Volume 2: Empire Chapter 216 Mutual Trust among Allies
Hearing that he had to go to the Abyss Temple, the wizard couldn't stop trembling. The imprisonment these days had caused him too much psychological trauma. He didn't even dare to sleep, for fear that one of his cellmates would suddenly turn into a monster and tear him to pieces.
The horrific memories caused his body to go from trembling to spasming, and some mucus flowed out of his nose, ears and eyes.
"I won't go, I won't go, I won't go..." The wizard shook his head: "I don't want to become a monster."
The wizard's abnormal behavior aroused the vigilance of the imperial spies. Seeing that the wizard was holding his collar tightly, the spy leader stepped forward and pulled his collar open.
The wizard's chest was covered with black lines and there was a vertical crack ten centimeters long. The muscles on both sides of the crack were slowly wriggling, as if they were about to open.
Seeing this, the spy leader put a dagger on the wizard's neck and turned to Luke and said, "My lord, he could turn into a monster at any time. Death is the last dignity we can give him as a human being."
Luke once again placed the two-handed sword on the wizard's shoulders.
But no matter how much divine energy was input, the wizard's abyss transformation showed no signs of stopping. The crack in his chest was gradually opening, and the eyes inside could be seen.
The spy leader's dagger had cut the wizard's neck skin, and blood with mucus seeped out. The leader said to Luke anxiously: "If he turns into a monster, his strength will suddenly increase, and it will expose this place."
"Wait a moment!" Luke retracted the steel wings with brilliant feathers and pointed his finger at the wizard's forehead.
Clear sky, lend me some of the power of the starry sky.
A cool energy was sent into the wizard's brow.
The voice of Qingkong sounded in Luke's ears: "His abyss transformation is already in the late stage. The star energy can only temporarily prevent the abyss transformation from continuing, but it cannot completely purify the abyss energy he has absorbed.
If he wants to fully recover, he will probably need to wait until the World Tree advances to a divine weapon."
"I see."
The eye on the wizard's chest that was about to open gradually closed. Although the crack was still there, it was very calm. The wizard's shaking body also calmed down. He took a long breath. The change just now brought him a great burden on his body.
The man with the pimple face hurriedly found a piece of cloth and wiped the mucus flowing out of the wizard.
The spy leader saw that the wizard seemed to have recovered and took back the dagger. He asked Luke curiously, "Sir, how did you do it? You actually stopped the Abyssification! According to our investigation, the Abyssification is irreversible and unstoppable."
Luke observed the wizard's condition and answered casually: "This is the spell that Miss Qingkong taught me before I came to the Holy Mountain. Miss Qingkong is an expert in dealing with the Abyss Temple."
Upon hearing that this was a spell developed by Miss Qingkong, the imperial spies all looked as if they had expected it.
Originally, everyone was afraid that they would be corroded by the energy of the abyss if they went deep into the Abyss Temple, but now everyone has no worries anymore.
Luke waited for the wizard for a while, and when he saw that he had recovered, he said, "There is too much Abyss energy remaining in your body, and Miss Qingkong's spell cannot remove it all. If you are willing to take us into the Abyss Temple, I will take you to Saint Lun City, and Miss Qingkong will treat you personally."
The wizard who has recovered mentally is aware of his physical condition. If he does not eliminate the abyss energy in his body, it is only a matter of time before he becomes abyssal again.
But he still asked with some concern: "Ms. Qingkong is of such a noble status, will she treat a humble person like me? I am an Abyss Mage, the mortal enemy of Oulu College."
Luke said, "If you help us stop the Abyss from coming and destroy the Abyss weapons, I think Miss Clear Sky will be willing to treat you."
"I'll take you into the Abyss Temple."
"Very good!" Seeing the wizard nod, Luke said to everyone in the room: "Let's make a plan first."
The man with the sore face immediately took out a hand-drawn map of the Abyss Temple and hung it on the wall.
Luke walked over to the map and the others gathered around him.
The spy leader took out his magic wand and released magic lighting to illuminate the map.
Luke pointed to the location of the prison on the map and said, “We will enter through the tunnel used to rescue the wizards and occupy the prison without triggering the alarm.
After taking control of the prison, we split into two groups. I will take Coconut and Storm Cato to stop the Abyss from coming; you will follow the wizard to find the Abyss weapons. On the premise of ensuring that the Abyss weapons are destroyed, try to collect as much information as possible about them.
After the mission is completed, return to the prison by the same route.
Morpheus..."
When the man with the sore face heard Luke calling his name, he immediately asked, "What should I do?"
"You and your little ones will guard the prison and provide support."
Morpheus said very unconfidently: "I, I, can I do it?"
"I can only give you two imperial spies. You have to do it!"
After that, Luke took out his pocket watch and said, "The mission time is one hour, starting from the control of the prison. I will check the time now."
Several imperial spies took out their pocket watches at the same time and adjusted their own time according to the hands on Luke's dial.
At this time, outside the gate of the Abyss Temple, the armored barbarians of the Duke's Castle and the Abyss Mages were in confrontation.
The Ironclad Barbarians were the personal soldiers of the Celtic Duke, all of whom were elite warriors who had made contributions in the Barbarian Legion. They wore full body armor, held two-meter-long swords in both hands, and stood in a sideways attack posture.
As long as the Celtic Duke gave the order, this torrent of steel would immediately rush towards the enemy.
Opposite the armored barbarian army are the abyss mages and abyss familiars.
The ugly Abyss Demon with tentacles, strange limbs and eyeballs was standing in front, and disgusting mucus was gushing out from one of its cavities from time to time.
Abyss mages stand in rows behind their Abyss familiars, chanting spells or secret words to prepare their spells before battle.
Inside the gate of the Abyss Temple, black clouds and mist rolled, and sounds like the roars of wild beasts echoed from inside.
The Celtic Duke wore a gorgeous silver heavy armor and a makeshift duke's crown on his head. He stood in front of the armored barbarian army with a broadsword in both hands, and stood beside him more than a dozen barbarian heroes with extraordinary fighting power.
Looking at so many strange and disgusting monsters in front of him, the Celtic Duke's face became even more solemn.
He had only heard his subordinates talk about these monsters in the Temple of the Abyss. Although he had imagined these things to be hateful at the time, after seeing their true appearance, he found that he had imagined them too beautifully.
These are all transformed by humans!
If the energy of the Abyss contaminates the Holy Mountain, I might end up like this.
Or maybe the Apostle of the Abyss had long wanted to transform me into this kind of monster.
"Let all your Abyss Apostles come out!"
All the armored barbarians stomped forward together, making uniform shouts, and their momentum made the mountain walls shake, as if a landslide would occur at any time.
Stones rolled down from the mountain wall, causing some chaos among the Abyss Mages. However, the Ironclad Barbarians were not affected at all, and continued to march forward in an orderly manner.
The Celtic Duke was also fearless and marched forward in unison with the army.
Faced with the oppressive barbarians, the abyss mages who mastered magic and mystic arts retreated step by step.
"The Apostle is here!"
With this shout, all the Abyss Mages breathed a sigh of relief. Normally, they thought they were superior to others because they had mastered high-level powers, but today, facing the most elite barbarian army, they found that they did not have the courage to fight at all.
The black fog inside the gate of the Abyss Temple surged violently, and three apostles in black robes walked out.
The abyss mages and their familiars all made way.
The three apostles walked up to the Celtic Duke, and under the Duke's gaze, they performed the magic salute together.
Apostle Victor, who was standing in the middle, said, "Your Excellency the Duke, you suddenly led your troops to surround the Abyss Temple today. I don't know what we did wrong to cause you to be so angry."
The tall and burly Celtic Duke looked down at the three apostles and said, "Stop the Abyss from descending. This is my order to you!"
Apostle Victor replied: "I have consulted with you, Your Excellency the Duke, regarding the coming of the Abyss. In order to restore the power of the Temple and provide better support to the Barbarian Legion, you agreed to the coming of the Abyss."
The Celtic Duke said contemptuously: “I agree that the coming of the abyss is based on our mutual trust, but... you broke this mutual trust.
Last night when I was discussing the transaction of Storm Barbarian transformation technology with Adventurer Luke, Luke told me that the Abyss Temple also wanted the Storm Barbarian transformation technology, and it was exclusive to them!
Victor, how are you going to explain this?"
After hearing what Duke Celtic said, the other two apostles looked at Victor together. It was obvious that this was a decision Victor made without consulting them.
Apostle Victor did not expect that Luke would sell himself so quickly and so thoroughly.
He argued, "My Lord Duke of Celtic, have you been deceived? I have never discussed the Storm Barbarian transformation technology with Luke, and I have never thought of using this technology alone.
I think Your Excellency the Duke should investigate Luke first, as he is clearly trying to alienate our alliance."
Seeing that Victor dared to quibble, the Duke of Celt laughed sarcastically and said, "Victor, you are the first apostle of the Abyss Temple. Don't you dare to admit what you did and said? You met Luke yesterday, and then promoted Luke from an Abyss Mage Candidate to a Priest. Priest Egbert was there at the time.
Now Priest Egbert is a guest in the Duke's castle, and he told me everything."
Victor looked at his "good brothers" on both sides with a very bad expression. Without their help, the Celtics would never be able to capture Egbert.
People's hearts are really scattered!
"Okay, I admit that I want to have exclusive access to the Storm Barbarian transformation technology. But this has nothing to do with the Abyss Descent. I assure you, Your Excellency the Duke, that the Abyss Descent will be strictly restricted to the Abyss Temple and will not have any impact on other parts of the Holy Mountain."
"You tried to blackmail me with the Storm Barbarian transformation technology, and just now you lied to me. How can I believe your promise?"
Victor said: "My Lord Duke, I think the Storm Barbarian transformation technology is a conspiracy of the Empire. Luke must be captured as soon as possible, otherwise he will definitely escape with the Storm Barbarian transformation technology."
"Victor!" The Celtic Duke shouted angrily, "Don't use your dark heart to speculate on a noble adventurer! Mr. Luke has given me the technology to transform the Storm Barbarians. My mage consultant has confirmed that this is a complete technology. Soon the Duke's Castle will be able to train Storm Barbarians.
I don't know if this is an imperial conspiracy, but if it is... I will definitely give a medal to the person who devised this conspiracy.
He gave me the future of the barbarians, and also made me see you clearly! "
Victor didn't expect that Luke would give the Storm Barbarian technology to the Celtic Duke.
Just now he thought that Luke was an imperial spy, using the Storm Barbarian transformation technology as bait to alienate the relationship between the Celtic Duke and the Temple of the Abyss, and finally escape from the Holy Mountain.
No one can get the Storm Barbarian technology.
With this technology, the Empire can do a lot of things and gradually dismantle and harvest the barbarian tribes in the Tedega Hills one by one.
But Luke actually handed over all the technology to the Duke of Celtic. If Luke was an imperial spy, this would be totally a loss!
Is he really just an adventurer?
Apostle Victor had no way to add any more charges to Luke. He could only blame the sudden appearance of the Storm Barbarian transformation technology and a bunch of mess inside the temple, which made him do something stupid without thinking.
Now we can only do our best to bring about the arrival of this abyss.
"Your Excellency the Duke, I may have wrongly accused Mr. Luke and caused a crisis of trust between our allies. The Abyss Temple is willing to apologize and compensate you for our mistakes ..."
Before Apostle Victor finished speaking, the second apostle said, "Victor, you are the one who made the mistake. Why is it that the Temple should apologize and compensate?"
The third apostle also said: "Yes! Everything was normal when the abyss descended. It was your mistake that made the Duke feel uneasy.
Now facing the pressure from the Empire, the Abyss Temple and the Duke's Castle must closely trust and help each other. If you want to have exclusive access to the Storm Barbarian transformation technology, you must not only give an explanation to the Duke, but also to the Temple. "
Apostle Victor felt the pressure exerted on him by three parties.
These two guys not only colluded with Qingkong, but also colluded with Celtic. Judging from their posture today, they want to take this opportunity to bring me down.
"Yes, I should take full responsibility for this matter." Apostle Victor took a step back and said, "I will give up the position of the first apostle. Who of you wants to take over? Or... Duke Celtic, please give me a suggestion."
Apostle Victor gave up his power, and the whole scene suddenly became quiet.
Who will be the first apostle?
Neither the second apostle nor the third apostle spoke. If they tried to seize the throne at this time, wouldn't they be making themselves Victor's targets?
The Celtic Duke did not speak either , as he did not want to expose the apostle whom he had won with great difficulty.
Time passes by minute by minute.
After a while, Duke Celtic said, "Deciding who will serve as the first apostle is a matter within your Abyss Temple. I hope that the Abyss Temple will recover from the turmoil as soon as possible, but with the existence of a traitor within your ranks, the Abyss Descent may get out of control.
This advent of the abyss must be stopped!"
