Chapter 22: A Strange Country
Collund?
Hearing Sarah's answer, Rod raised his eyebrows, and then he quickly called up the corresponding information from his head.
"Collund. Faschel, the current patriarch of the Night Lich Clan? ”
"Yes, honorable master."
Hearing Rod's answer, Sara hurriedly lowered her head and responded, but Serena next to her looked at Rod with some curiosity and asked.
"The Night Lich? My lord, are you familiar with them? ”
"Understanding the enemy is the first step in war, and intelligence is always a must, Miss Serena."
Rhodes became more and more convinced that his talent for "talking nonsense with his eyes open" was absolutely full to the point of overflowing.
"The Night Lich Family is one of the more powerful Lich Families in the Night Realm, they are one of the backbone of the 'Immortal Tide' legion, and they are also the henchmen of the 'Soul Chaser' Barend, this family is good at immortal alchemy and magic, and their role under Barend is somewhat similar to ............" Saying this, Rhodes paused, he glanced at Marlene, and then continued. ………… Somewhat similar to our Shania family in Moon, they are responsible for supplying weapons to the Necro Legion, and of course, they are also responsible for transforming and strengthening the undead. In addition, they are also the rare family that is close to the vampires in the tide of the undead, and this is where the name of the Night Lich comes from. Collund is good at aerial combat, and it seems that we will have to deal with a large number of gargoyles and other air troops this time........."
Speaking of this, Rod shook his head, but a little smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, thinking about it, the other party suffered such a big loss in the ground war before, and now it is a normal choice to choose to go to the air force. If it is replaced, it is the previous Rode. I'm afraid it's a bit tricky at this time, but now, the air forces? Ha, Rod already has a lot of experience points in front of him.
"You're here to investigate as a puppet corpse witch of Collund, so you should know the details of the army that the undead army is currently mobilizing here?"
"Know a little, respected master."
Sara couldn't help but look up. He glanced curiously at his new master. As a corpse slave beside Colund, she has served the lich for many years, and naturally knows that the puppet corpse witch is an idea of her previous master, and it is because of this that she became an experimental object and became a puppet corpse. Having been around a lich for so long, Sara is not a fool and understands that each caster's trial is an absolute secret. However, the new owner in front of her looked very familiar with this, which naturally made Sara feel a little curious, but the habit of years still made Sara press the question in her heart and answer.
"All I know is that Lord Burks and Lord Duran's legions have reached the front. I know better about Lord Collund, who currently has 50,000 gargoyles and soul griffons, and 10,000 black-winged knights. As far as I know, the total number of the undead legion should be around 100,000, but this is only what I know, after all, I am only the corpse slave of Lord Callender, and I don't know much about other situations. ”
"Burks and Duran........."
Rhodes frowned, these are the powerful nobles of the Night Country. Unlike the new gate valve nobles like a certain hapless necromancer before, they are all the solid force of the four major families. It seems that after the first round of attacks, the new nobles of the Night Realm seem to have suffered a small setback. Therefore, the four demon generals began to plan to use the strength below them, of course Rhodes knew what calculations they were making, if those emerging potential forces failed, and their old potential forces succeeded, then they could not only expand their strength. It can also be used to suppress those young people who are ready to move in one fell swoop. In this way, the Night Kingdom will be firmly established again. However, Rhodes is obviously not willing to work hard for the stability and unity of the enemy country, on the contrary, as long as the four demons do not send their own direct troops, then he doesn't mind letting these guys continue to lose——— defeat is the best blade to open up the contradictions. If there is no peaceful miasma in the country of night that can be tossed because of this, Rhodes really can't ask for it.
Although it's unlikely that it is.
"Corpse slave?"
But more than that. Frederick seemed to care more about the other word that had just come out of Lhasa's mouth.
"What is a corpse slave?"
"A corpse slave is a slave made from corpses."
Rod came back to his senses and replied lightly, then he pointed to the girl in front of him.
"As you can see, the lich will take these human souls out of their bodies, and then make special modifications to their bodies, including embalming and preservation, and then put their souls into soul crystals, so that they can create slaves to serve and assist them in their work, corpse slaves do not rebel, can follow orders perfectly, and have their own command, much stronger than those lower skeletons. Therefore, most lichs have corpse slaves around them. ”
With that, Rod looked at Sara in front of him.
"Am I right?"
"The master is really knowledgeable, I never knew that the people on the Dao Light Continent actually knew so much about our affairs."
Hearing Rod's inquiry, Sara hurriedly replied in a panicked voice.
"As you say, Master, I have been serving Master Curund thirty years ago, and after five years, Master Curlender has turned me into a corpse slave because of my outstanding performance............
"Hey, wait, wait, wait!!"
Hearing this, Frederick suddenly interrupted Sara's speech with a strange expression, and he stared at the girl in front of him in confusion and surprise.
"Did I hear you right, turned you into a corpse slave because of your performance? What's going on? Aren't you doing a good job? Why did that guy do this to you? It's not going to be too long to die, is it funny? ”
"Master Collender rewarded me for turning me into a corpse slave. Human beings will eventually grow old and die of disease, and after becoming corpse slaves, we will not be sick again, injured, or die of old age, and we can also use our experience and wisdom to support our master and work for him. Isn't that something to be taken for granted? ”
"This ....................."
Hearing Sara's words, everyone except for Rod and Seven Love was stunned for a while, and they didn't know what to say. They stared at Sarah, who looked confused and puzzled, and felt a chill rush through their backs like electricity, if their fear of the undead in the Night Realm had only been superficial. Now, at last, they have discovered the even more chilling truth beneath the soil of death in this dark country. It was a complete subversion and betrayal of their values and the entire world, a fear that had almost penetrated evil and death into their bones.
"The Holy Soul is on ............"
Serena clasped her hands and placed them on her chest, muttering to herself. Lijie shook her head and turned away, not knowing what to say. It was Frederick who scratched his head, and then he asked again.
"Well, Miss Sarah. What happens if you don't behave well? ”
"The master will kill minions who do not meet his requirements, and transform their corpses into necro soldiers to guard his territory. And the souls of those who fail will become the material for the master's spells and experiments. ”
Sarah's tone was joyless and sorrowful, calm and terrifying, and this blasphemous, evil and terrible thing seemed so plain to her, and this was the point that frightened everyone the most. Rod crossed his arms and stood by looking at the others without saying a word, and that was fine. Let them experience the horror and horror of the undead first-hand, and they will become more aware of their responsibilities and burdens. The invasion of the undead is not just a war between two countries. It is a conflict between two points of view, and between the values of the immortal and the living.
"So you're going to die anyway?"
Frederick muttered, looking incredulous. Sara shook her head and spoke.
"Not really, my lord. Even if they can't meet the requirements of their masters, there are many people who can survive as human beings. After all, the master needs slaves to reproduce more offspring, so there are many human races and towns in the territory of each adult, and those who live in it, and their duty is to reproduce more offspring for their masters. Those who excel will be rewarded by their masters. Gain glory and status. ”
Saying this, Sara even puffed out her chest a little proudly.
"My mother had dozens of children with a total of twenty men, and she was honored and rewarded by Lord Colund, and it is because of this that I was fortunate to be able to serve Lord Colund and have the opportunity to be his corpse slave."
"More than twenty men, tsk!"
Frederick shook his head.
"I really admire your mother, her husband must be very generous, anyway, I definitely can't stand it, if my wife ...... Oops, Serena, what are you kicking me for? ”
"Husband?"
Hearing Frederick's words, Sara tilted her head curiously.
"What is that, please?"
"That's ............... It's what men and women call each other when they get married. ”
"What is marriage?"
"Marriage ........................"
Even Frederick, who had a detached personality, was dumbfounded for a while at this time, he scratched his hair and glanced at the other ladies next to him, but at this moment, including Marlene, everyone was almost in a state of panic for Sarah's inquiry, and hesitated for a moment, and finally the so-called bell must be tied to the bell, so Frederick could only answer hard.
"It's a couple of men and women who love each other get married, start a family, live together, and then have children...... Isn't there such a custom in your area? ”
"Nope."
Sara shook her head decisively.
"If it is to have children, it is the duty of every woman in our territory, and when we reach adulthood, we must work hard to have as many children as possible, and in fact if I had not served Lord Colund early and became a corpse witch, I should have worked hard for this as many other sisters."
Walking out of the dungeon and looking at the dazzling and warm sunlight in front of them, Marlene and the others felt as if they had finally returned to the world where they were. As a human being, as a woman, it was as if they had fallen into an abyss of darkness after listening to Sarah's story, and the mere imagination of the scene was enough to make people shudder and fear. Serena couldn't bear it anymore, covered her mouth, and after leaving the dungeon, she ran to the side and vomited for a long time before she came back to her senses. Just by imagining such a scene, the eldest lady felt like she was almost fainting.
"The Holy Soul is above............ I never thought of it............... People in the dark live like this. ”
Lijie clasped her hands and placed them on her chest, lowering her eyes and face. Although they had heard a lot of rumors about the Night Country, most of them were false rumors, even if some information had been circulated. In the process, it can also become exaggerated and ambiguous, and various modifications will be made to accommodate people's imagination instincts. But now, this cruelest and most coldest truth was placed in front of them, almost unbelievable. If they hadn't seen with their own eyes how Sara had gone from corpse to living person, and if they hadn't fought Sara before and were sure that the other party was indeed one of the undead, they wouldn't have believed that what they were saying was true. Compared to Sarah's description, the evils they had heard about the undead. The cruelty is as pure as an angel.
No, at the moment they expected that the girl was deceiving and intimidating them, which was the bad taste of many undead creatures, and they would rather think that it was a deliberate exaggeration and mockery by the other party. Because if such a thing really exists in this world, then it would be terrible.
Perhaps it's not the incident itself that's scary, but Sarah's attitude of course when she describes it all. In their eyes, morality on the Continent of Light. Order and even common sense no longer exist, they did not even "ever" exist. In the darkness of the land, order still exists, but it is so twisted, so evil, that it is terrifying.
"Hoo ....................."
Marlene was doing slightly better, and Rod noticed her reaching out. Holding down his chest, he took a few deep breaths and quickly calmed down, and this concentration alone was very different from Serena, who was still swaying and pale under the support of Frederick, and looked like she was being beaten in battle. Just look at the latter. I don't know how to think that she has just experienced a terrible battle before.
"Rod, that young lady............ What are you going to do? ”
Marlene frowned, then asked with some concern. After that, Rod left Sara alone in the cell, and he was not afraid that the other party would run away anyway when he had a soul in his hands. Controlling the soul is a very mysterious power, even Rod is the same, when he controls the other party's soul, no matter what the other party is thinking in his head and what he is doing, it is clear to Rod that he knows it, and no matter what he wants to do, as long as the order is given through the soul, then the other party can only obediently do it. Although Rod knew that Sara would not leave the cell even if he did not lock the door, he still locked the door of the cell in order to reassure the others. Anyway, Sara is an undead now, and she doesn't need to eat or drink, and for now, she really doesn't fit to run around.
"Shut it down for now, and wait until the time is right. The information she brought to us was invaluable, and although there were still a lot of flaws, I think a closer look should give us an approximate number of undead legions. ”
Rod thought for a moment and spoke. Marlene didn't bring up the subject, and he didn't bring it up again. In fact, Rhodes knows very well that the differences between the kingdom of light and darkness are not only so simple, but the distorted order is also order, which is one of the reasons why the kingdom of law has never been indifferent to these things that seem crazy to Marlene and others. The second reason is that in the country of night, this ancient law that represents tradition has been formed for hundreds of thousands of years, and it can even be said that the humans living in the country of night, although they are still human beings on the surface, their values, outlook on survival, and even outlook on life and death have been qualitatively different from the continent of light. It's like Sarah's pride before, which seems to Marlene to be a blasphemy and evil. But............ That's just the way it is.
"Find a time to hold a battle meeting, we need to leak this information to the others, the undead army is menacing this time, but we must beat them back and tell them where these skeletons should be......... That's definitely not our country. ”
Saying this, Rod raised his head and squinted his eyes to look at the sky in front of him, under the protection of the dragon soul of light, the sky here still showed a sky-blue brilliance, but Rod knew very well that things were not so simple.
“————!!”
At this time, a crisp birdsong pierced the sky, and then everyone saw a carrier pigeon spread its wings, flying down from the sky, and came to everyone, Seven Love stretched out his hand, and soon the white carrier pigeon stayed in the hand of the Fire Element Lord, and Seven Love pulled out a piece of letter paper from the pigeon's feet, and glanced at it carefully, and then, the fox-eared girl showed a meaningful smile.
"Master, is there a good thing?"
"Huh?"
Hearing Qilian's words, Rod was stunned for a moment, then stretched out his hand, took the letter, and glanced at it quickly, then he raised his eyebrows, and a faint smile appeared on his face.
"Those idiots in the council, I really didn't expect them to be unable to hold out so quickly."
"What's wrong? Rod? ”
Seeing Rod's expression, Marlene asked curiously, and Rhodes shook his head slightly.
"It's nothing, Marlene, it's just that some idiots want to find someone to back it up." (To be continued......)