Chapter 1: The Death of the Town
In the early morning, there is a faint fog in the mountains and forests, and the mountains and forests are quiet, and today's morning seems to be different from usual. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. biquge。 infoThere are often residents chopping firewood in the mountains and forests, and everyone doesn't seem to notice anything unusual, and they still say hello to acquaintances and chop firewood as usual.
"Daddy, when will the two-horned rhinoceros herd by the Moore River be driven away? The young man, who was bending down to pick up the branches that had been cut off and thrown aside, straightened up and asked the middle-aged man beside him.
The boy had brown hair, a sturdy body dressed in linen, and a handsome but slightly green face that betrayed his age of about fifteen or sixteen. Beside him was a middle-aged man who was also dressed in linen, with a muscular body and explosive muscles underneath his clothes that could be felt through his clothes.
"Alas, who knows what those officials think. The middle-aged man with a similar face looked at the young man next to him, shook his head, and whispered.
"It's been two days, why hasn't Pollux sent someone yet. If it weren't for the two-horned rhinoceros herd blocking the river, the caravan would have arrived yesterday, and I don't know how many days it would have to wait. The boy said with some dissatisfaction.
"Hehe, it's okay, what does it matter if it's two days earlier or two days late. By the way, North, did your teacher give you something before going back this time? The man asked with concern.
"No, after the teacher taught me how to meditate, he said that he would go back and find something, and then come back in a few days, and let me meditate on my own for the next few days. ”
"Well, don't be lazy, you know, Dad is still waiting for you to become a mage and make a name for yourself outside. ”
"Well, I know Dad, I'll try. The boy nodded when he heard his father's words, but he didn't tell his father what had happened that day.
"Dad, do you think it's so quiet in the woods today? ”
"It's been like this for the past two days, and I don't know what happened to the Adonis Mountains, I still remember that when I was hunting some time ago, I actually met a musk deer that has been rare in the past two years. Shaking his head, he said, "Plus the two-horned rhinoceros herd along the Moore River always feels like something is going to happen." ”
"Oh, Dad is fine, wasn't it the same two years ago, the demonic beasts in the mountains suddenly ran to the edge, and the town was still afraid of the outbreak of the beast tide at that time, but it turned out to be okay. Seeing that his father was a little uneasy, North comforted his father with words.
"Hehe, I hope so. Alright, let's carry the chopped firewood on our backs. ”
Seeing that the two had already chopped a lot of firewood, the man began to beckon North to carry the firewood on his back and walk in the direction of the town.
After the two of them walked away, about sixty or seventy meters away from the place where the two were chopping wood, a pale gray mist gradually dissipated. Behind the pale gray mist, three men in black cloaks with their faces under them stood there.
"Big brother, why didn't you let me kill those two people just now, my baby hasn't drunk fresh human blood for a long time. A man embroidered with a blood-colored bat at the collar said with some dissatisfaction.
"Third brother, don't worry, you can't kill those two people yet, otherwise the people in the town will notice it, but that magician has been gone for two days, and the kid just said that it will be a few days before he returns, and we will act tonight, and after tonight my general can be promoted to a baron." The man standing in the middle with a blood-colored bat embroidered on his cuff looked at the two brothers beside him. "When we return to the organization, we will be able to get more resources, and then you will be able to advance to the intermediate mage. ”
"Okay, we're going to do it tonight, and it's just a few days ago that my skeleton warriors lost a few, so I'll pick a few to go back to be skeleton warriors. And the man just now looked good, adding some materials, you may get a third-level skeleton warrior" The man with a blood-colored bat embroidered on his chest thought about it and nodded in agreement
The three men with their faces covered under the black cloak stood there silently and stopped talking, and slowly a black mist appeared around the three of them, and the figures of the three slowly disappeared into the black mist.
The night of the town is very calm, if it is a normal town, it will definitely not fall into silence soon after dark, because the town is the only passage from the Knos Empire to the Principality of Light---- the nearest town near the Bolux Fortress, the town is only a day away from the Pollux Fortress, and the nearest town is at least five days away from the interior of the empire.
In the past few days, because the west side of the Moore River outside the town has been occupied by a group of two-horned rhinoceros, there are now many fewer adventurers and caravans in the town. There were no garrisons on the fort side to drive away the rhinoceros herds, nor were mercenaries tasked with them, so neither caravans nor adventurers ventured across the Moore River.
Although the two-horned rhinoceros is only a second-level magical beast, the two-horned rhinoceros is a social magical beast, and the smallest group has more than fifty heads. Don't provoke hordes of demonic beasts, even if it's just a low-level horde of demonic beasts, this is something that all adventurers in the continent know.
It was one of the few quiet days in town, but tonight was not destined to be a quiet night. At the southern entrance of the town, three men in black robes slowly walked into the town through the town's gates. The three of them walked slowly down the central avenue of the town, stopping when they reached the central square.
"Big brother, can I give my baby a good meal now?" shouted the man who had just stopped and had a blood-colored bat embroidered on his collar.
"Claire, don't be so anxious, let Nils activate the magic on the scroll first. Okay Nils, it's time to get started. The man with a blood-colored bat embroidered on his sleeve comforted Claire, who had a blood-colored bat embroidered on his collar, and then said to Nils, who was next to him with a blood-colored bat embroidered on his chest.
"Brother Ekir, wait a minute, I'll start activating the magic scroll right away. I just don't know if it's worth using the Mist of Death here. When Nils heard that Ekir had asked him to activate the magic scroll, he was a little worried that the harvest in the town would not be worth the value of the magic scroll.
"Nils, rest assured, this town is definitely worth using the Death Mists here. Think about it, after today, my baby will be promoted to a viscount, our status in the organization will be improved, and you can get more resources in the organization, and you can prepare to advance to an intermediate magician, and then we can improve our strength faster. Ekil comforted his second brother when he saw that Nils was a little worried.
"Yes, second brother. After tonight, our baby is almost about to advance, and when we have more resources, we can let our baby advance to Baron. Claire saw that his second brother was reluctant and hurriedly persuaded his second brother, he was afraid that his eldest brother would not let him kill people in this town in the end, his baby had not drunk human blood for a long time.
Seeing that his brother was trying to persuade him, Nils took out his treasured magic scroll from his bosom and held it in his hand to make his decision with reluctance.
"Well, since you all said it was worth it, I'll use the scroll. ”
Seeing the smile on his brother's face when he heard that he had agreed to use the magic scroll, Nils sighed and began to prepare to activate the magic scroll.
Nils gently opened the magic scroll, softly recited the magic spell that had been practiced many times but had never succeeded, and then slowly transmitted the magic power in his body to the magic scroll to strengthen the power of the magic scroll.
As the magic spell was gently recited, a black magic array filled with magic words slowly appeared at Nils's feet, and at the same time, a black cloud slowly formed over the town, gradually obscuring the moonlight.
When the spell was about to be finished, Nils tore the magic scroll hard, and when the scroll was torn open, the black clouds over the town began to slowly descend, and the town was filled with black mist, and as the black mist gradually increased, a dangerous aura spread throughout the town.