that they are all elite undead clones of at least the first level, and their combat prowess is by no means comparable to that of junior skeletons who rely on quantity to win.
Seeing these skeleton guards, Xue Hua couldn't help but reveal a wry smile.
As expected, Leoric still had something left, these powerful skeleton guards were his former Imperial Guards.
Before he decided to attack Tristram, Kane once reminded him to be extremely careful with these elite undead warriors. Whether they are in front of or behind them, they are a force that is enough to scare any enemy.
Xue Hua lay motionless in the dust behind the window frame, quietly watching the skeleton guards slowly go away, not daring to do anything to alarm them.
If the insect swarm could move freely within the city, Xue Hua would not be afraid of these elite skeleton guards at all.
But now he was alone, facing fifty skeleton guards of over 60 levels. Rushing out rashly was an act of seeking death.
He is quite eager to take risks, but this is not called taking risks, it is called giving away one's life.
After watching a whole group of skeleton guards leave, Xue Hua waited a little longer before slowly getting up from the ground.
He took a deep look at the direction in which the skeleton guards were leaving, and then without saying a word, he quickened his pace and sneaked into another alley ahead...
