Chapter 2: Dead Souls
Eddie went to the town's classroom almost every morning to listen to magic, and in the afternoon followed a few hunters to hunt in the forest to earn living expenses and tuition. In order to have enough money to enroll in the magic academy, he could only choose to pay less copper coins to sit in the town.
Eddie's mother told him all interesting things, and some basic knowledge had to be learned from the small-town teacher.
At the outskirts of the Forest of Dead Souls, the scorching sun shone through this vast forest, and even if it was sheltered by countless towering trees, it could not change its sultry heat.
"It's so hot, it's going to be autumn, and it's still so hot. ”
"yes, where have all the animals gone? We've only hunted a few short-haired deer. ”
Eddie and the other hunters walked cautiously through the forest, each carrying a cloth bag on their back, bulging with their prey.
Eddie looked at a short-haired deer in his cloth bag and couldn't help but sigh: "I don't know, I can hunt at least two in the past so long." ”
Paul looked at Eddie and said, "Eddie, don't be discouraged, it's a big deal to come out tomorrow." It's getting dark today, too. ”
Eddie heard and nodded. The Forest of Dead Souls can become a lot more dangerous when it gets dark, so there's no need to risk it for 20 copper coins. Although Eddie desperately wants money, he doesn't want to risk his own life and that of the others.
The group had to make their way back to Kerrytown, and Eddie returned to his humble hut.
Eddie has long since become more mature and calm than his peers over the years. He himself is an indulgent young man, but in this case, he can only forbear. When he becomes a magician, it will be completely different. His mother had told him that he was so gifted in magic that he would be a hit if he could learn it.
Looking at the night sky, Eddie showed a determined gaze and thought to himself: "Tomorrow I have to kill a few more prey no matter what, and it is about to be the time period for the enrollment of the Magic Academy, and it can't be delayed any longer." ”
The next morning, Eddie arrived outside the classroom early to start the day's audit.
The teacher is an old man, and he speaks slowly, and many students don't have the heart to listen to the lecture or even doze off. They believe that theoretical knowledge is not important, as long as a good elemental affinity can be measured, it will be successful, on the contrary, without a good elemental affinity, no amount of theoretical knowledge is useless.
But Eddie doesn't think so, and it's intriguing to hear his mother say that the whole of Mia and even the whole of Saka Star will be taught the theory of magic until the age of 15. Eddie can't think of a reason now, as he hasn't really been exposed to magic yet.
But Eddie knows very well that the foundation of theoretical knowledge must be firmly established no matter what. If Eddie hadn't paid for this audit, he would have saved enough money to go to the Academy of Magic.
This town is making things difficult for him everywhere, and he wants 20 copper coins for what others can buy for 10 copper coins. The cost of auditing is also the same as the price for anyone else sitting in a classroom. They all think it's something Eddie's parents owe them. But is that really the case?
Eddie didn't resent them because they weren't qualified. His parents are both magicians, and their realm is not low, so they don't care about the eyes and curses of ordinary people at all. Just like people don't care about ants.
Eddie resented Master Lin and the George family, if it weren't for them, how could he and his relatives be separated. So Eddie wants to be strong, strong enough to get justice for his parents.
The morning class is over, this time the freckled boy didn't have trouble looking for Eddie, it's enough to find it once in a while, and looking for Eddie more will definitely beat him up. After all, they can't compare to Eddie when they have nothing to do all day.
Eddie naturally didn't think about whether they would find trouble, he just took care of them if he wanted to, and just left if he didn't want to. As usual, Eddie went home and took two large pieces of meat to the butcher's shop to exchange for copper coins.
Eddie then went to the hunter's hut and prepared to go hunting.
A quarter of an hour later, the group arrived at the Forest of Dead Souls.
"It's just strange, there are usually a lot of prey, why are there so few of them these days?" one of the hunters wondered.
Uncle Paul said, "I don't know, there may be some carnivores in this area. ”
The group searched for a long time, but found no prey, and just as one of the hunters tried to speak, Eddie stopped him. And gave everyone a look, looking towards a place.
Following Eddie's gaze, a white object appeared in the grass not far away. The white fur is like falling snow, and the fat body is also in full view.
"Snow-haired pigs?" the crowd was secretly surprised.
The snow pig is a good thing, not only is the meat delicious, but its fur is also very expensive, and it can be sold for a high price.
But the snow pig is not easy to deal with, everyone looked at each other, understood, and approached the snow pig in an encirclement.
When the distance was right, Uncle Paul gestured, and Eddie and several hunters raised their arrows to aim at the snowflake, ready to deliver a fatal blow.
Suddenly, as if he had spotted an enemy, Snowfur Pig fled towards a place in a hurry.
Everyone was shocked and shouted in unison: "Shoot arrows!"
Sharp arrows flew towards the fleeing snow-haired pig, and several arrows missed, only one of which hit the snow-haired pig's leg. But the effect was not good, and the snow-haired pig ran away faster.
Alas, the prey in hand ran away!
At that moment, Eddie quickly climbed a tree, found a good vantage point, and aimed his bow at the high-speed snowfeather pig in the distance.
Calm down! Calm down! Eddie was looking for an opportunity to launch, and he would never want to let go of such a piece of fat.
Right now, as soon as Eddie's right hand loosened, an arrow flew towards Snowfur Pig at a speed that was difficult to detect with the naked eye.
"Poof!", the arrow pierced Snowfur's neck, and Snowfur stumbled a few steps before finally falling.
Eddie in the tree was very excited, smiled and nodded at the people below, and jumped off the tree and walked towards the "trophy".
"Eddie, that's amazing!" "Haha, this kid is really accurate!"
Uncle Paul also said excitedly: "Eddie, I'll help you solve this snow-haired pig, so that your tuition will be enough." ”
Eddie crossed several bushes and came to the corpse of the snow-haired pig, looking at the snow-haired pig that was pierced through the neck, Eddie's heart was difficult to calm down.
The fur of the snow pig is very precious, if it is not a one-hit kill, then the price will be lost a lot, but fortunately, I am calm enough to choose to shoot it in the neck. Thinking that he would soon be able to go to the Academy of Magic, Eddie's hands trembled with excitement.
Just as Eddie was about to reach out and pull out the arrow, Uncle Paul's frightened cry came from behind: "Eddie, run, it's a dead soul!"
Eddie suddenly broke out in a cold sweat when he heard this, and when he looked up, he saw that there was an extra free substance in front of his eyes, which was the terrifying dead soul!
Eddie didn't care about the snow-haired pig under his feet at the moment, of course, life was more important, and immediately turned around and wanted to escape.
But the speed of the dead soul was too fast, and it rushed directly into Eddie's body without ignoring the object, and then came to Eddie's mind.
"Ahh His hands kept tearing at his hair.
In his mind, Eddie saw a black human face, smiling and smiling. Eddie felt like his brain was going to explode.
The last vestige of consciousness struggled: "Am I going to die? No! I can't die! I haven't been reunited with my family yet! I haven't entered the temple of magic yet! I'm not reconciled!"
But the power of the Dead Soul is too strong for Eddie to be determined.
Little by little, Eddie's life is disappearing, and his consciousness is dissipating little by little.
"I'm not reconciled!" Eddie let out one last cry.
Just as Eddie was about to close his eyes, a white light shone in front of Eddie's eyes, shining in Eddie's mind.
Then Eddie closed his eyes, not knowing whether he was alive or dead.
Uncle Paul in the distance trembled when he saw these pictures, and everyone did not dare to approach Eddie.
Uncle Paul took a deep breath and slowly walked over to Eddie's side, wanting to verify Eddie's life and death.
Paul leaned over and put his finger on Eddie's neck, felt a slight throb there, stood up and said excitedly, "He's alive!
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