—4E, 201, Last Seed, 20th, 8:00 a.m.

"Big, sir......"

In the early morning when the mountains were still filled with white fog, the sharp-eyed eagles stationed in Longqiao Town caught a suspicious pedestrian who wanted to pass through the town, he claimed to be the farmer of the Western Younis Farm, and had something important to report to the lord in Dugu City, but because he was carrying prohibited items, he was detained and waiting for the barracks commander to deal with it.

"Vanius Younis, a farmer, has a wife and children at home, and has no criminal record." The burly and vicious-looking Tasilius sat behind the table and looked at the trembling man: "Now, tell me what you want to report to Dugu City, and then explain the origin of this thing." ”

"That day......" Younis calmed down, and then he spoke: "I went to buy seeds that day......"

Although he had about typed the draft of what he had said to the leader, he was suddenly stopped by the sharp-eyed eagles and frightened by Tassilius, and the words became inverted and repeated from time to time, but he could finally understand the general meaning.

It probably means that he stumbled upon an abandoned cave near his farm, where people in black robes entered and exited, and strange noises and blue flashes came from time to time in the cave, because he was afraid that the infidels would be entrenched, he had the courage to go to investigate, and picked up a black soul stone at the entrance of the cave, and was too frightened to go deeper, so he set off early in the morning to report to Dugu City.

The so-called soul stone is the product of a summoning mage or some enchanted weapon, which imprisons the soul of a slain beast, monster or undead in it for enchantment or charging magic weapons, and the black color of the soul stone means that it contains human souls, which means that the cave is full of vicious murderers.

"Well, then this matter is caused by—" "...... Let him go and debrief. ”

Tasilius paused and spoke again: "It's up to you to continue to Dugu City to report to the lord, and we will directly send people to deal with this matter." ”

"Thank you, thank you, thank you." Younis thanked him repeatedly, then picked up the Soul Stone as evidence and left the barracks under the guidance of the Sharp-Eyed Eagle soldiers.

"Does Your Highness want him to report on this matter as a reason for us to mobilize the Sharp-Eyed Eagle? You are really considerate, in fact, we don't need to be responsible for Dugu City at all. Tacilius turned his head to look at Emilia, who had been sitting at the table and munching on a doughnut all along, but had never been noticed by the farmer.

"Your Highness won't care about you, gorilla," Palashos, who couldn't be invisible, pushed the door open and walked in from the outside, "Because we can't let too many people know about the vampire in the Songyue Cave, it's just an excuse." ”

“…… Let's keep up with him," Emilia ate the donut in her hand, "He's got the tracking magic those people left behind." ”

......The two sharp-eyed eagle commanders, who had guessed all wrong, looked at each other.

"You can't do this job of tracking, you honestly guard the Dragon Bridge." Palasos reached out and knocked on the heavy armor of Tasilius.

"It seems to be a bit dangerous this time, if you let Her Royal Highness lose a hair, I will hang you on the dragon bridge with my own hands." Tacilius brushed his hand away.

——8:30——

Maybe you should just take this guy down and send out the brothers of the sharp-eyed eagle to sweep the wolf skull cave to the ground, Palathos, who had hastily taken refuge in the woods for the fourth time since Younis had stopped to rest halfway, thought sullenly.

Her Royal Highness the princess followed directly behind Younis but was not discovered at all, but he didn't have that kind of ability, not only to prevent being discovered by the farmer, but also to be wary of the two black-robed people who were tracking him. Why wait for them to make a move on Eunice?

Click, click, click, several white skeletons crawled out of the ground, and at the same time there were two other black-robed men, and the two black-robed people that Palacus had been on guard immediately walked out and surrounded Younis, who was sitting in the resting place completely stunned.

Well, I knew there was something wrong from seeing that soul stone, and sure enough, these people were a strictly forbidden type of mage branch - "necromancer".

The spells they use are different from the "Summoning the Dead" of ordinary summoners, which only continue to maintain the physical activity of the dead creature through magic, and after the magic time limit, the corpse will disappear completely, although disgusted, as long as it is not used in the town cemetery.

These necromancers, on the other hand, are more like worshippers of demon gods, who sacrifice human souls through soul stones, summoning skeletons, angry ghosts, and even completely uncontrolled overlords from a realm of annihilation known as the "Soul Stone Mound" to serve their own purposes, an act that is hated by all the Holy Spirits and even some of the Demon Gods.

And the black soul stone that Younis picked up was obviously used by them as a tracking marker.

"We're going to kill you, and we're going to kill your family—" A hoarse voice and a strange laugh came from under the black robes, and it was clear that Younis's frightened look had entertained the necromancers.

The fate of the group was already sealed, and Palasos circled around the outside, finding no more trackers and ambushes, and when he looked at the ambush circle again, as expected, the necromancers were already dead on the spot, all of them slashing their throats cleanly, and Younis was stupefied again.

"No one will follow you anymore, hurry to Dugu City as soon as possible." In the end, it was Parazos who came out to clean up the pieces, and the sharp-eyed eagle armor he wore was clearly convincing.

There was no doubt that Her Royal Highness had run to clean the cave by herself, and Palasos watched the farmer, who was still trembling for the rest of his life, leave, and only then did he chase after Her Royal Highness who had run away for the first time.

——9:00——

In the cave of the wolf skull, Emilia deliberately looked up when she walked into the cave, and some ancient artificial traces on the roof of the cave were still clearly visible.

It's not a cave, it's because of the ancient tombs that have collapsed in many places, it belongs to a queen, the lord of Dugu City hundreds of years ago, the queen of the wolf's heart, Portmar, although her own body should still be sleeping in the tomb of the temple of Dugu City, but this is a place where her soul lingers, maybe it is related to her life experience.

"Potmar—we call you—" Shortly after entering the cavern, the cavern suddenly opened up, and Emilia was faced with a complex of towers, stone houses, and tombs, and the muffled prayers became clear, and the true colors of the blue light were also clear—the power of the blue souls that was constantly gathering on a tower.

It seems that these necromancers are not satisfied with controlling the weak undead, and intend to sacrifice the soul of the ancient queen to summon the strongest being that can be summoned in the soul stone mound, the "Soul Reager", which is said to be a powerful undead creature that can continuously strengthen itself by killing, if they are really summoned, maybe Dugu City will have a way to resist its attack, but the farms, mines, and sawmills in the vicinity and the laborers who work in them will be dead.

Emilia thought for a moment and continued deeper into the cavern.

"[Continue ~ Continue ~ Hahaha! I'm going back to the world of the living! An old woman's voice came from the huge blue light: "[I will conquer this world again!] 】”

“…… You are not eligible. Emilia said subconsciously,

"Wh

“…… Not? "Her Royal Highness the princess threw away the corpse of the necromancer, tilted her head, and was a little puzzled by her sudden voice, so, who has this qualification?

"Potmar—we call you—"

The closer they got, the noisier the prayers became, sounding completely uncoherent, just repeating the phrase meaninglessly, as if intent on using the strength of the sacrifice to summon the ancient queen.

"Whew-" "Whew! ”

Emilia wiped the neck of a necromancer again, only to find that what he had summoned did not disappear directly, but slashed at it with an axe with a roar.

It wasn't a skeleton, it was a ghoul, and her stealth and illusion methods were probably meaningless in the eyes of these undead creatures with blue fire in their eyes, and it had allowed Emilia to approach because the necromancer hadn't noticed her, and now that she was out of control, she would naturally follow her instincts.

The girl slid behind the ghoul and swung her dagger to cut off the dry corpse's arms, and just as she was about to deliver the dead's fatal blow, an arrow flew and pinned to the ghoul's forehead, knocking it straight down the passage.

"Somebody there!" "We're in trouble?" The ghoul roar and the sound of the subsequent fall alerted the necromancers who were performing the summoning ritual on the tower.

"I'm sorry, Your Highness," Parasos leaned over, looked at Emilia staring at him, and spread his hands, "You're running too fast, and I don't want to be hung on the bridge by that guy from Tacilius." ”

“…… You come to attract attention. The girl said, and the figure became blurred again.

"Okay." Palasos opened his bow and aimed at the vigilant necromancers and their summons in the distance and began to shoot.

"Potmar—we summon you—flesh and blood—soul connection—" Sensing an intrusion, the necromancers around the tower around a circle painted with a vicious wolf's head sped up their incantations, and the huge souls directly above their heads gradually took on the shape of human faces.

"You dared! Due to the haste of preparations, the ancient queen finally discovered their intentions, and although she was furious, she was helpless because she had not really returned, and if she did return immediately, she would have stepped directly into the trap they had prepared, and was in a dilemma: "[I curse you to die a miserable death! 】”

Boom –

As soon as the queen finished speaking, the necromancers who were performing the ceremony fell to the ground one by one with blood in their throats, and only the celebrant of the ceremony saw a petite figure before he lost consciousness.

Is the Queen of Wolf Heart so young? With one last thought, he fell into the Soul Stone Shrine - the souls of the necromancers who had made a deal with the Soul Stone Tomb would not be received by any of the gods.

"Thank you, girl," Parasos rushed up to the tower with his bow and saw the group of spirits laugh and leave, "[We'll meet again—]"