PS: Sorry for being late, I'm a little stuck today.
Three days later, in the fifth layer of Eight Peaks Mountain, in an inconspicuous corner of a deep mine.
A pale blue light flashed.
Knight King Laing, Eight Peaks Mountain King Bellegar, Light Fire Wizard Veronica, Dark Elf Olica, and Alais's Chosen One champion, Aralos, appeared in a corner of the deep mine.
Although Veronica and Olica had used a lot of mana in the battle of Titan's Gate, Laing's hard work over the past three days had helped Veronica and Olica replenish their mana. When the five of them appeared in the depths of the mine, they found themselves behind a huge rock wall. The door leading to the outside had collapsed many years ago. When the five of them appeared here, Bellegar checked the runes on the wall and nodded slowly. "This is it. It seems brother Laing's teleportation spell is quite accurate."
"This is our starting point, but why did we choose here?" Veronica was wearing a fiery red leather coat and an elven mithril chain mail. This was a rare item produced by the High Elves' Kaldor Kingdom's Vaal Anvil. Laing had bought five of them through his connections with Tegris. Veronica, Teresa, and Olica, who were spellcasters who were not suited to heavy armor, had one each. The other two were stored in the warehouse.
Bellegar said, "Yes, this is the fifth layer of Eight Peaks Mountain. As for why we appeared here, it's because this is the most dangerous place, but also the safest."
"Most dangerous and safest?" Aralos' face was still a little dejected. He had been hit so hard by the previous incident that he shut himself in gloomily for two days. Two days later, Lilith finished making the divine amulet and handed it to Aralos.
According to Olica, who went with Lilith, "This guy's face bloomed like a flower."
Sure enough! Lilith still loves me! She cares about me! Aralos placed the amulet that Lilith had given him on his chest. He felt warmth in his heart, and tears almost flowed out of his eyes.
The previous depression and decadence were swept away. Now, the wood elf hero was full of fighting spirit and wanted to perform well in front of Lilith.
What Aralos didn't know was that Laing was also reminiscing about the two days he spent with the Lake Fairy. They did many things together, made pastries together, cooked together, enjoyed the snow together, played cards together, and discussed the situation together. Although Lilith was not very proficient, she was very willing to learn. They also agreed that after the expedition, they would go to the King's manor that Laing was building for a vacation and have a small private wedding there..
Ryan and Aralos were full of fighting spirit. The difference was that the Knight King thought that after spending more than a year, they were finally going to conquer Eight Peaks Mountain.
"Hmph, pointy ears. Don't make a fuss. But that's normal. After all, pointy ears are a group of people with a heart towards the sky." Laing coldly snorted. The King of Eight Peaks Mountain was obviously still holding a grudge over the previous matter. But in consideration of Laing's face and Aralos's sincere apology, as well as some kind of promise from the wood elves and material assistance to Eight Peaks Mountain, Belega finally accepted Aralos's apology.
The King of Eight Peaks Mountain only said, "This is the location where the Skaven Ratmen attacked the mine. Later, after the ancestors repelled them, the rune masters used runes to permanently seal this tunnel. This is the closest to Quake's lair, so it's the most dangerous. But now that the Skaven Ratmen have suffered heavy losses, they definitely won't set up sentries here, so it's the safest place."
"Hmm, very good. So, how should we find traces of Headhunter Quake?" Laing nodded and secretly looked out of the mine.
Knight King was shocked by the scene in front of him.
What appeared in front of Laing was a huge mine hall, hundreds of meters high and hundreds of meters wide. The entire bottom of the mountain had been completely hollowed out. The dwarven rock walls and giant statues still stood in the hall. Dozens of bridges were suspended in the hall, each of which was hundreds of meters long and connected to the entire dwarven mine hall. The bridges were covered with tracks for mining carts, many of which were still in operation.
The dwarven water pumps, engineering power devices, and water cooling devices were still operating slowly. But what made Laing uncomfortable was that in addition to the dwarven devices, the Skaven Ratmen's dimensional stone cables, dimensional stone illuminators, various suspended wooden planks, and leftover wreckage had piled up everywhere in the mine hall. These Skaven devices were like parasitic vines on trees, filling up the dwarven buildings and roads.
"Shh!" Belega poked his head out from behind the door. The King of Ba Feng Mountain pointed at the mine hall and said, "In the past, there was an endless amount of rich mineral veins under Ba Feng Mountain. The best mithril and gold veins were all under Ba Feng Mountain. However, after thousands of years of mining, the two mithril and three gold veins had dried up. Therefore, our ancestors built this mine hall here and used it as a foundation to continue to explore the depths of the earth. In the depths of the earth, they discovered several new mineral veins that were inexhaustible. The ores mined from the new mineral veins were transported here by suspension cables and mine carts before being transported up."
"Four thousand years ago, this was the first place to be captured by the Skaven Ratmen. Five hundred dwarven miners were caught off guard. Although they fought desperately, they were still no match for the Skaven Ratmen." Belega carried a runic crossbow on his back. He took out a telescope and confirmed the situation: "Hey, the timing is just right!"
Laing also poked his head out, and the five of them secretly observed from behind the door of the mine.
Sure enough, because of the huge losses, the number of Skaven Ratmen under Headhunter Quake had sharply decreased. Even in the headquarters of the Morse clan, it was still chaotic. There were even two small clans that were at loggerheads. Both sides were at daggers drawn, constantly arguing over a little bit of leftover food. If it wasn't for a storm rat at the scene to maintain order, perhaps a fight would have broken out immediately.
"Hey, we can start now!" Sure enough, Aralus was the most impatient. He began to draw his bow and arrow, ready to fight.
"Wait! Aralus, don't forget our purpose. We're here to destroy the Bell of Calamity and deal with Headhunter Quake. " Laing waved his hand to stop Aralus' eager thoughts. He frowned: "So, where are the Bell of Calamity and Headhunter Quake now?"
"Hey ~ ha ~ ha ~ ha ~ ha!" Several Grey Prophets were commanding a large number of slave rats to line up in a chaotic formation along the long bridge. These Grey Prophets were full of festering pustules. Some of them were blind, while others were missing arms and ears. Their bodies emitted a foul and rotten smell. The slave rats that were too close to them turned into a pile of rotten meat, but they were quickly swarmed by other slave rats and devoured.
"The Plague Clan!" Belega said thoughtfully. The Eight Peak Mountain King looked at the Grey Prophets and the group of slave rats: "Why would the Plague Clan appear here?"
"Keep up!" Laing thought for a few seconds and immediately motioned for everyone to follow.
The five of them immediately followed.
Due to Quake's crushing defeat, the entire mine hall was indeed very empty. The number of guards had dropped to a record low. Only a few clan rats and slave rats were patrolling, and the scene was chaotic.
Laing and the others dealt with a few waves of patrols and a few batches of slave rat miners. They followed the Grey Prophets all the way and soon came under a rock wall.
The Calamity Bell was fixed in place by several dimensional stone chains and hung from the wall. It was burning with green flames.
Below the Bell of Calamity, several Grey Prophets were surrounding a huge field.
In the center of the field was the inverted triangle symbol of the Horned Rat. Around it were thirteen tributes. A few Gray Prophets and Plague Rats were preparing. Dark green light spread in all directions. An evil and destructive aura spread across the field. The Calamity Bell was protected by a Rat Troll behind it. The Rat Troll's arms were propped up on the ground, waiting for the Gray Prophets' orders.
"That's the Skaven's great sacrificial ceremony." Belega looked at the field from a distance. Under the illumination of a large number of dimensional stone lamps, the whole field was covered in green: "Quake obviously intends to use this method to let the supreme Scourge Lord continue to descend into the mortal world … But why would the Plague Clan appear here? Where's Quake? Why didn't he appear in person? "
"I heard that the Skaven ratmen are always fighting among themselves." Laing squatted beside Belega and discussed the situation with the King of Eight Peak Mountain: "Brother Belega, do you think the ratmen are also fighting among themselves?"
"It doesn't seem like it." Belega put down his binoculars, and the King of Eight Peak Mountain considered everything: "The Skaven ratmen are indeed very fond of fighting among themselves, but Quake is different. Quake has always been very strict with his subordinates, and the Moss clan's Clan Master, Gnoll, trusts him very much. Moreover, he is deeply loved by the Scourge Lord. The Scourge Lord's suppression of the Skaven ratmen is absolute.
"Strange, then why is that?" Aralos immediately agreed: "Then what should we do now? I think we should get rid of them. "
"Master, I'll listen to you." Olica covered her face with a black cloth and covered it with a cloak, only revealing her eyes: "Let's kill these Grey Prophets first?"
Veronica also looked at Laing.
"No … no hurry, let's wait a little longer." Laing motioned for everyone to wait a little longer. Knight King's eyes turned, and he stared at the scene of the sacrificial ceremony, obviously thinking about something.
Seeing that Laing did not move, everyone could only wait.
After about 20 minutes, the Grey Prophets found that the Dimension Stones used for the sacrificial ceremony were not enough, and they discussed it.
"Dimension Stones, not enough! Not enough! "
"Then take more ~ Take more ~ Don't let His Excellency Lurker ~ kill us all!"
"Kill, kill, kill ~ Diedie!"
"You go, all of you go!" The leader of the Grey Prophets said: "Go and get more Dimension Stones, quick!"
"Go ~ where to?"
"That green goblin thing, it's willing to give us more. Dimension Stones ~ Quick, the ceremony is almost finished!"
"Dimension Stones ~ yes, yes!"
So three Grey Prophets left and took people to get the Dimension Stones. The remaining eight Grey Prophets and the plague rats continued the ceremony.
It could be seen that the ceremony was almost finished. In the middle of the field, the power of the rat god was gradually coming from the territory of the horned rat to the mortal world, and the face of the horned rat was becoming clearer and clearer.
"It seems that the alliance between Skarnik and Quake is still there," Belle said in a deep voice. "This is very troublesome. Now that the green goblins and the rat men have been defeated, this will definitely make the alliance between them closer."
"Laing, are we still not going to do it?!" Aralos was a little anxious. He quickly walked to Laing's side and said: "Let's do it! Otherwise, it will be too late when these rats finish the ceremony! "
Only eight left? Laing heard Aralos's words, and a very dangerous idea suddenly appeared in Knight King's mind.
This idea was quite dangerous, but Laing realized that if it could be used well, it might be able to greatly reduce the casualties of the expedition army and completely destroy the alliance between the green goblins and the rat men!
After thinking about it, Laing finally made a decision.
"Let's start. Let's kill Calamity Bell and Headhunter Quake without anyone knowing!" Laing took out his warhammer and said: "Let's do it!"
"Very good! Let's do it! " Aralos finally got the chance to attack. The wood elf hero took out a quiver from his back, pulled five arrows, and put them on the bowstring.
"Kunos's Arrow!"
The flying arrows instantly killed a Grey Prophet and three plague monks. The remaining Skaven rat men immediately reacted. The leader, the Grey Prophet, shouted: "Enemy attack! Enemy attack! "
"Flaming Skull!" A huge flaming skull appeared in Veronica's hand. Witch Garland laughed and threw the skull out, burning a group of rat men along the way: "Don't run! It just wants to play a game with you! "
"Go! For the lady! For Brittany! " Laing flashed directly in front of the Grey Prophet from afar. The Knight King waved his warhammer and smashed the Grey Prophet's head into pieces: "Good! Come on! Let the rat tide hit your chest! Chest! "
"Rats! See the shield wall with only one dwarf! " Bellegar also rushed into the battlefield. Waves of ancestral runes burst out from his body. The Eight Peak Mountain King waved his holy hammer and smashed the clan rats into meat patties one by one.
"Enemy attack! Enemy attack! " The Skaven Ratfolk were instantly thrown into chaos. They rushed over from all directions, but they quickly dispersed because of the death of Gray Prophet and the Plague Monks. Some of the clan rats wanted to report this to Quake, but Veronica would never give them the chance to do so. Witch Garlan raised Yuntini's Staff.
"Wall of Fire!"
"Flaming Storm!"
The path was blocked, and Aralos took the opportunity to charge into the Rat Tide and slaughter them. The remaining Skaven Rat Men were completely annihilated.
"Roar! Roar!" The rat troll guarding the Calamity Bell immediately rang the bell. The shrill sound of the bell was enough to make any strong enemy dizzy or even kill them on the spot. However, the Lady of the Lake had already considered this. The five of them all had the amulet of the Lake Goddess on them. Although they were a little uncomfortable, they were not affected by the sound of the bell.
"Shadow! Descend!" The rat troll was about to rush up and fight with Laing when Olica suddenly appeared in the shadows above the rat troll. The dark elf laughed sinisterly, and two butterfly daggers pierced through the rat troll's head. The rat troll twitched a few times on the spot, and its eyes immediately turned white. The dark elf pulled out her own butterfly daggers and tapped the rat troll's shoulder with her high-heeled boots. Olica landed lightly beside Laing like a dancing butterfly, and with a flip of her daggers, they slaughtered the Skaven rat men together.
Ten minutes later, all of the Skaven Ratmen in the ritual hall had been wiped out on top of the corpses.
The five of them worked together to destroy the Calamity Bell. They turned the Skaven weapon into a pile of scrap metal. Then, Belega planned to destroy the sacrificial ceremony. "Brother Laing, this thing is almost complete. We cannot leave it behind. Come on, let us destroy it together."
"I will do it. You guys go out first." At this time, Laing gestured for them to leave. "Destroying the ceremony will cause a lot of damage. I will do it."
"Alright then." No one suspected anything and left first. Only Aralos felt a little strange. He secretly looked back and saw that Leon was indeed ruining the ceremony. Only then did the Wood Elf hero turn around.
Seeing everyone leave, Laing stood inside the sacrificial ceremony. The gray knight geno prototype had a scary smile.
Because the whole sacrificial ceremony was covered with the blood and bodies of the Skaven rat men.
The king smiled evilly and walked to the center of the magic circle. He took out five of the thirteen tributes and burned them to ashes. He took the rat man's geno stone cutting pen and changed a few key parts of the sacrificial magic circle. For example, he erased the inverted triangle symbol and changed it to an eight-pillar symbol. Then, he injected some power into it to activate the magic circle.
Seeing the magic circle start to run, Laing quickly left the place.
"Ha ha ha ha! This way, that guy will appear."
"It can help us solve a lot of problems."
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