Before the people in the hall knew what had happened, they heard screams from outside. Gasiah was the first to go out, but the situation outside also took him by surprise.
It must be His Majesty the King, dressed in splendid attire and adorned with gemstones and gold crowns, but this King is extremely abnormal! For he was dancing with his sword, and his eyes were shining with greenish light! The guards around did not dare to come forward at all. For a moment they could neither stop nor not stop.
Seeing the appearance of Gasiah, almost without a moment's thought, he raised his sword to strike, and Gasiah instinctively raised his sword to block, and in one encounter, he broke the long sword in the king's hand.
"Gasha, get out of the way!" LAN's movements were not slow either. His magic shrank into a ball of light in his hands, and then he pushed it out flat, forming a nearly substantial light shield standing at the entrance of the hall, meeting the king's blazing spell without a second's time.
Immediately after, a band of light appeared in Anita's hand and bound the king layer by layer. The thin, almost transparent band of light made it impossible for the king to break free.
"This... This..." The court astrologer and the court sorcerer who arrived later had no idea what to do for a moment. If the man was not the king, they could have killed him, but the problem was that the man could not be killed, not even wounded.
The swift movements and perfect coordination of LAN and his group once again made them the center of attention.
The icy blue magic ripples spread out, and all eyes suddenly noticed that Yue Xi had flown high into the sky at some unknown time, and facing him was a black robe necromancer.
"Jie jie." The Necromancer let out a shrill, unpleasant sound. His face was as old as bones, and he was surrounded by black mist.
"..." LAN frowned slightly. He was just a mage and shouldn't have failed to notice that Yue Xi's magic power was countless times higher than his, but why was he still so fearless?
Yue Xi made no sound. His eyes, filled with ice and snow, tightly locked the undead mage in front of him.
"Jie..." This time the sharp laughter seemed a bit unnatural. The necromancer seemed to sense something terrifying. His bone-like hands pinched out a small puppet with hair tied around its neck, and almost at the same time, a dark blue flame burned the puppet, completely destroying the hair on it.
The king's body, bound by the light chain, fell down like a puppet without a string. At the same time, a black mist burst out from behind the necromancer, enveloping him completely. After the mist passed, there was no trace of the necromancer in the air anymore, as if he had completely dissolved.
"He's gone." Yue Xi's voice was flat.
"Why not kill that guy?" Gasiah was a little puzzled, and in his opinion, at least it should have been done.
"If we do, I'm afraid the whole of Rosemary will be reduced to ashes." A slender elf answered his question, "He's really strong! It would be very difficult for even the king of our race to remain within the magic protection transformed from 'Blue Sea and sky' all the time."
There is no doubt that "he" is only Yue Xi.
"Blue sea and sky?" It wasn't the first time Garcia had heard the name, but after all, he had been exposed to magic for so little time that he didn't know what it meant.
"The deep water swamp is the result of the 'Blue Sea and sky' that the previous queen of our tribe used to overexert her vitality." The elf's gaze fell on the Moon Seeker in mid-air, "That time it was to defend against the demons, and Her Majesty the Queen..." As if trying to shake off this extremely painful and sorrowful memory, the elf shook his head hard. "I watched her grow up. In human form, she was no more than twenty years old, the strongest mage among us elves."
"Forbidden Spell?" Gasiah suddenly thought of a word.
"That's just the human way of saying it." Moonlight took over the topic, "Fireball is normal for an apprentice who has just mastered magic, but to perform a meteorite, his own magic power is not enough and he needs to deplete his life force to complete the magic, then meteorite is what you call a 'forbidden spell' for him."
While they are still talking about magic, the king on the other side has already woken up. Immediately all the people parted from both sides to let the king pass. Seated on the throne, the king, who looked not yet old, coughed awkwardly twice. Berudendi is a country that values magic, and the king himself has the power of an eighteenth-level mage. Although he is only a fifth-level warrior in terms of combat talent, he is unknowingly subdued, which cannot help but make one shudder at the power of the necromancer.
"No need to hold back, let's introduce each other first." The court sorcerer standing on the king's right opened the conversation in a very timely manner and relieved the king's embarrassment.
The court astrologer on the left exchanged a glance with the court mage on the right, and then his gaze fell on LAN at the door. "We are all guests, so let's start our introduction from the side of the temple that can also be called half of the master."
With a slight smile, LAN made a brief introduction to himself and the people around him, to Garcia who followed him in the name of the Covenant Knight, and to Anita who followed him in the name of the Divine child, but when it came to Moon Wave, he was very careful in his wording to explain that he was "being in another dimension". And "probably" will not offer any form of assistance in this battle against the undead.
His introduction left everyone present with some regret and disappointment, especially the elves, who, in their view, could have easily sent all the undead back home if Moon Xi had helped in this war. But for the elves who had contact with the ordinary God, LAN's introduction was a complete indication of Moon Xi, He will not fight alongside them!
Whether regretful or disappointed, LAN's words about the fate of Yue Xi are so vague that at least no one can ask him to give a definite answer except the master here, the king himself.
LAN knew in his heart that neither the king himself nor the court astrologer or the court sorcerer by his side, who had been in the political arena for many years, would allow such a vague attitude after learning about Yue Xi's ability, but he still held onto a rather faint hope that these people involved, He will not ask him to give a definite reply in this meeting.
The introductions to each other were well-organized, and from time to time, some information about the deceased was mentioned. It was unknown when Alex also stood behind the court astrologer in an extremely formal dress.
Finally, when Shafinus had finished introducing the adventure team he represented, the astrologer and the sorcerer, who had stood before the king twice, exchanged opinions with each other again, and then the astrologer described the unified opinion that could be used as a reference to the king.
It seemed that the king's spirit was not so good because he had been controlled by the necunmage before. His slightly weary eyes swept over the people, and there was a hint of undeniable majesty in them. "Cough..." Now we all know each other."
As if to give everyone some time to adjust, there was a brief pause after saying a sentence, and the hall was very quiet, all waiting for the next part.
"I have a preliminary understanding of the situation before you arrive..." The king waved his hand, indicating that there was no need to be too formal, and then the maidservants immediately brought out very delicate tea and snacks, which were called tea and snacks, but they were different from person to person. For example, the tea and snacks received by the nearly giant King Beamon could be described as the size of a washbasin, and of course, the chair he sat on and the table in front of him were all made, The elven side's refreshments were definitely small and delicate, and could be said to have captured the preferences of the people present very accurately.
What the king introduced was mostly what they had discussed with Shafinus before the meeting, and even less information was contained in it than in their discussion.
After all the information about the undead, including the recent discovery of traces of the undead legions' presence, it was time for questions.
"If you have any questions, feel free to ask them. As long as we know something, we will answer them for you." The court astrologer said, making a gesture that he could start. "Of course, you can also discuss it first."
The whispers grew louder, and finally an elf stood up and gave a chest kiss to the throne. "Your Majesty the King, not only in the Sunburn Wasteland of Beludendi and the Black Forest outside Rosemary are there traces of the presence of the undead legion, but also in the Wind Meadow of the Four Gods, there are traces of the passage of the undead.
LAN recognized him as the elf who had mentioned the blue sea and sky earlier. His name seemed to be "Ina", and he was from the Four Gods' Divine Wind Grassland, which was also the territory where the grassland elves lived.
"It seems that the undead have begun to act." The voice that said this sounded very familiar to LAN, a soft female voice, very much like Anita's coquettish voice, but only like it. The speaker was Anasilia, who had the same appearance as Anita.
"What I'm rather puzzled about is that the demons are also considered 'close friends' of the Undead. How could they suddenly think of joining us in resisting the undead?" The one who spoke this time was the dwarf with a red beard, who seemed to call himself "Niba" when he was just introduced.
"Even the messengers of the temple can carry the half-demon oath Knight. Why can't the demons do something to resist the undead? Come to think of it, this sworn knight, Gasiah, who grew up in the temple, somehow left the temple yesterday..." Ostensibly, he was explaining his motives, but secretly, he was undermining the temple's prestige.
"There's no need for Ferad to worry about this. Garcia is my sworn knight, and it was my order to leave the temple," LAN smiled and looked at LAN LAN, who was sitting diagally opposite him. "I will bear all the consequences of his words and deeds," said Ferad.
"There is the Great Sacrifice... Then it should be fine." There seemed to be some veiled reason, but as soon as LAN said "One force," the air of the demon general immediately dropped. All eyes were fixed on LAN and Lanlan. Ferrard was completely oblivious to the sharp light that emerged from the illusory eyes of Moon Xi, who had been floating behind LAN all along.
For a moment they fell silent.
No matter how these undead came about! Those who shouldn't exist should all be sent back home!" Suddenly the great King of Beamon roared, not to say anything else, just this "Beamon roar" shook the teacup trays in front of everyone into a mess, and several unprepared dwarves almost fell on their backs, and the elves' faces were already blank and pale, the astrologer and the mage each took a small step back, and the demons, the dark elves and so on who were farther away were also startled by the roar. It seemed that LAN was the only one who was not frightened.
And not only was LAN not frightened, but the tea tray in front of the seat shook at all!
All eyes were fixed on LAN again, and this time even a glimmer of light flashed in the king's slightly weary eyes.
LAN calmly moved the teacup to his lips under the gaze of the crowd, and no one thought there was anything wrong with his movement, nor did anyone feel that there was any message hidden in his lowered eyes, yet such a simple movement gave the illusion that something was about to happen.
"Lord Xilan, will you fight with them this time?" A tone of absolute respect, yet an unusual hesitation.
Then there was a faint sigh from LAN, a question he had deliberately tried to avoid but was still asked. The people looked at each other, staring at each other for a long time, but they couldn't find the person who asked the question.
And... Where could there be such a Lady Xilan?
LAN turned his head and looked at Yuexi. "You don't need to look. The questioner is not among us, and Lord Xilan is another name for Yuexi."
With the question, then what? Of course, answer.
"I'm not going to join your war. It's a rule that was set from the very beginning, but..." Moonlight's gaze was only on LAN in front of her. "I'll take the life of the Fourth Undead priest of the Undead race, that woman called 'Samanda'."
LAN almost couldn't help showing a helpless expression. That "Samanda" was probably the undead priest who had poked two holes in his body in the black forest.
"I'm at ease with your promise. As for that stupid woman who somehow offended you, I'll deal with her myself." The voice, whose origin is unknown, seems to have absolute control over the undead.
But!
What on earth is this situation now!