On the next journey, the post road itself was well repaired, and the carriage kept moving smoothly, and Zhao Xu and his party stayed in the carriage, which also isolated the outside from the snow.

Only occasionally can the sound of the hooves of the horses following them be faintly heard.

It wasn't until it was about to approach Frostdew that the whole carriage jerked and stopped.

This change instantly made everyone in the carriage feel like they were facing a great enemy, and they all hurriedly held their weapons and prepared to be on guard.

"What's going on?" Zhao Xu immediately asked in a low voice.

"My lord, there were a few wild wolves just around the stump in front of you. But as soon as we got closer, the wolves were frightened and ran away, but the horses were also frightened and stopped. ”

The groom seemed a little incredulous, and after a pause, he continued, "It looks like a dead body is tied to the stump, but it looks like a lamb. ”

"Let's go check it out." Zhao Xu was keenly aware of the slightest mistake.

Eliton tilted his head suddenly, he had the impression that Mr. Midsummer never cared too much about.

I had just heard the exclamations of the voices, and I was involved in Mrs. Betty's matter.

Zheng Xinyun followed silently, and she was trained as a pastor, and she had a clear idea at this time: "Wolves hunting will not tie lambs to tree stumps." And this place is not hilly terrain, so it is strange for lambs to appear. ”

"What does it have to do with it?" Eliton asked rhetorically.

At this time, Zheng Xinyun lowered her head slightly, and the eyes became more serious, "Some kind of sacrifice?" ”

Suddenly, Mrs. Betty, who was holding her young son and didn't want to move, changed her face.

She directly touched the partition of the carriage, and through the coolness of her fingertips, she understood that there was an additional steel plate on it, which was very strong.

She gently put down the child she was holding in her arms, showed a soft look, and followed everyone out of the carriage together.

Immediately, she signaled to the cavalry who had followed this time to take care of the carriage.

After her reorganization of Zhao'an, in addition to her original nine guards all changed to war horses, she also specially added three cavalrymen who were good at defense to follow them.

As for the rest of the cavalry, she had arranged for them to go elsewhere.

After getting out of the carriage, Zhao Xu found that the place where he temporarily stopped on the post road was farther away was the cemetery with many tombstones, and he thought that this was the place where the residents of nearby Shuanglu Town buried their relatives.

After the death of Arthur's residents, only a few chose cremation, and most of them chose to be buried in the ground.

It's just that the three-ring magic and four-ring arcane art of "manipulating dead corpses" is prestigious, and Zhao Xu alone can use it now.

He is directly able to convert the bones or corpses of dead creatures into skeletons or zombies, and will also take his commands.

This is also the key spell for the necromancer to form an undead legion.

A spell like Zhao Xu's Evoking High Necromancy is just to create a powerful undead creature. He still relied on the staff of necromancy combined with the fragments of the godhead to drive the other party.

Therefore, most people who choose burial will consider avoiding the risk of the corpse being transformed into an undead creature in the future.

Eventually, most civilians would choose to be buried in a designated area divided by the church.

At this time, Zhao Xu walked in front of the corpse of the lamb that had been disemboweled, gnawed and gnawed, and observed carefully.

After a while, several other people approached and observed.

The other horsemen were in charge of keeping an eye on the surroundings and guarding the carriages, and Chuck, the captain of the guard who was more experienced in the safety of Mrs. Betty, also came over and observed.

Zhao Xu initially paid attention to this level 1 warrior with a beard, but he didn't feel much at ease.

"Can you see that?" Zhao Xu asked, standing next to the carcass of a lamb that was already a little rotten and had flies flying on it.

When Mrs. Betty saw this, she couldn't help but feel dizzy in her mind, and when she finally stood firm, she hurriedly covered her mouth and nose with her sleeve.

Eliton, who had experienced great trauma, did not have any psychological obstacles at this time, so he came directly to Zhao Xu, and even took out a glove and put it on, and moved the wound of the disemboweled lamb.

Zheng Xinyun has been staying in the church for most of these days, and this is the first time she has seen this kind of bloody scene, although she is not fainting, her head is still a little numb.

After slowly holding her breath, she also squatted down and leaned against Zhao Xu's side to observe.

Regarding the performance of the two, Zhao Xu nodded silently.

Because of Arthur's authenticity, players will feel unwell when they first come into contact with corpses, especially human ones.

Generally, students can adapt to medical treatment without barriers, and others often need to undergo some psychological adjustment.

Even after crossing over, many players didn't dare to really cut it down when they were fighting people because they realized that this was a real world, and they hesitated for a while, and there were also examples of being killed by others.

"It's like two injuries." After looking at the different shapes of the wound, Eliton deduced his own conclusions.

It just so happened that in the instructor course, he also practiced the human body structure, which is no stranger to it.

"That's right." Zhao Xu confirmed.

"Someone must have tied this lamb to this stump." Eliton pointed to the thick hemp rope that strangled the lamb's neck, the knot that was deliberately used to tie it tighter and tighter the more you struggled.

The other end of the hemp rope is fixed to a dead tree stump that is only half a man high.

"The deliberately tied knot shows that it is not temporarily fixed at all, and it is completely planned to just put this lamb here and let it be slaughtered." Zhao Xu added analysis.

"So this lamb was immediately preyed, and we just saw the carcass of the lamb after the wolves left, which was actually the second predation." Zheng Xinyun also reacted, "Is it because of sacrifice?" That's why I picked it around the cemetery. ”

At this time, her whole body was also awake.

Even when she first entered the game, she understood that Arthur's involvement in ritual sacrifice was never a trivial matter.

"Quite the opposite."

At this time, Zhao Xu stood up, his gaze crossed the tombstones planted in the low mounds, and his gaze went all the way to the end, falling in the silent valley farther away.

"The cemetery itself is magically blessed. For example, the Second Ring's 'Consecration', which blesses an area with positive energy so that it cannot transform into undead, has the disadvantage that it only lasts for two hours per level and has a limited range. ”

"And the Holy Abode Technique of the Five Rings, in addition to being able to solidify the spells of 'Detection Magic', 'Assistance Technique', and 'Anti-Death Enchantment', is that it can also make an area unable to transform into undead creatures, but this is also common in the cemeteries of nobles."

"Considering the cost and area issues, most of the cemeteries of civilians are blessed with similar rituals, and the disadvantage is that it may not be able to completely avoid transforming into undead creatures, but the difficulty of transformation will increase dramatically, and the coverage can also be very wide."

Saying that, Zhao Xu turned his head and looked at the rest of the people, "Therefore, the other party didn't want this bitten lamb to be abnormal, so he deliberately chose the vicinity of the cemetery." Otherwise, there are intact trees further away, where the bondage is not easy for the lamb to break free. ”

Zhao Xu's analysis, his team members all nodded, while Mrs. Betty echoed with a stiff smile.

Zhao Xu, who saw this scene, was already stunned.

It's just that when he first gave Mrs. Betty a "hint technique", in order to reduce the rebellion of the other party who had just heard the "old witch".

Therefore, the spell he arranged was of the "trigger" type, and only after Mrs. Betty arrived in Frostdew Town, the thoughts revealed by Zhao Xu would germinate under the effect of suggestion.

Even if they don't reach Frostdew Town during the 12-hour spell duration, the suggestion will be invalidated.

Therefore, this connection has already made Zhao Xu suspect the suspicion of the old ghost woman.

"Captain, there's a dilapidated hut nearby, but we didn't go in and search it." At this time, two cavalrymen patrolling the neighborhood returned to report.

"Lady Betty, I'm afraid we'll have to investigate, your people can be stationed here, and if there's a problem, just send a signal." Zhao Xu said kindly at this time, but his expression was very playful.

Mrs. Betty shook her head, "No, let's go together, and it is our honor to cooperate with your actions, Mr. Priest." ”

"Let's go, Lady Betty." Zhao Xu really needs the information of the other party at a critical time, so he invites him directly.

No one present dared to question Zhao Xu for being nosy.

In fact, when a pastor discovers such an incident involving an evil sacrifice, he does not pay attention to it and does not investigate it, then it is a false pastor.

Zhao Xu's performance is extremely reasonable in the eyes of everyone. Because this is no longer a simple case of the lamb being eaten.

"I'll be at the front, and you'll follow." After thinking about it, Zhao Xu still commanded.

At this time, he estimated the situation, and it happened that this place was not far from Frostdew Town, so he directly began to cast spells on himself.

"Energy Protection!"

As a cloud of glow was mapped into Zhao Xu's body, it directly made him immune to the attribute damage caused by the subsequent use of the "Super Demon Control" ability.

But then he didn't continue to rush to cast spells, he needed to wait for a key specialty to arrive.

He stared directly at his character card panel in silence.

When he is promoted to level 6, he gets a multiplier of every 3 level, which can be obtained as a character level bonus specialty.

Previously, the level 5 mage super magic specialty, he chose "spell durability", and the "Iron Will" specialty was exchanged for "spell instantaneous".

And this time, the level 6 specialty, he directly chose the lowest difficulty, basically everyone has no threshold to master, but he just uses the costly "spell upgrade".

After reading the texts of this specialty in the carriage, combined with the characteristics of this specialty that he had used to simulate with potential points.

Everything was just as Zhao Xu expected, he rushed to Frostdew Town before he arrived at Frostdew Town, and this prompt came to his mind.

[Adventurer Midsummer, you have obtained the 'Spell Upgrade' specialty (level 6 character specialty.'] 】