Chapter 355 Starlight Bomb
Relying on the power of Homera to block the fire of death spewed out by the legendary bone dragon, the archers pulled the bowstrings and shot explosive arrows at the fire dragon.
More than a dozen fourth-level explosive arrows accurately shot at the bone dragon, blasting the legendary bone dragon's golden bones into gray and black. Some bones were even directly broken by the explosive arrows.
The bones were broken, and the legendary bone dragon immediately stopped. A white light came out of his body, sucking a large amount of gray fog and the soul fire in the gray fog into his body.
As the gray fog was inhaled, the broken bones of the legendary bone dragon began to heal, and the color turned golden again. It only took a short time for the legendary bone dragon's injuries to recover by more than half. However, some undead creatures near the legendary bone dragon were instantly sucked dry by this powerful force.
After the archers shot the explosive arrows, the soldiers of the first squadron immediately threw alchemical bombs. In an instant, more than a hundred alchemical bombs were thrown into the gray fog, killing more than a hundred skeletons and dispersing a piece of gray fog.
After discovering that the legendary bone dragon could absorb the power of the gray fog to recover from injuries, Richard knew that it was extremely difficult to win in a short time.
This battle with the undead must be a protracted war.
Seeing that the range of the gray fog was still expanding, the scale of the undead might have reached tens of thousands.
Richard decisively issued an order to retreat, asking the magician to ride the iron-horned horse to retreat first, and the infantry of the first squadron to cover the rear and hold on for a while.
Undead creatures, except for a few types, move relatively slowly.
Skeletons and zombies are far less agile than humans when running, and the first squadron is an army of all professionals. Even if they are wearing heavy armor, they are faster than light infantry.
In this way, the battle line was extended by fighting and stopping.
At about ten o'clock in the evening, Richard and others had retreated to the shore of the salt lake.
In December in the northern border, the temperature at night reached more than 20 degrees below zero. The salt lake had already frozen, and the ice layer was tens of centimeters thick. Not only could people walk, but even carriages could pass through. The cold climate brought a lot of convenience to the retreat.
However, retreating from the salt lake is also very dangerous, because retreating will inevitably face fighting, and high-level professionals have extraordinary destructive power in battle.
If Richard goes all out, it is equivalent to throwing bombs on the ice.
Once the ice cracks, falling into the water in this weather, entering under the ice in the dark, even professionals are unlikely to survive.
On the contrary, the undead do not need to breathe, and can play a part of their advantages in fighting under this situation, and can still climb up to fight.
If you bypass the salt lake, you need to take a detour of dozens of kilometers, and the reinforcements will also need to adjust the route, which will also be very troublesome.
After a little weighing, Richard decided to let the soldiers of the first squadron and the low-level magicians retreat first, and the high-level professionals will hold on for a few minutes at the edge of the salt lake.
In a few minutes, the first squadron and the magician group can at least withdraw a few hundred meters away.
Even if high-level professionals such as Richard fight with great destructive power, they cannot break the ice surface a few hundred meters away.
After Richard made the decision, both the soldiers under Levin and the magicians under Sanders, Butler and others strongly objected.
Richard is the core of the Principality of Harland, and his children are still young and have no right of inheritance for the time being. Once Richard has an accident, the situation of the territory will become very dangerous.
Moreover, Richard has to drag Sofia to fight together. If they have problems, the Harland territory will inevitably break out in civil strife because of the right of inheritance.
In recent years, the development of the Harland territory has been booming, and both warriors and magicians have a strong sense of accomplishment in their hearts. Even if they die, they are unwilling to destroy the development of the Harland territory.
Seeing that Levin, Butler and others are already very angry and can't listen to Richard's opinions at all, they are willing to lead people to cover the rear and buy some time for everyone.
Seeing the gray fog rising and the army of the undead approaching, Richard coughed hard and said, "Your professional level is too low, and you can't delay for too long.
Besides, since I dare to stay behind, I will naturally have the means to strike the enemy at the critical moment. You are all soldiers and must obey orders. Now we have no time to discuss, you must immediately organize the team to retreat. If you continue to delay, I will enforce battlefield discipline."
Seeing that Richard gave a very strict order, Levin and others could only retreat reluctantly.
The reason why Richard dared to stay behind was mainly because of the Starlight Necklace. Although Richard and Sophia had released spells in the battle, the magic power they left was enough to activate the Starlight Necklace.
Once the starlight bomb is released, it is enough to severely injure and kill opponents of the legendary level.
Although exposing the Starlight Necklace will cause fear among other nobles and may lead to some unexpected troubles, with the current strength of the Harland Territory, even if this legendary treasure is exposed, there is enough power to protect this treasure and deal with sudden dangers.
As they were talking, the army of undead had already caught up, with one bone claw after another sticking out from the gray fog.
I don't know how many undead creatures there are in this gray fog? Just the bones sticking out from the gray fog feel densely packed.
Sutton and Sylph led several mid- and high-level warriors to the front row to protect the magic professionals behind. Sutton and Sylph were already ninth-level knights, and their close combat strength was extraordinary.
Several high-level professionals stopped the undead creatures that rushed up. They all held powerful enchanted weapons in their hands, and they killed the undead creatures as if they were cutting melons and vegetables. In an instant, they killed hundreds of undead creatures, and the scattered bones piled up to form a small mountain of bones.
However, the number of undead creatures was too large, and in a blink of an eye, they surrounded Richard and others, and the situation became very dangerous.
Up to now, Richard and others have killed more than a thousand undead creatures, but the number of undead creatures is countless, as if there are tens of thousands of them. There is no sign of reduction at all, and they are still pouring out of the mysterious cave, endlessly.
Seeing that Levin and others have walked a distance away, Sophia took the lead in using her trump card. She suddenly activated the Starlight Necklace, and the magic power in her body gushed out. In an instant, a large amount of starlight fell from the sky, and a silver-white beam of light cut through the night sky and suddenly fell into the middle of the gray fog.
"Boom!"
After a loud noise, the ground rolled and dust flew.
As if a meteor fell, with the explosion point as the center, a powerful shock wave rushed in all directions, instantly scattering countless bones and extinguishing countless soul fires.
The broken bones fell from the sky, forming a sea of bones with an area of half a kilometer. At least thousands of undead creatures died in an instant.
The white light column has a powerful destructive power. All undead creatures that come into contact with the white light column evaporate and annihilate instantly. Even the legendary bone dragon in the sky was affected by the starlight bomb, and its body was broken and the energy level of the soul fire was reduced by half.
If Sofia's strength was not insufficient and her control over the starlight bomb was not enough, and she did not drop the bomb on the top of the legendary bone dragon, otherwise this blow would be enough to exterminate the legendary bone dragon.
Although Sophia is very talented and her mental strength is much stronger than that of ordinary magicians, she has not encountered many adventures. Her mental strength is only 31 points. With the 5 points added by the Starlight Necklace, it is only 36 points, which is roughly equivalent to the strength of an ordinary nine-ring magician. It is even worse than some elite nine-ring magicians.
One starlight bomb consumes 300 points of magic power. Sophia has not awakened the talent of magic power multiplication. After using the starlight bomb, the magic power in her body is almost dry, and she can no longer fight if she stays.
Richard took the starlight necklace from Sophia's neck, shook Sophia's hand hard, and gave her a firm look. Then he said to the two vassals: "Baron Vito, Baron Grumman, you two take Sophia away first, and protect the safety of the Duchess."
Vito and Grumman knelt on one knee, holding long swords, and swore an oath.
"Don't worry, Your Excellency the Duke. I swear on my noble honor that as long as I am still alive, I will definitely protect the Duchess's safety."
Vito is a member of the Stopa family. He is Sofia's distant uncle by blood. He is an experienced sixth-level warrior. Grumman is a very powerful eighth-level warrior. With the protection of the two of them, Sofia can successfully escape the trap.
The starlight bomb released by Sofia fell in the middle of the gray fog, killing more than three thousand undead creatures in one blow.
The starlight bomb fell, blew the gray fog into two pieces, and severely damaged the powerful enemy, the legendary bone dragon.
Seeing the legendary bone dragon being injured, Richard and Homera looked at each other and decided to get rid of this opponent tacitly.
Although they didn't know the situation of this relic, the number of legendary undead creatures must be very small. Now seizing the opportunity to kill the legendary bone dragon will be of great benefit to defeating the undead army.
Homera stretched out his old hands, took out the second holy light token, and released the second legendary magic.
Legendary bone dragons are different from ordinary undead creatures. They are very intelligent creatures.
Although undead creatures have a long lifespan and the fire of their souls is not extinguished, they can survive forever. But there is also a big disadvantage, which is the lack of wisdom.
Most undead creatures are very stupid, especially zombies and skeletons, which are truly low-level creatures. Undead creatures with high intelligence are rare species, and there are very few among undead creatures.
Legendary bone dragon is an intelligent undead creature, and intelligent creatures are naturally afraid of death.
Although the legendary bone dragon is powerful, it still has a strong fear of death. It was just hit hard by the starlight bomb and was about to escape when a thick holy light hit it fiercely.
The legendary bone dragon finally survived the starlight bomb, but it did not expect to usher in the legendary magic of holy light.
If it was intact, the legendary bone dragon would be sure to escape under this magic, but now it is seriously injured and is instantly forced into a dead end.
This time, good luck did not fall on the top of the legendary bone dragon. This powerful holy light accurately hit the skull of the legendary bone dragon. A large amount of holy light penetrated into the skull, extinguished the soul fire of the legendary bone dragon, and killed the opponent with one blow.
Without the difficult opponent of the legendary bone dragon, high-level professionals such as Sutton, Sharp, and Vida immediately killed the killer and easily slaughtered a large number of ordinary skeletons.
Ordinary zombies and skeletons actually have very low combat power. If they suppress their fear, they are actually not the opponents of soldiers in armor.
In an instant, with Sutton and a few people as the arrows, everyone has broken through to the place where the legendary bone dragon fell.
The legendary bone dragon is dead, but the bones he left behind are very precious treasures. These dragon bones are all from the bones of ancient dragons that died in battle, and they are all high-level magic materials.
Dragon bones contain powerful negative energy. Extracting these negative energies is also very helpful for magic research.
Richard and Wendy both carried large-capacity storage props, which could take all these dragon bones away, but the battle situation was very urgent and there was not much time for the time being, so only a few could die.
If you want to collect materials, you can only wait until you win the battle and clean up the battlefield.
Although legendary dragon bones are very precious and can be regarded as high-value treasures, they are far inferior to legendary soul crystals.
Warcraft usually have magic cores in their bodies, and undead creatures have soul crystals in their bodies.
Soul crystals are the place where soul fire is stored, and they are a special crystal. This kind of crystal is only left after killing undead creatures. In the ancient wizard era, there was a special technology that could extract this crystal from the soul of a higher intelligent creature. Some black magic and undead magic organizations now also have research in this area.
Soul crystals have special powers and are precious treasures in the magic world.
First of all, soul crystals can be refined into Styx potion. The formula of Styx potion is very simple, with only three materials: soul crystals, moonlight grass, and dragon blood fruit. The grades of Stygian potions vary, mainly determined by the grade of soul crystals. Using legendary soul crystals, it is possible to refine legendary potions.
Stygian potions are rare potions in the Dawn Plane that can directly increase mental power. Primary Stygian potions can increase magic power by ten points. Medium Stygian potions can increase magic power by twenty points, and high-level Stygian potions can increase magic power by thirty points. Legendary Stygian potions can increase magic power by sixty points at a time, which is equivalent to an increase of six points of mental power.
The weaker the mental power of the magician, the better the effect of using Stygian potions. Once the magician's mental power exceeds forty points, the effect of using Stygian potions will be weakened by half. If the mental power exceeds fifty points, even if the legendary Stygian potion is used, the magic power cannot be increased.
According to the experience of the Dawn Plane, a magician can only use three Stygian potions in his life. The first one has the best effect, the second one has a half-weakened effect, and the third one has another half-weakened effect, which is already dispensable.
Richard's mental power has exceeded 50 points, and there is no essential difference between him and the legendary magician. Most of the potions in this world are of no use to him. However, if Sophia, Wendy and others drink the Styx potion, it will be of great help to improve their magic qualifications.
Strong innate mental power is also a key factor for magicians to break through to legend.