The Lich's skull shattered on the spot, and half of it flew out.

But what is incredible is that such a violent beating did not make even the slightest sound from beginning to end.

Second-ring magic [Silence]?

The lich, who has extremely rich combat experience, understood what happened in an instant.

This insidious and cunning priest first blessed himself with the [Silence Technique], then approached him under the cover of the [Invisibility Technique] released by his teammates, and finally jumped out to launch a surprise attack.

Since [Silence] can target people and affect a six-meter radius around them, its effect can naturally move with the movement of people.

After figuring out the cause and effect, the Lich immediately used the super-magic skill and instant spell to directly create the five-ring [Protective Palm] in the Bigby series, and pushed it out more than ten meters away to keep the silence area away from him.<

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Just when he was about to turn around and continue to deal with Sancho and Imo, the succubus Loli, who had been hiding for a long time, finally launched a fatal sneak attack that had been brewing for a long time.

Martial skills - increased abilities!

Martial Arts - Water Acceleration!

Martial Arts——Blast Break!

Martial Arts——Instant Reflection!

Martial Arts——Four-light Continuous Slash!

The Lich, who was busy thinking about how to carry out the next spell duel, did not expect that there were two mages and a priest at the scene, but the most deadly attack was left to a melee combatant.

In addition, the speed of Succubus Loli was so fast that it only took 0.01 seconds to complete the sprint, leaving no even a tiny bit of reaction time.

Dang! Dang! Dang! Dang!

Along with several rays of cold light produced by the high-speed swing of the decapitating sword flashed in the air, the Lich's body suddenly shattered with a bang without warning, turning into bone fragments of different sizes and flying everywhere.

But even so, this legendary lich is still not dead, and the eye sockets of the half-broken skull that fell to the ground are still flashing with eerie red dots.

But just a second later, Atona relied on her martial arts skills—instant reflexes to recover her sprint and slashes, which caused an imbalance in her center of gravity. She raised her foot and stepped on it without hesitation.

Katcha!

The broken skull cracked on the spot, and the Lich was declared temporarily dead.

"Well done!"

Sancho excitedly extended his thumb towards Succubus Loli.

But the latter obviously didn't want to talk to him and just rolled his eyes to express his disdain.

As the combat force in this four-person team, Atona often conducts actual combat training with opponents of the same level as Flame Dragon Knight Davian and Nature God Attendant Nimedona, and her vision has long been higher than others.

No matter how many levels, I don’t think there is anything worthwhile to be happy about defeating a lich after using so many machinations and tricks.

However, Sancho obviously didn't care about Succubus Loli's reaction. He happily ran to the exploding coffin and found part of Kangas' golden skeleton under a stone slab.

Although the power of the previous explosion was so shocking, this skeleton was protected by powerful magical power without even a scratch.

"Wow! It's...really made of gold? So much gold should be worth a lot of money, right?"

Imoen came closer and stared at the golden skeleton with gleaming eyes.

The embarrassment of having no money when she escaped from the Tower of Dulag turned her into a money addict. Now that she suddenly sees so much gold, she will inevitably have some greedy thoughts.

You must know that if all the bones in an adult's body were replaced with gold, the weight of the gold would be as high as more than 200 kilograms.

The weight of a standard gold coin is usually between nine and ten grams, of which gold may only account for 70% to 60% of the total weight.

This shows how valuable this golden skeleton of Kangers is.

Even if it is just sold as precious metals, it is still a huge wealth that can make countless people jealous.

Sancho didn't even have enough strength to pick it up from the ground, so he could only respond with a wry smile: "It's more than valuable.

If we complete the task assigned by the teacher, we can buy many high-level magic items and equipment just by selling this thing.

Don't just stand there stupidly, come and help me put the golden skeleton into the dimensional bag."

"Hehe! No problem!"

When Edmond heard that he could make a fortune, he suddenly became very excited.

The two of them used all their strength to move the golden skeleton into a large dimensional bag.

After finishing all this, the girl sat down on the ground, glanced at the dead or dying paladins and priests, and asked breathlessly: "What should they do? Are they still here and don't care?"

Sancho obviously hesitated for a moment and quickly replied: "They have done us a big favor anyway, let's give them a little treatment.

Viconia, cast a healing spell on each of the priests and paladins who are still alive.

As for the dead, after the injured wake up, they will naturally bring their bodies back for resurrection."

As a dark elf and a priest of the evil camp, Viconia undoubtedly has trouble dealing with these paladins and priests of good gods.

But due to the influence of Zuo Si's lawful evil, she was no longer as cynical as before, and after complaining a few words, she still chose to treat the injured.

Finally, before the expedition team woke up, Sancho led the team on the road back to the Mage Tower, intending to study the golden skeleton first.

As soon as they left along the sewer, Zuo Si himself appeared out of thin air at the messy battle scene. He carefully dug out a gem emitting dark blue light from the inside of a sarcophagus, and sighed slightly: "Oh - it's still too much."

He is young and lacks experience.

They didn't even search the sarcophagus fragments carefully, and missed the lich's phylactery.

As a lich who has been sleeping for hundreds of years to take care of sealed items, how could he place the phylactery too far away from him?

I will reluctantly wipe your butt a little bit.

Otherwise, when this lich is resurrected, he will definitely take revenge at all costs."

You don't need to ask to know that Zuo Si has always witnessed the previous battle, but he did not interfere in any way.

But when he saw that his disciple had missed the Lich's life box that was so close to Chi Chi, he couldn't help himself and ran over to clean up the mess.

In the next few minutes, he also resurrected the paladins and priests who were killed by the lich one by one on the ground.

Witherland, the grand leader of the Knights of the Burning Heart, didn't even realize that he was being used by a boy. He thought it was the emperor himself who came to deal with the terrible evil lich and saved everyone in the crusade. He immediately bent down to express his gratitude.

Thank you from the bottom of my heart.

Zuo Si didn't bother to explain anything to these stubborn guys, so he just made some casual remarks and got over.

……

At the same time, as three giant military airships and dragon knights passed through more and more towns and villages in the sky and were seen by countless people, this blockbuster news was quickly hidden by other forces and spies in the empire.

and intelligence personnel through magic.

In just one or two hours, various city-states in the North that have close cooperative relations with the Harpers Alliance, as well as neighboring countries such as Tumis and Cormyr, have received the exact news.

The red-robed mages who have been paying attention to the trends of the West Coast Empire immediately held a chief meeting chaired by Sazastan.

No one would be naive enough to think that these terrifying war machines and the legions of dragon knights flying in the sky left Ascaltra and headed east just to show off their force.

In addition, some of the masterminds behind the scenes knew exactly what they had done, so the independent city-states and countries along the coast of Falling Star Sea suddenly fell into an extremely tense state.

The tyrant of the Moon Sea, Fuzor Chambery, who had just returned to Zhentil Castle, was keenly aware of this opportunity and launched a war of conquest against the lands surrounding the Moon Sea without stopping.

The reason is very simple!

Under the terrifying force of the West Coast Empire and Emperor Zuo Si, no force dared to give up the defense of the mainland and send troops to interfere with his military operations at this time.

Even if those in power wanted to, the local people would not agree.

Tumis, which borders the empire on land to the east, responded almost immediately. While urgently forming and mobilizing troops for defense, it also sent envoys to ask what was going on.

Similarly, the Kingdom of Cormyr, which was only separated from the Empire by the Bay of Dragon Lake, was also taken aback.

Fortunately, Cormier is a member of the Trade Alliance, so he quickly found out the truth through intelligence channels.

At this moment, King Yasan IV was sitting on the throne, looking at the message sent by the royal chief mage, with a wry smile on his face: "Install artillery on the airship as an air battleship, and then equip it with dragon knights.

Convoy and combat?

This is truly a wild imagination and creativity.

What a big deal!

It is estimated that only Soth can do this in Faerûn.

The red-robed mages of Ser and the rulers of the Mulhorand Empire have finally hit the wall this time.

It is foreseeable that they will pay a heavy price for their overestimating provocation.

It would be great if we in Cormyr could also have an airship for military use.

This way, I don’t have to chase those monsters that are running around causing destruction.”

"So...the purpose of the West Coast Empire this time is to punish Sel and Mulhorand for creating rumors and instigating rebellion in their own territory?" Princess Tenarasta asked softly.

Assan IV nodded slightly: "Yes, at least this is the reason used externally.

And it’s not just a blockade.

They are also preparing to send notices to all city-states, ship owners, pirates and even dragons in the entire Starfall Sea.
To be continued...