Chapter 949: Powerful Aura, Negative Energy Transformation

Savile Town, the original site of the Tower of Time.

After Xia Duo brought Archmage Olong and Priest Morton to the riverbank, Niya and Aiboke both came forward to pay their respects, and as before, Archmage Olong acted as the intermediary for communication.

Afterwards, after Priest Morton observed the riverbank for a moment, Archmage Olong relayed Priest Morton's request: "Evacuate all soldiers, the fewer people left behind, the better!"

"Then what about these Murlocs?" Niya glanced at the Murlocs on the shore that were still continuously "throwing their lives away," feeling somewhat worried.

"Do not worry, just do as he says!"

As an old Mage who had been struggling and climbing the ranks in the Arcane Union for decades, even if Olong could not discern Niya's thoughts, considering that it was indeed inconvenient to evacuate soldiers who were currently in battle, he summoned a giant ape-like creature to temporarily take over the defensive line.

Seeing this scene, the Savile soldiers were not very afraid; instead, they became even more excited. Unless an ordinary person became an Adventurer and traveled to various places to explore, how could they ever see such a monster!

Being able to fight alongside a monster was also quite a good topic of conversation for later leisure time. After the evacuation order was issued, some people even deliberately delayed, just wanting to stay a little longer to gain more to talk about.

Such people certainly could not avoid a reprimand from their officers, but looking at their grinning faces, perhaps in their eyes, being scolded was also a topic of conversation.

There were those who wanted to delay and stay, and naturally, there were those who ran away immediately upon hearing they could evacuate, as well as those who fell somewhere in between.

But regardless, the final evacuation concluded quite successfully, and even Keyaan, the commander of all the soldiers, left as well.

On the scene, only Xia Duo, Niya, Aiboke, Saier Town Mayor, Bishop Anbulier, Archmage Olong, and Priest Morton remained.

Of course, there was also that giant ape-like beast summoned by Archmage Olong.

……

"Let us step back a bit!" Olong suddenly reminded them.

Xia Duo hurriedly pulled Niya to stand further back. He roughly guessed what Priest Morton wanted to do. If it was truly as he thought, perhaps the Murloc Tide could be resolved very soon!

By the time Xia Duo and the others had retreated to the corner of the temporary barracks wall that guarded the Portal, Priest Mote, who remained on the shore, finally erupted with a peculiar aura.

This aura went deep into the heart; compared to the mental pressure Xia Duo felt when he had locked eyes with him earlier, it was even heavier, giving one the urge to turn and run.

Almost instantly, dense Magic Auras erupted one after another on Xia Duo and the others. The Pioneer Scepter in Xia Duo's hand stirred the surrounding Magic Net on its own, providing him with stronger protective power.

And the others also had their own ways of responding: Niya's mental Amulet hanging around her neck was activated, and Olong and Aiboke both had Amulets hanging from their waists.

As for Bishop Anbulier, he was the most composed; only a touch of holy radiance appeared above his head, spilling over his entire body, and he made no other movements.

The only one who had some trouble was Saier Town Mayor. After Morton erupted with that peculiar aura, a ring on Saier Town Mayor's hand burst immediately.

And the other Amulet hanging around his neck and tucked into his clothes also had very unstable light on it, seemingly on the verge of shattering at any moment.

Magic Items naturally could not be hidden from a Spellcaster's Magic Vision. The faint blue light produced by the Magic Net Strings gathered upon them was just like fireflies in the dark night, impossible to be more conspicuous.

Even if hidden under clothes, it was the same.

"Uncle Saier, you should leave first!" Niya now knew that Priest Morton's earlier request for others to evacuate was not necessarily to keep some secret, but rather a form of protection.

Hearing Niya's words, Saier felt as if he had been granted an amnesty. He took one last look with fearful eyes at the thin figure standing not far away on the riverbank, and then ran away without looking back.

……

After Saier left, everyone held their breath. Even that giant beast, which had just been flicking the Murlocs coming ashore back into the water and occasionally picking up a few to stuff into its mouth, became inexplicably quiet.

As for the Murlocs, they had dared to charge even at the giant beast they clearly could not contend with, but now they were like quails scared silly, not daring to move at all.

And apart from those intelligent Murlocs who had awakened self-awareness, the unintelligent Murlocs were also oppressed by this peculiar aura, becoming timid and shrinking back; not one dared to come ashore again.

At this moment, whether or not he had received further instructions from Priest Morton, Archmage Olong sent that giant beast to where it belonged.

Xia Duo vaguely felt it was like the Astral Plane. He had been right next to him when it was summoned earlier and had already gained some understanding of the partial details of this Spell, but it was much more complex than the normal elements for linking to the Astral Plane.

However, this was not the best time to study this issue. He saw Priest Morton, after the Archmage Olong's summoned creature left, raise his palm toward the river water in front of him.

Subsequently, a wisp of dim and mysterious Holy Power flowed from his palm, spreading toward the river water. Appearing simultaneously with the Death Holy Power was an almost endless amount of Negative Energy.

Seeing this scene, Xia Duo subconsciously wanted to move his feet. This antithesis of life was something he did not want to touch in the slightest, even though he knew that a small amount of contact would not actually have much of an impact.

Even if utilized properly, it could potentially have a beneficial side.

But the instinct of life still made Xia Duo feel great aversion toward Negative Energy. Just as he was hesitating whether to suggest that everyone retreat a bit further, the holy radiance spilling from the top of Bishop Anbulier's head suddenly expanded, completely enveloping the small area where everyone was located.

This Holy Light felt to Xia Duo as if he were under the midday sun; it was not only warm but also banished any possible Negative Energy.

However, while Xia Duo's side had the protection of the Holy Power Domain, those Murlocs were in for a miserable time.

Especially since those Murlocs were the primary targets of Priest Morton's attention, the changes appeared almost visibly to the naked eye.

He saw those Murlocs, after being swept by the Negative Energy, have their originally fresh bodies wither instantly, turning into dried corpses.

But it did not end there; a continuous stream of Negative Energy poured out from Priest Morton's palm, performing a Baptism and transformation on those dried corpses.

Subsequently, some of the dried corpses turned into zombies, some turned into skeletons, and some turned into powder. In just a moment, all the Murlocs in that section of the river channel in front of the original site of the Tower of Time, except for a small portion that failed, were all transformed into Undead.

And immediately following that, Priest Morton seemed to have cast some kind of Divine Magic, using a greater amount of Holy Power, rather than just that single wisp used to open the Negative Energy channel.

Under the effect of the unknown Divine Magic, red light soon lit up in the eye sockets of those Murloc Undead, occasionally flickering, as they tilted their heads as if thinking about something.