Arcane Journey

Chapter 106 Succubus
The dim Deep King's Fortress was glowing red with a sea of ​​flames. The flames engulfed the steel turrets, burning like roaring walls of fire.

Accompanied by the loud and excited roar of the red dragon echoing throughout the fortress, the stalactite pillars and arrow towers built were shrouded in flames.

Most of the gray dwarves on the city wall were like ants on a hot pot, fleeing in panic.

The city guards and stone guards stationed on the city wall, as well as a few psychic priests and gray dwarf warlocks, gathered together and began to aim spells or sharp arrow javelins at the red dragon on the high tower.

However, the level of this group of spellcasters is relatively low, and the spells that can cause fatal damage to red dragons are extremely limited.

Because the adult red dragon has strong magic resistance, basically it is difficult for spells below the fourth ring to have an effect on him.

After all, the spellcaster organization 'Guardians of Flame' in Aldus King City has been attracted by Brian to the complex lair of the red dragon, and is busy cleaning up the kobolds inside.

Even if he reacted at this moment, it would take a little time to quickly enter the battle.

Therefore, the city guards and stone guards of the Deep King's Fortress had absolutely no effective way to deal with this adult red dragon.

——"Spell-like ability: Fireball!"

The red dragon Argotus opened his mouth wide, and huge orange fireballs, trailing hissing tail flames, smashed into the densest crowd of gray dwarf warriors, bursting into fiery flames.

Looking at the bloated figure of the red dragon, Brian smiled.

As the most powerful dragon among the five-color dragons, adult red dragons have the ability to cast spells at around level 9 even without any learning.

Although the spell is relatively simple, it is still very useful in this kind of battle.

This guy's melee combat ability doesn't seem to be very good, but the power of the flame breath and fireball is very powerful. It can be placed on the commanding heights and used as a turret to kill the enemy independently.

Thinking of this, he suddenly thought of an advanced profession about the dragon family: elemental master.

This advanced class is quite a match for the red dragon in front of him.

Brian immediately kept this idea in his heart, and planned to talk to the other party after the battle.

"Boom!"

There were bursts of violent explosions.

A series of fireballs from Argotus abruptly wiped out a large area of ​​the gray dwarf fighters and spellcasters that had just gathered.

"Fire arrows!"

At this time, the few surviving gray dwarf heavy crossbowmen and javeliners all shot towards the bloated figure of the red dragon following an order.

"Ding! Ding! Ding!."

Immediately afterwards, there were bursts of rapid metal and iron sounds.

Most of the crossbow bolts hit the red dragon's steel-like scales, except for the faint sparks, all of them fell to the ground in the end.

The very few javelins that penetrate the dragon scales, to the huge red dragon, are like a human being pierced by a toothpick. Except for a little pain, the damage caused is insignificant.

"Let's go, we have nothing to do here."

Brian put away his staff, withdrew from the battle, greeted the sword mage beside him, and prepared to go to the palace of the fortress to deal with the King of the Deep.

With the addition of the red dragon, the gray dwarf guards on the city wall were retreating steadily, causing the large army of the gray dwarf prince Erdi to enter the fortress smoothly, and they were cleaning up these remnants and defeated soldiers with a numerical advantage.

It was only a matter of time for them to control the entire fortress.

By the time they ended the battle here, the allied forces of the Flame Guardians and the major landlord clans, who had reacted, had most likely pulled their troops under the walls of the fortress.

At that time, it will be a severe defensive battle to meet Erdie's men.

If they want to end the infighting in Odus King City as soon as possible, they must kill the Deep King hidden in the inner palace of the fortress as quickly as possible, and expose the conspiracy of the Deep King in front of all the clan landlords. intention.

In this case, the coalition forces of the major clans and the guardians of the flames who besieged the Deep King Fortress would have no reason to continue their attack, and with the support of the stone giants, they supported the gray dwarf prince Erdi as the new Deep King.

The gray dwarf prince on the other side quickly explained the follow-up issues of the battle, picked out more than a dozen strong gray dwarf fighters, and led Brian to the palace of the deep king's fortress.

When a group of people arrived in front of the palace gate, a khaki circle of light suddenly emerged, and the old figure of Stone Whisperer Hegram walked out of the circle as the light dissipated.

"Your Excellency Brian, Prince Eddie, I have been waiting here for a long time."

The slightly stooped stone giant priest was leaning on a brass staff engraved with ancient patterns. His cloudy eyes were slightly squinted, and a gentle smile appeared on his old face.

"Now that everyone is here, let's get ready to act." Brian nodded and said to everyone.

Stone Whisperer Hegram is a model priest whose strength has reached the fourth level. With the addition of this spellcaster, he believes that when he faces the King of the Deep and the Abyss Succubus, the pressure will be greatly reduced.

Although the strength of the abyss succubus is not yet clear, he knows that Hogar, the deep king who is about to face him, is a warrior whose strength has reached the legendary destiny of destiny.

The previous 'Dragon Blacksmith' was killed by him alone.

Now, being corrupted by demons again, it is very likely that he will also inherit some characteristics of abyssal demons, raising the strength of this legendary warrior to another level.

"Break the door!"

The gray dwarf prince gave an order, and the gate of the palace was knocked open by a group of gray dwarf warriors.

In the spacious hall, flowing lava carved vertical grooves from the black basalt walls.

It was hot all around, and the air was filled with the smell of sulfur.

Countless thick black pillars supported the ceiling, extending to the end of the hall one by one.

Brian looked as far as the eye could see, and found that it was a polished obsidian altar with a throne made of steel standing on it.

He saw two gorgeously dressed gray dwarves busy around the altar, wisps of lingering dark aura continuously overflowing from the altar's black circle.

Apparently, the reason why the Deep Earth King did not show up for so long was that some kind of evil ceremony was being held.

Through his own mysterious knowledge, Brian quickly judged that this was a summoning ceremony connecting the bottomless abyss.

"They must be stopped as soon as possible." He solemnly reminded the stone giant priest and the gray dwarf prince beside him.

So, everyone quickly quickened their pace and rushed towards the hall.

The moment a group of people stepped into the hall, the fifty stone guards who had been waiting for a long time all released their invisibility, each raised their shields and swords, and formed a formation to block them.

The stone guards are the most elite troops in Aldus King City, and their strength is at least above the second rank. The strength of the gray dwarf veterans carefully selected from the stone guards in front of them is all above the third rank.

Facing this group of heavily armed elite fighters, blocking their only way like a steel wall, even Brian obviously felt a little pressure.

——"The lava burst!"

The stone giant priest took the lead, and as he muttered the incomprehensible giant language, white-hot embers suddenly emerged out of thin air, surrounding the priest, covering his old and aged figure.

He tremblingly stretched out his brass staff from the smoke, and pointed lightly at the charging gray dwarf warrior.

Countless tiny, scorching hot volcanic rocks covered with dark red magma shot out from the embers of white smoke around the old priest, smashed into the formation of stone guards, and burst into groups of fiery flames.

Although the gray dwarf warriors relied on their excellent defensive armor to offset most of the damage caused by the explosion of the volcanic rock.

But as these lava-like volcanic rocks burst, hot, viscous magma splashed everywhere, continuously seeping into the gaps in the armor of the gray dwarves, adhering to the lining and skin of their cotton clothes, making a scorching sound.

Painful wailing sounds came from inside the mask, and even the few gray dwarf warriors who couldn't bear the hot skin of the magma threw away their weapons and hurriedly began to remove their armor.

The neat formation guarded by the stone was immediately smashed to pieces by this powerful magic.

- "Fireball!"

—— "Metamagic Specialty: Spell Empowerment!"

——"Arcane explosion!"

Faced with this situation, Brian naturally would not forget to make up a powerful evocation spell.

"Boom!"

A dark red fireball the size of a washbasin fell into the place where the stone guards were densest. The blazing fire burst, and the high-temperature flames raged. The violent impact was accompanied by loud noises, making the whole palace tremble.

Three gray dwarf fighters were blown to pieces on the spot, and a dozen other gray dwarf fighters in heavy armor were knocked into the air by the turbulent air waves formed by the powerful aftermath of the flames.

Accompanied by the loud bang from the armor, they fell heavily on the hard ground, spitting out blood, lying on the ground dispirited, and wailing in pain.

Looking at the power of a fireball, the stone giant priest who raised his staff and was about to perform a magic spell couldn't help but cast a surprised look at Brian.

The gray dwarf prince immediately raised the war hammer engulfed in flames, and led his men to rush towards the scattered stone guards.

There were no heralds, no banners, no horns blowing, and no rumbling drums in this battle. With the sound of cracking arrows from the heavy crossbow, in an instant, the gray dwarves on both sides fought together in the spacious hall. .

- "Burning Hand!"

The moment Bryan raised his staff, cone-shaped flames, like hot focused flamethrowers, shrouded the gray dwarf warriors within his range.

With the blessing of the explosive characteristic of the rune staff, the moment the flame engulfs the enemy, it immediately bursts out like firecrackers.

Since these heavily armed gray dwarf fighters have very good physical defense, and his flame arrows are penetrating damage, so in this case, it is the "burning hand" that has played an unexpected miraculous effect.

Every gray dwarf warrior shrouded by the "burning hand" is like an iron can that has been baked on a flame at high temperature. In the blink of an eye, it is charred on the outside and tender on the inside.

Brian walked around the edge of the battlefield like this, shuttling among the stone pillars, occasionally releasing magic from the hidden shadows to eliminate his opponents, harvesting experience, and looking up at the progress of the obsidian altar from time to time.

When he learned that this summoning ceremony could no longer be stopped, he prepared for the worst.

Hesaiah, wielding a rune sword, stood by his side, resisting all enemies who tried to get close to him.

Work in a while.

The battle was over before Brian, who was focused on making up the knife, noticed it.

These fifty stone guards were either killed, or near the obsidian altar in the escape hall, there were still a few dying soldiers on the ground, screaming and moaning continuously.

And more than half of the gray dwarf prince's ten subordinates were also disabled in this scuffle.

As everyone approached the obsidian altar, Brian finally saw clearly the King of the Deep who was wrapped in dark red armor, and beside him was a female gray dwarf in a gorgeous dress studded with gold.

There is no doubt that this female gray dwarf was definitely transformed from a succubus.

The succubus is the most beautiful demon in the Abyss. It usually likes to appear as a humanoid creature with a peerless appearance, and its purpose of survival is to lure mortals.

In addition to the succubus queen of the abyss, the demon lord Graz'zt also likes to hire succubus as his advisor and lover.

Although with Brian's aesthetics, he couldn't see how beautiful this female gray dwarf transformed from a succubus was, but just by looking at her eyes, he felt an amazing allure inexplicably.

This feeling is like a hot-blooded young man who has been trained in the military for three years, suddenly walking on the street, even if he sees a sow, he can still see the feeling of delicate features.

It can be seen from this that the strength of this succubus is by no means comparable to that of ordinary succubus, and it is not impossible to even be the lover of the demon lord and the spokesperson of the material world.

Otherwise, he wouldn't be fascinated by this deep earth king whose strength has reached the legendary level, and fall into the abyss.

"I want to speak to you privately, Father."

The gray dwarf prince strode forward with his hammer on his shoulders, glanced coldly at the eight stone guards standing beside the altar, and said to the King of the Deep, "You must know what I have seen and learned. "

"Stop talking!" The stern-looking Deep King forcibly interrupted Eddie's words.

"I believe that you must have talked with Stone Whisperer Hegram and these two outsiders from the surface. I can even imagine what they said. They tried to sow our relationship. Son, I say You promise that everything I do is to protect the interests of the people of Aldus King City to the greatest extent."

The King of the Deep looked at the female gray dwarf beside him, and said devoutly and fanatically:

"Under the guidance of my lord Graz'zt, I will begin a new era for our kingdom in the Underdark."

"Hogar, don't talk nonsense with these people." The female gray dwarf transformed by the succubus locked on Brian with her beautiful cold eyes.

"I have received new instructions from my lord. These two surface people not only destroyed my lord's great plan to come to the dark region, but also stole my lord's most precious items. Kill them immediately! Take back what belongs to my lord!"

"Give it to me, kill this group of intruders who are destroying my lord's plan!" Shendi Wang held the battle ax in his hand and roared, his short and strong body suddenly swelled to about two meters.

- "Fireball!"

At this moment, Brian's spell was fully charged, and he rushed towards the King of the Deep with a hiss.

"Boom!"

The fireball that landed on the Deep Earth King exploded, bursting out with scorching flames and turbulent air waves.

However, Brian found that the Deep King stood motionless in the smoke.

The fireball's damage didn't do any real damage at all, aside from helping him clean up the thick beard on his chin and lips.

Seeing that the fireball had little effect, he wasn't too surprised.

Because the essence of his attack was to test the specialization direction of this gray dwarf warrior who had reached the legendary realm.

After all, after any profession reaches the legendary level, it will usher in a qualitative leap.

Even warriors, which were once considered the hardest occupations, will usher in an explosive period of glory.

However, among the original inhabitants of the material world, including their player groups, there are still too few fighters who can survive or successfully enter the legendary realm.

However, once they reach the legendary realm, they can master powerful feats at the legendary level, such as legendary fortitude, legendary will, legendary magic resistance, etc., and can even forcibly resist the wizard's nine-ring spell.

Of course, this still cannot avoid the fact that he was hung up and beaten by spellcasters of the same level.

As for Brian's current ability, it is obviously impossible to beat up a legendary fighter, and it is not surprising that he was killed carelessly.

Because of this level of fighting, the opponent can rely on level suppression and strong immunity to make countless mistakes, and he only needs to make one mistake to lose his life instantly.

As the thick smoke dissipated, the burly and strong Deep Earth King turned his wrist, and he raised the heavy battle ax that grew in size with him.

Immediately afterwards, the ground began to tremble, and invisible and turbulent air waves erupted from the burly body of Shendi Wang.

Afterwards, he shouted loudly, swung the heavy ax the size of a door panel, and slashed straight in Brian's direction.

Legendary Earth Slash!
Seeing this blow, Brian's eyelids twitched, but at this moment he did not retreat.

Because he knew that with this level of attack, there was hardly any room to dodge.

The King of the Deep Earth let out a roar, and the heavy ax of fine gold struck the hard surface.

In an instant, the earth was like a pool of water under the heavy ax wielded by the King of the Deep, and sharp stone cones were splashed. At this moment, the sharp stone blades are like thousands of troops under the command of the heavy axe, galloping forward. go.

There were bursts of violent roars, accompanied by flying dust, and the smoke filled the air in an instant, and a wave of turbulent waves suddenly rose on the ground, sweeping towards everyone.

The turbulent aura of the Deep Earth King who had reached the legendary realm erupted unreservedly at this moment, immediately giving people an irresistible sense of oppression.

Just standing there made him seem like a king of rock and earth.

——"Star wall!"

—— "Arcane Barrier!"

Facing such a majestic attack, Brian didn't panic at all, and set up two defensive barriers for himself one after another. Sisaiah, who was guarding beside him, also swung his rune sword and displayed the protection of his own sword.

A group of warriors headed by the gray dwarf prince Eddie immediately set up their strong shields to block this menacing impact.

As the stone giant priest who is closest to the earth, with a wave of his staff, a khaki magic aura emerged, relying on his hard power to forcibly dispel the attack.

"Bang! Bang! Bang!"

A series of dull impact sounds sounded, except for the gray dwarf prince, all his subordinates were knocked backward by the impact of flying rocks.

On the side of Brian, who was the main target of the attack, as the translucent celestial energy wall was broken through, these raging attacks were successfully blocked by the force field barrier he and Sisaiah propped up at the same time.

Through the barrier and the flying dust, Brian saw that the female duergar standing near the altar was speeding up the progress of the summoning ceremony.

At the same time, the remaining stone guards also attacked their group at the same time under the order of the King of the Deep.

——"Violent charge!"

Brian saw the King of the Deep's angry eyes locked on him, like a fired shell, or an afterimage, directly hitting him.

——"Star wall!"

Facing the charge of the legendary warrior, Bryan maintained a calm posture to deal with the enemy as always. He once again propped up a protective wall for himself, and at the same time injected half of the arcane energy into the protective barrier.

"boom!"

The translucent ectoplasmic wall was like brittle glass, which was ruthlessly smashed by the King of the Deep, and rushed towards Brian without stopping.

——"Stone Wall!"

At this moment, the stone giant priest waved his staff, and a thick stone wall suddenly appeared on the path where the King of the Deep was running.

"boom!"

Accompanied by a bang, the stone wall was smashed to pieces again by the burly body of the Deep King.

But Brian clearly felt the opponent's body stagnate suddenly, paused for a moment, and then continued to charge towards him.

"clang!"

A piercing sound of gold and iron mingling sounded.

The prince of the gray dwarf who was transformed into the size of an orc through his talent spell waved the flaming hammer in his hand, stood in front of Brian, and fought with the king of the deep.

Seeing this situation, Brian signaled Hesaiah to ignore it, and let the stone giant priest and Erdie deal with it.

Then, they set their sights on the gray dwarves near the altar.

——"Psionic arbitrary door!"

With a thought, he opened a portal, and together with the sword mage, he completely left this chaotic battlefield and came to the altar.

Hesaiah held the rune sword engulfed in flames without hesitation, turned into a light and shadow, and rushed to the gray dwarf at a dizzying speed.

The rune sword in her hand was wrapped in arcane flames, and stabbed at the female duergar transformed from a succubus.

The gray dwarf looked startled, and activated a deep magic shield for himself in time, barely stopping Hesaiah's deadly assault.

Immediately afterwards, the gray dwarf sneered, twisted his short and solid body, and in a cloud of smoke that suddenly emerged, he turned into the true face of the abyssal demon: a statue-like graceful body, wide dark red bat wings, and a pair of twinkling Eyes of enchanting evil light.

——"Spell-like ability: Evil Shadow Strike!"

The wings of the abyss succubus fluttered and flew to the ceiling. While avoiding the slash of Hesaiah's sharp sword, he raised his long whip surrounded by evil light and slashed condescendingly.

——"Double Lightning Slash!"

Hesaiah chanted a mantra, stroked the blade with his left hand, flashed past, and the crackling blue and white lightning suddenly filled the entire blade, and immediately met the succubus' long whip without fear.

Brian ignored the battle between the succubus and the sword mage, but ran straight to the altar.

Just when he was about to reach the altar, a palpitation suddenly appeared in his heart, and a burst of cold air came from his back.

Brian immediately realized what was happening. His expression turned cold, and his thoughts flashed in an instant, and he slammed the rune staff in his hand towards the ground at an extremely fast speed.

——"Advanced Flame Explosion Technique!"

The moment the spell attached to the staff was activated, with his body as the center, violent energy spewed out hot flames like a volcanic eruption.

In this hall that was suddenly reddened by the flames, two gray dwarves with sword scabbards were reflected.

They all held a nearly invisible sharp sword in their hands, and stabbed at Brian's back and neck one by one.

As the bursting and burning flames crackled and jumped on the thick beards and clothes of the two duergar assassins, the raging fire waves directly interrupted their fatal blows, and they were thrown away mercilessly, rolling all over the ground Howls of pain.

——"Fire Arrow!"

Brian swung his staff, threw out five crossbow bolts in one breath, and released flaming arrows one after another, successfully reaping the lives of the two gray dwarf assassins.

"Target is dead!"

"Draining soul energy."

"Acquired experience points: 10000 points!"

…………

"Target is dead!"

"Draining soul energy."

"Acquired experience points: 8000 points!"

…………

Brian quickly glanced at the system bar, and immediately judged the approximate strength of the two gray dwarf assassins. At the same time, he knew from the empty scabbards on their backs that they were definitely the assassins hired by the Deep King from the "Empty Sheath Killer" organization .

He could only be thankful that he was a psion, and he activated the magic in the staff without hesitation the moment he sensed the strange psionic energy fluctuations.

Otherwise, he would definitely be attacked to death by these two sharp swords transformed from psionic energy.

Afterwards, he didn't dare to waste time, and immediately checked the energy fluctuations of the obsidian altar's summoning based on his mysterious knowledge.

When he judged what kind of abyssal demon he was about to summon, his thoughts turned quickly, and he quickly took out a pile of materials and energy gems, and drew a summoning circle on the ground.

A six-pointed star circle appeared on the obsidian altar, and the suppressed and crazy evil atmosphere quickly filled the entire hall.

"Oops! The Abyss Demon is coming out!"

The stone giant priest, who joined forces with the gray dwarf prince to deal with the King of the Deep, saw the strange situation on the altar, his muddy pupils suddenly shrank, and his calm expression became ugly.

This scuffle had already fallen into a stalemate. If another powerful abyssal demon appeared, they might fall into a fatal crisis.

What made him even more anxious was that, as a warrior whose strength had reached the legendary level, the King of the Deep was very tenacious in dealing with it. If it weren't for his spell interference, the gray dwarf prince would have died on the spot.

Because of this, he had no spare time to cast powerful magic spells.

The Stone Giant Priest saw that the King of the Deep had once again broken free from his stone claws, so he immediately concentrated his attention and dealt with the immediate crisis for the time being.

"Come out!"

"Let these people taste the wrath from the abyss!"

While blocking Hesaiah's fierce attack, the abyss succubus sneered at everyone in the hall.

Such confident words clearly indicated that the summoning circle had been completed, and it was impossible to stop it.

The light of the summoning spell quickly dissipated.

What appeared in front of everyone was a huge, fat, and bloated body.

It looks like a humanoid demon, or it once belonged to a demon, but now there is only a disgusting demon corpse left here.

Under the dark red skin of this monster, it looks like a balloon filled with water is inflated. Its huge head is stuck between its shoulders, and its neck cannot be seen at all. The fat on its face squeezes even the eyes. No location could be found.

"Abyss parasite!"

The stone giant priest showed a terrified expression. He subconsciously looked at the deadlocked battlefield, and he couldn't help but retreat in his heart.

(End of this chapter)