After leaving the Principality of the Moon Protectorate, Charlotte sped up her pace.

Castre's convoy did not stop at the two Earl Kingdoms, but made its way north, and after about ten days or so, it finally entered the northern part of the Crescent Kingdom, and came to the Duchy of Violet, which was adjacent to the Earldom of Castel.

With the entry into the Duchy of Violet, the surrounding landscape changed significantly, and large areas of plains disappeared in favor of rolling hills and endless forests.

Under the clear blue sky, a river like a silver ribbon flows quietly through the hills and low mountains, shimmering in the sunlight and reflecting the white clouds.

From time to time, you can see free deer and hares jumping out of the forest, drinking water and playing by the stream, and large clusters of wild flowers dotted among the bushes, attracting colorful butterflies to fly.

It's hard not to be captivated by the painting-like landscapes that can be found everywhere in the Duchy of Violet.

However, in contrast to this paradise, the number of villages and towns has become noticeably scarce, even inhabited.

Sometimes, as you walk, you can see some traces of the battlefield that have been around for many years.

Broken and ruined, chariots covered with mushrooms and moss, faintly recognizable bones, and rusty armor or fragments of weapons......

"The Violet Principality used to be one of the main battlefields of the Star-Moon War, and these battle traces were all left by the Second Star-Moon War more than ten years ago."

Seeing Charlotte's curious gaze, Sebas introduced.

Charlotte bowed slightly.

When she was in Boulder, she had also read about the Star-Moon War, which lasted for decades and almost halved the population of the entire northern Crescent Kingdom, especially the Violet Duchy, the main battlefield.

Only the county of Castel escaped under the heavy protection of the kingdom's troops.

At this time, it seems that the Mithril Mine is important, in order to prevent the Mithril Mine from such an extremely important battle

The materials fell into the hands of the Falling Star Kingdom, and the Crescent Royal Family had made a bloody investment and directly stationed a legion on the border between the Falling Star Kingdom's enclave on the continent, the Principality of Romance and Castre.

Decades of war had passed, and the entire north had been almost destroyed, but the county of Castel, a little further north, had become more and more prosperous, more or less for this reason.

There is no war, and it accepts a large number of refugees from the north of the kingdom, and at the same time, it is located in the transportation arteries and main trade routes of many forces, and it has its own mines.

In contrast, the Violet Principality, which is the main battlefield, is much more unlucky.

The beauty of the rare scenery is charming, but it also represents poverty and backwardness.

War is never grand and bloody, but cruel and full of tragedy.

Along the way, Charlotte can even see the ruins of some villages, many of which are dry bones, apparently lost in the war.

To Charlotte's surprise, although the wilderness of the Duchy of Violet was full of dry bones, she barely felt the breath of the undead.

You know, battlefield ruins are often also places where the undead are born.

It is difficult for the priests to pray in time for so many fallen to help their wandering souls return to the kingdom of God, so there will always be remnants wandering the battlefield.

But along the way, Charlotte has never seen even one undead.

Not even at night, at most you can only hear the roar of the monster.

"Undead? Maybe they've all been defeated by mercenaries, right? The Principality of Violet has a vast forest area and can be called a paradise for magical beasts, with a large number of mercenaries active here, and of course, many robbers. ”

Sebas guessed.

Warcraft is feared by ordinary people, but in the eyes of transcendentals, it is a walking wealth.

The vast forest of violets is not only a paradise for monsters, but also for mercenaries.

The Duchy of Violet, the Black Lands of East Yunette, the Serpentine Mountains......

These three places are the most active places for Miria's free mercenaries.

However, Charlotte was not too happy with Sebas's answer.

As a Bloodline who has mastered necromantic magic, Charlotte knows a lot about the undead.

The undead are special spirits, good at hiding, and more or less will retain the wisdom of life, this kind of existence is not something that anyone can crusade against, even a mercenary cannot deal with it so cleanly.

Not only that, after entering the Duchy of Violet, Charlotte obviously felt that the concentration of magic in the air here was higher than in other places.

Violet has a large number of magical beasts, and I am afraid it is also closely related to this high-magic environment.

In this environment, it is indeed easier for the undead to be born.

In particular, the magic of violets is obviously a bit chaotic, and this environment is even more conducive to the undead.

Charlotte didn't think mercenaries could easily hunt the wandering undead so cleanly.

Unless...... It is the action of a church force like the Holy Court, which will regularly "purify" the entire violet from beginning to end.

But Charlotte didn't think the Holy Court would be so idle.

However, although she had doubts in her heart, Charlotte only buried them in her heart.

She was just passing through Violet.

Strange as it was, as curious as she was, she wasn't going to stay specifically to investigate.

Due to the low mountains and hills of the terrain, the roads of the Violet Principality were not particularly easy to follow, but the speed of Castel's convoy was not slow.

It's not that the speed has been accelerated, but there are too few gathering points for violets, and there are few noble castles and cities.

There were few places to stop, and Charlotte gave the order to hurry as soon as possible, and the speed of the convoy was naturally faster.

Significantly different from the Duchy of the Moon Protector and the Duchy of Boulder, Violet settlements, even the small villages, tend to have tall wooden walls.

As for the towns that were built around the castle, they had strong stone walls that looked like fortresses.

Charlotte knew that this was another consequence of the decades-long Star-Moon War.

For Violet's people, only tall walls can give them a sense of security.

Charlotte could clearly feel the scars left by the Star-Moon War on the principality.

Many of the villages and towns she passed through were deeply vigilant about the caravan of Castel, closing the gates or gates tightly, and only when the convoy had identified itself and gained enough trust would they be cautiously let them in to rest.

Of course, after learning the identity of the convoy, the villagers will become enthusiastic again, and for the desolate violet, the northern castel is a desirable and rich place.

The Principality of Violet is indeed much poorer.

This can be felt from the banquet invited by the nobles here, and the overall feeling is even inferior to the nobles of the same level in Boulder, whether it is the decoration of the castle or the food of the banquet, it looks a little sour.

On the other hand, Charlotte noticed that the Violet people were much more powerful than the Boulders and even the Moon-Protector.

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In the castles of the nobles, there is a high proportion of transcendents, and even a baron has an entourage of advanced people.

In the villages, too, the militia guarding the villages is almost all transcendent.

Charlotte figured that this was inseparable from the magic of the Violet Principality, which was significantly higher than that of other places.

However, unlike the enthusiastic villagers, although the Violet nobles were extraordinarily enthusiastic when they invited Charlotte, the perceptive Charlotte could sense the alienation under the other party's politeness when attending the banquet.

Although she did a good job on the surface, Charlotte could feel that the nobles of Violet did not welcome her.

However, she doesn't care, it's just a way, and if she is not welcome, it just avoids tedious communication.

After bidding farewell to another lord, Castel's convoy continued on its way into the northern part of the Duchy of Violet.

It's more populated and the trees are more lush.

The northern part of the violet is the violet forest that runs through the northern part of the Crescent Kingdom, and after passing through the forest, you will reach the Castel territory.

As for Lint City, the capital of Violet...... Located a little further west of the Duchy, Charlotte, who was heading northeast, would not pass by, and naturally would not visit the Duke of Violet there.

The violet forest is vast and it takes days to traverse the entire jungle.

Fortunately, the caravans that had traveled with Castel along the way arrived at their destinations one after another, and they parted ways with each other.

By now, there were only a few caravans left that were destined for Castre, and the number of the entire convoy was less than seven hundred.

There are fewer people, fewer caravans, and the speed of the team can be a little faster.

But even then, it would take at least three days to cross the Violet Forest, during which the entire convoy would have to spend the night in the forest.

It was night, and the moonlight like water shone through the dense woods, shining under the trees.

The convoy that had been marching for a day was also stationed, and tents and campfires were set up around the wagon.

Around the camp is a circle of spices called Avila, which have the effect of repelling monsters and mosquitoes, and can keep the camp safe.

Of course, just having spices is not safe, there are many magical beasts in the forest, and there are always some immune guys, so the extraordinary knights are stationed at the edge of the camp, always vigilant.

Naturally, the common people stayed in the camp, as did the accompanying merchants, who gathered around the crackling campfires in the cold at night, rubbing their hands together to keep warm, while listening to the troubadours playing and singing old songs.

From time to time, the howls of unknown magical beasts could be heard from the depths of the forest, startling bursts of bats and birds, making the jungle at night more mysterious and dangerous, making the ordinary people in the camp can't help but shiver, and only feel at ease after getting closer to each other.

Charlotte loved the environment.

Night is the home of the Bloodborne, and as a natural magical creature, Charlotte is also quite fond of the high-magic environment of the Violet Forest.

She was alone in her tent, closing her eyes and meditating while she brushed up on the various Bloodline magic she'd learned.

I saw that her body turned into a black mist with a bang, and then turned into countless black bats after a while......

The Shadow of Misting of the Shadow Department under the Dark Resonance and the Night Bat of the Transfiguration Department under the Wild Resonance were really played by her.

And the next moment, the bat turned into a girl in human form, but there was a pair of huge bat wings behind the girl.

Blood flashed through Charlotte's childholes, and a shadow appeared on her body, quickly hiding her in the night.

Charlotte jumped to her feet and flew out of the tent.

No one noticed her actions.

Only Sebas couldn't help but glance at the sky, and after sensing the familiar breath, he quickly withdrew his gaze, and continued to lazily raise his goblet and drink the wine.

Charlotte flapped her bat wings and flew into the sky, at first a little unskilled, but soon flew steadily, unleashing the power of the Bloods to her heart's content.

On weekdays, she must hide her identity, she must be careful wherever she goes, and she must not expose her strength, and only in a deep forest like Violet can she feel that she is extraordinarily powerful without any scruples.

Charlotte, who has mastered more than a dozen kinds of blood magic, even if she doesn't use the power of True Ancestor Liberation, is no longer what it used to be!

However, just as Charlotte was about to fly around the nearby woods, a terrible scream suddenly pierced the night sky.

Charlotte's heart jumped, and she immediately put away her thoughts of playing and lowered back to the ground.

Returning to her normal appearance, Charlotte made her way to the edge of the camp.

Here, several transcendent knights were picking up their weapons and preparing to walk towards the woods.

"What happened?"

Charlotte asked.

Seeing the girl, several knights saluted respectfully, and then said:

"Lord Earl, it's Darren, and he's just gone to the woods...... It's convenient, I'm afraid I met Warcraft......"

"Warcraft? Didn't he bring Avila spices? ”

Charlotte asked, frowning.

The knights looked at each other, but no one could answer the question.

The thick smell of blood gradually drifted from the forest, and Charlotte's heart jumped.

"Let's take a look."

She looked solemn.

As she spoke, she took the lead in the woods, and the knights hurriedly followed.

And when Charlotte entered the jungle, she soon saw Darren, a transcendent knight who had fallen to the ground.

It's just that, at this moment, this transcendent knight is dead.

His death was extremely horrific and terrifying, all his armor was torn off, his body was full of beast-like claw tearing marks, and his chest and abdomen were directly dissected......

And a shadow shrouded in darkness was lying on top of him, greedily tearing at his flesh.

"Blood...... Bloodseeker?! ”

The eyes of the two transcendent knights guarding Charlotte's side widened and they couldn't help but exclaim.

Charlotte's eyes were slightly condensed.

"No...... It's not Bloodseeker......"

Looking at the shadow in the darkness, she narrowed her eyes:

"It's the undead."

The clouds that obscured the moonlight dispersed, and the silver moonlight pierced through the branches, illuminating the figure in the darkness.

The knights also saw the attacker clearly.

It wasn't a monster-like Blood Fiend, but a living corpse in tattered armor and rotting all over its body.

In its eye sockets, there is a faint green fire.

And just then, a roar came from the depths of the woods.

The green "lanterns" lit up in the dense jungle are densely packed and countless......

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