"The more Khajiit spoke, the more excited he became, and an extremely sinister smile couldn't help but appear on his face.
Originally, he thought that Minori's cooperation with him was to start re-arranging in the "Joint Cemetery" of "E-Rantel".
As a result, the other party brought him to the Abelion Hills, a place ruled by various demi-human races. What he didn't expect was that Minori had already mastered the power of a demi-human faction here.
Chaos, death, struggle!
It is the real theme of the Abelion Hills.
Compared to hiding in "E-Rantel", there is no need to worry about these things here at all.
"Jie Jie ha, this place is simply great."
Khajiit stood on the hill, gazing at the vast hills in the distance, and couldn't help but open his arms to embrace this chaotic place.
His former goal was to accumulate power to destroy the entire "E-Rantel" and create a city of the dead. He didn't even care about humans, let alone these demi-humans.
Excitement aside.
Khajiit certainly knew that he was able to safely arrange the "Spiral of Death" because of this mysterious person in front of him.
If it weren't for the demi-human group controlled by the other party, let alone collecting a large number of demi-human corpses, he wouldn't be able to survive for a few days with his strength.
"Hero Domain" is too strong!
This is a level he Extremely Desires to reach, belonging to the top experts in various countries, and even able to become the existence sung by those wandering poets.
Who exactly is the other party, and why has he never heard of him?
Khajiit flashed this thought, his smooth head without a single hair, reflecting slightly under the scorching sunlight.
"Old friend, how did you manage to make those demi-human powerhouses submit?" Khajiit bowed his body, full of curiosity and respect as he asked.
He didn't know the identity of this mysterious person, and the other party had never told him, so Khajiit naturally wouldn't bother to ask.
"Old friend" became a name-like address, even if these three words were an humiliation to Khajiit.
"Heh, what do you think?" Minori came back to his senses from thinking about the two rituals.
Khajiit's expression froze, knowing that he had asked a stupid question.
Minori glanced at Khajiit indifferently.
The atmosphere was silent.
This group of demi-human races is indeed not easy to control, especially the demonized human Nasrene, one of the "Ten Heroes of the Demi-humans".
The reason why these demi-human kings are now obediently submitting to Minori is entirely because he can initiate the ritual and let the lizardman Cruche Lulu release the sixth-order magic "Weather Manipulation".
The power this represents, as long as these demi-human kings are not stupid, they will understand what they should do.
And those ordinary demi-humans have not resisted, even more because they are already clearly in the drought-stricken, water-scarce, and food-scarce hill area.
Minori has the ability to provide them with enough food and water.
Speaking of "drought".
Minori's heart moved, feeling the hot temperature, his gaze moved upwards, looking at the cloudless sky and the scorching sun.
Recently, he has rarely assisted the Cruche Lulu and others in releasing the "Weather Manipulation" magic.
Because it is no longer needed.
Even Minori didn't realize it at first, continuously releasing the 6th-order "Weather Manipulation", under the condition of blowing away rain clouds and keeping the hill area exposed to the sun.
This continuous influence has now gradually evolved into a real "drought" descending!
"Climate phenomena have always been unpredictable. Constant magical intervention has actually gradually changed the direction of the climate." Minori thought silently in his heart.
The more he understands the order magic, the more he can feel that some of the magic cannot be judged by simple order levels.
"The arrangement of the ritual should be increased... En?!"
Minori opened his mouth coldly, but before he could finish speaking, his eyes suddenly became sharp.
Suddenly!
"Having undergone the baptism of death, you can still ask such stupid questions."
"Khajiit!"
"Your wisdom is almost as stiff as the undead."
A dry voice sounded on the flat ground of this hill, like two bones rubbing against each other. The voice, which should have been harsh, had a unique magnetism and was not unpleasant to listen to.
Almost at the moment the voice sounded!
Located behind Khajiit, the empty air suddenly rippled, then twisted and blurred, and a black figure appeared out of thin air in place.
The 5th-order teleportation magic!
No need to look at the information displayed on the attribute panel.
As a user who often uses this magic, Minori recognized this magic at first sight.
Knows Khajiit, a member of [Zerrernorn]?
Khajiit has something similar to positioning magic on him!
Several thoughts flashed through Minori's mind, his eyes turned cold as he looked at the black figure that appeared out of thin air.
The other party's whole body was shrouded in a black mist-like energy, making it impossible to see the other party's appearance, and could only barely see the other party's body shape.
A gloomy aura spread out.
The somewhat hot temperature originally dropped a few degrees with the appearance of the other party. The black mist was negative energy!
Khajiit's pupils trembled. Hearing this familiar voice, his expression became stiff, and he turned around slowly with some disbelief.
When he saw the figure standing behind him clearly.
Minori observed that Khajiit shivered imperceptibly, and his already pale and bloodless face seemed to become even whiter.
Noticing this subtle emotional change.
Minori's eyes narrowed, and the light of magic flashed in his eyes: "Ninjutsu · Detection!"
Swish!
I saw a deep dark light suddenly flash through the black mist on the other party's body.
"Shielded it?"
"It's anti-detection." Minori quickly scanned the attribute panel, without any reaction.
Passive ability? Or some kind of magic item?
Buzz—
'Discovered the second-order magic "Magic Detection", requiring magic-based spellcasting level (8~14), current conditions met...'
At the same time Minori activated the detection magic, the other party also activated the detection magic.
"Magic Detection" is a detection magic that can detect whether the opponent is carrying magic items.
Although it is impossible to obtain the opponent's information, you can analyze the opponent and lock the position through the number of magic items.
""Detection Interference"."
A faint light flashed on Minori's body, blocking the other party's detection ability.
The two sides haven't spoken yet!
The short detection offensive and defensive battle has already been completed in the blink of an eye.
"Alliance, Alliance Leader." Khajiit knelt on the ground in a panic, lying on the ground with both hands, lowered his head tightly and opened his mouth in fear.
The Alliance Leader did not look at the terrified Khajiit, but stared at Minori opposite.
"In this world, only irresistible power can make a group of wild demi-human races obey another race."
The Alliance Leader answered Khajiit's question just now unhurriedly, "I now realize that resurrecting you may have been a foolish decision."
"What do you think, my high disciple."
Whoosh!
Khajiit's heart was immediately filled with fear. He immediately pressed his head to the ground and said in horror: "Alliance Leader, this subordinate... this subordinate, has absolutely not leaked any information about the organization."
[Zerrernorn] Alliance Leader!
Minori, hearing Khajiit's address for this person, revealed a look of astonishment in his eyes beneath the red hood. He had anticipated meeting this alliance leader in the future, but he hadn't expected it to be so soon.
Then, hearing Khajiit's panicked declaration that he hadn't leaked any information, a sneer couldn't help but surface on the face behind the mask.
In reality,
Khajiit truly didn't know much. [Zurrernorn] was a loosely organized group. Not to mention this mysterious alliance leader,
even the other high-ranking disciples rarely met each other, let alone had any deep understanding of one another.
Faced with this suddenly appearing alliance leader,
Minori felt a surge of vigilance, but he wasn't worried. With his current strength, only an overwhelming difference, like a True Dragon King or a Divine Being, could pose a threat.
As for the others?
Minori wouldn't mind blasting them all away with a tenth-tier magic spell [Gawain]. What he was wary of was whether the other party's sudden appearance would affect his plans.
[TL: Could not find what spell that meant]
According to Khajiit's words,
this alliance leader should currently be located in the territory of one of the legendary three great dark night liches, "Terror"!
That was located between the Baharuth Empire and the eastern Katze Plain, in a destroyed small country that had long since become a true land of the undead.
"This is indeed a good place."
"Why didn't I think of using the chaos of these demi-humans before... Hmm, I seem to have considered it, probably more than 20 years ago."
"Strange, why did I abandon this idea back then?"
The Alliance Leader raised an arm shrouded in black mist and negative energy, touching his chin, muttering to himself as if no one else was present.
Whether it was Khajiit, cowering on the ground in fear, or Minori, standing not far away, they seemed not to care.
More than 20 years ago?
Minori remembered that was also the time when [Zurrernorn] was regarded as an evil cult and truly became famous in various countries.
This alliance leader occupied a ruin, using the "Spiral of Death Ritual" to create chaos and indirectly destroy a city.
"I remember now," the Alliance Leader spoke again:
"There are quite a few demi-human powerhouses here, which would waste too much energy, and the extent of secretly creating chaos is also limited. Most importantly—this place is too close to the Slane Theocracy."
"Heh, heh, the anomalies in the Hill Country lately, you're the one behind them, aren't you? I don't think you have that kind of strength."
"Tell me, how did you do it?"
The Alliance Leader extended a skeletal, skin-covered finger from the black mist, pointing to the sky.
"This series of self-serving questions of yours makes me forget that this should be my territory."
Minori issued a hoarse, cold voice: "I don't like uninvited guests. It makes it impossible to judge whether you're a guest or an enemy!"
A tense atmosphere permeated between the two!
"Enemy? Ha."
"Wait a moment, I will hear it from your own mouth. Before that..." The Alliance Leader didn't care about Minori, his tone full of arrogance and disregard, his gaze coldly fixed on Khajiit, who was lying on the ground:
"Tell me, why did you suddenly appear here? You should be in E-Rantel right now."
"I used the 'Teleport' magic several times to transfer before finding your exact location. If you don't give me a satisfactory answer, death will not be your final destination."
Whenever someone became a high-ranking disciple of [Zurrernorn], the Alliance Leader would place a special magic ritual on them, both to determine the location of these subordinates
and to prevent them from being killed, so that they could be resurrected.
Upon noticing that Khajiit had suddenly disappeared from E-Rantel for unknown reasons and appeared in a more remote location,
the Alliance Leader rushed over to investigate the situation. After all, the successive deaths of two high-ranking disciples recently made him suspect that someone was targeting [Zurrernorn].
Khajiit prostrated on the ground, without the slightest hesitation, and quickly opened his mouth: "It's the 'Spiral of Death Ritual'!"
Before Khajiit could finish speaking,
the Alliance Leader seemed to understand something: "As expected, the only thing on you that would make someone target you is this ritual."
"How long has it been since someone dared to covet the things of [Zurrernorn]?"
The Alliance Leader let out a low laugh, as if he had discovered something interesting, raised his arm, and aimed it at Khajiit: "Fire..."
He naturally didn't believe that Khajiit hadn't leaked any information about [Zurrernorn]. He had originally thought that the other party had good talent and was worth nurturing.
Now—die!
"Alliance Leader! The Orb of Death is on him, he can summon a Bone Dragon!" Khajiit felt the approach of death and shouted sharply.
The Alliance Leader paused the movement of his hand and felt a streak of lightning coming from a distance.
"Dragon Lightning."
The dazzling white electric light illuminated the surroundings, and terrifyingly agitated lightning, transformed into a bolt of lightning in the air, and quickly bombarded.
"Teleport!"
The Alliance Leader's figure flashed and instantly disappeared from the spot.
A huge roar sounded!
The position where the Alliance Leader had just been was directly blasted into a huge charred pit by the lightning. The high temperature generated by the lightning formed a wave of air that overturned Khajiit, who was lying on the ground.
Pfft! Pfft!
The rubble generated when the ground exploded turned into flying bullets, splashing in all directions.
"Ah, ah!"
Before Khajiit could react, he was first overturned and rolled a few times on the ground, and then was hit by these scattered rubble, screaming.
Acute intuition.
Minori immediately discovered the Alliance Leader who had teleported to a height of more than ten meters in the air, looked up and looked at the top: "What do you want to do to my partner?"
Khajiit can't die now; the "Spiral of Death Ritual" hasn't been arranged yet.
"Flight!"
The Alliance Leader immediately used the "Flight" magic after appearing in the air, so that he could float in the air without falling.
"You're courting death!"
The unique magnetic sound produced by the friction of two bones contained anger.
"No one can get away unscathed after provoking [Zurrernorn]!" The Alliance Leader's pale pupils hidden behind the black mist were extremely cold:
"Fifth Tier · Ruined Bone Prison!"
Pfft—Pfft!
The ground under Minori's feet was damaged, and sharp black and gray bone spurs protruded from the ground.
A sense of restraint surged from the ground, making him realize that this magic could affect the use of teleportation magic.
The Alliance Leader obviously knew that he also mastered teleportation magic, so he used a magical attack with restraint and influence on movement.
The 7th tier "Superior Teleportation" can easily get rid of this restraint, however, Minori doesn't need to use this level of magic.
"Come out, Bone Dragon!"
The surface of the "Orb of Death" in Minori's hand flashed with a faint light.
Buzz—
A huge magic circle appeared under his feet.
The Bone Dragon's pale figure emerged from the ground, easily destroying the magic of the "Ruined Bone Prison" that had risen under Minori's feet.
He can really summon the Bone Dragon!
The Alliance Leader was a little surprised.
Just now, he didn't fully believe Khajiit's words. He knew that Khajiit had spent several years collecting negative energy with the magic item "Orb of Death" but had not summoned a Bone Dragon.
How long has that magic item been lost?