Dark Redemption of Elf

Chapter 79: Meier’s awakening?

Deep in the Pingxi Mountains.

Different from the gentle Luoxia Mountains to the west, similar to the gloomy Forest of Despair, there are dead bones and marsh gas everywhere. It is said that this place used to be as sunny as the Luoxia Mountains. As a result, the battle between Yaolan and Swisston completely changed the landscape here and made it uninhabitable. This is also the reason why Yaolan and Swisston each took a step back. one.

"Damn it, is there an undead dragon here? We've been wandering around for a long time."

"I don't know, but the Marquis will not lie to us. I heard that he is considered a good person among the nobles."

"It's not that I don't believe the Marquis, but I don't believe the mercenary who said he found an undead dragon."

"That's pretty much it, but the swamp gas is really annoying."

"Just think of it as an adventure. We can't kill that undead dragon anyway."

Four ordinary mercenaries were talking to each other in the Pingxi Mountains. On a big tree not far from them, two pairs of dark eyes were staring at their every move.

"Brother, these people want to steal our prey. Do you want to kill them?"

"No, let them explore the way ahead first. If he dares to grab it when we fight later, we will kill him directly."

Being ruthless when necessary is one of the reasons why Ayton has survived in the dark cave to this day.

"Oh well"

"Let's go back first. Iluli and the others probably can't wait any longer."

Ayton and Ariel returned to the gathering place and found that the other three were sitting there and resting. The physical fitness of magicians was generally a little worse than that of warriors, even the half-elf Ravel was no exception.

"We didn't find the undead dragon ahead, but we met four mercenaries," Ayton said lightly.

"Oh" Iluli lowered her head sadly. As a forest elf, she must hope to find the undead dragon as soon as possible.

"Eluli, don't you forest elves have the ability to sense? Can you use that to find it?" Ariel said. In the past, Iluli was more accurate than her assassin in sensing danger, which made her a little unconvinced.

"Okay, let me try." Iluli closed her eyes and concentrated, placing her hands on the big tree behind her. The green light magic slowly poured into the big tree from her hands, and then flowed into her body. It was very magical.

"Perception ability?" Ravel looked at Iluli in surprise.

"What's wrong?" Ayton asked in a low voice.

"Nothing, I just heard that only a few elves among the forest elves have a high degree of nature perception, and those elves basically have royal blood."

"Really?" Ayton was noncommittal. Regardless of whether she was from the forest elf royal family, there was a veritable princess of the Yaolan Kingdom next to him.

After a while, Iluli's face suddenly turned ugly, as if she had seen something extremely uncomfortable.

"Eluli, what happened?" Ayton hurriedly interrupted her state of perception.

Iluli took a step back, pointed her finger in one direction, and said with a trembling voice: "There... there is the power of the undead."

"Where!?" Ayton looked in the direction of Eluli's finger and said with a frown. That was exactly the direction the four mercenaries were heading.

"Without further ado, let's go take a look first," Ayton said: "Ariel, please protect Iluli and Lan Keke."

"Do you want me to protect them again?" Ariel murmured in her mouth, but silently leaned closer to the two women. Facing the undead dragon with unknown strength, Ayton would not let anyone around them without the ability to protect them. As for Ravel's words, he was a little worried.

……

The five people were walking quickly in the dense forest. After about 10 minutes, they passed the four mercenaries just now, but Ayton ignored them. If he said that there was an undead dragon in front of them, they would definitely not want to leave.

Walked for a while.

"It's very close, just 200 meters ahead, but... it's very dangerous!" Iluli suddenly stopped and said in a trembling voice. Her reaction was obviously much stronger than when she encountered the dark wolves and the green man-eating python.

"It's okay, Eluli. We killed two green man-eating pythons in a row. Are we still afraid of this fifth-level undead dragon?" Ayton comforted him. He had never seen a fifth-level monster, so he didn't know. No matter how strong he is, for Iluli, he will not leave without even seeing the shadow of the dragon.

"I'll go take a look in front first." After saying this, Ariel rushed forward with a quick stride.

Ayton didn't stop him and whispered: "Be safe."

"Two green man-eating pythons! Are they both mid-level fifth-level monsters?" Lan Keke looked at Ayton in disbelief and said excitedly: "You two can actually kill two mid-level fifth-level monsters?"

"It's not just the two of us, there's also the help of Iluli and a wing tribe."

"But that's pretty strong," Lan Keke's eyes gleamed. Now she had a new understanding of Ayton's strength.

After the previous battle, Ravel was half convinced of this.

"Well...it's just good luck. In fact, we were almost wiped out at that time." Ayton recalled the last blow of the female green man-eating python, and he still has lingering fears.

At the last moment, it was probably Meier who saved him. As for why the latter didn't take the initiative to speak out, Ayton didn't want to ask more.

Ariel came back at this time and looked at Ayton suspiciously: "What are you talking about? Why do you say it when I'm not around?"

"As for the killing of the green man-eating python before, let's talk about the previous situation first."

Ariel did not pursue further: "There is a hole about 20 square meters in front, and there seems to be some evil presence inside."

"That should be the undead dragon," Lan Keke said excitedly, "Haha, I, Lan Keke, also want to hunt down an undead dragon and prove myself."

"It's better to go over and take a look first."

The five people walked to the entrance of the cave when an icy cold wind blew in their faces, mixed with a bit of rancid smell.

Ariel couldn't help but pinch her nose and said: "It smells so bad."

"The aura here is very powerful, much more powerful than those two man-eating pythons," Iluli said, covering her nose. The forest elves are very sensitive in terms of facial features.

"Dragon monsters, that's normal," Ravel said, and took the lead to walk forward, intending to take over the task of exploring the path. In the past, Ayton and Ariel were the ones exploring the path, and this time it was his turn. .

As soon as Ravel took a step forward, he was stopped by Ayton: "You are a magician. Leave it to me to find the path. Ariel, guard the entrance of the cave."

"Brother, I'd better go," Ariel took a step forward and said worriedly.

Ayton tapped her head lightly and patted her chest: "It's a beautiful idea, leave it to me, I will leave a mark inside."

After saying that, he ran straight into the cave.

Ariel looked at Ayton's back disappearing into the cave entrance. A feeling of fear and worry surged from the bottom of her heart. She thought about rushing in several times. Then she glanced at Lan Keke and Yiluli, gritted her teeth, and still He stopped and stood next to Iluli, looking at Lan Keke with a very unfriendly tone: "Hey, when will you become a magician who doesn't need anyone's protection?"

"..."

……

The caves in the Pingxi Mountains were filled with marsh gas and corpse gas, but there was no excrement left by animals. There were actually faint footprints on the ground.

Around a corner, Ayton found an unlit magic lamp and was shocked.

There's someone inside, the Necromancer! ?

This made Ayton even more cautious. Undead creatures have a slight chance of forming naturally, but most of them are man-made. The magicians who create undead creatures are collectively called necromancers. Undead magic, like dark magic, is a magic forbidden by the Holy See. , but the degree is more serious.

The dark mage didn't do anything harmful, and there was still some room for victory. Once a necromancer is discovered by the church, he will directly face trial or purification.

This made Ayton even more cautious, and he didn't know if the necromancer was inside. He might have heard the news about the undead dragon bounty issued by the Marquis of Thorns, and then moved away overnight.

This cave is relatively long. Ayton walked for about 10 minutes when an intersection suddenly appeared in front of him.

‘Return the same way or continue forward?’ Ayton thought. If you return the same way, let them come in and explore together, it should be safer and more efficient.

But the defense of the cave entrance is also very important. If someone seals the cave entrance and they encounter an undead dragon inside, they will suffer a big loss.

"Just the right side." After thinking for a while, Ayton decided to explore the entire cave by himself. He just hoped that Ariel would be more patient and not come in to find him.

Ayton carved an 'X' mark on the right wall. Previously, Ayton attracted a swarm of bats to escape to the depths of the trial area, which made Ariel complain for a while. After that, they agreed on various secret codes. Be careful and you can find it if you get lost.

The air in the cave is getting colder and colder, and there seems to be a woman's cry mixed in the air, like a ghost in the abyss. Ayton couldn't help but feel a chill behind his back.

But he didn't want to give up, he had to see with his own eyes what was hidden in the depths.

‘invisible’

Ayton's right hand was attached to the dark holy bead on his chest, and magic power was injected into it through his clothes. A transparent membrane was attached to Ayton's body, causing his figure to disappear into the somewhat dark cave.

'Invisibility' is different from 'camouflage', which will seriously reduce his movement speed, and even his breathing will be a little slow.

Moreover, when facing an enemy, Ayton will immediately activate once touched, and there will be a period of time when 'invisibility' is activated again, which is enough for the enemy to kill him, so he must not maintain 'invisibility' to fight with others.

After walking for about five minutes, a large magic circle suddenly appeared in front of it, flashing all kinds of lights. There were a lot of bottles of unknown liquids and books around it. Fortunately, there was no one there.

Ayton didn't make the slightest sound. He was now in an 'invisible' state. Unless there was nearby detection magic, it would be difficult to find him.

'Seal, resentment, someone is doing experiments here' Ayton recognized something about the magic inscription next to the magic circle.

Suddenly, a light blue ghost appeared in the magic circle. His face was pale, his lower body was nothing, and his upper body was floating about an inch above the ground. He looked like a woman about 25 years old, and her eyes were filled with violent red light. , and actually discovered the intruder Ayton.

"Death!" The ghost let out a terrifying scream and rushed towards Ayton, trying to tear Ayton into pieces. Ayton was so shocked that he quickly lost his 'invisibility' magic.

With a "bang" sound, the female ghost seemed to hit a barrier, and her figure immediately stopped, but she still clung to the barrier reluctantly. The barrier only glowed faintly and remained motionless.

Ayton was immediately relieved when he saw this. He had only heard of the ghost, but had never fought head-on. He didn't know how much the opponent weighed.

"Hey, can you talk?" Ayton called to the ghost, trying to communicate with her, but the latter didn't respond at all, still holding on to the barrier.

‘She should be the necromancer’s test subject, she seems to have been tortured by him and lost her mind’

Ayton sighed and walked to the desk. There were many books and notes scattered on it. Judging from the handwriting, it was written by the same person, probably the necromancer.

After thinking for a while, Ayton still collected all the books into the Dark Holy Orb. Ayton didn't care whether the undead magic was a magic banned by the church. Anyway, he, a dark elf, would no longer be recognized by the church. So he could learn it secretly. No harm.

After taking a look at the irrational ghost, Ayton walked out of the cave. Since the necromancer did not escape, he was probably at another fork in the road, or outside. He was a little worried that Ariel and the others would come out. What's up.

'Master, master' Suddenly a clear and urgent voice came into Ayton's mind.