Chapter 34 The War Begins
Amberxiu's tone was cold and evil, and he looked like the most classic evil villain in the story. It was a pity that no one believed the cruel words he said.
Even the holy knight was a little surprised. How come this lich really seemed to be protecting humans?
Another lord standing with the Porcupine Knight roared angrily, "Who are you kidding? I clearly saw my people reclaiming wasteland here! Don't think that you can plunder the population of other lords at will just because you are a lich."
Amber Xiu said nonchalantly: "Don't you humans raise sheep and let them eat grass themselves? If I raise these captives and don't let them farm, do I have to feed them myself?"
"Damn undead!" Although the Porcupine Knight was angry, he could not find any reason to refute.
Could it be that after all the time and effort of assembling troops today, we will get nothing in the end?
After all their calculations, they didn't expect that their reasons for sending troops were so untenable.
What the Porcupine Knight is worried about now is not the outbreak of war, but the fact that once the war starts, Ambershu cannot be completely killed. If the lich reports this to the Alchemy City, then the Porcupine Knight and other small lords will be in big trouble.
It doesn't matter whether it's fair or not, what the Alchemy City needs now is just an excuse so that they can give these little lords a severe blow.
The Porcupine Knight could all foresee the final outcome, which was that these small lords had started the war without authorization and would be fined a large sum of money. As for the Lich's territory, they might even have to give it back to the Alchemy City.
This is a lose-lose situation, and it is an outcome that the Porcupine Knight cannot accept.
At this time, Harvey, the wizard advisor who had been hiding in the crowd, walked up to the Porcupine Knight and whispered, "My Lord, unexpected troubles have arisen. I suggest that we temporarily withdraw our troops today. We need to try another approach."
The Porcupine Knight was very unhappy when he heard this.
It costs a lot of money to assemble troops. The army needs to consume a lot of food when it stays there for one day. If you spend the money and get nothing in return, it would be a pure loss.
Harvey could see the Porcupine Knight's hesitation. As the Lord's advisor, he should have given more positive suggestions. But the moment Amber appeared, Harvey felt his head buzzing. The power from the School of Prophecy was frantically warning him.
The lich in front of you is very dangerous. You must get away from it immediately, otherwise you will be in big trouble.
Harvey warned, "Sir, if we continue to confront each other here, I'm afraid a war will really break out, and I don't think the result will be what we want."
Before the Porcupine Knight made up his mind, the Paladin suddenly said, "Sir Porcupine Knight, perhaps now is the time for the mercenaries to come into play. How about I lead the charge?"
The Paladin cannot ignore evil. Amberxiu appears before his eyes in the form of a lich, and this evil must be eliminated!
The Porcupine Knight's eyes lit up. He had spent so much effort to win over these holy warriors just to deal with the lich. If they were sure they could completely eliminate the lich, then they would have the final say on right and wrong.
The Porcupine Knight said to the Paladin, "Sir Paladin, are you really confident that you can deal with this lich? If he escapes, we will all be in big trouble."
"Don't worry, we have enough experience in dealing with the undead. The lich's biggest weakness is not the skeleton body in front of us, but his life box. As long as his life box is still hidden in the castle, he will never escape. As long as we capture this castle, I will be able to find the lich's life box and destroy him completely. Now, please give the order." The paladin said with great confidence.
"Okay, now I order you in the name of the Jaais family to eliminate the evil before my eyes. Mage Harvey, I order you to assist the Holy Knight in defeating this evil lich."
The Porcupine Knight gave the order very formally, and Harvey could only sigh in his heart and obey no matter how reluctant he was.
A paladin, a priest of light, and a mage apprentice, these three rode out of the formation on horseback and slowly approached Ambershu.
The holy warrior even disdained a sneak attack and marched forward openly, declaring loudly to Amber Xiu: "Evil undead, today I grant you the purification of your soul on behalf of the Holy Light!"
Following the paladin's shout, he began to charge.
This was the signal to attack, and the Porcupine Knight immediately ordered his soldiers to follow the Holy Knight and rush towards Amber's castle.
Thousands of soldiers charged together, and the scene looked quite shocking.
Amber was a little surprised. He underestimated the determination of this group of humans. But it was also good that way. He was a little short of experimental materials recently.
As Amber waved the staff in his hand, countless skeletons crawled out from the ground.
Even though it was daytime, these skeletons were not affected and quickly formed into an array under Amber's command.
Seeing these weak and staggering skeletons, the paladin became more confident.
There was no point in having more of these weak undead spirits. The holy warrior's body flashed with light, and a dazzling light emanated from his body. The strong holy light attached to his armor and weapons, and even covered the warhorse under his crotch.
The holy warrior rushed into the group of skeletons, and those skeletons that looked extremely weak were purified by the holy light before they could get close, and were directly shattered and annihilated.
This ordinary humanoid skeleton had no ability to fight back against the holy knights of the Ryan Empire, and could not even stop the charge of the holy knights.
Seeing that the holy knight was about to rush in front of him, Amberxiu directly used the flying spell and flew into the air.
The paladin was not panicked at all, as he had seen many flying undead. He just raised his weapon high, and the priest of light who had been following the paladin had already begun chanting spells.
"In the name of the Lord of Dawn, I command you to prostrate yourself before the Holy Light!"
A ray of ominous light fell on Amberxiu.
The most commonly used divine spell by priests is command.
With the help of the power of the gods, he transformed it into a huge pressure and ordered the target to act according to his instructions.
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However, the Lord of Dawn is a kind god, and his command spell cannot make people commit suicide or self-harm, but it can order the other party to lie down, drop weapons, or directly flee the battlefield, etc.
These effects are also extremely powerful in combat. Imagine a warrior throwing away his weapon and prostrating himself on the ground under the influence of a command spell. What would happen? A command spell cannot kill people, but a sword in hand can.
If Amber was controlled by the command spell, he would fall directly from mid-air, hit his head hard, and then have his head chopped off by a sword.
Although the lich can be reborn continuously, this also takes time, and this time is enough for the paladin to break into the castle and find the location of Amber's life box.
"Haha, I was underestimated."
A red light flashed on Amber's body, and the light of the command spell was instantly bounced back, falling on the body of the light priest, almost knocking him off his mount.
Spell countering is the mage's most proficient method. It only requires the consumption of corresponding or even less magic power to eliminate the targeted spell.
The Priest of Light did not show any sign of panic. As the old saying goes, the holy warriors and priests of light of the Ryan Empire had already seen the methods of most of the undead, and Amberxiu had not surprised them so far.
The reason why he used the magic even though he knew it was useless was entirely to attract Amber's attention so that they could successfully close the distance.
And now, it’s time to use the real killer weapon.
The priest of light took out a magic scroll and recited a spell quickly.
In less than half a second, a faint blue energy shield unfolded, trapping Amberxiu inside.
Anti-magic force field! Within the coverage of the energy shield, all magic effects will be dispelled, no spells can be cast, all summons will be forcibly dispelled, and even enchanted equipment will be forced to become ordinary non-magic objects.
Within the coverage of this magic force field, the effect of Amber's flying spell will immediately disappear and he will fall from the sky, and his proud spellcasting ability will also be completely banned.
That's how it should be.
However, in the expectant eyes of the Holy Knight and the Priest of Light, Amberxiu did not fall from the sky, but disappeared completely.
The paladin reacted immediately and shouted, "Oh no! That's an illusion!"
The next second, countless green lights symbolizing corruption lit up in the direction of the castle. These lights fell on the soldiers like a meteor shower. Amidst the screams, the mortals were corroded into white bones, and a large number of casualties occurred in an instant.
At the gate of the castle, Amber Xiu said disdainfully: "You are still too young. Which lich would appear in front of a holy warrior in his true form? Then wouldn't it be a waste of money to build such a big magic castle?"
(End of this chapter)