Chapter 130: Red Robe Wizard! [Seeking Recommendation Votes]
Modo City has entered a state of full alert.
Any individuals with unknown backgrounds are subjected to strict questioning, while all merchants entering and leaving the port are heavily restricted. Essentially, under Soren’s orders, Modo City has abandoned almost seventy percent of its trade. Soren plans to cut off most of the trade to withstand the last two waves of the Saint’s Cataclysm. At this moment, Modo City has amassed enough strength to do so; wealth from Treasure Island compensates for the monetary consumption of Modo City, minerals from the Bottomless Abyss replenish its supply consumption, and with the support of Gisz and a portion of the Fermi Ant Tribe’s supplies, it can easily sustain Modo City’s consumption for a year or two.
The only limiting factor for the population of Modo City, food supplies, can now also be self-sustained; thus, Soren has decided to implement a comprehensive management plan for complete lockdown of Modo City.
Currently, Modo City is almost in a state of seclusion. While continuously accepting the population from the Southern Coast, it has abandoned trade exchanges with other forces. Signs of the Undead Plague have become increasingly severe; several lurking Necromancers have been discovered by Modo City’s Tribunal, and what makes Soren particularly uneasy is that the organization specializing in necromancy among wizards seems to have also been recruited by the Undead Lords.
Even worse!
Soren’s church unexpectedly found a very small number of very special wizards among them.
These were discovered by the Tribunal of the Church of Shadows; however, since they are wizards, Gloria also sent a witch to investigate. After the witch observed, she was greatly surprised and immediately reported the news to Gloria, who then personally went to take a look and also surprisedly conveyed the news to Soren.
At this moment.
Soren had arrived at the Tribunal located behind the temple, and soon he saw several very conspicuous bald heads and their tattooed runes on their necks, backs of heads, and chests.
Red Robe Wizards!
They are a group that is very easy to identify because they like to wear red robes, are all completely bald, and have very obvious tattoos on their bodies.
The Red Robe Wizard organization has circulated in the Material Plane for thousands of years and is one of the representatives of evil wizards. They once disappeared from the Material Plane, but unexpectedly, they have appeared in Modo City at this moment! The Red Robe Wizards are an extremely evil wizard organization, which has been severely suppressed by the Arcane Empire. Subsequently, the Red Robes disappeared during the Arcane Cataclysm, and their traces have yet to be found.
“Where did they come from?”
Soren frowned as he looked at the several battered Red Robe Wizards in front of him. Their bald heads were glaringly bright, and he asked the Drow Wanderer responsible for the interrogation beside him.
There are only a few Drow in Modo City, most of whom are assigned special tasks, and the one in front is an expert at severe torture specially required in the Underdark. He knelt on one knee before Soren and said, “My lord! They claim to come from the Lower Planes, from a large demiplane located between the Shadow Plane and the Ethereal Plane, very close to the Gray Wastes where the undead are active!”
Other planes?
Indeed!
The Red Robe Faction has not disappeared but has partially escaped to other planes.
Soren glanced at the big bald heads in front of him, reached out, and lifted the face of one of the female wizards. In the Red Robe organization, regardless of gender, all later shave their heads. This makes it easier for them to engrave rune marks. The divine light flickered in Soren’s eyes as he directly used a divine technique to seize the consciousness of the other.
The will of females is generally weaker than that of males, making them easier to control.
“Tell me.”
Soren’s figure seemed to carry a hint of magical power, filled with infinite temptation, and he said in a deep voice, “When did you return to the Material Plane? How many of you are there? How large is your demiplane? How many members does the Red Robe Faction still have?”
The expression of the female Red Robe Wizard turned dazed, appearing somewhat dull; after hearing Soren’s words, she honestly replied, “We returned to the Material Plane half a month ago. This time, we sent out more than thirty people in total. The size of our plane is comparable to a southern kingdom. The Red Robe Faction currently has more than three hundred formal wizards!”
The centipede dies but never falls down.
The Red Robe Faction of Toril was once a formidable enemy of peace in the Material Plane. Their organization originates from a special historical background; the Red Robe Faction was initially formed by a group of Mulhorandi wizards who separated from their homeland. They established a nation ruled by wizards rather than by divine kings (which is the rule of Mulhorandi, whose pantheon is similar to the Egyptian pantheon). These wizards ultimately formed the government structure of Toril at that time, intermittently waging war against neighbors for several centuries. Still, due to debates among various factions in the organization, plans often fell into confusion and stagnated.
The origin of the Red Robe Wizards is from a foreign god, and this pantheon seems to have gradually disappeared, similar to other pantheons in desert regions. (Note: similar to the crocodile god and goddess of death and wealth in desert areas.)
The existence of gods cannot be considered eternal.
Especially for invading foreign gods, they may face fierce counterattacks from indigenous gods, leading to alliances among other pantheons. The seats within the Pantheon represent the number of deities, and many of the vacant ones are the result of fallen entities in pantheon struggles.
“Eh?”
Soren seemed to notice something and reached out to check the tattoo near the female wizard’s chest: “Are all of you specialized in the necromancy school?”
The female wizard before him had already been mentally controlled by Soren, and in a daze, she said, “Yes. The most powerful faction in the Red Robe Faction currently is necromancy, with eighty percent of the wizards specializing in necromancy. Other factions have long been divided and disappeared in past struggles.”
Indeed!
No wonder the Red Robe Faction has mixed in with the Undead Lords; it is known that there are some very famous powerful liches inside the Red Robe Faction!
Clearly.
Other factions within the Red Robe Faction have almost been wiped out in the past, and now what remains is the necromancy faction, which has the most liches and various means of evading death.
Soren fell silent.
After a moment, he said solemnly, “Who sent you?”
The witch replied blankly, “The Undead – Owo! He promised us that if our plan succeeded, we would be given a kingdom in the Material Plane to restore the Red Robe Faction’s previous rule over the kingdom!”
The Undead – Owo!?
Upon hearing this, Soren’s expression changed immediately, and his demeanor became extremely serious.
This is a very powerful lich, even one of the strongest liches to date! He is also the mastermind of the Undead Plague, the most terrifying among numerous Undead Lords!
This is a lich that has existed since the era of Nezher.
Also one of the highest-level wizards known to date! Owo once resided in the endless caverns beneath the Highforest, targeting noble races for hunting. He began to emerge during the Nezher period and started researching the mysteries of death.
At that time, Owo was still an immortal mortal.
However, in the Year of the Shattered Magic Network, another Nezserel wizard, Kalsathas, attempted to seize the power of the Goddess of Magic, leading to the collapse of the Magic Network, which directly destroyed the Nezher era. The entire Nezher empire lost its source of magic, and ancient Nezher wizards died one after another. Owo’s undead army was directly annihilated at that time, and subsequently, the collapse of the magic network triggered the spells on him, and he did not die; instead, he was transformed into a fearsome lich.
That’s right!
This is an ancient lich that has existed since the first generation of the Goddess of Magic.
——Owo [Undead][Demigod Lich] (15th-level Wizard/5th-level Archmage/10th-level Legend/5th-level Nezserel Archmage)!
This is the superficial data about Owo.
He possesses a unique legendary profession that is not yet known to the outside world, and regarding his true power, it cannot be determined because throughout the long years, he has gathered countless undead armies under his command, and many liches serve him.
This ancient Nezher resident has been trying to restore the empire.
Now, records about him are very scarce; it can only be confirmed that this terrifying lich has become one of the Undead Lords, lurking in the lower planes near the Underworld.
“Are they ready to move?”
Soren furrowed his brow and waved his hand, saying, “Keep this witch; dispose of the others.”
Having said that, Soren turned and left the temple, looking up at the dark night sky, his gaze seeming to transcend planes, murmuring, “The first Undead Lord has already appeared. Then, the Queen of the Gisz and the Tyrant of the Dead Eyes must be appearing soon as well?”
The Undead Plague is not merely a scheme devised by human liches.
There are traces of other undead forces working together behind this, not just undead transformed from humans, but also undead transformed from other races are similarly active.
Moreover, one of the masterminds is the Queen of the Gisz, a terrifying entity with a challenge level above 28.
——[Lich Queen] – Varakis!
The true queen who has ruled the Gisz for thousands of years, and also the longest reigning queen.
This terrifying monster exerts oppressive rule over the Gisz while extracting the essence of Gisz with profession levels above 11, eventually being defeated during the mid-period of the Arcane Empire in the war against the Grand Archmage.
However, the Lich Queen did not truly die.
She has been hiding in some corner of the multiverse, waiting for the opportunity to reclaim everything! (Note: this is a planar war that erupted in the mid-period of the Arcane Empire, aimed at developing resources in the Astral Realm, where the seven floating cities of the Arcane Empire transported to the Astral Realm and waged war against the Lich Queen ruling the Gisz.)
Soren walked forward silently.
The power accumulated by the undead is extremely frightening; it may not be much weaker than demons and devils. If not for the suppression of the Divine Profession of [Death], it is likely that the later stage of the Undead Plague would be hard to predict.
After all, there are no longer three hundred thousand paladins supporting the world’s backbone!
………………(To be continued ~^~)
