Perhaps because he was extremely angry that the sacrifice was interrupted, or perhaps he was dissatisfied with the fact that he was blown into a black hole, Aigrem kept chasing Roland closely all night, until he chased him into the wilderness to the east of Lion Lake City.
In fact, Aigrem couldn't catch up fast, and it was about the same speed as Fallen One, which relied on its legs to run - the previous explosion caused its demon horse to break a leg, making it limp and unable to run fast at all.
The people Roland led all rode lightly equipped Gatu Horse. These horses had good endurance and speed. From time to time, the horses could be stopped to rest and wait Aigrem.
"Boom..."
Another explosion appeared in front of Aigrem.
At this time, Aigrem's whole body had been blown black, and the demonic horse underneath him had also been blown to the ground.
But at this time, it suddenly stopped pursuing it - the demon war horse's legs were blown off and it could not stand up. However, Aigrem obviously had no intention of chasing the cavalry on foot.
This is not a brainless monster, it is very intelligent, and its previous pursuit was probably just out of anger.
"Throw them all out! Then concentrate on shooting!"
"Boom... boom boom..."
Seeing that Aigrem had a tendency to retreat, Roland had no choice but to order all the remaining grenades to be thrown at Aigrem, and asked all his subordinates to concentrate their firepower and shoot a few rounds with bows and arrows to see if they could kill the Devourer.
If it can't be killed, it depends on whether such an attack can still attract its hatred. Anyway, it has a speed advantage now, so it can still run away even if it fails.
But the result was very disappointing.
The grenade does play a very good role. At least it can knock Aigrem off its feet and slow down its speed.
But these firearms did not cause much harm - except that it looked dark, there was nothing abnormal about Aigrem.
So far, the only damage it has suffered is that a small part of its big eyeball is missing.
However, the explosion also blackened its eyeballs. Without eyelids, it is impossible to clean the black ash on the eyeballs. Now Aigrem looks like it has been completely scorched.
This also makes it no longer look eerie. The team led by Roland no longer even feels the pressure brought by Aigrem. This may be an unexpected gain.
And the bow and arrow... have no effect at all.
Bows and arrows are Raven Territory's traditional advantage. Roland's soldiers from Raven Territory are basically good at shooting and have a high hit rate, but all arrows without exception did not cause any damage.
Aigrem has been protecting his head, and the arrows fired at his head were blocked by the shield in its hand.
And the shot that was shot into his body... was the same as when Li Ang shot Three Prophets. It was probably equivalent to shooting a piece of roasted beef. Aigrem didn't react at all.
It was using the body of a dead person, so it was normal to have no reaction, so Roland was not surprised.
However, it will put extra protection on its head, which is important information - at least it means that it is afraid of damage to its head, which also means that it can be killed.
Aigrem ignored Roland. After suffering a concentrated attack from bows and arrows, it probably felt the danger and hid itself in the Fallen One group.
And Fallen One beside it stopped moving.
Fortunately, Aigrem has been led to the predetermined position, and it has also lost its war horse. The predetermined goal has been achieved, and Roland quickly evacuated with the troops.
Roland withdrew, but Aigrem did not pursue it. Obviously, it knew that it could not catch up, so it turned around and approached Lion Lake City from the east.
This place is only about ten miles away from Lion Lake City. It seems that Aigrem wants to vent his anger on Lion Lake City...
There are always a large number of Fallen One surrounding Lion Lake City, and several rough long ladders have been built.
In the early morning, Aigrem had just arrived at the east side of Lion Lake City and launched a wave of siege warfare.
Knowing that Fallen One outside the city has been building siege equipment, King Vidis inside the city has been carefully preparing for defense, and there was no big problem in the face of this attack.
Fallen One has lost a certain degree of flexibility, and it seems quite slow when climbing long ladders. Although the total number is huge, there are not many ladders, and the number of Fallen Ones that can climb up at the same time is limited.
Vidis is not particularly difficult to deal with.
After a day of fierce fighting, hundreds of headless Fallen One fell under the city, and Vidis also paid the price of fifty people dying and more than forty others being injured.
By evening, the battle ended when all the crude ladders were destroyed by Fieltzwe people.
Aigrem commanded Fallen One's army to retreat a few hundred meters again and continued to surround Lion Lake City, still building siege equipment.
But now, the main force of Fallen One is to the east of Lion Lake City.
At this time, in Payne Village's camp, Li Ang was studying the book Heretic Codex.
This is brought back by Elano.
Li Ang has been studying it for more than an hour, but has found nothing - the content recorded in this code is similar to what he had judged before, and it is basically the 'teachings of Goddess Eredar'.
It even includes content that looks like it was added later, such as 'not allowed to pay taxes to the Temple of Justice'.
But Li Ang didn't find anything involving summoning demons, nor anything related to heretical sacrifices.
However, the two black metal pages are more special.
Many of the ancient books of the sects that have been around for a long time are indeed made of metal loose leaves mixed with parchment, bound into books with beef tendons, and most of the covers are metal.
It was not easy to copy books in the Middle Ages. This was all to avoid damage, especially to avoid damage to the core ideas in the books.
Metal pages usually have the most important core content engraved on them, which allows their core ideas to be preserved no matter whether they encounter water, fire or war; while parchment usually records more clear and detailed explanations.
But there is not a word on the two metal loose leaves of Heretic Codex, only two simple patterns.
They were two unknown swirling patterns, all made of tiny dots, forming an oval cantilever structure - for Li Ang, these two patterns were very similar to some scenes deep in his memory.
This cantilever is very much like the Milky Way.
One forward and one reverse, two swirling patterns on two loose leaves. The directions of the spirals are opposite, but they have exactly the same spiral arm structure, and even the positions of the tiny points are basically the same.
One is made of raised points, while the other is made of concave pits.
If these two metal pages are overlapped, the two vortices can overlap perfectly and become a black metal plate.
Of course, this pattern is not very detailed and is somewhat abstract. If you spread out the two pages and look at them, you can probably think of them as a pair of eyeballs - the pattern composed of swirling dots on black metal does look a bit eerie. Maybe you can also think of it as Gloomy Eye?
Moreover, these two metal loose leaves are made of ebony.
"Sir, that Oswood has been rescued for the time being, but he has lost all his skin, so he probably won't live long."
Risadiran entered the barracks, interrupting Li Ang's train of thought.
"He may know something...Elano, you stay here. Risadiran, let's go and ask."
Li Ang put down Heretic Codex and walked out together with Risadiran.
Elano nodded, and after Li Ang left the barracks, he closed the door.
The sky is darker in the evening, especially after the door is closed.
Elano lit an oil lamp on the table and then sat in a corner of the room.
She was not very interested in heretical codes. As a temporary guard, she just kept cautiously inside the house and was alert to the outside.
At this moment, a wisp of black mist slowly floated out from the two whirlpools and drifted towards Elano.
"Ah... uh..."
The young female warrior suddenly covered her head, with a look of pain on her face, and then slowly fell down.
Li Ang man knew nothing about what happened in the barracks. He was talking to Oswood about the future.
He wanted to know why Aigrem didn't change Oswood into Fallen One?
Moreover, according to the descriptions of Risadiran and Elano, Aigrem seems to be using Oswood as a sacrifice?
So, what is he worshiping?
What does Heretic Codex do? Why does even Aigrem need to use this code?
"Oswood, do you want to live?"
There are many issues to understand, but Oswood is also a problem in itself.
This guy is not considered dead now, nor is he alive, so communication is very problematic.
He probably also knew that for a person without skin on his body, infection is almost inevitable and he would not survive long.
But people are full of contradictions. Even if he knows that he will die and will continue to suffer pain, he does not want to die now.
Now Oswood is basically half crazy.
"You have seen what it did to me... haha... wuwuwu... it hurts..."
This red piece of flesh laughs sometimes and cries sometimes. It looks stupid and stupid, and its speech is a little unclear.
He responded to the questions, but the answers he gave were of little use.
This is understandable. After enduring the torture of Aigrem, it is normal for Oswood to go completely crazy.
Moreover, considering the current injuries on his body, it is already remarkable that he can still speak - anyone can imagine the severe pain he is currently suffering, and half of his tongue has been cut off.
"...Oswood, you should know Three Prophets - they can give people a brand new skin... You must know them, right? Although you have become like this, you actually still have a chance to live. You should understand what I mean."
Li Ang suddenly mentioned Three Prophets.
Of course, we must give hope to a person who is about to die.
Oswood's lifeless pupils seemed to suddenly become shiny. "Yes! Three Prophets! Yes... I still have a chance!"
"I can find Three Prophets. So... I won't ask you anymore. Tell me everything you know. Maybe you still have a chance to survive."
Seeing that he had cheered up a bit, Li Ang quickly asked.
"Aigrem was probably using me to summon a demon as terrifying as it... I heard him talking about 'lover' and 'gatekeeper'. I saw a dark door at that time. After the door opened, there was a terrifying dark abyss, with endless evil spirits howling inside, and a vague gray-white smoke cloud flying towards me. But just when it was about to pounce on me, the door of the abyss was closed..."
Oswood was tongue-tied, so he slowly told what he saw. It was obvious that his desire to live was still there.
"The dark door? What does that door look like?"
Li Ang suddenly seemed to remember something and asked quickly.
"Two doors, each door has a pattern like an eye... glowing..."
Oswood struggled to describe.
"Wait for me for a while... keep an eye on him."
Li Ang suddenly understood, got up and walked to the barracks.
"Elano, give me Heretic Codex..."
Li Ang pushed open the door of the barracks.
Elano was standing in the room holding an oil lamp, seemingly sorting out the wrinkles in his clothes.
Seeing Li Ang push the door in, she turned around and put the oil lamp on the table, picked up Heretic Codex and handed it over, showing a strange smile to Li Ang.
The smile looked forced, like a person who was suffering from illness comforting his relatives.
"Sure enough... this is Abyssal Gate!"
Li Ang didn't notice Elano's weird smile. He directly opened the metal page of the code. After the two metal leaves were spread out, they really looked like two doors.
But when he took the code and turned around to find Oswood, he suddenly caught a glimpse of the shadow on the wall.
Li Ang's heart skipped a beat.
That was his own shadow reflected by the oil lamp.
Behind him, someone was approaching him with a sharp object.
"Elano?!"
Li Ang turned around fiercely, and the Heretic Codex in his hand came out directly, hitting Elano behind him, and then immediately dodged to avoid it.
This was in the camp, and he had no weapons, but this heavy code could still hit someone.
This young female warrior was originally approaching Li Ang with a short spear, but she found Heretic Codex flying towards her.
And her reaction once again surprised Li Ang - Elano dropped the short spear and hurriedly took it from Heretic Codex, as if she didn't dare to let the code fall to the ground.
Taking this opportunity, Li Ang pounced forward and picked up the short spear from the ground.
In a hurry, what was caught was the tip of the spear. Li Ang did not adjust, and directly used the spear as a stick to draw Elano with a powerful and heavy sweep.
At the same time, he shouted loudly, "Here comes someone!"
Li Ang knew very well that Elano was clearly planning to attack him just now. Although he didn't know why, it was appropriate to catch the person first and then proceed.
"Click!"
Unexpectedly, Elano did not dodge at all, but raised his left arm to bear the blow of Li Ang with one hand.
The spear handle broke with a sound - Li Ang used quite a lot of force. He would not hold back on someone who wanted to assassinate him.
This girl is thin and light. If she had not blocked Li Ang's stick with her arm, she would probably have been knocked to the ground.
But after Elano blocked the handle of the spear with his hand, he seemed to be unharmed and was just knocked back a few steps.
Realizing that something was wrong, Li Ang quickly took three steps back and shouted again, "Risadiran!"
Elano showed a strange smile again. Her right hand still held the code in her arms, while her left hand grabbed the table behind her and threw it towards Li Ang.
It was a solid wood desk made of logs, it must have weighed more than a hundred pounds, but it was thrown like a small stone by her with one hand, and it even caused a sharp wind roar!
Obviously this cannot be done forcefully, Li Ang dodged the flying table with a side dive.
"Boom!"
After a loud noise, the heavy desk slammed on the door behind Li Ang, slamming the door shut, which was equivalent to blocking the door from the inside.
The oil lamp originally placed on the table fell to the ground and went out, and the barracks became dark again.
"Are you Three Prophets?!"
Li Ang has already realized that this must be one of Three Prophets: "Stop! I want to talk to you!"