Fangzheng didn't care about Connie at all. He knew that Connie's injuries were more serious than his own. Besides, Matt and the other Templars weren't very proficient in healing. In fact, the priest in charge of healing in their group had already died in the previous ambush, which was why Matt and his group had such a hard time. If it weren't for Fangzheng's healing, they probably wouldn't have recovered their combat strength yet.
Despite the appearance of Connie, Fangzheng and Shi Dong had successfully completed half of their mission. They had found the remaining Templars here. Logically speaking, as long as they brought them back, they should be able to solve the problem. But from the looks of it, neither Matt nor Shi Dong seemed to have any intention of leaving.
Matt knew about the Lich's conspiracy. Although Shi Dong didn't know what happened here, he also sensed that something was wrong. In fact, when Shi Dong arrived here, he, Connie, and Miss M had already discovered the undead creatures here. Not only that, but they also saw the undead creatures dragging the Templars into the quarry. In order to find out what the undead creatures were up to, and to rescue his comrades, Shi Dong chose to go in alone to investigate. He originally wanted Connie to bring a message back to Miss M, lest the poor lady let her imagination run wild. He didn't expect to bump into Fangzheng, and then … Sigh, what the hell is going on!
"We don't have much time to waste now. The Lich must have noticed what happened up there."
As Shi Dong spoke, he glared angrily at Connie and Fangzheng. Connie lowered her head and didn't say a word when faced with his gaze. Fangzheng shrugged his shoulders and acted as though he had nothing to do with it. Looking at their reactions, Shi Dong rolled his eyes helplessly. He then looked at Matt again.
"What do you think? Matt? "
"…"
Hearing Shi Dong's question, Matt pondered for a moment, then raised his head and looked at Shi Dong again.
"Are you sure my comrades are still alive?"
"At least they were alive when they were taken in just now. Now … I can't guarantee anything."
"…"
This time, Matt was silent for a long time. Then, he looked at the others and seemed to have made up his mind.
"Shi Dong, I need your help with something."
"Speak."
"I hope you can help distract the Lich, then.... we'll find a chance to rush in and see if we can save our companions. If we can, we might even be able to destroy the dark ritual they're trying to complete in one fell swoop...."
Malt turned to look at Connie.
"I'll leave this girl to you as well. She's seriously injured and doesn't have the strength to fight. She'll only be a burden if we bring her along. It's better for her to stay here. If we can't come back, then please bring her back to Sanctum. "
"You …"
Hearing this, Shi Dong was stunned. Even Fangzheng widened his eyes and stared at Marte. He was not a fool. Of course he understood what Marte meant. To ordinary people, Marte's request might seem unreasonable, but if they thought about it carefully, they would find that this request was practically effortless for Shi Dong and Fangzheng!
Because Marte only asked them to be bait to distract the Lich. Frankly speaking, it was not difficult, and there was not much danger either. On the other hand, Marte and the others would have to go deep into the trap. After all, Shi Dong and Fangzheng only needed to cast Taunt at the periphery and pull the boss over. On the other hand, Marte and the others would have to go deep into the core area. Although Marte said that they were doing this to save their comrades, Shi Dong and Fangzheng were no fools. The Lich had spent so much effort to carry out a dark ritual, so the core area must be full of danger. Marte and the others said that they were going to destroy the Lich's plan and save their comrades, but it was not hard to guess that they would never return.
Fangzheng frowned, but when he looked at Shi Dong beside him, he did not say anything. To be honest, Marte and the others were indeed worthy of the title of Paladin. Frankly speaking, Fangzheng could not bear to see them die, but Marte had obviously made up his mind, and Shi Dong did not seem to intend to stop him, so Fangzheng could not say anything more.
"… Fine."
In the end, Shi Dong let out a long sigh.
"Marte, come back alive. I'm still waiting for you to buy me a drink."
"Don't worry, I won't die so easily."
After saying this, Marte smiled and waved at Fangzheng and Miss M, then turned around and left with his companions. Looking at Marte's back, Fangzheng was completely speechless … The flag on your back is already three meters high, Great Knight Marte. How am I supposed to save you? And Shi Dong, you're really straightforward about planting the flag. Can't you show mercy to your comrades? Don't you know that it's better to leave a way out for others in the future? You've already planted the flag so high, how can you let them live if they don't die?
"Okay, let's get moving."
Of course, Shi Dong did not know what Fangzheng was cursing behind him. He just quietly watched Marte's back disappear, then turned to look at Fangzheng.
"As you know, our mission is to attract the Lich's attention. Fortunately, you were fighting with that girl just now, so the Lich must have already sensed that something is wrong. Next, we just need to drag the Lich out so that it can't pay attention to anything else."
"Drag it out? How? "
Hearing Shi Dong's order, Fangzheng was also stunned. He stared at his mentor in surprise. To be honest, after spending so much time with Shi Dong, Fangzheng had some understanding of Shi Dong. From his point of view, this Grand Knight was more like a fierce general who led troops in a charge. He wasn't good at strategy or planning. Because of this, after hearing Shi Dong's order, Fangzheng suddenly had a bad premonition.
Facing Fangzheng's question, Shi Dong clenched his fists and revealed his pearly white teeth with a hearty smile.
"Of course we're going to fight our way in!!"
"… … …"
For the first time, Fangzheng felt that he should change his mentor …. Maybe Marte was a good choice?
At this moment, in the depths of the dark, gloomy quarry, there was a different scene.
In the huge underground cavern, blue flames flickered and burned. In the middle of the cavern, a magic circle made of blood was shining faintly. Directly above the magic circle, a Lich wrapped in a black robe floated in the air. It raised its head, and in its empty eye sockets, a scarlet glow flickered from time to time. Then, the Lich looked at the skeleton soldiers around him and gave an order in a low voice.
"You guys, go and see what's going on outside."
Hearing the Lich's order, the heavily armed skeleton soldiers bowed respectfully to him, then turned around and left. They were once brave warriors in their lives, but now, these soldiers had become undead slaves. Their souls could not rest in peace and could only helplessly surrender to the power of darkness and death.
That's right, darkness and death are the true meaning of this world.
Thinking of this, the scarlet flames in the Lich's eye sockets suddenly flickered, and he gave an order.
"Bring the sacrifice up."
Shortly after, along with the Lich's command, two tall Undead Giants pressed down on a Paladin and walked over. That Paladin looked very young, and he was heavily injured. He looked very weak. He stared fiercely at the Lich in front of him, his eyes revealing incomparable flames of anger.
"You cursed undead creature, your plot will not succeed. Everything you have done will be judged by justice!"
"How boring."
Hearing the young Paladin's words, the Lich snorted, raised his hand, and pointed at the young Paladin. Soon, a pitch-black light beam shot out from the Lich's fingertip and hit the young Paladin's chest.
"Ahh … Ahh …!"
After being hit by the pitch-black light beam, the young Paladin's face suddenly turned pale. He opened his mouth and let out a painful howl. His body began to tremble uncontrollably. Then, bright red blood gushed out of the young Paladin's mouth, nose, eyes, and ears like a waterfall. The young Paladin seemed to have suffered great pain because of this. He instinctively wanted to scream, but before he could make a sound, he was completely blocked by the blood gushing out of his throat.
"Argh … Argh!!!"
At this moment, the young Paladin's eyes were wide open. He clutched his throat tightly like a drowning man struggling to breathe, but no matter how hard he struggled, he couldn't get any air. Because the "water" that drowned him didn't come from the outside, but from the inside of his body!
In the end, the young Paladin's body began to twitch frantically. He waved his hands like a madman and opened his mouth, but he couldn't make any sound. Only blood mixed with bubbles spurted out from his mouth and flowed down his body to the ground. At this moment, the young knight stopped moving and turned into a corpse.
He was drowned alive by his own blood!
Although the young Paladin was dead, the blood flowing out of his body didn't stop. Slowly, the young Paladin's body began to deflate like a leaking balloon. In the end, he became a dried corpse that was all skin and bones. Under the influence of some mysterious power, the fresh blood slowly formed a huge bright red magic formation. The moment the magic circle was completed, an illusory figure emerged from the center of the magic circle. It waved its hands desperately in an attempt to escape from this evil place. But the next moment, the figure was pulled back like a dog with a leash and disappeared into the magic circle again.
Shortly after, a sarcophagus in the center of the magic circle shook violently and fell into silence again.
"It's still not enough …"
Looking at the magic circle in front of him, the Lich snorted coldly and silently gave an order.
You've already exceeded your reading limit for today. If you want to read more, please log in.
Login
Select text and click 'Report' to let us know about any bad translation.
