The necromancer just wants to plant trees.

Chapter 542 Shadow Castle
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“Hint: You listened to the pre-war speech of the Succubus Queen Gracia, and your group was inspired by joy and enthusiasm.

Your Strength (temporary +1);
Your will, tenacity, and resistance have all been slightly improved..."

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Feel the aura effect flowing gently through your body.

Matthew gave Carmela an "awesome" look--

This realistic divine simulation effect could even deceive the devil lord's group aura. Did he really think that the two of them were devil soldiers?

This change in judgment is the deepest level of the field and almost involves the level of laws.

From this point of view.

Carmella's strength is undoubtedly comparable to that of a top legend!

Different from the passion and excitement deliberately acted out by Matthew and Carmela.

Most of the demons around them became enthusiastic under Gracia's encouragement.

next second.

Gracia's wings spread out behind her.

Under the spotlight.

She flew lightly to a deliberately reserved open space under the castle's extensive corridor bridge.

The Lust Demon Queen grabbed the air with one hand——

A glass body flashing with azure blue fluorescence took shape instantly.

at first.

It's still just a flimsy portal.

But soon it turned into a translucent sphere.

In every direction the giant sphere faced, a large amount of mysterious blasphemy flowed.

"Strategic-level teleportation orb."

Matthew narrowed his eyes.

As a mage, he was certainly no stranger to this.

Teleport Orb is an advanced version of Portal.

It is equivalent to six, eight or even more portals stacked together, but the effect is not compromised and they do not affect each other. It can meet the needs of teleporting a number of creatures from multiple directions at the same time.

This thing is also one of the elective courses for the legendary necromancer.

But in comparison.

The Demon Lords of Purgatory did the best job in localizing this spell, which is closely related to the demons' expertise in marching and fighting.

as predicted.

As soon as the magic ball appeared, the devil soldiers who had been encouraged before, led by the legion commanders and centurions, walked towards the direction of the magic ball in an orderly manner.

The first one to enter the sphere.

It was actually an extremely huge hellish war beast.

The war beast had eight legs, two heads, and four steel chain saw-like tails. On its back were not only dozens of fully armed devil archers, crossbowmen, and mages, but also a giant battle flag.

The battle flag was covered in blood.

Matthew could tell at a glance that it was the real body of the Flag of Recruitment!

"Follow me and fight for me!"

The Infernal Beast came in front of the magic sphere, took a step forward, and its entire body, along with the devils on its back, disappeared cleanly like a whale sucking water.

Followed by.

A huge shadow appeared above the sphere.

The commands issued by the phantom were obviously not more appealing than those issued by the Lust Queen.

But his appearance obviously dispelled the doubts of many middle and high-level devils in the castle.

After the shadow disappeared.

All senior officials no longer hesitated and ordered all their soldiers to rush to the front line behind the sphere.

Ever since.

A vigorous march began inside the castle.

“The shadow just now was the Phantom Baron.

He was not in the castle himself. The reason he showed up was because he was worried that the Queen of Succubus could not deal with the other demons in the castle by herself.

Obviously, his worries were unnecessary.

Although the devils are only responsible to their direct superiors, the Queen of Lust is obviously an exception.

She is very bad.

But she is too good at controlling demons..."

Matthew heard the little wolf's explanation in a voice as soft as a mosquito's hum.

There was something strange about his expression.

Soon.

He and Carmela were swept away by the torrent of the devil's army. They crossed the teleportation sphere in just one step and arrived at a space where matter was not so stable!

"Well, after going around in circles, I'm back again..."

There was a subtle glint in Matthew's eyes.

Of course, he had already expected that the destination of Gracia's army gathering this time would probably be the Torn Plane.

After all, the other party mentioned Beckman in his pre-war speech.

Think of the Phantom Baron who is on the front line at this moment.

The destination of the devil's army is almost an obvious answer.

So Matthew just thought it was a coincidence.

"It seems we underestimated the intensity of this conflict."

"I thought the war would only spread to the level of Phantom Baron, Air Elemental King and Beckman, but I didn't expect Gracia to forcibly declare war at this critical juncture..."

"Is she really not afraid of losing her vitality or having a fire in the backyard?"

Matthew shared his doubts with Carmela.

Carmela seemed very calm about this:
“If you eliminate all possibilities, then whatever remains, no matter how absurd, is the truth.”

"The fact is, she started this war and she's not looking back, and she seems to have great confidence in it."

Matthew pursed his lips:

"Does that mean she's swollen?"

Carmela nodded:

“I don’t rule out this possibility.”

"Devils are very good at playing tricks on people, but in fact they have a hard time controlling themselves."

"The devil's lawfulness is based on enforced constraints, but outside of these constraints, in the invisible soft areas, they are more unscrupulous than other creatures."

"Their inner desires are in sharp conflict with the mandatory rules, which will cause them to do unpredictable things after falling into madness."

"In terms of the absolute value of madness, the devil is far inferior to the demon; but in terms of the extreme peak, the devil's lord may be even better..."

Matthew shrugged:

"I hope so."

If Gracia does expand, his chances will undoubtedly increase significantly.

But he won't think of his enemies as simple people just yet.

And what happened next seemed to confirm Matthew's view.

On the second level of the Torn Plane.

The devil army they were in successfully arrived at a hilly area.

Below the hills is an endless plain.

Amid the plains rose half a castle—

The remaining half of the castle is completely hidden in the shadows, making it impossible to capture it with the naked eye.

The demon army was obviously heading towards the castle to surround it.

But what concerned Matthew more was this.

During the march, he actually discovered a large amount of air elements on the flanks of the devil's army!
These air elements did not immediately engage in combat with the demon army as Matthew had previously seen.

Even though they appeared indifferent, even a little hostile.

But the air elementals are also marching.

And their marching direction was also towards the castle!
The armies of the two major races kept a certain distance and marched separately without any friction.

This is obviously not a surprise.

"The fight between the air element and the devil is a fake one."

"On the surface, they were fighting each other and deploying their own troops, but in fact, as soon as the main force arrived, both sides immediately turned their guns towards the shadow core where Beckmann was!"

from this angle.

Gracia's decision to conquer and tear apart the plane was not a spur-of-the-moment decision, but rather a decision made after careful consideration.

She recruited the element of air as an ally.

The master of the torn plane, Beckman, became the target of the devil and air elemental coalition. Soon.

The large number of allied forces surrounded that half of the castle from different angles.

Matthew had seen it by now.

The castle in front of you is the gate to the tomb that Beckmann built for himself.

Behind the gate is the connection between the second space and the shadow core.

It should be a half-shadow, half-material space.

That space is extremely large and complex.

Even Matthew would not be able to detect the end of that space by relying solely on his mental perception from outside.

He just felt the large number of mazes and traps unique to the shadow plane hidden in it.

Matthew did not sense Beckman's presence at the first moment.

This may be because the Dark Lord is good at hiding himself.

It is also possible that He simply hid in the shadow core and did not confront the devil's coalition head-on.

anyway.

The scene before him made Matthew feel slightly worried——

During the march.

He hasn't found a chance to get close to Gracia yet.

After all, the other party is a high and mighty lord.

Being able to get close to Gracia.

They are either the guards of the Queen of Lust or devils at mid to high levels or above.

Even if the miscellaneous soldiers played by Matthew and Carmela intended to approach, they were kept at a safe distance.

at this distance.

Even if the three thieves were released, they would hardly have room to display their abilities.

Matthew knew it.

Opportunities require waiting.

However, if the strength of the two sides in this war is not equal, and the situation becomes one-sided on the devil's side, then the chance that Matthew wants to wait will become extremely slim.

The coalition's vanguard troops had already begun to attack the castle gate.

Matthew even began to consider whether he should take action secretly to help Beckman!

Fortunately it didn't take long.

Finally, there was movement in the castle.

A strange sound like a beast chewing came from the shadows.

After a few seconds.

A large number of shadow creatures jumped out from the gaps between the bricks of the city wall.

They fearlessly attacked the demons and air elements.

In just a few minutes, they used their numerical advantage to force the coalition's vanguard to retreat.

at the same time.

Matthew also discovered more shadow creatures jumping out of shadow nodes all over the plains.

Most of these shadow creatures are not in humanoid form, but in the form of beasts such as shadow dogs, shadow wolves, and shadow tigers.

Although compared to distant relatives with material entities.

The shadow beast's combat power is much weaker.

But on the one hand, the shadow creatures have an absolute numerical advantage in local areas.

Secondly, their appearance is so sudden that it is completely difficult for the enemy to guard against them.

So it didn't take long.

The vanguard troops responsible for hitting the gate quickly evacuated.

A large buffer zone was left outside the castle.

Some shadow beasts still want to chase forward.

As a result, he was hit head-on by the demons and air elements who were equally well prepared.

Soon it turned into shadow fragments and melted between heaven and earth.

See this scene.

The roar of wild beasts was heard again in the castle.

The shadow creatures who wanted to chase further dug up the soil and reluctantly retreated back to the city wall.

This is the end.

The two sides returned to a state of confrontation.

Matthew's heart was finally at ease:
"I told you, how could the legendary Lord of Darkness be so unprepared..."

He was eagerly looking forward to a evenly matched fight between the two sides.

It’s best to lose both sides!

After a while.

A purgatory war beast broke out of the formation and came to the front of the castle.

Only the Lust Queen sat on top of the war beast.

There were two figures floating on her left and right sides, namely the Phantom Baron and a certain Air Elemental Lord.

As for the King of Air Element.

Matthew didn't recognize it, and he was probably an old pervert hiding in the crowd.

"You've crossed the line, Xiaoge."

A soft and pleasant male voice floated over from the shadows deep in the castle:
"I thought you just wanted some candy from me, but you wanted my life."

"The irony is, do you really think you can do that?"

"This is something that even your father Barto couldn't do..."

Gracia's scarlet eyes were fixed on a certain place in the shadows. Her voice was as beautiful as the sound of nature, but her tone was indescribably overbearing and resolute:
"You know what I'm here for, Beckmann."

"Hand over my father's horn and I will leave immediately!"

There was a hint of joking in Beckman's voice:
"You called me uncle at first, Xiaoge."

"Do you think I will believe you? Maybe if I hand over my horn, you will leave, but the remaining demons and the helpers you hired will still rush over and turn my territory into ruins. Am I right?"

Gracia said coldly:

"We can sign a contract and discuss the specific contents."

“But my father’s horn is the premise of all this.”

"It was originally my father's body and it should be returned to me."

Beckmann laughed:

"My little Ge, have you forgotten?"

"This horn was handed to me by your father himself. He also told me not to give it to you. Why don't you go and ask under the Bridge of All Beings?"

Gracia responded without hesitation:

"Obviously, you lied."

"My father would never have given you the horn. If someone really said that, then he would not be my father."

Beckman sighed upon hearing this:
"It is indeed the most outstanding devil."

"You are so shameless now, and you are not much different from your father back then."

"I can't possibly give you the horn."

"There is no need for dialogue between you and me anymore, why not just take action!"

The Lord of Darkness showed extraordinary toughness.

Gracia sneered:
"Do you think the gods of Tongluo can support you?"

"Do you think Galen will sincerely help you achieve transcendence?"

"Do you really think you can replicate the "Blood Meteor" incident in Purgatory?"

"Uncle Beckman, you are so naive that you don't look like a local overlord who has lived for thousands of years. Instead, you look like a gambler who is at the end of his rope and is risking everything."

"Come on, let me see who your helpers are—"

"Half-dead Galen?"

"The lingering Gasliwen?"

"Babasha was nearly killed by a little wizard who was not even a legendary wizard?"

"Who among them can withstand my blasphemous words?"

next second.

The terrifying sky fire, as terrifying as a giant waterfall, suddenly appeared above the castle!

at the same time.

A group of figures dressed as mages also quietly appeared on the walls of Shadow Castle.

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(End of this chapter)