The Rise of the Cemetery

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Klein Continent, Principality of Novus.

Thunder Fortress is the only way to enter and leave the Principality of Novus, and its strategic value has attracted more and more attention from everyone. With it, the people of Novis will have a solid barrier against foreign enemies, and with it, the nobles of Novis will be able to sleep peacefully.

But unfortunately, the current Thunder Fortress is not in the hands of Novus Principality.

No, no, it would be more accurate to say that Thunder Fortress is still in the hands of the Principality of Novus, but the Magic Tower, which is the core of the fortress, has already fallen into the hands of the Great Cemetery. So there was such a paradoxical scene in the entire Leiming Fortress.

Most of the defenders of the fortress are out-and-out human warriors. They tore down dilapidated houses, and heavy wagons transported "garbage" out day and night, including construction waste, foul-smelling carrion and the remains of undead creatures.

Since the Thunder Fortress suffered severe damage from the sea of ​​undead, it is impossible to allow troops to enter without undergoing large-scale repairs. Moreover, after the undead sea raged, the negative energy here was so strong that people could smell a stench from time to time, and ordinary humans could no longer survive here.

After the necromancer's evil deeds were stopped, groups of undead were driven to the mountains near Thunder Fortress, and many important military facilities returned to the Novus army. Armed with spears and large shields, and equipped with powerful military crossbows, Novis warriors cleaned up the remaining undead bit by bit from house to house. Without cleaning up an area, a large number of torches were thrown into it to burn the strong negative energy left by the undead with raging fire.

The presence of 50,000 Novus fighters made Thunder Fort lively again. But if you look down from a high altitude, you will find that all human activities consciously avoid the magic tower in the center.

Because, this magic tower that once made all Thunder Fortress defenders feel proud and at ease no longer belongs to Novus.

A flag painted with the shape of a terrifying Lich is fluttering on the top of the Magic Tower. This is an activity base organized by the Immortal Council under the influence of the Necropolis, and it is currently being managed by the Lich Committee.

Two days ago, a large number of mysterious mages came here from the capital Pierpont. They cleared out a huge open space in the fortress square in front of the Magic Tower, and then gathered there to conduct experiments or construction in secret.

Accompanying them were also royal mages belonging to the Novus Mage Association, but they were only responsible for helping the mysterious mages settle the fortress defenders to avoid some discordant conflicts.

From their mouths, the commander of the fortress defenders found out that those mysterious mages were all mid-level and high-level mages sent by the mage guild. The number reached 120, led by 5 big masters.

And the purpose of their coming here is to build a huge portal in the Thunder Fortress, which is said to be a portal that can connect to the distant elf continent.

As for the mysterious and powerful magic, ordinary Novus fighters certainly have no chance to come into contact with it. But in the past few days when the mysterious mages came to Thunder Fortress, they finally made up for all their regrets and saw all kinds of magic methods emerging in an endless stream.

First of all, they knew that mages didn't need living people to clean up the site.

The tall and ferocious steel golems put down their giant shields and iron swords, and turned into a demolition brigade pushing down the walls of flat houses. The piles of gravel and broken stone slabs on the fortress square were cleared to the periphery by them. Following the murmurs of several mysterious mages, taller clay giants rose up one after another and joined the ranks of leveling the ground.

These clay giants are surprisingly gifted. Wherever they went, all the sand mixed with scattered sand and stones and various armor, weapons, and corpse fragments would boil like tumbling water. One after another, sundries of indistinguishable materials burst out of the ground, and then rained down on the periphery.

However, when they walked slowly there, the land that was soft and muddy just now was as flat as a mirror, and it was hard enough to carry a heavily armed warrior.

The high-ranking mages sent by the mage guild did not enter the site until the clay giant had leveled the land selected by the mages. On the ground as hard as marble, they first outlined a grand magic circle with colored powder, and then brushed some kind of extremely corrosive monster blood on it over and over again.

When the outlined magic lines were corroded into shallow grooves half a finger deep, the mages actually began to pour a large amount of magic silver into them.

Magic silver is not a naturally occurring mineral, but a magic metal extracted from some metal ores by mages by magic means. Because of its good magic extensibility and orientation, magic silver is widely used in the laying of advanced magic circles. It belongs to a relatively high-end magic conductor.

In the future, after the magic circle is completed, the internal magic energy circulation will be maintained entirely by them.

At each key node of the huge magic circle, the mages outlined miniature circles one after another, and the core of each magic circle reserved slots for placing magic crystals. Judging by the huge area of ​​the magic circle and the distribution density of the slots, when the magic circle starts to operate, 270 magic crystals are needed at the same time.

The uniform price of a standard magic crystal in Klein Continent is 120 gold coins.

The mage of the association who had been watching from the outside and had no right to intervene in the construction of the magic circle turned pale and his hands were trembling after peeking at the full size of the magic circle.

If such a magic circle starts to work, he might not be able to use up the magic crystals "burned" in a quarter of an hour. With his hard work and accumulated personal financial resources for decades, it is not enough to burn such a giant magic circle in half a minute.

And he is already a high-ranking mage of the Novus Mage Association!

Under the dumbfounded gaze of the fortress defenders and the mages of the association, the giant magic circle was expanding and appearing at a crazy speed, and auxiliary magic components appeared one after another. After the third day, a tall and majestic giant arch was also erected, initially showing the magnificent momentum of the portal.

It can be seen that this huge portal is for those guys in the magic tower. But during the three days when the magic circle was actively preparing, the gate of the magic tower was closed, and there was no movement inside, as dead as a mausoleum.

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Felix was floating above the magic circle, dripping with sweat.

As the head of the five masters who presided over the teleportation gate, all activities here are controlled and assigned by him, and even the four masters have to bow their heads and obey his control at this time.

But he didn't have any pride and pride in his heart, what was just full of sincerity and anxiety.

As the confidant of the vice-chairman Lord Shaslar, Felix has always been slandering the construction of such a magnificent remote portal in this remote and desolate wild place. But after getting the so-called inside story and the truth from the vice president, he can only complete this arduous task conscientiously and diligently.

A remote portal was built within three days, and it was still in this magical desert where there was nothing to be desired. Felix was now one head and two big. He wished he could have a method of avatars, splitting out more than a dozen selves in one go, so that he could complete the extremely difficult and complicated work.

The construction of the teleportation array originally required extremely fine and complicated magic means, and all the work could not be entrusted to those large numbers of middle-level mages. Middle-level mages can only do some bottom-level work such as etching magic circle lines, infusing magic silver, and debugging magic power connections. Only high-level mages can do those miniature magic circles and node etching. However, the communication and debugging of each auxiliary circle can only be completed by the master.

Therefore, it took less than three days for the four masters to go to the division's assistants to be sent around by him, and they were all so tired that they were as tired as mangy dogs.

Two days and three nights without closing their eyes, and no chance to meditate to restore the depleted mana, all mages can only rely on energy potions and magic potions to hold on, otherwise they will not be able to complete the work of building the portal within three days.

The vice president contacted him almost every four hours, and every time he was sternly urging him to complete the task quickly. This heavy pressure forced Felix to go crazy.

Fortunately, the Mage Guild was not stingy with the supply of materials, and the resources needed were always supplied just right, which made Felix find a little comfort after his heavy work.

However, every time Felix sent a request for resources to the headquarters, the mages who appeared across the temporary teleportation circle were in a hurry. After releasing a mountain of supplies from the large-capacity storage ring, they hurried back to the headquarters.

This can't help but make Felix guess whether the headquarters is preparing for any large-scale activities, otherwise the mages in the headquarters will not be so busy.

Just as Felix was silently bowing his head and pondering, an auxiliary magic circle in the distance suddenly exploded with a loud noise, and the mage's screams were mixed with the thick smoke.

Damn, in a hurry, something went wrong after all!

Felix's heart tightened, and he quickly flew to the area where the accident occurred.

It's okay, it's just that when an auxiliary magic circle was connected, there was a problem with a certain magic circuit, which caused the magic crystal to explode, and the damaged area was not too large.

However, the three mid-level mages who laid the magic circle were all defeated.

After hurriedly adjusting the manpower and severely reprimanding the high-ranking mage who supervised here, Felix finally dealt with the mistake quickly.

The more the last moment, the heavier the psychological pressure.

All the magic power nodes, all the magic circuits, and all the auxiliary magic circles have been built one after another, and the tall and magnificent portals have also been erected. In the follow-up magic connection test, Felix did it by himself, doing every step of the work carefully and meticulously.

Finally, at dawn on the fourth day, this costly remote portal was built as scheduled.