In this way, another half a month passed.

The village of White Orchard never seems to change, and under the rule and management of the men in black, this Temerian village has a more peaceful and stable order than the rest of the northern realms.

Probably thanks to the commander of the local Nilfgaard garrison, he was not necessarily a good man, but at least a man who had a sense of responsibility for his territory and affairs.

For example, with a little trickery, he tricked Geralt into getting rid of the griffons and ensuring the safety of the people...... As for what the specific situation is, others are not too clear, anyway, only some people in black said something when they were chatting.

It is said that when the white-haired witcher took the griffon's head and went to the barracks to deliver a mission, he seemed to have been tricked, and finally slammed the door in a rage.

It seems that he needs to find a woman, and the commander knew from the beginning that the woman was in the city of Vejmar, which is a day's journey, but he concealed it, and instead asked the witcher to kill the griffin before he could tell the other party.

Although in the end, the commander offered a large sum of gold in return, but it still did not change the fact that he had taken advantage of the witcher.

- But maybe it's a good thing for the people of White Orchard.

Griffons are a huge threat, and according to common sense, they generally only hunt in the wild, and do not rush into towns and traffic hubs. But the Nephgaard man played a wild game and killed his mate.

As a result, there was still one remaining griffon, so naturally he went crazy and began to retaliate.

Even though it spends most of its time going for the men in black, it's hard to avoid injuring innocents, and there are always more villagers living in this area of the White Orchard than the Nilfgaard garrison.

The second is some episodes that are not big or small -

For example, on the night the two witchers left the White Orchard Inn, they had a big fight, and the monster killers killed several innocent villagers without any humanity, and then were caught by the men in black when they were about to escape, and then taken to Vigema City to be executed......

Of course, this version was sworn by the villagers of White Orchard, and Bram didn't believe that the two witchers who saved him and didn't want to be paid at all were inhuman monsters.

So he told Mr. Connor that the cause of the incident was actually a group of "patriots" who had drunk too much that night and were making trouble at the inn.

Those men did not dare to confront the black-clad Nilfgaard soldiers, and vented their anger and resentment on the head of the proprietress and almost caused a bloodbath. The two witchers went up to stop them, but not only did they refuse to retreat, but they also drew their swords first to kill someone.

In the end, these "patriots" naturally died under the sharp steel swords of two extraordinary demon hunters.

And the two witchers were not caught, but the woman they were looking for took the initiative to find them and took one of the witchers to Vijmar City.

As for the other old witcher, it seemed that he had something else to do, so he didn't go along, but mounted his horse and left the white orchard in the opposite direction.

At this point, the trader was still nervous and excited, and told Mr. Connor a piece of untrue news.

That is, it seems that when the white-haired witcher Geralt and a group of Nilfgaard's cavalry left the White Orchard, they were targeted by the legendary "Wild Hunt", and those demons appeared with the snowy hoarfrost, chasing the cavalry of Nilfgaard, and I don't know if they managed to escape.

The news came out that night because a poor patrol of the local garrison had seen it from afar, and when they came back they were all trembling with fear and bloodless.

That's how Mr. Connor learned about the legend of the "Wild Hunt", which is said to be a group of immortal wraiths, wearing rusty armor and wielding a lightning sword, riding skeletal horses and crossing the sky in large groups.

It is said that "wild hunting" will frantically chase their prey across the sky or the earth, and those who are targeted by them will inevitably die or disappear. They burn down houses, take the living, and further expand their ranks of ghost riders.

This seems to be more than just a story – as there are quite a few credible accounts of people being captured by wild hunts.

Therefore, the appearance of the "wild hunt" is considered a harbinger of misfortune, death, and war, and it is said that it generally appears in winter, or before war, and always indicates the coming scourge of war.

To be honest, there are many people who believe such rumors, but there are also many who do not believe them.

Mr. Connor was inclined to the former, believing that the world was already so magical that it was not incomprehensible to be anything more magical. And that night, he also had a vague sense of a strange meaning.

On that restless night, the air was filled with fear, the wild dogs in the woods around the cemetery were restless, and the wind was faintly screaming......

He thought something might be happening, but in the end he didn't know what was going on, so he stayed vigilant all night, and didn't close his eyes until dawn.

After figuring out the recent news, the man didn't talk to Bram too much, he just came out to replenish food and water, and when he was done, he was ready to go back-

The good news was that thanks to two witchers passing by, the well in an abandoned village not far away was usable, as the evil spirits that inhabited it had been banished.

Therefore, with a stable source of clean water, people no longer have to go far to fetch water, and the price of drinking water will naturally drop.

However, this is a little meaningless for Mr. Connor, he also has a relatively stable source of income, although it is not much, but he has achieved the achievement of worrying about food and clothing, and he does not look at the difference in the price of those copper coins too much.

Bram didn't ask him what kind of job he was looking for, anyway, the other party seemed to be living well in the white orchard, and that was enough.

And the villagers of Baiguoyuan don't even know that there is a grave keeper living in their village's cemetery, and they are still studying necromancy recently, desecrating the realm of the dead and souls......

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After making sure he hadn't attracted anyone's attention, Mr. Connor returned to his temporary lodgings.

He put the bag of food and water in the back of the house, and did not bring it into the catacombs, because the air under the ground was not very circulating, and it was a little humid when he saw the day, and the shelf life of the food would be greatly reduced.

Pushing down the wooden door, he walked down the underground passage, and soon the man came to the catacomb. Now it's a different place, not only is it more spacious, but there are torches on the walls every other way.

However, instead of the normal warm glow, it emitted a blue ghostly fire, which illuminates a certain area, but even if you get close, you won't feel any temperature.

— or rather, on the contrary, these ghostly flames not only do not emit heat, but instead absorb heat from the luminous range.

When an ordinary person walks into the range of the firelight, they will quickly feel that the temperature of the air around them will plummet, and even their body temperature and heat will drop rapidly, as if the anger is being sucked away.

This kind of ghost torch is one of the results of Mr. Connor's research and study in the past half a month, but it is not an earth-shattering ghost, an invention that has never been made before or since, and can only be said to be on the table.

The realm of necromancy is vast and profound, and the use and control of corpses is only the most rudimentary, and the true development direction of this branch of occultism is actually closely related to the study of souls, exploring the mysteries of the realm of the soul.

If we refine it a little more, it is related to the various elements of existence that make up "life", including spirit, consciousness, cognition, and thinking...... And so on and so forth, all of them are related.

Necromancy is not simply the control of inanimate objects as puppets, but the study of the mystery of the unity of spirit and body, exploring the depths of the realm of the soul, and delving into how to maintain a delicate stability and balance from the duality of life and death.

Although it is different from most people's imagination, it is true that necromancers not only grasp death, but also study the essence of life.

At first, Mr. Connor simply thought that necromancy must be an evil force, the direction of development for devoting himself to the dark magic of death and corruption, but the more he studied it, the more profound and profound his knowledge became.

A true necromancer is a group of people who truly perceive the balance of all things, understand and accept them, and exist as a natural way of reincarnation.

He flipped a torch, and with the dull sound of rocks moving and grinding, a new tunnel appeared in the corner of the wall of the tomb, which appeared to be a staircase, leading to the lower level, and the light of the blue ghost torch shone through.

This is the secret base that Mr. Connor tossed out during this time, and most of the magic power he accumulated during this time was used to activate the blood of the half-demons, strengthen his own magic talent and the upper limit of his magic power, and most of it was used for "disintegration" and "petrification".

These are the two low-level spells that he focused on memorizing in the early stage and has eaten thoroughly.

It sounds powerful, but it's not.

For example, Disintegration is completely incapable of dealing with targets with mana attributes, so don't expect a disintegration spell to pass and whoever hits it will be torn apart. Anyone or an object that actually has a modicum of magic will be able to cancel out the effects of this spell.

However, when used as a material material for ordinary and mundane, the effect is quite good.

Therefore, disintegration is also known as fossil to mud, and petrification is also known as turning mud to stone, the two spells do not consume much mana, but the alternating use of the two spells can allow a magician to easily modify a large area of terrain and build a large underground facility space.

Those world-famous underground mausoleums, built by manpower, often requisitioned hundreds of thousands of people in ancient times, and it took at least one or two decades to build them without interruption, and even in modern times, it will take manpower and material resources to reproduce such a huge project.

But if it is replaced by an experienced magician, with enough mana supply, he will probably be able to complete the workload of seventy-seven eighty-eight in a month alone.

After all, whether it is opening a mountain or digging a hole, it is not a work that can be started casually, to detect and understand hydrogeology, collect enough data, after precise calculations, but also to do a good job of various safety work, so as to avoid collapse, casualties, and the result of collapse the more you dig.

However, magic is unreasonable, disintegrating with one hand to melt dirt and rock formations, and the other hand to strengthen the soil and strengthen the rocks with the other hand......

As long as you know what you know, don't be particularly stupid, and make particularly serious mistakes, then you'll be fine.

The magic of these two spells alone made Mr. Connor sigh with emotion. He also relied on these two spells to dig into the ground, although not to mention that he was going to build a huge underground palace, but the expanded area was more than a hundred times larger than the previous tomb.

He put his study, research, experiments, and the preservation of his results in a deeper underground to ensure safety.

After walking below, there is a large and spacious rotunda, and under the light of the faint blue fire, the pale "people" stand in rows and rows with expressionless faces, as if they are sculptures.

They are all corpses, living "corpses".

There were one hundred and thirty-five corpses, most of them from Mr. Connor's surreptitious exhumation of the White Fruit Grove cemetery, and a small number of them he had fished from other places, such as the river.

It's hard to get the body back from afar, without being seen, but after waking up the first living corpse, it's not a difficult job.

- Even the lowest undead, at the same level as skeleton warriors and the like, are far more powerful than ordinary people, and they are tireless.

Now, Mr. Connor has begun to experiment with the creation of advanced undead such as ghosts and reincarnates, and the more advanced banshees, abominations, and even death knights are still a little too far away for him for the time being.

Moreover, the resources at hand are not enough to meet the creation of mid-level or even high-level undead for the time being, which is not too realistic.

Of course, he believed that he was getting closer to that goal, or should he say that with each awakening and controlling an undead, his power and capital in this world would increase, and he firmly believed that he was growing stronger in this way.

As an outsider, he could not win the trust of the Nilfgaard Empire, and he would definitely not have the help of Temeria.

Therefore, it is only possible to accumulate capital in this way.

After all, Mr. Connor was an officer after all, and the idea of commanding a group army of all sizes was deeply ingrained in his mind, and the only resources in this world that could be found everywhere in this world were corpses.

It just so happened that the compressed bag in his mind contained a lot of esoteric knowledge about the Necromantic School, and war and death were simply a perfect match.