Chapter 444: Underground Maze (VIII)
The noisy central square is now calm again.
The ground was full of scorched black marks, and the pitch-black smoke slowly rose, except for the floors that were scorched by the flames and shattered by the impact, there was not a trace of undead creatures in the entire central area, there were no mountains of corpses, and there were no rivers of blood——— it is no wonder that the undead creatures were basically made up of corpses that had been dead for a long time, and after losing the source of their strength, the amount of power that maintained their bodies would also be eliminated, and in this way, they would completely turn into dust and disappear. But this time, the reason for the disappearance of the bodies is not just that.
And because of this, in the square, which had been thoroughly bombed, there was nothing but a thick layer of dust. If someone had walked in here at this time, he probably wouldn't have thought that just a moment ago, there were thousands of undead creatures here.
At this moment, Rhodes has also withdrawn the forbidden aura, after all, maintaining the aura also requires the consumption of his soul power, the reason why he chose to use it at this time, the main thing is to see the real strength of the summoned elves after being promoted to the level and the performance of the monster farming, now it seems that the effect is not bad. Under the effect of the forbidden aura, people like Celia and Celestina basically have elite top strength, and the performance of centaurs and nether tentacles is also quite good, soul birds......... Rhodes has given up, so it's okay to use it to imprison the enemy's movements.
The strength is gradually recovering.
Rhodes could feel that the amount of soul power he had consumed before was recovering. Although because all the cards are summoned at the same time and the forbidden aura is cast, the amount of soul power is also depleted. However, until now, the amount of power consumed was only one-fifth of the total amount of souls that Rhodes had.
From this point, it can be seen how perverted the legion horn is, if it is summoned in a normal way, the amount of soul power consumed by Rhodes is actually very limited. Especially after he has ordered the talent used to increase his soul power and reduce the consumption of summoning elves, ordinary summoned elves are actually not a big problem for Rhodes——— but you can't stand the instantaneous fire of the legion's horn and ignore defenses.........
But that's not the point.
Although the forbidden aura was revoked, Rhodes still retained the summoning elves and had no intention of taking them back, because this was the best time for Rhodes to test his other aura talent ——— soul territory.
In freeing the forbidden aura, Rhodes also released the Soul Territory, which can absorb the soul power of those slain necromantic creatures to fill the void that Rhodes consumed, and Rhodes used this battle to take advantage of this battle. Come and feel for yourself what kind of benefits the soul territory can bring to you.
The results were very satisfying for Rode.
Although the amount of soul power possessed by these low-level undead creatures is extremely limited, plus the soul territory can only absorb thirty percent of the opponent's soul power at most, that is to say, Rhodes can only absorb two at most from a ghoul. Thirty soul power is measured——— but this is the most important place. That's the number of undead.
Although the amount of soul power that Rhodes could absorb was extremely limited, it was thousands of undead creatures, and they all died at the same time. The amount of soul power brought to Rhodes is naturally an extremely terrifying number. At the moment when all the undead creatures were wiped out, Rhodes even felt that the amount of soul power he consumed was instantly full, but because he didn't recall the summoned elves next, he began to lose some time again. However, these losses are already a drop in the bucket for Rhodes' huge soul power now.
And through this battle, Rhodes is also quite satisfied with the result———Nether tentacles and centaur knights are very qualified MTs. The Hellhound rarely didn't blow itself up, and it didn't seem to be happy with it......... However, as an output it is still very qualified. As for the thunder and lightning manipulated by the soul bird, although it is said that it is not powerful enough, it is still good as a support. Coupled with the attacks of Selestina and Celia, these undead creatures still have nothing to do in front of him.
Well......... There is MT, there is an auxiliary and an output, the only pity is that there is no treatment.........
Come to think of it. Rhodes waved his hand and moved the soul bird. The Hellhounds, Nether Tentacles, and Centaur Riders are back together. And Celia and Celestina were left behind by him in case of emergency, after all, the reason why this battle went so smoothly was largely due to their presence. As an angel of war, Celia has nothing to say about how threatening the undead are. And although Celestina is a devil, it is obvious that what she has unleashed just now is some kind of anti-necromancy, and no one knows this better than the devil when it comes to these evil magics, so Rhodes also kept her.
Not to mention, the current two holy sword cards are the most powerful summoning cards in Rod's hands, such as the hellhound, the centaur knight, this kind of summoning elves, anyone of the same level of summoning swordsman can get it. But with their strength alone, it was quite difficult to destroy so many undead creatures. Only the Holy Sword Elves cards that have reached the level of Celia and Celestina, combined with their unique racial attributes and unique skills, can destroy this group of undead creatures. Otherwise, the outcome is hard to say.
Thinking of this, Rhodes couldn't help but look at Greyhill and Madaras on his waist, he was now already looking forward to what it would be like if these two holy swords were also converted into elves, after all, judging from the attack attributes and basic values alone, the power of these two short swords was no less than Nightmare and Star Scarre. If they can also be elven, then it will definitely be a big help for themselves.
But in that case, there is no way to use such a convenient and easy-to-use weapon "for free......... You can't have it both ways.........
Rod shrugged his shoulders, then he looked up, and soon saw the mercenaries who were walking towards him under the leadership of Annie, although strictly speaking, whether to save these mercenaries or not had little to do with Rod himself, but after seeing the angel in the other party's team. Rhodes suddenly became interested. After all, not everyone can recruit a battle angel. Not to mention that these people don't even look like a mercenary group, how did they get mixed up with an angel? How did you end up here?
The poor mercenaries had no idea that they were alive only because of a curious question from Rhodes, but that didn't stop them from expressing their gratitude to the young man in front of them. Soon, a young swordsman stepped forward. He bowed deeply to Rod.
"Thank you for your help, dear sir."
"You're welcome, I'm just stopping."
Facing the other party's thanks, Rod waved his hand, and at this time, Rod also looked the young man in front of him up and down. It can be seen that he is not very old, and he is wearing a light armor of good quality. Although the whole body was embarrassed by the previous battle, it could be seen that this young man's performance was quite stable. And hearing Rod's answer, the young man didn't say much, on the contrary. He just smiled.
"By the way. It's better than anything, all in all, our lives were saved by you, sir, and that can't be changed............" said here. The young man paused, then continued with a wry smile. "But frankly, I didn't expect to meet you here, which really surprised me."
"Oh?"
Hearing the young man's words, Rod was stunned for a moment, and then he turned his head. He looked carefully at the young man in front of him. Only then did I realize that this young man did seem to be a little familiar............ However, for a moment, Rod couldn't remember where he had seen this person.
As if sensing Rod's doubts, the young man smiled awkwardly.
"Looks like you've forgotten about me. Dear Sir, we once had a relationship in Stonetown........."
"It's you........."
Hear here. Rhodes was also moved, and finally remembered that it was when he and Anne went to the Black Pine Ruins to obtain the Mystery Orb, he once met a young mercenary in the tavern in the town who wanted to recruit him to go on an adventure with the Black Pine Ruins, and the mercenary also gave his team a domineering name——— Divine Radiance Shield, but at that time, Rod only secretly laughed in his heart that most of the teams with too good names had no future, and then left this matter behind. But I didn't expect to meet them here.
This made Rhodes even more curious and puzzled, how could a mercenary team have the courage to run to this five-star mission station, and how did they get mixed up with an angel?
For Rod's question, Metzel also quickly gave an answer.
After failing to invite Rhodes earlier, Metzel did not lose heart, on the contrary, he still found enough people and began to venture around. Although the mercenary team can only take on the lowest-level one-star mission, Metzel and his companions are not too weak, and they can still cope with it. And the reason why they came here was just an accident——— before Metzel and the others just took on a mission to protect the caravan, and then followed them to the Eagle City. During their journey, they stumble upon the War Angel Delno and his companion Wendy, who are on a journey.
Although most of the angels' identities are very high, these two war angels are not yet adults, and there is such a custom in the angel race, that is, before each angel becomes an adult, he must travel to the world below to destroy evil and protect mankind. This is to be able to give the angels a better and more accurate understanding of who they are going to destroy and who they are going to protect. It is only after they have gone through the trials and tribulations that they will truly mature and become angels on their own.
Of course, most of the angels are able to complete the journey, but there are also a small number of angels who cannot accept the evil and greed of humans, and they despair of humanity and abandon their duties and choose to fall.
It was during this journey that Delno and Wendy met Metzel, and then they joined the mercenary team, wanting to follow Metzel and the others to experience life in the Anthropocene.
However, when they arrived at the Custer Plateau, an accident happened. Although five-star missions are not allowed to be taken by the mercenary team. The problem was that the Metzel themselves didn't know the exact location of the ruins of the Kaster Plateau, so they strayed into the necromancer's area. The next question is very simple, the necromancer suddenly sneaks up and captures Delnor's companion, another war angel, Wendy, and two of Metzel's subordinates. In order to rescue them, Melzer brought his men and Delno to follow the necromancer's trail.
They don't know what to do, and they're already in hell.