Chapter 280
After the selection of Holy Light Token personnel was completed, everyone followed the Kaiya River into the depths of the mountains.
Although this crusade team is only a small team of a hundred people, its combat effectiveness is much stronger than that of the Warcraft Cavalry Brigade of the Central Legion. All of these 100 people are professionals with rich combat experience. The total number of magicians and priests is as many as 20. The best of the Dawn Church in the four northern provinces has been poured out.
Because Richard has the treasure of the Starry Vase, everyone does not need to worry about food and baggage. There is no logistical drag and the squad moves very quickly.
On the fifth day after leaving Flame Castle, the group had arrived at the source of the Kaia River.
This is an uninhabited primitive jungle, with trees dozens of meters high everywhere. Even though it was morning, the tall tree crowns blocked the sunlight, and the ground was still a little dim. I couldn't see very far, and I couldn't even tell the direction clearly.
Sulla and Behrman quickly climbed up the big tree, carefully observed the nearby plants and trees, relied on the sun to identify their position, then slid down from the tree, and carved several marks on the trunk.
Sulla and Behrman are the backbone of the demon-hunting team led by Harland, and have been operating deep in the Eagle Mountains for seven or eight years. They have a lot of experience in operating in dense forests.
"How's the situation?"
Richard asked as he saw the two people sliding down from a tree dozens of meters high.
Sulla narrowed his eyes and said, "No traces of human activities have been found yet."
Sulla was the first batch of indentured slaves to enter the Harland Territory. He has served the Harland Territory for thirteen years.
Although Sura's talent is not as good as that of Jennings, it has also been upgraded to the third level. In addition to being a key member of the Demon Hunting Team, he also serves as the deputy captain of the Seventh Brigade.
Seeing that Richard turned his head, Behrman said: "My opinion is that if you walk ten kilometers northwest, you may find something."
Behrman is a member of the Stopa family and is about forty years old. He is Sophia's distant cousin. He has just been promoted to a fourth-level warrior and serves as the captain of the ninth group.
听了贝尔曼这话，伯尼摇头道：“越往西北走，越接近传奇食人魔的老巢，沿途之上我们已经发现了一个食人魔部落，若是泄露了踪迹，恐怕会遭到食人魔的围捕。”
按照格兰特王国公开的情报，雄鹰山脉西部的食人魔是食物链最顶端的霸主，这些可怕的生物共有三十几个部落，数量加起来大约两到三千头。
两三千食人魔聚集起来，哪怕是中央主力军团都不是对手。况且这些食人魔的背后，还站着强大的传奇食人魔。
爱德华、马丁斯两块领地发展不起来，没有良好的道路，后勤物资很难运输，大军不能深入丛林，就算格兰特王国实力雄厚，在雄鹰山脉西部，也不是食人魔部落的对手。
李察轻轻抿了抿嘴，转头问道：“邓勒金主教，你怎么看？”
“既然已经深入了丛林，就不要害怕风险，我认为应该继续向西北部搜寻。亡灵法师既然研究出新的魔法病毒，肯定不会收手。我们若是不能解决这个隐患，每年都要防备亡灵法师释放新的病毒，北疆地区不知道会损失多少人口。
这次既然已经进入传奇食人魔领地，已经冒了极大的风险，不彻底杀死亡灵法师，教会绝不会收手。”
听了大家的意见，李察果断的开口道：“我也认同贝尔曼的想法，大家打起精神，继续向西北方向前进。”
在沉闷的森林中走的太久，大家的情绪也变得压抑起来，恨不得立刻来一场战斗。
众人都是职业者，体力远超常人，刚刚进入下午，已经向西北方向移动了大约十公里左右。
在不缺乏补给的情况下，这支由职业者组织的精兵，配合五十匹铁角马驮兽，在平原上行军，一天能走三四百里左右，速度比一般士兵远远超出。
但是在荒芜的原始丛林，因为没有道路，每走一步都要付出很大的辛苦，小队一天移动的距离，最多也就二三十公里左右。
While Richard and others were taking a break, Bellman and Sura climbed up the big tree again. They carefully observed the terrain and found that after walking two or three kilometers, the terrain gradually sloped downwards, and then a layer of gray was shrouded in it. The swamp in the mist appeared in their field of vision.
At the edge of the swamp, there is an imperceptible road.
The two suppressed the joy in their hearts, quickly slid down from the big tree, and told Richard and Deng Lejin the good news.
With a smile on his face, Deng Lejin immediately released the negative energy detection spell.
I saw a golden magical aura, vaguely pointing towards the Gray Mist Swamp.
"There is so much negative energy gathered, it seems that the Necromancer is hiding here."
After receiving the exact information, everyone was shocked and immediately accelerated their speed, arriving in the gray mist swamp in less than an hour.
Sensing that the enemy was approaching, Savio, the necromancer hiding in the Gray Mist Swamp, made a quick decision and immediately used teleportation to escape.
The undead wizard Savio is an old rival between Richard and Denglerkin. During the battle in the Swamp Basin, Yura, the high-level magician of the Tower of Death, was killed by Richard and others, but Savio seized the opportunity and escaped successfully.
Unexpectedly, Savio did not leave Northern Xinjiang, but actually hid in the territory of the legendary ogre, and successfully created a magical plague, killing more than tens of thousands of people.
Savio is cunning and smart, and has a deep understanding of the situation. After the dense base was exposed, he had no idea of fighting Richard and others and immediately used the portal to escape.
Although Savio reacted quickly, Denglerkin had already taken precautions in advance. Before the portal could be activated, Deng Lejin released the eight-ring magic dimensional lock to freeze the nearby space.
Seeing that the teleportation was hopeless, Savio screamed and immediately used the magic of awakening the undead. In an instant, countless undead creatures staggered out of the thick fog.
These undead creatures carried countless viruses in their bodies. Even though they were far away, Richard still smelled a strong corpse odor.
Although these undead creatures are low-level living corpses, they are not easy to deal with. Cutting off an arm or a leg will not kill the opponent. On the contrary, they are easily infected with various messy viruses.
Although the living corpses move slowly, they form a dense formation, making them very difficult to deal with. Especially in hand-to-hand combat, it is very restrained against human armies. Only by encountering an army that is determined to die together and with the determination to die together with the enemy can we defeat this troublesome opponent.
Richard and Deng Lejin are leading an elite team. The death of one person is a serious loss. Of course, it is impossible to fight hard. Although their team is small in number, there are many magicians inside.
The magician's powers are very diverse and suitable for combat in various environments. Seeing the living corpses slowly surrounding them, the magicians immediately released the fireball and spider web techniques.
The fireball exploded inside the group of living corpses, instantly sweeping down a large group of living corpses. Impacted by the fire attribute energy, the soul fire hidden in the skulls of the living corpses was immediately extinguished.
A simple three-ring magic fireball technique can kill a large number of living corpses, which is far more efficient than a warrior.
Although first- and second-level magicians cannot use fireball, they can also use spider web and greasy spells to control their opponents. Once a living corpse is wrapped in a spider web, it will be very difficult to move. The archers behind the magician will immediately take action, aiming at the living corpse. corpse's head.
Although the number of living corpses was large, they were far from the opponent of the hundred-man squad. Relying on correct tactics, the hundred-man squad solved the most powerful trump card of the necromancer and killed thousands of plague zombies carrying the plague virus without any casualties. corpse.
Seeing that all the living corpses were about to be killed, the necromancer could only use mind control spells again.
Savio used this spell the last time he fought against the Necromancer. Now that it was used for the second time, Richard and Deng Lejin had already prepared countermeasures in advance. They simultaneously released a group requiem spell, making the necromancer's attack ineffective.
Richard, Deng Lejin, Sophia, Delian and others stared at the necromancer, while the remaining people eliminated the undead creatures.
About an hour later, the other members of the team had cleared away all the undead.
After all the undead creatures were killed, the gray fog gradually dispersed, and a half-finished mage tower appeared in the center of the swamp.
The mage tower is built on only two floors above the ground. How many floors are there underground?
The two-story building on the ground looks a bit old, as if it has been there for some time. However, this kind of building that has been eroded by negative energy all year round, even if it lasts for a short time, still shows signs of decay. Therefore, the mage tower built by the necromancer needs to be repaired every three or two years.
There may be traps hidden inside the mage tower. Deng Lejin, Delian, Sophia and others released several high-level dispelling magics. This spell is a sixth-level magic that can disable magic traps.
After everyone released five high-level dispelling magics, the magic trap attached to the mage tower had lost its effect.
There are two high-level magicians and four six-ring magicians in Richard's group, whose spell abilities far exceed those of the necromancer Savio.
After Yura and others died in battle a few years ago, although the Tower of Death still had some foundation, its power was far from enough.
This fight with Richard and others was not a fair fight at all.
In almost a moment, the two-story mage tower on the ground had been controlled by Richard and others, and the warehouse on the first underground floor and the library on the second underground floor had been lost.
The third underground floor is the magic laboratory, the fourth floor is the energy room, the fifth floor is the virus cultivation center, the sixth floor is the meditation room, and the seventh underground floor is the portal.
After taking control of the magic library, Richard immediately ordered the soldiers to move all the books and materials away.
The bottle of starlight has a total space of 450 cubic meters. The luggage required by Richard and others only occupies one-thirtieth. The remaining space is enough to take away all the valuable items in the Mage Tower.
Everyone wasted a little time on the third underground floor and took control of the energy room in one go.
Everyone carefully inspected the energy room and found that the core of the energy room had been taken away.
The Tower of Death is an organization of necromancers. A few years ago, there were legendary necromancers hiding behind the scenes. Their background is deep even in Markholm Magic Kingdom.
Last time in the swamp basin, Savio and others smelted the energy room and the foundation of the magic tower together, making the energy room unable to move. Even after the defeat, they were unable to take away the legendary magic core.
Savio learned his lesson this time and only built a simple energy room instead of a complete magic well. When in danger, the core of the energy room can be dismantled at any time. Although the magic power gathered in this way is not very sufficient.
After the core of the energy room is taken away, the value of the fourth floor of the Mage Tower is not very great.
After everyone searched, they rushed into the fifth floor of the mage tower.
At the door of the fifth floor, more than twenty necromancers gathered together and set up a magic barrier to block everyone.
The leader looked to be in his thirties, with messy hair, an unusually pale face, and no blood on his lips. If it weren't for the fact that his chest was still rising and falling slightly, it would look like a corpse that had just died.
This person is none other than Savio, the leader of the Necromancers. Although he looks young, he is actually over seventy years old. It's just that the necromancer is proficient in disguise-type spells, and his age can't be seen clearly from his appearance.
"You'd better not come up. If you rush in, I will release all the viruses. Then everyone will suffer losses and no one will survive. I tell you, there are very powerful viruses here. After being transformed by the legendary necromancer, once they are released , there can be no living creatures nearby for thousands of miles."
Things have evolved to this point, and Savio's threats cannot scare the pastor of Morningside Church at all.
Before setting off, Deng Lejin and others prepared powerful treasures in advance. Nolan's headquarters gave a Holy Light Token, which contained a legendary spell of Holy Light.
Legendary magic props such as Holy Light Tokens are very difficult to create. Not only do they require legendary grade materials, Holy Light Stones, but they also require legendary priests to consume their source and seal legendary spells.
After the Church of Dawn, only legendary priests would create such treasures for the church when they were old and frail and their lifespan was exhausted.
This Holy Light Token comes from Maweila, an old acquaintance of Richard. This legendary second-level priest died of illness three years ago. Before his death, he made six Holy Light Tokens.
This spell is very resistant to negative energy magic. Even bacteria and viruses created by the legendary necromancer will be eliminated under the illumination of the holy light.
As soon as Savio finished speaking, Richard, Deng Lejin and others released the magic to break the enchantment. Their spell power far exceeded that of the Necromancer. In an instant, the enchantment of the Necromancer was broken.
Seeing this scene, Savio immediately chose to die together and release all the viruses. Deng Lejin immediately activated the Holy Light Token, and a powerful wave of positive energy surged out.
In an instant, the mage tower collapsed, and more than twenty necromancers were severely injured and died instantly. Even Savio was killed by the powerful holy light, and the negative energy in the nearby kilometers was immediately cleared away.
(End of chapter)