Chapter 196 [0194] Shadow Island's Number One Idiot

Thresm is a very patient person - oh, to be exact, a very patient undead.

His favorite thing is to collect those dazzling souls, then imprison them in his soul-guiding lantern and listen to their wails.

For Thresh, the wails of these souls are the most beautiful music in the world.

Obviously, Lux's soul is the one that best meets his expectations.

Therefore, Thresh hid in the black fog, waiting for an opportunity to attack, wanting to lock Lux in one fell swoop and extract her soul - but after Kalya's reminder, Lux has been in a state of twitching, even when controlling the Dragon of Light, she still keeps irregular movements.

After several estimates, Thresh didn't find a sure hook opportunity...

The powerful and cautious Lux made Thresh feel a little irritated. He waited patiently for a long time, wanting to see if Lux would reveal a flaw due to insufficient magic power.

Then, this wait lasted for ten minutes.

Lux, who controlled the Dragon of Light, seemed to not feel tired at all, and her magic power was endless. She did not show any discomfort. During this period, she would still move from time to time, and even actively control the Dragon of Light to patrol.

This overly cautious performance gave Thresh, who was secretly ready to move, a headache.

Is he going to give up?

No, no.

For Thresh, the attraction of Lux's soul is too strong. Even if he knew that Lux was not easy to deal with, Thresh was unwilling to give up for a while.

After thinking about it, Thresh chose to leave temporarily.

It's not to give up Lux's soul, but to go back and find a stupid enough fool to take the mine for himself.

Coincidentally, there is such a fool in Shadow Island - every time the black fog spreads out, he will rush in first, then be beaten up, and roll back to the deepest part of the black fog to be reborn.

He is... Hecarim.

It would take some effort to lead Hecarim directly to this temple, but for this brilliant soul that he had set his eyes on, Thresh decided to pay a little cost.

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Hecarim and his Phantom Cavalry Regiment landed on the land of Bilgewater.

This terrible knight, called the Shadow of War by the people of Bilgewater, has a similar hobby to Thresh and also likes to collect souls.

However, unlike Thresh who likes to listen to the wailing of souls, Hecarim prefers to incorporate qualified souls into his Phantom Cavalry Regiment.

These howling Phantom Cavalry will follow behind him, and carry out a destructive charge with him, and when facing a strong enemy, they will turn into a shadow army and completely tear apart the existence that dares to stop Hecarim.

Therefore, Hecarim will not miss any opportunity to collect souls. When the black fog dispersed, he took action immediately.

However, unlike Thresh who went straight to the temple, he first swept around several surrounding docks and selected some souls that were still acceptable.

Although Hecarim is still a fool, and still believes that he has a promising future and will be invincible as long as he collects enough powerful souls, he has been beaten by Illaoi too many times. After coming to Bilgewater, he will still subconsciously avoid the temple of Nagakabouros.

To lure such a guy to step on the mine for himself, the strategy does not need to be superb, but the bait must be heavy enough.

So, Thresh found a few souls that were still wailing and powerful from his soul-guiding lamp.

These guys all belong to a cult called "Bright Sentinels" - in Thresh's long experience as an undead, these guys are the few mortals who have caused him trouble.

Although to a large extent, the trouble comes from the wonderful inheritance they possess and the weapons that can emit holy flames, it is undeniable that the souls of these guys are also extremely tough and have great collection value.

And having collection value also means that they are good materials for becoming phantom knights.

Thresh believes that as long as Hecarim sees these souls, he will definitely be unable to resist incorporating them into his cavalry regiment.

After killing a few Bilgewater people who were still moving in the black fog, Thresh arranged their souls together with the souls of the Sentinels of Light to form a road leading to the Temple of Nagakabouros.

This method does not seem to be very clever, and it is not much different from the temporary traps set by hunters when catching birds that come out to forage in winter.

But it is just right to use it here.

Because from Hecarim's performance, the intelligence left by his erosion by the black fog seems to be no different from that of a stupid bird.

And the fact is just as Thresh planned, everything went smoothly.

Chasing these powerful souls, Hecarim came to the outside of the temple step by step, and then, like Thresh, he fell in love with Lux at first sight.

"Come on." He swung his halberd and his twisted hooves violently dug the soil, "Join us, become a part of us..."

And almost at the moment Hecarim appeared, Lux also discovered this guy who looked completely different from other undead.

"Be careful!" After seeing Hecarim, Kalya immediately reminded him, "The distortion power of this guy is quite amazing, and he even has a tendency to turn into flesh and blood. Don't take any of his attacks head-on!"

After hearing this, Lux simply controlled the Dragon of Light and smashed it directly at Hecarim.

That's right, it was "smashing" - the consumption of magic control was too great. Instead of using the Dragon of Light to do some fancy operations, it was better to use pure light elements to hit this guy head-on.

Almost at the moment when the Dragon of Light smashed down from mid-air, Hecarim also led his cavalry regiment and launched a destructive charge.

The heavy hooves stepped on the soil, splashing ripples that echoed the power of shadow.

Behind Hecarim, countless shadowy figures were roaring and shouting, following Hecarim's footsteps and rushing towards Lux together.

Facing the Dragon of Light that fell from the sky, Hecarim seemed to be a dragon-slaying warrior, and directly raised his halberd.

Light and darkness intertwined.

The sharp halberd split the dragon's chest.

Unfortunately, before Hecarim could cheer, the dragon exploded.

The magic structure was destroyed, and the dragon of light completely turned into broken light. The broken light was like fragments, causing amazing damage to Hecarim and the cavalry behind him.

If Hecarim was not already an undead, this blow would be enough to make his body full of holes.

In the black fog, the wounds on Hecarim caused by the light element fragments were healing rapidly, but behind him, the phantom cavalry regiment suffered serious casualties.

Even so, Hecarim still did not stop his charge.

His speed increased again, and his blurred figure drew a darker track in the black fog. In just a moment, his sharp halberd came in front of Lux.

Facing this overwhelming blow, Lux was not panicked at all.

Because in front of her, another spell was ready.

Hecarim's halberd was fast.

But light... was faster.

Kalja's Little Classroom: Hecarim's Body:

Before being twisted by the Curse of Ruin, Hecarim was a human.

But because of the Curse of Ruin, his body was eventually twisted and merged with his warhorse, and finally became the current two-handed four-hoofed form.

Hecarim has always liked to collect powerful souls and incorporate them into his cavalry, but he doesn't seem to realize that every time he is not killed and reborn in the depths of the black fog, most of those carefully collected souls will disappear.

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