Chapter 1174 - Voodoo Ritual
Chapter 1174 Voodoo Ritual
Inside a forest somewhere near the troll capital.
A voodoo ritual was being held in a hidden underground cave.
The host of the ritual was Remi’s old witch subordinate. Remi himself stood to the side and watched the entire process with Mary.
The cave wasn’t very large, the ground was uneven, and there were some ashes left on the ground from a burnt-out bonfire.
It might have been the den of a giant carnivorous magical beast in the past. Unfortunately, its home was far too close to the troll capital. Consequently, this place had obviously been turned into a crude camp for the trolls.
There were public living areas, rest areas, armories, and many small storerooms below the cave. A party of seven trolls had been stationed here. However, they were now part of the voodoo ritual and could never return to their homes.
An area had been cleared in the camp, and the bones and skulls of countless beasts and trolls had been piled together as fuel. Their souls and flesh were stripped by the array beneath them and had been reduced to a single sickly-green ghost fire. The flame silently licked at an unusual crystal hovering in the air.
Mary and her vampires still felt no fear even as they faced the capital and its thirty thousand trolls. Instead, she was planning with all her might to capture every last troll. Moreover, their schemes included the totem god hiding behind the scenes– the Feathered God.
What gave her the confidence to do so was the difference in their homeworlds and worldviews.
As an adept from a major plane, Mary thought of herself as the predator, even if she was weaker than the opponent. It didn’t matter how strong or how ferocious the enemy was; in the end, they were no more than a slightly fatter boar.
However, while she was scheming the downfall of the Feathered Serpent, Soros stepped into the cave. He had been standing guard outside.
“Master, there is movement from the capital. A vast army of troll warriors is heading this way. It seems like they are searching for us!”
“Hmph! That damned snake must be in a hurry if she’s sending those trolls after us. Notify all the vampires. Move out. Draw them into the forest and kill every last one of them!” Excitement overtook Mary’s face. “I don’t believe that damned snake can remain peacefully in her den when she loses all these believers!”
“If she can tolerate a loss like this, that would only mean that something serious has truly happened to her. If that happens, then we will fight our away into her den. Let’s go.”
A sharp, whistling gale blew across the cave as Mary left their hiding spot with her vampires in tow.
Meanwhile, the Third Grade poison witch was still hosting the voodoo ritual. Remi would remain here as well. Any trolls that managed to make it here past the vampire’s defensive line would not be lucky, but incredibly unfortunate.
After all, they were basically walking into the jaws of death!
…………
Seawoods Plane. Somewhere in the Degu Forest.
No one knew when, but a large patch of dark substance had appeared in the skies above a clearing.
This substance bubbled in the air as if it were liquid, seemingly very active and impatient.
Finally, the planar space tore open, and pitch-black shadow substance surged out of the rift, instantly turning the clearing into a realm of darkness.
Two ghostly lights lit up in the murky shadows of the endless darkness.
Shadow Demon was a magical machine and was hardly affected by the planar powers. It had broken free of the planar suppression almost instantly.
“Searching for Lady Mary. Protect her.”
Shadow Demon mumbled to itself in an odd, robotic tone. It quickly locked onto Mary’s position.
“Northeast. 1350 kilometers.”
With this information in mind, Shadow Demon promptly moved out.
Unlike other magical machines that either marched on the ground or flew through the air, Shadow Demon traveled in an unusual fashion.
With its Shadowstalking ability, Shadow Demon would flicker every once in a while, reappearing in a massive shadow cast by a tree in the distance. After half a second, it would disappear once more and appear in a shadow another hundred meters away.
Through this silent Shadowstalking, Shadow Demon was able to cut across the thousands of kilometers of forest rapidly and approach Mary’s location.