Chapter 4: Traces of the Lich God! [Recommendation Votes Requested]
Black Valley.
Fierce flames engulfed this valley, with the screams of humans occasionally heard from the ground.
An elegant silver dragon circled in the sky, accompanied by a gold dragon and a copper dragon. At this moment, there were already many corpses in the valley, the vast majority belonging to members of the Dragon Worship Sect, while the other portion were the bodies of elves. To help the giant dragons eliminate the dragon lich, nearby forest rangers responded to the covenant, and the Forest Goddess Merike also seemed to express her disdain for the dragon lich’s existence by providing some assistance. However, the battle was not entirely one-sided; among the members of the Dragon Worship Sect below was a purple-robed wizard, a symbol of a top-tier member, often filled by legendary mages and liches.
A dead black dragon transformed into a dragon lich had already fallen into the valley. Surrounded by three adult giant dragons, the newly revived dragon lich could not hold out for long.
The dragons attacked the purple-robed wizard, while other rangers waited for an opportunity.
In the shadows.
A tall and elegant figure slowly stepped onto the battlefield, seemingly unnoticed by anyone. She approached the corpse of a high-ranking member of the Dragon Witch Sect and then waved her hand, extracting a soul.
“I’ve finally found you.”
The Goddess of Magic and Death, Vices, revealed a satisfied smile, muttering, “Lich God. Let’s see where you can escape this time!”
As a deity from another realm, the Goddess of Magic and Death, Vices, possessed the ability to comprehend death. She used the power of her magical divine profession to extract and interpret the soul, having been tracking the traces of the Lich God for a long time.
This was a cunning deity.
Although not particularly powerful, she knew how to protect herself well.
The battle in the valley was nearing its end, and the Goddess of Magic and Death, Vices, had no intention of disturbing them; she simply came and quietly left.
However, just before she disappeared, a ranger bearing the emblem of the Forest Goddess Merike furrowed her brow as she watched her departure.
The gods were not completely unaware!
To protect themselves, many gods secretly created some elect.
…
Spearwind Hills.
In a forest surrounded by mountains, an elite guard squad from Modo was advancing rapidly.
Taking advantage of the darkness, they approached and came upon a concealed camp ahead.
There were many undead on guard nearby, but they were silently dispatched by the wanderers. Adele Isabella also joined this battle; as a legendary professionist, she obtained Soren’s blessing, gaining special abilities on par with a legendary thief.
“Target identified!”
A cold male voice echoed, slowly stating, “Confirmed target is a high-ranking member of the Dragon Witch Sect! Revived undead dragons were discovered to the south of the camp!”
The Spearwind Hills were occupied by a red dragon.
There had previously been some older red dragons; these members of the Dragon Witch Sect had captured one and even found the bones of a giant dragon. To resurrect more dragon liches, they even converted white dragons, though the success rate was low, resulting in mostly low-level bone dragons.
“Andrei, prepare for action!”
“Tribunal assassinate those wizards!”
The High Priest commanded this operation, and Soren’s figure appeared in the back, though he showed no intention of taking action.
The battle erupted swiftly.
Elite wanderers stealthily infiltrated, assassinating the outer sentries. When the first batch of Dragon Witch Sect members was assassinated, they finally reacted, and the camp resounded with warning calls.
However, it was already a bit too late.
A large group of wanderers swiftly charged into the camp. Unlike other wanderers, those devoted to Soren possessed the potential of combat rogues.
Meanwhile, a batch of elite arcane assassins coordinated their actions, with the giant’s robust body rampaging amidst multiple divine techniques’ enhancement. Accompanied by a deep roar, the dragon lich’s figure soared, but as soon as it took flight, it stiffened in mid-air. The Holy Spirit Priest Milan appeared, casting over a dozen high-level divine techniques with assistance from many priests. Compared to the past, the Holy Spirit Priest Milan had matured significantly; this little girl rapidly grew up, working hard to succeed the High Priest role in the future. The second wave of successors trained by Soren had begun to take the stage, and the future High Priest would enter the divine kingdom alongside him, with the Holy Spirit Priest Milan taking hold of the church’s scepter.
“Almost time to end this.”
Soren quietly observed the battle ahead; as the enemies were nearly eliminated, his figure stepped onto the battlefield.
—”Death Divine Profession!”
—”Soul Extraction!”
Soren waved his hand, extracting a gray soul. After a quick examination, his eyes lit up, saying, “This is quite a pleasant surprise!”
Initially, he had planned to check how many members of the Dragon Witch Sect remained in Spearwind Hills to deal with them all in one go.
But unexpectedly, Soren discovered traces of the Lich God; this god was not particularly powerful, yet his movements had always been mysterious, possessing a hint of death’s divine power.
“Interesting! Interesting!”
Soren smiled as he crushed the soul before him, then teleported back to the castle.
“My lord!”
About fifteen minutes later, a wanderer appeared outside the door, kneeling on one knee and saying, “The gnome territory seems to have been breached by the undead! We have discovered traces of Sherek’s followers!”
Sherek?
Upon hearing this, Soren frowned, muttering, “It seems some matters have already been altered by me.”
“Sherek has actually targeted the gnomish pantheon?”
He thought carefully but decided to shelve the matter of Sherek for now; the Lich God was currently in the southern region of the continent and had secretly colluded with Sazarstan.
Soren prepared to eliminate him!
If he could kill the Lich God, not only would he replenish the power of his death divine profession, but he would also gain some special abilities in magic.
It should be noted that the fall of the God of Mages was connected to this fellow.
However.
To be on the safe side, Soren decided to have Gloria and Vivian accompany him; the Lich God was not easily slain, and Soren needed to ensure his cooperation could thoroughly shatter his life box.
Gloria had already become a demigod, and it was time to test her abilities in practical combat against a deity.
Additionally.
Currently, the Fallen Witch had returned to Modo; with her presiding, everything should be fine. Soren planned to have her research how to break the plague spread by the undead.
After all, she had obtained a hint of the goddess of plague’s divinity back then.
…(To be continued ~^~)
