Chapter 812: Back to Velon
Because of the previous experience, the last fragment of the Night God's Sigh was absorbed smoothly, and the spiritual energy on Leo's body did not increase, but the power of the nightmare grew a lot, but Leo felt that the growth of the power of the nightmare was still far from the limit, as if the astrological map of the origin nebula on his back was a bottomless pit, and the huge nightmare power generated by the fragment of the night god's sigh could not make any waves like a stone falling into a river.
Leo didn't know if his current situation was normal, but he was sure that his situation had never happened before, because according to all the people he had seen who had come into contact with the knowledge of the Thirteen Ancient Gods of the Madman, they all eventually went crazy and died, and he had never heard of turning a book into some kind of power absorption.
After he calmed down the surging nightmare power, Leo did not immediately put on the armor, but tried his best to control the aura of karma in his body, and asked Sylvia to check his back to see if the pattern on his back had changed. Sylvia told him that the pattern hadn't changed, just a few more stars.
"Three more days!" Leo said suddenly, putting on his armor.
"Three days?" Sylvia was stunned for a moment, realized something, and said, "Is it the fog that took us back?"
"Hmm!" Leo nodded, then pointed to the south, and said, "The location should be on the edge of the Golden Tower, the capital of the Niffergard Empire." ”
Hearing Leo's words, Sylvia couldn't help but smile and said, "It seems that Emperor Neffergaard is going to lose sleep these days. ”
Two days later, as Sylvia said, the city of the Golden Tower of the Nilfgard Empire began to be under martial law, and rumors of His Majesty's insomnia began to appear in the city, and the source of all this reaction was only because two people were approaching the city of the Golden Tower.
Soon the information about Sylvia and Leo fell on the table of the various forces and organizations of the Nilfgard Empire, and when they saw the information handed down below, everyone's attention fell on Sylvia, the Knight of Light, not only what happened in Tousent, but also the matter of the noble guards they encountered on the way who disguised themselves as bandits in the city were also recorded, there is no doubt that such a record is perfect in any country.
It's just that what makes everyone wonder is that even if this knight of light is so powerful, it won't make His Majesty the Emperor, who is known for his iron will, so nervous.
It is precisely because of this doubt that the attention of some intelligent people has shifted from the radiant Knight of Light to the obscure Knight of Light companion.
However, information gathered from various sources shows that this knight, who is also dressed in ornate armor, does not seem to have a proud record, and he does not appear against the noble guards who disguise themselves as bandits, and he looks like an ordinary knight who can only rely on the knight of light for protection.
However, this suspicion quickly disappeared, because someone from the Emperor's guard revealed the news that the iron-blooded Emperor His Majesty had been kidnapped by the companion of the Knight of Light, and after the abduction, he had not pursued revenge, which was completely contrary to the Emperor's Majesty's code of conduct.
In this case, they successively obtained some news from other sources that ordinary people could not get, and at this time they knew that this man hidden behind the light of the Knight of Light was a real terrifying monster, and they also understood why His Majesty the Emperor was so nervous, because if the rumors were true, then it would not be difficult for that person to break into the palace and kill the emperor.
Leo's strength also made some people think carefully, thinking that they might be able to cooperate with Leo.
Among the people who were tempted, there was a nobleman who couldn't help but take action and secretly tried to get in touch with the other party, but the person sent out was directly cut down by the other party, and the next day the nobleman's family was hanged in the Millennium Square, which also reminded everyone of the ruthlessness and iron blood of His Majesty the emperor, and all the careful thoughts that had just been generated were all suppressed.
Leo and Sylvia didn't know what kind of movement their southward march had caused in the city of the Golden Tower, nor did they know that an arrogant guy they had tackled had caused a noble family to be hanged, and they were now leisurely walking south, and soon came to the outskirts of the Golden Tower.
Originally, they thought that they would definitely encounter a lot of troops from the Nefgard Empire, but the result was a little surprising to them, and they walked smoothly all the way to the outskirts of the Golden Tower City without encountering any obstacles, which made them feel strange.
Strange as they had planned, they did not enter the Golden Pagoda City, but turned a corner and walked towards a royal hunting ground next to the Golden Pagoda Castle.
And the emperor in the palace was a little relieved that they did not enter the city of the Golden Tower, but he wondered why they went to the hunting grounds, because in his opinion, Leo and Sylvia's every move should have a purpose, and the two of them would definitely not have traveled a long way to come here just to visit the hunting grounds, there must be some other purpose.
So, he secretly ordered the Empire's spies to follow him and see what Leo and Sylvia were trying to do.
The other people in the Golden Pagoda City also had the same thoughts as the emperor, wondering what the two were doing, and they were also curious about the purpose of their visit to the hunting grounds, and also sent some people to the hunting grounds to find out the situation.
The ability of these stalkers is uneven, and it is naturally impossible to escape Leo's spiritual network, for these stalkers, Leo is too lazy to deal with them, and after going deep into the mountains of the hunting ground, after he perceives the location, he stops and makes a simple rest camp with Sylvia, because according to his estimate, it will not appear until at least the night white fog.
And their actions puzzled the snoopers, because from all the circumstances, they seemed to have come to camp, and there was nothing unusual in them.
As time passed, most of the snoopers retreated because they had found nothing useful, and only a few remained in the hunting grounds, quietly watching Leo as they sat leisurely by the campfire, roasting food and drinking wine.
Soon it was getting dark, and because of the temperature difference between morning and evening, some mist began to appear in the hunting ground forest, and although these mist appeared suddenly, it was not a big deal, and no one noticed the change in the mist.
At this time, Leo and Sylvia, who were moderately concerned by them, stood up from the campfire, then walked to their respective horses, turned on their horses, and followed Sylvia to hand the reins to Leo, as if they wanted Leo to take her away.
This behavior felt a little strange in the eyes of those snoopers, but they didn't think much about it, thinking that it was just a habit when the two got along.
Immediately after that, the fog around them suddenly thickened rapidly, and soon he couldn't reach out his fingers, and the figures of Sylvia and Leo in front of him were also wrapped in the fog, and they could only vaguely see the light of some bonfires.
Seeing this scene, everyone suddenly had an idea in their hearts, they thought that the reason why Leo and Sylvia came here might be to wait for this thick fog.
Although some people wanted to go to the campfire to check the situation, they knew better that it was self-defeating to walk around in such a dense fog, and the best way was to stay where they were and wait for the fog to clear.
So they resisted the probing emotion, and waited patiently for the fog to dissipate, and as time went on, the fog finally faded away, and at the campfire in front of them, the two men they were watching disappeared, along with their horses.
Surprised, they rushed over to check on the situation, the people who stayed here were all veterans of stalking, they knew each other, and after saying hello to each other, they looked around the campfire, and they were all surprised to find that no matter how much they searched, they could not find a trace of Leo and Sylvia leaving.
It stands to reason that two horses carrying heavy loads should have left a lot of horseshoe prints on the soft forest soil, like the series of footprints on the way they came, but now there are no such footprints, and it is perverse that Leo and Sylvia have disappeared without leaving any trace of their departure.
"Will they fly?" one could not help but speculate.
Everyone couldn't help but glance at the man, if Leo and Sylvia could fly, it was possible, because from the intelligence point of view, both of them seemed to have spell-like abilities, but the war horses under their crotches were not monsters that could fly, they could only be two people flying away with two horses full of goods, but this kind of thing could not be done even by large flying monsters such as petrified lizards and griffons.
"Where's the portal?" said someone else.
Everyone else shook their heads, everyone present had seen what the portal would look like when it was used, and the surrounding things would definitely suck into the portal, leaving a unique portal mark on the ground, which was more obvious than horseshoe prints.
After checking several times and finding nothing useful, the agents returned to their respective masters, reported the situation, and finally did not give a useful answer to the disappearance of the two, and the matter became a mystery.
Word of Sylvia and Leo's disappearance gradually spread to the north, to Touscent, where both the members of the Knights of Light and the priests of the Church of the Fairies of the Lake believed that Sylvia and Leo had been taken to her Valhalla by the Fairies of the Lake.
For a time, the hunting ground outside the city of the Golden Pagoda also became a sacred place for the Church of the Fairies in the Lake, and many believers of the Fairy in the Lake would follow the route of Sylvia and Leo to the hunting ground if conditions permitted, and Sylvia and Leo also became extremely mysterious because of their comings and goings, and the magical deeds established during that time gradually became a legend.
Leo and Sylvia, who were already in the thick fog, did not know if they would become legends after leaving that world, and they were more concerned about what was in front of them at the moment, and as they drove their horses, they quickly walked out of the fog and returned to the dead forest of Mount Lobe.
However, it was no longer appropriate to call this forest the Forest of Dead Silence, because at this moment there were countless plant-like monsters that they had encountered at that time that could imitate other people.
Now the monsters seemed to be looking for something, and when Leo and Sylvia came out of the thick fog, they immediately noticed it, and they all turned to this side, and one by one they showed all kinds of hideous expressions, and rushed towards them.
Sylvia wanted to drive her horse out and kill the monsters, but was blocked by Leo, who took out a few mechanical grenades he had made in Towcente from the storage space and threw them at them. The grenade burst in the air, and the powerful mechanical force threw out all the tiny saw blades on the grenade, cutting these monsters wantonly.
These blades are not ordinary saw blades, and they are also engraved with soul campfire runes that have a strong effect on the soul.
As Leo expected, all the plant monsters that were cut by the saw blade took over in an instant, regardless of the size of their injuries, and then one by one the souls that blurred into a cloud of gray mist came out of the bodies of these monsters, attracted by the soul bonfire runes of the saw blades, and moths rushed over like flames, and soon turned into soul crystals.
In less than a moment, all the plant monsters that could be seen were turned into soul crystals.
Leo used his psionic energy to grab the soul crystals from the ground, collect them, and put them in the pocket on the horse's back, then used the spirit net to check the surrounding situation, pointed in one direction, and said, "Let's go! ”
The two of them drove their horses slowly in the direction determined by Leo's spirit net, and although they encountered some monsters on the way, they all died under Sylvia's spear.
After walking for about ten minutes, the plants in the forest in front of him began to become a little different, no longer full of all kinds of plants that had never been seen before like the dead and silent forest before, and the plants here were some common plants in the Velen Continent, and in the dense bushes, you could still see a road that had been abandoned for a long time.
As the two of them drove their horses down the road, they sensed something unusual behind them, and then turned their heads to look over, only to see that the dead forest where they were still in the middle had disappeared, and the forest behind them had also returned to its normal state.
Seeing all this, a look of nostalgia suddenly appeared on Sylvia's face, and she turned to Leo and asked, "Do we still have a chance to go back there?"
"Perhaps!" Leo didn't have an affirmative answer, and then, as if suddenly he had thought of something, he dismounted from his horse, and then carefully examined the items stored on the horse's back.
"Damn!" Leo cursed after inspecting it, as he found that all the special psionic materials he had stored were broken and unusable.