Although the humans and other races basically did not have much strength due to the long-term rule of the High Elves, there were still a few talents among millions of people. How could Lin Li give up such benefits to others? However, time was of the essence now, and he had no choice but to leave it for another time.
Although Lin Li returned in time, the Magic Legion of the High Elves was too powerful, after all. After the battle just now, the teams of the three forces had suffered varying degrees of damage. The Rotterdam Kingdom suffered the heaviest losses as almost none of their Alchemy Colossuses were complete. Almost all of them needed to be repaired, and a few of them were even worthless. On the Brilliance Shrine's side, there were more than 10 Holy Light Knights and priests who died in battle. Almost all of them were injured, and one-third of them were severely injured.
The Tower of Dusk was not unscathed, either. There were also mages who died in battle, and four of the Death Knights had their soul fire completely extinguished. Even Connoris' strong and perfect body was left with a few wounds. However, overall, their strength did not suffer too much of a blow, and they were much stronger than the other two forces.
Such a situation also made the other two forces extremely jealous, especially Donald of the Rotterdam Kingdom. He looked at the destroyed Alchemy Colossuses, and then at the neat team of the Tower of Dusk, and felt like crying. In particular, Lin Li was fighting Osric alone, but it did not seem like a lose-lose situation. That made Donald even more disappointed.
In Donald's opinion, Lin Li must have been too weak to be able to kill Osric unscathed. If he had not changed his plan in the beginning, or let the Tower of Dusk and the Brilliance Shrine deal with the High Elves, it would have been much easier for him to deal with Osric.
"Damn it, that staff in Osric's hand must be an excellent piece of magical equipment. It's a pity that it was obtained by Felic. If we were to deal with Osric …" Kanber grumbled indignantly after coming to Donald's side, clearly thinking the same thing as Donald.
Kanber was still thinking about the staff in Osric's hand, but he did not know that the so-called excellent staff had long been turned into powder together with Osric under the power of the seven pieces of the debris of the stars.
"Your Highness, there are some things that you should keep to yourself. The Tower of Dusk's strength has not suffered much damage, but our Alchemy Colossuses can hardly be used normally." Upon hearing Kanber's complaint, Donald broke out in cold sweat despite having the same thought.
Although there were also Mages and Warriors on the Rotterdam Kingdom's side, their greatest reliance was still the Alchemy Colossuses. Although it was not to say that they were nothing without the Alchemy Colossuses, going against the Tower of Dusk at this time was clearly courting death.
Hearing Donald's reminder, Kanber couldn't help but shudder, and he turned to look at Lin Li and the Tower of Dusk's team with a trace of greed and resentment in his eyes. He then turned around and sat on the ground without saying another word.
After reminding Kanber, Donald looked at the Tower of Dusk's team in a daze. No matter how he thought about it, he couldn't figure out how such an unknown force could possess such terrifying strength. During the battle just now, he was very clear that the Tower of Dusk did not slack off at all. In fact, they even managed to take on nearly half of the High Elves on their own. However, in the end, the Tower of Dusk's losses were the least. Although there were also a few mages who died, it was as if they had not suffered any losses at all compared to his side.
Of course, Donald also knew that that did not mean that the Tower of Dusk was stronger than the entire Rotterdam Kingdom. However, judging from the current situation, if the Tower of Dusk wanted to attack them, they probably wouldn't be able to fight back at all. In terms of peak Legendary-level powerhouses, there were three or four of them on the Tower of Dusk's side, and Connoris could actually resist two High Elves who were at the peak of the Legendary-level by himself. In fact, even if the Alchemy Colossuses on his side were not destroyed, it would probably be difficult for them to gain an advantage over the Tower of Dusk in the state they were in when they first entered the Sky Castle.
If they were close partners, it would naturally be better for them to be stronger. However, the cooperative relationship between the Rotterdam Kingdom and the Tower of Dusk had clearly not reached that stage yet. Hence, Donald had no choice but to worry. If they found the target of the exploration this time, and the other party suddenly had an idea, they would be in huge trouble.
The expedition rested in the ruins of Alanna City for three days. During these three days, they killed some High Elves who had rushed over. However, everyone knew that those High Elves were not all the remaining High Elves in this world. In addition, the expedition also used those three days to search Osric's palace, and found plenty of Osric's collection.
However, to Lin Li, who had explored Osric's mausoleum, the collection of the fake Osric seemed rather shabby. Of course, to the others, the collection was enough to make up for their losses in the battle.
After three days of rest, the strength of the expedition had basically recovered. After a discussion between the three parties, especially with Lin Li's insistence, they finally decided to leave this world. The exit to leave this world was in the depths of Osric's palace, which was actually the passage through which Osric's will had descended.
However, not everyone could use the exit, and only those who had mastered the Laws of this world could open it. After Lin Li had rested for three days, he had also digested and absorbed a lot of information from the part of Osric's will that he had devoured. Hence, it would not be a problem for him to open the exit.
After Lin Li finished chanting an incantation, a black whirlpool-shaped door slowly opened in the depths of the palace. The members of the expedition got into a defensive stance, and entered the door in a single file with their guards up. After passing through the door, they discovered that they had actually returned to the Central Tower on the other side of the door. However, judging from the surrounding decorations, it seemed to be a different place from before they entered that world.
However, just as the expedition was sizing up the surrounding environment, a roar that was filled with endless anger suddenly sounded from outside the Central Tower in the sky above the Sky Castle. The roar made everyone shudder involuntarily, as if an invisible fear had directly descended on their souls.
It's Osric! Upon hearing the roar, Lin Li's first reaction was to think of the Highlord who was hiding somewhere. However, the aura that the roar conveyed made Lin Li doubt his conjecture.
When he first explored the Sky Castle, Lin Li had once come into contact with the Ghost, and when he explored Osric's mausoleum, he had once fought with the perfect body controlled by Osric. Just three days ago, in the world created by the Immortal King, he had once fought with the fake Highlord who had a part of Osric's will. Although Lin Li was not very familiar with Osric's aura, he at least had a considerable understanding of it. However, the aura in the roar just now made him feel unfamiliar.
"Connoris, do you feel anything?" Lin Li asked Connoris, who was beside him, with such doubts in mind. After all, Connoris was using Osric's perfect body. Hence, he should be able to sense Osric's aura more accurately.
However, upon hearing Lin Li's question, Connoris could not help but shake his head, and at the same time, a look of doubt appeared on his face. He said, "That voice … Could it be Osric's?"
"Apart from us and him, could there be any other existence in this Sky Castle? It sounds like something happened to Osric. Otherwise, it wouldn't have become like this. "Lin Li could only make a guess without any clues.
At this moment, Archbishop Martin and Donald also came over, and asked Lin Li about the source of the voice. To them, the previous battle still left them with lingering fear. Hence, the angry roar that came out of nowhere naturally made them extremely nervous.
However, Lin Li could not give an exact answer to Archbishop Martin and Donald's questions at the moment. He could only comfort them a little so that they would not be too nervous.
Next, the expedition carefully searched the entire space on this floor, but they did not find too many valuable things. In the end, they still arrived in front of a gate that was still in the shape of a black vortex. Clearly, it led to some strange place. However, at this point, the expedition had no other choice, because there was no way out of this entire floor apart from the gate.
Faced with this situation, the senior executives of the three forces did not discuss too much, and decided to enter the gate to continue exploring. However, because of the various previous incidents, everyone in the expedition knew about the dangers in the Sky Castle, and dared not underestimate it at all. They knew that every step they took in the Sky Castle would almost determine their life and death.
The expedition reorganized the team, still with the Alchemy Colossuses of the Rotterdam Kingdom as the vanguard. Everyone entered a state of high vigilance before cautiously stepping into the gate of the black vortex. After stepping into the gate, it was as if they had used the Teleportation Portal as everyone felt the surrounding scenery distort. However, when the scene behind the gate was completely presented in front of everyone's eyes, almost everyone's face instantly turned pale.
What kind of world was this? The sky was gray, and there were grayish-white skeletons all over the ground. The space was filled with a strong death aura. Clearly, this was another place related to Undead creatures. The oppressive feeling that the entire space gave off was even greater than the space created by the Double-Realm Psychic Towers.
"This … is the Immortal King's Undead Laboratory!" A memory from Osric surfaced in Lin Li's mind, and he immediately thought of the origin of this terrifying and oppressive place.
When he first explored the Sky Castle, Lin Li had once been to the Immortal King's alchemy laboratory, but the alchemy laboratory had long been emptied by Osric, leaving behind only some worthless items and 20 alchemy puppets. This Undead Laboratory was now used by the Immortal King to experiment with Necromagic. In fact, it could no longer be called a laboratory, but an experimental field.
This was simply a world of Undead creatures, and it seemed to be no different from the previous world. From afar, there were mountains, rivers, and dense forests. However, what everyone saw the most were the endless Undead creatures that almost occupied the entire world.
After the expedition team appeared, the Undead creatures immediately became restless. Like a grayish-white flood, they surged towards the expedition team endlessly. The Skeletal Warriors at the front were actually the same as the one that had been strengthened by Gloomy Dark in the Scar of Death. All of them were close to level-10.
However, what made their scalps tingle was that the movements of the Skeletal Warriors were not as wobbly as they seemed to be. Instead, they were like proper human Warriors, and they seemed to be extremely agile and stable when they ran and jumped. That alone was enough to increase the strength of the Skeletal Warriors by a large margin. A Skeletal Warrior was probably enough to deal with 10 ordinary Skeletal Warriors.
Faced with the Skeletal Warriors that were surging over like a tidal wave, the expedition had no choice but to fight. The Alchemy Colossuses of the Rotterdam Kingdom were at the front of the team. Generally speaking, the Alchemy Colossuses would not have to expend much energy to deal with the Skeletal Warriors, and they would simply crush them.
However, the crushing tactic of the Alchemy Colossuses would not work here. Although there were also many Skeletal Warriors that were trampled into pieces by the Alchemy Colossuses, more Skeletal Warriors relied on their agile movements and amazing jumping power to climb up the massive bodies of the Alchemy Colossuses.
Not long after the Alchemy Colossuses came into contact with the Skeletal Warriors, the Skeletal Warriors began to crawl all over the Alchemy Colossuses, making them look like slowly moving hills of skeletons. Those with weak willpower would probably vomit the food they had the night before. Besides, after the Skeletal Warriors hung on the bodies of the Alchemy Colossuses, they continuously slashed at the outer shell of the Alchemy Colossuses with their swords.
"Damn it, are these still Skeletal Warriors? What is the Immortal King researching? How did he create such a perverted thing!?" Seeing that scene, almost no one could calm down. However, when they turned around, they realized that the gate that they had come from had long disappeared without a trace.
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