In the city shrouded in night, in addition to the machinery in the factory area is still roaring non-stop, the hustle and bustle of the bustling commercial streets during the day has completely disappeared, and only a few night pedestrians pass by quietly, revealing the long-lost loneliness, only the soft sound of the weaving girl in the suburbs and fields is no longer heard.

Presumably, with the exception of the rats in the sewers, most of the animals have been banished into the depths of the wilderness by the expanding sphere of human influence. The dwindling forest, wool, the main raw material of the textile industry, had to give up its territory to grow grass for the sheep to eat.

Aldrich Triss roamed the streets on horseback, recalling memories of his "before" days as a Night Watchman, and he was enchanted by the smells of the young knight opening his hands as if embracing the whole city in the face of the howling night wind.

Before he knew it, a man and a horse came to the execution ground near the coral avenue in the north of the city, and according to the guidance of fate, or following the natural instincts of his heart, Aldrich Triss suddenly came to his senses and remembered the panacea that had been nourished by the dead under the gallows, the mandrake.

If an ordinary person wanted to catch this cunning living plant, its soul-shaking scream alone could kill a mortal with a weak physique, but Aldrich Triss was not prepared to use the normal routine.

Unhurriedly, he turned over and dismounted, walked directly to the empty gallows, and with the help of the dim light of the stars and moon, he looked up at the slipknot noose that was constantly swinging in the night wind, making a squeaking monotonous sound.

Perhaps because of the frequent deaths, the surrounding area is filled with a faint smell of cemeteries, free negative energy is attracted to the vicinity, coupled with the cold and damp environment, it is worthy of the best breeding ground for mandrakes.

The young knight paid no attention to the strange surroundings that were relatively terrifying to ordinary people, and directly took out the legendary weapon "Pit Viper Fragment" from the scabbard, and the terrifying scarlet aura was released, enveloping the entire gallows.

In the gentle night breeze, Aldrich Triss faintly heard an inaudible wail, and immediately knew that there was indeed "goods" underneath, presumably from a mandrake frightened by the aura of a legendary weapon.

Kneeling on one knee, sticking the fragment of the pit viper at his feet, on the wooden board of the gallows, the real vision unfolded, and he found the trembling little creature, after determining the specific location, he raised his foot and stepped on it heavily, and the four-finger-wide wooden strip was cocked at one end, and then he unfastened his belt without hesitation, took out the thing and released the water wantonly.

The liquid full of the smell of males, drenched all over the mandrake, had gathered enough strength to let out a scream that tore the soul apart, but now it was all doused by the urine of the young knight, and the branches and leaves hung softly to the ground like dehydration, and there was no longer the fierce flame hidden in the forbearance just now.

Aldrich Triss grinned lightly, uprooted the mandrake with the scabbard of his standard longsword, and looked closely at it in front of him.

The elixir of the panacea, the green eyes hidden in the tiny, intricate rhizomes, looked at the young knight with a wince, and even more feared by the fragments of the pit viper in his grasp.

Disgusted with picking it up and getting his hands dirty, Aldrich Triss tore off the corner of his cloak and wrapped the mandrake in a simple way, and then restored the planks of the gallows to its original shape, then retrieved the legendary weapon and put the knife into its sheath to end the night's operation.

After a walk, the dark horse knew the way home, and carried the young knight at a moderate pace, and walked the shortest distance back to the Sword and Spear Tavern.

Aldrich Triss comforted his close companion with clear well water and fodder with beans, and cleaned up the mandrake, but the frustrated little one had already resigned himself to his fate and had no intention of resisting.

When she returned to her room, Lynne, who had been walking among the corpses, had already slept in her clothes, and the young knight was not ready to disturb her rest, so he made a bunk at the door, without making a sound in the process, and even the girl who was sleeping lightly was not awakened.

Using an ordinary dagger to make a small opening in the "arm" of the mandrake, the dark green liquid that seeped out was crystal clear, like the finest emerald gem.

Aldrich Triss sniffed lightly, found nothing unusual, and tasted it with the tip of his tongue. A moment later, a chill flowed into his throat, and the thin source of spell casting in his body suddenly swelled.

"Very good. Ordinary spellcasters accumulate the source with meditation, and I take shortcuts to use the essence of mandrake, which can also be quickly improved. ”

Even from the perspective of the future, I should now cross the apprenticeship stage and be directly promoted to a full-fledged mage who can throw small fireballs at will.

Next, it's time to tame the legendary weapon of the Viper Shard, believing that it won't be your opponent.

Aldrich Triss sat cross-legged on the ground, placing the dagger in its scabbard in his arms, his mental tentacles slowly reaching out tentatively.

At this moment, an overwhelming attraction violently pulled his soul into a spiritually constructed world.

"That's it, that's it! A little tentative contact will allow the hidden nature of the pit viper fragment to open the door on its own. ”

The true colors of the ancient evil spirits are about to be revealed, especially on its home turf, which will take on its full form and majesty in its heyday.

Aldrich Triss's soul passed through the mist to a towering mountain, and when his feet hit the ground, the nearby rocks suddenly cracked, as if opening a huge mouth to the bottomless abyss, trying to swallow it up.

"Humph......"

The young knight sneered repeatedly, and his body, which had nowhere to draw strength, seemed to have a pair of wings, floating lightly in the air, so that the main lord hidden in the cracks of the mountain rocks, a pair of snake-like vertical eyes, couldn't help but reveal a stunned look.

"Is it okay to keep it like this?"

Aldrich Triss's unconcerned expression deeply angered the transcendent beast that once entrenched at the top of the Children of the Earth system, and in the face of delicious prey, she could not bear the torment of long years of hunger, and was ready to fill her hungry body with the soul of a young knight.

"Bang!"

The steel-solid rock exploded, and several fragments shot in the direction of Aldrich Tris, who was hanging in the air, only to slash at his feet.

"My speculation fell short for the first time, when I thought that the pit viper fragment contained the essence of a lost totem beast, but I didn't expect it to be a snake-haired Medusa who inherited the blood of the earth. ”

The great divine power from the sacred mountain god system, the creation of Gaia, the mother of the earth, had the ability to kill demigod heroes in its heyday, and the monster system itself was also the best at the top, and what was even more terrifying was that she was blessed or cursed by the gods with a petrified eye, and it is said that monsters of the same level could not bear it.

Aldrich Tris saw the snake-haired Medusa popping out of the cavern, and his face was still as usual, and he was suspended in mid-air to comment on the main body of the pit viper fragment.

"Your figure is comparable to that of the Aphrodite born out of the foam of the waves, plump and full as the ripeness of a grape, and the soft and seductive skin is wrapped in sweet juice and always exudes an intoxicating aroma. The calm surface of my inner lake is stirred up by your deep purple eyes, and the desire hits your chest like a mad beast, and the boiling blood rushes down from my heart, wanting to fly freely from you. ”

The compliment inevitably revealed the prying eyes of the pretender, causing the hungry snake-haired Medusa to seriously misjudge, and the seductive side of her nature began to be revealed, and the armor-armored snake scales were delayed from entering the armed body.