Pale Emblem

Chapter 170 Identity Change

Last winter, Ruth and Jessica participated in the defense of the wall of Bolan Town. In the last battle, it was Quellngra who first attacked the wall of Bolan Town, holding a huge stone axe and invincible. No half-elf warrior could stop him, let alone drive him off the wall.

Afterwards, Quellngra led many butchers, shamans, and barbarian fighters to besiege the Tower Cave Clan's capital, Steel Rock. They paid a heavy price, and Quellngra finally killed the Earth Mother Goddess, who was as powerful as a demon god, with his own hands.

That epic battle made all the half-elf adventurers who were watching from afar remember the appearance of Quelngra.

Ruth and Jessica didn't know the butcher's name at the time, until recently they learned a lot of information about the Orc invaders through the vampire Christine, and then they learned that the butcher who killed Steel Rock was called Quel'Engra, the chief of the Rockbreaker clan.

Orc butchers have a special quality, their presence is very strong, and they exude a murderous and ferocious aura, which attracts the attention of both enemies and friends. This makes it easier for them to command those stupid orc fighters and laborers, and to cover the stealth combat shamans to the greatest extent, so that they can successfully backstab the enemy.

As the chieftain of the Rock-Splitting Clan, Quelngra's presence was particularly strong. Even though he was sitting cross-legged on the ground with three other butchers, Victor and his party were the first to notice and recognize his identity when they arrived.

Victor was nervous when he saw such a powerful killer like Quel'Ngla. He had no confidence of defeating him. What's more, Quel'Ngla was not alone. He was accompanied by elite clan members such as butchers, barbarians and combat shamans.

The Ranger Sisters immediately marked Quel'Ngra as their enemy, which was actually a normal reaction.

Who would have thought that Quil Ngra's intuition was so sharp that he could immediately detect Ruth and Jessica's little movements?

You should know that the enemy mark is not psychic damage and does not pose a direct threat, so this type of psychic touch is hidden and subtle, and should not attract the target's attention.

The Ranger sisters had long verified the characteristics of the enemy mark, but they had never encountered a situation like Quel'Ngra's.

Encountering an enemy that is stronger than you know will inevitably bring about unexpected events that you cannot control.

Victor did not blame the Ranger sisters for being reckless. From another perspective, Quellengla's hostile reaction greatly satisfied his curiosity.

  The murderous will of the killer has taken on a breath that can actually interfere with reality?

Victor experienced the effect of the killing will firsthand. There was a sense of oppression for sure, but it was not to the extent that he was terrified and unable to move, and could only wait to die.

Perhaps it was because his spiritual attribute was as high as 19 points, and he had the gold-level alchemical snake touch to protect his soul. In short, the killing intent of Quellngra that could deter the weak had a greatly reduced effect on Victor. However, Victor still clearly realized that due to the killing will released by the Slayer, his desire to fight was severely weakened. Although he could still move and think, his explosive power and all talents related to explosiveness, such as boiling blood and ferocity, were negatively affected.

Conclusion: Quel'Engra's murderous will oppresses the enemy's mind, at least reducing the enemy's desire to fight, thereby greatly weakening their burst ability.

Soldiers lack explosive power and even have difficulty charging, so how can they fight?

Thugs are particularly dependent on explosive power, and the Butcher's killing will has the most serious impact on the gladiator slave Kent.

However, the oppressed Kent unexpectedly unleashed astonishing potential. He seemed to construct a dream in reality, forming an extraordinary phenomenon with domain characteristics, which completely expelled the butcher's will to kill.

All companions, including Victor, received the buff from Kent. Their spirits became cold and fearless, and their bodies and minds were synchronously adjusted to the best state of combat readiness.

Victor even felt clearly that he could exert 100% of his strength, even if his opponent was extremely oppressive.

In fact, this is crucial, just like an ordinary person facing a tiger, knowing that it is more likely to be dangerous, but can overcome the instinctive fear of the natural enemy and exert their greatest potential. Then, the result of the fight between man and tiger becomes unpredictable. If the tiger does not want to be hurt, after observing for a period of time, most of them will choose to retreat.

Battles are matters of life and death, involving both luck and unexpected factors. It is not easy to predict the outcome by simply comparing the abilities of both sides.

Quel'Engra was well aware of the uncertainty of battle, and when this group of half-elf cultists drove away his murderous will, there was no need for him to continue to put pressure on them, lest a fight break out of control.

Although he was confident that he could destroy this group of half-elves, he did not want to pay the price for it.

Quillengla released his will to kill, instantly easing the tense atmosphere of confrontation.

Victor is now extremely curious about Kent's Dream Shadow. He thinks that he has just shown only the tip of the iceberg and the real Dream Shadow should have more characteristics waiting to be discovered.

However, he played an insignificant role in the team. He had to wait until the alchemist Hermann completed the negotiation task before finding an opportunity to study the "Shadow of Dreams" with Kent in detail.

Herman, the leader of the adventure group, patted Kent on the shoulder first, then asked Ingrid with a serious face: "What did you mean just now?"

Ingri looked back at Quellngra who seemed to be nonchalant, and found that the chieftain had sat back on the ground again, with no intention of personally negotiating. She could only snort coldly and said in a pretentious manner: "Half-elf, be careful, and pay more attention to your tone."

Quillengla would never explain that it was the other party who provoked him first and then he responded. With Ingri's level, she couldn't understand the confrontation at the level of mind and will, but she has always been good at using the power of the tiger to bully others, so she would naturally use the power displayed by Chief Rockbreaker to intimidate her negotiating opponent.

"What? You want to overwhelm us as soon as we meet?" Hermann couldn't help laughing. He needed an excuse to show the blood of the abyss to the orcs to prove that they were the devil's worshippers, the real cultists.

Then he turned around and shouted, "Mowgli, Chief Ingri may not know us well enough and think we are those smooth and soft Disa half-elves... What do you think we should do?"

The alchemical demon Mowgli is a big, muscular man with a height of 1.9 meters. However, his weight seems to be no less than that of a sturdy barbarian fighter. His heavy footsteps crushed the dead branches on the ground, making a "crackling" sound that reminded Ingrid of the scene of bones being crushed. She vigilantly pulled the blue-skinned Yog back a few steps.

Several barbarian fighters nearby were furious. They felt embarrassed by Ingrid's retreat, but they couldn't curse him in front of outsiders, especially since Chief Quierngra was right there.

He always protected the barbarian slave leader and did not allow his subordinates to offend Ingrid's dignity.

So, the warriors turned their anger to Mokley, staring at him with murderous eyes. The strongest warrior stepped forward and blocked the way, gritted his teeth and said in a muffled voice: "Go back!" Mokley couldn't understand the warriors' language at all, so he pulled off his sturdy cotton armor and revealed his strong muscles.

The barbarian fighter was stunned for a moment, then he grinned and was about to laugh at the other party.

What half-elves consider to be "strong" is just being skinny and showing off in an embarrassing way in the eyes of barbarian fighters.

However, Mowgli's shiny wheat-colored skin was cracked with cracks, and bright red muscles surged out from the cracks. Along with the sounds of tendons and bones breaking and reorganizing, the flesh on his shoulders and back bulged high, and his body began to proliferate and expand. In a few moments, his whole body grew at least twice as large.

The barbarian fighters' sneers were all frozen on their faces, and combined with their panicked eyes, they looked particularly funny and full of horror.

  Under the pale moonlight, in the twisted dead woods, Mowgli transformed into a giant demon nearly three meters tall in front of the orcs and barbarians!

It has horns on its forehead, black eyes with red pupils, and its body is covered with a thick, brass-colored hard shell with red patterns and many sharp bone spurs. Its ferocious appearance is full of terrifying power, and it exudes a brutal, evil, corrupt and filthy aura.

It seems that any prolonged gaze could be contaminated by it.

This is the difference between demons and ordinary monsters.

The abyssal features of Mowgli after his transformation were so distinct that even Ingrid, who saw the demon for the first time, immediately realized that it was different and was definitely not a natural life form of the main material plane.

On the other side, several Orc butchers who were originally sitting on the ground all stood up. They had red skin, horns on their heads, and were addicted to killing. They also had the blood of the abyss, and they felt an inexplicable sense of familiarity with Mowgli's current appearance.

Mowgli looked over several barbarian fighters, looked down at Ingrid, and said coldly: "Female, do you know you are talking to me now?"

With Yog by her side, Ingrid was not really afraid of the devil, she was just shocked and unbelievable.

She once had the opportunity to listen in on the in-depth discussion between the half-elf sage Myne and a visitor about the issue of demon followers. At that time, they talked about the fact that most demon followers were liars who pretended to be gods, and there were also fools who were deceived. That was because the collapse of the Earth Temple gave the liars the opportunity to disrupt the Disa Alliance. They wanted to seek greater power and more wealth by creating chaos.

Maine also believed that due to the isolation policy adopted by the upper and lower classes of the alliance, the nobles led a large number of followers and private soldiers to settle in the Highland City, and controlled the lower-class civilians through the city-state nobles, resulting in the inability of ordinary evil sects to shake the foundation of the alliance. However, if some secret demon bloodlines came forward to form a sect similar to the Earth Temple, it would pose a threat to the Disa Alliance.

Now, she saw a true demon-blood.

Not a half-elf trickster.

In fact, there has always been a problem of racial stance in the cooperation between the Broken Rock Clan and the half-elf cultists.

In other words, there is a high possibility that the so-called half-elf "cultists" lured the Rockbreaker Clan and the Frostblade Clan into an ambush.

Neither the recommendation of Chieftain Blackfyre nor the divination of the clan's great mother could completely dispel Quelngra's doubts about the half-elf cultists, not to mention Ingrid, who served as the chief's advisor.

Since the other party has revealed his true form as a demon, Disa's identity as a half-elf has been denied.

Ingrid's suspicions were immediately reduced. She turned her head and glanced at Quierngra. Seeing the chief nodded slightly, she said to Herman, "I understand. Please be patient with your...'friend'. We agree to cooperate."

The huge Mowgli's maintenance of the second stage of transformation caused his lifespan and extra soul fire to be consumed rapidly, but he could only hold on now and not reveal any flaws.

Herman looked over Mowgli's huge body and said, "Agree to cooperate? You have some people ambushing around here and you think we don't know?"

Ingrid said calmly, "They are just a few sentinels on guard... I'll call them out right away." As she spoke, she clapped her hands vigorously. A butcher behind her immediately let out a low roar, and then several combat shamans lurking in the darkness came out one after another.

They looked at the demon skin displayed by Mowgli with surprise and whispered around Quellngra.

Victor could hear their conversation, but he could not understand the language of the orcs.

"This is the city defense map and garrison information of Echo Town."

Herman threw a scroll to Ingrid and said, "Also, I'll tell you two more pieces of information. First, we have already controlled a gate of Echo Town, which can ensure that you can capture Echo Town smoothly. But if you plan to attack Godore Fortress directly, we will have no way to stop you."

"Secondly, there is another batch of reinforcements from Luoye City that will soon arrive at the Godore Line. There are more than 2000 of them. They will arrive in days at the earliest and in no more than a month at the latest. Therefore, you don't have much time left."

Ingrid frowned and said, "Then we need to discuss the details of taking over Echo Town..."

The vicious Hermann interrupted her rudely, pointed to a dead tree not far away that was so big that two people could hug it, and said, "We don't have time to discuss the details, but we will send a companion here every night to deliver news... You can write down the questions you want to know on a piece of paper and put it in the tree hole of the big tree. Our companion will take your letterhead and leave our letter for you."

"That's all we can talk about today... We have to get back."

Ingrid watched the other party slowly exit the dead woods, turned back to observe the big tree again, and suddenly said angrily: "Damn it, we have to do what they say?!"

The devil's followers tried to seize the initiative of cooperation, but Ingrid was helpless. She saw her husband waving his hands vigorously in the direction of the negotiating opponent, so she asked unhappily: "What are you doing?"

Yoger was stunned for a moment, then answered seriously: "Farewell to my good brother who saved me."