Pya watched with satisfaction as he and the warlocks he brought jointly summoned the giant centipede.
That is the most terrifying monster in the Alzur's Double Cross summoning technique-Viy.
It is also its kind that reduced half of Maribor to wasteland.
Pya watched the Viy crash into the castle, although due to the distance, he could not hear the screams coming from inside, nor could he clearly see the specific battle situation.
But as long as you see the flying dust that covers the sky, you can guess that a massacre must be taking place in the castle.
But at this moment, a crack suddenly tore open in the sky above Kaer Morhen Castle in the distance.
From a distance where Pya is, you might not notice this crack as anything.
But if you happen to be in the castle and look up to the sky, you will definitely be shocked by the shocking length of the crack.
The crack opened to both sides, revealing one of the huge eyes.
Countless shadow hands fell down like threads, wrapping around the body of Viy who was wreaking havoc in the castle.
Viy naturally resisted and struggled desperately.
But those shadow hands looked slender and fragile, but they seemed to be indestructible specifically for Viy. After grabbing Viy, the shadow hands slowly pulled it back in the direction of the huge eye in the sky until it was pulled deep into the eye.
The next moment, the eyes closed and the crack disappeared.
It's like nothing happened.
Looking at the strange scene that just happened in the sky, Pya was stunned for a moment.
Then his face turned pale and he spat out a mouthful of blood.
The chaotic magic power that was originally as docile as a sheep in his body suddenly seemed to be out of control, running rampant through his body.
The other warlocks involved in casting the spell were even more unbearable and died of vomiting blood due to the backlash of the magic.
Pya An exquisite amulet worn around his neck emitted a soft light at this moment, which gradually calmed down the violent chaotic magic.
And there was a hint of horror in his eyes at this time.
"It turned out to be Counter-Summoning Spell."
Counter-Summoning Spell is a magic spell specially invented by Brotherhood of Sorcerers to deal with the summoning spell of Alzur's Double Cross.
Viy is not a natural organism, it is not even descended from Conjunction of the Spheres.
It was summoned by Alzur from a place named Subspace.
When Viy was first summoned to the world, many warlocks tried to study it, and as a result they all paid with their lives for their curiosity:
This creature from Subspace is extremely resistant to magic. Even powerful magic released by high-level warlocks cannot cause substantial damage to it.
Finally, in order to drive this overly dangerous creature out of the world, the core members of Brotherhood of Sorcerers paid a heavy price before inventing Counter-Summoning Spell, which was specifically designed to target Subspace creatures.
But the problem is that to drive Counter-Summoning Spell, it is not enough to use magic materials, it must be done at the cost of one's own life.
If you say this, doesn't it mean that all the warlocks stationed in Kaer Morhen Castle...
Just as Pya's thoughts were racing, suddenly, two nobles each grabbed one of Pya's arms, held his back, and pressed him down hard.
Pya was confused for a moment.
And when he reacted, another nobleman covered his mouth with an iron-gloved hand.
No matter how powerful a warlock is, he still needs to recite incantations and gestures to release magic.
Both are indispensable.
If a warlock's hands and mouth are both controlled, it won't make much difference whether he has Dimeritium or not.
Pya struggled desperately and tried to resist.
As a high-level warlock, his magic and knowledge naturally far exceed those of the nobles, but how could he possibly be as strong as the nobles, and there are three of them.
Without saying anything, Vadislaus first took out a dagger, stabbed it into Pya's stomach, and then twisted it hard.
Pya's body struggled even more fiercely, but he still couldn't escape the control of the three nobles.
Vadislaus held the dagger upright and cut open Pya's belly and chest.
Blood and internal organs flowed all over the floor.
At this time, the king nodded towards the nobles.
Only then did the latter let go of Pya.
Seeing the bald warlock falling face first and bleeding out from his body, Vadislaus coldly dropped the blood-stained dagger.
"If what you want is gold, the gracious King will grant your request."
"But you dare to covet my throne, then don't blame me for being ruthless."
"Do you think I really don't know what you are planning?"
"The witchers are breeding in my territory. I can't just sit back and watch, but what makes you think that I can continue to tolerate your offense after you extend your hand into my palace?"
In this era, any king will try his best to marry off his daughters when they are a little older.
There are two main reasons for this:
First, there are always various princesses in the royal family, and scandals with certain nobles or ministers in the palace are spread repeatedly.
If the scandal spreads to the point where everyone knows about it, then the princess will no longer be able to get married.
No prince would want a princess like this.
Secondly, it is because of the position under my butt.
If the princess becomes the queen of another country without getting married, she will naturally compete for her father's position.
It is not that similar things have never happened in history.
The most famous example is the infamous Falca.
She is the princess born of Vridank, the seventh king of Redania, and a low-class half-elf girl.
Vridank didn't turn the half-elf girl into a queen, but she fell in love with someone else.
Falca and her mother had to leave Redania.
When he grew up, Falca launched a rebellion in order to regain his inheritance rights.
This rebellion soon spread to the entire north, and more and more peasants who were dissatisfied with the nobles joined the rebellion.
In that era of war and chaos, the distance between kings, nobles and peasants had never been so close.
The king was killed, the nobles were killed, and many magicians were killed.
In the end, as long as they are unwilling to join the rebels, they will all become the dead souls of the rebels.
Of course, the rebellion was eventually suppressed.
Falca himself was also sent to the stake and burned alive.
But because the rebellion caused by Falca was too large, many nobles, wealthy businessmen, and warlocks died because of her, so she got a nickname called "Bloody Falca".
This rebellion is also known as "Bloody Falca's Rebellion".
This is a gory example.
Since Bloody Falca's Rebellion, no king has dared to keep his daughter until adulthood.
Instead, they are usually used as bargaining chips to make agreements with neighboring countries when they are still in their carefree childhood.
"Pile their corpses together and burn them. Then tell the Academy of Ben Ard that all their people died in the siege of Kaer Morhen."
One noble couldn't help but worry. "Will they believe it?"
said the king with a sneer.
"So many of our people have died, and the dean of the Aretuza Academy also ran away. Isn't this convincing enough?"
"Besides, you can't tell what kind of virtue these warlocks have? Their pursuit of power has surpassed their thirst for knowledge about magic."
"Pya died, and the position of Dean Ben Ade became vacant. The other warlocks in the college who are eyeing the position of dean will take this opportunity to fight to the death. Maybe they will thank us instead."