Act112 Forward Line II.
After leaving Ensada for some distance, under Sask's arrangement, the entire "Sky Wind" was temporarily divided into several small teams, which were led by other "resurrectors", and began to set off in the direction of Tarun one after another-
This disperses forces, but on the other hand, it is relatively easy for small groups to move without the attention of the enemy, both in number and size.
Sask was only in charge of commanding the most elite and highly mobile 100 skeleton cavalry-
They barely spoke, and they didn't have any emotion, their faces well obscured by their enclosed metal helmets, and no one knew that beneath the lead-gray masks, which showed only T-shaped slits, were stiff, lifeless faces.
At nightfall, another team of the "Sky Wind" mercenary group left Silverleaf Town, a standard team of fifty people consisting of carrion golems and skeleton archers, led by one of the "resurrected", "Zombie" Tolemo.
The team was marching through the dark forest at night, and after a fire, the forest and the surrounding area were filled with a strange and unpleasant smell, but the dead did not care-
Their sense of smell is very dull, and their emotions are very indifferent, and the sound of their boots stepping on the black ash that fills the woodland is almost silent.
Ostensibly, the carrion golems were disguised as tall, slightly obese men, while the skeletal archers were dressed as standard Malvey rangers, carrying a heavy, arrow-filled quiver behind them, wearing a well-fitting taupe leather hunting suit, a black waistcoat with multiple pockets sewn into it, and slim-fitting trousers with cuffs tucked into the boots.
It is an outfit that is extremely convenient for outdoor activities.
The soles of their feet stepped over a piece of charred wood, and the team behind them maintained a long snake array at a uniform speed, they had been entering the Silver Leaf Forest for some time, and all the preparations had been made all the way from Silver Leaf Town, if nothing else, they would arrive at sunrise the next day, and they would arrive at the destination of this trip-
A castle at the junction of the Kingfisher Forest and the Larue River.
According to the information provided by Sask, the castle was inhabited by an old knight who had long since retired, and the little military strength in the castle was used to maintain the daily security of the two nearby villages.
But they didn't know that only one of the two nearby villages remained, the Gray Rabbit Village was slowly recovering little by little, and the other village, called "Kingfisher Village", had been reduced to a deserted ruin since the war of the "Fog Pine War", and had become a paradise for hares, wild boars and other wild beasts.
There is another person in the passage of Tolemo, the vampire lady Fanny.
After the fire, the branches of the silver-leaf forest were sparse, and when she looked up, she had already seen a silver-white full moon in the blue night sky, and the scenery under the moonlight had a unique style-
Unlike the other Dead, or rather, the Vampire Lady was not meant to belong to the realm of the dead, Dill, and she hummed a fresh and melodious tune in her mouth, but her constant steps did not slow down the frequency.
The end of a song.
At the end of the forest, there were scattered bushes on the hills in the distance, and she seemed to see the thatched huts of the human farmers in her vision—
The vampire had a very good vision of the night, and even when the moonlight was hazy, she could quickly see that on the side below the hill, several thatched houses were enclosed in a standard "concave" shape, and in the middle of the clearing, there was a small well.
"Tolemo, there are humans there."
She said. Staying next to this boring zombie, she seems to have lost all the vitality of her past, and even her voice is cold-
A red imprint in the center of her flat forehead seemed to be wrinkled and glowing, her skin was very white, without the slightest blemish, it looked like the finest porcelain for the court and the great nobles, and a pair of eyes, the pupils were glowing like rubies, and she was still wearing her usual low-cut white gauze dress, which seemed to have been carefully cut to outline her full breasts and slender waist.
Her true age is not reflected in this corpse, and if you put aside the identity of a vampire, she is indeed a beautiful and moving young lady.
It is a pity that a woman is sincerely happy only when her beauty is appreciated and praised by others—perhaps because Tolemo has lost some function, and he and Sask are almost in agreement in this respect, and have no interest in women.
And apart from the two of them, not to mention those muddy undead creatures.
She turned her cheeks sideways, squinted her eyes, and her gaze fell on a tall figure beside her—
Tolemo was a featureless middle-aged man, with a strong body and thick joints in his hands and feet, who looked like a farmer or craftsman who toiled every day.
"Well, it has nothing to do with us."
As expected, "Mr. Zombie" Tolemo's answer was one-size-fits-all. I have to say that he is a qualified subordinate, and he has no questions, no refutations, no disobedience, and no cheating and trickery against Sask's orders, and will only carry them out meticulously-
In this team of dead people who came to Ensada, there are not many "resurrected people" like him. Once any individual has the ability to think independently, they will always have all kinds of thoughts and thoughts in their hearts, and in this sense, Tolemo is not like a "resurrected being", but close to a perfect alchemical creation.
According to the scholarship of the mages of Bracada, undead creatures summoned by the hands of a lich or necromancer are classified as alchemical creatures - they also meet two key points: they have a standard crafting process, and they require a certain amount of energy to maintain.
"Alright then, Lord Tolemo."
The vampire lady shrugged, her gaze resting in the direction of the thatched house—
Vampires have an unusual obsession with warm blood, and while they don't need it as their usual food, they will inevitably have an irrepressible urge over time.
"I think I'll need to delay a little bit."
"Please, but the team's actions don't wait."
Tolemo's answer remained formulaic. But the vampire lady was accustomed to such a cold attitude, and she was not angry or upset with it, and she lifted her skirt and walked briskly towards the other end of the forest.
This is the primal impulse hidden in the bloodline of the vampire clan.
However, she didn't notice that not far ahead, a figure crouched on the top of a tall tree with its branched branches.
Gross's gaze fell on the woodland under the shadows of the trees, and with the help of the secret method of flying feathers, he came to this place where it was easy to observe the surroundings-
He had traveled a considerable distance after entering the Silver Leaf Forest, and the sights along the way proved that the fire that had broken out before was absolutely powerful, and he also found a makeshift mercenary camp on the side of the forest.