dark moon

Chapter 120 The Invisible Hand

"Did I miss something?" When Macajron came back, he only saw Saff slumped on the ground with dull eyes, looking like a complete collapse, while the others had extremely weird expressions, looking left and right. Look, no one is looking at Shuer.

As for Xiu'er, he sat in the middle with a serious face and full of majesty. As for whether he looked stern and had a weak heart, no one knew.

"It's all done?" With a dry cough, Xiuer said with a straight face, "Then come and sit down, ready to start the battle meeting."

"What's going on?" Something is definitely wrong. The halfling scratched his head and looked at his friend with questioning eyes. "Boss, what's going on?"

"Hahahahaha." Moback finally couldn't stand it any longer and said with a wild smile, "Let me tell you, Captain, he just...wait a minute, Captain, put the hammer down first, if you have something to say..."

After a period of horrific violence, Shuuer finally suppressed all the different voices, and everyone finally became quiet.

"Moria, keep an eye on the old battlefield. Mia, use your eagle eye to look at the direction of the city. Kelly, treat everyone. Treat the injured, and help the uninjured recover their strength. Everyone, half an hour. Rest time, no matter what the status is after half an hour, proceed to the next step.”

"You can say it now, Mirity." Once back on track, the lively atmosphere returned to seriousness, "You just said that we are in trouble, please be more specific."

"The undead here are very strange." The necromancer took a deep breath, sorted out his words and said, "They are completely different from those of Parvatiga."

"I already know this." Shuer sighed, "Tell me something I don't know."

"They can move freely without soul fire. I have found the reason." Militi knocked on the black stone under her, "Because they don't need soul fire. There are other things that provide them with dark energy. actions that support them.”

"These black stones?" Shuer narrowed his eyes and rubbed the ground thoughtfully.

"That's right, these are the black stones, and there should be the black sand outside." Militi explained seriously, "What you just said is right, I did not use the banishment technique, but the reverse call of darkness."

"This spell was originally used to condense the dark energy in the target object and replenish the energy into the body of the undead to strengthen one's summons. In Parvatiga, dark crystals are often used to cast spells. After the reversal, the effect is also reversed, which is equivalent to extracting the dark energy from the undead body and refilling it back into the target object."

"Yes." Shuer nodded, indicating that he understood. Militi explained it very clearly. Although the specific process was not known, the effect achieved was understandable.

"This spell is not simple, because these undead are not my summons and are not under my control. It is very troublesome to strip the dark energy from their bodies. In addition, I chose the ground as the target because the ground is large enough. , can carry a sufficient amount of dark energy, but after all, the ground is not the magic item we are used to, and it should be very difficult to fill the energy inside. So I said 5 minutes at the time, and I didn’t think I could solve all the undead.”

"But it wasn't until I started casting that I realized I was wrong and discovered a big problem."

"The spellcasting was very easy, and the dark energy was easily stripped out and stuffed into the black stone. Everything went so smoothly. Not to mention the current ones, even if there are one or two hundred more, I can easily solve them."

"Only one theory can explain this phenomenon." Militi used her long nails to carve a shallow line on the black stone. "The energy was originally transmitted from point one to point two through this channel. point, so now I can easily reverse the energy direction and let the dark energy return from point [-] to point [-] along the same channel."

"Hiss, so after you stop reversing, the energy transmission will return to its original direction." Shuer hit his thigh habitually and frowned tightly, "In other words, those undead may stand up again at any time?"

"That's not true, it's too exaggerated." Militi shook her head and said, "Energy transmission is not that fast and requires an accumulation process. It's hard to say how long it will take, but it will not be less than two days. The larger the body, the more it may be needed. The longer it goes.”

"Are you judging by the bones piled outside our station yesterday?"

"That's right. If it's as fast as you think, those bones started to move last night. There wouldn't be any movement at all until we left."

"Well, that makes sense." Shuer asked doubtfully, "But since they won't get up right away, what do you mean when you say we are in trouble?"

"Black stones and black sand cover every corner of our reach. It is not an exaggeration to say that it covers the entire earth. And all undead are products of the earth, not just in the wind. As long as there are corpses buried in the sand, then The undead may come out and attack us at any time, but we can't detect any warning signs. Isn't this troublesome?" "If you think this is not troublesome, then there are even more troublesome things."

"I have inspected these black stones before. Do you remember that although they have the characteristics of soul sand and are very rich in dark energy, these energies are very stable and will not even spill out. How could they be transmitted to the undead for no reason? ? What’s more, energy transmission is not that easy. If it is not controlled, it will just escape in vain and cannot be transmitted to the target body at all."

"So, there must be an invisible hand behind the scenes that is controlling the energy inside the Black Stone, or to be more direct, this invisible hand has raised this group of undead and created obstacles for us."

"Is this the trouble you're talking about?" Shuer didn't show any surprise. Instead, he said with a normal expression, "Is there anything else?"

"Isn't this enough?" Militi was a little dissatisfied.

"No, you misunderstood. I admit that what you said is indeed very troublesome, but I thought you already knew it, referring to other troubles." Xiuer shook his head and said, "You don't think that this It’s probably just a coincidence that there are still these undead people in the city, suddenly emerging from hundreds of meters deep underground.”

"It just happened that a large group of undead appeared when we were walking nearby, and then these undead just woke up and attacked us immediately. Do you think this kind of coincidence is possible?"

"Well, it's indeed such a coincidence." Miridi was stunned. She didn't expect this, so she could only shake her head and said, "It's unlikely."

"Coincidences do exist, but excessive coincidences are another matter." Shuer sneered. "The invisible hand behind the scenes? Of course there is, and it has always existed. I even thought for a time that it was always there. They are watching us."

"Are you watching?" He raised his head and asked to the sky. Shuer sneered and shook his head and said, "It is unlikely to observe all the time, but it is still okay to observe occasionally, otherwise it will not be able to detect it in such a timely manner. The city rises.”

"Who do you think it will be?" Mia held her chin and thought thoughtfully, "Is it the local god who has an agreement with Lady Wendy? She wants to sneak to Pavadiga, so why bother to hinder us? Besides, she should He must be a water-attributed god, I don’t think these black rocks and black sand have anything to do with the concept of water.”

"She is indeed a water attribute spirit." Shuer looked at Kelly with questioning eyes. The female priest nodded and confirmed his judgment. Then Shuer continued, "The question is, who has stipulated that this world Is the water god the only god who wants to sneak across?"

"Huh?" This sentence is so shocking. If Shuer's guess is correct, then what everyone has to face is not a local god.It's easier to deal with a god who wants something from you, but now that there's one more god, and you don't know the other person's attitude at all, the situation suddenly becomes complicated.

"If there is one, there may be two. Even if someone tells me now that all four gods in this world have gotten in, I won't be surprised." Shuer sneered and said, "Don't be nervous, everyone, the situation is still under control. Among them, it’s not time to be nervous.”

A simple sentence can eliminate the tension in the team. This is the core strength.Xiure's image of being good at strategy and planning has long been deeply rooted in the hearts of his teammates. Since he said that everything is not out of control yet, even if he really has to face the gods, his teammates will not feel afraid.

"It's almost time to rest." Shuer squinted his eyes with a half-smile, looking at the largest building in the city and said softly, "After you have rested, get ready. We will enter the building to explore later, and we will probably go there today. Spend the day inside."

No one expressed any objection. Although everyone was full of doubts, there was no order to leave the fighting state, so all actions were subject to the order. Once the order was issued, it was never allowed to be violated.

"It's very strange. There may be traps in the building, so why go in?" As if seeing through the doubts of his teammates, Xiuer chuckled and explained leisurely, "You don't think we still have a choice, do you? .”

"If we show a gesture of leaving, what do you think will happen? If nothing else happens, the wind will pick up soon. Haha, another coincidence, it happens to be almost the time, and the sandstorm will come soon, forcing us to go in to avoid the sandstorm. If we want to escape in other ways, the undead, and their possible kind, will forcibly regain their mobility and attack us. Although they still can't hurt us, under the threat of sandstorms, we can only enter the city to avoid danger. .”

"Of course, these are just guesses and may not be correct. How about we give it a try to confirm our guesses."

"No need."

No one will do such a meaningless thing. If everyone's thinking is correct, then the other party forces the Shadow Chasers to enter, and their purpose will naturally be revealed later. If they do not encounter any abnormalities after entering, it means that The guess is wrong, so there is no need to force the test.

"Since we all have no objections, let's get started." Shuer was not as relaxed as he showed, but he always hid it well, "Makajeren is ready to open the door, and the others will follow and take action."

(End of this chapter)