"No, we have to go and see the situation now. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 info "The more James thinks about it, the more uneasy he becomes, the Winter War has exhausted the entire empire, and now there are necromancers out to make trouble, this matter must be resolved as soon as possible, otherwise I don't know what bigger chaos will happen." "Archmage Gandalf, what is your opinion?"

Gandalf knocked the ash from his pipe, then stood up and said, "I really need to investigate this matter as soon as possible, and get rid of the hidden danger." ”

The province of Victor is a huge meat grinder, where both humans and orcs will die, and those who die are the most needed spellcasting materials for necromancers, who can use these corpses to create a large number of undead armies, if this happens, it will cause a devastating disaster for the entire north.

Fortunately, most of the orc tribes still have a small amount of surplus food at this time, so they will not launch a large-scale attack for the time being. If they can't catch the necromancer in the little time left, then Victor Province will be annoyed, and James and Gandalf don't want Victor Province to become a fertile ground for breeding undead.

Because he was going out to investigate the situation, the number of people should not be too many, so James only led the remaining dozen or so people in his team and set off. The village needed someone to sit in, and Gandalf was not very good at restraining dark magic, which only paladins and priests were good at, so Gandalf stayed, and at the same time, the six hundred men of the Holy Light Cavalry Regiment also stayed behind to carry out the task of assisting in the defense, and more importantly, to protect the archmage and the princess.

Marlowe as the leader must leave with James, the minotaur Ray was left in the village again, he originally wanted to choose two minotaur warriors to protect Marlowe, the minotaurs in the cuckoo village are young and strong, and they can fight, but their large size and the need for a larger Kodomon as a mount to keep up with the team is not conducive to concealment at all, so Marlowe finally rejected Reger's suggestion.

Because the original ragon horse had been tired of lying in the stable, Marlowe had to change to the road.

The group walked and stopped, and it was not until the second half of the night that they found the forest that Marlowe had mentioned, because the view was not good at night, Marlowe had to stop the group several times, and then judge the location of his group based on memory.

This method is very inaccurate, and some landmarks cannot be seen at night, and the mountains in the distance are only for reference. The team went in the wrong direction several times, but thanks to the Moon God's favor, Marlowe quickly discovered his mistake, and the team did not run into the Horde, and the paladins in the team said that it was the result of the blessing of the Light.

When they arrived in the woods, the group immediately took out their weapons and moved slowly.

"I can feel the smell of death here. Green gripped the hilt of his sword tightly, his words full of disgust.

"Everyone searched separately and took care to protect themselves. James jumped off his horse and gave the order.

In order to prevent being discovered by orcs or necromancers, everyone did not dare to light torches. By the light of the moon, more than a dozen people quickly searched the grove at a distance of twenty-five meters.

The cold wind clattered through the treetops, and the forest was full of whining winds, which could already make people uneasy.

This forest is not big, there are only about a hundred trees in the front and back, left and right, but they are all tall and stout hundred-year-old trees, and there are also some low shrubs and winding yellow vines, so when you enter the forest, you will find that the sight inside is not very good, except for a vacant space in the middle area, the others belong to the kind of environment suitable for playing peek-a-boo.

After searching for a few steps, they heard a paladin suddenly shout, "Captain, there is a discovery." ”

James and Marlowe immediately ran over and saw the soldier standing in the clearing. James asked, "What did you find?"

"There are footprints left by orcs on the snow. ”

This has to be thanks to the god of winter since yesterday during the day, so the traces on the snow are still well preserved, and the clouds in the second half of the night have dispersed more, and the moonlight is brighter, so the traces left by the orcs can be found so quickly.

Soon people found footprints in the snow in other places, and after following the footprints, they came to a clearing in the woods, where there were more footprints and large and deep indentations.

Marlowe carefully observed the traces, and then walked towards a large tree with his memory, and when he walked to the tree, he reached out and touched the trunk, if he was not in the wrong place, there would be a hole in the trunk more than a finger deep, which was left by the arrow feathers shot yesterday, and he dug the arrow out when he left, so he could judge whether he had found the right place through this special trace.

Sure enough, Marlowe touched the hole, and he turned back to James and said, "That's right, this is it." ”

"Looks like the necromancer has fled. Although there was still a remnant of dark magic energy in this area, it was very faint and almost dissipated into the air, James did not expect that the necromancer, who was known for his crazy perversion, would be so timid and cautious. You know, in the past, these guys even dared to fight dragons in order to get powerful corpses.

"Marlowe, where did those undead soldiers attack you?" there were no more valuable clues here, and James had to start in other directions, so he asked.

Marlowe thought for a moment, then pointed to the forest on the left and said, "It should be this side, follow me." ”

The group followed Marlowe out of the woods and into a wide area of vision, looking at the blurred shadows of the mountains in the distance, Marlowe quickly found the messy horseshoe prints in the snow, which were left when the horses stopped.

Walking along the horseshoe prints, Marlowe saw the footprints of the orc undead and the marks left by the fight, but there was nothing left on the snow except these marks, and the few undead he had killed and the arms he had severed from the undead had not been found.

"These guys are gone!"

James patted Marlowe comfortingly and said, "It's not gone, it should be taken away by the necromancer, these bones are good materials for him, as long as a little processing can create a more powerful undead warrior." ”

"Bastard, he's blaspheming these tribal warriors!" Marlowe couldn't imagine what a monster made of multiple corpses could look like. "We must kill him!"

"Don't worry, we'll have a chance. James closed his eyes, and the holy light on the surface of his body flickered and disappeared.

(Ladies and gentlemen, happy Chopping Hands.) ）