Mythology: Ragnarok

Chapter 127 Witchcraft

Led by Gul'dan, the army advanced at an extremely fast pace. Gul'dan's troops quickly wiped out the undead on the outskirts of the swamp and pushed their way into the center of the swamp.

Everything went unexpectedly smoothly, but this did not reassure Gul'dan; on the contrary, it made him even more vigilant. "Something unusual must be amiss," was an old orc's life lesson. Just as the main force saw the castle where Agred lived, Gul'dan's worries came true.

Once the orcs were within range, countless undead crossbowmen suddenly sprang out of the castle, firing their bolts at the orcs in turn. At the same time, large war beasts such as ghouls and dread beasts flew in from afar, descending from the sky and plunging into the orc army, wreaking havoc. However, Gul'dan was not frightened and quickly reacted, beginning to command his troops to counterattack in an orderly manner.

Gul'dan cast a spell to drive all the orc soldiers into a frenzy, making them fearless. The shamans unleashed lightning spells to destroy the archers on the castle, while the orc soldiers fought against the ghouls and dread beasts that charged into their formation. The orc archers were also busy firing at the flying monsters in the sky, while the warg riders were responsible for supporting various battlefields and adapting to changing circumstances.

Gul'dan knew that with his limited forces, he had no chance of winning on someone else's home turf, so he activated his magic and rose up into Argred's castle, rushing into the main hall at top speed.

In the great hall, Agreed sat on his stone throne, looking down at Gul'dan, while Lester and Brecel stood respectfully by his side.

Upon seeing Gul'dan arrive, Agred abruptly clapped his hands and said, "This has all gone surprisingly smoothly. Welcome here, orc demigod, welcome to your death!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Lester and Brecel immediately launched an attack on Gul'dan. The two were incredibly fast, instantly transforming into afterimages and arriving in front of Gul'dan. Terrifying blood spears and sharp blood claws swung towards Gul'dan, but whether it was because he couldn't react in time or for some other reason, Gul'dan stood calmly in place, neither dodging nor avoiding.

The two attacks then struck Gul'dan, but neither of them broke his skin. Gul'dan quickly grabbed Lester's arm, and Lester instantly felt unwell and fell to the ground, shouting, "He's absorbing my life force!"

Upon seeing this, Brecel immediately activated his shadow magic in an attempt to tear Gul'dan apart. However, before the dark shadow tentacles could even get close to Gul'dan, they were ignited by eerie green flames and burned to ashes. Without his shadow, Brecel instantly lost consciousness and collapsed to the ground. At this moment, Agreed suddenly appeared and caught Brecel, while a surge of dark magic flowed into Brecel's body, helping him to reshape his shadow.

Then Agreed activated magic, and a huge rock spike appeared, knocking Lester away from Gul'dan's grasp. Lester crashed heavily against the wall and knelt on the ground. His body had become somewhat shriveled. Fortunately, he was strong enough, otherwise he would have been sucked to death long ago.

Then Agreed waved his hand and ordered, "You two step back. His sorcery is very interesting. He can absorb life essence to strengthen himself and burn energy. In that case, it seems like I, as an undead, am a good choice to be your opponent."

Gul'dan snorted coldly, then said angrily, "You don't seem to be injured at all. This was indeed a trap!"

Agreed chuckled and said, "So what if you figured it out? You still obediently crawled in, didn't you?"

Gul'dan confidently said, "My sorcery can't absorb the life essence of the undead, since you are, to be precise, an inanimate object. But I'm not limited to this!" As he spoke, eerie flames reappeared and began to burn Agred's body.

Agreed remained calm, casually gathering the flame in his hand. The eerie green flame instantly extinguished in his grasp. Observing this scene, Agreed continued to analyze, "Ah~, using energy as a medium to devour, rather than burning this flame, it is actually assimilating other energies, and then you take the energy in this flame for your own use. What an interesting and evil sorcery. Strengthening yourself by devouring all life, I really want it~! I really want you dead more and more."

Gul'dan didn't waste any words and unleashed a series of sorceries, but all the elemental attacks were intercepted and incorporated into his own power by Agred. The green flames were unable to penetrate the overwhelming resentment emanating from Agred. Agred seemed to be a natural counter to him, rendering all of Gul'dan's methods ineffective.

Gul'dan was enraged. He used the orcish secret technique, "Wrath of the Mad God," to amplify his physical body a hundredfold. At the same time, strange flames gathered in his hand, forming a ferocious greatsword. Then, with the increase in power, Gul'dan's body rapidly swelled into a giant.

Of course, Agred didn't just stand by and watch. As soon as Gul'dan transformed, he instantly cast the tenth-tier spell 'Annihilation'. However, he didn't expect that even the energy of Annihilation would be assimilated when it came into contact with the strange flames on Gul'dan's body. This directly killed a large part of Agred's magical abilities, so Agred began to chant on his own.

Gul'dan then began preparations for the next step. His body rapidly compressed back to its original size, and his extremely compressed flesh began to harden and become shiny. From the moment he activated Wrath of the Berserker, it only took about three seconds to complete all of this. Then Gul'dan moved. He wielded a terrifying flame blade and slashed at Agreed with a speed that was too fast for the naked eye to perceive.

But the instant Gul'dan struck Agred, Agred suddenly vanished from his spot. It turned out that what remained in that location was merely a mirror image. In the blink of an eye, Gul'dan located Agred's true form. In a mere instant, Gul'dan reappeared before Agred, tucked his greatsword into his waist, and delivered a swift, decisive draw slash that struck Agred's chest.

Unexpectedly, Agred used a clever escape technique. This time, Gul'dan only hit a decoy. Agred once again dodged the fatal blow and stood confidently in front of Gul'dan.

The constant teasing enraged Gul'dan, who unleashed a hundred consecutive slashes at such incredible speed that low-level beings with optical vision could only see the afterimages of a few of them.

Just then, Agred moved. He ignored the attack and cast a massive strength boost on himself, knocking Gul'dan back with a single punch. At the same time, a magic circle appeared in his hand, and Agred whispered, "Netherworld Embrace, an instant-death forbidden spell!"

This is magic left behind in Tutankhamun's memories. Agreed originally planned to wait until he reached the Divine Bone Realm before studying and improving these spells, but now it's simply not possible. Gul'dan's sorcery is truly terrifyingly magical. Just in case, Agreed carefully selected this single-target instant-death spell with the least consumption from his soul's knowledge base to ensure the final victory.