Chapter 703 - Nightfall (I)
Rhode let out a long sigh and tossed the letter on the table. Then, he lifted his head and looked at everyone before him.
It had been two days since the end of the battle. After annihilating the ‘Sinister Death’ and driving off the Undead Army, it appeared that there would be peaceful days for the time being. However, Rhode kept his guard on. He quickly engaged in an inquest on Simon and received first hand intelligence on the Undead Army.
Got to say, Simon was thoroughly pitiful. Even though he couldn’t create a phylactery like the Liches to live for eternity, he also had some backup plans as a Necromancer. In a place full of mutual deception like the Country of Darkness, no one knew when they would die. Therefore, as the patriarch of the family, it would be too pathetic if he didn’t have any means to ‘restart’ his life.
However, it was a legendary artifact in Rhode’s possession that had defeated Simon. Rhode had gotten his hands on this artifact from the Duke Fiend’s corpse, thanks to Marlene’s lucky hand: [Spirit’s Prisoner] could choose a target and extract its spirit. Even though, strictly speaking, Necromancers couldn’t be considered alive and they were more like magical creatures that lived on spiritual energy, they still had spirits, after all. Moreover, Simon was also gravely injured and couldn’t resist the binding of the [Spirit’s Prisoner]. As a result, his spirit was instantly captured by Rhode and forced into the necklace.
Soul Cores for Necromancers were as though the phylacteries for Liches: the source of their presences. Necromancers and Liches were different. The latter used magical powers to engage in life and death transformations to turn themselves into Undead Creatures. However, Necromancers were mainly Undead Creatures with spellcasting talents. From this aspect, their Soul Cores were more important than the phylacteries, which could also be treated as the Necromancer’s CPU. Whoever grasped it could grasp its presence. Therefore, as long as the Soul Core was in Rhode’s hands, Simon wouldn’t be able to hide any secrets and couldn’t even lie…
Although Simon had limited knowledge as the patriarch of an intermediate family, Rhode managed to uncover a lot of useful information.
The Undead Army came in strong this time, led by ‘Angel of Sorrow’ Charlie and ‘Spirit Chaser’ Balende. The latter was responsible for the development toward the Munn Kingdom, while the former was in charge of the battle lines in the Country of Light. Frankly speaking, Rhode wasn’t surprised at all when he heard this news. In fact, he knew that it was definitely Charlie’s responsibility in conquering the Country of Light. This wasn’t based on his knowledge as a player, but it was based on Charlie’s past.
Many weren’t aware about this, but Rhode knew that Charlie’s identity wasn’t only as one of the four legendary generals. He also had another identity. Previously, he was one of the three Archangels. Charlie spent more time being an Archangel than being one of the four legendary generals. Besides, he was loyal to the Light Dragon and made heroic contributions in the Creation War. It could also be said that most of the credit had to be given to Charlie for the vast land in the Light Mainland.
But everything changed after the battle ended.
“This is only the start. I guess you’ve experienced this battle personally now. The attack from the Country of Darkness will be fiercer here on out. Don’t let your guard down even though we’ve won the previous battles easily. We didn’t win because we’ve prepared ourselves well. All we did was to disrupt their plans, that’s all. When the Undead Army is ready for the next battle, we will have a much tougher fight. The next six months are the most dangerous period. As long as we hang on, the ultimate victory will be ours.”
Everyone glanced at one another. Then, Lize raised her hand dubiously.
“Mr. Rhode… Why the next six months?”
“It’s simple.”
Rhode looked at her.
“Because this battle is only a warm-up for the Country of Darkness,” Rhode said in an apathetic tone.