Strength 99999 but the Holy Sister

He felt the vitality flowing into his body from the air, which was the huge and pure life energy drawn from the holy light magic.

After a while, his eyes turned cold.

"Hmph, Elsa Faris, you probably didn't expect your magic to become my strength, did you? This time, you won, but I didn't lose either!"

Originally, his life force was lacking some energy to be complete, and he had planned to let Luther collect it, but Luther died, so he lost an inverted cross pendant. Later, he absorbed life force through Celtic emeralds and purchased living slaves, but the deal was also ruined.

But this time, the air was filled with vast and abundant vitality, even purer than what he extracted through Abyss Magic - he was an undead being, so he could not directly absorb the vitality for his own use, but for Abyss Magic, this vitality was the best nourishment.

He sat down cross-legged and the magic circle was activated again. The vitality brought him powerful strength. Soon, the last piece of his puzzle was completed.

He let out a long sigh, and his face became younger. He stood up, glanced at the spear placed in the corner, put the spear into the space equipment, turned and walked to the deepest part of the corridor.

Here, there was a very narrow space. He turned around and took one last look at this underground space. He sighed, no longer lingered, and squeezed forward sideways. Not long after, he passed through the narrow space and stepped into the uneven water. He felt the cold seeping from the soles of his feet, looked up, and a faint light was cast from above his head in the wet air.

It was a very faint light, but it was extremely dazzling to him who had been in darkness for a long time.

He raised his hands, and magic lifted him up.

Soon, he reached the top, where there were layers of stone bricks. The faint light came through the gaps between the bricks. He pushed the bricks away and jumped down - he looked around and saw a wide variety of ingredients and pots and pans.

This was the castle's kitchen storeroom—a floor above and below the armory, where Bross and Ted had infiltrated and delivered the rifles.

Hebron probably never imagined that there was a secret passage leading to the underground in the kitchen?

The man walked to the door cautiously and observed the situation outside.

"I must leave here, no matter what. Now that the nun is being held hostage by the battle outside, the defenses in the lord's mansion are at their most vulnerable. This is my best and last chance."

Because he has no more puppets.

"As long as I sneak into the teleportation array control center, I can usurp control of the teleportation array by myself now. Then, I can leave here."

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282. Battle for the Teleportation Array

The castle was indeed empty—the people here were already evacuating. The man cautiously left the kitchen, dodged several hurried guards, and came to the hall alone. A long corridor bridge connected the front hall with the main building and teleportation array on the north side of the castle. From both sides, one could see the large crossbow carts and magical cannons on the towers outside the castle. These crude machines and magical products were painted with glossy black paint, which easily reminded people of their terrifying roars during wartime.

The coordinates cannot be within the range of these things. No one likes to be targeted by these things.

The man didn't touch these things. He didn't have that much time to waste on them.

He stuck close to the wall, moving cautiously and quickly towards the teleportation array. Normally, there should be guards guarding this place, but today gave him an opportunity - today there were less than one-tenth of the people in the castle than on ordinary days, and it was particularly empty. However, this was nothing to be afraid of for him who was familiar with the castle structure.

He lowered his body and moved to the side window to look out, and saw servants and some guards and knights withdrawing from the main gate of the castle. The high curtain wall became a barrier separating them, and the magic circles were temporarily closed. The defense of the castle became increasingly empty - this gave the man the illusion that he had taken the castle for himself.

It was really an illusion, because it was just a delusion. He could not occupy the castle alone, even though the castle's defense was probably the weakest in the past ten years.

At this time, footsteps approached.

The man used invisibility magic to cover his figure, and then he saw a group of knights walking quickly in front of him. The sound of the clanging iron boots stepping on the ground was like hitting the heart. The man held his breath and stared at the knights motionlessly in the dark. The knights confirmed something in the hall and did not stay for long. They left directly towards the passage leading to the upper level.

The upper floor is the tower inside the castle, which has the best view.

The man looked at the knights' departing figures, snorted disdainfully, and moved towards the teleportation array unwaveringly.

Fighting broke out across Dammas Fortress, and the guards and soldiers remained outside, forbidding anyone to approach. Because of Renee's news, everyone suspected the underground magic circle might have caused an explosion. This had already been verified once by the Magicians' Corps, and no one was sure if it would happen again in the Lord's Mansion or the Knights' Corps.

Although Sophia has gone underground to deal with it, there is no new news yet.

So they stayed outside, retaining only a minimum defensive force to patrol the castle to prevent the battle from infiltrating inside - anyway, those undead puppets couldn't attack at all, let alone with Elsa there, so this approach seemed more than enough.

This was a plan within a plan. In fact, the man knew that the magic circle under the castle would not explode, and he did not want to destroy the only teleportation circle here. Only the Knights and the Magicians would actually explode, but the active information was in his hands, and no one knew the real situation except him.

The man walked in the empty castle hall, a sneer on his face.

"You guys fell for it. I won."

How could something he had prepared for so many years be countered so easily? He had laid out countless back-up plans, and his plans could be overturned countless times, but as long as they succeeded once, he would win.

Even if the sage himself were here, it would not be easy to discover this plan that was difficult to distinguish between true and false, so the man was confident - he would definitely escape from the Dammas Fortress.

He confirmed again and again that there were no guards ahead.

Now is his best and last chance to usurp the teleportation array.

The man quickly ran towards the teleportation array. Soon, he arrived at the control array of the teleportation array. There were several magicians and guards guarding the teleportation array. When they saw the man, they shouted, "Who is it? Stop!"

"I'm here to deliver an order. Please do not activate the teleportation array under any circumstances, otherwise it will be dangerous."

The man pretended to be very anxious, and the magicians came out.

"What's going on? Are you telling the truth?"

The magicians were skeptical. In the past, they would not have believed such a joke, but now there was indeed a problem with the magic circle under the castle. This was a common knowledge, so they did not dare to be sure.

One of the magicians stared at the man for a moment and asked curiously, "Have we met somewhere before?"

The man glanced at the magician and narrowed his eyes slightly, but his face showed nothing.

"Perhaps, but I must now convey Sir Hibourne's orders."

The guard stepped forward to stop the man and looked at him warily: "I have never seen you before. Please identify yourself. Also, please place your hand on this."

The guard took out the magic stone that detects soul magic.

"Please wait a moment," the man pretended to be groping for something as he walked towards the soldier. The next moment, he suddenly kicked out, and a gray-black dark light flashed. With a bang, the armor on the guard's chest directly caved in. He flew backwards and hit a tall and solid stone pillar, spitting out blood foam and rolling to the ground.

Fortunately, this attack did not kill him directly. The magic of holy light quickly gathered towards him and healed his injuries.

The guard struggled to his feet and shouted, "Retreat back into the magic circle! Call for backup!"

The guard made the most correct decision at this moment, because he realized that his people were no match for this mysterious man, so the only way to protect himself was to use the defensive magic circle of the teleportation array to resist the man's attack, and then request reinforcements as soon as possible.

The sudden scene made everyone tense. Without a second thought, the guards rushed towards the man and shouted to the magicians, "Hurry up and get into the magic circle! Guard the teleportation circle! Leave this to us!"

This scene made the man frown tightly.

The guards here are all elite, which makes the man feel difficult - he doesn't have more time to dawdle here. Once he sends out the request for help and Elsa Faris finds out about the situation here, he will never be able to leave.

"Step aside!"

He roared, and his foot landed on the ground with a loud explosion. Huge waves of rocks rose from the ground, pushing the guards several meters away, and at the same time opened a path for him to reach the teleportation array - the man stabbed straight at the magic circle like an arrow, and the magicians also opened the magic circle and retreated into it at this moment.

"Quick! Close the barrier!"

The magicians were well-trained, and they quickly chanted magic to close the defensive barrier of the teleportation array.

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283. It turns out to be him

The magicians are closing the barrier.

The man's eyes were bloodshot when he saw this scene.

——This is his last chance and his only chance. If he cannot break through here, then he will really have no way to escape from Dammas.

"stop!!"

The man used all his strength to speed up and ran forward. The guard who had fallen to the ground got up from the ground. Without thinking, he threw the knight's sword at him, but the man didn't care at all and directly knocked the guard's weapon away. At the moment before the barrier was completely closed, the man rushed up at the speed of wind. At the same time, the barrier was completely closed.

puff-

There was a sound of something being squeezed and torn apart. One of the man's legs was directly severed by the closing barrier. Sticky black blood burst out and gushed out, but was blocked inside by the barrier. The man was actually stuck in the middle of the barrier with his flesh.

“——Let me in!!!”

The man's eyes were bloodshot and he let out a hoarse, shrill howl. It was impossible to tell whether it was out of pain or anger.

The magicians seemed to be frightened by this scene. They opened their eyes wide and were at a loss for a moment - this was the first time they had seen someone who could withstand the defensive barrier with his physical body, and now the opponent was neither outside nor inside the formation, which made them helpless for a while.

"How to do?"

"It looks like he can't get in—never mind, let's go send a distress signal!"

But at this moment, buzz buzz buzz——

Circles of black magic water ripples spread from the man's body. The magicians were shocked to find that layers of terrifying black blood vessels were spreading on the man's body surface. The blood vessels covered the man's body in a short time. Under the astonished gaze of the magicians, the man's eyes turned pure black, and twisted black flesh whiskers faintly emerged from his eye sockets, nostrils, corners of his mouth and ears.

“W-What is this!!”

Even the well-trained magicians felt terrified at this moment.

The man's transformation had not yet stopped. He looked up to the sky and let out a hoarse and sharp roar.

“Ahhhhhhhhh——don’t even think about stopping me!!”

The next moment, the magicians found that the man's blood vessels began to burst all over his body, and the black blood mist formed into pieces. Dense black flesh tendrils stretched out from those ruptured blood vessels, which was shocking. In the man's severed legs, the black flesh tendrils twisted and entangled with each other as if controlled by something, and actually formed a dark hind limb that did not resemble a human creature, forcing the man to lie down in an almost crawling posture, looking more like a weird giant black reptile.

At this moment, a magician pointed in the man's direction with a look of fear in his eyes: "Look... the barrier is still broken..."

Everyone saw that the barrier around the man, which was stained with his black blood, was melting away inch by inch, just like a drop of hot oil falling on the surface of butter, melting a hole through it - this scene was almost exactly the same as the method that Alman used to destroy the barrier with the black dead branch. The difference was that Alman used the black dead branch to directly penetrate the barrier, while the man completely absorbed the energy of the black dead branch into his body.

The hole in the barrier grew bigger and bigger, and gradually, the man's hand stretched out from the barrier, like a dead person sticking out his claws from the grave. The skin that was still young a second ago seemed to melt at this moment.

There was almost no human skin on that hand, it was covered with those horrible black flesh whiskers. The man looked old and haggard at this moment. The black hair on his head turned into withered white hair bit by bit, and his face became as thin as the muscles in his arms.

However, the old face revealed made all the magicians stunned.

Because they had all seen the white-haired old man in front of them—the former leader of the Magician Corps, Kus Hegelman.

"Captain!??"

"Captain...you...you are not..."

The magicians couldn't believe what they saw and were speechless with shock. Even the magician who wanted to chant magic to force the man out hesitated for a moment. At this moment, the man suddenly expanded his body and broke through the defense of the barrier. The barrier completely shattered at this moment, and the vibration of magic spread towards the distance like water ripples with the teleportation array as the center.

Hegelman looked down and saw his withered black arms, and was also stunned.

"My body... my immortal body... what's going on..."

A hint of deep fear appeared in Hegelman's eyes, but he quickly suppressed this fear.

The magicians looked at Kus Hegerman who was standing there for some reason and were a little at a loss for a moment, but at this time a magician suddenly threw out a ball of blazing flames - the battle was ignited at this moment, and suddenly colorful magic flames occupied the space. However, the strength of these magicians was not as good as Hegerman, the leader. A complicated magic circle appeared under Hegerman's feet, and a black ice wall rose from the ground. While squeezing everyone out of the magic circle's high platform, it lifted Hegerman's devil-like body into the sky.

At this time, Hegelman's body was still changing, and more and more black and complicated information poured into his mind, causing him great pain.

This also left Hegelman with no spare time to chase those magicians, and because with the destruction of the barrier, everything here would soon be known to the outside world, so he now had to race against time.

He gasped, endured the severe headache, lowered his head, and looked down at the huge formation.

The teleportation array is as big as a church, but the magic array used to control the teleportation array is composed of dozens of small magic arrays controlled by a single person.

These magic circles have various functions. Most of them are designed to stabilize coordinate positioning and counter external tampering, while a small number are used to access the energy provided by magic stones or magicians. This is the teleportation magic circle that was actually used during the war with the Demon King's army forty years ago. Although some of the design concepts seem a bit too simple now, its stability has always been very good and it can effectively resist attacks from external magic.

Otherwise, they wouldn't have contacted the vampires specifically to attack here.

Hegelman gritted his teeth and waved his hand. A large number of magic stones were neatly arranged in order and position. At the same time, the man input and confirmed the coordinates one by one. The magicians also took off one by one and launched attack magic towards Hegelman.

"Captain! Don't blame us for offending you!"

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284. Great Teleportation Magic [Part 3]

"Captain! Don't make the same mistake all the way!"

"Captain!"

But Hegelman turned a deaf ear to all this. The gap in strength between him and the magicians was like a chasm. A light curtain blocked all the attacks, and he was also usurping the magic circle at the same time.

Originally, the work of modifying the coordinates and activating the teleportation array should have been done by multiple people, but now Hegelman was the only one who did it, and he actually succeeded in doing it.

Because he had practiced for this moment too many times beforehand, all for the purpose of escape - all the preparations were not in vain, the next moment, he completed the reset preset of the magic circle and quickly started it.

“Captain!!”

The magicians all stared at Hegerman with either anger or bitterness. Hegerman slowly raised his hands in the rising magic light curtain, looking at the scorching sun in the sky like a pilgrim, his dark eyes filled with ecstasy.

“Haha—I did it, I did it!!”

Hegelman laughed wildly. At this moment, he saw an emerald green light coming straight towards him from the horizon - but the light was one step too late after all. The light of the teleportation array swallowed him up. The next moment, the light became brighter and his figure disappeared in that instant.

Almost at the moment he disappeared, a sonic boom exploded violently, and Elsa's figure appeared out of thin air among the magicians standing in the air. The air waves and sound waves almost scattered the guards and magicians.