The knight officer's face instantly turned pale, and he stared at Surdak for a few seconds, and when he left, he even forgot that he should salute Surdak before leaving, the corpses of those black mages and valuable magic robes were hung on the wooden cross outside the cave, and the knight officer took his men into the cave before they looked at it carefully......

For these magicians, although he has become a dried corpse, the people in the Yezipias Manor still have some impression of the faces of these people.

It's just that everyone didn't know that they were hiding under this manor, and they had lived there for so long, and they thought that they were a group of outsiders, who regularly purchased daily necessities at the Yezipias Manor every month.

Surdak did not continue to deal with the knightly officer, but gave Edgar a nice look and asked him to drive the knight officer away.

Now that the army of Ruit City has taken over the research institute of the Dark Magic Order, he can't allow other forces to intervene at this time, or to put it more bluntly, to share the credit.

The hoplite regiment was dead, and Surdak's death pension for the troops of the Gampo plane was not a small amount......

He first rushed to the place where the corpses of the fallen soldiers were parked and took a look, the corpses of these soldiers were packed into black coffins, neatly parked in the cave, it was cool enough, and the corpses should not stink so quickly.

It's hard to imagine that the Dark Arts Retreat has so many coffins stockpiled, probably prepared by those magicians for themselves in advance.

At least that's what Surdak thinks.

"When will the logistics regiment arrive?" Surdak asked Captain Edgar behind him.

"We should be here by tomorrow night at the latest!" Commander Edgar replied that he was worried that Surdak would reprimand the logistics department of the hoplite regiment for moving too slowly, and hurriedly added: "The convoy has to go through the portal to prepare supplies, and we need to know where we are going in Ruit City......"

He didn't continue to say the rest of the words, because he wanted Surdak to think for himself.

Surdak nodded slightly and walked out of the cave.

The hoplite regiment had set up a new camp outside the cave, and the wounded battalion was in a tent at the foot of the mountain, and Thea was treating the wounded soldiers, and when she saw Surdak walking in quickly with a group of men, she raised her head and greeted Surdak and said, "Dak, are you awake?" ”

Surdak nodded, leaned over to Thea, took her place, and asked, "How's it going?" ”

Thea knew that Surdak was asking the wounded man in front of him, and hurriedly replied: "The injury is not too serious, that is, the blood is infected with the putrefactive toxin, and now I can only control the toxin from spreading further, but I can't eradicate it......"

"How many of these wounded?" Surdak asked, casting a holy light spell on the wounded.

A white glow fell on the wounded, and the wound with cyan bruises immediately turned to a normal color......

"It's all gathered here, just waiting for you to come!" Thea let out a long exhale and said lightly.

Surdak couldn't help but look up at this time and asked, "What if I can't wake up in time?" What should be done with these wounded? ”

Thea didn't answer without any hesitation: "I won't dissolve these toxins, but I can concentrate them on an unimportant area of these wounded people's bodies, and then 'click' to cut that part of the body off!" ”

“……”

Surdak was simply speechless, because he really had no better way to refute it.

……

After seeing the wounded warriors, Surdak returned to the cave where the altar was built, where he went to inspect the tree. The Tree of Hope, this kind of magic tree is a rare plant-type magical beast even in the Hell Realm, and it has a very high growth potential.

This desire. Once the Tree of Hope reaches maturity, it will definitely become a lord.

It has the ability to manipulate all living beings within a radius of a few hundred and become its slaves or blood food.

The Black Mage has apparently summoned a desire from the Hell Realm this time. The seeds of the tree of hope, but also successfully spawned the germination, this tree desire. The Tree of Hope is no longer in the seedling stage, and the main nourishment for its growth is fresh blood food and soul.

Desire. The Tree of Hope needs to absorb enough souls to successfully advance, and this Tree of Desire. The Tree of Hope is a plant-type demonic beast at the peak of the fourth level, if it can break through the last shackles and become a fifth-level demonic beast, it is estimated that Surdak will not be able to defeat it so easily.

The tree had been cut down by Surdak himself, and now he returned to the altar and looked at the tree again. The Tree of Hope, the main part of the giant tree is already as thick as a water tank, and there are some very resilient meridians inside, and the tree still accepts the souls of more than two dozen black mages at the last moment, and it also completely fuses a black mage, and even a face is born on the trunk.

This already means that this tree desires. The last stage of the Tree of Hope has given birth to the first wisdom......

The canopy of this large tree was covered with hematomas, and now the entire tree had been cut down on the altar, and the hematomas in the crown had condensed hundreds of bloodstones, which were a very rare magical material, and the dry trunk was not as dense as other trees, and could be used to make furniture.

Desire. The inside of the Tree of Hope is more like some pipes stuck together, not only is it empty, but there is still some clotted blood in many of the pipes.

Because the specific value of this part of the material is unknown, the whole tree has been lying on the altar.

Now, those blood essence stones have been put away by Aphrodite.

Seeing Surdak coming, Aphrodi discussed with Surdak how to sawn the tree and take it away, and according to Aphrodi's idea, even the roots of the altar should be dug up.

"Desire. The Tree of Hope is the main ingredient for making hallucinogenic potions. Aphrodite gave Surdak a brief introduction.

With just one sentence, Surdak made up his mind to pack up the entire Tree of Desire, even digging out all the roots that had penetrated deep into the soil.

"Aphrodite, you're saying the whole tree is a magical herb?"

Although Surdak was already rich, he still couldn't be calm.

The succubus nodded slightly and said, "If you understand it that way, it's not impossible to ......."

She triumphantly pointed to the side wall, the whole of which was obscured by a black curtain, and said casually:

"Oh, by the way, in addition to this precious tree of desire, the dark mages here have really collected a lot of good things."

As she spoke, Aphrodite walked over to a cave wall and slammed open the curtain that was blocking the shelves......

Inside were bottles of various potions and plant-based magic materials, which were lined up on a wall, and there was even a square tray on the shelf, which was full of magic crystals.

Undazzled by these gains, Surdak glanced at Naomi and asked Aphrodite:

"Did you find any evidence that they were arresting the villagers of Selija?"

This was the main reason why Naomi came along, the necromancer wanted to clear his name.

"Yes, there's a row of prisons over there, and Naomi has found the place where they buried their bones." Aphrodite still answered first.

Surdak looked at Naomi with some surprise......

As if to read Surdak's astonishment, the necromancer shrugged his shoulders and explained, "As a necromancer, you have a keen sense of smell for any bone. ”

"Take me to see it!" Surdak said.

Aphrodite walked through the cave, which was located deeper in the belly of the mountain, and here it was simply a number of latrine-sized cells dug on either side of the original cavern, except for a row of iron doors on the rock wall, each of which was only two or three square meters, just enough for one person to lie down in.

There was some filth left in these prisons, and even some blood stains on the iron doors and cave walls.

"There were only sixteen villagers in the prison who survived, and among them we found Krek's wife and son." Aphrodite continued.

Surdak was slightly stunned before he asked again, "Does Kreek's wife know Krek's true identity?" ”

"I didn't ask about that, but judging by her sad expression, I don't know ......," Aphrodite replied.

"Then don't tell Craik about it, just say that he was killed by the Dark Mage when he was leading the way for the army, and the people who bear the charge are already dead, we can't let the living continue to bear that crime, and this is the end of Craike's matter!" Surdak said to Aphrodite.

"You have the final say!" Aphrodite did not contradict Surdak and did not agree.

"The rest of the prisoners are all villagers from the village of Selia?" Surdak asked again.

"Ten are from the village of Selia and the other six are from other places." Aphrodite replied.

"Have you figured out what they're doing by secretly arresting so many civilians here?" Surdak asked.

Aphrodite walked ahead, and she stopped and said without thinking, "Of course, to nourish that tree of desire, which not only needs blood food, but also needs to drain soul ......"

Surdak patted his forehead, remembering that this Aphrodite had already explained before.

Continuing to go deeper into the cave, there was actually a place similar to a cliff in front, looking at the deep and dark space below, Surdak threw down the pine branch torch in his hand, and with a fire light that was not too bright, Surdak saw that this pit should be more than ten meters deep, and a large number of white bones were piled up inside.

Naomi stood beside Surdak and cautiously asked:

"Lord Earl, do you want me to wake up all these skeletons, and then let them line up, so that it is easier to find out the exact number......

Surdak glanced at Naomi a little speechlessly, and hurriedly said, "This is not needed. ”