Blood tax

Chapter 105 If This Is an Irresistible Fate

Griffith was silent.It's not a choice he can make.He didn't even know what to do.

"This question, you can ask Iloti directly."

Conix nodded slightly and chanted an indecipherable spell.Under the influence of the spell, the barrier blocking Griffith suddenly disappeared.

"We can get two steps closer."

Conix brought Griffith closer, and asked the girl who was in pain from time to time:
"Did you hear that? Just go a little further and you'll recharge. Mr. Death Knight and I will be at your side."

Ilodie was convulsing, her flesh and skin were being torn apart, and then quickly healed and treated.

Every second is horrific torture.

"As long as, just do as you say," Ilodie struggled to say, blood and tears merged into a non-stop flow of blood, "will this pain go away?"

"Without a doubt, my lady."

"Just do what you say and I'll survive?"

"There is no doubt, my lady. Not only survive, but also have eternal life and youth, you will become the brightest star."

Ilodie was tormented by severe pain and kept twitching.Her hair was constantly falling out, breaking into pieces as soon as it hit the ground.Then, new long hair grows on her head, and the cycle repeats.

"It's not too late, let's act quickly," Conix breathed a sigh of relief, "The Extraordinary and the garrison have been severely damaged in the offensive just now, with the protection of me and Your Excellency the Death Knight, your evolution will be completed soon.

"My lady, please begin."

Iloti looked at Griffith with painful eyes.The latter couldn't lift his head due to guilt and sadness, but his eyes still met the girl after all.

At this moment, Griffith was struck by lightning, he already knew her answer.

"My lady, please hurry up," Conix urged excitedly, "Let us start your ascension ceremony! All pain will end, and the perfect eternity belongs to you!"

Iloti looked at the necromancer, wiped the blood and tears from her face:
"No, I refuse."

"!!!"

Conix was stunned.

"If my life were to be built on the suffering of innocents, I would be more than happy to usher in destruction."

Iloti stubbornly raised her head, pulled out a sharp dagger from under her skirt and stabbed it into her heart.

"No!" Conix exclaimed, and immediately rushed forward.However, he suddenly fell to his knees stiffly, unable to move an inch.

"This, this terrifying breath, I was suppressed again," Conix exclaimed, "That power is breaking free from the shackles of the body."

The girl in the blood-stained gauze skirt twisted the dagger decisively, gritted her teeth and pulled it out.The dagger had pierced her heart, and blood spurted out.

Griffith has been wrapped in despair, and his heartache is like being torn apart.

Ilodie's extraordinary qualities endow her with a strong vitality. Even though she still maintains her fragile appearance as a girl, the fatal wound on her chest is still healing quickly, causing her to suffer inhuman pain.

"Ilodie, stop!" Griffith was completely tormented by this scene and collapsed.He took out the healing potion, ran frantically to the girl and held her by his arms, "Quick, drink it."

Conix was lying on the ground, not quite understanding how Griffith moved.

The girl raised her weak hand to cover the potion on her lips.She struggled and let out a low and rapid gasp:
"Do not."

"An extremely dangerous psychic signal has been detected," Minos, who had been silent during the battle, suddenly sent out a message. His cold voice lacked any emotion of fear or surprise, as if he was executing an order that had been formulated long ago.

Griffith suddenly saw a phantom of a plant with bright red flowers in full bloom and swaying red fruits faintly appearing in Iloti's body.In a blink of an eye, this plant stretched out its stems and leaves towards Griffith, attacking and rolling in like snakes and tentacles.

Iloti's wound is rapidly stopping bleeding, and her feeble heart beats rapidly.There were streaks of blood oozing from under her skin, and it was spreading rapidly.

The weird plant waved ferociously like a beast, and let out an invisible roar.Unimaginable horror captured Griffith's mind, and he watched this monster between animals and plants roll towards him in a daze.

His skin and flesh began to crack, as if being burned.Powerful psychic energy is tearing his body apart.

"The absorption of the source of life has exceeded the upper limit," Minos' voice became hasty, "I have detected the leakage of the source of mutation that cannot be evaluated, and withdraw quickly, no, quickly pray to the supreme existence."

Griffith was already shaking under a flood of fear.The existence of that plant surpassed all life forms he knew, and it could engulf tiny human beings with just one thought and one movement.

Suddenly, Griffith understood the astonishing sight in front of him——

The extraordinary characteristics residing in Ilotti's body sensed Ilotti's firm will and resistance, as well as the possible danger. It has been hiding carefully, it has completely torn off its disguise, and eroded the new host with the most ferocious power!Soon, it would invade Griffith's already tangled mind, occupying his body as a puppet.

The exuberant blood energy on the trainee knight was activated by danger, blocking the erosion of weird plants like a raging fire.Once those stems and leaves with blood vessels and tentacles were contaminated with blood, they immediately turned into charred pieces.However, the blood energy itself is also exhausting at an alarming rate like Griffith's physical strength, and it won't take long for this weird plant to invade his body.

Griffith clearly felt that this plant was incompatible with him, but at the critical moment when there was no suitable host, it had begun to expand and assimilate wildly regardless of its own loss!

In the boundless desperation, Griffith suddenly found that Iloti broke free from herself and ran towards the tumbling fire waves and flames on the altar.

This is... Griffith's pupils suddenly contracted.

Wait, wait, don't do this!
Griffith, Conix, and the parasitic monster that was trying to break free all screamed.

Five meters, four meters, three meters... The hot ground fire heat wave is already burning Ilodi's skin.

Conix almost gritted his teeth watching this scene.He also saw that crazy plant, which was the source of what he was looking for!However, the undead body was completely disobedient, trembling and stiff like a frog encountering a poisonous snake, with no room for resistance.

Griffith wanted to catch up, but his exhausted strength prevented him from even moving his arms.

That creepy plant is trying to escape!The plant had sensed Iloti's intentions, and began to tear Iloti's body apart, struggling to get out.

Ilodie's body was wrapped in evil red light, her movements were extremely stiff and jerky, but she resolutely moved towards the flames.

"Why refuse my power, why refuse eternal life!?" The plant's thoughts were full of despair and rage, and they had converged into a clear voice. It was horrified to find that it was getting closer and closer to the flame, and begged desperately, "Accept me! , with eternal youth and beauty, accept your hymn of eternal life!"

"No." Iloti's clear and weak voice reappeared in Griffith's ear.She could no longer move forward, the plant's will and hers were fighting against each other.

"My hymn is the hymn of courage."

Ilodie untied the flowing ribbon around her waist and threw it towards the flame.

"No!" Griffith screamed with the plants.

The ribbon was ignited by flames, and the flames rushed towards Iloti's blood-stained long skirt along the ribbon.

At this last moment, the girl with a sad and beautiful face actually looked at Griffith with a smile:

"Don't be sad, Griffith, don't forget that I left as a human being."

Iloti's slender body was wrapped in flames.The plant's consciousness began to shatter quickly, and it let out a terrifying scream.

Griffith watched as Iloti, who had already been burned into a fire man, walked firmly to the edge of the ground fire and fell towards the monstrous fire waves.

His eyes were already blurred, and amidst his desperate sobs, Iloti seemed to appear in front of him again, raising her blood-stained hand and stretching it towards his cheek.

He heard voices that could not exist in this world.

"If this is an irresistible fate,

"Then I want you to live,
"because I know,

"The world will be brighter because of you,

"Let me guard by your side."

The cold little hands soaked in blood gently wiped the teardrops on the connection line, and drifted away.

……

There was a dead silence on the altar.

Conix, who was freed from the irresistible shackles, looked at the terrible flames of the ground fire in despair, and slightly opened his rotten lips, not knowing what to say.

Minos' consciousness was suddenly touched, and some knowledge was brought into the mind of the trainee knight, but he immediately fell silent.Some unknown energy was lost from the flames, some were absorbed by the bone ring and the Philosopher's Stone, and some were repaired and supplemented by Griffith and Conix.

Griffith stood up slowly, covered his eyes with his hands, and wept tremblingly.

After a while, Conix broke the silence with a look of despair: "Unfortunately, Mr. Apprentice Knight, this is not my wish. But the worst ending has already happened, and we still have to think about the next thing.

"Shall we cooperate? There is no reason for hostility between you and me. We can explore the endless future together."

Griffith sobbed and slowly lowered his arms.When his hands left his eyes, the tears had stopped, leaving traces of blood and tears on the corners of his eyes and cheeks.He stared at the necromancer who had not yet become a lich, opened his mouth, and said in a choked voice: "Let's talk about the future."

Following his sad words, a chill enveloped the altar on the top of the mountain.

Conix looked at the trainee knight in surprise. Although he himself has been able to get rid of the control of emotions skillfully, he is still surprised that a human being can recover from pain so quickly.

The necromancer was even a little relieved: "Then, let me tell you about my plan..."

"No, it's not your plan," Griffith interrupted Conix's words, his eyes hazy from tears were as sharp as blades,
"its mine."

Abrupt mutation.

Conix is ​​not without guard against Griffith.However, he didn't expect that three living corpses would suddenly jump up from the corpses on the nearby ground, hug his legs and lower back, and start biting frantically.

"What's going on! Who? Who's still manipulating the undead!" Conix yelled wildly.In an instant, an answer appeared in his mind like lightning.

how is this possible! ?
Griffith has rushed up.After receiving the lost energy replenishment, he condensed an ice shield and an ice spear with both hands, and threw them towards the necromancer.

"Bah!"

Conix, who couldn't dodge in time, was hit by a single blow, and the ice spear shattered on his shield.

Like a gust of wind, Griffith caught up with the necromancer who was hastily breaking free from the living corpse, and threw the ice shield at him with all his strength with his right hand.

"Bah!"

The shield on Conix's body was splashed with rotten meat, broken bones and ice.At the same time, ice fragments and cold air swept across the sky, and Griffith dodged to hide in the ice fog.

Conix was also moving quickly, casting a green light towards the trainee knight who emerged from the mist.

"Crazy under the breath of terror!"

A mass of dark green energy gushed out from the hands of the Necromancer, hitting Griffith and driving him into madness, scurrying around like a trampled rabbit.

Conix, who took a short breath, quickly chanted the spell:
"Spell configuration 1, life refinement; stacking, pointing,
"Life suck!"

The green evil energy reappeared, and it got into the body of Griffith who was running around and began to crazily squeeze his life essence.In just a moment, he will be too weak to stand, and Conix himself will be stronger.

However, there was no trace of the expected life energy, and the green light that sucked life disappeared in a blink of an eye.Conix watched as the trainee knight in front of him turned into a pile of mud-like pieces.

"Puppet!" Conix was taken aback, "When was the replacement made!?"

Griffith once again flashed out from behind the dissipated ice fog, swung his ice sword and cut off Conix's right hand, and punched it with all his strength.

A hole was punched in the necromancer's not-so-strong head, and he fell to the ground and rolled over and over again.When it tried to stand up and fight back, two living corpses rushed forward, hugging it tightly to prevent it from getting up.

"Go away! You inferior bastards!" Conix's angry emotions appeared. Although a green light flashed on his body to suppress the fluctuation of anger, surging anger and anxiety surged up one after another.

One more step and I can be promoted to a noble lich!Obviously got the attention of a high-ranking being, why?Why is this happening!

Conix was like the fledgling novice mage many years ago, roaring at his failed experiments and failed resumes.

As a necromancer who specializes in spirit and knowledge, Conix's power attribute is not strong.After a struggle, it was strangled by two strong living corpses and dragged up from the ground.

Griffith had already drawn out his corrupted feather fencing and was walking towards it.

On this short sword wrapped in shadow energy, there is a terrifying substance rolling, as if some kind of monster is waiting to be devoured.

Griffith held a dagger, came to Conix, and pointed at its forehead.

"Wait, wait!" Conix said in a panic, "You have mastered the mysterious necromantic spell, and resurrecting these dead bodies is only the first step. You need a consultant to help you master this power!"

"That's right," Griffith nodded, and inserted the fallen feather fencing into Conix's eye socket, stabbing it in.

"You need my memory, you need my knowledge, stop!" Conix yelled in despair, "Don't you!?"

"That's right, I will cherish your Extraordinary characteristics."

Griffith spun the dagger, and the explosive shadow energy was rampaging in Conix's head. Its fragile body swelled, collapsed, and deformed continuously, making miserable and mournful wailing sounds.

Maybe the necromancer Conix was cursing, maybe begging for mercy, maybe... It didn't matter, and no one would know.Its form is disintegrating, and the last consciousness is destroyed in chaos.

……

A portion of the life and psychic energy lost by the Necromancer was absorbed by Minos.The soul of the bone ring became more active.

Not long ago, with Iloti's suicide, that terrible plant also died out.However, some of the terrifying and unknown source of life was absorbed by Minos in the process of erosion, allowing Griffith to acquire a new ability called Necromancer Rune, which can activate some taboos about undead creatures black curse.

The spell knowledge "Resurrection of the Undead" and "Domination of the Undead" obtained by Griffith from "The Collection of Linyuan" is now available.

Once the spell is cast, corpses within a 30 yard radius will be resurrected.There are no more than three living corpses reanimated each time, and as they exhaust their stored energy, they will completely disintegrate after an hour.

For these weak undead, Griffith can easily enslave their weak will, turn them into puppets driven by themselves at will, and share certain memories and powers with them.However, he can control no more than five undead creatures at the same time.

What a powerful force it is to resurrect the slavery of life and will!Most of the high-ranking mages at Homemonwatts probably didn't have such an evil and powerful power, which could twist the fate of life and death, and make the dead walk on the earth again.

The sealed item "Lin Yuan Ji" is very valuable, I need to study it more deeply.Griffith watched the flames engulfing Iloti.In his hand, he held a strand of undissipated hair that was torn off by the girl when she broke free. It was still stained with a lot of blood, and a lot of information had been left in the field of mysticism.

Sadness has already made him go crazy, and he can only use one thought to comfort himself desperately——

Maybe, maybe when my power is strong enough, I can bring her back to life.No, not maybe, the possibilities of magic are endless, as long as there is enough power, it can be done.

At the moment just now, Griffith felt that the Extraordinary characteristics residing in Ilotti's body were all broken down together.The smell of that weird plant has disappeared, as if the momentum to devour and assimilate everything is gone.

"Minos has absorbed a large amount of life essence," Minos suggested again, "Minos has detected that your strength, agility, and spiritual power have grown further in battle, and the number of runes you can use has reached 9, the number of runes has reached the upper limit."

"What the hell is that plant?" Griffith asked.

"Minos didn't have enough information, but a gold coin you hold has similar source quality residues, and it is recommended to keep it properly," Bone Ring replied, "Since only a small amount of source quality can already give birth to such a distorted host. Mutation, Minos suggested to avoid exploring its secrets for the time being, and wait for the opportunity when you become stronger."

……

A strange feeling hangs over Hepu Town.The bleak and gloomy aura that accompanied the living corpses began to dissipate quickly, and the tide of undead creatures all over the place was withering and withering.

The Extraordinary has arrived.

Their horrific attack unleashed a storm and rain of blood.Group after group of monsters that were still baring their teeth and claws just a second ago were wiped out.

Standing on the top of the mountain, Griffith glanced at the battle situation down the mountain. Apart from despair and pain, he had only one thought—those despicable, cunning, disgusting and disgusting ancient gods who are hiding behind the scenes, and they are lower than the piss of a mouse. I want to find you out.

Conix's body had turned into ashes and drifted away with the wind, leaving behind a cloudy jewel.This should be the Extraordinary characteristic of the corrupted caster path Sequence 7. After being polluted by the influence of Lich, Conix's Extraordinary characteristic should become a kind of existence of a sealed item.

Counting Karius and the monster with the eyeballs on its back, Griffith has collected three Sequence 7 Extraordinary Characteristics in different ways.How to keep and use it is a headache, you can't hide it all in your pocket.

Examining the remains of the necromancer he had just killed, he found some healing potions and vitality potions, as well as a bracer that glowed pale green.He immediately picked it up and looked through it in his hand.

At the moment of touching the smooth surface of the wristband, some knowledge entered Griffith's brain.

"Sealed Artifact: Bracers of Fear.

"Description: This is a silver magic wristband, which can improve the spirit of the holder while providing a certain degree of protection. A powerful magic spell is solidified on the wristband that can be used at any time.

"Negative effect: the holder will be haunted by evil spirits and may be attacked.

"Fixation Spell: Advanced Fear. The evil spiritual energy gathers into a cyclone and penetrates the target's body, causing it to fall into complete chaos in madness and fear. Every time the Advanced Fear is activated, it must be cooled for half an hour before it can be used again. use."

……

As the tide of corpses subsided, order in Hepu Town and Neopolis Island began to recover rapidly.A large number of troops and Beyonders rushed from the nearby area to clean up the wreckage and ruins all over the place.

For Griffith, it doesn't make any sense to continue to stay here.The mission of investigating the cultist is complete, and the person who needed protection has passed away.Dr. Zion was also missing.

The officials have never seen such a horrible scene, and several camps were established overnight to test, isolate and resettle the terrified residents and tourists.

As one of the Extraordinary, Griffith was quickly confirmed healthy and began to move around without restriction.

Several prominent families in Hepu Town also acted quietly and efficiently, preparing separate treatment and residences for important people.The Extraordinary who were injured in the previous battle were also invited to enjoy a more comfortable treatment together.

At Arundale's family residence, Griffith meets Amber.Although this lively and sunny girl was injured, she looked better than Griffith who had nowhere to vent and didn't know who to hang out with.It's just that when she learned of Iloti's tragedy, she cried harder than Griffith.

Here, Griffith saw some official briefings.This hateful bureaucrat really started to act after the situation was safe, and even prepared a report in a serious manner.

"Investigation report from Archmage Winston, captain of the Extraordinary team in Neopolis"

"After investigation, the cultists who appeared in Hepu Town were divided into two groups.

"One of them occupied the mansion of the local sea merchant, and arranged a ceremony there to activate the extremely dangerous sealed item 'Call of the Ancestor'.

"Their uniforms are painted with ascending stairs, sun-shaped spheres and distorted lines. There are indications that they belong to a hidden sect called Deathrattle, whose purpose is to pursue eternal life and evolution.

"The Order of Death Whispers has been linked to several attacks on the Church of the Holy Light, and the rejection of the Holy Light's faith seems to be their main activity in recent years, other than that we know very little about it.

"The ceremony of the Deathrattle Cult was sabotaged by another cult group, which believed in an existence called the Creator, who possessed many low-sequence Extraordinary beings.

"The believers of the Creator tried to seize the sealed item 'Call of the Ancestor', and wiped out most of the personnel of Deathrattle. However, according to subsequent investigations, the believers of Deathrattle still took away the sealed item, and the believers of the Creator also quickly evacuate.

"The weird man who was almost a puppet remained at the scene killed the mage stationed on the island, and was annihilated by the Griffith apprentice knight in the pursuit battle. According to the apprentice knight report, the man exploded violently after his limbs were broken. We Examination of the scene revealed the gruesome shockwave trace, but no other information.

"On the morning of January 1, the sealed item 'Call of the Ancestor' was fully activated, and a large number of Hepu residents and tourists were infected into living corpses. The infection mechanism remains to be investigated.

"The tide of corpses launched a fierce attack on Cangyue Mountain, where the Hanami Sacrifice is located. The fierce battle continued until evening. Under the leadership of the extraordinary commando, we finally wiped out these terrifying monsters."

Winston's official report did not mention what happened to Iloti and Griffith in the end, and he did not know about it.Miss Arendelle's family also remained silent.

All right, let me write it down for you first.

Griffith recorded information about Master Winston in his notebook.Regardless of whether he is involved in the conspiracy of the cultists or not, if he cooperates with the Extraordinary team on the island to investigate as soon as possible, it is very likely to prevent the activation of the sealed item.His war avoidance and bureaucratic style and the final uncontrollable situation are directly related to the tragedy of Iloti.

Griffith would take the opportunity to ask the wizard "good".If the wizard's answer didn't satisfy him, he would try to "well" ask the wizard about his Extraordinary characteristics.

The mayor of Neopolis is also on record.

Waves of grief and anger lingered in Griffith's heart.Although he was used to diverting attention from the pain, this time he was so angry that he desperately wanted to find a jerk to take responsibility.Even the mind is a little bit in a trance.

"Griffith, how is your health?" Miss Arendelle pushed the door open and came in.In the past few days, her address to apprentice knights has become more and more affectionate.

Amber, who was sitting at the side chatting without saying a word, shook his head unhappily.

Griffith asked: "Miss Arendelle, I have some extraordinary characteristics of Sequence Seven here, do you have a way to extract the memory?"

The beautiful and elegant lady thought for a while and replied:
"It's very difficult. The residual memory of Extraordinary characteristics is fragmented, and it cannot guarantee to obtain valuable information. The current common method is to make it into a potion and take it, which can maximize the memory and inheritance.

"If the potion is not the type you can take, I suggest you go back to Homewarts and try it. Their research on this should be at the forefront."

"Do you have any plans next? The route to the capital is blocked. If you need it, I can arrange a cabin for you in the near future."

"It's better to be respectful than to be obedient," said Griffith. "I'm going to leave as soon as possible."

Just then, Finland broke in and handed a document to Griffith.

"The urgent order from the House of the Earl of Lamor via the Echo Hub is for you."

What happened?Griffith opened the order and found that there was only one sentence above:

"Return immediately, and use this to prove that you are boarding a warship."

　The second volume is over.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)