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Chapter 174
Chapter 174: The Undead Rise Again
Beneath the late-night moonlight, the Mana barrier enveloping the Ducal Estate rippled faintly.
After passing through the barrier without causing any disturbance, Medivh dispelled his flight magic and landed softly before the doors of the main building.
However, the moment he pushed open the half-closed doors, several lamps suddenly lit up inside the estate, which had been pitch-black just moments before. One shadowy figure after another swept past at high speed.
Medivh revealed himself directly and waved his staff. A complex magic circle that seemed to grow endlessly twisted from the floor all the way to the ceiling. Once the magic circle was complete, a powerful wave of magic sealed the space throughout the entire Ducal Estate.
Ẇ е̄b̆ ṅov̆ѐl Е̊ n̈ ūmа̃
The deathsworn stood frozen in place as though they had been petrified. The nearest blade was only three or four meters away from Medivh.
“Tell me where the Duke is.”
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His staff trembled lightly, and surging Mana dragged a deathsworn in front of Medivh. The deathsworn’s entire body floated in midair, continuously breaking apart under the terrifying magical pull.
With a crack, the deathsworn, unwilling to endure the torment, crushed the poison hidden between his teeth. Blood immediately poured from his seven orifices, and he died violently on the spot.
Medivh silently tossed the corpse aside. With a sigh, he clenched his hand in the air. Countless gray magical threads shot out from the twisted magic circle and spread in every direction.
Whether they were deathsworn, attendants, maids, or guards within the estate, they were all dragged one after another before Medivh by these magical threads.
Wе̃ b̌ n̈o v еl̆ Eňùm а
Yet among them, there was no sign of the Duke of Southern Territory.
Medivh’s expression grew solemn. Impossible. Just yesterday, he had confirmed that the Duke was inside the Ducal Estate...
He looked toward the final magical thread. Medivh crooked his finger, but the magical thread did not move at all. However, when he released Mana again, that thread suddenly snapped in response.
Clap, clap, clap.
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A burst of applause suddenly echoed through the silent estate.
Medivh frowned. He saw oil lamps ignite one after another without flame, swiftly illuminating the entire estate.
Еn umа. іď
Amid the lamplight, a figure slowly walked out.
“Old sir, it has been many years. I hope you have been well.”
Splat, splat.
Clumps of rotten flesh fell, swarming with countless maggots. After the man whose appearance could no longer be made out finished clapping, he shook off the viscous black blood and the dancing flies, then continued in a hoarse voice.
“You came too late, old sir. Everything is far too late.”
Medivh’s eyes widened, and he cried out in shock as he stared fixedly at the half-skeletal man before him. “You are... Rona?”
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Rona was the chief mage of Southern Territory’s Ducal Estate, as well as a talent even Medivh acknowledged. Many years ago, Rona had come to the Royal Capital and spent a period of time studying under Medivh.
Even though Medivh had tried every possible means to keep him, he had been unable to change Rona’s determination to return to Southern Territory.
“It is me, old sir. I am truly glad I could see you again before becoming undead.”
Hearing this, Medivh painfully covered his forehead. His rapid breathing also carried a trace of heart-wrenching grief. He had never imagined that the innocent, lively child from back then would become what he was now.
And the reason Medivh had personally come to Southern Territory also included a private desire to take Rona away. He was old. He needed a steady and outstanding successor to watch over the human kingdom in his place.
But, but...
Ẃ е̌ b̈n ov̈ѐ l Ĕ n ú m ǎ
Rona, whose body and soul were both slowly decaying, explained softly, “None of us expected it. Yes, old sir. Eliminating the calamity was only the beginning. The Duke was contaminated by undead magic.”
“In order to prevent the Duke from becoming the incarnation of another calamity, I used forbidden magic to bear half of the contamination for him...”
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“That is why the aura you sensed through magic was me all along.”
Contamination...
Medivh fell into a daze. He thought of Duke Oswald, who had slain the Undead Giant Python, and Dragon Slayer Baird, who had vanished together with the bone dragon.
So, after the bone dragon disappeared, the necromancer who suddenly appeared in Western Territory had always been Baird?
Ẁ е́ b̈ńоv ӗ l̄ Ěń u mа̃
Had Oswald taken the initiative to go to Western Territory to deal with the necromancer because he had known about the existence of contamination long ago?!
As everything connected together, Medivh actually felt immensely fortunate. If the human kingdom had not had that strange man Oswald, perhaps even now, the undead calamity would still have been impossible to stop.
After suffering blow after blow, Medivh sighed. Ignoring Rona, he sat down on the steps by himself, took a cigarette from his pocket, and lit it.
He had thought the war against Southern Territory was another political struggle, but he had never expected that Southern Territory’s undead calamity was still continuing.
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Medivh exhaled a thick plume of smoke. Like a listless old man, he murmured, “Where is your Duke?”
After putting on a cloak and a mask to conceal his terrifying appearance, Rona also sat down beside Medivh. The two chatted like old friends who had not met in many years.
W е ḃ n̂о̇vе l Е̇nû m̀а
“He is at the center of the river valley. After the Duke was contaminated by undead magic, he obtained a certain talent. He has been trying to control the army of undead all this time, and he even declared that he would teach His Majesty Frank a lesson.”
“He can control the undead?” Medivh turned his head and said in surprise, “So the walls on both sides of the river valley are just a smokescreen and do not actually have the ability to confine the army of undead?”
Rona hurriedly shook his head and explained seriously, “Every time the Duke activates his ability, he can control at most four thousand undead. Under the premise of frequently using that ability, keeping the army of undead obediently inside the river valley region is already approaching his limit.”
“If there were no walls on both sides, more or fewer undead would still escape. This is also the difficult problem we have never been able to solve.”
Hearing this, Medivh fiercely snuffed out his cigarette and shouted angrily, “Since you could not solve it, you should have told me sooner!”
“You have always been selfish in that regard, old sir.”
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Rona chuckled and no longer showed him any courtesy. Though, of course, there was not much courtesy to show on his face in the first place. He stood and questioned him. “After I told you, you could openly attack Southern Territory and then present our homeland to the King as a treasure, correct?”
“Southern Territory’s wealth is sent to the Central Region year after year, month after month. You say that humanity is one great collective, and that every region must pay taxes to resist the invasion of other races. But who can explain why the gold coins in the palace treasury are piled higher than mountains?”
Medivh smiled bitterly. After so many years, it was rare that Rona still maintained such an innocent heart. But even Duke Oswald had never thought of letting the kingdom move toward division!
After Northern Territory developed the cure for the plague, they had shared it with the kingdom almost immediately. Moreover, sharing the cure did not conflict at all with Oswald going south to reap easy gains.
If Oswald wanted to replace Frank and establish the human kingdom in his mind, then Southern Territory was the frenzied rise of local conservative forces.
This was division. This was dismembering the human kingdom. This was a verdict sentencing humanity to doomsday!
Е̂n̂úṁā..id̈
Medivh slowly inhaled and decided to persuade him one more time. “But child, why do you not think about the fact that we can also help you solve this problem?”
“There is no need to say any more, old sir. Now that matters have developed to this point, the Duke and I are both prepared to go to hell.”
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A magic staff abruptly appeared in Rona’s hand. His hoarse voice rang loudly through the hall.
“You need not regard us as pitiful people who have suffered from undead magic. The Duke and I do not care about our own identities either. This war is still Southern Territory’s war of independence!”
After the Duke left, Rona had effectively become Southern Territory’s leader, and his convictions were incomparably firm.
The secret that he and the Duke had little time left and were about to degenerate into undead was known only to a very small number of people, even within Southern Territory.
Ẁ е bn о̇ v̆ е̂ l _Ê_n um̀а
The people of Southern Territory did not need to bear this sin. After he and the Duke departed, Southern Territory would certainly be able to achieve independence in reality.
At that time, they would not have to submit to the so-called King. Wealthy Southern Territory could use its own taxes to cultivate more mages and talents, becoming stronger than at any time in the past!
“I have no choice but to admit it, old sir. Your choice to let Northern Territory intervene truly was a brilliant move, and it has indeed brought us trouble.”
“However...”
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Medivh glanced at the tattered magic staff in Rona’s hand and sensed the chaos and weakness of the Mana inside his body.
He did not take Rona’s provocation seriously. Medivh was just about to light another cigarette, but after Rona said those words, his hand suddenly froze.
È ń uḿ а
Wait. He seemed to have forgotten about Luna. If he had not captured the Duke of Southern Territory on his side, then the Northern Army feinting an attack on Honeywater City would have to truly suffer the southern army’s encirclement!
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