The vortex's absorption speed was very fast, and after the vortex spun for three to four seconds, Nois saw that figure!
The smoke was completely absorbed by the whirlpool. Eccleston stood in the sky, unscathed. In front of him was the elemental whirlpool. The next moment, he gently waved his wand, and the whirlpool disappeared into thin air!
But the moment the vortex disappeared, Nois's pupils shrank, and he used teleportation to disappear on the spot!
"Boom!"
A strange roar suddenly came from the horizon, and a blazing white light enveloped the land. This light seemed to pull the sun closer, and everything in the surroundings seemed to have lost its original color. Then, a violent shock wave swept through the land!
This was the sky over a hundred meters above the ground, but the resulting explosion still blew away all the trees within a few square kilometers of the ground and destroyed them!
After the vortex disappeared, it suddenly appeared out of thin air not far behind Chris. At the moment it exploded, Nois happened to appear right below it!
It could be said that Chris had seen through everything about Nois!
He could even know where Nois's teleportation would land. Chris's combat experience and strength were amazing.
Nois's figure could not be seen in the dazzling light, but after almost a minute, the figure of this Grand Magus appeared on the ground.
Eccleston didn't seem to have any interest in continuing to fight with him. He teleported in front of Nois and looked down at the once arrogant Dragon Grand Mage. "I need to ask you some questions. I hope you won't be as rude as you were just now."
"Tsk!"
Nois flew out once again, and his body fell straight into the soil. He looked extremely pathetic, and after his gorgeous robe was stained by the soil, he looked like a wandering wizard in dire straits.
"I don't have time to engage in these meaningless fights with you. Are all the undead in this plane so warlike?"
Chris paused for a moment, seemingly infuriated by North's reaction. This was the first time his usually emotionless voice had such an infuriated tone.
Just now, Nois had once again tried to attack Chris, but before his magic could take form, it was sent flying by an invisible force from Chris — Nois knew this force very well … the power of the Law of Space was the same as what the Golden Dragons controlled!
But at this moment, Nois no longer had the luxury to speak like before — the strong were respected. Nois knew that he was not strong enough, but the pride in his heart made him feel extremely humiliated by what had just happened!
Shame!
Could it be that he was still not the strongest?
As someone who stood at the pinnacle of the continent, Nois had never imagined that there would be such a person who could beat him until he was as weak and helpless as a beggar on the streets!
Who am I?
North!
Tenth-Grade Great Magus!
A noble dragon that was about to step into the Demigod Realm!
But these things that he was proud of were instantly destroyed by this unassuming skeleton. The strong contrast in his heart made Nois unwilling to give up just like that.
After being attacked continuously, he felt that his shield was basically useless. At this moment, blood seeped out of the corner of Nois' mouth, and he looked very miserable … In fact, just the explosion that was comparable to a forbidden spell was enough to blast an ordinary mage into smithereens. At the end of the day, Nois was still very strong. It was already a miracle that he could survive two consecutive attacks that he was unprepared for!
The second attack was completely due to the strength of his body. If it was an ordinary person, they would probably have been shattered by this power, but Nois only had a little blood seeping out of the corner of his mouth. But this did not mean that he could survive the next round of attacks. After losing the help of the Levitation Spell, Nois fell freely to the ground. At this moment, he was almost stabbed into the ground by Chris's attack. After climbing up pathetically, Nois raised his head and looked at the Necromancer in front of him.
"If you still want to fight, I can fight with you until the last moment of your life. If you have thought it through, we still have a chance to chat like we never met."
Chris's voice returned to that emotionless tone. He stood on the ground and looked down at Nois, who was about the same height as him but looked like he was looking up at him. The staff in his hand shone with a faint light.
"Cough cough …"
Nois stood up, coughed a few times, and spat out a mouthful of blood. He wiped the corner of his mouth and gave up on the idea of attacking again … If Nois was still the Nois who had not become an Undead, he would have fought to the death. But now that he had become an Undead, he understood the importance of life. He quickly put down the knot in his heart and patted his robes. Then, he straightened his back and wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth. "Nois Davion, one of the elders of the Undead Council. Is there anything we need to talk about?"
Don't blame this fellow for changing too quickly — he was a genius with an eccentric personality to begin with. He wasn't a fool who would go down the wrong path. Instead, he was a smart person who knew how to judge the situation … He was probably the one who took the shortest time to accept the fact that the other party was more powerful than him. And now, to be able to quickly change his character and greet this necromancer as if he had never seen him before, Nois was more skilled than anyone else in doing so.
"Chris, the Grand Duke of Destruction of the Undead Plane."
Chris was very satisfied with the scene before him. He looked around and waved his wand lightly. The dust and injuries on Nois's body recovered in an instant. This made Nois even more shocked. This fellow who had started a fight at the slightest disagreement just now heaved a sigh of relief and straightened his body. "I apologize for what happened just now."
"I don't mind. I came to you because I have something to discuss." Chris still looked cold. He turned around and looked at Nois. "You should know Saville, right?"
"The space magus under Leoric?
I remember him. "
Nois nodded, but his tone still carried a hint of contempt.
"I need to talk to the Undead Parliament directly because there are some things I need to discuss with you. As the representative of the undead forces on this continent, I think you should be able to talk to me."
This sentence was a little arrogant. When Nois heard it, he felt that it was the other way around. It sounded as if the entire Undead Parliament was not even qualified to talk to him. But Nois was not stupid. Based on the strength that the skeletal mage had displayed, this terrifying fellow must not be a small figure in his own plane … Or rather, he must be a very important figure!
"If there is a need to discuss, I can arrange it."
Nois thought for a moment and answered Chris truthfully.
* * *
The Elven Empire's territory was very vast, so vast that it was comparable to the Empire of Saint Reims. But the entire Elven Empire was mainly made up of forests. It looked big, but in reality, it was sparsely populated. The entire population was less than one-sixth of the Empire of Saint Reims. And these were basically the "older population." Speaking of which, most of them were over 300 years old. Because of the low fertility rate, the population of the elves had always maintained a very stable number.
So there were still many places in the Elven Empire that were uninhabited. Among these places, if the most resource-rich one was the Dark Moon Forest near Karo City, then the most mysterious one would be the "Moonset Forest" in the northernmost part.
This forest was located in the northeast of Dashiell. The edge of the forest was the Endless Sea. The black sea was the edge of this continent. The so-called Moonset Forest could be considered to be a place "abandoned" by the elves to a large extent.
It was said to be abandoned because the environment here was very strange. Trees couldn't grow here, but they couldn't die!
It seemed to be a little contradictory, but the reality was like this. The plants that grew in the forest here were different from those in other parts of the continent. They all had the same gray appearance and looked bald. The entire forest seemed to have suffered from some kind of pest or virus. There was not a single leaf. What was more exaggerated was that there were no living animals here!
Not even insects!
This was a forbidden area, and the elves had never set foot in this forest since a long time ago.
But there were exceptions to everything. At this moment, a figure was walking in the middle of this forest.
The trees here looked dead, but in fact, these trees had maintained their current state for more than 3,000 years without changing. They didn't decay, nor did they become lush. In short, they were like the plants in the snowy mountain boundary. They hadn't changed for thousands of years.
There was no sound in the forest. Only the occasional "whoosh" of the wind blowing through the tree trunks sounded very scary.
"Crack."
A branch was stepped on, making a crisp sound.
There was only soft soil on the ground, but no traces of fallen leaves.
Xia Wei walked in this uninhabited forbidden area as if she wasn't worried about any danger at all.
To put it bluntly, it wasn't that she should worry about any danger. Because the real master of this area … was this elder of the Undead Council.
To become an elder of the Undead Council, one had to be extremely powerful. More importantly, one had to have enough leverage in one's hands.
Like Leoric, as a monarch, his undead army was enough to leave anyone in the dust. So, he had a lot of say in the Undead Council. Needless to say, Kratos's wealth was enough to influence the direction of a war. Assassin Dustin Colin didn't just represent himself. This assassin's huge intelligence network and assassin groups had been buried in every corner of the continent. Knight Kostra had a huge army of undead knights that terrified the Empire of Saint Reims … As for Nois, his ability had already explained everything. The key was that this dragon had absolute power in the air.
And Xia Wei?
This elven priest's leverage was all in this forest.
This silent land of death used to be a battlefield, and a terrifying army slept on the battlefield … Unlike Leoric, this army's numbers weren't terrifying, but it was still huge. Unlike Kostela's army, which only had a single type of army, the main force of this army was actually … the Magic Legion!
Not the Magic Legion like Saint-Rames, but a group of priests made up of elven priests!
That's right, elven priests!
The current undead priests!
These priests had never appeared in the eyes of the world before. Most people didn't even know that there was such a kind of existence in this world. They were once elves, but now they were undead. They used to be priests who used the power of the goddess, but now … they survived by relying on the power of the undead in their bodies!