Volume 6: Fighting for the World Chapter 182: Unexpected Enemy
I carefully questioned my subordinates who were active in several areas near the extinct bone dragons, but I didn't find anything new. They didn't know that there had been multiple murders in the past few days. There was no witness, or any distress signals from other bone dragons. Things were getting more and more urgent, which made me confused and worried. All my subordinates were instilled with orders by me. They must not fight head-on against powerful enemies that they were unable to resist. They should take saving their lives and escaping as the first principle. Even if they encountered the "undead public enemy" Destruction Knight, they would never be allowed to rush forward to eliminate harm for the people. With the power of the "Soul Contract" and the "Control of Death" to help me strengthen my mental control over them, all my subordinates should not dare to disobey. If a few scattered bone dragons were attacked by a level ten warrior, there might be a high possibility that they would be killed before they could escape or call for help. However, a group of more than twenty bone dragons gathered together and encountered an attack from a powerful enemy without even one of them being able to escape or sound the alarm. This was a bit unbelievable, unless Ibola recovered to its proper intermediate level ten state, and Xiaobai possessed it to give it the ability of "instant movement", and it might be possible to launch a sudden sneak attack. Otherwise, if it was other types of high-level Sky Destroyer Knights, even if their strength was above that of the twenty bone dragons, they might not have the ability to wipe out all of them who were determined to escape in one fell swoop.
I have not received any reports from my subordinates about any abnormalities, which means that the enemy cannot be acting in groups. If they rely on numbers to win, their targets must be very obvious. Unless they can escape underground, it is impossible for them to leave no traces in the range of my influence. They can avoid the observation of so many of my subordinates, commit crimes continuously, and kill hundreds of bone dragons. The number of enemies must be small and extremely powerful. They are likely to be strong above the middle level of level 10. Moreover, their actions must be very fast. The battle should also be over in a short time, leaving them no chance to escape. After thinking about it, among all the known powerful undead creatures, except for the high-level destruction knight with wind attribute, it seems that only the blood-sucking fang prince Sablotu who had chased Ibola a few days ago but failed to succeed meets these conditions. It is most likely to be this mysterious enemy.
Thinking of the self-righteous Prince Sablotu who wanted to eliminate harm for the people but was killed by hundreds of bone dragons I mobilized, I couldn't help but feel moved. I carefully counted the distribution and basic situation of the dead bone dragons. Suddenly, I found that the places where they were active were basically close to the area I set to kill Sablotu. To be more precise, they were radiating from there. Most of them should have participated in that action, obstructing Sablotu from chasing Ibola and confronting him head-on. This is definitely not a coincidence. It can explain why the enemy would choose to kill those bone dragons instead of the near ones, and the few bone dragons that did not participate in the action should have been caught in the crossfire. Based on the principle that the enemy's friend is the enemy, they were unfortunately affected and killed. The dignity of the proud Prince of Roaring Blood is indeed not to be easily offended. After escaping, he killed a sneak attack so quickly and launched a crazy revenge.
With a specific suspect, the situation gradually became clear after analyzing and comparing them one by one. Most of the conditions were met, and it was almost certain that the murderer was the Vampire Fang Prince who had fled in a panic. However, there was still a question that I couldn't figure out. Was Sabrotu so strong? Although I had no doubt that it was fully capable of killing more than 20 white-bone dragons, based on the situation of that battle, and the initial judgment of its strength, it seemed impossible for it to wipe out more than 20 white-bone dragons who were determined to escape with only the combat power of the "quadruple transformation". Could it be that there was some "secret weapon" that had not been revealed and had a powerful killing effect? In that case, the strength of the Vampire Fang Prince was too abnormal, right? He could easily or even kill a level 9 intermediate white-bone dragon in seconds?
Thinking of this, I couldn't help but feel scared. It was a close call! Fortunately, I was cautious at the beginning and didn't want to take the risk of making more powerful enemies without the certainty of defeating the enemy. I was patient and restrained all the way, and didn't rely on my own numbers to directly participate in the siege of Sabrotu. Otherwise , with its strong revenge, I'm afraid it might not deliberately let it go and show mercy just because I am a special necromancer. If a warrior-type assassin who is proficient in the "quadruple transformation" ability hides in the dark and threatens my life at all times, such a situation makes me nervous and worried. If I am a little careless, it will definitely be dangerous. At that time, the "dead space" will probably no longer be my blessed land, but a nightmare existence.
If Sabrotu's intention was only to kill the bone dragons that had offended it, it would be easy to deal with. Now I have noticed that as long as these bone dragons are gathered together, hundreds of bone dragons will definitely not have the strength to kill them, or simply cut off the firewood, not giving Sabrotu any chance, and directly transferred them back to the "Dragon Bone Mountain" to live. I guess no matter how arrogant and arrogant the vampire prince is, he dare not openly break into the base camp of the bone dragon clan to wantonly cause trouble. However, looking at Sabrotu's activity route, there is a trend of gradually expanding. What I am most worried about is that it still has evil intentions towards Ibola. It has confirmed the existence of the "Undead Public Enemy" and hopes to kill Ibola, a senior knight of destruction, and insists on getting rid of harm for the people. With Saburotu's strength, it seems that he has some experience in dealing with the Destruction Knight. With such a big enemy lurking around, not to mention that Ibola is only at the upper level of level nine, even if he recovers to the state of the middle level of level ten, he may not be able to put Saburotu to death. He can only keep his tail between his legs and dare not act too ostentatiously, which will inevitably delay his own development. What's more troublesome is that under the persistent Saburotu's carpet-style careful search, I can't monitor its specific whereabouts. If I get close to a certain range. The low-level primary Destruction Knight Wuma will definitely not be able to avoid its induction. Once discovered, even if more bone dragons or six-armed giant magicians are arranged to protect him, Wuma's own ability is too poor. Facing the attack of the extremely fast Saburotu, it is definitely difficult to escape.
Ibola, Ibola, conquering it certainly gave me a powerful weapon that could defeat the enemy and helped me win the honor of "the world's best master". It was an outstanding contribution and irreplaceable, but it also brought me a lot of trouble. This is just the beginning. I have provoked a too powerful existence like the Vampire Fang Prince, who is not something I can fight at this stage. Even if I can defeat it, I don't have the ability to kill it in one fell swoop. Letting the tiger go back to the mountain will cause endless troubles. There are too many variables, which may bring unpredictable consequences, forcing me not to let go and deal with it with all my strength. As the saying goes, huge benefits must hide huge risks. As the "public enemy of the undead", the Knight of Destruction is a double-edged sword. If it falls into the hands of a strong person who has enough strength to control it, it will bring rich benefits. If it is owned by an ordinary person who is not strong enough and cannot protect it, it is likely to cause a disaster of sword destruction and death.
Blessings and disasters depend on people. At this stage, it may be too early for me to have a high-level knight of destruction as my subordinate. I don't have enough strength to protect it, especially my safety. However, I am the chief necromancer of Tianxia, who holds three artifacts, and I am not a weakling who can be slaughtered and manipulated by others. At least Sablotu is not capable of deterring me. Whether it is Ibola or Wuma, I will never give up. I will find a way to protect them and not let this hateful blood-sucking prince affect my development.
For now, we must first find out whether the murderer is really Sablotu, and determine its specific location and true intentions. The vampire prince has no followers to protect him and no fixed territory. He dares to act alone, and his whereabouts are rarely discovered by other undead creatures. In addition to possessing the "quadruple transformation", he must also be proficient in the art of hiding. In such a vast area, looking for a deliberately hidden little bat is definitely like looking for a needle in a haystack, and it cannot be done in a short time. It is not feasible to actively look for it. The best way is to let it appear automatically and be discovered by me. To do this, we need a suitable bait. Ibola and Wuma can definitely attract it to appear immediately, but I naturally don't want to let them take the risk of showing up. Fortunately, there is another most suitable candidate, who is also the object of Sablotu's revenge - the bone dragon that once participated in the siege of it. Over a hundred bone dragons have been killed. It seems they will not give up easily based on the principle of eradicating all evil. Through simple analysis, I have determined the area where Sablotu is most likely to appear. I have gathered three groups of bone dragon accomplices who had participated in the battle. Each group has more than 20 people, and they are rampant in the nearby areas. Of course, the three groups of bone dragons are separated by a relatively long distance, and it is difficult to contact them directly in a short time. However, I can use the power of "Soul Contract" and "Control of Death" to monitor them from a distance and clearly know their movements to see if I can lure the dragon slayer out of the dark to launch an attack.
For the sake of safety, I have to hide behind the scenes for the time being. It is not convenient for me to come forward and contact the possible murderer, the vampire Fang Prince, directly. So I urgently transferred Wuji over. It is also a powerful existence of the lower tenth level, and belongs to the mysterious high-level undead race, the Undead Phoenix. Its status is not much worse than that of the vampire Fang Prince. If it comes forward to contact Sabrotu, lowers its posture, and behaves a little more humble, then the target is the "public enemy of the undead", the Destruction Knight, and we share the same hatred and the same enemy. It will not damage the dignity and honor of the vampire Fang Prince, and he should not walk away without even giving me this little face.
The three groups of white-bone dragons acted very arrogantly, deliberately chasing and fighting in the air, rampant and ostentatious, causing more and more noise, in order to attract the real culprit to notice their existence as soon as possible. I took Wuji and hid in the middle of the ground covered by thick fog. Accompanying me were 100 of the most powerful white-bone dragon guards who were carefully selected to protect me. There were also several groups of bone dragons distributed in the outer areas, with a number of 300 people, ready to be ordered at any time, so that I could mobilize them conveniently.
Of course, I made this arrangement just in case. I didn't intend to attack immediately after discovering that the real murderer was indeed Sabrotu. I couldn't make up my mind how to deal with this potential threat. I could only take it one step at a time and make plans based on the specific situation. The key is that there is no effective means to prevent the vampire prince from turning into a little bat and escaping, and to put it to death. If we continue to send hundreds of bone dragons to besiege, we can only drive it away at most, and we can't solve the problem once and for all and eradicate the trouble. This not only fails to solve the problem, but also means that hundreds of bone dragons will become the targets of its revenge. Once they are scattered and active, they may be killed by it, which will bring greater losses.
Time passed quietly. I had been waiting idly for most of the day, but still hadn't spotted the murderer. I couldn't help but begin to doubt my own judgment - although the murderer was most likely the vampire fang prince Sablotu, with whom I had a grudge, I was not sure whether he was active in this nearby area. What if he had already searched here, or our actions were diametrically opposed, then my plan of waiting here would be a sheer waste of time and seemed a bit ridiculous.
No wonder all previous battles have attached great importance to intelligence gathering. Without accurate intelligence support, all actions can only be blind. Even I don't have enough confidence. After waiting for a long time without results, I began to waver and lost some patience. After all, there is still the "World Heroes Conference" waiting for me to participate in the human world, and I don't have too much time to waste here blindly, waiting for the murderer to come and fall into the trap. If I move to other areas, I don't know what to do. I can't be sure where it is now. It really makes me dilemma and difficult to make a decision.
Just when they were getting anxious, something unexpected happened without any warning, and an alarm was heard - a red shadow appeared from the area below one of the groups of white bone dragons, close to the ground, and flew straight towards them at a very fast speed. By the time they noticed the enemy's appearance, the distance was already quite close. They could see clearly that the one rushing towards them was indeed a fat bat, which should be the vampire prince Sablotu.
The fat bat quickly flew to the front of the bone dragon, paused for a moment, and transformed into a bat-man in air combat form. "You scums who violate the laws of the undead, are disloyal, and dare to help the 'undead public enemy' to destroy the knights. In the name of justice, I, the vampire prince Sablotu, have the responsibility and obligation to eliminate you rebels who are so audacious and shameless as to defect to the public enemy, and maintain the normal order in the 'undead space.'" As soon as he finished speaking, he launched an attack without waiting for the bone dragon to respond.
Finally, my inference was confirmed. It turned out that the vampire prince Sablotu was holding a grudge and came back to retaliate against the bone dragon. Its strength was at least level 10 intermediate. More than 20 bone dragons were only level 9 intermediate. Naturally, they would not be its opponents. Insisting on fighting was almost like committing suicide. According to my order, they did not resist at all and fled in different directions. If they were to chase and kill them by speed alone, Sablotu should have found it difficult to kill them all. But I don't know what means it has to catch more than 20 bone dragons in one fell swoop without even a little news.
Hey, why did Sabrotu only kill the bone dragons that fled in one direction, but ignored the other three directions, allowing the bone dragons to flee. If this continues, the Vampire Fang Prince lacks the means to attack from a long distance, and cannot teleport from a long distance. Even if his speed is much faster than that of the bone dragons, he should not be able to stop them one by one, and there will definitely be bone dragons that can successfully escape. Why is this? Did Sabrotu suddenly decide to change his strategy and carry out an assassination without fear of alerting the enemy?
Just as the doubts arose, the situation on the scene changed again. Three red shadows suddenly appeared from the other three directions, flying towards the bone dragons, blocking them in front and preventing them from escaping. They looked similar to Sablotu, appearing in the form of fat bats. After approaching the bone dragons, they transformed into bat-men in air combat form and chased the fleeing bone dragons together.
The sudden change shocked me. My god, the four vampire princes showed up together and joined forces to fight the enemy. This is too much. No wonder more than 20 white bone dragons were so easily annihilated without even a little news leaking out. The surprise attack launched by four old monsters above the middle level of level 10, even more than 20 black bone dragons would probably not be spared.
According to this situation, I had previously inferred that Sabrotu had experience dealing with the Knight of Destruction, and it seems that I should not be wrong. It must have confirmed that Ibola was a high-level Knight of Destruction, and had seen its strength, and there were hundreds of bone dragons helping it. After escaping in a panic, it still refused to give up the action of chasing Ibola, but was worried that it would not be a match for it alone, so it simply dragged the other three princes into the water and joined the action. It was so cruel. The four vampire fang princes joined forces. As long as they found Ibola's trace, it would definitely be a deadly situation. Even if I was willing to mobilize all my forces for rescue, I am afraid the result would not be optimistic.
I was originally waiting for one, but unexpectedly four appeared all of a sudden. I dared not act rashly and could only watch the four princes show their skills and kill more than twenty white bone dragons one by one easily. The enemy's strength was too strong, and it was even more hopeless to defeat or even kill them. I hurriedly turned my brain, hoping to come up with a feasible solution as soon as possible to deal with the crisis of the four princes appearing together.
