"What is it?"
Roddy suddenly raised his head and loosened his clenched fists. "You can use it now?"
"Remember what I … I mentioned to you-" Akasha said as she turned her head and looked at Knight Wellington.
Roddy knew what she meant and waved his hand. "There's nothing that I can't say."
"It's … the spells that I found in Elsen City that are related to 'controlling the undead'."
Her words made Wellington's eyes widen. At the same time, the dying undead next to him looked up with a mocking gaze.
"I can try, but I don't know if I can succeed."
"What do you need me to do?"
Roddy agreed to this decision without hesitation. He looked around and asked, "Do you need me to light the torch?"
"I don't need anything. I just need to hold him in place. I might need some time to try."
She turned her gaze to Knight Wellington. "No one can tell anyone about this, okay?"
"I swear in the name of a knight, I will keep this secret forever."
Although "undead magic" was synonymous with "evil" and "terror" in the eyes of humans, Wellington never thought that the "type" of the magic would represent the "standpoint". Just like the sword in the hands of a warrior, the consequences were always caused by the person using it, not the weapon itself.
Roddy immediately took a rope and tied the undead tightly. In fact, the undead had no ability to resist, and it was even difficult for him to speak. Knight Wellington dispersed the prison guards in the dungeon and completely isolated the area. After everything was ready, Akasha raised her palm and softly chanted a spell that originally belonged to the category of "arcane magic".
Roddy stood in the shadow and stared at the struggling undead. However, after waiting for nearly ten minutes, Akasha still had no progress.
In the entire magic system, only the highest level of shadow magic, "Mind Control", could achieve the effect of "controlling consciousness". However, the conditions for success were very harsh. At this time, Akasha was facing the same difficulty: although the undead in front of her was beaten to a pulp, his resistance was extremely strong, so it was difficult for her to achieve the goal of "controlling" through mental suppression.
The dark dungeon was not hot, but Akasha's forehead was covered with a layer of fine sweat, as if she was patiently deciphering a constantly changing code. She tried again and again to match the spell with the arcane elements, and accepted all the failures without batting an eyelid.
She understood that she was not afraid of failure. As long as she succeeded once, it was enough.
Roddy and Wellington held their breath and did not dare to make a sound, for fear of giving her pressure. An hour later, a soldier came to the dungeon with a message.
"Sir Roddy, Knight Titus sent a message … From last night until now, Hollier City has been completely sealed, and no one has left."
There was no record of the enemy leaving, but it did not mean that the enemy was definitely still in the city. Roddy frowned and asked, "Is there any news from Duke?"
"Master has received the news. He wants you to go there as soon as possible."
"Got it."
He turned and walked back to the dungeon. He looked at the flickering light in Akasha's hand, took a deep breath, and silently leaned against the stone wall of the dungeon.
His mind was full of scenes of him and Sally in the past … At the border, in the Forest of Silence, in the Ducal Palace, in the Cloister, in the Holy Temple, all her words echoed in his ears, making Roddy extremely worried and extremely painful.
At this time, it was not an exaggeration to say that "every second felt like a year". After an hour and a half, just when Roddy almost gave up hope, Akasha's attempt finally made progress …
The light released from her fingertips condensed above the forehead of the undead. After it was injected, it was not repelled like before. Akasha gritted her teeth and maintained it, squeezing into the head of the undead bit by bit.
In the next moment, the undead that was constantly twisting its body seemed to be struck by lightning. It stopped moving instantly, and then collapsed on the torture rack.
"Hu … hu …"
Akasha's chest kept moving up and down, and she reached out to wipe the sweat on her forehead. Although her face was pale because of the overdraft of her magic power, there was some excitement on her face.
"Success."
Roddy hurriedly helped her sit at the side, but Akasha was not willing to waste time. She said to Roddy, "I can't completely control his consciousness. I can only … make him answer all the questions truthfully, and I can't maintain it for too long. You have to ask quickly."
Akasha did not achieve "Mind Control" at this time. At this time, she could only do "Mind Erosion", so the eyes of the undead were extremely dull, as if she had been beaten silly.
"Okay." Roddy turned his head and immediately asked, "What plans do you have in Hollier City? Where is Sally? "
Hearing Roddy's question, the undead slowly raised his head and replied mechanically, "Lord Wimbledon is in charge of the second stage of the plague in Hollier City. The first stage of the plague has infected enough people in Hollier City. Next, we only need to spread the 'Inducing Potion', and this place will become a dead city."
After a few seconds, he continued in a calm voice, "Lord Wimbledon only arranged the assassination. I don't know where Sally is now."
The information revealed by the undead was far beyond Roddy's expectations. He stared straight at the undead and asked, "The second stage? Plague? "
As he said that, a new notification popped up in the [Quest Panel]. The second stage of [Judgment of the Bone Throne] was immediately shown to be completed, and the mission reward was "300,000 experience" and the title "Undead Slayer".
However, Roddy was not interested in the use of the title. He turned to the page of the triggered third stage of the mission and found that the font was still "orange".
"Mission Description: You have found the exact cause of the plague. The people of the Kingdom of Karen are threatened by the plague. Please stop it from happening as soon as possible!"
"Mission Completion Condition: Stop the plague in one location within 15 days, and the mission will be considered completed. For every additional location stopped, the mission reward will be increased."
"Mission Reward: 1,400,000 experience points," Elondra's Longsword "Blueprint x1, 1 Talent Point."
After quickly scanning through these words, Roddy felt an inexplicable chill down his spine. He looked up and asked, "When will the 'Inducing Potion' be spread? Where? What are the consequences? "
"Before noon, at the Hollier City Square. Once infected people come into contact with the 'Inducing Potion', they will quickly die and become ghouls. "
"Bang!"
His fist hit the wall next to him. Roddy cursed in a low voice, "Damn it!"
At this time, he suddenly realized: the assassination of the undead assassins was only one step in their plan, and the spread of the "plague" had actually started long ago. Perhaps the moment they stepped into the city of Hollier, more than half of the people in the city had already carried the plague!
And yesterday, regardless of whether the assassination was successful or not, the city of Hollier would be under martial law and the city gates would be closed today. Now that they seized the opportunity to spread the 'Inducing Potion', it was really like "catching a turtle in a jar" …
Because Roddy did not have time to evacuate the people!
"Let me ask you again, who took Sally away last night?"
"I don't know."
Hearing the answer from the other party was still the same, Roddy swung his sword and chopped off the other party's head. He called Wellington and Akasha and walked out.
"What now?"
"Immediately call the team to attack the city square. We must be ahead of them." Roddy's footsteps were fast, but his voice was a little stiff, "It seems that Sally's disappearance was not done by the undead."
He gritted his teeth and whispered, "But who else could it be? Other nobles? Viper Cross? Or … "
Hearing "Viper Cross", Akasha suddenly froze for a moment and said, "Why is the Viper Cross looking for her?"
"Because she took away the artifact that originally belonged to the Viper Cross. This is a sufficient reason, but I can't be sure if it was done by them."
After walking out of the dungeon, he jumped on the horse and turned to look at Akasha, whose expression changed, "What? What do you know? "
"Yesterday … yesterday when we went to the Ducal Palace, I think I saw a person who looked like the Bishop of the Viper Cross —"
Roddy suddenly stopped, frowned and asked, "Are you sure? Or can you tell who he looked like? "
"He looked like a bishop named Karl." Akasha recalled, "I saw him once about two years ago, but only from a distance. He definitely did not know me."
"Karl … Karl … It must be him!"
This name quickly emerged from the chaotic memories, and immediately made Roddy clench his fist!
"Carl" was a famous heretic that the players loved to talk about. He had the nickname "Head of Secret Service" because even though his position was that of a bishop, he was in charge of the most secretive operations of the Viper Cross, including spying, assassinations, stealing important information, and so on.
If the Viper Cross was really looking for Sally, the reason must be because of the "Viper's Kiss" scepter. As such, it was completely reasonable to send someone of "Karl's" level.
But then Roddy's expression became more and more ugly. If it was done by the Viper Cross, then it would be easy for them to leave Hollier, because the secret passage in Cambay District was dug by them.
"Knight Wellington, can you send someone to check a place in Cambay District? I have some clues that need to be verified immediately. "
"No problem."
The specter knight agreed casually and immediately sent someone to the location Roddy pointed out, while he himself sped towards the drill ground, ready to gather his troops for battle.
But Roddy, who was riding on the horse, was confused. Sally did not die here, which meant that the other party's goal was only to "kidnap". If he rode on the Kelda Duck and chased after them, there might still be hope of finding her.
But the information revealed by the specter was even more worrying. The sun had already risen for a long time, and that "Wimbledon" might already be walking towards the city square with the "Inducing Potion". In a few hours, this city might become a sea of ghouls!
Rushing into the Ducal Palace and pushing open the bedroom door, Roddy quickly told Duke everything he knew. This sudden crisis also moved Angmar.
In less than two minutes, the soldiers from outside confirmed that the "secret passage" was used, which meant that the possibility of the heretics kidnapping Sally was more than 90%!
Disaster was approaching, and Sally was also getting further and further away from Hollier. But at this moment, Roddy sat in front of Duke, helplessly rubbing his cheeks.
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