mesbooks Chapter 1558: Depth and Traps
Chapter 1558: Depth and Traps
"what happened?!"
In the command hall of Greythorn Castle, which was flickering with amber magic light, the powerful men stared with wide eyes in amazement at the sight of old knights such as Lance falling down in pain.
Because all this happened too suddenly, many strong men even stood there in a daze, looking at a loss as to what to do.
The old knights suddenly fell to the ground with faces full of pain, twitching continuously on the ground. The knight armor on their old bodies kept rubbing against the ground, making a harsh muffled sound.
In amazement, several powerful healers subconsciously cast various healing and purification spells for the old knights. However, despite the soft and warm energy fluctuations that passed through them, they did not produce any effect, so they had to hold the old knights in their arms for the time being.
"Your Majesty, under the castle, below..."
Lance's wrinkled old face was still ashen, and he spoke to Lei Xiao in a hoarse voice: "Yes, someone..."
Before the old knight could finish his words, he turned into energy particles like those defeated golem puppets and quickly disappeared in front of the group.
When Lance disappeared, the other old knights also disappeared one after another, leaving only old and mottled armor scattered on the ground, making empty muffled sounds.
"I'm afraid those Eclipses are attacking this Greythorn Castle!"
Lei Xiao looked at the old knights who had been extremely excited just now and disappeared in front of him in an instant, and clenched his fists.
Based on our previous inferences, we can already know that "Eclipse" must have found a gap in the fortress's outermost magic barrier, which is why it was able to bypass the barrier and directly attack the fortress.
The reason why old knights like Lance were able to defend the fortress for such a long time even though they were unable to destroy the "Eclipse" was naturally because they relied on the miracle building. The "Eclipse" could not do anything to the old knights.
After all, "Eclipse" can only parasitize pure life forms, and whether it appears in the world through a container or a miracle building, it obviously no longer belongs to this category.
Therefore, it is not surprising that "Eclipse" quietly launched an attack on the Miracle Building. As long as the Miracle Building is destroyed, the Old Knight and others will naturally cease to exist!
Lei Xiao did not hesitate. He made a "Follow me" gesture to the strong men and rushed towards the lowest level of the castle. That was exactly the direction the old knight had hinted at last.
The other powerful men also realized this immediately, and they all focused their minds and followed the former's pace.
Sure enough, as soon as Lei Xiao took a step, the reminder sounded in his ears.
[Warning: Your "Miracle Building: Greythorn Castle" is under attack! ]
Hearing this, Lei Xiao's expression became even more solemn.
Old knights like Lance had just joined his army after going through so much hardship, and he had just become the owner of this miraculous building, so he would naturally not watch "Eclipse" act so recklessly.
Furthermore, one of the purposes of coming here is to resolve the crisis of "Eclipse". As long as he can eliminate it before the "Eclipse" expands the scale of destruction, old knights such as Lance will have a chance to wake up again. Otherwise, everything will be too late.
Along the way, while feeling awe in his heart, Lei Xiao further noticed.
Not only the knights such as Lance, but even the ordinary guarding golem puppets disappeared, leaving only empty armor scattered around the castle.
"Boom! Boom! Boom"
Lei Xiao had just walked to the staircase area of the castle when a series of explosions were heard in the distance, causing the entire building to shake.
"Your Majesty, Peyton just sent a message that a large number of Eclipses and Earth Dragons are attacking the fortress!"
A stern look suddenly appeared on Lila's face as she reported to Lei Xiao.
Due to their huge bodies and difficulty in moving, most of the stone giant soldiers were resting in the outer city, led by Payton, the second elder of the stone giants.
"It seems that Eclipse is planning to attack us from both inside and outside. Tell Elder Peyton to lead the army to fully assist the Golem Cavalry in defending the city. I will send most of the Golem Cavalry to assist them. We must not let them attack. Once those unscrupulous earth dragons rush in, it will be easy to flatten these miracle buildings."
Lei Xiao nodded to Lila, and then looked at the other two Golem cavalry commanders who were following him.
These two golem cavalry commanders came from two other miracle buildings. Although he had not had time to fully control the two Greythorn Castles, Lance had just handed over the authority of command to him.
Since the two were not affected, it meant that the other two miracle buildings had not been attacked by "Eclipse". However, just in case, he had just instructed the two to deploy a large number of Golem Knights deep in the corresponding miracle buildings.
These golem knights also have a modular system similar to the dwarf alchemical puppets, so they can execute ordinary commands and even improvise to a certain extent.
After receiving Lei Xiao's order, the two Golem cavalry commanders saluted and went to assist Payton in defending the city.
After completing all the arrangements, Lei Xiao took a deep breath.
At present, those following him are the most elite warriors under his command, including the leaders of Hanershu, Fanny, Chris, Broy and other clans. Most of them followed him to participate in the Battle of Guanwang City.
Although the main subordinates such as Itadori are still in the process of promotion, with the assistance of the stone elves, Fei'er, Jasmine, and the sisters Lila, plus the trump cards he has, it should be enough to deal with the "Eclipse" that sneaked in quietly.
As for the stone giants and golem cavalrymen guarding the city, ordinary stone giant warriors simply cannot enter the Greythorn Castle, and the golem knights are unable to accept the sharing of their divine power.
Therefore, although neither of them has the ability to erase the "erosion", they can still fully power the magic towers in the city and use various means to slow down the opponent's siege.
It didn't take long for Lei Xiao and his group to walk down the spacious castle steps and soon arrived at the basement area of the miracle building.
As soon as I stepped into the long-dusty door of the basement, the magic patterns on the surrounding walls began to flicker, which undoubtedly meant that the opponent's destruction was still continuing.
In the center of the basement, there stood a giant translucent crystal cluster as tall as a floor, which was flickering intermittently, like a giant light bulb that was about to break.
Based on the information that flooded into his mind when he took control of the miracle building just now, Lei Xiao has already learned that this is the core of the entire miracle building, and it is also the thing that carries old knights such as Lance.
Once this thing is destroyed, not only will Lance and others be reduced to ashes, but the entire miracle building will probably be difficult to repair.
"Look, many of the magic arrays laid out around the giant crystal cluster are in a stagnant state, and even cracks have appeared on the ground."
Jasmine’s figure flashed and she appeared not far from the crystal cluster. She frowned and said, “I’m afraid it is precisely because of the suspension of these magic arrays that those old knights can no longer appear in the world!”
Since there is a perfect barrier barrier inside the miracle building, even this girl cannot teleport across floors, but it is still easy for her to flash within the same floor.
Just as this girl said, most of the magic arrays extending from the giant crystal cluster were also dim and without light. Some even made crackling sounds, and were obviously in an overloaded state.
"The attack must have come from the next level."
Lei Xiao took a quick look and continued to rush towards the depths of the basement.
Based on the information about the miracle building that flooded into his mind, Lei Xiao clearly understood that the magic array we saw was only the surface, and deep in the ground and walls of the miracle building was the core of the magic array.
The next layer here is the last layer. "Eclipse" probably broke through the outer barrier of the last layer and then launched a crazy attack to succeed.
As expected, when Lei Xiao and his group opened the door to the last floor, an extremely violent and powerful wave of energy immediately rushed towards them.
In the basement of the castle, it was dark everywhere and the walls were covered with a brown mucus that was slowly sliding down to the ground, making a sticky sound.
Wherever the sticky and disgusting slime touched, the magic patterns on the wall were completely destroyed, and large holes were corroded, with foul-smelling black smoke everywhere.
Especially at the position of the ceiling, there appeared a deep corroded pit. Although it had not penetrated the upper layer, judging from its position, it was exactly where the crystal cluster was.
If these mucus penetrate the upper layer, it will probably corrode the giant crystal cluster soon, and the consequences will be self-evident.
With a chill in his heart, Lei Xiao began to look for the source of the brown mucus. He saw that in a corner of the basement, the outer wall of the castle had been completely corroded and a large hole had appeared.
A brown earth dragon opened its mouth wide and continuously sprayed brown mucus outside the wall, but all the mucus was blocked by an amber barrier, which was the absolute defense barrier guarding the fortress.
However, it was obvious to the naked eye that the absolute defense barrier was in an extremely weak state, and soon the mucus melted a palm-sized crack, causing a lot of mucus to overflow or splash onto the wall. That was the source of the mucus in the basement.
But after the crack appeared, the tenacious absolute defense barrier quickly repaired the crack, and this cycle repeated itself, leading to the current situation.
After all, the size of the rift is too limited. Not to mention the huge earth dragon, even dwarfs like Broy can't get in.
"Your Majesty, it's a mutant earth dragon that can use corrosive breath!"
Seeing this scene, Lila's face was stern and she couldn't help but blurt out.
Judging from the shining black crystal on the opponent's forehead, it is obvious that he is parasitized by "Eclipse".
“It looks like the situation is still under control.”
Lei Xiao nodded slightly, and then nodded to Fei'er beside him.
"Silver Purification!"
Fei'er understood, and the silver light of the staff in her hand surged, and that extremely special silver lightning swept out. Wherever the silver lightning went, the brown slime that covered the basement immediately disappeared, which was extremely miraculous.
Looking at the underground area that had returned to normal, everyone breathed a sigh of relief, especially Kayla, whose eyes showed surprise.
At that time, after being defeated by Fei'er, she had been worried about this silver lightning that she had never seen before. Now, seeing that lightning magic could actually have a purifying effect, she was even more incredulous. After all, in her previous worldview, lightning magic only focused on attack and speed, and purification was simply unheard of.
While she was surprised, Kaila's eyes fell on Lei Xiao again. As for this young human emperor, she was even more shocked.
Not only does he have strong people like Fei'er and Jasmine willing to assist him, but he also has so many stone elves guarding him. The most important thing is that he is actually the inheritor of the ancient human race!
As Kayla's starry eyes flickered, Lei Xiao, without any hesitation, completed the activation of Xuan Ji's power and shared the power of the stars with everyone present.
As long as this mutated earth dragon is dealt with, old knights like Lance will be safe. Thinking so in their hearts, the group led by Lei Xiao has already flown out. The magic masters fired all kinds of spells in the process of flying, and rushed towards the opponent!
"Roar!"
The mutant dragon was obviously not stupid. Seeing so many people coming with tremendous momentum, it turned around and fled deep into the ground at high speed before even waiting for the spell to take effect.
Lei Xiao and his group would naturally not let the other party go. They went straight across the amber barrier and chased after the other party.
In just a blink of an eye, Lei Xiao and his group of more than a hundred people had moved away from the damaged Greythorn Castle, following the huge hole that the other party had drilled out and arrived at another quite spacious area.
This is also a naturally formed underground space. Although it is not as large as the space where the fortress is located, it looks to be as large as half a city.
"Haha, what a bunch of stupid ants."
As the group just stepped in here, a hoarse and eerie voice rang out.
As the eerie voice fell, dense earth dragons and "Eclipses" emerged from everywhere and surrounded Lei Xiao and his group tightly.
For a moment, the majestic aura surging around the opponent was obviously several times stronger than ours, causing the entire underground space to become turbulent, with murderous intent permeating everywhere, and the atmosphere of fear spreading like a nightmare.
At this point, the matter is self-evident. This is obviously a trap that the other party has already deployed.
After realizing that they had stepped into the opponent's trap, Lila and Kayla, two powerful warriors who had just joined Lei Xiao's army, frowned and sweat began to slowly seep out of their foreheads.
Although the two did not speak, the tension in their hearts was self-evident.
You know, the opponent's combat power is several times greater than ours. Even with the blessing of Your Majesty's special power, we are enough to cause damage to "Eclipse", but it is still difficult to make up for such a huge combat power gap!
After all, no matter whether it is a summoned golem puppet or an alchemical puppet, they are unable to accept that special power and cannot cause any harm to the opponent at all!
While Lila and Kayla were feeling uneasy, Lei Xiao was calm and composed. (End of this chapter)