The Death List Novel - Chapter 420
Chapter 420 Break Back
“Let’s go!” Kelly shouted angrily, and a light suddenly appeared on her back. The enormous Dou Qi wings spread out behind her like peacocks, pouncing towards the leading knight of the three Death Knights.
A cold light flashed in the eyes of the death knight. He pulled on the reins, and the nightmare step beneath his legs moved as he left the army. He exerted his strength and directly jumped onto the stone wall on the right side of the valley. He stepped on the stone wall and rushed towards Kelly’s side in a circular arc. The Hellfire beneath Nightmare’s feet left behind a long path of flames on the stone wall.
“!” The collision of Kelly’s tiny fist with the giant saber made the sound of metal colliding with each other. The Knight of Death’s entire body trembled. The Nightmare beneath his crotch raised its head and let out a long hiss. It couldn’t help but retreat repeatedly, and the rubble on the stone wall began to drift down.
The Knight of Death raised his head abruptly. His eyes behind the iron face flashed with a cold light of surprise. He paused for a moment, as if he was seriously looking at the petite woman in front of him.
“My name is Elder Franklin. Live, state your name!” The Knight of Death raised his saber and pointed at the female martial artist in front of him.
“Sister, don’t discuss life with a rotting corpse. Die!” Kelly stole a glance at the battlefield and her heart sank. She raised her eyebrows and threw herself at the Knight of Death again.
“~ ~ Pa!” The Knight of Death was almost unable to grasp the horse knife in his hand. He was astonished to see that the black steel horse knife that had been tempered by the Hellfire had actually cracked in one place. The steel fragments shot landed on the iron surface of the helmet, making a clanging sound like rain hitting a banana.
“Opportunity!” Kelly’s eyes lit up and her fighting spirit flapped. A kite in the air rolled over. Its right leg slashed down like a battle axe, directly shooting the stiff death knight and his horse down from the stone wall. It heavily smashed into the bottom of the valley, crushing a group of skeletons.
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When the war began, Stark faced another death knight. Only he could defend against the death knight’s charge.
The commander of the fortress’s hand flashed with light, and a steel shield that was almost a meter in diameter appeared. This steel shield was very similar to the round shield of the ancient Spartan soldiers of the Earth Federation. The huge area of the steel shield was enough to cover all vital parts of the body. The arc-shaped surface of the shield allowed the arrows to slide away. It could be considered Stark’s core equipment for his profession.
“Bang!” The giant horse-chopper’s slash made a strange dull sound on the steel shield, as if it was not steel, but a rotting piece of wood.
The Knight of Death was somewhat surprised. He knew very well how powerful the nightmare would be when it was running at full speed. In his imagination, this saber strike should have split the human shield and human shield in front of him into two.
Without being able to split the steel shield, the Knight of Death had no time to dodge. Nightmare smashed into the steel shield and pushed Stark forward like a bulldozer. The big man’s boots made two deep marks on the valley’s hard ground, but in the end, he stopped.
The apostle MT, like Stark, was familiar with how to deal with a knight’s charge. When the knight’s charge weakened slightly, his right shoulder against the steel shield shrank. A huge fluctuation came from the surface of the steel shield, causing the nightmare to stagger and the front hooves to soften.
Before the death knight could regain his senses, behind the steel shield was a short steel spear with a sharp cone that stuck out like a venomous snake towards the front hoof of the nightmare. The shape of this short steel gun was very strange, somewhat similar to the size of a prism. The dark triangular awl had a bloody groove on each side, making it look ferocious and terrifying.
‘”Hiss ~ ~” The nightmare screamed in pain. A stream of blood shot out from its front hoof after being shot. It immediately ignited when it landed and turned into a ball of cold hell fire.
This was Stark’s apostle profession-Spear Shield!
The last Death Knight charging forward was stopped by Elder Lowell and Knight Bonny of the Dwarves. The three Fairy Rangers were also targeting him. With few enemies, this Death Knight was the most miserable of the three.
However, due to their speed, the three Death Knights were still a distance away from the low-level undead behind them. For a moment, dangers surrounded them, and the people behind them actually had the momentum to kill them with a single muster.
However, this imposing aura was still an illusion. This valley was small, and the two groups were already very close to each other. In addition, the Death Knights wore heavy armor, and they were also immortal bodies. Before they were severely injured, the low-grade undead cannon fodder finally caught up. Many ugly and rotten figures drowned the death knights and their opponents.
Fortunately, most of the people who stayed behind were powerful. The low-level undead were almost unable to enter the battle circle between them and the death knights. The moment they got close to the battle circle, they would be shattered by the aftermath of the battle. Only higher-level undead like Abomination and Specters could help the Knights of Death.
As a result, not only did Kelly and the others consume a huge amount of energy, the most important thing was that the low-level undead began to bypass the intense battle area, heading towards the rear of the people behind them. They almost didn’t delay the large army of undead.
“This won’t do!” Angelo’s eyes were filled with worry. The mages’ predictions weren’t unfounded. Although Kelly, Stark, and the others were powerful, because they were both physics professions, there was no better way to delay the army of the undead.
“Cover me!” Angelo turned around and said to the three elven rangers. Apart from the three Fairy Rangers and Nicole, the others were melee professions. They were all under the tide of the undead, unable to help Angelo anymore.
Hearing this, the three elven rangers put down their longbows and drew their short elven swords from their waist. They stood in a triangle to cover Angelo’s back. The red-robed mage nodded in satisfaction. He raised the staff in his hand, and a stagnant Nether language sounded in his mouth.
“The magic recorded on the Nether Scroll!” The three elven rangers exchanged glances in surprise.
There were four magical systems in Toril World. One was a divine art, a spell given to believers by various divine spirits. The second type of magic was cast through the Misra Magic Weave. It belonged to the Laws magic unique to this world.
The third type of magic was race magic. For example, Ancient Fairy Magic and Dragon Language Magic belonged to this category. These magic spells were not cast through the Misra Magic Weave, but were cast solely on the basis of one’s own magic power.
Of course, this kind of magic would in many cases backfire on the caster. If it resonated with the elements of Toril World, the spellcaster would be buried along with the spellcaster when the spell was unleashed.
For example, in the war between the Jondar Fairies and the Jondas Kingdom, the Jondar Fairies had cast such a forbidden spell, turning the northern region of the Jondas Kingdom into a vast ocean, the current Vivon Sea Region, and also destroying Jondar’s Moon Fairy Royal Family.
The last type of magic was the Nether Magic. Tens of thousands of years ago, humans in the northern part of Faylon Continent had found more than ten sets of Nether Scrolls in an ancient ruin. With these magic scrolls, the humans in the north of Ferren had established the greatest and most glorious Netheril Empire, with a total of more than ten floating cities.
The Nether Scroll was also known as the Encyclopedia of Magic. It was the most complete magic book on record, but by now, most of the Nether Scrolls had already been lost.
Actually, the Nether Scroll could also be cast through the second and third magic systems. However, because the magic above was ancient magic and the spell structure was very different from the current magic, it was listed as the fourth magic system.
As Angelo chanted the incantation, the valley rippled with violent elementium fluctuations. “Kakaka!” A huge stone wall broke through the ground and stood in front of the undead. This valley was originally relatively small. With this solid stone wall, the entire passage was blocked. Only a gap left on both sides of the stone wall was enough for one or two people to pass through.
“Good job!” Kelly and Stark, who were struggling in the undead wave, were overjoyed at the same time. Each of them used a powerful move to force the death knight in front of them to retreat. With this stone wall, they only needed to block the cracks on both sides to avoid most of the undead cannon fodder.
Of course, this stone wall could not stop the Death Knights and the Specters. However, there were only three Death Knights after all, and the physical destructive power of the Specters was not high. Angelo was able to repair the damage to the stone wall in time. Although they would still be able to break through the defensive line in the end, as long as they dragged on for a while, their goal of breaking through would be achieved.
Angelo fell to the ground with a pale face after casting the spell. His face was covered in cold sweat and he couldn’t even move his fingers. This spell almost drained his magic power.
“Looks like I can’t help you for the time being!” Angelo smiled bitterly as he looked at the three elven rangers who were already on the stone wall and shooting.
At this moment, a pure white pillar of light descended from the sky and landed on his body. The red-robed mage felt a burst of coolness all over his body. Most of the exhaustion on his body disappeared. Magic power continuously surged out of the exhausted pool of magic power. Only after the pool of magic power was filled up by a third did the pillar of light disappear without a trace.
“Natural healing! Are you the priest of the Goddess of Life Angeles?” Angelo’s eyes lit up and a smile appeared on his face. “Great, with you here, we can at least hold out until they’re safe.”
“I hope they can speed up a bit more!” Nicole nodded calmly and looked back.
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Whoosh! Qin Lun loosened his finger and a long arrow made of fine iron drew a black light in the air. When it appeared again, it had already deeply stabbed into the eyes of an abhorrent person. “Pfft!” It shot out from the back of the undead’s head and pierced through the hateful head.
‘”Ah ~ ~ ~” He angrily waved the simple and crude mace in his hand and fiercely swept away the skeletons beside him. He stepped forward and rushed towards Qin Lun, his enormous body trembling slightly.
“One, two, three, explode!” As Qin Lun muttered softly, his hateful head suddenly exploded, and countless sticky and dirty juices scattered everywhere.
The young man’s iron arrow was brewing a spiral force. Although it was huge, its strength was still a mortal body. Naturally, it could not withstand this explosive force. Its enormous body shook and fell to the ground like a mountain.
The undead could withstand the damage of a skull piercing, but if their heads were gone, they would be unable to move no matter what.
Qin Lun heaved a sigh of relief and turned to look at the others beside him. Actually, even with Kelly and the others breaking off, it wouldn’t be easy for them to break into the valley. Compared to the large army of undead in the rear, there were also more than three hundred low-level undead in front of them.
Although these three hundred low-level undead didn’t have high-level experts like the death knights, they still didn’t have the combat strength of Kelly and the others. At the beginning of the war, the team that broke through the encirclement stumbled and fell into the quagmire of the undead.