Chapter 26, Reasons for the Pursuit
[Soul Chasing Ritual] is not so much a nobleman came up with it, but rather a necromancer from a certain noble-born necromancer.
This spell is actually to let the deceased sign a soul contract with the necromancer before dying, and after death, build a humanoid statue with his back to the sarcophagus in the cemetery, this statue is used as the moving condition and material of the spell, once the body of the deceased is taken away from the statue at a certain distance, the [soul chasing ceremony] will move.
Under the effect of the Soul Contract, the soul of the necromancer who has made a contract with the deceased will descend on the humanoid statue in the tomb and turn into a clone.
This clone has half the power of the necromancer's body, and its purpose when it awakens is only two, one is to recover the body of the deceased, and the other is to kill all the gravediggers.
At that time, as soon as this spell was opened, it was indeed effective in suppressing the theft of remains, so it was welcomed by most nobles.
It is also ironic that the person who stole the body was a necromancer, and in the end it was the necromancer who stopped it.
"You...... You mean that the necromancer is coming for you? Susan's eyes widened as she looked at Erwin.
"It's not just me, it's you, it's going to do it right now to get me back to the tomb, but before that, it's going to kill all the people of the Grey Dove Mercenary Regiment."
Erwin smiled bitterly, no wonder the necromancer was able to find the two of them so quickly, since he had concluded the soul contract, then the necromancer would be able to know his location and distance from the soul level, it was impossible to get rid of him just by escaping, and unless he had the strength of the caster above the third ring, he could not unilaterally terminate the contract or shield his location.
While being troubled, Erwin couldn't help but wonder how this body possessed by him had survived in the sarcophagus thousands of years ago to the present, and judging from the fact that he was able to conclude a contract with a necromancer with at least the strength of the second ring, his status was definitely not low at that time.
Susan's face was very pale, although there had been a guess for a long time, but when the guess turned into a fact, and knew that the reason why the Gray Dove Mercenary Group was killed was only because of digging an ancient tomb, the girl's heart was still full of remorse and pain.
"We can't afford to waste any more time, it's not safe here, and the necromancer will catch up at any moment." Erwin got up from the ground and put his wrung out clothes back on.
Now that the necromancer had made a soul pact with his predecessor in this body, he would know his location at all times, and Erwin had thought that he would be able to avoid it for a while by leaning on the river below the cliff, but now it seemed too much to take for granted.
The necromancer is afraid that it is not far from them, and the rotten body does not need to rest.
Susan looked up at him, and asked in a tired and low voice, "So what are we going to do?" Now that I am afraid that I will deviate a lot from the predetermined road, do I want to continue to go east? ”
"No, you can't go east."
Erwin shook his head, now if he continued to walk east, he would only run head-on with the necromancer, it was similar to throwing himself into a net, Erwin looked around, he still knew where this place was in the Shadow Mountains, and there was far more than one way to get out of here.
But the problem is still obvious, the strength of the two is too low, they can't move freely in the Shadow Mountain Range, any monster here can easily kill the two of them, and the luck like the Forsaken and the Troll Oak is impossible to have anymore.
As a result, almost ninety percent of the roads are eliminated, and there are only one or two left.
Now, that's all I can do......
Erwin sighed and lowered his head and stretched out his hand to Susan, "Let's go, there will be a teleportation point that will allow us to leave in the distance of a day." ”
Susan was immediately stunned, and subconsciously stretched out her hand, doesn't this sound quite promising? Why did Erwin look ugly.
Erwin grabbed her by the hand and pulled her up from the ground before turning and walking towards the dense forest on the edge of the riverbank meadow.
Susan hurriedly put on her clothes and looked around on the ground, but did not show her weapon.
She looked up and shouted, "Hey, where's my bow?" ”
"Washed away by the river!" ……
Huge trees that shade the sky, cold and dark forests, strange plants along the way, and one or two beast roars from afar.
These unchanging scenery completely lost Susan's sense of direction, and she couldn't tell the difference between east and west.
She wasn't very good at recognizing the way, just as she wasn't very sensitive to time, and she often got the wrong day when she was in the Greydove Mercenary Regiment, which was the only place where the Greydove's mercenaries and the hapless leader could make fun of Susan.
The laughter that was still in her ears had long since become a memory, and Susan tried not to think about the heartache and instead focused her attention on the figure in front of her.
Agile and calm!
This is Susan's most intuitive impression of Erwin, he moves like a battle-hardened warrior, has great experience and sophistication, and obviously looks like a young man in his early twenties.
And as they spent more time together, Susan's impression of Erwin was refreshed again and again.
This is a man of responsibility, and Susan can feel that Erwin is not just running for his own life, he is more fulfilling his promise to escape the Shadow Mountains with the survivors of the Grey Dove Mercenaries.
Although the result was relatively ironic, it did not prevent Susan from agreeing with him.
At the same time, he was a well-informed man, as if there was almost nothing he didn't know, undead, spells, swordsmanship, knowledge of the Shadow Mountains, knowledge of history, and even extreme sensitivity to time.
Erwin was always able to tell what time it was, and he didn't make a mistake at any time, which was what Susan admired the most.
She racked her brains and couldn't think of what kind of talent could have such ability and suzhì on a young basis.
This is one of the things that makes Susan even more curious about Erwin's identity.
Erwin, who was walking in front, didn't know that Susan was scolding him from behind, he just followed the path of his memory, avoiding all the monsters, and clicking on the game menu from time to time to check the time.
Suddenly, Erwin's movements stopped, and he crouched down on the ground, reaching out to pluck a few weeds, revealing the wet, root-covered dirt surface.
"What's wrong?"
Susan crouched down beside Erwyn, looked to the ground, and immediately saw a clear paw print on the dirt, the size of three adult palms.
"These are traces left by the flaming birds, and they should be not far away." Erwin replied with a frown.
"Such a big bird? You say they, are there more than one" Susan's eyes widened, if it was really a bird, then one would definitely not be smaller than an adult's body.
"Yes, the Flaming Bird is a swarm, carnivorous monster, and each adult has at least the strength of an elite warrior." Erwin said and pushed aside the grass nearby, and sure enough, he found many paw prints left by the flaming birds.
Susan gasped, her uncle Dennis was an elite warrior, and so was Elwin in front of her, and she herself didn't use a bow and arrow, but she wasn't an elite warrior if she only counted melee combat.
In other words, she can't even compare to a bird.
Seeing Susan's eyes that refused to admit defeat, Erwin was a little speechless, this is not an ordinary bird, girl, what are you competing with a bird?
Looking up at the sky outside the gaps in the branches and leaves, the time was almost close to dusk, that is, the two of them had been on the road for most of the day, Erwin originally wanted to find a safer place to spend the night, but now it seems that this plan can only be frustrated, if he encounters a flaming bird, without the strength of the Black Bronze Medal, he can't escape.
"It looks like we're going to have a long detour, and we can't rest at night, so we have to travel overnight."
Erwin sighed and turned to Susan.
Although she was very tired, Susan nodded silently, her personality was not good, but she never messed with her opinions and temper on such important matters that were vital to her life.
The two rested in place for a moment, then changed direction, avoiding the place where the flaming bird had left its paw prints.
Before, Erwin had the intention of doing something to erase the traces, intending to mislead the necromancer who was chasing after him, but now there was no need for that.
The alternation of day and night in the Shadow Mountains is always a little fast, and before you know it, the sun has already set over the western mountains, ushering in darkness.
The mountains in the dark night are not so dark that you can't see your fingers, and in addition to the moonlight in the sky, there are many things that can light in the forest.
In addition to fireflies and the eyes of some animals, small flowers with a strange appearance will also emit a glow at night, attracting many insects next to the flowers, and then the flowers bite and swallow them one by one.
This gave Susan goosebumps all over her body as she was curious to pick one, not only the cannibal flowers that swallowed a mercenary, but also the young flowers.
Erwin was not surprised by this, this thing called the insect catcher flower was still some alchemy material, he had collected a lot of it before, and sometimes his finger was bitten by the flower, and at most it was just paralyzed for a while.
However, it may not be possible to be bitten now, so both Erwin and Susan have a retreating attitude towards these flowers, and they must always be careful to avoid them when they are in a hurry.
In the second half of the night, the two also had to stop and rest for a while.
The two sat quietly under a low tree, and they didn't intend to talk to each other, but grabbed and directly let their bodies relax and take a good rest.
At this moment, Susan's eyes seemed to be attracted by something not far away, and she couldn't help but speak.
"What's that, it looks so pretty."
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