"I've never asked you to do this." Karthus's tone has always been so calm, weak as a dying old man.

"Haha, stingy." Thresh threw the lantern, and the countless detained souls in it screamed in pain, "But I thought about it, it seems that the risk of going out in person is a bit high, after all, that kid has the Book of the Dead. It's not fun to be locked in."

"You like to imprison your soul so much, so naturally you should have the consciousness of being imprisoned." Karthus said.

"I don't think like you." Thresh grinned, "I'm the only one who plays with others."

Thresh threw the lantern into the distance, and the lantern flickered and disappeared into the black mist.

Thresh whistled and pulled the lantern back with the chain leisurely. Karthus looked at him sideways. When he saw what he brought with the lantern, Karthus had to say softly, "Scum."

"Thank you for the compliment." Thresh said with a smile.

...

Elise is happy.

She had completely forgotten about the deal Thresh told her, and meeting Luo Ji was more important to her than anything else.

"Finally...Finally..." Elise suppressed the ecstasy in her heart and fell on the Shadow Island. She was very close to realizing her dream. As long as she could bring him to the altar...

Elise looked at Lothar with a bewildered face. She was really happy from the bottom of her heart, but such an expression was faked.

She is watching.

Luo Ji has now become a spirit body, but he is definitely not dead. According to Thresh, it was Karthus who divided his soul and body.

But Elise didn't want Luo Ji's soul, but his body.

And Luoji didn't know why he got the help of Dashu Maokai, and also owned Karthus' book of the dead. Elise knew that the book was powerful. Karthus took this book more than ten years ago. The Shadow Isle is in chaos, and Elise knows the secret. She even knows from whom Karthus stole the Book of the Dead.

"Why did Karthus give him the book..." Elise pondered, no matter what, at least now, it seems that Luo Ji has mastered the book of the dead. In this case, Elise can't be right on the Shadow Island. What did Luo Ji do? The Book of the Dead is extremely powerful in Shadow Island, but it is just an ordinary book after leaving Shadow Island.

"What should I do... Should I go to Karthus first and ask him to give me Luo Ji's body... But if I get his body and don't give it back to him, he will definitely turn against me again..." Yili Si Fei quickly calculated the gains and losses. She was a woman who was good at calculating and cautious. After weighing it, she decided to wait and see the changes first, at least to find out what the relationship between Luo Ji and Karthus was.

Elise heard the screams of the spiders, she knew that the battle was about to end, she smiled and looked at her "lover" and said, "Dear, soon, I'll take the pony that makes you unhappy right away. give it to..."

Elise stopped halfway through her words.

She heard the sound of chains.

She looked back suddenly, and there was a dead soul on the battlefield.

It was just a very weak ghost, very weak, with only a faint phantom, even weaker than the ghosts that can be seen everywhere, but facing such a ghost, Elise's face became extremely ugly.

The ghost looked at the wounded Hecarim, looked at Elise, and finally looked back at Hecarim, and asked, "Have you been betrayed?"

When Hecarim saw the dead soul, he was stunned, then terrified, then ecstatic: "Hahaha! Thresh! Well done!"

Hecarim grabbed a ghost knight, infused some of his power into him, and controlled him to speak.

The Soul Knight became as furious as Hecarim, he pointed at Elise, and said angrily: "She betrayed him! I am willing to make an oath with you!"

The ghost screamed, and its body passed through the undead knight, and together with the undead knight, it turned into a black mist and dissipated.

Then, out of the fog came a thin dead soul.

It was an extremely thin woman, described as haggard.

Her back was pierced by countless ghost spears, her gloomy gaze skipped Hecarim and looked at Elise.

She drew a spear from her body, and pointed it straight at Elise.

"Betrayer must die!" The female dead soul issued a curse that made the soul tremble.

Elise gritted her silver teeth. She knew who this woman was. She might not be the most powerful in the entire Shadow Island, but she was an existence that could not be provoke.

"Thresh!" Elise's eyes burned with anger, she knew who was responsible, she had just heard that guy's iconic chain sound.

"Darling!" Elise knew that she couldn't deal with the female ghost and Hecarim alone, she quickly turned to look at Lothar, and instead of acting, she begged really urgently, "Dear! Help me quickly. It's the [Spear of Revenge]!"

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Shadow Island is very mysterious, but with the Night of Soul Eater, the black fog spreads from the island to all over the world, and there are many legends about the ghosts of Shadow Island.

The most famous of them is the [Spear of Vengeance].

According to legend, no one knows who she is, and it is said that she herself has long forgotten her identity.

But she deeply knows that she died in a betrayal, she hates any betrayal, she will respond to anyone's beg, as long as you sacrifice your soul for her, the [Spear of Vengeance] will pierce the betrayal for you. people.

——Excerpt from Piltover University archaeology student Ezreal's paper "On the Dissimilarity of Myths Spreading Around the World"

Chapter Four Hundred and Twenty-Three Reinforcement Plan

"[Spear of Vengeance]" Lothar looked at Elise, who was anxious outside the barrier, and did not move. Even though the female ghost threw countless spears at Elise, Elise was forced to keep moving to avoid, and Lothar did not open it. barrier.

As a spectator, he just saw clearly what happened.

The ghost that suddenly appeared was brought by a chained lantern, and the lantern disappeared quickly after the ghost arrived.

Lothar looked at the little **** her shoulders. The girl was still in a coma with her tongue sticking out. It seemed that she couldn't expect her to introduce herself.

Lothar turned to look at Maokai. As a tree that has lived in the archipelago for countless years, he should know who this [Spear of Vengeance] is.

Lothar patted Maokai who was fascinatedly looking at the little white flower: "Hey, do you know who [Spear of Vengeance] is?"

Maokai carefully put the little white flower into the knot on his body, and he looked at Lothar with a pleasing look: "[Spear of Vengeance] I know, it's quite famous, many dead people keep calling her name , Calista."

"Why is she here"

"Maybe it's because of betrayal," Maokai said. "I haven't fought her. She doesn't seem to take the initiative to attack people. She only helps those who signed the contract."

"contract"

"I'm not very clear about the specifics. I only know that she will only attack people who have betrayal."

"So... what about the centaur?"

After Maokai gave Lothar a detailed introduction to Hecarim—the warlike and arrogant [Shadow of War]—Lothar probably understood what the situation was now.

To be honest, the three guys outside, whether it's Hecarim, Kalista or Elise Lothar, don't want to care, but after going through the treasure house, Lothar has one thing he wants to accomplish .

understand death.

When the Book of the Dead was used to conquer the Swift Crab Essence and the Blackwater Calamity, it was directly captured.

It was Lothar who spoke his name when he subdued Resha the Breaker.

Later, when he met the Happy Tavern and the Hylea Treasure House, Lothar understood the particularity of their deaths and succeeded in subduing them.

Therefore, Lothar initially summed up a law of the Book of the Dead to conquer the dead.

Weak undead Book of the Dead is disdainful to subdue, and at the very last time, an existence like the Swift Crab Essence should be qualified and can be subdued directly. For powerful undead, you need to weaken as much as possible before subduing as the little girl said. , but Lothar's name seems to be a special spell that can directly make powerful undead surrender.

But no matter how weak the Swift Crab Spirit was, or how powerful Resha was, they felt the same thing about Lothar's death—malicious.

This is the commonality of almost all the dead. These undead who are unwilling to go to the underworld and stay in the material realm have endless resentment and pain. These resentments and pains have been transformed into pure malice for the living over the long years, so they always They were all wailing, screaming and cursing, and even a little girl had a strong viciousness in her heart.

But there are some very special undead that make Lothar's death feel very different.

The joy in the bitterness of the joyful tavern, the loneliness and silence of the Helia treasure house, and the behavior of treating life as a treasure are all absolute aliens among the undead, which are contrary to the traditional concept of death, but they are the undead, but what they see Not just the tragic death, but other dimensions.

The Book of the Dead seems to be happy to absorb such special undead, regardless of their strength, as long as Lothar understands them, they can be subdued.

And each time Lothar's understanding of death deepens, his necromantic magic becomes more and more proficient, so he wants to conquer more special undead like taverns and treasure houses.

Subduing the general powerful undead can give Lothar more combat power to dispatch, and subduing the special undead can make Lothar's necromancy more powerful, all of which are in preparation for taking back the body from Karthus.

The [Shadow of War] Hecarim outside is obviously a powerful undead, and Lothar thinks it can be subdued.

And that [Spear of Vengeance] Kalista, although she is also very powerful, Lothar feels that she is very special.

She gave Lothar's death a rather ethereal feeling. Unlike the dead Hecarim and Resha, there was no malicious intent at all, and it was as if she was trying to do the right thing. When she attacked Elise, she There was no roar or curse, but justly and sternly scolded Elise for her betrayal. If it wasn't for her ghostly body, Lothar wouldn't even think she was an undead, but a righteous knight from where.

"It looks like a special undead... and it's very strong..." Lothar looked at the battle outside, and Kalista actually summoned, she summoned many undead warriors, together with the remaining cavalry regiment of Hecarim Against Elise's spider tide, Elise was unable to support herself alone, and the spider army, which had an absolute advantage, was being slaughtered by Kalista and Hecarim's men together.

"Well... Whether I help the mother spider or not, I will conquer these two souls." Lothar looked to his side, and the loyal giant Resha had been silent for a long time, ready to fight for Lothar at any time.

Lothar looked at Maokai: "I have helped you save your child as agreed, now it's your time to keep your promise."

Maokai looked at Lothar seriously: "You've helped me a lot, and I'm bound to do whatever you want. Tell me, Lothar, I'll help you no matter what."

This was the first time Maokai ignored Lothar calling him a human, and called him by his first name.

"Very good." Lothar laughed, "in a while..."

...

Elise struggled to hold on.

Even if Hecarim didn't get close to Elise because of the spider tide, the ghost spear Kalista kept throwing was enough to keep Elise too busy.

Kalista's power is different from other undead. It is very strange. She usually doesn't take the initiative to attack other people, but once she is attacked... Elise has seen many powerful beings nailed to death by Kalista's spear. , she doesn't want to be one of them.

But Elise didn't want to transform, because she didn't want to become a spider in front of Lothar, and secondly, she didn't know that.

Kalista is the dead, immortal and immortal, Elise can weaken her at most, but it is difficult for Elise to do this now.

What's more terrifying is that Kalista never gives up the prey she is eyeing, which means that if Elise doesn't solve her, even if she escapes outside the Shadow Island, Kalista will appear during Soul Eater Night. Island hunted her.

The only way now is to hope for a moment.

There is a book of the dead in Luoji, which records necromantic magic, which is the magic used exclusively for the dead, and there may be a way to stop Kalista.

Elise dodged a spear and looked towards Luo Ji. To her surprise, Luo Ji finally opened the barrier and rushed to the battlefield with Ruisha the Breaker and Maokai Dashu.

But he wasn't in Elise's direction.

Hecarim was stunned that Resha, Maokai, and the spirit kid were targeting him.

"Withdraw!" Hecarim quickly stopped slaughtering the spiders and ordered the Knights to withdraw from the battlefield.

After Kalista appeared, Hecarim made plans to retreat. He was already seriously injured, and now he just wanted to leave Kalista and Elise to fight each other, so that he could take advantage of the fisherman.

What's more, Ruisha the Destroyer and Dashu Maokai's attitudes are unclear at this time. If they come to deal with him again, Hecarim can't bear it.

So he slowly closed the front and moved to the edge of the battlefield, so that he could choose to advance or retreat depending on the situation.

But he didn't expect that the three guys directly ignored Kalista and Elise and charged towards him.

Ruisha's giant axe swept away a large area of ​​dead souls and spiders in one fell swoop, clearing a large open space.

Maokai's tree hands plunged into the ground, and the massive tree trunk raced along the surface, as if trying to catch Hecarim.

"Idiot." Hecarim was very confident in his speed, and it was impossible for him to touch him with that big tree.

But Hecarim felt that his body suddenly became extremely heavy, and it took a lot of effort to lift a single hoof.

"What's the matter!" Hecarim looked behind him in shock and anger. It turned out to be the spirit boy holding the Book of the Dead, and his spell kept Hecarim.

"Death may be as light as a feather, or heavier than the mountains." Lothar chanted the incantation, and the enormous pressure was placed on Hecarim's cavalry regiment, their hooves were bent, and even if they tried their best to keep standing, they still remained will be crushed into the ground.

With Lothar's help, Maokai's trunk managed to catch up with Hecarim, tying him and all the cavalry firmly, and countless branches and vines grew on them, forming a tree yoke that immobilized them.

"Let me go!" Hecarim watched Lothar float in front of him, and cursed angrily, "You can't kill me! I'm an undead! Immortal! If you don't let me go! When I recover, I will trample you! I will trample you underfoot a thousand times!"

"As Maokai said, you are really arrogant, Hecarim." Lothar turned to the blank page of the Book of the Dead.

"Bastard! What are you trying to do!" Hecarim roared, "Sign the Summoning Charm with me with the Book of the Dead! You can't do it! Karthus has never done it!"

"So Karthus tried to subdue you..." Lothar looked at Hecarim's grim helmet, "That's more worth trying."

"you!"

Hecarim was interrupted by Lothar with a spell.

"Life and death."

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Their iron hooves trod through everything peaceful and peaceful, leaving only the earth where pain remained.

They take pleasure in it, and they don't even hesitate to flatten the mountains and rivers.

—— "Book of the Dead" Illustration: Shadow of War Hecarim

Chapter 424 Hecarim and Calista

"Tsk tsk tsk." Thresh shook his head, but there was no regret in his tone, "Poor Hecarim, he may not have imagined that he would become an immortal undead and be enslaved."

"The contract of the Book of the Dead is not a master and a servant." Karthus said, "That is the rule. The living people's concept of master and servant does not apply to us."

"Okay, everything you say is right." Thresh's skeleton eyes flickered a few times, "Then then, that kid can really forcibly sign a spell with us, if you give him the Book of the Dead, you won't be afraid of him. Does it work for you?"

"The Book of the Dead has limitations." Karthus said indifferently, "It's like a cage catching an elephant can't hold a mouse, and vice versa. To sign the Summoning Spell, the Book of the Dead must first possess its owner. Only by understanding the death of the target can the Book of the Dead create a suitable summoning spell. Although Hecarim and Resha are strong, they are all evil thoughts of death, which are too easy to understand."

"Then why didn't you take them back in the first place?"