Chapter 046 – Withering Light
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"Leon, the people from the Lord's Mansion have all come out. Now is the perfect time to attack while their defenses are weak. Should we go straight for it?"
In the alleyway.
A member of the Silver Frost Brotherhood suppressed his excitement and spoke in a low voice.
Leon's face changed when he heard this, and he raised his hand to stop them:
"Don't even think about it!"
"Do you think the Blood Flag Family's people are all fools? Raga must have left a small team in the camp, and the Lord's Mansion definitely has other security forces. Besides, what benefit do we gain from attacking the Lord's Mansion?"
The lackey scratched his head awkwardly.
Leon looked deep into the flickering lights of the Lord's Mansion and decisively waved his hand:
"Let's go!"
"Where to?"
Several lackeys asked in a hurry.
"Of course, the prison! Dean, Morris, and my stupid partner Jonas are all in the prison. Now is the time to rescue them."
Leon calmly led the lackeys through the Rolling Stone Town under the cover of night.
Ever since Jonas was captured for participating in the "Martin Fastrun," Leon had secretly scouted the Rolling Stone Town countless times.
He was familiar with the area.
Before long.
They arrived outside the high walls of the Rolling Stone Town prison.
In the northeast direction.
There was a tall tower.
It seemed like someone was keeping watch on top.
Just as Leon was about to lead the team to take out the guards on the watchtower himself, there was suddenly a commotion near the high walls!
Several figures sneaked out from under the high walls.
"Dean?"
Leon called out uncertainly.
"Leon? You came at the right time! Damn it, finally met someone reliable."
In the darkness.
Dean walked out grumbling, followed by a ashamed Jonas. As for the tall Morris, he was always supporting Dean.
Leon then noticed that Dean was limping as he walked.
Before he could ask, Dean cursed on his own:
"That idiot Jonas. I was leading him to escape, but he tripped in the tunnel I dug. He's fine, but he broke my leg!"
Leon's face showed a strange expression.
After a while, he managed to hold back his laughter.
Immediately, Leon called over the other lackeys to take care of them, then nervously looked towards the direction of the watchtower:
"Do we need to quickly evacuate this town? The Cataclysmic Cult has brought the Underground Alliance, and their strength is formidable. If we continue to cooperate with them, our relationship might become unbalanced."
Dean shook his head:
"From the beginning, you shouldn't have been swayed by the Cataclysmic Cult. They have a deep connection with the underground people, and they are not on the same path as us. Rolling Stone Town is not as simple as it seems. I still don't understand how they managed to capture us. The captain of the Guard Unit with the big beard is indeed powerful, but he couldn't have caught me. That's why I hesitated to escape. If I hadn't received your emergency signal, I wouldn't have risked coming out."
Morris, who was beside them, couldn't help but interject:
"Dean, are you being too cautious? Maybe that day we just happened to slip. And look, we managed to escape without the guards noticing anything. I don't see much difference between Rolling Stone Town and other small towns."
However, before he could finish speaking, Dean interrupted him:
"For the next 24 hours, I don't want to hear you speak. Shut up!"
Jonas lowered his head in frustration.
"Now that we're out, it's impossible to just leave like this."
Dean said in a low voice:
"Leon, report the information you gathered outside. We need to leave the range of the watchtower first. Let's go!"
The group of people scattered and left the prison's range.
After a while.
They found shelter in an abandoned workshop.
Dean quickly dealt with his broken leg and suppressed the pain with his remarkable resilience.
"So, they will have a major battle in the north of Rolling Stone Town?"
After listening to Leon's account, Dean's eyes gradually lit up:
"Then we can't just leave like this. We have to do something!"
Morris exclaimed excitedly:
"Take advantage of their vulnerability and wipe them out!"
Leon proposed cautiously:
"I don't think we need to attract the Cataclysmic Cult's attention. We don't know the internal defenses of Rolling Stone Town either. If we recklessly stir up trouble, we might end up getting trapped."
Dean agreed and nodded:
"You're right. We don't need, nor do we have the qualifications, to go on a killing spree in Rolling Stone Town. Remember our profession - we are arsonists, not murderers. Restraint is the most important virtue."
"We only need to start the fire, and let the Cataclysmic Cult clean up the mess. Now the question is, where should we start the fire?"
Leon immediately drew a sketch of Rolling Stone Town on the ground.
"First, we can exclude the Mage District, Blood Flag District, and the Prison District."
Dean analyzed calmly, "The Mage District of Rolling Stone Town may have a fancy title, but Ronan is said to be trapped in the Star Realm. There's no need to provoke a legendary mage."
"The Blood Flag District is the same. It's filled with minor nobles and knights, and our principle has always been to kill civilians rather than provoke nobles."
"The Prison District has many guards. Dealing with them might be troublesome, even though they're not that strong."
On the map, only the Artisan District, Workshop District, Civilian District, and Farm District remained.
"The Civilian District and Farm District are theoretically the best options, but the former is too far from us and close to the battlefield. The latter is right on the edge of the battlefield, so we don't need to go there."
"The Workshop District and Artisan District are adjacent to each other. There aren't many people in the Workshop District at night, and even if the arson is successful, it would be difficult to create chaos."
With Dean's precise analysis, only the Artisan District remained on the map.
"Let's go, we'll go here!"
Dean decisively said.
The group set off again, with Jonas carrying the limping Dean towards the Artisan District.
After about ten minutes.
In the center of the Artisan District."This is the place, this iconic building is tailor-made for us!"
Dean suppressed his excitement.
The more people affected by arson, the better. The more famous the building being burned, the better. The building in front of them was undoubtedly the most conspicuous one in the Artisan District.
"Jonas will cover me, Morris and I will go inside to set the fire, leaving a few people for support."
Dean quickly arranged:
"After setting the fire, we will evacuate the town from the northwest. Leon, you arrange the retreat route. Of course, you can also choose some suitable targets along the way."
Leon nodded somewhat discontentedly.
Dean was doing this.
Undoubtedly, he didn't want to share the spoils with him.
He was clearly the most intelligent one in the Brotherhood!
Leon, suppressing his displeasure, took a few lackeys and headed north of the Artisan District.
The rest of the people quietly sneaked into the building under Dean's leadership.
The moonlight gently spilled down.
Outside the first floor lobby.
The plaque of the "Artisan Protection Association" was clearly visible.
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North of the Oak Forest.
Warlock Ed's orders were resolutely executed.
On the front battlefield.
The Boarman Warrior carrying the flag led the advance step by step.
On the side, a robust Gnoll led a team to bypass the forest for a flank attack.
"They want to attack the farm area!"
Matthew reminded.
"I'm on it!"
Zeller suddenly mounted his horse. His riding skills were quite exquisite, and he soon ventured to the east of the forest.
It had to be said.
His move was very dangerous.
A spellcaster leaving the team on his own under the pressure of the enemy was easily targeted.
However, Zeller seemed very confident.
He sat on his horse, suddenly chanted a very short spell, and then Matthew saw him take out something like a rifle from his bag.
"A magic gun?"
Matthew didn't expect Zeller to have such a high-end item.
Bang!
Zeller lightly pulled the trigger of the magic gun, and a hot fireball shot out, reaching the Gnoll squad and the wasteland east of the Oak Forest, a distance of about two hundred meters!
Not only that.
After the fireball hit the ground, it ignited into a fire wall about 30 meters long!
At the same time.
The spell Zeller had chanted earlier also took effect.
A gust of wind suddenly blew around him.
Then.
An Air Elemental with bulging muscles appeared out of thin air!
"Go!"
Zeller pointed skillfully.
The Air Elemental reluctantly flew above the fire wall, then blew a breath downwards.
"Whoosh!"
The fire wall suddenly extended about fifty to sixty meters on both sides.
Its height also exceeded two meters.
The Gnolls' route to the east was instantly blocked!
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Seeing Zeller single-handedly thwart Ed's plan to divide his forces.
Matthew breathed a sigh of relief.
He took a look at the form and color of the Air Elemental, and initially judged it to be an Air Elemental Elder.
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This meant that Zeller was at least a 4th rank Warlock!
He felt much more at ease.
Then he completely turned his attention to the front battlefield.
In fact.
Since the Bone Dragon appeared.
Matthew had been diligently doing his job - summoning the Undead!
More and more corpses were awakened by him.
The good ones became Silver Moon Zombies, the lesser ones became Skeleton Soldiers.
These undead creatures lined up irregularly in the north of the Oak Forest, silently facing the surging army inspired by the horn.
As Matthew summoned more and more undead creatures.
His Mana gradually ran out, and his head was throbbing with pain!
"I can't afford to slack off at this critical moment."
Matthew took a deep breath.
He took out three items from the bottom of his Mysterious Spell Satchel: Negative Energy Stone, Awakening Patch, and Mana Tobacco.
He held the Negative Energy Stone in his palm to reduce the negative energy consumption when summoning the undead;
The Awakening Patch was stuck on his forehead, which could provide a cool to stinging sensation, stimulate the recovery of mental power to a certain extent, but had large side effects if used for a long time, and was addictive;
Finally.
Matthew stuffed the wrinkled tobacco into his mouth and chewed it carefully.
The next moment.
A strong rush surged from his mouth.
His eyes began to tear up, and thick black smoke came out of his nostrils!
"Cough, cough, cough!"
This was Matthew's first time using Mana Tobacco, and he was choked quite a bit.
But after a brief discomfort.
He could feel his dwindling Mana recover a little bit.
"Phew!"
Matthew exhaled a thick ring of smoke.
The next moment.
He chewed up all the tobacco and swallowed it.
Then he continued to tirelessly summon the undead.
A few seconds later.
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"Prompt: You have summoned and maintained more than 100 undead, during the summoning process, you have a new understanding of the "Undead" domain!
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You have mastered a new domain ability: Withering Light.
Withering Light: You can ignite a gray light on your undead, those covered by the gray light will continuously suffer a life reduction penalty."
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