Arcane Journey

Chapter 117 Shadow
"The people of Shadow City want to kill us all here and sacrifice to their goddess. Can we just sit and wait for death?!"

The bloated Graal raised his voice and shouted towards the chaotic crowd.

Immediately afterwards, he immediately activated the teleportation spell on the ring, and disappeared in place.

Obviously, he also understands that as an ordinary person with no power to restrain a chicken, he will only lose his life if he stays here.

With the disappearance of Graal, the entire banquet hall immediately fell into blood and chaos.

Slaveholders and merchants staggered and shoved each other screaming, tripping over their rich robes one after another in their haste, trampled to death in their wailing.

The guards around them also rushed towards the gate amidst the chaotic shoving.

"Bang! Bang! Bang!"

The soldiers guarding the door closed all the doors at an extremely fast speed and locked them directly.

The crowd rushing to the door banged on the door of the banquet hall frantically, cursing and screaming.

After receiving the orders from the priests of Shar, the dark knights from the City of Shadows pulled out their weapons one after another, no matter who they passed by or encountered, they mercilessly hacked and killed them one by one.

These dark knights are all dark guards who believe in Shar, the goddess of the night. They not only master powerful martial arts, but also have the ability to release evil magic.

They are symbols of evil, mortal demons who serve evil gods as opposed to the prudent and good paladins, sometimes called dark paladins.

A merchant's cries of despair are cut short by the Dark Knight's whip, gleaming with sinister energy, around his neck.

His ogre bodyguard had just raised a heavy mace, ready to fight back, a sharp giant sword quickly and accurately chopped off the thigh-thick arm of an adult ogre.

While the ogre guard wailed in pain, his huge head was cut off again, and he fell to the ground on his back.

The fleeing slave masters were pierced through the chest by a dark energy arrow with strong penetrating power. The guards around him immediately dispersed, discarded it directly, and trampled to death.

A stream of blood splattered.

The whole hall suddenly fell into a crazy killing feast.

"Protect us! Stop them! Protect your master! Take up arms! Take up the short sword!"

The hopeless slave owners and merchants realized that the situation was not good, and screamed to command the guards and bodyguards they brought to stop the killing of the dark knight.

The tall and thin knight Zander led 35 heavily armed men he had carefully selected, and collided with the dark knights like two torrents of steel.

Gold and iron intersect, ringing again and again, like a storm.

Zander's fast attack first cut a hole in the chest of a dark knight, and blood gushed out like a horse.

He swung his sword vigorously, slashed three times, lifted the dark knight's head, and threw it to Priest Shar, who was releasing divine spells in the distance, letting him bounce and roll on the floor.

- "Create Shadow Beast!"

——"Shadow tentacles!"

——"Summon Nightmare!"

——"Deep Darkness Technique!"

…………

The dark mist as black as ink permeated the chaotic hall. Tentacles writhing like poisonous snakes, nightmare-like fear, and ferocious beasts produced by distorted phantoms raged wildly in the crowd.

"Crack!"

The two half-orcs were entangled by tentacles and directly strangled their necks.

"what!!!"

A goblin was possessed by a wolf shadow with red eyes shining, and was frightened to death.

——"Undead Summoning!"

Accompanied by the rays of light of magic circles.

Ghouls, troll skeletons, ogre zombies, skeleton warriors and many other undead creatures staggered towards the crowd exuding cold negative energy.

In just a moment, these dozen or so dark guards with strength around the third level, with the assistance of Priest Shar, faced dozens of times their opponents, and still faintly gained the upper hand.

"Fire arrows!"

At this moment, in the hall shrouded in darkness, someone gave an order, and the echoing sound of bowstrings rang out one after another.

A priest of Shar was about to chant divine spells, when a cold arrow exuding mithril luster accurately shot her in the throat, and she fell to the ground on her back, lifeless.

Seeing this, the companions around her changed their expressions one after another, and quickly set up a dark shield for themselves, trying to block this deadly cold arrow.

"Bang! Bang! Bang!"

A series of sharp arrows pierced the sky, wrapped in a faint magic aura, and aimed directly at these spellcasters.

"Crack! Kick! Kick!"

All of a sudden, one after another sounds like broken porcelain resounded frequently.

The shields of the priests of Shar shattered at the sound, and the sharp arrows that contained demon-breaking energy pierced through their bodies immediately.

When the three third-tier priests who had resisted with their own strength were about to fight back, orange flame arrows sprang out from the shadows, hitting their faces precisely, and the hot flames burned violently.

Amidst the bursts of explosions, they seemed to be wearing a burning crown, and fell to the ground dead in wailing.

Seeing that the priests of Shar had been cleaned up by his carefully prepared more than 20 magic-breaking arrows, Brian smiled.

These expensive anti-magic arrows have 2 points of anti-magic attributes, and he has temporarily fixed the "dispelling magic" spell. Facing the protective magic of these priests, they can easily break through them.

Even when he himself faced this kind of attack, he couldn't guarantee that his force field barrier would be able to withstand it.

Then, he immediately set his sights on Natasha.

Although the opponent forcibly took two five-ring spells "Flame Strike" because of his sneak attack, he activated the trigger protection magic attached to him and successfully counteracted the spell.

He was not surprised that a fourth-tier exemplary spellcaster withstood two five-ring spells.

When Brian cast his gaze over, he just saw Lando, the charging warrior, was hit by a black energy ball emitting an evil aura again, flew upside down, and fell heavily on the ground, his heavy armor clanging rattle.

As a warrior whose strength has reached the third level, although Lando has no effective means of attacking the caster, the various immunity brought by his strong body, as well as a suit of equipment and weapons are very luxurious.

And the shadow teacher's magic is mainly illusion and shadow, and there is no strong direct damage.

All of a sudden, Lando actually resisted Natasha's shadow magic, buying enough time for him.

This made him have to admit that this soldier named Lando had indeed given him a big surprise.

Being able to raise one's strength to the third level by virtue of his more than 20-year-old age is evident in his talent.

As long as one can live on forever, before 50 years old, it is not impossible to advance to Legend of Destiny.

After all, as a fighter, as long as he has not reached the legend, he is a proper cannon fodder.

Unless they can all resist the wizard's magic attack with their luxurious equipment like Lando in front of them.

- "Fireball!"

Brian looked at Natasha solemnly, seeing that the other party was responding to Lando's attack, he immediately seized the opportunity, condensed a howling fireball at the fastest speed, and smashed it.

"Boom!"

With an explosion, Natasha's embarrassed figure was engulfed by the scorching flames, and Lando also rolled on the spot and dodged under Brian's timely reminder.

——"Kruger Fire Arrow!"

Immediately afterwards, Bryan waved his staff, and with skillful techniques, he threw out one after another a series of extremely penetrating flame arrows, shooting them into the diffuse gunpowder smoke.

"Prepare the spell!"

After releasing the spell, he immediately looked at a moon elf mage not far away, and gave her an order.

This female elf mage whose strength reached the third level was hired by Graal with a lot of money to assist him and kill Natasha together.

And the task Brian entrusted to her was to release "advanced dispelling magic" to break through the opponent's defensive force field.

After all, compared to the damage caused by spells, even if his strength is at the peak of Tier [-], with the blessing of various characteristics of Battle Mage, the damage of the evocation magic he releases is definitely higher than that of most Tier [-] spellcasters .

——"Advanced dispelling magic!"

The female elf mage nodded slightly, and as she recited the last few bars of the spell, energy surged in her slender fingertips.

The moment she points to Natasha who emerges from the smoke.

This energy was released immediately, and the moment the shimmering silver light enveloped the enemy, it made a sound similar to the relaxation of a mechanical clockwork.

At the same time, the shadow shield around Natasha was flickering in the silver luster, like a flickering candle that would go out at any moment.

—— "Four Rings Spell: Lightning Lance!"

Brian was not idle either. He took out a small metal spear and quickly infused it with magical energy to create a deadly spear.

The shimmering gray energy spear came out of his hand, and hit Natasha's body with lightning speed, breaking through the shield technique she just propped up, and piercing through her slender body.

The shadow instructor from the City of Shadows screamed, and his whole body was like a deflated ball, surging out waves of dark energy, which dissipated without a trace.

Seeing the enemy disappear, Brian glanced at the battlefield not far away.

Without the assistance of the priest, these fifteen Shar's dark guards are running out, and it is only a matter of time before the battle ends.

The gate has been forcibly broken open, and most of the surviving people have escaped. Of the more than 30 men brought by Zander, there are more than 20 left.

Looking at the battle that was about to end, not only did he not smile, but his expression became more dignified.

He has fought against the wizards of the City of Shadows many times, so he naturally knows the characteristics of the shadow mentor.

Shadow mentors have a particularly powerful ability "Double Shadow", they can create a clone every day without spending any cost.

All attributes and specialties of this clone are exactly the same as the deity, except for the equipment carried by the deity.

Therefore, when Brian realized that he could eliminate the opponent so easily, he understood that this was not Natasha's real body, but a clone.

So, he began to think about what the other party's deity would do next.

After all, out of his understanding of the City of Shadows, he first set up a magic circle to block large-scale teleportation magic, and also made second-hand preparations.

At this moment, he suddenly felt that the magic circle he had arranged to block the large teleportation spell was broken.

A wave of indistinct, creepy screams entered his ears, making his eyes sharpen sharply.

At this time, Brian felt that he seemed to be soaked in the air full of evil, which made him feel uncomfortable all over.

"Why do I feel so cold all of a sudden?"

"what happened?"

"In the end what happened?"

…………

The battle of the Dark Knight was over, and almost all the survivors sensed the strange aura, and their expressions became flustered.

The paladin, who had been sitting firmly on the chair and remained indifferent to the chaotic battle, suddenly opened his eyes, grasped the holy emblem and weapon tightly, got up from the chair, and looked into the dim void.

The half-elven poet Elend who appeared from nowhere also raised his head, looking at the surrounding situation thoughtfully.

"Jie Jie"

Suddenly, a vague black figure emerged from the shadow behind a mercenary and sneered at him.

The strange laughter seemed to come from the abyss, empty and resentful.

I saw this vague shadow, revealing a pair of blood-red eyes hidden in the shadow, swiftly pounced on the mercenary's body, wrapping it tightly like a jet-black carpet.

"what!!!"

The mercenary screamed, his shoulders shook violently, and he fell to the ground, twisting and twitching like a dying fish.

This scream was like a sign, and many shadows emerged from everyone's shadows, each pounced on its prey.

In an instant, blood-chilling strange laughter and mournful wailing merged into one, echoing in the chaotic banquet hall.

"It's a ghost, use the fire potion immediately!"

Brian waved his staff, released magic, and killed ghosts protruding from the shadows one by one, and quickly gave orders to Graal's men.

Hearing his order, the soldiers headed by Zander skillfully took out a tube of red viscous potion prepared in advance from their pockets, and then smeared it on their weapons.

Then he flicked it vigorously, and with the sound of piercing through the air, a blue magic fire immediately ignited on the sharp sword.

The flame engulfed the blade and spiraled upwards, exuding scorching energy that made hair scorched.

Immediately afterwards, all the ghosts protruding from the shadows showed horror in their blood-red eyes, and were vaporized by the flames while screaming.

- "Supernatural Ability: Turn Undead!"

The paladin who believed in Tom, the God of truth, finally chose to make a move at this time. He took out the holy emblem and chanted the spell.

Accompanied by the holy light flowing from the imprint of the iron armor glove, the pale golden light array centered on the paladin and quickly spread around.

Immediately, all the shadows within the range of golden light let out shrill screams, turned into light smoke at an extremely fast speed, and evaporated instantly.

A stream of gunpowder smoke rose, and the shadows faded away like a tide, just when most people were about to breathe a sigh of relief.

"Jie Jie"

The weird laughter came again, and a super-large shadow creature hovered loomingly on the ceiling, sending out waves of dark, pure, and trembling evil energy.

(End of this chapter)