bookbashuk Chapter 182 Beigang
Chapter 182 Beigang
Chapter 182 Beigang
Fengyun Peak is the southernmost peak of the Fengyun Hills.
Dui rode the giant eagle northward, traversing the rolling hills and then passing through a plain.
This was Dui's first time riding the giant eagle Sorondo, and the ride was quite enjoyable.
Zorondo's current size far exceeds that of the Eagle King, with a wingspan of up to 50 meters. Perhaps only the ancestor of the giant eagle clan, the real Zorondo, could be larger than the fledgling Zorondo.
And all of this is thanks to the Tree Man's Ent beverage.
Treebeard, the leader of the Tree People, was very fond of Sorondo. Every time Dui sent Sorondo to Fangon Forest to trade Ent drinks with plant growth potions, Sorondo would receive extra Ent drinks from Treebeard as a sponsorship.
So Zorodo's size seemed to have no end, constantly expanding.
If Zorodo were willing, he could return to the Eagle's Nest in the Misty Mountains and compete for the title of Eagle King.
However, Dui had no such idea, and Zorondo had no ambition either.
Despite his enormous size, Zorondo is still an immature baby bird. Every day, besides patrolling his territory, he comes to the skies above the Black Lake to fight the giant octopus Kraken.
It's unclear whether the two are just naturally at odds with each other. The giant eagle Zorondo always tries to provoke the giant octopus Kraken, and the giant octopus Kraken doesn't hold back either, directly using its long tentacles to try to pull Zorondo down or spraying water into the sky.
The two guys' regular performances provided plenty of entertainment for the people of Hogsmeade.
However, they knew their limits, and although they played around, they didn't cause any major trouble, so Dui stopped paying attention to them.
This trip will finally allow me to have some peace and quiet for a while.
The giant eagle was very fast, and in less than half a day, Dui finally saw the hills at the end of the distant plain.
The hill looked like a towering dam, blocking the plains to the north.
This rolling hill is the northern hill of the Eriador region.
It is also the location of the ancient city of Fornost.
Fornost was the former capital of the Kingdom of Asedan. After the Kingdom of Arno split, it was divided into the three kingdoms of Kadoran, Asedan, and Rudol.
Ancient Tomb Hill is located in the territory of the Kingdom of Kadoran. It was turned into ruins when the army of the Witch King Angmar invaded. Ancient Tomb Hill was also corrupted by the evil power of the Witch King Angmar, and evil spirits occupied the corpses in the tombs and turned them into corpse demons.
Shortly after the fall of the Kingdom of Kaldoran, Azerdan was also destroyed by the Witch-King of Angmar, and his former capital, Fornorst, was reduced to ruins.
Frost is located at the southern end of the North Hill, and Dui soon arrived above the ruins of this ancient city.
But as he looked down, he couldn't help but frown.
Like Kozuka-gaoka, the entire ancient city ruins and surrounding area are filled with an evil force.
Influenced by evil forces, the skies above Fornost were shrouded in thick clouds and mist, making it desolate and gloomy, exuding a sinister aura.
The giant eagle, Saurondo, was somewhat restless, circling warily and unwilling to approach.
Dui patted his back reassuringly: "Alright, Zorondo, don't worry, let's land first."
Although Sorondo sensed the danger, he still landed and stopped in front of the ruins of the ancient city of Fornost.
Dui jumped off the giant eagle's back, looked at the ruins of the ancient city and the ancient tombs that could be seen everywhere, and muttered to himself.
Could it be that there are corpse demons here too?
He tried asking the system, but the system did not respond.
Clearly, he needs to go deep into the ruins.
Seeing this, Dui was not too disappointed. He told Zorondo to come to his aid from high above while he continued to walk in.
Crossing the gravel and following the dilapidated and desolate road, Dui arrived at the city gate.
As soon as they stepped inside, the previously dormant evil power seemed to be awakened again, the surrounding black mist suddenly surged, and the air became cold and gloomy.
Suddenly, a spirit exuding an evil aura emerged from the ground.
It looked like a phantom, or rather, a cloud of black mist, with a ghostly light gleaming in its empty, pitch-black skull eyes, and it lunged at Dui with its sharp claws outstretched.
"Shatter to pieces!" Dui swiftly unleashed a magical attack.
But the spell passed right through the evil spirit and struck the rocks behind it, without causing any damage.
The evil spirit was incredibly fast, appearing like a phantom. Dui didn't have time to cast a second spell and could only quickly dodge to the side.
The evil spirit missed its target, but did not give up, and attacked him ferociously once again.
"The Blazing Sword!" Dui summoned, reaching out his hand.
The flaming sword instantly appeared in his hand, and he immediately used it to slash at the evil spirit.
The evil spirit, relying on its spiritual form, ignored the threat of the sword and continued its attack on Dui.
But the next second, the evil spirit paid the price for its actions.
With a piercing scream, the evil spirit was like ice and snow meeting the scorching sun; its spirit body was instantly corroded and melted, and then completely vanished.
Dui was not surprised to see this. His Flaming Sword had not only absorbed the venom and fiery venom of the basilisk that could destroy Horcruxes, but also the light of Eyarendil that could restrain evil power. If it still couldn't destroy an evil spirit, it would be too useless.
However, Dui did not relax after dealing with one evil spirit.
That evil spirit was just an appetizer; the main course was yet to come.
Sure enough, the next second, countless evil spirits emerged from the ground and graves, including men, women, the elderly, and children, densely packed and surrounding them from all directions, numbering in the thousands!
These evil spirits were once residents of Fornost, who unfortunately died in the Angmar Witch-King's attack and were corrupted and manipulated by the Angmar Witch-King with dark power, turning into evil spirits.
With the appearance of these evil spirits, the surrounding air became extremely cold and gloomy, filled with various emotions such as resentment, unwillingness, and fear, making people feel suffocated and oppressed.
However, with the Flaming Sword in his hand, these evil forces could not affect Dui.
The evil spirits, devoid of reason, all charged menacingly at Dui, attempting to kill him.
"Protect the Gods!"
A dazzling silver light shot up from Dui, transforming into a massive silver barrier that rapidly expanded outwards, blasting away all the densely packed evil spirits.
A giant owl guardian, flapping its silver wings, charged toward the evil spirit.
The sharp claws pierced through the evil spirit, which could no longer maintain its spirit form and quickly vanished into thin air.
Dui also wielded his flaming sword, continuously eliminating evil spirits.
With the help of the guardian deity and Dui, the number of evil spirits continued to decrease.
At that moment, the system finally responded.
[Hogwarts Check-in System: Location: Northhill - Fornost, check-in required?]
"Check-in!" Dui continued his actions of killing the evil spirits.
[Sign-in successful! Congratulations on obtaining the Dark Magic Mark spell!]
"Black Magic Mark?" Dui paused for a moment, then continued killing the evil spirits.
He didn't expect to get this from signing in.
In his memory, the Dark Mark was a spell created by Voldemort to facilitate contact with and control of the Death Eaters, which would leave a mark on the Death Eaters' arms.
But what use would he have for this? To leave a tattoo mark on his men like Voldemort did?
Now that the check-in is complete, Dui should have left.
However, Dui considered that this place was not far from Fengyun Peak, and if the Angmar Witch King controlled these evil spirits and invaded Fengyun Peak from the south in the future, it would also be a problem.
Although he was not afraid of these evil spirits, there were still tens of thousands of people living at the foot of Fengyun Peak.
To prevent any potential problems, Dui decided it would be best to completely eliminate the evil spirits from the area.
But just then, a howl that sounded like both a wolf and a dog came from Beigang Mountain.
The remaining evil spirits, as if receiving a command, quickly drifted towards the direction from which the cries came.
Dui's eyes narrowed as he gazed at the North Hill.
There is clearly something there that controls evil spirits.
Dui shouted at the giant eagle circling in the sky, and Zorondo swooped down from the sky and stopped in front of Dui in an instant.
Dui leaped onto the giant eagle's back, pointing in the direction the evil spirits had drifted away. "Zorondo, chase after those evil spirits!"
Zoron nodded, spread his wings and took flight, carrying Dui into the North Hill Mountains.
Just as Dui caught up with the evil spirit and continued to fight it with the guardian spirit.
Countless arrows shot towards Dui and the giant eagle beneath him.
"Armor for protection!"
An invisible barrier protected Dui and the giant eagle, blocking all the arrows.
Dui looked in the direction from which the arrows came and saw countless tunnels and caves between the hills, in which many short, stout, green-skinned, and large-eyed evil creatures were attacking them.
Dui frowned. He had heard rumors about these creatures, but he never expected that there would be so many demons in Beigang Mountain.
That's right, these creatures are called fairies, but they have nothing to do with the fairies of the magical world; they are a type of orc.
They were not as tall and strong as the Orks; instead, they were more like the goblins that Dui and his men had encountered in Goblin Town during their expedition to Lonely Mountain.
Moreover, they are even shorter than goblins, making them the shortest type of orc.
Moreover, unlike the Orks and Goblins who can communicate in Black language or even human languages, these goblins have degenerated their language and usually use sharp cries and roars to communicate and transmit information.
But no matter what you call it, this thing is a half-orc.
When Dui saw the orcs, he naturally showed no mercy.
"Thunderous explosion!"
A dazzling spell struck the fairy cave, and a huge explosion instantly rang out. The cave mountain collapsed rapidly, and countless fairies were killed instantly.
The fairies, no longer as arrogant as before, all fled in terror, some even burrowing into caves to hide.
But Dui's attention was not entirely focused on these fairies.
Suddenly, as if they had found a target, the evil spirits quickly burrowed into the bodies of the dead demons.
Then, like a zombie coming back to life, he stood up stiffly and contortedly, letting out a roar.
The guardian spirits were completely ineffective against the evil spirits hiding inside the fairy's body.
Dui frowned.
He gripped the flaming sword tightly and slashed at the demons possessed by evil spirits.
The sword instantly unleashed a scorching blade of energy that tore through the air, distorting and even melting the air itself, before striking the fairy with tremendous force.
The fairy's body was instantly split in two, and even burned.
But the evil spirit only became weaker, and after emerging from its broken body, it quickly burrowed into another fairy's body.
(End of this chapter)