frightfiction Chapter 163 Phantom Guard
Chapter 163 Phantom Guard
Chapter 163 Phantom Guard
"What are you thinking about standing here?" Andrina refolded and put away the letter in her hand. Out of the corner of her eye, she noticed Thorn looking in the direction of the passage, so she walked over and said softly.
"Do you feel a cold breath hovering around, the more you go, the stronger this feeling will be." Thorn frowned slightly as he watched the direction leading to the sixth floor of the tower, and said to her inner doubts.
According to the corpse of the soldier in front of him, he can judge that the passage leading to the sixth floor of the tower is likely to be the owner's private forbidden area.
This kind of forbidden place is generally without the permission of its owner, and no one dares to enter without permission.
Then, there must be some kind of guards guarding the passage nearby, but what makes him puzzled is whether these guards guarding the passage are still alive after so many years.
"Icy breath?" Anderina repeated subconsciously, then lowered her eyes and fell into deep thought.
For Thorne's keen insight, she firmly believes that the so-called cold breath is nothing more than two kinds, the cold from nature and the negative energy breath from death.
On the fifth floor of this high tower, there is no obvious air outlet for the cold wind to invade, so the only possibility is the breath from the dead.
With that said, it's possible that there are undead creatures lurking nearby.
Thinking of this, Anderina's pretty face showed a dignified look, and she stretched out her staff emitting bright light, and tapped lightly in front of Thorn's gaze.
——"One-ring spell: detect undead creatures!"
In the dim corridor, under the guidance of the brightly shining spell in Anderina's hand, an almost invisible magic aura radiated out, sweeping towards Thorne's gaze.
"Buzz!"
As the magic aura kept sweeping across the front, near the spiral staircase, four flickering magic auras appeared strangely.
"Intruder! Die!"
Immediately afterwards, four low and hoarse voices sounded at the same time, echoing in the corridor.
Noticing the abnormality ahead, Thorn's pupils shrank suddenly, and he immediately tightened the Demon Slaying Sword in his hand, vigilantly guarding against the four figures that appeared suddenly.
The four figures that caught his eyes were translucent guards about 1.8 meters tall.
They are uniformly equipped with pure black heavy armor full of majestic colors, their heads are covered by steel masks, their wrists are equipped with sharp spiked steel wristbands, and scarlet cloaks float slightly behind them.
At the same time, each hand holds a ghost sword and shield engraved with strange rune marks, and the whole body is surrounded by the cold death breath.
The moment Thorn noticed them, the pupils of the four figures hidden in the steel masks suddenly emitted a scarlet light, locking him coldly.
"What are these four guys?" Thorne felt four cold gazes, clenched his long sword tightly, walked to Anderina's side lightly, and asked solemnly.
At this time, the feet of the four strange figures wearing steel boots were slightly lifted from the ground, standing in the air, their bodies looked as if they were still alive except for being translucent.
"The phantom guard of undead creatures is composed of ghosts left by warriors and knights who died on the battlefield or defended their vows.
From the detection of the intensity of the magical aura emitted by the undead creatures, it can be judged that their strength is not as strong as imagined, and they belong to the existence that we can deal with. "
Andelina breathed a sigh of relief and explained to Thorne.
The four phantom guards who appeared in front of them must be powerful fighters, loyal to the tower owner, so even if they died, they would voluntarily turn into phantom guards and continue to guard the passage to the upper level.
Although these ghost-like guards are often indistinguishable from ghosts, phantom guards are not bound by unfulfilled wishes in life like ghosts, making it impossible to leave the main material plane.
And they can choose to end their immortal existence at any time and disappear into the world.
In other words, their souls are completely willing to stay in the main material plane, which means that they must satisfy their sense of honor and responsibility for the mission of guarding this channel.
And phantom guards, like undead creatures, do not need air, food, water, or sleep.
If you want them to disappear, in addition to killing them, they will voluntarily choose to disappear permanently in the main material plane if the tower is completely destroyed and turned into ruins, or new guards will take over their duties.
"Intruder! Die!"
The four phantom guards let out icy roars at the same time again, and then raised their shields and swung their long swords to kill Thorne.
Because phantom guards have the ability to move incorporeally, they move in the same way as ghosts, and can always maintain a suspended state.
Their attack is not so much walking, it is better to say that they floated directly.
A gust of wind echoed in the corridor, raising thick dust.
Looking at the four phantom guards floating over, Thorne and Anderina immediately prepared to deal with them.
——"Desert Wind Sect (Strike Skill): Flame of the Young Dragon!"
When they floated to Thorne's attack range, all the flame energy that had been condensed on the tip of his sword suddenly burst out, turning into a cone-shaped flame that enveloped the two phantom guards walking in the front.
——"Second Ring Spell: Scorching Ray!"
At the same time, Andrina's spell was also ready, two scorching flame rays hit the other two phantom guards respectively, splashing sparkles on the energy field around them.
The enveloping flame disappeared, and Thorne looked intently, but found that the four phantom guards attacked by the two had no other changes except that their bodies were a little darker.
"This is the special force field around the phantom guards. Although they are incorporeal now, they can use the surrounding energy to wrap their whole bodies. If you want to hurt their bodies, you must first break the protective force field." Noticing doubts Thorne, Andelina immediately and quickly explained to Thorne.
So that's the case, no wonder the flames just hurt them as if nothing happened. After listening to the other party's explanation, Thorne probably understood the reason.
After all, the other party is still an undead creature. Compared with the banshee, it is nothing more than an extra layer of protective force field. For him, it is just a matter of slashing with a sword.
Thorn glanced at the phantom guard who waved his long sword towards the two of them. Fiery flames suddenly erupted from the demon-slaying long sword, and his body was also shrouded in a layer of pale orange flame under the blessing of the "Desert Fire" specialty. , and then bursts of scorching dust winds rushed towards the phantom guard.
"Ding!"
Thorn's flaming long sword hit the shield blocked by the phantom guard, making a crisp sound like a physical collision.
The scorching flames erupted at the same time as the "sanction against evil" attached to the ring of the paladin.
The phantom guard who was attacked first, the protective force field around his body shattered, and when his translucent body touched the long sword, it became dim, flickering.
Then Thorne took the opportunity to draw a scorching sword again, and the phantom guard in front of him let out a hoarse scream, and disappeared into the air as a blast of cold air.
The moment the first phantom guard disappeared, Thorn leaned slightly to avoid the horizontal cut of the other phantom guard's phantom sword.
——"Desert Wind Sect (Enhanced Skill): Red Lotus Sword!"
Burning flames suddenly erupted from the dagger tightly held in his left hand, and then stabbed the phantom guard's protective force field with all his strength, breaking the phantom guard's force field again.
Immediately afterwards, a cold light flashed across the long sword in his right hand, and the phantom guard roared and disappeared into the air.
When Thorn looked at the other two phantom guards who had become slightly dim after being hit by Anderina's spell, and were about to attack, the two phantom guards roared in a low voice, and disappeared into the air strangely. No matter how much he searched for Xu, he couldn't detect it.
So he immediately walked up to Anderina with his sword in hand and asked, "What's going on?"
"This is a kind of etherification ability that phantom guards are born with." Andelina said to Thorne's gaze.
The phantom guards have the ability to travel back and forth between the material plane and the etheric plane, and they also have etheric vision, even in the etheric plane, they can still clearly observe the situation on the material plane.
Phantom guards with this ability are the easiest to sneak attack on enemies who break into their guarding range.
If Thorne hadn't sensed the breath of death flowing in the air and made her use the "detect undead creature" spell on vigilance, if the two went rashly, they would probably be attacked by them.
"The etheric plane." Thorne murmured subconsciously upon hearing this.
He still knows a little bit about the etheric plane. This plane is the protective film of the main material plane they are in. It belongs to an infinitely overlapping plane, and it is shrouded in dense fog everywhere.
Moreover, the etheric plane does not follow the law of gravity, so creatures in it can move up, down, left, and right as easily as walking, so if a person has etheric vision and etherification ability, then it is very suitable for investigation, sneak attack or escape .
Just like the two phantom guards who disappeared at this time, they must be in the etheric plane at this time, and they are secretly observing Thorne's every move. As long as he relaxes a little, two ghost swords will appear from behind him in an instant , to reap his life.
Although Thorne is not afraid of the phantom guards, he has nothing to do with their ability to enter and exit the etheric plane at will, and now he can only be in a passive defense.
So in this empty corridor, Andelina was covered by a protective force field and stood still. Thorne held two swords and looked around from time to time, always guarding against the sudden appearance of phantom guards.
If you want to eliminate the threat of the phantom guards, unless the two of them honestly return the same way, or even if they enter the sixth floor of the tower, the remaining two phantom guards will follow all the way in the ether plane, and then take the opportunity to sneak attack , Thorne naturally didn't want to be so passive defensive.
The two stood in place like this for about an hour, and Thorne finally noticed the negative energy floating slightly behind him.
Accompanied by the icy roar of the phantom guard, the two ghost long swords that appeared strangely behind Thorne slashed.
Phantom Guardians will retain their usual attacks in life, and they can remember how they died.
However, it can only vaguely recall the memories and very simple attack methods in the short period of time before death, and completely forget the longer memories and complicated fighting skills.
Therefore, their attack speed is not very fast, and there are no complicated skills at all. For the attack of the Phantom Guard, in order to prevent accidental injury, Thorne signaled Andelina not to make a move with his eyes, so he clenched the two sharp blades and launched attack.
However, when Thorne noticed that the phantom guard's originally dim protective power became solid again, he immediately understood why they hadn't shown up for a long time.
So Thorne no longer hesitated, and swung two sharp blades with flame damage, one long and one short. With the blessing of the ring of the paladin, the two phantom guards only resisted for a while, and there was no chance of escaping back to the etheric plane. , and under Thorn's rapid attack, it turned into two icy blasts and disappeared into the air.
In addition to contributing a lot of experience points and practice points to the two, the four phantom guards also obtained the soul spar left behind by the phantom guards after their death.
(End of this chapter)