Academic Gathering with Lich Colleagues

Chapter 167 Sheliu

In the bandit's camp, there was a sound of panic and shouting, and his own creation was killing in that building, reaping death.In this regard, Lyall was quite indifferent, and kindness to the enemy is cruelty to himself.

There was a hint of resentment on Kevin's face, but seeing the indifferent eyes of his two companions, he just frowned.

The trio's job is pretty easy now.Guard the gate and make up for the seriously injured robber who fled.

William can easily do this.He erected a spiked wall of earth elementals outside the city gate.Those who jump out from behind the fence in a panic will turn themselves into skewers under the action of gravity.Those who are lucky will also get a fireball from him.

"Thanks to Lyle, we just need to collect their corpses." William praised his companions without hesitation. William, who was once alone, felt the convenience brought by necromancy. The process was a little bloody.He's a realist, easy to use, and always comes first.

He patted Lyle who was manipulating the monster naturally, but unexpectedly, Lyle coughed up a mouthful of blood.

"This... I did this?"

Lyle didn't pay attention to William, his eyes were fixed on the earth wall, "My creation was killed."

"How is it possible! There are such powerful people in a bandit camp!"

"Be prepared, what we are going to face is not necessarily human."

Before the words were finished, the earthen wall at the gate shattered, and a burly voice came out holding a long knife.

His body is more than two meters tall, his body is as big as a water tank, his arms are big and his waist is round, his skin is dark brown, and hideous blood vessels are lurking under the skin.There was a bowl-sized wound on his waist and abdomen, and a piece of white bone was fixed in the muscle. It was the spider spear of the bone spider.His face was distorted, and just under the skin of his face, a strange blood vessel was twisting.Foaming from his mouth, he wailed like a beast.The eyeballs were white, and the twitching eyeballs stared at the positions of the three.

Roar! ! !
The bandit leader rushed over like a mad bull.

Curse of slowness, curse of weakness.Too strong physique makes these negative effects have little effect, but it has given someone enough time to prepare.

Icicles!Icicles rose from under the three of them, avoiding the first impact.The icicle collapses, and Nia reaches out and grabs Lyle and Kevin with her tentacles.

Light wind technique!William adjusted his falling position in the air, his wand held high.

Lianzhu fireball!

The fireball bombarded the bandit leader's back, his skin was scorched black and carbonized, but under the charred carbon layer, the bright red flesh began to squirm and regenerate.

"Lyle! What kind of monster is this!"

"I don't know! But since it's flesh and blood, use ice. Cold can reduce the activity of creatures!"

William nodded, "Understood, lend me Kevin."

"Huh?" Kevin in the air hadn't recovered yet, and he had been thrown into the air by Nia's tentacles.When Kevin landed again, he was standing on an icicle, less than ten meters away from the bandit leader.

The bandit leader looked at Kevin who was close at hand, and rushed over.

With a bang, the icicle shattered, but it may be that the distance was not enough, resulting in a weak impact. The broken ice did not turn into powder, but a large piece of ice blade.

The pillar under Kevin's feet was shattered and fell down together with the icicles.The bandit leader slashed with a big knife, but because of the refraction of the ice, he cut into the air.

The ice that Kevin stepped on, became sharp because of the cutting of the blade, slid down the straight blade, and pierced straight into the bandit leader's chest.

Blood was splattered, the bandit leader was buried in ice, and Kevin rolled to the side grass due to inertia.

Freezing spell!

William's wand was blazing with cold, and the ice began to freeze, creating an ice prison for the bandit leader.

He panted heavily, feeling the little magic power left in his body, the bandit leader became an ice sculpture.

William smiled.

"Ice burst."

The ice prison shattered, and together with the human figure inside, it shattered into ice slag.

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The bandit camp is back to how it started.The shady bandits are patrolling the fence, ignoring their surroundings.

On the central floor of the camp, William lit the central brazier.

"It's getting late, we have to stay here overnight, don't forget what the robbers are guarding against. Even if Lyle revives the robbers and disguises them, we must all stay awake tonight."

Lyle was stirring the soup pot when Nia dropped a cloud of yellow goo into it.

"Nia's slime has the effect of replenishing energy, you'd better drink some."

Kevin finished the soup with an awkward expression, surprised.

“The taste is surprisingly good!”

All night without incident.

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"What's that? Kevin."

The next morning, the three continued to move forward. They saw the collapsed and tilted Hamlet County boundary marker. On the grass next to the boundary marker, Kevin picked up a red bound book.

"A letter."

[To my beloved mother:

As I write this letter, I am ready to flee Hamlet.

Duke Hamlet is a terrible man.I know you don't want to hear anything bad about the duke, but that's my honest opinion.He curled up in his room every day and night, performing mysterious and terrifying rituals.This dukedom is as gloomy as he is, though I have never been out of Hamlet from the moment you bore me.

Maybe you'll reprimand me for being so rude to your biological father.But the Duke absolutely did not do what any father should do.He was not a good father, nor a good husband.He has many heirs, wives and concubines in groups, and he never cared about our mother and child.

You once told me your story, you were originally the daughter of a rich merchant, but a terrible shipwreck swallowed everything but your life.You are willing to give everything you have, including love, to repay your benefactor, Duke Hamlet.

After giving birth to me, you have been working as a maid in the mansion.Even after a busy day, you dragged your tired body to take care of the young me.You want me to please the duke.

I did that until I was 15, until the day I stepped into his study out of curiosity.His desk is full of grotesque ritual drawings, some of which give me the creeps just to touch.

I discovered a horrible truth there.Mr. Duke, seems to be studying some terrible cult ritual.The shipwreck that concerns you seems to be part of the ritual.What would happen to you if the person you loved for 20 years now happened to be the murderer of your loved one?Forgive my cowardice for not daring to tell you such a terrible truth.It was also because of my cowardice that the following tragedy happened.

My poor mother, when will the wolf have mercy on the lamb.When you excitedly told me that on that day, His Excellency the Duke was going to have a tryst with you in the bay, I knew our bad luck was coming.I tried to stop you, but your love for the duke is more than words can correct.I wanted to use force at the last moment, but my nominal brother and de facto master, Mr. Blazer Hamlet, was playing a game of beating the dog with me.

I lay on the window sill in despair, watching you leave me and never come back.

The duke was already mad, or rather he was mad in the first place.First travelers, then townspeople, servants, wives and concubines, and heirs. Every day, new people from Hamlet disappear in this mansion.

I must escape.

When I was very young, you used to tell me that when you were pregnant, the brightest star in the sky shone in your dreams.The name of that star became my name.

But, my mother, that was a beautiful mistake.The brightest star in the sky is actually Venus in the morning.

I will be the brightest star, just like you expect.

I leave my letters in Hamlet, and my past here with you.

love you,
Sheriou. 】

　Sirius, the brightest star in the night sky.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)