Chapter 280 Holy Light Token
After the personnel selection was completed, everyone followed the Kaiya River into the depths of the mountains.
Although this expeditionary team was only a small team of 100 people, its combat effectiveness was stronger than that of the Central Corps Warcraft Cavalry Brigade. These 100 people were all professionals with rich combat experience. The number of magicians and priests added up to 20 people. The essence of the Dawn Church in the four northern provinces was poured out.
Because Richard had the treasure of the Starlight Bottle, everyone did not need to worry about food and supplies. Without the burden of logistics, the team moved very quickly.
On the fifth day after leaving the Flame Castle, the group had arrived at the source of the Kaiya River.
This is a deserted primitive jungle with dozens of meters high trees everywhere. Although it was morning, the tall treetops blocked the sunlight, and the ground was still a little dim. The line of sight could not see too far, and even the direction could not be distinguished.
Sura and Bellman climbed up the tree swiftly, carefully observing the nearby plants and trees, relying on the sun to identify the direction, and then slid down from the tree, and carved a few knives on the trunk to mark it.
Sura and Bellman are the backbone of the Harland Territory Demon Hunting Team, and have been active in the depths of the Eagle Mountains for seven or eight years. They are very experienced in operating in the dense forest.
"How is the situation?"
Richard asked when he saw the two sliding down from the tree several dozen meters high.
Sura narrowed his eyes and said, "No traces of human activities have been found for the time being."
Sura was the first batch of contract slaves to enter the Harland Territory, and he has served the Harland Territory for thirteen years.
Although Sura's talent is not as good as Jennings, he has also been promoted to the third level. In addition to being a core member of the Demon Hunting Team, he also served as the deputy captain of the Seventh Brigade.
Seeing Richard turned his head, Bellman said, "My opinion is to go another ten kilometers northwest, and maybe there will be some discoveries."
Bellman is a member of the Stopa family, about forty years old. He is Sofia's distant cousin, who has just been promoted to a fourth-level warrior and served as the captain of the ninth brigade.
After hearing what Berman said, Bernie shook his head and said, "The further you go northwest, the closer you are to the lair of the legendary ogre. We have discovered an ogre tribe along the way. If we reveal our tracks, we may be surrounded by the ogres."
According to the public intelligence of the Grant Kingdom, the ogres in the west of the Eagle Mountains are the overlords at the top of the food chain. There are more than thirty tribes of these terrible creatures, with a total number of about two to three thousand.
Two or three thousand ogres gathered together, even the central main force is not a match. Moreover, behind these ogres, there are powerful legendary ogres.
The two territories of Edward and Martins cannot be developed. Without good roads, it is difficult to transport logistical materials, and the army cannot go deep into the jungle. Even if the Grant Kingdom is strong, it is not a match for the ogre tribe in the west of the Eagle Mountains.
Richard pursed his lips slightly, turned his head and asked: "Bishop Deng Lejin, what do you think?"
"Since we have already gone deep into the jungle, we should not be afraid of risks. I think we should continue to search in the northwest. Since the necromancer has developed a new magic virus, he will definitely not stop. If we cannot solve this hidden danger, we have to guard against the necromancer releasing new viruses every year. I don't know how many people will be lost in the northern border area.
Since we have entered the legendary ogre territory this time, we have taken a great risk. The church will never stop unless the necromancer is completely killed."
After listening to everyone's opinions, Richard said decisively: "I also agree with Bellman's idea. Everyone cheer up and continue to move northwest."
After walking in the dull forest for too long, everyone's emotions became depressed, and they wanted to have a fight immediately.
Everyone is a professional, with physical strength far beyond that of ordinary people. Just entering the afternoon, they have moved about ten kilometers to the northwest.
In the absence of a lack of supplies, this elite army organized by professionals, with fifty iron-horned horses as pack animals, can march on the plains and walk about three or four hundred miles a day, which is much faster than ordinary soldiers.
However, in the barren primitive jungle, because there are no roads, every step requires great effort, and the distance the team moves a day is only about 20 to 30 kilometers at most.
Just as Richard and others took a short break, Bellman and Sura climbed up the tree again. The two carefully observed the terrain and found that after walking two or three kilometers, the terrain gradually tilted downward, and then a swamp shrouded in gray fog appeared in their sight.
There was also an imperceptible road on the edge of the swamp.
The two suppressed their joy in their hearts, slid down from the tree quickly, and told Richard and Deng Lejin the good news.
Deng Lejin smiled and immediately released the negative energy detection spell.
I saw a golden magic aura, faintly pointing to the gray fog swamp.
"There is so much negative energy gathering, it seems that the necromancer is hiding here."
After receiving the accurate information, everyone was shocked and immediately sped up. In less than an hour, they arrived in the Gray Mist Swamp.
Sensing that the enemy was approaching, the necromancer Savio who was hiding in the Gray Mist Swamp made a prompt decision and immediately used teleportation to escape.
The necromancer Savio was an old rival of Richard and Dunlerkin. In the battle in the swamp basin, the high-level magician Yula of the Death Tower was killed by Richard and others, but Savio seized the opportunity and escaped successfully.
Unexpectedly, Savio did not leave the northern border, but hid in the territory of the legendary ogre, successfully created a magic plague, and killed more than tens of thousands of people.
Savio was cunning and smart, and had a deep understanding of the situation. After the dense base was exposed, he had no intention of fighting with Richard and others, and immediately used the portal to escape.
Although Savio reacted quickly, Deng Lejin had already taken precautions in advance. Before the portal was activated, Deng Lejin released the eight-ring magic dimension lock to freeze the nearby space.
Seeing that the teleportation was hopeless, Savio screamed and immediately used the magic of awakening the dead. In an instant, countless undead creatures staggered out of the thick fog.
These undead creatures carried countless viruses in their bodies. Although the distance was relatively far, Richard still smelled a strong stench of corpses.
Although these undead creatures were all low-level zombies, they were not easy to deal with. Cutting off an arm or a leg could not kill the opponent, but it was easy to be infected with various messy viruses.
Although the zombies moved slowly, they formed a dense formation, which was very difficult to deal with. Especially in hand-to-hand combat, they were very restrained by human armies. Unless you can encounter an army that is ready to die and is determined to die with the enemy, you can defeat this troublesome opponent.
Richard and Deng Lejin led an elite team. The death of one person is a serious loss, and of course it is impossible to fight to the death. Although their team is small in number, there are many magicians inside.
The power of magicians is very diverse and suitable for battles in various environments.
Seeing the zombies slowly surrounding them, the magicians immediately released fireballs and spider webs.
The fireball exploded inside the zombie group, instantly sweeping down a large number of zombies. The soul fire hidden in the heads of the zombies was extinguished by the impact of fire energy.
A simple three-ring magic fireball can kill a large number of zombies, and the efficiency is far higher than that of warriors.
Although the first and second-level magicians cannot use fireballs, they can also use spider webs and greasy spells to control opponents. Once the zombies are wrapped in spider webs, it is very difficult to move. The archers behind the magicians will immediately take action and aim at the heads of the zombies.
Although there were many zombies, they were no match for the 100-man team. Relying on the correct tactics, the 100-man team solved the most powerful trump card of the necromancer without any casualties, and killed thousands of plague zombies carrying the plague virus.
Seeing that all the zombies were about to be killed, the necromancer could only use the mind control spell again.
The last time he fought with the necromancer, Savio used this spell. Now it was used for the second time. Richard and Deng Lejin had already prepared countermeasures in advance. The two of them released group requiem at the same time, making the necromancer's attack ineffective.
Richard, Deng Lejin, Sofia, Delian and others stared at the necromancer, and the rest of the people cleared the undead creatures.
About an hour later, the other members of the team had cleared all the undead creatures.
After all the undead creatures were killed, the gray mist gradually dissipated, and a semi-finished wizard tower appeared in the center of the swamp.
The wizard tower was built on only two floors above the ground. I wonder how many floors there are underground?
The two-story building on the ground looked a bit old, as if it had been there for a while. However, this kind of building that has been eroded by negative energy for many years still looks rotten and old even if it has been a short time. Therefore, the wizard tower built by the necromancer needs to be repaired every three or two years.
There may be traps hidden inside the wizard tower. Deng Lejin, Delian, Sofia and others released several high-level dispel magic. This spell is a six-ring magic that can make magic traps ineffective.
After everyone released five high-level dispel magics, the magic traps attached to the wizard tower had lost their effect.
There are two high-level magic professionals and four six-ring magicians in Richard's group. Their spell ability is far beyond that of the necromancer Savio.
After Yura and others died in battle a few years ago, although the Death Tower still has some foundation, its strength is far from enough.
This time, fighting with Richard and others is not a fair battle at all.
In almost a cup of tea, the two-story wizard tower on the ground has been controlled by Richard and others, and the warehouse on the first underground floor and the library on the second underground floor have 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 controlling the magic library, Richard immediately commanded the soldiers to move all the books and materials away.
The Starlight Bottle has a total space of 450 cubic meters. The baggage required by Richard and others only occupies one-thirtieth of it. The remaining space is enough to take away all the valuable items in the Mage Tower.
The crowd wasted a little time on the third underground floor and took control of the energy room in one go.
The crowd carefully checked the energy room and found that the core of the energy room had been taken away.
The Death Tower, a necromancer organization, had a legendary necromancer hiding behind the scenes a few years ago. Their foundation can be said to be profound even in the Markholm Magic Kingdom.
Last time in the swamp basin, Savio and others melted the energy room and the foundation of the magic tower together, making the energy room immovable. After the defeat, they were unable to take away even the legendary magic core.
This time, Savio learned his lesson and only built a simple energy room instead of a complete magic well. When in danger, he could dismantle the energy room core at any time. Although the magic power gathered in this way was not very sufficient.
After the energy room core was taken away, the value of the fourth floor of the Mage Tower was not very great.
After searching, everyone rushed into the fifth floor of the Mage Tower.
At the entrance 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, extremely pale face, and no blood on his lips. If it weren't for the slight rise and fall of his chest, he would have looked like a corpse that had just died.
This person was Savio, the leader of the necromancers. Although he looked young, he was actually over seventy years old. However, the necromancers were proficient in disguise-type spells, and their age could not be clearly seen from their appearance.
"You'd better not come up. If you rush in, I will release all the viruses. By then, everyone will be injured and no one will survive. I tell you, there is a very powerful virus in here. After being transformed by the legendary necromancer, once it is released, there will be no living creatures within thousands of miles."
Things have evolved to this point, and Savio's intimidation can't scare the pastor of the Dawn Church at all.
Before setting off, Deng Lejin and others prepared powerful treasures in advance. Nolan headquarters bestowed a Holy Light Token, which sealed a legendary spell of Holy Light.
The Holy Light Token, a legendary magic item, is very difficult to manufacture. It not only requires legendary materials, Holy Light Stone, but also requires legendary priests to consume their essence to seal legendary spells.
After the Dawn Church, only legendary priests will make such treasures for the church when they are old and weak and their life span is exhausted.
This Holy Light Token comes from Richard's old acquaintance Ma Wei La. This legendary second-level priest died of illness three years ago. Before his death, he made six Holy Light Tokens.
This spell is very restrained against negative energy magic. Even bacteria and viruses created by legendary necromancers will be eliminated under the shining of holy light.
As soon as Savio finished speaking, Richard, Deng Lejin and others released the magic of breaking the barrier. Their spell power far exceeded that of the necromancer. In an instant, the necromancer's barrier was broken.
Seeing this scene, Savio immediately chose to die together and released 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 20 Undead Mages were severely injured and killed instantly. Even Savio was killed by the powerful Holy Light, and the negative energy within a few kilometers was immediately cleared.