Heroes of Might and Magic: Grand Consul

Chapter 341 The Forgotten Blade
Fao felt ashamed of his previous defeat against Ullr and his subsequent rebirth using a Horcrux.

It's utterly shameful that a Death Knight, leading Dark Cavalry, was defeated by a bunch of low-level troops.

After leaving the ancient ruins, especially with the Nightmare Knight with him, Fao believed that he could go anywhere in the world, let alone the small town of Elton.

He wanted to prove that he, Fao, was the only knight of the ancient ruins.

Faol felt that the heroes outside were nothing special after his duel with Liliana and his sweeping victory over the Bastion Legion, fighting his way through countless enemy troops.

Once we reach the valley, we will contact our accomplices within the kingdom and raise the banner of rebellion. We can then emerge from the ancient ruins, unleash the undead calamity, and expand the cemetery's influence.

The seal is almost completely broken now. Once the Kuraki Castle is destroyed, he can escape perfectly. He doesn't understand why he should stay in this small ruin, being controlled by others.

The Death Knight's confidence had reached its peak, but when facing the Night King, it was instantly shattered.

With the Vampire Prince's strength, he not only has high attack and defense, but also high health. His Blood Source Poison and Noble Prince are both abnormal skills, which are very effective against Nightmare Knight.

Even though the Nightmare Knight is powerful, it is still a level 6 unit. The Vampire Prince's percentage-based health reduction is very effective. What's worse is that the attack doesn't reflect, preventing the Nightmare Knight from maximizing its damage. It is also affected by the speed reduction, which is extremely frustrating.

Furthermore, while curses and death strikes can indeed weaken vampires and deal high damage, the probability of triggering them is not high when facing vampires with low morale.

The two sides became entangled and engaged in a chaotic battle.

The Nightmare Knight, standing atop flames and surrounded by protective stone skin, wielded his deadly longsword. The vampire, though wounded to the bone, was unharmed by the fatal blow and used its claws to pierce the Nightmare Beast's body and tear at the knight's neck.

The inability to resurrect the undead is a disadvantage in civil war, but considering that they also benefit from a lack of morale, the disadvantages are somewhat offset.

In short, it's a hand-to-hand combat battle to see who can withstand more beatings.

Based on their current stats, the vampire completely overwhelms the Dark Knight and Nightmare Knight. Except for a slight lack of damage, the vampire is the clear winner in every other aspect.

But what's truly terrifying about the Nightmare Knight is that it can enjoy double the earth element magic bonus, Stone Skin for +12 defense, and Divine Shield for +60% melee damage reduction.

Seeing the unfavorable situation, Uli immediately activated his protective shield, providing a comprehensive boost to his troops. The Nightmare Knights were enveloped in flames and solid rocks, greatly increasing their combat capabilities.

Stone Skin is manageable, but the Protective Shield is a bit overpowered. Even with the vampire's attack power, it can't effectively deal damage after reducing the damage by 60%.

Fortunately, the prince possesses a special skill that deals percentage-based damage to enemies; otherwise, it would have been quite difficult to defeat him.

Liliana wanted to use exorcism magic, but she didn't have water elemental mastery and couldn't dispel the magical status effects on the enemy troops.

Therefore, she could only use deadly bewitchment to control the Nightmare Knights to kill each other.

Overall, the two sides fought fiercely, and neither could gain the upper hand in the short term. However, the vampire's health was too high, which countered the Nightmare Knight's most powerful skill, Ferocious Flame, preventing it from snowballing its power and allowing it to unleash its full potential.

Faced with this stalemate, the power of Titan's Arrow became apparent. Every so often, Su Mu would unleash a thunderous attack once his curse power was fully charged.

Even Nightmare Knights would lose at least six. These weren't cheap expendable skeletons or zombies; each Dark Knight was a formidable opponent, capable of taking on hundreds, not to mention the powerful Dual Elemental Baptism Knights. To be so easily worn down like this, Fao's heart bled.

Since the start of the war, Su Mu has used Titan's Arrow three times, killing approximately 20 Nightmare Knights in total. Even all the vampires combined couldn't take down that many Nightmare Knights, demonstrating just how terrifying level 5 air magic is.

But faced with Su Mu's extreme pressure, Fao also used his trump card magic: "Spirit Gathering Technique!"

Fao finally used his unique skill to revive the Nightmare Knights who had been damaged. Countless gates of ghostly flames opened on the battlefield, and the knights, who had been shattered into pieces, returned to the battlefield riding terrifying Nightmare Beasts.

"The Eye of Oblivion!"

Even more terrifying, the Nightmare Knight gained the Forgetting Enchantment, its longsword flashing a dark red light, and after slashing, it could make vampires forget some of their special abilities.

【法奥·阿尔维斯（死亡骑士）：攻击7（18），防御6（16），咒力8（19），知识5（11）

Element: Death.

Advanced Necromancy: 30% (70%) of enemy troops killed in battle are transformed into friendly skeletons.

Advanced Black Knight: For every 5 points of attack and defense attributes a hero has, the attack and defense of Dark Knights (including upgraded units) are increased by 1 point, and the chance of being cursed is increased by 1%.

Advanced Spirit Gatherer: For every 3 points of Attack Power a hero has, when casting the Spirit Gathering Technique, the hero gains a 20% increase in resurrection effect.

Advanced Forgotten Blade (Deceptive Inheritance): Designates a special legion to gain the Forgotten Enchantment. When attacking enemy units, it causes the enemy units to forget one trait after dealing a certain amount of damage (if the enemy has more than one trait, it will be forgotten randomly).
Advanced Earth Element Mastery, Advanced Fire Element Mastery.

Under the powerful attack of the Forgotten Blade, some vampires lost their initial skills essential for survival. Some no longer attack or retaliate, suffering fatal counterattacks immediately after attacking Nightmare Knights; some forgot their Prince title, unable to deal percentage-based damage; and others lost their Bloodlust, which should be the least affected skill, as they cannot drain blood in undead civil war.

With the combined boosts of recovery and forgetfulness, the Nightmare Knight rallied and regained the upper hand.

Although Faol doesn't have the ability to forget heroes' skills like Ullr, his Forgotten Blade is still very powerful, and can even suppress the vampire army in crucial moments.

"Nightmare Knights, charge with me! Skin the vampires and make cloaks from their hides!"

Fao commanded Nightmare and Dark Knights, charging towards the vampire army. He felt victory was assured. As long as the vampire prince was wiped out, the other counts were insignificant; even without using Oblivion, they would struggle to harm level 6 units.

Just as he stepped through the raging flames and charged into the vampire army, intending to kill the vampire prince in one fell swoop, an invisible wave of water spread across the battlefield, reducing all magic to nothingness.

Liliana and the Nightmare Knight had already clashed, so how could Su Mu not have a protective shield?

The embarrassment just now was only to get Fao to use more magic to dispel it together.

The enchantment on the Blade of Oblivion is also a buff spell, and it is countered by the exorcism spell with advanced water elemental mastery.

Fao believed that no one could restrain him and used many buff spells on the Nightmare Knight, which have now been reduced to zero.

Although Death Knights have treasures that boost their knowledge, these spells are quite costly, especially the Blade of Oblivion, which must be used only at crucial moments.

In fact, the best effect of the Forgotten Blade must be combined with the magic resistance spell of a hero with high spell power to ensure its output. Unfortunately, Fa'ao was careless and did not use the magic resistance spell immediately in order to save mana.

However, given Su Mu's curse power, even if Alchemy used his anti-magic technique, it would be to no avail.

A single spell could change the course of the battle, and the Nightmare Knight was immediately surrounded.

(End of this chapter)