Chapter 12: The Necromancer
Mexland, located in the easternmost part of the Kingdom of Osi, adjacent to the Inhuman Alliance, is a very inhospitable land. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
Its area is almost comparable to that of the countyls and even marquises in the rich territory of the kingdom, but the territory is sparsely populated, the soil is harsh, and the resources and population available are less than one-tenth of them.
The Mex family has ruled this territory for three generations, and there are only five feudal knights, eleven large towns, and most of the lords are still gathered in the form of villages or tribes, but these gathering places are basically a mixture of civilians and bandits, with civilians in harvest years and bandits in disaster years.
Just this year, Viscount Mexs has been away from Grey Keep for two months, and he is still running around in the territory to suppress bandits and quell the rebellion.
Saul and Krent, who had set out from the town of Mexville in the morning, had been running in their carriage for most of the day, and it was approaching evening.
But the road was deserted, and I had only seen one or two small villages, although there was also a reason why the road to Mushroom Ridge was sparsely populated, but it was so rare that it could be seen that the Merx Collar was indeed barren.
"My lord, take a break and drink some water?"
On this trip, there were only Thor and Krent, so Krent's dignified seventh-level warrior could only serve as a groom.
In the carriage, Thor looked away from the "concealment and sensitivity training of mental perception" recorded in Shrek Mex's diary, and realized that his body was also a little tired from the bumps of the carriage, and his mouth was thirsty, and he really needed to rest.
"Okay, then rest. ”
After Krent answered, he slowly stopped the carriage not far from a wood, prepared water and dry food, and respectfully handed it to Thor when he got out of the car.
Glancing at the respectful Krent, Thor knew the reason for Krent's respect, and when he left Mextown, he returned to the Grey Fort and asked Oster, who had been to Mushroom Ridge once, for some precautions, and it was at that time that Krent learned of Kren's mysterious disappearance.
However, Saul doesn't really care about Krent's mental activity, he believes that as long as he keeps getting stronger, everything is fine.
"Well, there's a situation!" Thor took the kettle, and was about to drink it, when he suddenly moved in his spirit, and the movements in his hands paused significantly, but then he continued to drink as usual.
But the corner of Thor's eyes had already swept stealthily towards the grove not far away, and in his spiritual perception, there were no less than ten spiritual fluctuations there, and all of them were full of malice and murderous aura.
This is a small skill that Sol just learned from Shrek Mex's codex, Thor called it Shrek's perception method, this kind of mental perception method has two parts: mental exploration and mental concealment, it is said that Shrek Mex's small trick was explored when he was in order to infiltrate the Croatian snake group, and later after systematic arrangement, it became a mature mental skill.
Oster was able to come to Thor's room quietly that day because he had mastered Shrek's perceptual method.
Thor deliberately learned this skill, on the one hand, he was surprised by Oster and realized the inadequacy of his spiritual perception, and more importantly, in order to hide himself from the real situation during this trip to Mushroom Ridge.
Because of his experimental research for a few days, he did not delay Thor in meditation, and at this time his spiritual scale had reached an astonishing 115, and he was only 5 scales away from reaching the level of a first-level wizard.
At this sensitive time in this watershed, Thor's mental fluctuations were very obvious, and in the eyes of other wizards and even dark judges, it was like a torch in the night, extremely bright.
Thor has been immersed in the study of Shrek's perception method since his departure, but fortunately, his Filizaro meditation method also has some skills in the use of mental power, so he quickly mastered this perception method.
"There are people in the woods. Thor whispered as he handed the kettle to Krent.
Krent's face changed, and he glanced at it vigilantly, and various thoughts flashed through his mind, and then he replied in a low voice, "My lord, it may be a bandit who has wandered here. ”
Bandits? Thor thought about it, and there was indeed a very good possibility.
I heard that Viscount Mex's army is leading the army to exterminate several bandit nests of rebels, and these people may indeed be fish that have escaped through the net.
In this case, Thor had a plan in mind, and after bowing his head and saying a few words to Krent. I heard Krent suddenly say in a loud voice: "My lord, it is not early, let's hurry up, otherwise we will not be able to make it to the next village before dark." ”
"Okay," Saul replied in a loud voice.
The two began to pack their things and continued on their way. However, no one noticed Pisol's covert movements, sprinkling silvery-white powder on the ground.
"Kill!"
Suddenly, there was a shout of rage, and a dozen dirty human heads emerged from the bushes of the woods, holding long swords, wooden guns, and clubs, and rushed towards Thor and the others.
At the front was a strong, red-haired man, the only one in leather armor and with a sharp blade, who raised his bloodstained sword and shouted, "Kill them, take food, clothes, gold coins, and carriages." Rush!"
"Be careful, sir. Although he knew that Thor was strong, Krent still held his sword in front of Thor for the first time.
Thor waved his hand and motioned for Krent to back off and let the bandits rush over.
"Huh?"
The red-haired strong man rushed to the front, and saw Sol's movements most clearly, he was considered to have some knowledge, and he was also a small leader in the former bandit den, at this time, he saw that Sol and the two were fearless, and the long sword in Krent's hand was cold and cold, and his bearing was majestic, and he was suddenly shocked, and the secret way was not good, I am afraid that he would meet a warrior.
Seeing that this person was running slower and slower, before approaching Thor, he stopped directly, shouted loudly, beckoned to the others, and said: "Everyone go up, I see the jewels in the carriage, and there is a lot of food, kill them, and we will have food and money!"
The refugees-like bandits suddenly cheered and rushed towards Thor in a frenzy.
Thor saw this man's behavior clearly, a smile appeared at the corner of his mouth, but his dark green eyes did not fluctuate, and he was extremely cold.
In an instant, five or six people had rushed in front of Thor, and the disgusting stench emanating from these people made Thor frown deeply.
"Fios"
As Thor spat out a mysterious and withering spell, the blazing flames instantly swooped up from the ground and burrowed into the flesh like a nimble fire snake.
Not only that, the moment Thor burst into flames, another handful of white phosphorus powder spilled out, rushing towards several people, all of whom were more or less stained with a little silver powder.
As if they had seen delicious food, the fiery serpent immediately chased after the silver-white powder.
In the blink of an eye, there was a terrible scream, and the smell of burnt barbecue had been mixed together.
"Witchcraft! It's evil witchcraft!"
The red-haired man was already frightened and wanted to turn and run away, but found that both legs were shaking uncontrollably.
Even the red-haired man was scared silly, not to mention those ignorant bandits, all of them seemed to have been petrified at the moment, looking at the fire man rolling all over the ground in fear, and he didn't dare to move, and soon a commotion spread, and some people were so frightened that they were incontinent.
Thor covered his nose in disgust and said casually, "None of them will be left." Without glancing at the bandits again, he turned back to the carriage and pulled out Shrek Mex's codex to continue his research.
Outside the carriage, under the scorching and dancing flames, there were blood and flesh splashes, sharp screams and fleeing figures.
A few minutes later, Krent stood unharmed by the corpse of a red-haired man, and the already terrified bandits were all corpses all over the ground.
"My lord, what should I do with these corpses, do you want to deal with them?" asked Krent, pointing to a few of the bandits who had been burned to death by Thor with fire and phosphorus.
In order to hide their identities, these corpses obviously need to be disposed of, and Saul said without raising his head: "Bury it." ”
After that, Thor sighed in his heart, he really overestimated these bandits, he knew that he could solve them at will without witchcraft, so he didn't need to reveal his identity.
After this delay, by the time Krent had dealt with it, it was getting late, and he could only rest here tonight and hurry again tomorrow.
But resting on the corpses in one place was not a pleasant thing, so Krent drove the carriage to the edge of the woods by the roadside, intending to spend the night.
After instructing Krent to stay in the middle of the night, Thor returned to the carriage, took out the four remaining green vine leaves, took one in his mouth, and began to meditate.
Not long after entering the meditation, Krent's frightened shout suddenly sounded in Saul's ears, and at the same time, a cold feeling suddenly hit, and Saul's goosebumps exploded instantly.
Saul immediately woke up from his meditation, pulled the car door, and was about to ask Krent, but saw Krent's face full of fear, and looked not far away, where Krent buried his body.
Thor looked at it and was momentarily stunned.
Under the moonlight, a cluster of green ghost fire grew out of the ground, suddenly jumped into the air, floated with the wind, kept shaking, and what was even more terrifying was that under a dozen ghost fires, a miserable white palm suddenly stretched out from the ground, and then the soil churned, and a red-haired dead corpse with a broken neck and half a head on his shoulder crawled out covered in mud.
As soon as the red-haired corpse crawled out, the green ghostly fire quickly gathered around it, as if to light the way for it, guiding the red-haired corpse forward.
Soon, the red-haired corpse surrounded by green fire drooped its arms and disappeared into the night with stiff movements.
"This, that man, I cut his neck, how can he be resurrected?" At this time, Krent realized that Thor had come out, and immediately shouted at Thor in surprise.
"It's not resurrected, it's a walking corpse!" After that, Thor looked vigilantly at the place where the corpse disappeared, and said in a solemn tone: "Be careful, there are necromancers nearby collecting corpse souls!"
Necromancer, this is a pervert among wizards, it is really troublesome to appear in the Merx Territory.
No, maybe it's an opportunity too.
Thor thought to himself: It's been many days, and the Dark Inquisition should be aware of Lucian's death.