Chapter 237, Life and Death
Bursts of the stench of vampires and the pungent smell of the tree man's body came into the nostrils, and Morgiana barely woke up.
An extreme sense of weakness lingered on Morgiana's body, and the Lake Goddess Witch felt that it was very laborious to open her eyes.
She simply did not open her eyes.
Morgiana felt her hands bound behind her back, her ankles bound by tendrils of branches with powerful magical energies, bound to a frame and dragged away by something.
Sensing the magic power in her body, the Lake God Witch could feel that her magic power had been completely stagnated in her body. The deep magic power in the past had become a heavy burden. She tried to mobilize her magic power, but these magic powers were not enough at all. Do not follow her orders.
The Lake Witch felt a bit of remorse. She found that she had trusted the dryad too much.
These vicious creatures did have a peace treaty with Britannia, but Morgiana recalled that her actions were too hasty, and she should not have come here alone.
It's just that she's used to it. Mogiana has always been a loner. She's used to acting alone. Many times when the king needs to find her, he has to send a large number of knights to search for her.
If you promise Ryan, just bring him along!
"The Witch of the Lake God is the first choice of the false gods in the lake and the spokesperson of the mortal world. Is this not safe? Can a few tentacles bind her?" The voice of the vampire Manfred came from one side. Came: "Maybe I can cut off her hands?"
"The spirit liquid of the ancient tree can paralyze the forest dragon. We have injected more than three times the amount into the fairy witch. She will not be able to use magic power and normal actions in the next few months or even years." Teresa, the ghost of the branch, said sharply laughed wildly.
"It doesn't take that long, it only takes a few days. I think the False God of the Lake will find a new spokesperson for herself, um, if she still has the energy." Manfred said hoarsely.
Morgiana's heart began to sink in the ice cellar. The Lake Goddess Witch tried to struggle, but she found desperately that even with all her strength, her wrist didn't even move a centimeter. Feeling so heavy and tired, just breathing almost used up all her physical strength.
She tried to open her eyes, but there was no dazzling light as she had imagined. A new moon was hanging in the sky, and she was being carried forward by a group of Zoya tree spirits.
The golden belt was gone, and the long sword blessed by the fairy in the lake was gone. Morgiana looked around hard. The dark forest environment showed that they had not left the Sharon Forest.
what to do? what to do? The Lake God Witch was exhausted thinking of a way to save herself.
The communication gem has been destroyed, and the holy grail of medicine has been taken away by the vampire. Now he is unarmed, has no magic power, no physical strength, and cannot send a signal for help.
So Morgiana tried to pray.
It didn't work, something was blocked, without the large amount of magic power that was sufficient before, Morgiana couldn't contact the fairy of the lake, and Manfred seemed to use some kind of restriction on her.
Desperately.
Morgiana had to pretend she was still asleep, and was at the mercy of others, looking for an opportunity to escape. There would be a small number of hunters or thieves in the Sharon Forest, and occasionally there would be expedition knights, because the expedition knights would come to Xialong. Pilgrimage to "Lily Island" in the Long Forest, where the first Holy Grail knights and the fairies of the lake once met.
After thinking about it, the Lake God Witch felt that she had the only chance to get out of trouble. She was too weak, and it was impossible for her to escape by herself.
The reality disappointed her. During the several hours of walking, the team did not encounter any human beings.
Instead, when the place arrived, Morgiana felt herself being roughly thrown to the ground. The Lake God Witch coughed and gasped loudly. She tried hard to get up, and grabbed her collar with one hand and lifted her Hold it high.
"Cough, cough, cough~" Morgiana breathed in pain, her hands were drooping, her neck was thrown back, revealing her swan-like neck.
"We need to perform a ceremony, and I hope you can cooperate, my dear Highness the Lake God and Witch." Manfred smiled, showing a mouthful of pale teeth, and the cursed blade reflected the light under the moon.
"Despicable midnight scum... I want to get... I only have one answer, don't think about it..." Morgiana struggled hard, but she could only tremble slightly with her fingertips.
"A perfect ceremony, my dear Highness the Lake God and Witch, you will join us and become one of us, and you will experience the joy of sucking blood." Manfred's big bald head reflected the light under the moon, The cold moonlight made people feel so dazzling, the words of the vampire count were like the sharpest spears, piercing deeply into the heart of the lake god and witch.
"...No, you can't do this!" Morgiana was visibly shaken. For the lake god witch who has always been aloof, if she degenerates from the first choice of the fairy in the lake to a vampire who lives by sucking blood , what kind of shame and collapse of faith would that be?
Manfred let go of his hand, and Morgiana fell directly in front of him. The vampire count didn't care. He said to Teresa, the ghost of the branch, "We're here, you can go back."
"...I know." The female dryad looked at Morgiana lying on the ground, and then at the Zoya dryads following her. She nodded to express her understanding. Indeed, this is the end of the agreement with the vampire. , she had to leave with the dryads.
Before leaving, Teresa secretly glanced at Morgiana, who was messed up and covered with mud and leaves. A trace of sadness flashed across the twisted and vicious face of the female dryad. The dryad felt sorry for her actions. guilt.
But thinking of her own plan, the Dryad felt that it was worthwhile to betray Morgiana, all because of those damn wood elves, whose existence had seriously affected the balance of Athel Loren. The female dryad has witnessed all kinds of atrocities committed by the wood elves and the behavior of provoking foreign enemies. Even the wood elves fought bloody battles to defend the forest, but the violent and sad Teresa could no longer understand and experience this feeling.
The only thing she wants to do now is to destroy all the wood elves in Athel Loren and return the forest to the dryads. For this purpose, she can sacrifice everything.
After the Dryad left, only Morgiana and Manfred were left in the glade.
Morgiana's shining and beautiful golden hair was stained with a lot of dirt. Between the clearings of the trees, there was an altar full of filth and undead energy, with white bones as the frame, all kinds of rare treasures, embroidered pillows and Other ornate decorations show the extravagance of the vampires.
"Is this your purpose? Manfred von Carstein, I curse you!" Morgiana cursed viciously, but Manfred didn't notice it: "If you cursed in your heyday I might be of some use."
The dreadful vampire count Manfred von Carstein came from the empire. When the old empire fell into the famous "Three Emperors' Rebellion", vampire families rose from Sylvania. Among them, the most famous vampire family is It was the Von Carstein family. The leader of the family, Vlad, stole the position of Elector of Sylvania and turned the entire Elector's territory into a spooky place, the home of the undead.
Among them, the most famous vampire leader is Vlad von Carstein. The leader of the Carstein family was very close to defeating the empire completely, but the electors immediately realized the crisis, and Vlad was elected by the elector. They jointly defeated, and Sylvania was also cleaned by the army.
However, when the Carstein family had civil strife due to the struggle for supremacy, Manfred kept a low profile. Instead of fighting for power rashly, he devoted himself to practicing undead magic and traveled the world disguised as a human noble.
In order to seek a more profound necromancy, he traveled alone to the birthplace of necromancy - the remote and ancient Nicohala. In this ominous place, through painstaking research, Manfred mastered Knowing all the mysteries of necromancy, he returned to Sylvania and became the new leader of the vampires.
In the Battle of Helfion, the Empire defeated Manfred and his undead army again, but it is always difficult for vampires to really die. Morgiana stared at Manfred's hairless head with blue eyes, The Lake Witch knew that the dreaded vampire had returned.
The witch of the lake god was placed on the altar, and her wrists and ankles were firmly bound. While thinking about how to escape, she tried to understand some things: "It's useless to arrest me. There have also been Lake God Witches who died in battle, but as long as the lady is still there, a new Lake God Witch will be reincarnated on the new Lake God Prophet, your plan cannot be successful!"
"Perhaps you want to know more truths from me, but unfortunately I want to tell you that you are only used to revive the master's part, I don't know the specifics, Akhan, the master's loyal lackey did not Tell me more." Manfred answered Morgiana's words casually, and then he took out the sixth volume of one of the nine Nagash books, facing Morgiana, and began to cast spells.
Even if the Witch of the Lake God is captured, she still has the mana infused and blessed by the Fairy of the Lake. It is impossible for Manfred to directly give her a "kiss of blood" to transform her into a vampire. If he dares to do so, Manfred You will suffer great harm.
He had to take away the magic power from Morgiana first, so the vampire count released the six-ring magic, life siphon.
"Uh~ ahhhh!" Morgiana's mana came out of her body uncontrollably. The Lake God Witch couldn't control her body, and a large amount of mana was drawn out of her body. Anna couldn't stop howling, her beautiful face was twisted into a ball, the pain of the magic power being stripped from her body almost made her lose her mind.
Part of the emerald green mana dissipated in the air, and part of it was transformed into terrifying undead magic. Manfred happily accepted the gift from the lake god witch, and his aura became stronger and stronger.
what to do? what to do? The pain forced Morgiana to maintain a clear mind, and the witch of the lake goddess tried hard to think of ways to escape. Her time was running out. As long as all the mana on her body was drained, she would accept the kiss of blood and be transformed into a vampire. moment!
The mana is getting less and less until it bottoms out, the situation is getting more and more critical, and the sky is showing a hint of paleness, and the morning is coming.
The already desperate Lake God Witch suddenly felt a burning sensation on her lower abdomen.
It was the seal left by Ryan. The silver heart, the spread wings, and the sword pattern on the heart were emitting light.
Mogiana closed her eyes with a heartbeat, and she tried hard to feel the scorching energy inside the seal. Inside the seal, Ryan's light blue psionic energy was still running. For some reason, even the ancient tree spirit of the dryad Liquid can't affect Ryan's strength.
The life siphon of the vampire count triggered the seal's defense mechanism, and the seal began to work!
Morgiana exerted her last strength, and she tried to mobilize the magic power of Ryan in the seal.
Ryan! Lend me your strength.
I need you!
Like a tacit understanding, the seal was opened, and the energy inside the seal poured into Morgiana's body. Although it was only a little bit, it was enough for the Lake God Witch of the sanctuary rank to cast spells!
So Morgiana raised her wrist vigorously, and she quietly chanted a spell with four rings.
"The Fury of the Forest!"
Brambles and branches rose from the ground, binding Manfred and his body firmly, the life siphon was interrupted, and the pain of being backlashed halfway through the release of the spell made the vampire earl feel severe pain in his head, and he clutched his hand in pain. Stopping his head: "Ahhhhhhh!"
Subconsciously, the vampire count threw the long sword "Blade of Blasphemy" towards Morgiana.
"Oh!" The Lake God Witch cried out in pain.
The emerald green energy dissipated in the air exploded, forming thick smoke.
"Damn it! Damn it! Damn it! This fucking woman can still hide the last bit of mana!" Manfred raged, and the powerful undead mana on his body flashed, and the branches and thorns that entangled him were instantly destroyed by the magic of the undead. Under the erosion, it turned into debris and ashes, and the dense fog was completely dispelled.
Looking up, there was only a smear of blood left on the altar, and there was no sign of Morgiana.
"Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!" Manfred yelled crazily, and let the lake god and witch escape?
The Vampire Count is a powerful necromancer. He knew the direction of Morgiana's teleportation at a moment's perception. The Lake God Witch was injected with three times the ancient tree spirit liquid, and was slashed by her own blasphemous blade. Movement is a problem, and her teleportation technique will definitely not go far.
Chase!
Manfred picked up the profane blade and chased in the direction where Morgiana cast the teleportation spell.
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The fact is that Morgiana did not go far. At a distance of only about 1,200 meters from the altar, the Lake God Witch flew out of the void and fell headlong on the roots of a big tree. exhausted.
The extremely strong sense of fatigue and weakness made Morgiana unable to stand up, and her body was still weak under the influence of the medicine. The witch of the lake goddess held her left waist with her hand, and there was a trace of blood coming out of the gap between her palms. She managed to avoid it. The key was opened, but a long bloody gash was cut on the left waist.
"Ma'am, my lady, I... Morgiana may not be able to serve you anymore." The Lake God Witch could hardly stand up, she muttered to herself: "Lian...Maybe I should listen to you..."