Chapter 1010: Hidden Dangers
Crossing the southern woods is almost impossible for the average person to do, but for Linton riding a dragon there is hardly any difficulty, the only obstacle is that the travel time is too long.
Linton didn't expect this forest to be so big, no wonder it was a natural barrier that no one could pass through. Linton flew for several hours to cross the entire forest, this distance is indeed a bit exaggerated, no wonder Dotman said that it is faster to take a boat, of course, he said that it is faster to sail for 2 months.
Yes, the ship from the Holy Empire of Ilan to the Kingdom of Limar will take 2 months to arrive, Dotman said that he went there once when he was young, and now he can't go, the wind and waves at sea are really exaggerated, and he estimates that he will die on the ship. If it weren't for that, he would have gone by himself.
Although he couldn't go there in person, Dotman did provide some information about the Kingdom of Limar, but this was information from decades ago. According to him, the kingdom of Limar is a somewhat special kingdom, and this kingdom is made up of a mixture of people of two races. One of them is a Terran, and the other is a scaly man.
This scaly man feels like a race between humans and dragonmen, the long Bisaurians are close to the human race, with scales on their bodies, and the origin and bloodline are not very clear, because only the Kingdom of Limar has such a race, and this kingdom is relatively closed. And according to Dotman, in the Kingdom of Limar, the status of the Scales is even higher than that of the Terrans, because the royal family of that kingdom seems to be the Scales.
Of course, that's what I said, and what Linton saw when he arrived was completely different from what Dotman said. After crossing the forest, Linton searched all the way along the coast, and finally found the first city, but when he reached the top of the city, Linton found that the city was dead silent, and there was no sense of activity of living creatures at all. Not only that, but the city seems to have been attacked, and a lot of buildings have been destroyed, but this is not a recent thing, it should have been a while.
Flying around the city in the air, it was surprising that no corpses were found in the city, but Linton also saw a lot of animals moving around the city, and it is estimated that the corpses and the like were almost eaten.
This situation is a bit worse, this Kingdom of Limar should not have been destroyed, and it seems that this situation is not a recent thing, can there be anything else to be found? The situation on the side of the Kingdom of Limar is really not clear even to Dotman, who has been here, let alone Linton. Is there any other country in the vicinity of this side besides the Kingdom of Limar, who destroyed the Kingdom of Limar, Linton doesn't know at all, so what should be done now, Linton is also a little out of line.
After thinking about it, Linton decided to go to the neighborhood to see if he could find other cities in the Kingdom of Limar and see what the situation was over there, it might just be that this city was destroyed or something, and the Kingdom of Limar may not have been destroyed. So Linton set out again, moving westward, for there was a clear road to the west of the city, which was supposed to lead to a nearby city or country.
Just after flying out for a while, Linton, who was searching in the air, suddenly noticed the movement below. From a distance, Linton saw that not far ahead, several wolf-like demonic beasts were hunting, and the object of their hunting looked like a person. It was obvious that the man who was being hunted was running away, and the wolves behind were chasing after him, and the speed of the roundup was not very fast, it was obvious that these wolves were chasing their prey, and he was exhausted from chasing before he started.
Then Linton must be in charge of this matter, and finally saw a person, Linton didn't know who to ask about the situation, and suddenly a living person appeared, and Linton of course flew over immediately.
Before the people arrived, the wild wolves who were rounding up their prey had already sensed that something was wrong, and turned their heads to see that a dragon flew directly towards them. The person being chased seemed to have seen this situation, and he was directly paralyzed on the ground by fright.
After knowing that it was close, Linton could see the person being chased clearly. It was a boy who looked to be thirteen or fourteen years old, wearing a pair of torn trousers from top to bottom, and it was about to be torn into strips of cloth. With a simple wooden shield and spear in his hand, he looks like a wild man. Of course, Linton also noticed the scales on the upper half of the other party's fruit dew, this should be the scaly man that Dotman said, it is indeed similar to a human being, but there are scales on the body, and this scale is indeed quite like a dragon scale, maybe it really has dragon blood?
"Can you speak?" Linton asked directly.
"Huh?" The other party was stunned, as if he hadn't noticed that there was actually a person on top of the dragon, and he didn't react until Linton opened his mouth, looked up at Linton in surprise, and was a little stunned for a while.
"Are you from the Kingdom of Limar?" Linton jumped off the dragon, looked at the boy, and asked again. When asking, Linton also looked at it briefly, the boy had several wounds on his body, but they should all be skin injuries, and the main situation was still a little out of strength, not very serious. These scales are supposed to be somewhat defensive, and his body may be a little stronger than a human's.
"Yes...... Who are you, my lord? The boy asked.
"I am a member of the Holy Empire of Elam to the north." Linton said.
"The Holy Empire of Elan?" The boy looked confused, obviously he had never heard of the name. This is also relatively normal, because most people on the side of the Holy Empire of Ilan have not heard from the Kingdom of Limar either.
"What's going on here?" Linton asked directly, "Do you know that the city over there has been destroyed?" ”
"That's where I escaped." Seeing that Linton was still friendly, the boy here relaxed a little and replied.
"Escaped?" Linton asked, "What's the matter, has it been invaded by people from another country?" ”
"Yes...... The owner of Castle Black. The boy said.
"Castle Black?" Linton was stunned.
"An evil necromancer."
"Necromancer?" Linton was slightly stunned. Linton had heard about necromancers before, so he was almost mistaken for a necromancer. According to what I heard before, necromancy is a forbidden spell in the entire continent, and not only the Church of Light cannot tolerate it, but also the various other churches.
Because he was also involved in this aspect of the situation, Linton had also inquired about some things before. The necromancer has disappeared from the mainland for a long time, and even many people think that the necromancer has completely disappeared, so Linton's previous situation has not been discovered, because not many people will think about it in that direction.
Linton didn't expect to find a necromancer here, but after thinking about it, this is indeed a good place to develop. The Kingdom of Limar is so remote that it is almost isolated from the rest of the continent, according to the boy, this necromancer began to wreak havoc in this country a year ago, but until now, no news has spread, and even the Holy Empire of Ilan, which is closest to them, has not received any reports, let alone other countries.
Necromancers need to be developed, and the first thing they need is a large number of corpses, so the current situation is estimated that a necromancer has discovered this suitable place for development, and after some years of preparation, he has now occupied the entire country.
The boy in front of him is called Reed, and a year ago he was one of the residents of the fishing port city that Linton saw before, but a year ago, suddenly a large number of undead creatures invaded one day, and the entire city was overwhelmed by the army of the undead, and only a small number of people escaped from the city, Reed was one of them. He lives in the mountains now, and he doesn't dare to go back to the city at all, and there are only six or seven old and sick people who escaped with him, and he is the only one who can go out to hunt, so he will come out to hunt, but he didn't expect to be besieged by wild wolves, and he almost lost his life.
Judging from Reed's description, the number of undead armies controlled by this necromancer is already very large, to the point where it can wipe out the entire city in an instant. has reached such a scale, then the army of the undead is undoubtedly terrifying, and the situation after that is estimated to be a snowball, getting bigger and bigger, Linton estimates that the country may have really been destroyed.
Touching his chin, Linton was no longer thinking about artifacts. What is the necromancer's next step now that he has destroyed a country? According to general speculation, it is probably a continuation of expansion, right, if it is expansion, what about that expansion? Yes, first of all, it is their Holy Empire of Ilan.
Crossing the Great Forest to the north here is the boundary of the Holy Empire of Ilan, if this necromancer really has the heart, the first target is naturally over there, otherwise would the undead also go out by boat? Crossing the Great Forest is indeed difficult for ordinary humans, but it is not impossible for the forces of the undead.
It was already a year ago that the city next to it was destroyed, so this necromancer may have been preparing for the expansion plan for a long time, and if he hadn't discovered it himself, then it was very likely that the Holy Empire of Ilan would suddenly face a large number of undead from the south, and this matter would suddenly become a little troublesome.
Of course, it's good that I came here by mistake, and when the army of the undead has been formed, it's really a very troublesome thing, but for Linton, it's not a big deal.
Thinking of meeting the necromancer first, Linton asked Reed where the other party might be, and then Linton learned of a more surprising situation.
"Flying Castle?" Linton was stunned, because according to Reed's statement, the black castle controlled by the necromancer was a huge castle flying in the sky, "This is awesome." ”