Chapter 17: The Journey
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In the Bone Territory, a fierce battle is raging.
The Undead Knights led by Henara sprinted to their heart's content on the endless plain of bones, and their momentum was unmatched.
William stood in the center of the Bone Realm, on the bare Bone Mountain Range, where there was only one Bone King's Palace, waiting for the Undead Knights to come and kill.
The two armies soon clashed, and the Order of the Undead first broke through and fought into the mountains, but soon the scene fell into a stalemate, and the battlefield was stalemate.
William, who had received Sumela's instructions, was not worried, and he stood quietly in the mountains, condescending, with an unobstructed view of the war below.
Soon, the undead knights led by Genara suffered casualties, the ants bit the elephant to death, and were surrounded by the skeleton legion, the undead knights were finally defeated, and Genara was the first to flee.
Looking at the back of Henara running wildly, William was a little speechless.
The days spent in the undead world were not short, and William also knew some information about the undead world.
In the world of the undead, there is nothing more frequent than war.
For example, the leader of the Order of the Undead, Hernara, waged wars, defeated and defeated, in order to rob Sumera of the Bone Domain.
Perhaps it would be more appropriate to put it another way, and that is to snatch control of the White Bone Palace.
William had once seen that in the palace of the White Bone King of Sumera, there was nothing but a pitch-black staircase that extended infinitely downward, all the way to the ground.
Inside, there are thousands of extremely intelligent skeleton soldiers, holding white bone hammers, white bone shovels, white bone pickaxes and other objects in their hands, beating ore day and night 'ping pong' to mine ore veins.
This peculiar vein resource is the resource that Henara has always wanted to compete for.
According to Sumela, this strange stone, called the 'Stone of the Dead', contains some special magical energy and is extremely useful in the world of the dead.
Just like the water and food that human beings need to survive, the Dead Stone is the water and food that the dead rely on to survive.
If a skeleton soldier leaves the support of the undead stone, in a few years, the soul fire will become dim, directly extinguished, and turn into a pile of bone slag, becoming the fresh land and nutrients of the undead.
And if a weak skeleton soldier obtains a large number of undead stones, absorbs the special magical power in them, and nourishes the soul fire, after the soul fire becomes stronger, the skeleton soldier will gradually awaken wisdom.
The so-called death knights are just some skeleton soldiers with higher intelligence, who consciously arm themselves, wear armor to improve their defense, use machetes to improve their combat effectiveness, and ride skeleton horses to increase their running speed.
According to Sumera, the stronger the soul fire, the higher the wisdom of the dead. There are even powerful dead creatures with the same intelligence as humans.
They also build city-states, craft weapons, barter, unite together, and so on.
Even, almost all the species in the other world are found in the undead realm.
Skeleton soldiers correspond to humans, dragons correspond to bone dragons, even if it is a wild boar, you can see a replica of the boar after its death in the undead world, a boar skeleton with complete bones.
It's just that skeleton soldiers are relatively easy to awaken their intelligence, but other species are difficult to awaken.
In general, the undead world seems to be inextricably linked to the real world, and it is not known to outsiders.
Outsiders do not have the Ring of the Dead, one of the ten major artifacts, and cannot summon a passage to enter it, but William can enter and exit at will with his huge spiritual power.
The world of the undead hides too many secrets, attracting William to explore them one by one.
Half an hour later, the skeletons had cleaned up the battlefield, and William summoned the Black Portal, returning to the real world.
Kuwait Province, in the sunset town, in the castle of the Lester family, in William's secret chambers.
As soon as William appeared, he went to his study, wrote a letter, and sent it to the nearby town of Wildfire, inviting Master Rhein.
Master Rhine received William's letter, and it only took half a day to come to William's study.
There are generally two kinds of study rooms, one is the ordinary study room, which is a place to read books.
The second is a specially arranged study, in which the guests are received will give them a sense of honor that is valued by the host.
"Mr. William, you... Are you looking for me?" said the mage Rhine with some fear in the study.
He will never forget the scene when William interrogated him, the heart-rending pain that lingered in his mind like a nightmare, and could not be forgotten.
Since that incident, the mage Rhine has also deliberately worn a pair of white gloves, whether it is eating or sleeping, he has never taken them off.
"Coming to you, there is indeed one thing. ”
On the desk, William took a sip of strong coffee, put the cup down and said, "Recently, the beer business of our Lester family has stabilized, and we have hired someone to take care of it, and I have finally become more leisurely and have time to deal with my own personal affairs." ”
After a pause, a smile appeared on William's face: "So, I want to take advantage of this time to ask Master Rhine for advice and learn magic." ”
In fact, William had the mind to learn magic for a long time.
It's just that when William was still living in the imperial capital in the past, he said that it sounded better, that is, he entered the magic academy to study magic.
To put it bluntly, it is difficult to hear, that is, as an auditor, he has listened to a lot of magic theory knowledge, and there will be no teacher to teach him the actual operation and how to use magic.
After the bankruptcy of the Lester family, the mansions in the imperial capital were sold, and William's desire to learn magic faded. After that, he was busy with the family beer business.
It wasn't until he met the necromancer Sumera that William's desire to learn magic was heated again, but he didn't have enough time at the time.
Now that there is time, Sumera is gone again, and William thinks about it, and in the end, there is only Master Rhine.
In fact, since the last time Mage Rhein's attack and the Lester family's convoy was attacked, William's desire to learn magic has been extremely strong.
Last time, Sumera came to his rescue, so what about the next time?
Perhaps, he has the Ring of the Dead and can avoid danger, but this will eventually fall behind. Only when you are strong will you be fearless.
And after learning magic and having the strength to report yourself, the benefits are far more than that. William can also be confident and bold to explore the realm of the dead.
William wanted to learn magic, and when he revealed what he meant, Mage Rhine was a little hesitant.
He really didn't want to teach William magic, let alone teaching, even if he stood with William, he also felt uncomfortable and full of awkwardness.
As if seeing Master Rhine's embarrassment, William did not urge, but instead pointed out: "I remember, you once said that you had a crush on a wand worth three thousand gold coins. ”
Master Rhine was slightly stunned.
William continued: "Well, we have been making a little money lately. If you'll teach me magic, I'll buy that wand and give it to you, as your reward." ”
A good wand is the second life of a magician.
When Rhine heard this, he was immediately a little overjoyed. He hesitated for a moment, and at last he agreed at the thought that he still had the handle in William's hands.
In the next few days, William did not follow Master Rhine to practice magic, but instead organized his itinerary and went to a magical ancient city with a history of thousands of years, the Holy City of Magic.
The wand that Master Rhine has his eye on is in the Magic Holy City.
The Magical Holy City, located on the highest mountain in the territory of the Holy Spirit Empire, belongs to the Canaan Province like the Imperial Capital.
According to the plan, Mage Rhine needs to go to the Magic Holy City to buy his favorite wand. William Rest, who was traveling with him, was also ready to buy some wands and other necessities to start his own path of learning magic.
This time, William said goodbye to his father, Baron Bazado, and walked with Master Rhine.
The two first took the waterway, took a big boat, and went out of the Kuwait Canal, one of the most famous water conservancy projects, the mother river of Kuwait Province, and disembarked at the wharf of Canaan Province.
After resting overnight at the local inn, William got up early the next morning, woke up Master Rhine, who was sleeping lazily, and went to the dock market, where he bought two healthy horses for a high price of twenty gold coins, which he used to hurry.
During the outbreak of war on the border, the price of horses in the imperial capital was affected and became much more expensive.
William and Master Rhine rode their horses leisurely and stepped on a dirt road in the poor countryside, and rushed to the imperial capital first.
William's riding skills were very poor, and Master Rhine was also a half-, and the two of them rode fine horses, but it took them a full day to set out in the morning and arrive in the imperial capital at nightfall.
Sitting on the horse, William looked at this ancient city that had gone through vicissitudes, and his mood was a little complicated.
"Mr. William, let's get into the city quickly. After walking for a day, I drank a few sips of water and was so hungry. ”
Master Rhine urged slightly, but he didn't dare to show his impatience.
William nodded with a smile, paid the entrance fee, and finally walked into the city that never sleeps.
In other places, such as the fiefdom of Baron Bazado and the sunset town of Kuwait, almost half of the people are ready to go to sleep at night.
This is not the case in the imperial capital. Landing at night means that it's not time to rest, but that the nightlife has just begun.
"Mr. William, I have been to the imperial capital several times. I know that on Laurendy Street in the imperial capital, there is a restaurant that makes fresh fish that is very delicious and not very expensive. Shall we try it?" suggested Master Rhine.
William smiled faintly.
There are few rivers near the imperial capital, and fish ingredients are scarce, and most of them are transported from the wharves of Canaan Province, and the price is not ordinarily expensive.
Seeing William smiling and silent, obviously seeing through his little tricks, Master Rhine suddenly smiled awkwardly.
"We're not going to eat on Lauren Street tonight, we're going to be a guest at a friend of my father's. William pulled the reins, turned around on his steed, and headed for the center of the imperial capital.
Master Rhine hurriedly followed.