"Then is he dead?" Palina asked, covering her mouth and nose slightly with disgust. The air around her was filled with the bloody stench after the battle.
"It's hard to say, but I can detect that he still retains a faint fluctuation of life, and his soul has not transferred." Xuan Weizi did not feel happy after defeating him.
"Did you use the 'soul-imprisoning technique' to seal him away?" Palina asked.
Xuan Weizi replied: "Psychic power does not have this kind of spell, but I roughly simulated a similar method."
Palina frowned and asked, "Are you planning to use his soul to make magic items?"
"I'm not so free." Xuan Weizi stared at the starlight cocoon that looked like insect amber, and said: "Back then, I burned Comosius into dregs with my own hands. In the end, he was still able to use blood magic to create a blood spawn in advance, thus
To achieve rebirth through rebirth, similar to the 'Clone Technique'. I must keep his living body to use it to detect the spell, and uproot all his remaining blood spawn and related things, leaving no one behind."
Nowadays, Comoxius is reborn with the help of the body of Sir Salemi's young servant. Thinking that the master and servant are dead and imprisoned today, Xuan Weizi recalls the first meeting with them in Chai Dui Town, which is quite interesting.
The feeling that things are right and people are wrong.
"Blood magic?" Palina thought for a moment: "If I guessed correctly, Comosius may have been gifted as a warlock."
"What? Are you going to 'mediate' for him?" Xuan Weizi turned around and asked.
"Why are you nervous?" Palina came over and bumped Xuan Weizi slightly angrily: "Having a warlock talent does not mean that this person will definitely become a warlock. It is nothing more than his life or soul, and some kind of magic.
The effect has a higher affinity than ordinary people. Although the Farai family trains warlocks, not everyone will want them, just like mages train apprentices, they will not want those with rebellious thoughts. "
Xuan Weizi asked: "You seem to know something about blood magic?"
"I just know some legends, which seem to be related to vampires." Palina said: "But that was a long time ago, and the disaster of the undead didn't happen. At that time, there were vampires, werewolves, and banshees.
, appeared in some countries in the central part of the Garad continent, or the church relied on miracles to drive these monsters into the wilderness outside the towns.
Vampires are considered highly intelligent among undead creatures, and they also have certain spell-casting abilities. Although compared to today's arcane magic, it is definitely very crude, but they should be the founders of blood magic. They use blood as a medium to absorb the energy of other creatures.
Use the essence of your soul to strengthen your own strength."
"Are there any vampires in the Old World now?" Xuan Weizi asked casually.
"After the undead disaster, every vampire that emerged was nailed to a wooden stake by the Salvation Army of the Mission School, exposed to the sun and burned alive." Palina sighed with emotion: "I didn't expect that now.
How ironic that a bishop of the missionary academy is actually the successor of vampire blood magic!"
"Once upon a time, the Holy Lord Church did indeed save human civilization." Xuan Weizi said.
Palina shook the exquisite scepter wrapped with carvings: "Listening to what you said, it seems that you are not satisfied with the church? People used to regard you as a saint on earth."
"Salvation does not rely on empty talk, nor can it rely solely on ideals. Judging from my brief meeting with the head of the scholastic academy, this person has a very strong spirit of dedication." Xuan Weizi said.
Palina asked: "Isn't this a good thing? Or do you want everyone in the church to be like Bishop Comosius, with evil intentions?"
"In my opinion, the church is too obsessed with the salvation and dedication of the past." Xuan Weizi said: "What human civilization has to face now is not huge external threats or life-and-death choices, but how to balance different groups.
Benefits. If this problem cannot be solved, what is the use of the church holding holy scriptures and shouting about kindness and giving? Even if the door of the kingdom of heaven is opened in heaven, why not allow believers who are suffering in reality to enter the kingdom of heaven to enjoy themselves?
This is like a farmer asking his slaves to work hard and waving his whip while telling them how bright their tomorrow will be; or a factory boss ordering workers not to rest tonight, saying that as long as they work overtime and finish the job, their wages will be increased next month.
You can buy the latest deerskin boots from the empire..."
Palina said with a smile: "Since the establishment of the empire, the church has interfered less and less with secular power. Even if they want to manage things, they can't do it without power, let alone change.
In fact, it is probably a rare situation like today for the Scribing Academy to join forces with Prince Auger and openly fight against the Eye of Mystery. There must be a first step in everything. Isn't the New World Church the change that the president of the Academy is trying to make?
?"
"If this is the case, then the church's progress is too slow." Xuan Weizi raised his finger and pointed at the floating mountain peak in the sky: "Prince Oge has seen some problems, but his identity requires him to break with the empire.
Only then can he realize his ambitions and ideals, and the floating mountain peak is his pillar."
Palina interjected: "And you want to shake this pillar."
"It's not like he's wavering, but you can't wait until danger hits you head-on before you know how to prepare, right?" Xuan Weizi said. He looked up and saw that the floating mountain peaks had slowly entered the cold fog on the seaside.
…
"Brother, this fog is not unusual!"
The dwarf master craftsman placed a cube rune stone on the crystal pillar, revealing a blurry scene in the cold fog. He stroked his beard and said: "The negative energy fluctuations in the surrounding space are very significant. The fog can make people exhausted, but it is not like
It's pure necromancy, I can't understand it."
Sitting on the stone throne, Prince Auger slowly closed his eyes. Now that he wears the crown of the Rock King, he can project his perception outwards. Prince Auger can also empathize with any prophetic spell cast from the magic fortress and obtain information.
flow.
There are many high-level mages in the floating mountain peak at this moment. After all, such a large-scale magical creation, even if it can float off the ground, the attack of the spell tower, the operation and protection of the magic circle, and the movement and steering all require high-level mages.
Assisting in the operation. If Prince Auger was to do it all by himself, it would bring a great burden to the body and soul, even though Prince Auger at this moment could no longer be considered a middle-level warrior.
In this state, Prince Auger's field of vision was greatly extended. Even at dawn, the battle between the six-winged saint and the unknown monster was still intense, and the golden light that burst out illuminated the sea.
In the rolling cold mist, it can be seen that all the seawater for miles along the coast has turned into dark, cold black water, as if it rushed to the seaside from the abyss of the sea that humans have never set foot on, and buried countless animal carcasses in the sea that gradually rotted and deteriorated.
, were also brought to the sea.
Even after looking at it from a distance, Prince Auger felt shuddering. The legendary ghost fleet was indeed among the turbulent black water and the corpses on the seabed, but it was not a virtual body, but a real and tangible ship.
However, due to being buried at the bottom of the sea for a long time, a large number of barnacles and seaweed have adhered to the surface of these ships. The hulls are riddled with holes, broken masts, and torn canvas. If it were not for the power of magic, it is estimated that these ships would not be able to float on the water at all.
superior.
However, thousands of weirdos can be seen inside and outside the ship. They probably still retain human limbs and trunks, but most of them have green or black scales growing on their bodies and webbed membranes growing between their fingers. They are obviously aquatic animals.
Characteristics.
These are more like humans, some are not like humans, the whole body is covered with scales, the whole body is smooth and greasy, the torso is stooped, the neck is thick and elongated, the ears are replaced by gill fins, the head and face are deformed, the two big eyes are dull, and they are long.
A large mouth full of sharp teeth is surrounded by a circle of swaying tentacles, like a human beard.
Obviously, these monsters can no longer be regarded as human beings, and are somewhat similar to those various types of fish-men.
Prince Auger had seen the four-armed murlocs that harassed the coast before. Although these monsters in the deep sea also have their own language and culture, their coming ashore would only bring plunder and killing. Some coastal villages in the Old World often suffered disasters and were regarded as
A serious problem for the fishing industry.
Later, during the colonial development process, the empire often fought with the murlocs in the sea. With the help of mages, it found the most reliable and safe northern route. The main port in the New World was New Camelot City.
The Vanua High Seas Fleet, which came into contact with the ocean earlier than the Empire, was rumored to have a lot of dealings with the murlocs. The Empire speculated that the descendants of the Vanua royal family were trying to cooperate with the murlocs to sabotage the Empire's colonization of the New World.
But these are secondary matters at the moment. In the vast black water, a huge thing can be vaguely seen, like an extremely fat super giant squid, standing abnormally on the sea, with a strange blue light floating all over the body, directly condensing into a rich form in the air
Cold mist. Multiple incredibly thick tentacles, with unevenly distributed dense suckers on the inside. Each sucker is filled with hook teeth. It's hard to imagine the tragic consequences of being entangled by these tentacles.
As for the six-winged saint who had previously shown great power and defeated the legendary mage in one fell swoop, he was like a flying fly in front of the super giant squid. He relied on high-speed maneuvers to avoid the waving tentacles one after another, and then threw a spear like a god.
The terrifying momentum is enough to smash the mountain, and one blow penetrates the main body of the deep-sea squid!
Even Prince Oge was shocked by this kind of divine power. He was still thinking about whether the floating mountain peak could withstand the attack of the six-winged saint, but saw that the super giant squid was severely damaged by this, which was enough to suffocate several mammoths.
The huge gap, with large bright red granules growing wildly, was completely closed in just two breaths.
"Laoshan's beard!" the dwarf master craftsman called out, his beard knotted in fright and his hammer dropped to the ground, "What kind of monster is this?! Even the best stone golem we have can't repair such a big statue in an instant.
The wound!"
Prince Auger heard the message from the high mage in charge of prophecy detection: "This is a deep-sea squid! It's bigger than what is described in the monster manual. It might be a legendary monster!"
"Deep sea squid? Those big octopuses that can destroy ships?" Prince Auger asked.
"No, no, no! According to the records of the Eye of Mystery, those giant octopuses that can crush sailing ships can only be regarded as mutant larvae of deep-sea squids! Real deep-sea squids can launch storms and tsunamis at will, destroying coastal areas.
The castle is as easy as knocking down a sand sculpture, and it can also command countless water elements and aquatic animals.
It is rumored that the murloc tribe at the bottom of the sea worshiped the deep-sea squid as their king. In the long past, residents of some coastal countries regarded the deep-sea squid as gods. There were even secret sects that worshiped the deep-sea squid and regularly sent sacrifices to the sea!"
"Sacrifice?" Prince Auger didn't understand.
"It's a living person! Those ancient secret sects want to give living people to deep-sea squids and transform them into half-human, half-fish aquatic relatives!" The high mage said: "That's right now. Those weirdos on the rotten ship may have been killed by the squid.
The aquatic dependents who are radiated by the magic power of the deep-sea squid are transformed. It turns out that the legend is true!"
Prince Auger looked disgusted and asked: "Is there such a secret sect? Why haven't I heard of it before?"
"It happened a long time ago. These secret sects were not large in scale and had been wiped out by the church long ago. There are only a few anecdotes passed down by word of mouth."
"Such a powerful creature, how come we haven't seen them causing trouble in the past?" Prince Auger was afraid. If there was such a legendary monster hiding in the sea in front of his home, and he would bring his family with him, and a large group of servants would try to invade the coast.
Even if you build a new country, your future will never be peaceful.
"This... we don't know, and there is no way Vanua and the pirates can control this deep-sea squid." The high mage guessed: "Maybe they explored the sea deep enough and accidentally discovered a sleeping deep-sea squid.
, awakened it unintentionally, and ended up becoming its dependent."
"That's the only way to explain it." Prince Auger was filled with resentment. Vanua's High Seas Fleet has always been the empire's formidable enemy at sea. It has been unable to be eliminated after hundreds of years of fighting. It is more tenacious than cockroaches and mice.
Even though Vanua still has a royal family now, he has long been reduced to a pirate leader. Even if Prince Auger wants to break with the empire, it does not mean that he has half a good impression of Vanua. Even if it is out of utilitarian calculations, he must find cooperation.
As for the person to form an alliance with, he would rather go to the rude barbarians in the Kingdom of Jarnord, or send his son to Evergreen City as a hostage, than get involved with Vanua.
Especially now that I see these disgusting monsters, neither human nor fish, following a deep-sea squid and blocking the coast of New Camelot City, the two sides have completely become enemies.
"Let's assist the saint on earth in the church, and also find out the weakness of this monster as soon as possible!" Prince Auger ordered.
Seeing the magic ship flying further and further away, almost completely obscured by the cold fog, someone immediately asked: "Where is the legendary mage? Have you just left it alone?"
"The legendary mage is determined to escape. It's hard for us to chase him! And we don't have the means of the saints on earth. Even if we blow the magic ship into pieces, can we guarantee that we will kill the legendary mage?" Prince Auger sighed: "Since
In this case, it is better to let him go and now concentrate on dealing with this deep-sea squid and completely eliminate this hidden danger!"