Chapter 556: Underground Trick City
In fact, the sneak attack failed before it even began. Although Henry had carefully planned a situation and even assigned specific tasks to each person, he underestimated Selielleph's value for dogma and honor. The stiff-minded paladin girl was less than ten meters away from her target when she suddenly shouted, "In the name of Tyre!" Evil creatures are judged by justice! β
When he heard this, Henry had only one thought at the time, that is, after completing this mission, he must drive Seilelev away, otherwise he will be angry to death one day. This is simply an insult to wisdom and tactics, inferior to everyone else street hooligans. At the very least, the hooligans know how to use some intimidation and the like, but some rigid paladins are like this, even when dealing with powerful and evil monsters.
Kaidong couldn't help but sigh when he saw this. This is one of the common mistakes made by young paladins, who are naΓ―ve enough to think that good will triumph over evil, and order over chaos, when it is not. Due to the influence of the gods, there is always a balance between good and evil on the continent of Faeron, and with the addition of neutral forces, a stable triangle of power has been formed, containing and compromising with each other.
As they get older, most of the paladins who are able to hold on will recognize this and begin to become sophisticated little by little and learn to compromise and be flexible. In fact, those legendary ones who unleashed a "detect evil" and then slashed at the evil camp would never be a paladin, in fact, even the dark guardians of the evil camp would not bother to do such a thing.
Because they are first and foremost orderly, and orderliness means obeying the law and universal values. In the absence of evidence, even if you know that the other party is a criminal, you cannot do anything drastic.
Seile Love's naivety has caused her huge trouble. Five eye demons, large and small, more than twenty eyes shot out terrifying magic rays in unison. She didn't even have time to react. It was shot by the anti-magic firing line (whether it is a magic or magic will fail 100%), sluggish light, paralyzing light, immobilization light, petrification light, charm light, and shock light, fortunately, the powerful attributes of the "Jade Sword" and its own magic resistance have played a certain role, otherwise they will be killed on the spot.
But even so, the holy warrior girl lost her combat effectiveness and couldn't even move. Paralysis, Immobilization, and Sluggishness are all negative states that are fatal to melee classes, let alone work together. She could only watch as the demon opened its fanged mouth and quickly approached her.
At this critical moment. Henry shouted, "Do it!" Everyone found their own target and stabbed hard. The sharp magic weapon severed the central nervous system, causing four large balls of flesh to fall to the ground from the air in one fell swoop. The Eye Demon's ability to fly is supported by the anti-magic force field generated by the main eye, so once the optic nerve is severed, this power naturally disappears.
Just as everyone was mending the knife, Yao En suddenly shouted: "Be careful! That Gaussian Eye Demon wants to escape! β
Seeing that the Eye Demon Hair, which was supposed to be in charge of Celileph, was rapidly climbing in height, it apparently noticed that something was wrong and tried to flee back to report the news.
You must know that the Eye Demons are all selfish guys, and each of them believes that they are the most perfect of all the descendants of the Great Master. Other similar products of the same kind are counterfeit and inferior imitations, so there is absolutely no hesitation when discarding them. What's more, they will kill each other, and different ethnic groups or slightly different appearances are likely to lead to fighting.
Normally, more than ten or more Eye Demons gather together, and if there is no control of the Eye of the Hive (an evolution with a special ability to dominate other kinds, and the Eye Demon City can only be built by them), then there is a 90% chance that infighting will break out, and then only the strongest one will survive. This is the Beholder, a creature of extreme paranoia and evil, unable to live in peace with even its own kind.
Henry obviously couldn't let this guy escape, so he took out the magic crossbow "Gorgon's Breath" that had been hanging around his waist and created a petrified arrow. He sneered and aimed at the fleeing Gaussian, and pulled the trigger in his hand.
Arrows made of energy pierce the air and hit their target in the blink of an eye. In an instant, a wave of magical energy was released, and the Eye Demon was terrified to find that his body was turning to stone. After just a few seconds, it lost the ability to fly and fell from a great altitude, making a loud "thud" and finally turning into a pile of rubble.
You must know that once the petrified creatures are damaged, then they will really reflect on the body. It can be said that the Gaussian Eye Demon can be said to be dead and can no longer die, even if someone uses "de-petrification", what they get is just a pile of minced meat, and even ordinary resurrection magic will not play a role.
After the battle, Henry came to the motionless paladin girl and warned with a stern expression: "I hope you can learn enough lessons from the battle just now, and it's best not to have a next time, otherwise I will definitely kick you out of the ranks." After saying that, he cast a third-level magic "Dismantling Magic" to dispel all negative states.
"But Tyre teaches us to fight with dignity, and a sneak attack like this is not in accordance with the doctrine." As soon as she regained her ability to move, she retorted. For her, the dogma of the God of Justice is truth, and everything must be strictly followed.
Kaidong shook his head slightly and explained, "Kid, you have to learn to be flexible, especially in the face of great evil. Just like against those Eye Demons just now, a frontal attack is likely to cost a lot, and this sacrifice is meaningless. β
Hearing that Kaidon, who was also a paladin, was also opposed to this, Seile Love couldn't help frowning and asked, "But what about the doctrine?" Wouldn't that lose God's grace? β
"Of course not. Remember, the Paladins are guardians of order and goodness, and will never be abandoned by the gods as long as they do their best to banish evil, protect the weak, and maintain the justice of the law. And what you did just now not only put yourself in danger, but also almost led to the leak of the plan, which is the most important thing......"
Under Uncle Kaidon's teaching, Sally Love quickly realized her mistake and sincerely apologized to everyone. However, Henry had a feeling that something similar would happen sooner or later, so he decided to take it a grain of salt, and wait and see for a while. Anyway, he is the team leader, and he can fire any member of the team at any time.
After briefly cleaning the blood stains on the weapon, the group walked back along the passage. They hadn't gone far before they were surprised to find a small city built on top of an underground lake not far ahead, with a tall tower emitting a blue glow towering in the center, making the whole city look beautiful and eerie.
"It's so spectacular, it's unbelievable, there's such a city hidden in the sewers of Askatra." Ammon sighed.
Henry nodded in agreement, "It's incredible, but I think the incredible is yet to come." See the inhabitants who have nothing to do? They can survive in a place like this, where there is no food. β
"I can feel that there is a lot of hatred and curses here, and ...... There is also a terrible evil force......" said Cerileph and began to tremble, her eyes full of fear, as if she had seen something terrible.
"Your senses are acute. But even if the Demon Leader stands in the way, it can't stop us from completing the mission. That's the spirit of adventure, one of the most awesome things in the multiverse. β
After Henry finished speaking, he took the lead and walked briskly forward. He couldn't wait to see what the artifact looked like, and the god who had been cursed by the believers.
As soon as they entered the city, everyone noticed the anomaly here. The inhabitants, in particular, are indifferent to everything, even when they see strangers, they are expressionless, like a group of walking corpses, they don't feel pain when they are injured, and those who have just died will get back up and continue to live after a few seconds.
Henry had tried to inquire about something, but the men didn't seem to hear anything, just wandered the streets with blank eyes, and refused to say a word. Heaviness and oppression enveloped the city, and it was clear that they were locked in some kind of force, and they could not even get the peace of death. This state of non-life and non-death is obviously a cruel torture, enough to make a normal person completely collapse in a short period of time.
Along the stone path, the crowd walked quickly, and soon came to the door of a majestic temple. Just as they were about to go inside to find out, a man in a black robe came out of the corner and shouted, "Stranger, if I were you, I wouldn't have gone in." β
"Why? Is there any danger in there? Also, you don't seem to have the same mental breakdown as everyone else. Henry paused and asked rhetorically. He could feel a trace of power from the gods in this person's body, although it was very little, but the divine power was divine power.
"There is a terrible demon hiding in the temple. It devours the hatred of everyone in the city, and ordinary attacks simply can't kill it. As for why I'm still sane, it's because of my power as a Guardian. After saying that, the man took off his black hood and revealed a pair of terrible eyes, the reason why he was terrible was because he had no pupils at all, and there was only a small golden dot in the middle of the pure white eyeballs, which emitted a strange glimmer outward.
Ammon was taken aback and exclaimed in surprise, "Oh my God! Your eyes ......"
The man in black who claimed to be the guardian smiled faintly and explained, "This is a divine gift, with some strange abilities. However, after the baptism of the years, we guardians have forgotten what we are guarding and only remember that the gods we once believed in were enshrined in the temple, but no one here believed in him. β
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