"We're finally out of the desert!"
When the scene in front of him was no longer the dull yellow sand but a decaying poplar forest, Roy knew that he had reached the edge of the Desert of Death.
Sure enough, not long after crossing this poplar forest, a touch of green began to appear on the horizon. Further ahead, towering mountains appeared. The terrain was different from the desert, making Roy feel relaxed and happy.
Although they only had time to travel at night, Roy and the others still crossed the Desert of Death very quickly. In just over ten days, they crossed thousands of kilometers.
The number of undead under Cassandra's control had increased a little. This was because she had found two more tombs of ancient warriors along the way and gathered some skeleton soldiers and ghosts. There could have been more, but unfortunately, some low-level undead accidentally fell into quicksand one night and could no longer get out.
What appeared in front of Roy and the others was an enormous mountain range. It was quite high above sea level, and they could see some white snow marks on the top of the mountain in the distance. Vampire Count Giovanni pointed at this mountain range and said to Roy, "Your Excellency Osiris, after crossing this mountain range, we'll be able to enter Eeofol. In Eeofol, earthquakes occur frequently, and there are many active volcanoes. The demons who came to the surface detonated these volcanoes and built cities on them. Originally, there were some humans and other races living in Eeofol, but after the demons ruled here, the natives either fled or became demon believers and joined the demons. So don't be surprised if you see humans in Eeofol."
Roy nodded and did not find it strange. In fact, he had long come into contact with these so-called demon believers. It could be said that these people who worshipped demons were often the first way for demons to enter other worlds. If they had not tried to summon demons, demons would not have discovered their world …
"In addition, we might encounter the outposts and fortresses of other races along the way!" Giovanni continued. "Four years ago, during the sudden lunar eclipse, the Sheogh demon army poured out and almost destroyed the world. So after temporarily repelling the demons, all the races on the continent were very vigilant against the demons in Eeofol. They built solid fortresses on the borders near Eeofol. Firstly, it was to monitor the movements of the demons and guard against their sudden invasion. Secondly, it was to provide help for a possible counterattack in the future …"
"In other words, there are a large number of troops in these fortresses?" Roy asked.
"Yes!" Giovanni nodded solemnly. "Apart from the dark elves in the dungeon and the necromancers of Heresh, almost all the other races have built fortresses in all directions of the Eeofol border. The dark elves are because they allied with demons, and we of Heresh are because demons have no interest in us undead!"
At this point, Giovanni shrugged. His expression … was indescribable.
In fact, the undead had always been disliked by the various races in this world. To many races, death was sacred, but necromancers resurrected the dead. This was blasphemy in their eyes. It was not that the necromancers of Heresh did not want to build fortresses on the border to monitor the demons, but the problem was that the other races did not allow them to do so at all and had been suppressing and excluding them.
This was why Giovanni did not agree with Arantir. He was not a fanatic believer of Asha, so he could not figure out why Arantir still stuck close to them and 'curry favor' with the other races by eliminating demons since the undead were so disliked. Since the demons were not interested in the undead, wouldn't the kingdom of Heresh just have to sit back and watch the other races fight the demons?
Julia, who had been listening to Giovanni's explanation, interrupted, "You mean, we might encounter the fortresses of other races along the way?"
"It's not a possibility, but a certainty!" Giovanni said. "Because each fortress will regularly send out patrols to strictly check every passage to prevent demons from running out. The lineup of these patrols is very neat. Not only are there ground troops, but there are also air troops. It's impossible to sneak in."
"If we can't sneak in, we'll just fight!" Roy said calmly, "Do you think that I brought these undead troops here just to be onlookers?"
Giovanni was stunned for a moment. He did not understand what Roy meant, but he still understood, so he nodded and took out a rolled up map from his waist. He opened it and looked at it carefully for a while. "From the map, according to the direction we're going, the first thing we'll encounter is the fortress of the kingdom of Bracada. If we go a little west, we'll encounter the fortress of the elves. This place is backed by the Desert of Death, and it's not easy to supply supplies. So the fortresses of these two races have always helped each other and even traded with each other."
Roy took the map and looked at it. He found that the two fortress cities on the map were actually hundreds of kilometers apart. In other words, Roy could completely take down these fortresses one by one. But since the two fortresses helped each other, Roy guessed that their cities might have set up spatial portals in each other. Once attacked, the troops of the other city could quickly arrive through the portal and resist the attack together.
Therefore, if he really wanted to attack the city, he should control the portal in the city immediately.
Roy turned around and looked at the people around him, but he found that there were no good candidates. Needless to say, Roy was a demon. Once he appeared, he would probably be discovered from far away and alarm bells would ring. Julia was a fallen angel, and it was obvious at a glance that she had black flame wings on her back, so it was impossible for her to pretend to be an angel and sneak in. As for Giovanni, a native, he might be able to, but the nearest fortress was in the kingdom of Bracada. The vigilance of those mages toward undead was no different from their vigilance toward demons.
After thinking about it, Roy raised his hand and flipped it. Many large eyes with little demon wings appeared in his hand!
"Go!" Roy waved his hand, and the Demon Eyes he created immediately flapped their wings and spread out like a swarm of bats. They gradually became invisible as they flew toward the fortress.
After releasing the Demon Eyes to investigate, Roy waved his hand. "Let's go. Let's move forward!"
The next step was to cross mountains and ridges. This was the advantage of the undead army controlled by Cassandra. There was no morale to speak of, and they would not be tired. They would not be delayed at all when marching in the mountains.
When they crossed the top of the mountain and were about to go down, Giovanni saw a large forest at the foot of the mountain below, so he reminded, "Your Excellency Osiris, be careful! There might be many animals and plants in the forest, and they're the eyes of the elves. Moreover, such forests are often the places where elven rangers with long ears like to patrol the most. I'm sure that there are elves in this forest because those weak mages hate trekking through mountains and rivers. They're more willing to let elven rangers patrol these forests instead of them. If we're discovered while passing through the forest, elven rangers will quickly spread the news. At that time, the fortress will be on guard, and they might send an army to attack us first … "
"But we can't avoid it …" Julia looked at the size of the forest below. "Unless we take a detour for hundreds of kilometers!"
Indeed, the forest was too large, and they could not see the end from afar. Not only were there all kinds of insect and bird cries coming from the forest, but they could also vaguely see a few large flying creatures in the sky above the forest. They might be young green dragons, pegasi, or flamingos. These were all common creatures living in the elven territory.
"There's no need to go through so much trouble!" Roy grinned. "Once we leave the desert, we'll be able to use some methods!"
Roy led the troops all the way down, and he stopped when he was still a kilometer or two away from the edge of the forest.
Giovanni looked at Roy in confusion, not knowing what he was planning to do. But at this moment, Roy took out Frostmourne, stabbed the tip of the sword into the ground, and knelt down while holding the hilt.
Seeing his posture, Julia immediately understood what he was going to do, so she quickly called for Fat Tiger and Cassandra to retreat.
Although Giovanni did not quite understand what was going on, out of vigilance, he retreated a little.
Roy half-knelt on the ground, and surging magic power poured into Frostmourne. The runes on the sword gradually lit up, and the skull eye at the hilt gradually emitted blue light. A powerful cold air began to form and spread out with Roy as the center.
Large amounts of black frost appeared on the ground where Roy was, and the ground it covered condensed into smooth ice. But the ice did not spread too much, only within a few hundred meters of Roy.
Giovanni, who was watching this scene from afar, was inexplicably shocked. He looked up at the sky because he could feel the cold aura emanating from Roy's body continuously pouring into the sky!
After the powerful cold aura entered the sky, it immediately caused the climate above the forest to change dramatically. Under the influence of the cold air, countless water molecules began to condense and gradually formed thick clouds. The area covered by these clouds was so large that it almost covered the entire forest.
With the magic power amplification effect of Frostmourne, Roy did not even need to lower the temperature too low to affect the climate within a radius of hundreds of square kilometers. And the animals in the forest quickly noticed this climate change …
At this moment, there were three Elven Rangers patrolling in this forest. Each team was small in number, but they were agile. When they were patrolling in the forest, they found that the animals in the forest had suddenly panicked. They were either running away or hiding. Even the emotions conveyed by the plants were full of uneasiness.
"What happened?"
The patrols with longbows on their backs raised their heads in bewilderment and saw the dark, low-hanging clouds above them.
"It seems like … it's going to snow?" an elven ranger said uncertainly.
"Are you kidding me? It's snowing?! "another elven ranger said in disbelief." It's still summer! "
"But these clouds are like the clouds when it's snowing!" someone replied.
However, as though to confirm their guess, a black, crystal-clear snowflake fell from the sky first. An elven ranger subconsciously stretched out his hand and caught the snowflake. Under the temperature of his hand, the snowflake quickly melted and turned into a drop of black dew.
"Damn it! It's really snowing! "Seeing the black snowflakes falling continuously, the elven rangers shivered.
The black snowflakes were strange. When the snowflakes fell, the originally green plants and grass withered at a speed visible to the naked eye. The Elven Rangers also realized that something was wrong. No matter how they looked at it, this was not a normal climate phenomenon!
"We're under attack. Escape immediately!" A ranger captain said decisively. "Go back to the fortress of Bracada and report the situation here to them!"
However, it was already too late. The elves could not even determine where the attack came from, let alone who the attacker was. No matter how agile they were, it was impossible for them to escape the entire forest in a short time.
The black snow fell harder and harder. In just five minutes, a thin layer of snow had accumulated at the top of the forest. The rest of the snow fell through the gaps between the trees and landed on the ground, causing the forest to be covered in messy black spots!
The rangers running in the forest kept moving forward in the black snow, but the more they ran, the less strength they had. The black snowflakes on their bodies gradually made their bodies feel itchy and painful. If they could not help but reach out and scratch, it was very likely that their skin would be scratched until it bled profusely.
Under the effect of the Desolate Virus, the skin of the elven rangers began to fester. They began to vomit continuously and no longer had the strength to run.
"Where … is the enemy …" an elven ranger fell in despair. Before he closed his eyes and died, he shouted unwillingly.
…
More than twenty minutes later, Roy pulled out Frostmourne and stood up. What appeared in front of everyone was only a withered forest covered in black snow …
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