Chapter 12: The Bone Vulture
There are many migrating people, and even the knights under Roy and the knight squires can't take care of them everywhere.
Roy had 50 knights and all the squires walk at the back of the line, with 19 knights in front of him leading the way, and then selected sturdy men from among the people to defend the flanks, and let the women, old and children take turns to rest on the horned camel cart in the middle.
After three or four hours of walking, it was already completely dark, and the sky was cloudy today, and the moonlight was not very bright.
Roy hurriedly had the torches lit and set up camp here.
The people of this world are the same as the civilians in ancient China, there is no suitable source of vitamins, most of them have night blindness, if they go down, there is no way to even build a camp when it gets darker, and then two or three demonic beasts will raid at night, and the people will panic and cause the scene to get out of control, then Roy will die directly.
"Jones, help me find a piece of cork and a small knife, I'll be useful." Roy said to Jones.
Jones didn't ask too much, but quickly fetched the cork and knife, and Roy dismounted and sat on a horned camel cart carrying supplies.
A little girl poked her head out from behind the materials stacked in the car, she looked curiously at the wooden block in Roy's hand, and asked, "Young Master, what are you doing?" ”
Roy turned his head, took a closer look, and said, "You're the little maid who followed Lelia in the morning to change my clothes, I'm carving a utensil, you'll know in a moment." ”
"Yes, young master, my name is Vivien."
Vivien didn't wear the somewhat cumbersome maid outfit she wore in the morning, she changed into a slightly tighter outfit, and her somewhat neat short hair made her look like a tomboy.
Roy suddenly had a desire to talk, and he kept working on his hands, tilted his face slightly, and asked, "Are you the new maid in the castle?" I haven't seen you before. ”
Vivian nodded and said, "Yes, young master, I used to go back and forth with my aunt to do business in the kingdom, but when I got here, my aunt said that she wanted to go to a place alone, so she entrusted me to Aunt Lyria, and I started working for the first time yesterday. ”
Roy smiled and said, "Probably your destiny is not just to be a maid, so when you were stopped by fate on your first day of work, what do you want to do when you grow up?" ”
Vivien's face turned a little red, and she said a little shyly, "I want to be a qualified businessman like my aunt." ”
Roy laughed, his smile embarrassed Vivien, his hands clenching the hem of her dress.
"It's your dream, and what's shy, I laughed just and got an interesting answer, what are you afraid of." Roy squinted at Vivien until he stared at her face like a big red apple.
Roy's men were fast, and a statue of a stag slowly took shape in his hands.
"What about you, young master? What do you want to do? Vivien asked boldly.
Vivien's question made Roy stunned, he hadn't thought about the future until now, and the pressure in front of him kept him from thinking about the future.
He was stunned for a long time, and said calmly: "I don't know very well, the future is out of reach for me now, and I will only think about the future if you survive safely." ”
"Young Master, is what you said true?" Vivien asked in a trembling voice, a little overtaken by what Roy had described.
Roy nodded, closed his mouth and quietly carved the stag wood carving in his hand, Vivien seemed to feel that something was wrong with what she asked, and also closed her mouth, relatively speechless for a while.
After carving out the last pattern on the wood carving in his hand, Roy said, "It's okay." ”
As he spoke, Roy stretched out his right hand, and a golden light came out from the tip of his index finger, rotating around the stag wood carving, lighting up the runes carved on the wood carving in turn.
When the last rune was also lit, the bright light on the wood carving instantly drilled into the wood carving, and a ray of white light drilled out of the wood carving, getting bigger and bigger, falling to the ground and turning into a white and flawless stag, looking in Roy's direction.
Roy nodded, his wood carving skills were still okay, as the most basic prophetic spell in the priest system, the animal spirit displayed by it could provide the caster with a relatively clear and simple prophecy, and was often used for wayfinding and early warning.
Magically created animal spirits can sense changes around them, and if danger arises, they will become restless and even flee in the opposite direction, warning the night watchman.
The white stag paced leisurely on all four legs, even lowering its head to nibble on the grass on the ground, but the magically created stag had no substance, allowing the grass to pass through the stag's lips.
Lelia came over with a bowl of broth, there were many people, and the speed of camp construction was naturally faster, after a simple drink, Roy allocated the men on duty for the night, and got into the tent.
The caster needed a clear head, and Roy could only force himself to sleep.
Nothing happened overnight.
The first time he slept in the field, Roy felt a little unwell, and the next day he woke up with a terrible ache, and with the help of Lelia put on his armor, the whole team was already outside.
Roy put the stag spirit back into the wood carving, and silently led the group south.
Roy rode beside the horned camel cart, chatting with Vivien in the cart.
"There are so many birds in the sky today." Vivien sighed suddenly.
Roy was looking down and thinking about things, but he didn't hear what she said, raised his head, and asked, "What did you say?" ”
Vivien raised her hand and pointed to the sky, saying, "There are so many birds in the sky today." ”
Roy looked up in the direction of Vivien's finger and saw a lot of various birds flying in the sky, including some low-level magical beasts.
That's really a lot more than the usual birds!
Roy was startled, turned his head to look north, and saw that in the direction he came, a black flock of birds rose from the evergreen forest and flew in all directions.
Roy hurriedly took out a straight telescope pinned to his waist and put it in front of his eyes to watch.
Behind the flock of birds, I could vaguely see countless necromantic vultures that were so rotten that they exposed their white bones, and their bodies emitted a strange black light, driving the flock of birds to flee in all directions.
Roy's face instantly became serious, the Necromantic Vanguard Army is really here, and it is the skeleton vulture unique to the Undead Legion flying in the sky.
As a scout of the Undead Legion, the Bone Vulture has a spell-like talent called Silence, which can make normal sounds disappear within a certain radius, which can make it more difficult for the Bone Vulture to detect when scouting.
The most important point is that the Skeleton Vulture can transmit images from its own eyes to the commanders in the rear, and this talent allows the Undead Legion to accumulate a large early advantage in the early game, and when it comes to dividing its forces to conquer the various tribes, it still almost destroys Elusines.
"Jones! Pass the order! Speed up, there's not much time left! Roy shouted at Jones.